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I have been asking about this locally, here in Oregon, and it seems that in the US we're likely to get some financial incentives. But nothing seems sure yet. An

• mkozlows 4y ago
  There are incentives in the IRA, but (except for ground-source, which is a straight up 30% uncapped tax rebate), they're limited by income and capped to certain dollar amounts.
• ben7799 4y ago
  We have had them here in Massachusetts for a while. $10,000-15,000 rebate depending on what the house requires.
• jdeibele 4y ago
  https://www.energytrust.org/residential/incentives/furnace-and-heat-pump https://www.energytrust.org/residential/incentives/furnace-a... Some of the incentives may be limited if you have too much income. I was able to get the latest Ecobee thermostat for $90 instead of the list price of $250. Fortunately or unfortunately, I started reading about how 3rd party thermostats can't talk to multi-stage furnaces or air handlers except in very blunt increments. Maybe as blunt as on or off. Each manufacturer has their own, undocumented protocol for doing fine adjustments. I tried running the fan all the time (now I do 10 minutes every hour) and it was quite expensive for that month. Anyway, I'm hesitating about putting in the nice Ecobee thermostat because it could conceivably cost quite a bit more in electricity.
• rainsford 4y ago
  Oregon seems like a perfect use-case for heat pumps. It has a lot of renewable energy and relatively mild winter temperatures (at least near the coast where most of the people live), two things that make heat pumps a lot greener of a solution than natural gas heating.