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2. If we fix this, heat pumps become cheaper than gas.
1. We're overcharging heat pumps for the grid, to subsidize everyone else.
3. Without costing anyone anything.
Winter peak never exceeds summer peak by 2045 in BGE, Pepco, PDL
Why is this overcharging?
Heat pumps aren't triggering grid upgrades, they're using spare capacity.
Why does this create a cross-subsidy to everyone else?
What if we fixed this overcharge?
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40% of cold-climate buildings are in Northeast
Maine = 4x Massachusetts, 8x New York
How?
$650K: full strategy
Help gov make rates
Help advocates win rates
Mobilize manufacturers
Help media get it right
$200K: "one and done" to "always on"
$50K: keep to lights on, do RI and CT reports
MD HP Rates Proposal
By Juan-Pablo Velez
