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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

improve

are cheaper than

high winter burdens: 65% to 30% of households
lower bills: 45% to 82% of households

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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?