“Go geothermal,”
Gotta drill a couple wells for that, eh? How deep do they have to be? How much moolah? Might work for me, as I already have one unused well. But your electric bill will go up a lot running the pumps in Northern Ohio,,, wouldn’t it?
I live in Indiana, my water pump unit cost me $14k to install. Sounds high, but we figured I will save over $1800 or more just this winter alone from my neighbor who heats with gas and also has an electric bill on top of it.
Running a ground loop doesn’t mean just wells, it means trenching around the yard placing the runs horizontal also. I’m lucky that I have both ground and lake loop so my efficiency is a little higher. With a family of 5 the very highest electric bill I have, which is the entire house, heat, hot water, etc. was $297 last month, and that was the highest I’ve ever had a monthly bill come in at. (last month sucked as you well know also) I also keep my house at 71 degrees constant all winter. Duke Energy keeps my rate a little lower because I went all electric but they just increased me to $08.8 a Kw unit last month, not happy about that either.
Costs more in the initial outlay, but if you have enough yard to put the loops in (like a deep sprinkler system, well under the frost line) you can save a ton of money in the long run. Hooked to a generator like I am (25Kv tractor PTO driven one) and I can run my house off my tractor for as long as I have to as well, that has come in handy.