Building Energy

This post offers some analysis and recent history of electric rates.

Many have spoken out about high utility bills this winter, especially gas bills. On Friday, the Department of Public Utilities responded with orders cutting costs.

The energy bill includes one statutory change relative to heat pumps that is critical to preserve availability of heat pumps in Massachusetts.

This post identifies the provisions of S.2829, the senate draft energy bill, that speak to the future of natural gas in the Commonwealth. I am prepared to vote for these provisions as written.

The HFCs in heat pumps appear to be pose no danger to people even when they leak.

We don’t know enough about heat distribution patterns after whole home heat pump conversions.