Many Americans rely on electric heaters or furnaces in wintertime; here's how your location affects your costs as well as a few safety tips.

Furnaces typically fail after 15-20 years; schedule replacement before winter peak. Gas units cost $3,000-$8,000 and offer lower operating costs if a gas line exists. Electric heat cuts indoor ...

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Erin Gobler is a personal finance writer based in Madison, Wisconsin. She writes about topics including budgeting, student loans, credit, mortgages, investing and insurance. Her work has been ...

From the outside, the rows of tile-roof houses in a new community in Menifee don’t look much different from those in other subdivisions cropping up in this fast-growing city in Riverside County. But ...

Syracuse, N.Y. – New York’s aggressive plan to phase out heating systems that use natural gas or other fossil fuels has raised a lot of eyebrows since officials approved it last week. The plan depends ...

Syracuse, N.Y. – Home builder Dan Barnaba will start construction soon on a new housing development in the town of Salina where none of the homes will be connected to natural gas. No gas furnaces. No ...