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Originally Posted by GeneralAnarchy
No calculations? I used to firmly believe what you said and paid many thousands too much for heating. Resistance heating is about 3412 BTU/kWh which for me is $0.06.
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There's a difference between price and energy efficiency, you know. So assuming 50% efficiency at the generating plant (which is better than average) means you've already lost half of the heat energy in the fuel before it even gets on the grid.
On price, I think you're paying about half as much per KW as the national average - hereabouts it's 11-12 cents/KW.
And why would you use resistance heating, when with a heat pump you'd get 4X as much heat per KW?