Heat pumps in Kansas
Kansas sits at 6.0% of homes on a heat pump, with a climate that punishes equipment at both ends — a 22°F average low in the coldest month against a 93°F average high in the warmest. Systems here get worked hard in both directions, and sizing for one season at the expense of the other shows up fast.
Heat pump adoption
EIA RECS 2020 microdata ↗6% of Kansas homes use a heat pump as their main heat
Goal: every home
Central heat pumps and ductless mini-splits combined, counted as the home's main heating equipment.
Episodes
Recorded in Kansas
Homeowners and contractors in KS, in their own words.
Money and next steps
What Kansas pays toward one
Evergy — Ways to Save
Evergy serves most Kansas homes and runs the main residential rebates and efficiency programmes. Kansas has no statewide efficiency mandate, so what you can claim depends heavily on your utility.
Program details →Federal Home Energy Rebates
The IRA rebate programs (HEAR and HOMES) survived the 2025 tax changes — they were grants to states, not tax credits. Each state runs its own, and they are at different stages: some open, some already out of money, some yet to launch. Check where Kansas stands before you count on it.
Program details →
The federal 25C tax credit — 30% back, up to $2,000 on a heat pump — ended for systems placed in service after 31 December 2025. If you had one installed in 2025 or earlier you can still claim it; there is no successor credit. Incentives move fast, so check DSIRE for what is current in Kansas. Last checked September 2026.
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The numbers
What a heat pump here has to cover
22°F
Coldest month average low
Wichita · NOAA 1991–2020 normals
93°F
Warmest month average high
Wichita · NOAA 1991–2020 normals
Cold-climate heat pumps are rated to hold full output well below zero. The question here is not whether one works, it is whether yours was sized and installed for the coldest night of the year rather than the average one.