New home and businesses in Chicago may find it hard and nearly impossible to get natural gas hookups under a new proposal.
Lori Lightfoot
's climate-fighting plan includes more than two-dozen recommendations, including the end of fossil fuel hookups. This means new construction would be built without gas heating systems and appliances, or the developer would be required to pay a "fossil fuel mitigation fee."The proposal comes as Peoples Gas works to lay hundreds of miles of new underground pipes across the city — a billion-dollar project expected to last through the year 2040.
In a statement, issued to the Sun-Times, the utility said it is "reviewing the report and believe the mission of the city advisory group is well intended."All the news you need to know, every day