Ohiogirl- I'm not sure what you're saying there- I'm an HVAC contractor and I can tell you all the heat pumps used here in TV are ELECTRIC heat pumps. One company (YORK) experimented with a natural gas fired engine that ran a compressor in a heat pump but discontinued it after a short time. So... if you have a heat pump its electric, if you have natural or LP gas heat its more than likely a forced warm air furnace in Florida. (may be a boiler further north) Too much information?