Believe it or not there are still some all-electric residences being built even now. The City of Fairbanks went so far as to pass an ordinance restricting use of wood stoves. It wasn't 15 below that day, but it is today. I like all-electric, but I have a fall-back wood stove just in case, and candles ready to go. Sometimes when it is 20 below or colder, and it still gets down to 50-60 below Global Warming or not, I run the wood stove anyway. But I wonder who will come shivering to my door when the power goes out for a few days again. Even a few hours would do it for some, and that includes those on oil heat. Oil doesn't work without electricity, which means that all my neighbors will come shivering to my door because there is not a wood stove or fireplace in any of their cabins.That's one thing I like about the old, oil drip stoves. They don't need electricity. There's a new one out that doesn't need electricity either, but I can't remember the name of it. I can't believe there are Alaskans who don't have a back-up heating system for when the power goes out.
The oil-drip requires constant attention or it will get away from you. Very dangerous even when everybody is paying attention. Wood is best, although wood and coal combination is also excellent if more of a problem. Nobody on my street has a wood stove except me, but they are all rental units. Wherever Alaska is, it isn't on this street anymore.