This is an issue I deal with often. My house is 20,000 cu ft, with a total air change every 2 hours (.5 Air Changes per Hour, ACH). Virginia isn't exactly a desert. I dehumidify during the season with a typical residential dehumidifier in my air system.
I had the opportunity several years ago to do a direct comparison to a similar high-mass house just down the road here. He needed a mortgage, which meant the simplest way to qualify the house was adding a tiny air source heatpump.
Neither house needs air conditioning as it is part of the passive heating/cooling system. Both houses are total electric. When we compared electric bills during dehumidification season, our increased electric consumption was the same: $1/day.
His heat pump consumed the same electricity as my dehumidifier. Our indoor temperatures remained the same as these high-mass houses never have much of any indoor temp change. His heatpump effectively was no more than a dehumidifier, but obviously cost considerably more to have installed than my $50 used dehumidifier. Just a necessary part of his house financing cost.
BTW, he's putting up with an 80 mile each way commute. Will NOT give up the house. He says the job isn't forever, the house is.
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