A vote last week by the Bay Area’s air-pollution regulators to phase out and eventually ban the sale of new gas furnaces and water heaters in the Northern California region will be costly for residents, will further burden an already stretched electric grid, and will have minimal environmental impact, energy experts and economists told National Review.
The move is emblematic of California’s approach to energy, which involves ramping up the demand for electricity while gutting the state’s ability to meet its electricity needs, they said.
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