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Electrify Your Home
Upgrades Needed To Comply With The Energy Master Plan

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New Jersey’s Energy Master Plan is here, and you’ll eventually have to make upgrades to your home to comply.

If you heat and cook with natural gas, that means removing your furnace, hot water, dryer, and stove with new electric-powered equivalents. You’ll also need to install car charging systems for your new electric vehicles.

And then you’ll probably need to upgrade the electrical circuits in your home to handle the increased electrical needs.[/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.9.4″ _module_preset=”default”]This simple chart summarizes the changes:

 

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Home Innovation Research Labs, “Cost and Other Implications of Electrification Policies on Residential Construction”, February 2021
https://www.nahb.org/-/media/NAHB/nahb-community/docs/committees/construction-codes-and-standards-committee/home-innovation-electrification-report-2021.pdf

Diversified Energy Specialists, “Case Study: Massachusetts Air-Source Heat Pump Installations 2014-2019”, November 2019
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