In the many municipalities with their own light department or a municipal aggregation program, the probability of operating savings is high, although cumulative operating savings may remain modest as compared to the capital costs of a heat pump conversion.
Environment
airplane noise, carbon and climate, cell towers, land use issues, parks and recreation, pfas, waste/hazards, water issues
Heat Pump Economics
Even for a conversion from an oil burner, consumers should not count on operating savings from a heat pump conversion.
Heat pump performance
It seems very clear that we should generally expect actual heat pump performance materially below rated performance .
Home Energy Retrofit Programs in the IRA
This post identifies the IRA measures supporting existing home retrofits for energy efficiency and heating electrification.
Our heat pump experience
Yesterday, National Grid shut off service to our two unit home and pulled the gas meters from our basement.
Heat Pump Survey Takeaways
The survey responses tend to confirm that raising adoption heat pump rates will be difficult and expensive.