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Originally Posted by NiHaoMike
Don't forget to check the service charge for natural gas. In some cases, it can be significant enough to more than offset any savings. The latest (conventional) heat pumps are getting so efficient that they're competitive with natural gas in many areas.
How much does it cost to install the ground loop (just the loop itself, no equipment) from the start? It's probably worth installing just in case you decide to get geothermal later on.
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Gas will be installed in all cases, most houses in Perth get tied to the grid. We have gianormous gas fields and export million of CuM of gas. Industries have got deals with the state to get pilelines down from the gas fields to Perth and our gas is cheap
This is from one of our providers:
Standard Gas Prices
Our standard gas prices are based on the regulated tariff caps approved by the Minister for Energy.
Residential Customers:
Supply charge 20.58 cents per day
Usage charge – for the first 12 units used on average per day 14.20 cents per unit
Usage charge – for each additional unit used on average per day 12.81 cents per unit
Don;t ask me what a "Unit" is as I could not figure it out
, however,
Here is a cost comparison.
When you guys on this forum refer to "Conventional Heat Pumps" what do you refer to?
Something
like this?