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An inverter heat pump will definitely save you electricity during cooling season, and your regional power monopoly may have grants/incentives to install it.
We have oil-fired baseboard hot water heat, and a ducted inverter heat pump for cooling. Not paying California utility rates, the outside temperature where the oil-fired boiler is cheaper to run than the heat pump is around 25 F. If you have rooftop solar electric panels, the heat pump operating cost may be much less.
If you can install an inverter heat pump coil into your existing system in place of the existing AC unit, then you have the option of using gas or electricity during heating season.
We had our oil boiler fail a few years ago, and it took over a month to have a replacement installed. There was thankfully no sub-zero arctic cold blast during that time, and we ran the heat pump to keep the house warm until the boiler was back online.....
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