>In an agreement announced Wednesday, the participating states — Massachusetts, California, Colorado, Maine, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Oregon and Rhode Island — are aiming to have 65% of all new residential HVAC **and hot water heating systems** be electric heat pumps by 2030. By 2040, that goal rises to 90% of all new systems.
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>For context, about 25% of current home heating equipment sales across these states are heat pumps, said Emily Levin, senior policy advisor at the Northeast States for Coordinated Air Use Management, an association of air quality departments that spearheaded the new effort.
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>In an agreement announced Wednesday, the participating states — Massachusetts, California, Colorado, Maine, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Oregon and Rhode Island — are aiming to have 65% of all new residential HVAC **and hot water heating systems** be electric heat pumps by 2030. By 2040, that goal rises to 90% of all new systems.
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>For context, about 25% of current home heating equipment sales across these states are heat pumps, said Emily Levin, senior policy advisor at the Northeast States for Coordinated Air Use Management, an association of air quality departments that spearheaded the new effort.