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0110010001100010, 8 hours ago

Every heat pump is an air conditioner, not every air conditioner is a heat pump. They require a reversing valve to function both ways.

The furnace doesn’t need to change. I have a nat gas furnace with an electric heat pump. You can also do electric heat pump with an electric air handler. There are plenty of combos.

That said, every year I run the numbers and despite my heat pump being ~300% efficient my 95% efficient nat gas furnace is still cheaper to operate (based on the cost of each energy source). I’d LOVE to go solar and operate as close to 100% electric as possible but with my old growth trees and shitty house orientation I wouldn’t even break-even in the lifetime of the panels. :(

0110010001100010, 12 hours ago

For these events it’s people not keeping their trees trimmed and away from power lines.

Unless Texas is somehow different than Ohio (possible, I know) people aren’t responsible for this. The power company is the one that should be maintaining proper clearances, installing protective devices to isolate sections, etc.

Source: I worked for a power company for almost 2 decades and now am doing grid mod consulting.