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I live in an apartment where the only natural gas items are my furnace and hot water heater. But even if I wanted to convert (which I can't since I rent), it wouldn't make one lick of difference because I live in Saskatchewan where our power grid is still 80% fossil fuel powered. So using electricity is no "greener" than using the natural gas myself. Plus using natural gas is far far cheaper than electricity (even with the price on carbon for doing so).
This issue is a lot more complex than just "more houses that are all electric with no natural gas" when you take into consideration the power grids they are attached to.
Maybe not greener "for now", but these houses will still be functioning in the future when Sask is forced to move from fossil fuel power generation to some other renewable/low-carbon mix. SaskPower is already planning their net-zero migration, but it will be expensive.
The fewer new methane gas hookups, the easier it will be for us to wean off the gas down the road.