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"Heat pumps can't compete against natural gas"
True.
"Heat pumps will make low-income energy burdens worse"
False.
"And it's all because natural gas is cheaper than electricity."
False.
Heat pumps are being overcharged.
ISO-NE
Winter Peak is
75% of Summer Peak
What if we fixed this overcharge?
Natural Gas
All Fuels
Energy
Burdens
"Heat pumps can't compete against natural gas"
"Heat pumps will worsen low-income energy burdens"
"This is all because gas is cheap"
heat pumps are being overcharged
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are cheaper than
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heat pumps in ma
- "Heat pumps can't compete against natural gas"
- "Heat pumps will worsen low-income energy burdens"
- "This is all because gas is cheap"
- true: higher bills 27% of the time
- false: no worse on average
- false: heat pumps are being overcharged
How do we correct this overcharge?
Heat Pumps Rates in Massachusetts
By Juan-Pablo Velez
