Resistive heat is staggeringly expensive to operate in cold climates and the people most often using it are renters who have no choice. The heat pump law and su

Resistive heat is staggeringly expensive to operate in cold climates and the people most often using it are renters who have no choice. The heat pump law and subsidy I'd most like to see is for retrofitting rental units with heat pumps, especially in places where the renter is paying for utilities. Make sure the landlord can't block the improvement (or force them to do it and cover some costs). I like carbon pricing in theory as a market solution, but it really only works when the person paying the extra cost can make different choices about their usage. Those of us rich, old, or lucky enough to own homes can retrofit for efficiency as we see fit. Renters are stuck with whatever heat source, air sealing, and insulation they draw in the lottery, especially in the current housing crunch. If the renter is also paying the utilities the person with the carbon-pricing incentive to make improvements isn't allowed to and the landlord has no reason to change.