A new study from Renew in Western Australia shows the financial benefits of going all-electric.

In 2018 Renew published Household Fuel Choice in the National Energy Market, a report on a comprehensive modelling and analysis project that considered purchase, installation, maintenance and operating costs over 10 years to determine what appliance and fuel choices led to lower costs for households in the southern and eastern states. This month, Renew published Affordable Energy Choices for WA Households, reporting on a similar project done for WA energy retailer Synergy looking at fuel choice for households in the South West Interconnected System.

This new study has similar findings to the earlier eastern states study:

• In most cases, when a gas appliance needs replacing, it’s more economic to replace it with an efficient electric appliance
• It’s always more economic to avoid a gas connection when building a new home and install efficient electric appliances
• Houses with rooftop solar are almost always better off with electric rather than gas major appliances

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