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Georgia: HER open, HEAR paused; Georgia Power pays up to $1,500 for a heat pump replacing an electric furnace

By Ionel Glogoveanu, editor. Every figure on this page was checked against the official source on the date shown.

Published September 29, 2026. Facts read on the official source on September 26, 2026.

GEFA keeps Home Efficiency Rebates (up to $16,000) open and HEAR paused. Georgia Power’s 2026 rules pay 50% back, up to $1,500 for a heat pump, through December 31, 2028.

The Georgia Environmental Finance Authority’s rebate site, read on September 26, 2026, shows two different situations. Home Efficiency Rebates — Georgia’s version of the federal HOMES program — remain open through program-approved contractors, paying up to $16,000 for whole-home projects that reach modelled savings targets. Home Electrification and Appliance Rebates (HEAR) project submissions are paused until further notice.

Georgia Power’s Home Energy Improvement Program, under its 2026 preconditions and requirements document valid from August 1, 2026 to December 31, 2028, pays 50% of cost up to $1,500 for a heat pump — but only when it replaces an electric furnace, in line with the federal fuel-switching rule — and up to $1,700 for an insulation and air-sealing bundle, with a $2,500 annual cap and a 60-day filing window.

Two Georgia contractor guides updated in 2026 still promise the 25C credit and HEAR money for gas replacements; both are in our corrections log.

What this means for you

Electric-furnace households in Georgia Power territory can stack HER and the $1,500 HEIP rebate now. Gas-heated households should not count on HEAR returning for a gas-to-heat-pump swap: the federal rules since May 29, 2026 no longer pay for it.