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I don't believe there is a municipality anywhere in the US where heat pump heating will be cheaper than nat gas on run rate basis.

• datatrashfire 4y ago
  I actually used https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/land-based-station/us-climate-normals https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/land-based-station/us-cli... for my city to develop a model for the cost of btus from either method throughout the year and the heat pumps cope at that hourly temperature, and it was slightly cheaper for heat pump for the entire year. But I also live in a marine influenced climate in the west with low electricity rates.
  • pxmpxm 4y ago
    Whereabouts did that actually work? I can't think of a west coast locale where electricity is actually cheap and you get anything remotely resembling a winter. I can see places like coastal california where you're on AC virtually year around and maybe need a day or two of heat.
    • seanmcdirmid 4y ago
      > I can't think of a west coast locale where electricity is actually cheap and you get anything remotely resembling a winter. Eastern Washington? 10 cents kWH in Spokane. I don’t know if any coastal Californian locale that needs AC for more than one or two weeks a year. Even in LA you can get by without AC.