Power plants are way more efficient, transfer loses are way exaggerated, and most of the energy will be soon provided by only renewable sources.
EDIT: and according to this [0], most of New York's electricity is already carbon free.
EDIT: and according to this [0], most of New York's electricity is already carbon free.
But it’s really a moot point, because the goal is to change the power plants to clean energy sources anyway.
It's not just transfer losses. The power plant has to heat water to steam, use the steam to turn a turbine. There's losses all along that process vs. directly using the heat where you want to heat something.
And the power plant is far more efficient at capturing the heat than the furnace in your home or building.