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We use our fireplace mostly when we around to see it. At night I prefer to use a portable ceramic electric heater, just because I would rather replace the portable heater than the fireplace. I have no reason to think that the fireplace would fail, but I would rather try to preserve it by using the portable heater. If you are in sub-freezing weather, then I agree with Stiles, set it up so that the propane will come on enough to prevent freezing in the underbelly.
When you say that you are paying for electricity, I am taking it that you mean that the campsite fee, includes electricity. I think it was me who did the calculation of cost of electricity vs propane. That was based on costs in the Rio Grande Valley, where propane is fairly cheap ($15 for a 30# fill) and was delivered to the campsite; and electricity was fairly costly ($0.15/kW. On that basis, it was pretty even in cost depending what efficiency you assume for the propane furnace.
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