PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • November 16, 2024
A shift toward installing electric heat pumps for the entire house instead of individual rooms is so far paying off with a sharp rise in consumer interest. Efficiency Maine Trust gave more rebates for whole-home heat pumps in three months this summer than it did during the previous nine months. The agency issued 1,814 rebates from July through September compared to 1,805 from October 2023 to June. The agency said 563 rebates for whole-home heat pumps were issued in September, the most in a month since the program shifted to whole-home heat pump rebates in September 2023.