Switching to an electric heat pump water heater can save you money and help the state avoid power outages during hot summer evenings. And there’s money available for low-income homes and renters to make the switch. 

Heating water is typically the second-largest source of energy use in a home, behind heating and cooling air. Electric heat pump water heaters are three times more efficient than gas ones, which can help with your bill, and they can be programmed to heat water during the middle of the day when there’s an oversupply of solar power and electricity rates are the cheapest, which helps lower demand on hot summer evenings when we’re most prone to power outages.