Dave Bugg wrote:
George E. Cawthon wrote:

Dave Bugg wrote:

1 point 2 cents. Douglas County has the cheapest electrical rates in
the nation. Only a fool uses natural gas for appliances around here.

I suggest you check at:
http://www.douglaselectric.com/billestimator.php

and tell us what the cost per kWh is.

Huh? Douglas Electric has nothing to do with Douglas County, WA. It ain't
our electricity provider.


Sorry about that. Forgot that Oregon had a
Douglas County.

I see that Douglas County PUD (your electric
provider) signed a recent agreement to provide
electricity for an industrial contract at 1.8
cents per kWh. Industrial power usually sells at
way below residential rates.

"Doug" wrote in message

I don't know why folks quote that old saw: "electric is 100%
efficient". It's a meaningless statement.

Except in the fact that 100% of the energy you pay for is used
to heat. As opposed to gas, for instance, where some of the heat
goes up the chimney.


Electric usage for resistance heating may well be 100% efficient at
the end user site but that doesn't take into account the large losses
at the power plant, the distribution system, house wiring losses,
etc.

OK - I'll give you the house wiring losses - not much there.


These combined losses are among the reasons why electric resistance
heating of anything is generally more expensive than natural gas,
unless the electric source is hydro or subsidized.

Doug