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The electricity costs are pretty high in these estimates, by 3x or so.

by cosmotic 4y ago

bombcar 4y ago
You can adjust them for your region.
leeter 4y ago
They appear to be localized to Maine. I'm pretty sure mine is cheaper for natural gas.
BostonEnginerd 4y ago
New York / New England electricity costs are about $0.25 to $0.3/kWh these days unfortunately.
- zbrozek 4y ago
  That sounds cheap to those of us who suffer under PG&E.
lotsofpulp 4y ago
3x is probably only for Pacific Northwest. I would be curious to know where else electricity is $0.08 per kWh.
- fnordpiglet 4y ago
  Seattle is 0.10. Love it.
- squinteyedrogue 4y ago
  Manitoba Canada is $0.093 CDN a kWh, that’s about $0.071 USD. It’s mostly hydro electric here, so much so that it’s not called your ‘electric bill’, it’s the ‘hydro bill’.
- mperham 4y ago
  Yeah, I pay 0.07$ in Portland OR
Ruphin 4y ago
For context, electricity costs in some places in the EU are currently at $0.8/kWh (including taxes and other costs). The war significantly inflated these numbers, last year they were around $0.3/kWh.
avidphantasm 4y ago
I think that is the delivered cost, not just the cost of the electricity (which is only about 45% of the cost here in New Hampshire). We have an oil boiler and wood stove. This year and last we added Mitsubishi hyper-heat heat pumps. The wood stove is great, and cheap to operate, but in the ~4 mos. of the shoulder seasons, it often doesn’t make sense to fire up the wood stove (when it’s only cold in the mornings). This is where the heat pumps shine. This winter we will only use the oil heat when the temperature is below 25°F as per this [1] Mass Save site. A bonus of the heat pumps is the AC in the summer, which we now need about 2 mos. of the year. So we are effectively deprecating our oil boiler. In the next year or so, we may pull out the indirect water heater (which is powered by the boiler) and replace with a heat pump water heater. Then in ~5-10 years when our oil boiler is at EOL, we will likely replace with wood pellets. [1] https://www.masssave.com/learn/blog/residential/5-tips-to-maximize-comfort-and-savings-with-mini-splits-this-winter https://www.masssave.com/learn/blog/residential/5-tips-to-ma...

The electricity costs are pretty high in these estimates, by 3x or so.

bombcar 4y ago

You can adjust them for your region.

leeter 4y ago

They appear to be localized to Maine. I'm pretty sure mine is cheaper for natural gas.

BostonEnginerd 4y ago

New York / New England electricity costs are about $0.25 to $0.3/kWh these days unfortunately.

zbrozek 4y ago
That sounds cheap to those of us who suffer under PG&E.

lotsofpulp 4y ago

3x is probably only for Pacific Northwest. I would be curious to know where else electricity is $0.08 per kWh.

fnordpiglet 4y ago
Seattle is 0.10. Love it.
squinteyedrogue 4y ago
Manitoba Canada is $0.093 CDN a kWh, that’s about $0.071 USD. It’s mostly hydro electric here, so much so that it’s not called your ‘electric bill’, it’s the ‘hydro bill’.
mperham 4y ago
Yeah, I pay 0.07$ in Portland OR

Ruphin 4y ago

For context, electricity costs in some places in the EU are currently at $0.8/kWh (including taxes and other costs). The war significantly inflated these numbers, last year they were around $0.3/kWh.

avidphantasm 4y ago

I think that is the delivered cost, not just the cost of the electricity (which is only about 45% of the cost here in New Hampshire). We have an oil boiler and wood stove. This year and last we added Mitsubishi hyper-heat heat pumps. The wood stove is great, and cheap to operate, but in the ~4 mos. of the shoulder seasons, it often doesn’t make sense to fire up the wood stove (when it’s only cold in the mornings). This is where the heat pumps shine. This winter we will only use the oil heat when the temperature is below 25°F as per this [1] Mass Save site. A bonus of the heat pumps is the AC in the summer, which we now need about 2 mos. of the year. So we are effectively deprecating our oil boiler. In the next year or so, we may pull out the indirect water heater (which is powered by the boiler) and replace with a heat pump water heater. Then in ~5-10 years when our oil boiler is at EOL, we will likely replace with wood pellets. [1] https://www.masssave.com/learn/blog/residential/5-tips-to-maximize-comfort-and-savings-with-mini-splits-this-winter https://www.masssave.com/learn/blog/residential/5-tips-to-ma...