California Heat Pump Partnership releases blueprint to speed heat pump adoption

The California Heat Pump Partnership, a public-private partnership, has released a blueprint to accelerate heat pump adoption in California.

The document is a roadmap to boost adoption through cross-sector collaboration and strategic partnerships. The blueprint outlines near-term strategies to address technical, market, and policy barriers to heat pump adoption and advance the state’s goal to install six million electric heat pumps by 2030.

California Heat Pump Partnership

The six million goal would help reduce greenhouse gas emissions from buildings to support the state’s ultimate goal of achieving carbon net neutrality by 2045, according to a Partnership news release. The strategies cited in the blueprint include:

• Improving the value proposition for heat pumps by supporting long-term, stable incentives, supporting electrification-friendly rates, expanding low-cost appliance financing, and targeting high-value opportunities for appliance retrofits
• Streamlining sales and installation processes by modernizing local permitting and simplifying incentive programs
• Accelerating market adoption through a coordinated marketing campaign with a two-pronged focus on consumers and contractors and a dedicated “Heat Pump Week” featuring training, promotions, and incentives
• Supporting a skilled workforce by launching a comprehensive workforce engagement campaign, expanding training opportunities, and increasing contractor support
• Ensuring that benefits are accessible to all communities by working to align available funding with the Governor’s goal to direct at least half of program funds to low-income and disadvantaged communities
• Improving market visibility by strengthening data collection to track adoption trends and refine policies and programs