What is the difference between heating my home with oil vs. electricity?
Both electric and oil systems can provide a home with sufficient heat and keep you comfortable. Electric baseboard heat typically has a separate thermostat for each room. This can make it easier for you to save energy by turning down the thermostats and use less heat in rooms when it’s not needed. Oil-fired heating systems usually have thermostats that control the heat for several rooms, or even just one for the whole house. So to increase the temperature in one room, you also end up increasing the temperature in rooms where it’s not really needed, which wastes energy. Another way to add extra heat to one room without turning up the thermostat is to use an energy-efficient portable electric space heater.
