CPRG Implementation Grant: New England Heat Pump Accelerator

The Rhode Island Office of Energy Resources, along with coalition member States Connecticut (lead applicant), Maine, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire, collectively received $450 million in EPA Climate Pollution Reduction Grant (CPRG) Program Implementation Funds for the New England Heat Pump Accelerator Coalition. This coalition will leverage the power of a multi-state market to rapidly accelerate the adoption of cold-climate air-source heat pumps, heat pump water heaters, and ground source heat pumps in single-family and multifamily residential buildings across the region. Through this effort, the coalition will collectively: 
- Install nearly 580,000 electric heat pumps with the goal of heat pumps reaching at least 65% of residential-scale heating, air conditioning, and water heating sales by 2030 and 90% by 2040.
- Provide training for contractors to integrate electricity into existing manufacturer and distributor training and ensure quality installation of electric heat pumps. 
- Improve indoor and outdoor air quality, lower energy costs and energy burden, improve housing quality and comfort, and create local well-paying jobs. 
- Allocate 40% of funding to low-income and disadvantaged communities. 
- Provide incentives at the distributor level in an attempt to create a greater shift in market behavior.

CPRG Implementation Grant: New England Heat Pump Accelerator

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