California wants homes to go all-electric. But what if you don’t have enough money?
California wants homes to go all-electric. But what if you don’t have enough money? - Lemmy.World
Archive [https://archive.is/hyuJ1] cross-posted from: https://fedia.io/m/[email protected] [/c/[email protected]]/t/1154126 [https://fedia.io/m/[email protected]/t/1154126] > Just came across this new rule, via this article: https://www.sfchronicle.com/climate/article/california-electric-19563602.php [https://www.sfchronicle.com/climate/article/california-electric-19563602.php] > > 2027 is when they ban sale of new replacement gas water heaters. > > They talk about a few solutions, like low voltage electric heaters, and load sharing plugs to share a dryer plug among the water heater and a electric dryer. So that could do it for a lot of people. > But I’d guess a surge in panel replacements will happen within the next 2 years. > Especially since new gas furnaces will be banned in 2029. > > Also, obligatory Fuck PGE. We have higher rates than most of the rest of the world and it’s all the fault of the corrupt PUC and PGE.
