Households
How Colorado stays warm
More than 70% of Colorado households heat their homes with natural gas — the affordable default, not a fringe choice.
The Facts
The facts behind Colorado's energy choice.
Affordability, reliability, and choice are not talking points. They are measurable. Here is what natural gas means for Colorado households, businesses, and the grid, and what is at stake if it is taken away.
By the Numbers
What natural gas means for Colorado.
Household Cost
About $1,100 saved a year
For the average Colorado family, natural gas costs roughly $1,100 less per year than all-electric alternatives.
Conversion Cost
Forced switching is expensive
Converting a single home from gas heat to electric heat pumps can run as high as $15,000 to $30,000 per unit, before new electric appliances.
Grid Reliability
Gas carries the coldest days
During Colorado's January 2026 cold snap, natural gas carried roughly 66% of the state's electricity load, while wind and solar delivered a fraction.
Figures compiled from public reporting, utility filings, and industry data. Full source citations available on request.
The Policy Landscape
The rules driving the phase-out.
The push does not come from voters. It comes from a stack of rules and mandates, each moving in the same direction: fewer choices, higher costs, and less room for families and businesses to decide what works.
- State clean-heat rules require utilities to cut emissions far faster than the legislature set in law, amounting to a phase-out of natural gas over the coming decades.
- Building performance standards force apartment, condo, and commercial owners onto electrification timelines, with the costs passed to renters and tenants.
- Local gas bans block new natural gas hookups in a growing number of communities.
- Proposed accelerated renewable mandates would retire remaining natural gas baseload years faster than current law requires.
Seeing It Firsthand
Living the cost of forced electrification?
If a utility bill, a building mandate, or a project in your community shows what this really costs Coloradans, we want to hear about it.
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Your experience helps make the case that this debate is about real households and businesses, not one industry.
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