"On the one hand, California has hyperambitious goals to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in an effort to curb the worst effects of a changing climate. Most experts see the electrification of buildings — swapping furnaces, water heaters, stoves and ovens that run on burning fossil fuel with appliances plugged into California’s increasingly green electrical grid — as a necessary step toward meeting those goals.

California has built one of the most aggressive heat pump strategies in the country. The state aims to install six million heat pumps in homes by 2030. Lawmakers are also moving this year to boost heat pump adoption – proposing to streamline permitting, and make it easier to electrify homes.

On the other hand, California’s residential electricity prices are among the highest in the country — expensive even compared to its also pricey natural gas. That makes heat pumps a tough sell to many Californians."

Hmm...I have a new water heater heat pump, and I'm not seeing the major "cost" risk this article seems to be gaslighting. In fact, I saw my gas bill go down from $60-80 in the summer to less than $5 a month. And half what I used to pay in the winter now that I'm not running a gas water heater all the time in the cold garage. Yeah, my power bill went up, but not more than what I saved. I'm still paying less overall.