The California Air Resources Board (CARB) voted unanimously last week to pass a plan to ban natural gas heaters and furnaces by 2030.
The California Air Resources Board voted unanimously last week to pass a plan to ban natural gas heaters and furnaces by 2030, ostensibly to reduce smog to meet federal ozone standards, and to lower greenhouse gas emissions.by the board, raises questions about how the state’s power grid will handle new demand from electric space heaters in the winter.
Through meaningful engagement with communities and the process outlined below, CARB would adopt a statewide zero-emission standard which would have criteria pollutant benefits as a key result along with GHG reductions. Beginning in 2030, 100 percent of sales of new space heaters and water heaters would need to comply with the emission standard.
The idea that electric heaters would be “zero emissions” does not take into account how electricity is generated. , renewable energy sources account for about one-third of California’s power supply; natural gas accounts for 40%.: “California’s Public Utilities Commission also eliminated subsidies for new natural gas hookups last week, marking the first state to do so.
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