[jrussino]

Like many Americans, we have a mix of electric and natural gas appliances. Historically, natural gas prices have been significantly cheaper than electricity prices, and that's an important factor to take into consideration when trying to estimate the lifetime costs of new appliances (mainly things that need to generate heat: stoves, laundry machines, water heaters, pool heaters...). Is there any reason to suspect that natural gas prices might rise significantly in comparison to electricity prices in the next, say, ~30 years? What resources might one look for in order to try to answer a question like that?

[Johnny555]

Is there any reason to suspect that natural gas prices might rise significantly in comparison to electricity prices in the next, say, ~30 years

Isn't that what's happening now?

I don't know what the cost difference is between heating from an efficient natural gas furnace and heating from an efficient heat pump, so I'm not sure if natural gas has exceeded the price of electric heating.

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/09/09/natural-gas-prices-are-risin...