Massachusetts to offer discounted electric rates to heat pump owners this winter
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After yesterday's record-setting temperatures, we have another day of high heat. And those "wet bulb" temps will make you wish you could jump in the Gulf of Maine.
Heat pump owners, listen up! Massachusetts is planning to offer cheaper electric rates for you this winter. The state's Department of Public Utilities announced yesterday that customers of all three of the state's electric utilities will be eligible for discounted seasonal heat pump rates, starting this November. It's part of the state's effort to get more people switched to the electricity-powered boxes to heat and cool their homes. (It also comes after a particularly brutal winter for heating bills.) “The new rates effective this winter make our clean energy transition more affordable and accessible," DPU Commissioner Staci Rubin said in a statement yesterday.
Meanwhile: Environmental advocates in Massachusetts are raising alarms about a new move from the Trump administration to unwind federal efforts to combat climate change. The EPA announced yesterday it will seek to repeal a landmark 2009 finding that greenhouse gas emissions pose a danger to public health.
