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[OnlyShopsOnline]

In our area, efficient electric appliances are less expensive to operate than having gas. Plus, our utility charges a monthly fee for gas, even if you don't use it...for instance, if you have gas heat, you still pay a months $20-$30 fee just for the gas hook-up, even during the months that you don't use your heat.

Our first home had gas and I smelled gas for quite a few years, and made many calls to our local utility company. It took them 4 years to find the leak, and it was a fairly major leak in the pipe that was coming into our home. Just for that reason alone, I would never have gas in my home again.

As far as cooking, I have cooked with both and I really like my solid surface electric range. I have no problem cooking anything on it, and the ease of clean-up is great. I do think a gas oven is better for baking cakes, etc. But, that's the only difference I see.

[Qwackertoo]

We have no choice. Electric only. Gas still makes me nervous. Guess that school blowing up in East Texas and my grandfather helped with the rescue/recovery efforts many decades before I was even born but he drove us by the memorial when I was a kid so I guess it just affected me . . . kinda like my high up and over large bodies of water bridge phobia.

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[feline groovy]

Just per my own experience with both, gas over electric.

[Pook]

I would think gas is cheaper because we have a gas stove, clothes dryer and hot water tank and in the summer are gas bill is nearly nothing. It wouldn't matter to me anyway as gas cooks and bakes better . I can put 2 cookie sheets or cakes, etc in the oven ant they cook evenly but with electric I was never able to do that.

[151949]

My understanding is that Florida power and light now makes it's electric using shale gas. The prices of electric here is very reasonable.We have an all electric home and we average about $150/month over the winter when we are here.We do not use the AC much over the winter though, and in the summer when we aren't here the AC is set at 88 degrees - just to keep the humidity down so we don't get mold.

At our camp in Pa we average about $90/month for electric but we heat the camper, cook and the water heater are all gas, plus I don't do my laundry in the camper so it would be much more pricey there using both than here in our all electric home. sorry i can't say what the gas costs us up there because we use bottled propane.

[stevieb]

No idea which costs more, though I'd probably assume electric does. Regardless, I prefer cooking with a gas stove and oven.

[Marienkaefer2]

I think natural gas is more efficient for heating. For cooking, I've had electric and gas. I can cook.with both, but now that I have gas, I prefer it. I think you can control the heat better. I have natural gas and where I live it is cheaper than electric. I have a gas hot water heater and dryer as well. For a 2100 square ft home, my highest gas bill.in the winter is about $80.

[Shorty2U]

I can tell you this. In our area our gas heat in our home in the Winter is way cheaper than our electric bill is every month year round. I hate paying the electric bill. Its the worst of all the utilities!

[Gooday]

I have an electric stove in Az. and gas in Chicago. I like gas better because I can see the flame. The electric can get too hot too fast. You need to remove pan immediately when you turn the electric stove off. I could have switched from electric to gas for 850.00 but I didn't. I'm used to both.

[151949]

On 11/29/2014 Shaunac said: Gas is cheaper. I've never heard of anyone choosing electric over gas.

you have now, I chose electric over gas and would again in a heartbeat. Just what we saved on our homeowners insurance because we did not have a gas line into the house was significant.