Heat Pump or Gas Furnace in Vermont: Which Costs Less to Run?
On running cost alone, a natural gas furnace beats a heat pump in Vermont: $17.89 per million Btu of delivered heat against $29.57, based on U.S.
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On running cost alone, a natural gas furnace beats a heat pump in Vermont: $17.89 per million Btu of delivered heat against $29.57, based on U.S.
In Utah, a natural gas furnace costs less to run than a heat pump at the average prices in federal data.
Against electric baseboard, a heat pump is the clear winner on running cost in South Dakota.
The honest answer hinges on a number that isn’t available here: the price of natural gas in Saskatchewan.
Quebec’s electricity is cheap, which tilts the heat pump versus gas furnace question before any math starts.
On the figures available for Prince Edward Island, a heat pump costs less to run than electric baseboard: C$24.31 per million Btu of heat delivered…
A heat pump costs far less to run than electric baseboard in Ontario, and the gap is wide.
On Ohio’s average residential prices, a natural gas furnace costs less to run than a heat pump, and both beat electric baseboard by a wide margin.
On running cost alone, a heat pump beats electric baseboard in Nova Scotia by a wide margin: C$25.28 per million Btu of heat delivered, against C$60.02…
Against electric baseboard, a heat pump wins on running cost in North Dakota: $15.26 per million Btu of delivered heat versus $36.23.