lol, who watches the local news forecast? You can get weather 100 different ways online.

Eversource has no reason to lower rates. Its not that we have any choice and they know it. We will be lucky if the rate stays the same.

There is actually more people in the house then with the previous owners. Still more then 2x-3x the usage seems awfully excessive. There was months in the middle of winter that was as high as the summer months with central AC running. The water heater uses oil, so that would not account for much electricity.

There was a $1500 difference between the installation of each unit. I thought the 5-6 ton would have been significantly more. They did not break out the electrical cost, which I don't really need since my brother in law is an electrician. But I would not expect the electrical to be more than 2k.

I am in no rush. My current system works well, and the house is well insulated and sealed. I always try to get at least 3 bids. I hate looking around for a new company, though. I am either used to doing it myself, or I already have a known contact that I can trust.

Yeah or in my case I would not even qualify for the rebate unless I had new air handlers installed also, so I would need to cover all 30K of the install. So much for trying to "save" the environment.

I know, I know, I was just trying to get an idea of others as well.

I did get a quote for a 20Kw system, so there are no issues there. The house gets a lot of sun and has a large roof for panels. Although this is large, it was based on the previous owners energy use, which was 2000kwH a month. We use about half that so far, so we don't need such a large system. I'm not sure why they were using so much energy.

Yeah, I definitely am going to shop around. Not in a rush as the house was built in 1999 and is very well sealed. I already had the energy audit, and all they basically did was add some weather stripping to the doors and spray foam around the sill plate in the basement. The house is 5200 sqft, including a finished basement. So, I am looking for ways to cut energy use. I figured solar and heat pump was a good choice. Unfortunately, the roof is original, so that will need to be done before adding solar. The house also has 5 zones, so I can control the HVAC well.

Yes, I do plan to get other quotes. I thought this was still very high. There's no reason to replace the airhandlers when they work perfectly fine and only 6 years old. In fact, the person that came out said they still use the same model air handlers in the systems that they install.

Did that include replacing the air handlers or just the outdoor units? My qoute was only for the outdoor units.

Stews is good and has a larger selection, but you pay for it. While I like Stews, we rarely go there because TJ's is still good quality and at better price. Also, I would check out Aldi. We usually go to both TJ's and Aldi for different things.

I thought those data caps had been eliminated from basically all ISP's, that's ridiculous for what you pay.