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Heat pumps

Mass. regulator orders National Grid to set lower winter rate for heat pumps

The decision instructs the state’s second-largest utility to develop a more affordable wintertime electricity rate for customers who have a heat pump.

By Sarah Shemkus . 4 October 2024

A heat pump in Rangeley, Maine. (Kathryn Krawczyk / Energy News Network)

Electrification

California's proposed building code boosts all-electric, but it doesn’t stop natural gas

Heat pumps will be the baseline tech, but natural gas can still be in new buildings through mid-decade at least. Will city and county bans push past state codes?

By Jeff St. John . 7 May 2021
Electrification

Designing air conditioners that won’t cook the planet

The Global Cooling Prize awards $1 million to designs that shave energy, reduce global warming and could make AC more affordable and eco-friendly for billions.

By Jeff St. John . 29 April 2021
Energy efficiency

How to reduce winter grid peaks from behind the meter

Weatherization, heat pumps and flexible loads could prevent Texas-style disasters, cutting peaker-plant and in-home carbon emissions to boot.

By Jeff St. John . 21 April 2021

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Heat pumps

Mass. regulator orders National Grid to set lower winter rate for heat pumps

California's proposed building code boosts all-electric, but it doesn’t stop natural gas

Designing air conditioners that won’t cook the planet

How to reduce winter grid peaks from behind the meter