I also got the heat pump water heater, and it does a lot of things. It cools your house during the summer. It saves you on electricity. For me, the saving is between 30 and 50 US dollars every month.

And my power company was offering a $500 cash rebate if you purchased one, so for me it was like $1,300 and then I spent $500 on all the parts and pieces I needed to get it installed, but I installed it myself with the help of a friend.

All of the plumbers in the area wanted two or three thousand dollars to install it, which is highway robbery.

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I get screwed on power rebates because I get it through my city which is municipal wholesale instead of the power company directly.

[–] bizarroland@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

That sounds like a Texas thing to me. My dad lived in a town that is close to Austin, and their city power infrastructure was just fucking terrible.

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 3 points 3 weeks ago

I don't really have any problems with that, it's still mostly okay, it's even still Georgia Power technically, but because it's through the city I can't use their "energy saving marketplace" or whatever.