Client: Green Energy Consumers Alliance (GECA)
Author: Joshua R. Castigliego, Elisabeth Seliga
December 2023
On behalf of the Green Energy Consumers Alliance (GECA), Researcher Joshua R. Castigliego and Assistant Researcher Elisabeth Seliga developed a spreadsheet-based tool—AEC's Heating Electrification Assessment Tool (AEC-HEAT)—that (1) compares heating costs for various resource types and (2) evaluates the impact of new space heating electrification on regional peak electric use during the winter heating season.
AEC-HEAT houses two Dashboard tabs (i.e., Heating Costs Dashboard and Load Profile Dashboard) to provide users with an interface to evaluate impacts associated with space heating electrification. Users can customize the tool by selecting parameters from drop-down menus or inputting their own data values. AEC-HEAT is currently equipped to perform assessments specific to Massachusetts but has the ability to evaluate other jurisdictions pending data availability. AEC-HEAT's User Guide and Methodology document provides an overview of the tool as well as the methodological approach, parameters, and data requirements.
AEC-HEAT was utilized in the analysis for AEC’s December 2023 white paper, Space Heating with Heat Pumps: The Need for Alternative Rate Designs in Massachusetts.
Link to AEC-HEAT [Excel Workbook]