Dems banning natural gas appliances in Southern California

August 11, 2023

Extreme Democrats are passing radical restrictions to ban appliances that use natural gas throughout Southern California.

They just voted to ban commercial food ovens — and POLITICO reports they are targeting water heaters next before moving to ban gas stoves and home ovens.

“Extreme Democrats won’t stop until they rip the gas appliances out of Southern Californians’ homes by hook or by crook. Extreme liberal Will Rollins is their loyal foot soldier supporting radical ‘net-zero’ restrictions that would ban natural gas and raise energy costs for Riverside County families.” – NRCC Spokesperson Ben Petersen

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Gas appliances’ days are numbered
POLITICO
Alexander Nieves
August 10, 2023

TURN OFF THE GAS: The growing movement to ban gas appliances in homes and businesses has largely failed to take hold in populous Southern California. That’s about to change.

The regulator tasked with managing air quality in the South Coast basin — a massive region that crosses four counties and is home to 17 million people — voted on Friday to phase out gas-powered commercial ovens that companies like Frito-Lay and Bimbo use to pump out large quantities of chips, bread and tortillas.

The rule itself has little impact on the vast majority of residents in the region, but it signals the agency’s new push for zero-emission technology across all sectors.

Next up on the agenda for the South Coast Air Quality Management District — whose rules apply to all of Orange County and non-desert portions of Los Angeles, Riverside and San Bernardino counties — are the gas space heaters and water heaters that many residents still have in their homes.

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SCAQMD also has its eyes on gas stoves, ovens and other cooking appliances, and could start drafting rules in the next few months. The process is bound to be contentious, as the restaurant industry decries proposed gas bans that it contends would derail businesses.

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