Im stuck with an all electric house... to expensive just to live and it has left me with no money to upgrade to cheaper options like heat pumps and solar. My monthly equal payment plan is currently $850 a month. This is with me keeping my house cold during winter where its set to 64 on average. At night I drop it to 58. Maybe one day ill be able to afford it to break this shitty cycle.

[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 2 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

Yeah, I grew up in an all electric house, and even as a kid who didn’t have to pay bills, I hated it and vowed never to be stuck in one again.

But heat pumps make a huge difference in heating cost and induction is better than cooking with gas.

You do have to factor in the cost of utilities and where I live electricity is very expensive. Even here regular heat pumps are cheaper than heating with propane or oil (or of course resistive electric) but gas is still cheapest. Installers generally recommend a hybrid system so you can use the heat pumps in the shoulder seasons, but gas when it’s cold. If you could use a ground source heat pump or solar panels, that changes everything.

But all that is hugely expensive to convert to and we’re not going to make any progress if that’s the way forward. Requiring it for new construction, where it’s much cheaper, is the least we can do, but this is something that’s worth a little government help

My state still has incentives for landlords and homeowners by income level: any chance there’s some help there?

[–] frongt@lemmy.zip 1 points 19 hours ago

No chance there are government grants to do those upgrades?

I assume you've also done the math on financing those upgrades, and on just plain moving out.