• UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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      7 months ago

      During freezes, too. Heating your home with electricity - particularly at Texas’s ERCOT exploding rates - is far more expensive than using natural gas.

      • Desistance@lemmy.world
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        7 months ago

        Many of us are not under ERCOT. Utilities in Louisiana are heavily regulated. I doubt that they can do much without running into trouble.

      • JackbyDev@programming.dev
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        7 months ago

        That’s an ERCOT problem. And I guarantee you, if you average the cost on a long term scale it’s better. Just because heat pumps work poorly in super cold weather doesn’t mean they’re not the better choice.