Switch your home from gas to electric

Stop paying to keep two energy supplies connected. Swap your gas appliances for efficient electric ones – hot water, heating and cooking – one at a time, as each old appliance reaches the end of its life.

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A common sign

“The gas heater is on its last legs and the bill keeps climbing.”

If that sounds familiar, you’re paying for an ageing appliance and a daily gas supply charge at once. Planning the switch now means the next breakdown is a decision, not an emergency.

About Switch your home from gas to electric

One house, one supply.

Getting off gas means replacing each gas appliance with an electric one: a heat pump for hot water, reverse cycle for heating, and induction for cooking. Each is its own job, done by its own specialist – and you don’t have to do them all at once.

The order matters. Many older switchboards can’t carry a heat pump, an induction cooktop and a car charger together, so it pays to check the board early. And the gas meter only comes out once the last appliance is gone – that’s what ends the daily supply charge.

Helps with

A gas bill that keeps going up

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Old gas appliances near the end of their life

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Paying a daily supply charge for two energy sources

Plan before it breaks

Decide what replaces each gas appliance before it fails. In Victoria, from 1 March 2027, a gas hot water system that breaks and can’t be repaired must, in most cases, be replaced with an electric one. Source

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Not sure which appliance to switch first?

Start with whatever is oldest or closest to failing. Your home will usually tell you.

Help me plan the switch

Gas hot water getting oldHeat pump hot water Ducted gas heater on its last legsDucted reverse cycle heating and cooling A gas boiler runs your radiators or heated slabHydronic heating Still cooking on gasInduction cooktop installation A gas heater on the poolPool heating An old pool pump that runs for hoursEnergy efficient pool pumps Fuses trip or the board is fullSwitchboard upgrade Every gas appliance already goneGas abolishment and disconnection Not sure which to switch?Get a home energy assessment

11 upgrades in this category

Choose the upgrade you need.

A white heat pump hot water unit on a concrete plinth against the dark wall of a modern home at golden hour, its pipes running into the wall.

Heat pump hot water systems

A heat pump uses a fraction of the electricity of an old electric tank, and it is the usual first swap when a gas system fails.

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An air-to-water heat pump outdoor unit with black insulated pipes on a concrete pad beside the curved rendered wall of a modern home, native garden around it and a living room through the glass doors.

Hydronic heating

Heats the water in your radiators or heated slab with an electric heat pump instead of a gas boiler. The pipes and radiators can often stay, though not always, so ask.

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Solar hot water

Roof collectors with a boosted tank. A different product from a heat pump, and still the cheaper option on some rooftops.

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A woman crouching at the edge of a backyard pool to test the water, with a pool heat pump beside the pool equipment and solar panels on the roof behind.

Pool heating

Warms the pool with an electric heat pump or solar collectors on the roof instead of gas. Pairs well with rooftop solar, and a pool cover keeps the heat in.

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A technician kneeling beside a pool filter, connecting a new energy efficient pool pump on the equipment pad.

Energy efficient pool pumps

Replaces an old single speed pump with a variable speed one that runs slower for longer, so keeping the water clean takes less power.

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A black glass induction cooktop set into a pale stone island, a pan of vegetables cooking on one zone, the open plan kitchen lit by the setting sun.

Induction cooktop installation

Faster than gas, and it takes the last flame out of the kitchen. Usually needs its own circuit run from the switchboard.

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A white split system air conditioner above the bed in a calm bedroom with a timber headboard wall and floor-to-ceiling glass onto bushland at sunset.

Split system air conditioning

One unit for one room, or several heads off one outdoor box. The cheapest way to heat and cool the rooms you actually use.

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A living room in golden evening light with slim ducted air vents in the ceiling, a cream sofa, a timber coffee table and tall glass doors onto a garden and gum trees at sunset.

Ducted reverse cycle heating and cooling

Ducted through the whole house. The vents from a ducted gas furnace can often be reused, though not always, so ask before you count on it.

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A technician in a navy polo on a step ladder, holding the filter she has taken out of a split system air conditioner in a bright living room.

Air conditioning servicing

A filter clean and a gas check keeps a system running at the efficiency it was sold at. Cheap next to replacing it early.

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An electrician in safety glasses kneeling at a new switchboard in a garage, a home battery on the wall beside it and low sun through the open door.

Switchboard upgrades

An older board often cannot take an induction cooktop, a heat pump and a charger at once. This is the job that unblocks the rest.

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A gasfitter in khaki workwear and an orange hi-vis vest kneeling at the pale brick wall of a modern home, undoing the fittings on the gas meter, with his tool bag on the path beside him.

Gas abolishment and disconnection

The last step. Once every gas appliance is gone, removing the meter is what actually ends the daily supply charge.

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Not sure where to start?

Stop guessing, start saving: find your home’s energy score.

Don’t waste money on upgrades you don’t need. A professional home energy assessment shows where your house loses heat and power, so your budget goes where it makes the biggest difference.

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Gas to electric conversion specialists

Find gas to electric conversion specialists near you.

A few of the 2960 listed across Australia

CBR Renewable Energy Solutions

5.0 69 Google reviews

Home battery installationSolar system maintenanceHome EV charger installationRooftop solar installationSolar and battery upgradesHeat pump hot water systemsInduction cooktop installationSwitchboard upgrades

Serves Indigo, Wangaratta and 3 more | Based in Rutherglen

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Cortal Electrical

5.0 162 Google reviews

Switchboard upgradesSplit system air conditioningLED lighting upgradesInduction cooktop installationSmart lighting controlsHome EV charger installationThree phase power upgrades

Serves Werribee and Wyndham Vale and nearby suburbs | Based in Werribee

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Volt Solar Australia

4.8 293 Google reviews

Rooftop solar installationSplit system air conditioningDucted reverse cycle heating and coolingHome battery installationHeat pump hot water systemsVirtual power plant (VPP) battery connectionSwitchboard upgradesSolar and battery upgradesAir conditioning servicing

Serves Truganina and surrounding suburbs | Based in Truganina

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Saving Energy

4.9 75 Google reviews

Split system air conditioningDucted reverse cycle heating and coolingHome battery installationHeat pump hot water systemsAir conditioning servicingSwitchboard upgradesRooftop solar installationSolar and battery upgradesOff-grid solar and battery systems

Serves all of VIC | Based in Ravenhall

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Storm Electrical Solutions

5.0 128 Google reviews

Split system air conditioningAir conditioning servicingDucted reverse cycle heating and coolingSwitchboard upgradesHome EV charger installationLED lighting upgradesInduction cooktop installationThree phase power upgradesSmart lighting controls

Serves Altona North and surrounding suburbs | Based in Altona North

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