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by grumpyinfosec 840 days ago
Thats kind of high. I only pay $0.78 a therm here in Wisconsin. 1 therm is around 30kwh so im paying like 2.5c a kwh vs 17c for electricity. So unless I can get a CoP of 700% from a air source heatpump im literally lighting money on fire. That really is the main issue, as much as I care about emissions I don't care enough to spend money on a heat pump to then spend more money on utilities. And the calculus gets worse and worse when your poorer.
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Looks like Wisconsin has lower than average natgas prices vs. rest of U.S.: https://www.eia.gov/dnav/ng/ng_pri_sum_a_EPG0_PRS_DMcf_m.htm
seems pretty comparable to the other colder parts of the country. (besides the east coast) The warmer parts of the US i'd imagine are less sensitive to residential gas prices.