I live in Nebraska, 2400 sq ft ranch, 16 seer two stage heat pump/natural
gas furnace, turn down the temp at night to 67 during the day 69 till
3PM...... then 73 till 10:30 PM, weekends ...24/7...73 degs. never had a gas
and electric bill combined more than $168 a month during the winter...Heat
pump maintains 73 deg's @ 17 deg's outside temp, 16 deg's outside temp....
nat gas furnace kicks in.

Tom
"Mark" wrote in message
oups.com...
Virtually everywhere in the U.S. gas is still cheaper than electricity
especially if you compare the energy efficiency of electric furnaces
to 80%
gas furnaces. Consider a dual-fuel system for your new house - gas
furnace
with heat pump.

Travis,

Do you have any figures as to what the difference is at
current prices.
Thanks,

MD