Seeking help with heat pump for my house – GreenBuildingAdvisor

I would like help identifying an HVAC contractor in the triangle are of North Carolina who will help me sort out options, design and install a heat pump at my house.

I bought a house last year with a 14 SEER A/C system dating to 2021 and a gas pack and blower unit in the attic.  I want to replace it with a heat pump system, taking advantage of the soon-to-be approved energy efficiency rebates as well as the currently available tax credits, but I’m having difficulty finding a contractor who will do anything but try to talk me out of making the change. 

In addition to a general desire to continue the green building upgrades to the house like the enclosed crawl space, PV panels, and heat pump water heater we installed last year, we have also observed there is likely a hefty leak in the flex vent running from the attic to the crawl space to serve the lower floors.  That area of the wall gets very warm in winter, and electric outlets in another adjacent wall blow cold air when the air conditioning is running.  As you can imagine, it is difficult to get the lower floor comfortable without blasting the upper floor.  Vent and damper adjustments don’t seem completely up to the task.  Rather than putting money into a repair that likely involves tearing down interior walls to access that space, this is an additional reason to explore a heat pump system now, even though our current system is not very old.

Thanks for any HVAC contractor recommendations you can pass my way.