If you have an 80,000 btu propane furnace, regardless of the efficiency, it will cost you $1.45 + gst per hour to operate.
(Home heating oil is #2 Fuel Oil)
If you have an 80,000 btu gas furnace, regardless of efficiency, it will cost you $1.56 + gst per hour to operate.
- at 70 cents per litre, 1,000 btus of oil costs 1.89 cents
If your furnace is equipped with a .65 gph
nozzle, you'll burn $1.73 + gst of fuel per hour to
operate.
- at 15.93 cents per kilowatt (all in except gst), 1000 btus of electricity costs 4.67 cents
The worst way to heat
by far. Any kind of electric heater that produces 80,000 btu of heat in an
hour (the same amount
as a typical furnace) would cost $3.74 + gst per hour to operate.
- at 43 cents per litre, 1,000 btus of propane costs 1.82 cents
- at 69 cents per cubic metre, 1,000 btus of natural gas costs 1.95 cents
Energy Price Comparison *
* Prices used in this comparison are based on actual prices paid by Flamborough area customers in 2010
Natural Gas
#2 Fuel Oil
Propane
Electricity