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Gas vs. Electric Dryer
Gas prices always rise during heating season, while electrical is
regulated by the government. But i would still go with gas because it is just better for drying clothes, IMHO. BrianEWilliams wrote: We are buying a new construction townhouse. Installing a gas line to the laundry area will be $100. A gas dryer cost $53 more than the same model in electric. I have seen headlines saying gas prices are going up. My question is this. Does anyone have a opinion on how long it will take me to save back my extra $153 in upfront costs for the gas dryer? Obviously this depends on the relative price of gas vs. electricity in the future which no one can predict, but opinions are welcome. Also, are there any maintenance issues with gas vs. electric dryers? This is the gas model we are thinking of getting: http://tinyurl.com/f0wi |
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Tim writes:
Gas prices always rise during heating season, while electrical is regulated by the government. Be careful about generalized statements like this; this particular one is not universally true. In Massachusetts, for example, both electricity and natural gas rates are regulated by the government, in the sense that the utilities need to get permission from the regulatory authorities before raising rates, but the authorities rarely reject a rate increase when it is legitimately due to increased fossil-fuel costs. |
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Albert Wagner writes:
On Fri, 27 Jun 2003 12:11:00 +0000 (UTC) (Jonathan Kamens) wrote: Be careful about generalized statements like this; this particular one is not universally true. In Massachusetts, for example, both electricity and natural gas rates are regulated by the government, in the sense that the utilities need to get permission from the regulatory authorities before raising rates, but the authorities rarely reject a rate increase when it is legitimately due to increased fossil-fuel costs. I think that regulation enters into the picture when the gas crosses state lines. Why do you say that? Most regulation of utility pricing is at the state level, not the Federal level. State regulatory authorities don't care whether the gas/electricity cross state lines. |
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On Fri, 27 Jun 2003 04:30:18 -0500, someone wrote:
"Recent analyses of the natural gas market, 1 including those of the Department of Energy (DOE), the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), 2 and the State of Louisiana, 3 conclude that there is a serious problem of regional gas supply imbalance in which most intrastate pipelines are at a disadvantage in competing with most interstate pipelines for new gas supplies. In addition to this supply imbalance, there is a related problem of price disparity. Most intrastate pipelines must pay prices for old gas supplies substantially higher than the prices interstate pipelines must pay for such supplies. Analysts predict that the twin problems of supply imbalance and price disparity between the interstate and intrastate markets will grow worse over the next five to ten years unless Congress passes legislation to avoid this result. Louisiana is particularly disadvantaged by the present situation because of its heavy reliance on intrastate suppliers of natural gas." Read it, carefully. Looks like this: 1) There is an price disparity. 2) There is *not* a regulation to stop this, the author is saying that a regulation is needed to prevent this. 3) It is not clear from the above excerpt alone, that the *reason* for the disparity is a present reg, rather than old contracts. Sure, there is an FERC, and it has many roles, and some of its roles have changed over the years, particularly as to now reduced regulation of natural gas. Its not my field. Maybe you have info, but tell us more. The above quote only tells us there is a disparity in price and that some pipelines are at a competitive disadvantage. But why? -v. |
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