Lol, one day people will blame taking showers at 6pm on a grid failure

[Electrph]

Upfront may seem so but in long term was not (or should not be for me after 10 years use …. I paid all in tax / delivery $1700 for a 65gal Rheem …
Received $300 fed rebate on taxes then I save or will save $12 / month in ng by getting rid of ng heater ( and that is prior to last winter ng price hike we saw ) so over 10 years that’s ~ $1400 I save .
Reason I say 10 years is rheem has 10 year parts warranty (1 year labor) so,I figure I can keep it running 10 years
oh yea installed myself not very difficult … hardest part getting it up on pedestal in garage … hybrid heater is top heavy and overall heavier than ng or straight electric

discovered another incentive for a HPWH .. SCE (california electric utility) added a new baseline credit a few months back to their existing TOU 4-9 and 5-9 rate programs ... starting Oct 1st if you have a HPWH they give a larger baseline allowance in summer and larger still during winter months just called them to activate

 

[holeydonut]

discovered another incentive for a HPWH .. SCE (california electric utility) added a new baseline credit a few months back to their existing TOU 4-9 and 5-9 rate programs ... starting Oct 1st if you have a HPWH they give a larger baseline allowance in summer and larger still during winter months just called them to activate

Nice! I can't wait for the Biden money to kick in and I'll look into getting rid of this crappy NG water heater in my garage. I just hope a certain political group who says they're willing to work across the aisle doesn't encourage some judges to rule the IRA to be unconstitutional.