Heat pumps in Michigan

Michigan is a natural gas state with a long, grey winter, and heat pump adoption to match — 1.9% of homes use one as their main heat, among the lowest in the country. Cheap piped gas is the obstacle, and the strongest case for switching here usually starts with the cooling you get thrown in.

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Heat pump adoption

EIA RECS 2020 microdata ↗

1.9% of Michigan 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 Michigan

Homeowners and contractors in MI, in their own words.

Money and next steps

What Michigan pays toward one

  • Michigan Saves

    The nation's first nonprofit green bank. It does not pay rebates itself — it underwrites low-interest financing through authorised contractors. The rebates come from your utility, so check DTE or Consumers Energy alongside it.

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  • 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 Michigan stands before you count on it.

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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 Michigan. Last checked September 2026.

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The numbers

What a heat pump here has to cover

  • 20°F

    Coldest month average low

    Detroit · NOAA 1991–2020 normals

  • 84°F

    Warmest month average high

    Detroit · NOAA 1991–2020 normals

Coldest month, average low Warmest month, average high

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.