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I think Daox is spot on here. There is a HUGE difference between all electric households and those that use gas. We are all electric here, and I actually made up a spreadsheet for the power draw of everything in our house down to the exact number and wattage of each light, and the reality is that lighting is a tiny fraction of our bill at about 200-250 kWh, and other small appliances including our fairly liberal use of the oven barely add another 200-250 kWh, which basically leaves the remainder to heating, cooling, and laundry, with the latter being the smallest slice of the three. Water heat however is without a doubt the largest part of the bill.

If we were to switch to gas, we would easily knock our electric use down to less than half if not a third.