I see the same thing where I live. Natural gas heating is much cheaper than electric. And we have one of the lowest electric rates in the country.
Gas heating was also cheaper when I lived in the Midwest.
In fact, I often feel the opposite of you - that Big Electric is pushing propaganda. I often see people switching to heat pumps "because it's more efficient", but they don't see their bills go down, and on top of that it's a lot more expensive to install. Even if the bills go down a little, they'll probably not make up for the added cost of equipment in the whole time they are in that house.
I see the same thing where I live. Natural gas heating is much cheaper than electric. And we have one of the lowest electric rates in the country.
Gas heating was also cheaper when I lived in the Midwest.
In fact, I often feel the opposite of you - that Big Electric is pushing propaganda. I often see people switching to heat pumps "because it's more efficient", but they don't see their bills go down, and on top of that it's a lot more expensive to install. Even if the bills go down a little, they'll probably not make up for the added cost of equipment in the whole time they are in that house.