Do your homework and look closely at Geothermal. Talk to your local electrical company. They typically have a lot of information. We built a new home in 2001 in north central Minnesota with a ground source heat pump as the main heating and cooling source. The system also heats the garage slab to about 35 degrees. The system has been mostly trouble free and dependable. We do have a propane backup. The local electric utility does have a dual fuel rate for geothermal with a non electrical backup and I have my geothermal pump metered separately to track usage and costs. The dual fuel rate is about half the normal rate. I don't have the exact number at my finger tips. Actual pay back on the system was about 4 years, but I did some of work myself. It is not that complicated. At -30 degrees it does run a lot, but at 300% efficiency, I don't worry about it. The backup is always turned off unless we will be gone for several days. My total electrical costs for last year Jan 1 to Dec 31 which would include heating, air conditioning and most of my domestic hot water was just under $ 500.00. This does not include the costs to run the blower motor in the air handler. In a typical winter month it consumes $50-70 in electricity. The key with geothermal is to find a installer that truly knows geothermal. I highly recommend it.
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