Editing Heat pump (section)

===United States===
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The High-efficiency Electric Home Rebate Program was created in 2022 to award grants to State energy offices and Indian Tribes in order to establish state-wide high-efficiency electric-home rebates. Effective immediately, American households are eligible for a tax credit to cover the costs of buying and installing a heat pump, up to $2,000. Starting in 2023, low- and moderate-level income households will be eligible for a heat-pump rebate of up to $8,000.<ref>{{cite web |author=Shao |first=Elena |title=H. R. 5376 – Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 |url=https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/5376/text |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221117004205/https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/5376/text |archive-date=17 November 2022 |access-date=17 November 2022 |website=Congress.gov |date=16 August 2022 |publisher=U.S. Congress}}</ref>

In 2022, more heat pumps were sold in the United States than natural gas furnaces.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/02/22/climate/heat-pumps-extreme-cold.html |title=As Heat Pumps Go Mainstream, a Big Question: Can They Handle Real Cold? |date=February 22, 2023 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=April 11, 2023 |archive-date=April 11, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230411162035/https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/02/22/climate/heat-pumps-extreme-cold.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

In November 2023 Biden's administration allocated 169 million dollars from the [[Inflation Reduction Act]] to speed up production of heat pumps. It used the Defense Production Act to do so, in a stated bid to advance national security.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Frazin |first1=Rachel |date=17 November 2023 |title=Biden administration uses wartime authority to bolster energy efficient manufacturing |agency=The Hill |url=https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/4315744-biden-admin-wartime-authority-bolster-energy-efficient-manufacturing/ |access-date=29 November 2023}}</ref>