Heat pumps in New York
New York is really several heating markets at once: gas-heated apartments downstate, oil and propane upstate, and a climate that ranges from Long Island to the Adirondacks. Statewide, 4.2% of homes run a heat pump as their main heat — better than its neighbours, and still early.
Heat pump adoption
EIA RECS 2020 microdata ↗4.2% of New York 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. A further 1.5% of New York homes run a mini-split as secondary heat alongside natural gas.
Episodes
Recorded in New York
Homeowners and contractors in NY, in their own words.
Money and next steps
What New York pays toward one
NYS Clean Heat
The statewide heat pump program delivered through the utilities and coordinated by NYSERDA. Per-ton rebates for cold-climate air source and ground source systems.
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 New York 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 New York. Last checked September 2026.
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The numbers
What a heat pump here has to cover
28°F
Coldest month average low
New York · NOAA 1991–2020 normals
85°F
Warmest month average high
New York · 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.