title: "Heat Pumps and Solar: The Good Pairing" date: 2025-12-08 category: Electrification tags: ["Heat pumps", "Electrification", "Home energy"] summary: "Heat pumps shift home energy from gas to electricity; here’s how to think about solar sizing and seasonal load."
Heat Pumps and Solar: The Good Pairing
Heat pumps can reduce emissions and sometimes lower costs, but they change electricity consumption.
What changes
- More winter kWh in many climates
- Higher importance of rate design