Your statement is true if the electricity is generated locally, otherwise there's a difference in energy losses depending on the carrier. According to http://w

Your statement is true if the electricity is generated locally, otherwise there's a difference in energy losses depending on the carrier. According to http://web.archive.org/web/20180822025250/https://portfoliomanager.energystar.gov/pdf/reference/Source%20Energy.pdf http://web.archive.org/web/20180822025250/https://portfoliom... heating with grid electricity would require 2-3 times as much primary energy as heating with water/oil/gas.