"Steven Andrade" wrote in message
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Just bought a house that's all electric and has a heat pump for heating.
Is that a good choice for the Midwest region? We're installing a gas line
for a
fireplace and I wonder if I shouldn't replace the heat pump with a gas
unit when
it dies. It's 18 years old now so I don't see many more days of life in
it.

How about the water heater? Gas or electric?

Midwest where? Midwest Iowa a heat pump doesn't make much sense except for
minor savings in the transition seasons when the temps are not much below
freezing. Here in Midwest southern Missouri they work well with a 10k heat
strip for those few near zero temps.

As far as water heater, if you use the heat pump, then I would go all the
way with electric. Check with your electric company. You might get
discount rates if you put your heaters on a separate meter as my son and
b-i-l did in central Iowa.