Almost any area that has natural gas available uses it as a backup to
any other fuel used for power generation. I might add that electricity is
easy to transport and the stuff you pay for may have been based on the price
at a plant a thousand miles away. Ask California about all the funny stuff
that goes into electric pricing.

The price of coal could go up greatly in just a couple of years, if
additional pollution controls are placed on it just as natural gas prices
can quickly change with an international dispute. It's all guess work.

--
Joseph E. Meehan

26 + 6 = 1 It's Irish Math


"tflfb" wrote in message
...
I figured that if there's a natural gas shortage, and my electric co uses
Natural gas to generate electricity there would not be much if any
savings,
if they were burning coal or the ( enviromentalist ) to generate
electricty
they may be a savings.

I live in the midwest Nebraska.

Tom
"Joseph Meehan" wrote in message
...
Ask your local utility company. The answer is based on the cost of
the
two fuels. They can tell you what the cost savings or lose would be at
today's prices, you and we can only guess about next year. The
electricity
might go up faster than the gas.

--
Joseph E. Meehan

26 + 6 = 1 It's Irish Math


"tflfb" wrote in message
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If I were to replace my 10yr old central air unit with a heat
pump,
am
I going to save anything in winter heating ( natural gas )bill's,
takeing
into consideration there's no shortage of natural gas as they claim
there
is
going to be.

I figure what you save on natural gas in the winter,useing the
heat
pump, you spend that saved money on electricity, useing the heat pump.


Tom