Originally Posted by G/H
Originally Posted by jbatey1
Originally Posted by Rmart30
Fed tax credit for insulation, doors and windows as well as for some hvac types.
Id put me in a large gas blue flame wall heater ($200) for emergencies when power is out then id hit getting it sealed up and insulated good.
My house isnt all that well built and has single pane builder grade windows. All its ever had is a heat pump with a gas wall heater like mentioned.
You wont run around naked with a heat pump like you can with a gas furnace but to me its ok.



Up to $2000 or 30% tax credit for qualified heat pumps of 15.2 seer 2 or higher. TVA also has active rebates up to $1500 for qualified heat pumps.

It’s fairly common right now that my homeowners are qualifying for the $2,000 tax credit and getting a check from TVA within a few weeks for $1200-1500.

TVA also has rebates for doors, insulation and windows, but they aren’t near as lucrative. Same for the federal program. It’s better than nothing, though, and every little bit helps.

The hottest thing going right now in terms of bang for your buck is Ductless Mini-Splits. If someone has a bonus room, add on, man-cave or etc. that they want to condition. I can get them $2k in tax credits and $1250 from TVA. In most cases that leaves the homeowner with a net investment of around $1750+/-, if the tax credit benefits them, on a fairly normal installation.

Not knocking your business, but it seems like the government and TVA are having to pay folks to put in heat pumps. And they know they will get their money back when the bills come in


Gas companies have incentives too. They just aren’t as lucrative for the homeowner as compared to what electric companies offer. On the federal level, of course they aren’t going to incentivize Gas.. gas is the devil to our administration.

Power or gas companies want as many customers as they can. That’s just business and they play the long game.

On TVA’s hand, however, their power grid is stretched thin. They think that upgrading to high efficiency HP options verses the old HP’s, upgrading windows and insulation will help them buy time until new power is built and in supply.

I don’t know how the rest of the state is, but this corner of the state leans heavy toward heat pump already. We rarely ever convert anyone from gas to electric, or electric to gas and we probably install Heat Pumps at a 5:1 to gas units.

The fool tells me his reasons; the wise man persuades me with my own.