The state’s utility agency recently approved a heat pump rate for Eversource customers that could save them hundreds of dollars, state officials said this week.

On Tuesday, the Department of Public Utilities approved a way for customers of Eversource to enroll in seasonal electric rates, which could save them — on average — $540 throughout the winter season.

Heat pumps help reduce the cost of electricity while the state works to achieve its climate goals, a report from Switchbox, a New York climate policy think tank, said last week.
“This is a good first step,” said Kyle Murray, director of implementation in Massachusetts for the clean-energy advocate Acadia Center, which is based in Maine. Murray’s work focuses on advocacy efforts in the commonwealth, including coalition building and outreach.
If that new rate is adopted, 8 out of 10 Massachusetts homes with heat pumps will save on their winter energy bills, with median savings of $687 per heating season, the Switchbox report said.
“That would be a universal, increased, heat pump rate reduction,” Murray said Tuesday, meaning all heat pump users would benefit.

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