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Originally Posted by JSH
Yes, heat pumps are the way to go with electric heat. My current and last 3 houses had heat pumps.
In our current house we replaced a gas furnace with a heat pump. Our January bill dropped from $170 for gas and electricity. Since we put in the heat pump our January utility bills dropped to $95. And that is for a poorly insulated house built in the 70's.
No bad and we get A/C in the summer as a bonus.
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I often wonder if my parents should go with heat pumps.
They heat off of wood and propane. Last time I checked, the price of propane was similar to electricity.
But there is the initial cost.
Also where to put it as 4ft of snow is possible.
And there's the question of how effective it will be here with some of the coldest temperatures in all of Colorado, and even in the USA. But my theory is we only get super bitter cold for a certain number of weeks. The rest of the year heat pumps should help.