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I very recently replace my forced air gas furnace with a forced air heat pump (with 10 KW of auxiliary restive heater as well) in southern Ontario. Over the la
by rssoconnor 3y ago
I very recently replace my forced air gas furnace with a forced air heat pump (with 10 KW of auxiliary restive heater as well) in southern Ontario.
Over the last 11 days or so (February with a combination of cold and unseasonably warm days) I've used 1047.15 kWh of electricity, of which I estimate half to two-thirds is used on the heat pump. Taking the new ultra-low overnight pricing into account I'm paying an average of 9¢ (CAD) per kWh. I've been trying to pre-heat my home at the tail end of the ultra-low overnight rates (2.8 ¢/kWh) leading up to the 7 a.m. cutoff time.
My gas furnace was my only gas appliance, so I can remove now remove it and save on the month connection charge which is about $30 a month, even in the summer when I don't use gas.
Canada also, at least for now, has a pigouvian carbon tax, so I'll be saving on that as well.