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Default Electric vs. Gas home heating


"Edwin Pawlowski" wrote in message
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"Dominic" wrote in message
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Anyone considering a conversion to electric heat now that gas is so
expensive. According to my utility, electric heat is now cheaper than

gas
when using a 65% AFUE furnace. Our gas is $1.3/therm vs 6 cents/kwh for
electric.


Where do you live to get electric that cheap? In New England we are about
14¢ to 16¢.


My town own its own municipal power plant. We pay about $.11/kwh. The good
news is that if we pay the bill within a fixed time frame (10 days or so) we
get a 20% discount off the billed amount.
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