If you want to see happy people, just show them how cleaner, safer, climate-friendly appliances can be swapped out for their outdated fossil fuel appliances.

In August 2024 homeowners across the country in Chapel Hill, North Carolina; Denver; Dunwoody, Georgia and a host of other cities celebrated clean electric home upgrades made possible by the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). For the second anniversary of the landmark law, American homeowners are hosting “front porch ribbon cuttings” to showcase new heat pumps, EV chargers, and other clean electric machines and to bring attention to the upgrades made available by the IRA.

August 2024 marks the second anniversary of the IRA’s landmark climate legislation, which made billions of dollars worth of tax credits available to American homeowners to purchase heat pumps, heat pump water heaters, electric cars and chargers, as well as to help cover energy audits and home weatherization work.

Data released by the U.S. Department of the Treasury shows 3.4 million Americans took advantage of the credits in 2023 — more than double the federal government's early projections. The credits for rooftop solar and heat pump water heaters also matched Rewiring America's "Electric Potential" benchmark — the incentive uptake expected if we are to meet our climate goals by 2050.

“Two years after the passage of this landmark law the receipts are in: the Inflation Reduction Act is working and helping Americans save on their energy bills,” said Ari Matusiak, CEO and co-founder of Rewiring America.

“What we’re seeing is that if policies are designed to help Americans' pocketbooks, they will succeed, and we should celebrate them just like we celebrate jobs and economic impact on communities. We’re grateful to everyone who is opening their homes to the public to tell their success stories and the story of the IRA’s ongoing nationwide impact.”