Hi John,
Just reaching out again in case you missed your chance to tell your clean energy story! If you have any experience with home energy efficiency or clean energy upgrades (including any challenges), please share your story to help other folks looking to make these same changes. [[link removed]] These stories will be also used to address the impacts climate policies have on Oregonians.
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Sincerely,
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Sarah Kline (she/they)
OLCV Communications & Membership Coordinator
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Hi John,
Hot enough for you? For most of us Oregonians, several days in a row near or over 100° are unusual and maybe unbearable. If you're one of the fortunate people with cooling at home or work, extreme heat may be an inconvenience for now. Too many folks in Oregon still don’t have cooling at home. Outdoor workers need to cool down at night and often can’t afford to miss a day. That’s dangerous for health and safety.
Do the recent heat waves have you thinking of replacing your old A/C or installing cooling for the first time? To lower utility bills, cut pollution, and increase health and safety, we need to get more homes and buildings using energy efficient heat pumps, which work as A/C in the summer and a heater in the winter!
It’s never a bad time to get a heat pump, but it’s no small undertaking. Major shifts are coming for incentives, which help lower the cost to buy and install heat pumps and other energy saving measures.
Here’s what you need to know:
* Pres. Trump and a Republican-led Congress are raising the cost to you or your landlord to pay to upgrade your home for safety and resilience, by taking away tax breaks and other incentives. While Oregonians will still have programs to help pay for projects in years to come, the federal tax breaks for heat pumps will go away by December 31, 2025. Here’s an easy to understand guide on what’s changing, from Rewiring America [[link removed]] .
* Oregon lawmakers failed to reinvest in two state programs that would help people pay for a heat pump this year. We’ll continue to demand they step up as the feds fail us.
* After the federal tax breaks are taken away from us this year, there will be help to pay for your project in 2026 and beyond! Many electric utilities, the Energy Trust of Oregon, and local programs like the Portland Clean Energy Fund will continue to offer rebates, incentives, and other ways to discount a new heat pump.
* Oregon Dept. of Energy (ODOE) will have limited incentive programs next year [[link removed]] for energy efficiency and heat pump projects. And the Heat Pump Purchase Program [[link removed]] is still available for landlords and new construction. Another round of incentives for homeowners will be available in 2027.
Two important points about all this:
1. If you’ve been thinking about a heat pump or your air conditioning or furnace is on its last legs, then it might be time to act before the tax credits are stripped away. Consumer experts say no one should rush to start a heat pump project at home, if they’re not ready. Putting too much pressure on yourself is not a good way to decide on a major investment.
2. We’ll continue to fight alongside you to convince people in power to make it easier to afford and install heat pumps, increase resilience, and lower energy bills in our homes and buildings.
No matter when you make the decision on upgrades to be cleaner, energy efficient and healthier, make sure to check out the Energy Hub for Incentive Programs + Projects in Oregon (HIPPO) [[link removed]] . It will help you find all the incentives available to you for all kinds of clean energy and climate resilience projects.
If you’ve undergone your own home energy efficiency or clean energy upgrades (or challenges), will you take a moment to tell us your story here? [[link removed]] Your story can help other people who are looking to make changes and help us spread the word about using these incentives before they expire! They also help illustrate the human impact climate policies have on the lives of Oregonians.
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Sincerely,
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Eliza Walton (she/they)
OLCV Coalition Director
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