Home Energy Savings Calculator

Your Home Deserves Better Than
an Electric Bill Surprise.

See how much you could save switching from electric to propane for heating, water, and cooking.

More Efficient vs. Electric Resistance
30–50%Lower Annual Bills
InstantHot Water
Always OnNo Grid Outages

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Home Energy Calculator

Your Real-Time Cost Comparison

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Electric vs. Propane — Annual Home Energy

● Live EIA Price EPA & EIA Data

Your Home Parameters

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Propane Residential Avg · EIA Weekly
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Annual Savings with Propane
$1,798
35.2% lower than electric resistance
ElectricPropane
Heating Cost$3,751$1,358
Water Heating$1,172$424
Cooking$187$68
Total Annual Cost$5,110$1,850
🌿 CO₂ Reduction 38.0%
Electric: 12,200 lbs Propane: 7,560 lbs
⚡ Overall Efficiency 96%
Grid delivery loss: ~67% Propane AFUE: 96%

Propane furnaces operate at 96% AFUE. Grid electricity loses ~33% in transmission before reaching your home, reducing effective efficiency.

Methodology: Propane cost uses 96% AFUE furnace efficiency and BTU equivalency (91,502 BTU/gal LPG, 100,000 BTU/therm). Electric heating uses selected COP. Water heating and cooking modeled as electric resistance (COP 1.0). CO₂: propane 12.68 lbs/gal (EPA), grid electricity 0.855 lbs/kWh (EIA 2023 avg). Results are estimates; actual savings vary by home, climate, and equipment.

Why Propane for Your Home

Reliable, Efficient, and Always There

Propane delivers more heat per dollar, works when the grid doesn’t, and gives you instant hot water on demand.

Always

On When the Grid Isn’t

Propane stores on-site in your tank. When power goes out, your heat, water, and stove keep working.

Instant

Hot Water

Propane water heaters recover twice as fast as electric resistance and deliver higher flow rates on demand.

More Efficient

At 96% AFUE, a propane furnace converts nearly all its fuel to heat — electric resistance is effectively 100% but the grid wastes ~33% delivering that electricity.

30%+

Lower Bills

Compared to electric resistance heating, most homes see 30–50% lower annual energy costs with propane at current prices.

How It Works

Simple, Accurate, and Honest

Every number uses EPA emission factors, EIA price data, and standard BTU conversion constants. No black boxes.

1

Enter Your Usage

Input home size and estimated annual consumption for heating, water heating, and cooking in therms.

2

Compare Energy Costs

We convert therms to kilowatt-hours and gallons, then price each fuel at live or entered rates.

3

See CO₂ Impact

CO₂ emissions are calculated using EPA factors for propane and EIA’s average grid emissions intensity.

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