30% Increase
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HVAC system increase...
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/27/green-energy-law-crack-hvac-units-new-year/
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“The ambitious phase-down schedule will avoid more than 80 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent emissions by 2050 — avoiding up to [31 degrees] warming by the end of the century — while continuing to protect the ozone layer,” EPA officials said.
Avoiding warming means you won't have to run the AC as much. May be a sensible tradeoff of occasional capital expense increase for continuous operating expense savings.