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Sacramento is not “on the coast”, more of Central Valley, so it does get hot. Where I live in the “Peninsula” part of Bay Area, we may “want” rather than need
by vladgur 2y ago
Sacramento is not “on the coast”, more of Central Valley, so it does get hot.
Where I live in the “Peninsula” part of Bay Area, we may “want” rather than need A/C maybe 1 week a year. My heating is provided by a 15 year old forced air gas furnace, but I’m in no hurry to install a heatpump because of our ridiculous electrical costs - thanks PG&E.
Our current rates seem to already average at $.5/kwh, probably 5 times more than the rest of the country.
I would wager that adoption of heatpumps is related to cost of electricity vs gas
- CalRobert 2y agoNomenclature but I generally think of the west coast on the national scale, but you're correct. I mean, downtown LA is definitely the west coast but it can be much much hotter than Santa Monica, 15 miles away. But you're right that expensive electricity kills the value proposition.