Electric heat to cost 77 percent more than natural gas, federal agency says

Re:Electric heat to cost 77 percent more than natural gas, f... by qwebfdzsh on Tuesday November 14, 2023 @11:27AM (#38265456)

> With a heat pump, at best it will be comparable.

Would it?

e.g. according to https://c03.apogee.net/mvc/home/hes/land/el?utilityname=ure&... unless you live in area with extremely expensive gas and very cheap electricity it will always be cheaper.

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Re:Electric heat to cost 77 percent more than natural gas, f... by BeetleB on Tuesday November 14, 2023 @12:39PM (#38266613)

Thanks. Went to my gas and electric bills to look up the rates. Plugged in the numbers on the site. Heat pump estimated to cost me $400 extra per year for heating.

If I were doing a brand new build, it may make some sense just because I like to be "green". But paying several thousand just for the install, only to end up paying more per year: Just doesn't make sense.

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Re:Electric heat to cost 77 percent more than natural gas, f... by soco on Tuesday November 14, 2023 @01:08PM (#38267066)

I guess that's the crux of the green initiatives: people don't care about going green because they don't care about their environment footprint, thus generally don't care about the planet or other humans. Now if I phrased this too negative I'm sorry, but I guess I'm still right.

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Re:Electric heat to cost 77 percent more than natural gas, f... by EmmaEngineer on Wednesday November 15, 2023 @01:39PM (#38280534)

I think that website is wrong or using obsolete data. I compared with another https://www.pickhvac.com/hvac/furnace-vs-heat-pump-cost/ and it said that with exactly the same numbers the heatpump was 50% cheaper than gas. My own observation is that our heating cost reduced dramatically when we replaced gas with heat pump.

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