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So much of this depends on specifics.

What was the size and model of your boiler and of your heat pump system? Not all heat pumps are created equal and they need to be sized correctly and installed correctly for your individual space.

Personally I’ve got a split level with 3 zones for the boiler and a 5-head mitsubishi low temp heat pump system. The heat pump does use a lot of energy when it gets cold as my system is slightly undersized for the heating use-case. A lot of installers still only think of these as air conditioners and seasonal heaters so they don’t size them properly for the full winter months.

I know on the Seacoast and probably all of NH there are fewer homes being sold in the extreme winter months. This tends to mess up the zillow algorithms in my experience and you see dips. When the weather becomes warmer and there are more sales happening and more data you tend to see estimates rise.

Mitsubishi hyper heat was blowing hot air the entire time. About as efficient as a regular electric resistive space heater at those temps though.

I pay 79.99 for the comcast 1200 down service in NH.

I’m not switching until they drop that fee, thats redic.

How are you doing this? I called them and they said they don’t have an option for using your own router and not paying the $10 fee.

Install a sense device in your panel. https://sense.com/

This will give you very detailed data on kWh usage down to the minute. It will also be able to detect things that are using a lot of power. Start there to reduce your bill… shut things off if you can.

Secondly this device will give you enough data to know if TOU plans will save you meaningful amounts of money and it will give you the data you need to provide to a solar company. CMP rates for the various plans are all published online. Make a spreadsheet of your own and calculate the bill or use the effciency maine website calculator once you know your kWh usage and the time of day you are using power. If you have a heat pump you also can get a special rate, you might want a second sense or another device to monitor only your heat pump circuit as they are variable and hard for the sense to pick up when it’s monitoring your main supply only.

https://www.efficiencymaine.com/cmp-rate-calculator/

And at below freezing low temps they could be more costly than oil. Our electric prices are around 30 cents in New England. My big 48k btu heat pump with 5 heads used between 1,500 to 2,000 kWh in December.

“R40 cellulose blown in the attic, four inches cellulose blown into the stud bays, and two inches R10 foam board over the entire outside.“

I’m curious about this. Do you mean the outside of the house? I’ve done a lot of insulating and air sealing but I think my fundemental problem is that my foundation is from 1961 and they never insulated foundations back then. I was thinking it was too big of a job to retrofit that.

Not really at the scale we are talking for Maine. The impact is negligible.

We are so far behind on offshore wind it is pathetic. The potential in the gulf of Maine is insane. The latest turbines are put way offshore and would not be visible or interfere with fishing despite those claims. The latest GE turbines are 12 MW+ and can power around 15,000 households per year with a single turbine. You don’t need many of these to power our entire state or all of new england.

Labor is a huge issue still. I don’t see that getting solved anytime soon.

I’ve seen two of them and they offer the credit directly off of the standard CMP bill.

Most of the community solar contracts I’ve seen allow you to cancel anytime and usually offer a fixed (15%) discount over the standard offer.

DOT does a great job in this State. A lot of the road issues in Maine are caused by lack of local level funding.

I was a kid but I remember it well. We had to move large trees to even get out of the neighborhood. Power was out for ~2 weeks for us.

YouTube TV - Not much less than cable. Then you also need NESN 360 for Bruins and RedSox which is another $30/mo (SIGH).

It is very good.

The best thing to do is look for a job outside of Maine that is remote elligible. They will probably pay more. Most remote employers already have a way to work with each state for payroll. You get taxed in the state you live in at the normal tax rate for that state.

Low temp heat pump for primary. Oil for hot water and backup heat (never had to turn on last year). Considering a wood stove fireplace insert.

I’ll have a new old man of the mountain actually carved into a mountain.