10 years ago I received 30% credit grin the feds, this was a bottom line deduction, not a reduction in AGI.

PECO gave me $210/ ton, I have a 4 ton unit.

I think things are still the same. It depends on the device you buy, less efficient will be less benefit.

Honor it for all renewals. Was my first time renewing with them.

Going for geothermal, or just a standard heat pump. Just curious.

55 for renewal is nice. I usually pay 75 for mine. Do you know if you have to be a preexisting patient there for that price or do they honor it far any renewals?

I called over 1500 times over two days and got through but had to wait an hour on hold. It also depends what time you are calling them.

fuck pot.

You can go to a career link office and just wait to speak to someone in person on the spot.

All that money for a new, safer system. My identity was stolen in June of 22 and someone claimed a month of UC and changed my direct deposit.

Oh I did I hit up to 2000 times then i stopped and got the chat help

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My brother has been waiting for 4 months for an email response

I've been waiting for about 6 weeks for an email response

I have had days where I call over 300 time with out getting through.

You just need to keep trying.

Download an auto re dialer. There were times it redialed over 250 times before it was able to connect.

At least we could do most things online now I remember a time when they didn't have any online website to log in or file claim covid really pushed their handle that one I don't know maybe they should hire people pay them 30 an hour to do it I don't know

I could not agree more.

I was able to get ahold of someone through chat agent. but god damn what do we pay taxes for if our state agencies suck this much and they wanna raise our local taxes more smh

This happens to me all of the time. Take a deep breathe and keep trying. You might have to try again tomorrow. It’s a complete pain in the ass but persistence is your best tool against UC.

PPL is among, if not the, most expensive electricity utility in the state. While one can reduce the bite a bit by choosing another supplier with PPL only serving as the distributor, cost may still be high. PPL seemingly has gone off the rails to appease investors.

If you currently have gas heat, consider staying with that. There are rebates for newer, high-efficiency gas systems too. UGI was doing a $500 rebate awhile back. Not sure what they're offering now.

Look at the whole picture, including typical weather in your area. For lower southeast PA, heat pump often makes sense. While none of PA gets extreme cold weather like NY state, temps under 20 will be challenging for many heat pumps. Air will be less hot and more defrost cycles. Below 10 or so, which varies widely with system, auxiliary / emergency heat will be needed. Many heat pumps use electric heating strips for that, which draw more power.

Heat pumps (which is basically what central air conditioning is, but in reverse) works great for many, but may not save much due to the pricing difference of electric versus gas. Worse, I strongly suspect PPL will be at the forefront of pushing time of use rates on to residential customers. However, not all is roses over in gas land either. UGI and some others have added a Weather Normalization Adjustment. While touted as usually being some nominal amount, it's more than that on some people's bills.

Rambling on. Yes, rebates are available and some tax credits. Be aware federal tax credits are nonrefundable. Not an issue for many working people, but for lower income (ie. those working in retail) and retirees, they often can't fully take advantage of them.

Sweet!!! Will look into this now. Thanks!!

Thank you for that! We do use PPL and will dig into this.

They are horribly understaffed and underfunded. It's a real problem we need to address.

The go-to answer I've seen is to contact your representatives office.

The 30% federal tax credit is already in effect (assuming the heat pump meets requirements.) However many of the other rebates created by the IRA have not gone into effect yet because each state has to implement them. This is a good summary of what's going on: https://www.rewiringamerica.org/app/ira-calculator

Thank you after about an hour I was able to get someone on that live chat thing on their website

If it's expanded, by definition, it's not a quarantine, is it? Accept reality: The battle is lost.

If your supplier is PPL, you may be eligible for a $400 rebate if the new unit is energy efficient. Check their website to confirm. They had the rebate at least thru the end of last year. Always have a new one coming out.