Gas vs Electric Heating Cost in Nevada
In Nevada, a 2,000 sq ft house with average insulation costs an estimated $695.74 a year to heat with a 92% gas furnace, $1,886.31 with electric resistance heat and $608.49 with a heat pump. Here the heat pump line comes in lowest: $12.07 per MMBtu of heat against $13.80 for gas.
State data
What Nevada pays
- Electricity
- 12.8¢/kWhEIA Electric Power Monthly, table 5.6.A · EIA, July 2026 (data as of 2026-09-28)
- Natural gas
- $1.27/thermEIA, residential natural gas price ($/Mcf ÷ 10.37) · EIA 2025 annual average (data as of 2026-09-28)
- Heating degree-days
- 3,000 °F-days (base 65 °F)NOAA CPC, 1991–2020 normals
- Climate zone
- 3 (IECC 2021)DOE/PNNL · heat pump seasonal COP used: 3.1
Nevada's rate of 12.8¢/kWh is the 2nd-lowest among the 50 states and DC; every electric option on this page is priced from it. Residential gas in Nevada is $1.27/therm, 14% below the US average of $1.48/therm. A winter of 3,000 heating degree-days means the 2,000 sq ft example in Nevada needs about 50.4 MMBtu of heat a year.
Prices are statewide averages. Type the rate and gas price from your own bill into the calculator above to replace them.
Gas vs electric heat
B04Scenario A
Sets the electricity rate. Pick US average if you're not sure.
From EIA for Nevada. Use the rate on your bill if you know it.
Rate used: 12.8¢/kWh · Nevada · EIA, July 2026 · gas $1.27/therm (EIA 2025 annual) · 3,000 heating degree-days · climate zone 3 (data as of 2026-09-28) ·
On the furnace label: 0.80 older, 0.90–0.98 condensing.
Gas furnace costs less per year by
Electric resistance: $1,886.31 a year · Gas furnace: $695.74 a year, for 50.4 MMBtu of heat.
- Yearly heating load
- 50.4 MMBtu
- Electric resistance, $ per MMBtu
- $37.43
- Gas furnace, $ per MMBtu
- $13.80
- Electric resistance, per year
- $1,886.31
- Gas furnace, per year
- $695.74
- Difference per year (Gas furnace − Electric resistance)
- −$1,190.57
- Seasonal heat pump COP used
- 3.1
- Prices used
- electricity 12.8¢/kWh · gas $1.27/therm · propane $3.00/gal · oil $3.60/gal
- Heat pump, per year (for reference)
- $608.49
Cost by month, in season only
The yearly cost spread across the months using a typical heating degree-day pattern from NOAA 1991–2020 normals. Months outside the season show $0.
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2026 note: The federal 25C and 25D tax credits ended for installations after Dec 31, 2025. Our numbers use 2026 rules. State rebates, HEAR/HOMES programs and utility programs may still apply.
Worked example
Worked example: 2,000 sq ft in Nevada
A 2,000 sq ft house with average insulation in Nevada needs about 50.4 MMBtu of heat a year (3,000 heating degree-days). At $1.27/therm in a 92% furnace, gas delivers that heat at $13.80 per MMBtu; resistance heat at 12.8¢/kWh costs $37.43, and a heat pump at seasonal COP 3.1 (zone 3) costs $12.07. The year comes to $695.74 on gas, $1,886.31 on resistance heat and $608.49 on a heat pump. The heat pump is the cheapest to run here, by $87.25 a year over gas.
Load = sq ft × 0.35 × heating degree-days × 24 ÷ 1,000,000. Gas $/MMBtu = $/therm ÷ 0.1 ÷ 0.92. Resistance $/MMBtu = $/kWh × 293.07. Heat pump = resistance ÷ COP.
Questions
FAQ
Which is cheaper in Nevada, gas or electric heat?
Electric resistance heat is the most expensive of the three in Nevada: $1,886.31 a year for the 2,000 sq ft example, $1,190.57 more than gas. Between gas ($695.74) and a heat pump ($608.49), the heat pump is cheaper here: its heat costs $12.07 per MMBtu, gas $13.80. These are estimates at 12.8¢/kWh and $1.27/therm; your bill's prices can change the answer.
How much gas does a furnace use in Nevada?
About 548 therms a year for a 2,000 sq ft house with average insulation and a 92% furnace, at Nevada's 3,000 heating degree-days. That averages 46 therms a month over 12 months, but almost all of it is burned in the heating months. At $1.27/therm, the year costs an estimated $695.74.
Electric furnace vs gas furnace cost in Nevada?
An electric furnace is resistance heat: every kWh gives 3,412 BTU. At 12.8¢/kWh, that heat costs $37.43 per MMBtu in Nevada, against $13.80 from a 92% gas furnace at $1.27/therm, 2.7 times as much. For the 2,000 sq ft example that's $1,886.31 a year against $695.74.
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