I’m not thrilled about it either but what are you gonna do? If I cut the run time on the pool pumps the water gets uncomfortably warm which also bumps chlorine consumption and ph may drop.
At least I can see that there’s something wrong with the climate control and come up with some possible solutions to it like perhaps a supplemental mini split on the kitchen/laundry/garage/office wing of the house or look into some added insulation up in the attic.
Luckily it was included with the house, so any benefit I get currently is just “free” energy savings. My understanding is the 2 kW system was the base size included with the house as new construction - the previous owners didn’t upgrade to the larger systems.
If I ever expand, I’d probably want a large enough system to offset electric car charging too. Becomes a large cost vs savings analysis at that point.