Heat Pump or Gas Furnace in Rhode Island: Which Costs Less to Run?
On fuel cost alone, a natural gas furnace is cheaper to run than a heat pump in Rhode Island.
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On fuel cost alone, a natural gas furnace is cheaper to run than a heat pump in Rhode Island.
In Illinois, a natural gas furnace costs less to run than a heat pump, and the gap is wide enough to matter.
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On the numbers available for Indiana, a natural gas furnace costs less to run than a heat pump, and electric baseboard costs the most.
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Gas, by a moderate margin. For the same amount of heat delivered, a natural gas furnace costs less to run in West Virginia than a heat pump, and both…