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gas - avoid it in the first place if you can - it will always be more expensive than power and will only get worse - we have it for hot water and cooking, i love it but its not cheap but getting a good deal with the bobtail deliveries (not returning cylinders not fully empty!) and paid to have cylinders for 10 years, which saves us around $100 a year
I remember when they used to advertise that it was a lot cheaper than electricity. But things have changed. I think we now import most of our gas, and we export most of the gas we produce which is strange
i still pay only 6c per kWh for gas.... versus around 22 to 25c per kWh for power this winter. given that a heatpump is only some 3 times more efficient than our gas heating system, that equates to 18c for gas and 22c-25c for electricity for the same amount of heating . its also way faster to heat up the house - takes only a few minutes, which means you are burning less of your cents - and captial costs are cheaper for central heating systems. add to that the fact that its really nice for instant hot water heating and for cooking.
the daily charge i pay for reticulated gas with genesis only works out to 43cents per day after their 'big gas thank-you' discount, so thats only some $15 or so per month. with several other providers its more like $30 per month.
so its not necessarily "always more expensive than power". it depends how you use it, how much of it you use, and who you buy your services off.
