Ductless Heat Pumps
When temperatures drop, energy bills increase because of heating costs. For customers with electrically heated homes, the PUD offers instant rebates to help you pay for eligible ductless heat pumps, which offer efficient heating in the winter and cooling in the summer!
Ductless Heat Pumps, also known as Ductless Mini-Splits, (DHP’s), work just like a refrigerator, but in reverse. While a refrigerator moves heat from inside the unit, to the exterior, in order to keep your food cold, a DHP uses fans and an evaporator to transfer heat energy from the surrounding air and deliver it to the interior of your home. Moving heat energy from one place to another is significantly less costly than converting electricity into desired BTU’s. Combining this fact with variable speed motors and compressors makes DHP’s incredibly efficient at maintaining your level of comfort.
Instant Incentive Amount
The instant incentive is $920 for homes that are replacing electric resistance heating. The incentive is deducted from the overall cost of the installation to give you instant savings, and upon completion of the installation, the incentive will be paid to the installing contractor.
Here’s How Our Incentive Program Works:
- Contact 1 or more Participating Heating Installers for bids and to talk about eligibility. Their bids will include the PUD instant rebate amount. We recommend contacting at least three in order to get a competitive quote, but it’s your choice whom you decide to work with.
- Select a Participating Installer, have the work done, and collect your instant rebate.
- The Participating Installer submits a copy of the bid as well as any supporting documentation for you.
- PUD reviews and approves the instant rebate documents and performs any required verification visits. We don’t require a visit at every job, but we do reserve the right to follow up to ensure quality of work and program compliance.
- PUD pays the instant rebate amount to the Participating Installer, and you’re only responsible for your portion.
If you have any questions or comments about ductless heat pumps, feel free to contact us, either by phone at (360) 565-3249 or by emailing Energy Conservation.