If you have an 80,000 btu propane furnace, regardless of the efficiency, it will cost you $2.61 + hst 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 $1.79 + hst per hour to operate.
- at 105 cents per litre, 1,000 btus of oil costs 2.84 cents
If your furnace is equipped with a .75 gph
nozzle, it will cost you $3.00 + hst per hour to
operate.
- at 17.15 cents per kilowatt (all in except hst), 1000 btus of electricity costs 5.03 cents
The worst way to heat
by far. Any kind of electric heater that requires 80,000 btu of energy in
an hour (the same amount as a typical
furnace) would cost $4.02 + hst per hour to operate.
- at 67 cents per litre, 1,000 btus of propane costs 2.84 cents
- at 79 cents per cubic metre, 1,000 btus of natural gas costs 2.24 cents
Energy Price Comparison *
* Prices used in this comparison are based on actual prices paid by Flamborough area customers in the last 6 months
Natural Gas
#2 Fuel Oil
Propane
Electricity