Western Pennsylvania programs follow the electric bill. Pittsburgh and much of Allegheny County, including Squirrel Hill, Lawrenceville, the South Side Flats, Bloomfield, and Mount Washington, bill through Duquesne Light. Step into much of Westmoreland, Washington, Fayette, Greene, Butler, and Armstrong counties and the bill often switches to a FirstEnergy Pennsylvania operating company: West Penn Power, Penn Power, Met-Ed, or Penelec. The logo on the bill decides which program applies. A household does not collect both.
This page prints those programs and nothing invented beside them. Each dollar sits with the official link and the date the terms were checked.
Duquesne Light
Duquesne Light residential HVAC instant discounts (ASHP). Open. The program page lists the current amount. https://dlcinstantdiscount.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/DLC-Residential-HVAC-Product-Incentives-Customers-v260806.pdf Program terms checked 2026-10-15.
The discount is an instant figure on qualifying air-source equipment, delivered through participating distributors. It is not a promise that every house in the city qualifies. The bill has to be Duquesne Light, the equipment has to meet the sheet, and the distributor path has to be the one the sheet describes. A quote that names the figure should also name this link and the checked date. A quote that names a round number from memory is not this program.
FirstEnergy
FirstEnergy PA Residential HVAC Rebate Program (ASHP). Open. The program page lists the current amount. https://firstenergy.clearesult.com/energy-star-certified-air-source-heat-pump Program terms checked 2026-10-15.
The program page lists a maximum. This page does not invent a per-tier split. West Penn Power, Penn Power, Met-Ed, and Penelec are the operating companies named with the program. Outer-county readers in Westmoreland, Fayette, Washington, Greene, and the river towns should match the name on the bill before using this figure. A Duquesne Light meter does not collect the FirstEnergy maximum, and a FirstEnergy meter does not collect the Duquesne instant discount.
HEEHR
HEEHR. Not open. https://www.pa.gov/agencies/dep/residents/saving-energy/inflation-reduction-act Program terms checked 2026-10-15.
HEEHR is not open. This page does not print a dollar for it. A bid that adds an HEEHR figure to a 2026 Pittsburgh price is ahead of the program.
How to read a quote
- Read the electric bill and write the utility name on the quote.
- Use one program. Duquesne Light is the instant discount when the meter matches. FirstEnergy is the maximum when the meter matches.
- Keep the official link and the checked date on the same page as the dollar.
- Leave HEEHR off the price while it is not open.
- Price the project so it still makes sense if the check is delayed or the address does not qualify.
If a proposal adds a figure, ask where any other figure comes from and for its official link. Until that link and a checked date are in the same block, treat the extra line as zero.
Installation patterns for rowhouses, foursquares, and hillside lots are in the installation cost guide. Fuel differences for oil, gas, and baseboard are in the oil comparison. Questions for the bidder are in the contractor guide. The Duquesne path, written for Allegheny County meters, is in the Duquesne Light guide.
What the check does not decide
A program is not the price of the job. Party-walled rowhouses in Lawrenceville and the South Side, brick foursquares in Squirrel Hill and Highland Park, and houses stepped into the slopes of Mount Washington and Dormont do not share a single scope. Head count, line-set route, panel work, and whether ducts already exist move the invoice by more than either utility program. Collect the program that matches the bill. Do not let the program pick the equipment.
Peoples is the gas utility many of these houses already know. It is not the electric program on this page. A gas bill does not by itself open the Duquesne or FirstEnergy figure.
Filing habits that keep the block intact
When the quote carries a dollar, the utility name, the program name as printed above, the official link, and the date the terms were checked belong in the same block. A dollar that arrives without them is not a program from this page.
Duquesne's instant path depends on a participating distributor. Ask who the distributor is and whether the discount is already inside the equipment price or still to be applied. FirstEnergy's program is a maximum. Ask which portion of that maximum the quote is using, and do not add a second figure the program does not list.
Keep the manufacturer submittal, the paid invoice, and the utility name in one folder. Program windows and budgets change. The checked date on this page is the date the terms were read, not a promise that the same figure will be open on the install day. If the contractor cannot point at the link, treat the incentive line as zero until they can.
Neighborhoods and the bill
The city neighborhoods and the inner suburbs are where Duquesne Light is the usual electric name: Oakland, Shadyside, Point Breeze, Regent Square, Greenfield, Brookline, Beechview, Carrick, and the boroughs tight to the rivers such as Dormont, Mount Lebanon, and Brentwood. Further out, the same commute can cross into FirstEnergy territory without a change in architecture. A Tudor in one township and a Tudor in the next can sit on different programs. The bill is the map. This page will not guess across that line.
New construction and a changeout in an older house use the same programs. The program does not know whether the house is a rowhouse, a foursquare, or a ranch in Penn Hills. Qualification is equipment, meter, and the program sheet, not the neighborhood nickname.
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