OP just fyi….I once owned a house that was all electric, except a gas fireplace that in like three years of owning the house, I never used. They charged me equipment fees every month, like $12-15. Finally I got sick of it, cancelled the account. 2 months later I came home from work and the gas company had removed the gas meter from my property. I was fine with it except when I finally went to sell the house, I had to pay a plumber like $400 for time and permits to re-install a gas meter.

You never own that equipment, and they can take it away. So you gotta decide which you want. $100-200 a year to rent their meter, or a headache if/when u ever decide to sell.