Date
Tuesday, January 20, 2026
The Air District’s Clean HEET Program is now accepting applications for grants that can help to offset the cost of switching from wood-burning or pellet-burning stoves, fireplace inserts or open-hearth fireplaces to an electric heat pump. A decommission-only option is also available for homeowners to remove existing open-hearth fireplaces or older, uncertified wood-burning stoves or inserts. Switching to an electric heat pump helps improve air quality in communities by replacing polluting wood-burning devices with cleaner heating options.
Funding is available for the Clean HEET Program on a first-come, first-served basis. Individual awards range from $1,000 to $10,500 to replace or remove existing wood-burning heating devices. All Bay Area homeowners are eligible to apply. The program does not provide reimbursement for work already performed.
The deadline to apply is 5 PM PDT on July 14, 2026.
Heat pumps offer a clean and energy-efficient alternative to wood devices. Similar to a refrigerator, heat pumps use electricity to transfer heat from outside air to heat a home. Most heat pumps can also cool a house by operating in reverse, removing heat from indoors.
The Clean HEET Program is funded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Targeted Airshed Grant Program, or TAG, which provides grants to improve air quality across the nation with emphasis on reducing PM2.5, or fine particulate matter, ambient air concentrations, with match funding by the Air District.
For more information please visit: www.baaqmd.gov/WoodSmokeGrant or contact the Air District at woodsmokegrants@baaqmd.gov or (415) 749-5195 for more details.
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Last Updated: 1/20/2026