Central air and a natural gas furnace are both on the same duct system and low maintenance.

Electric heat doesn't need any duct system though, which is nice. Also, no chimney to worry about. For places with low-co2 footprint electricity, it makes a lot of sense.

Granted, down in TX central AC is a lot more important than worrying about heat for a once-every-30-years cold situation.

Electric heat in the central air is low maintenance too.