Comment on Could heating oil subsidies be reduced or replaced with subsidies for installing electric heating and houses.?

AA5B@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

Yes, my state has incentives for heat pump installs and a special electric rate for heat pump users (for those who heat with electric only)

I got a smaller incentive for installing a heat pump in my family room but still keeping my gas furnace. Electricity is pretty expensive here so the tradeoff is about 45°F. Above that the efficiency of the heat pump wins out, but colder than that the furnace is cheaper.

I did try the heat pump when it was cold, and it still produced a respectable amount of heat at 20°F

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