Kiss that gas stove goodbye? Advocates push for electric in new Chicago buildings
An ordinance to be introduced Wednesday in Chicago’s City Council would raise emissions standards and force new buildings to go electric.
Stoves, water heaters and furnaces that run on gas would no longer be part of the architecture of most new buildings in Chicago if a new proposal passes in City Council.
Alderpersons plan to introduce the Clean and Affordable Buildings ordinance Wednesday. The proposal would raise emissions standards to a level that natural gas cannot meet, paving the way for electric appliances to become the norm in new construction in the city.
Reset talks with advocates for the legislation and hears about the concerns that groups like Peoples Gas and the American Gas Association have about the proposed changes.
GUESTS: Sarah Moskowitz, executive director, Citizens Utility Board
Ald. Maria Hadden, 49th Ward
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Kiss that gas stove goodbye? Advocates push for electric in new Chicago buildings
An ordinance to be introduced Wednesday in Chicago’s City Council would raise emissions standards and force new buildings to go electric.
Stoves, water heaters and furnaces that run on gas would no longer be part of the architecture of most new buildings in Chicago if a new proposal passes in City Council.
Alderpersons plan to introduce the Clean and Affordable Buildings ordinance Wednesday. The proposal would raise emissions standards to a level that natural gas cannot meet, paving the way for electric appliances to become the norm in new construction in the city.
Reset talks with advocates for the legislation and hears about the concerns that groups like Peoples Gas and the American Gas Association have about the proposed changes.
GUESTS: Sarah Moskowitz, executive director, Citizens Utility Board
Ald. Maria Hadden, 49th Ward
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