Southern California Regulators Reject Plan to Phase out Gas-Powered Furnaces and Water Heaters

Southern California Regulators Reject Plan to Phase out Gas-Powered Furnaces and Water Heaters

Southern California air-quality regulators rejected a plan to phase out some natural gas-powered furnaces and water heaters in a meeting June 6. A majority of the South Coast Air Quality Management District’s 12-member board cited high costs for homeowners and lack of electrical infrastructure in the state as reasons they could not support the proposed plan. If passed, manufacturers would pay fees for each natural gas water heater or furnace the…