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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.

What if we fixed this overcharge?

"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?