We Can’t Afford This
Stop Bay Area Housing from
Becoming More Expensive
In March of 2023, the 9-county Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD) banned natural gas water heaters and furnaces. This ban will force homeowners and small businesses to replace their natural gas water heaters and furnaces with electric appliances. The renovations necessary to prepare a home’s electrical system to accommodate all-electric major appliances will cost families tens of thousands of dollars. The older the home, the more the renovations will cost. This will place a massive burden on families, put renters at risk, and jeopardize local small businesses.
Join us now in urging the BAAQMD to postpone Rules 9-4 and 9-6, banning gas water heaters and furnaces.
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We are a coalition of homeowners, renters, small businesses, and taxpayers from across the 9-county Bay Area joining together to protect local homeowners and small businesses from massive renovation costs and to prevent the cost of living in the Bay Area from skyrocketing.
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Email the BAAQMD
Subject: URGENT: Rescind Rules 9.4 & 9.6
I am a resident of the 9-county Bay Area covered by the BAAQMD, and I urge you to revoke Rules 9.4 & 9.6 banning natural gas water heaters and furnaces.
Under these rules, in order to keep heating, cooling, and hot water supplied to my home, I will be forced to renovate my electrical system at a cost of several tens of thousands of dollars. Not only is this extremely expensive, but because of the added demand created by this ban, it will likely take several months to find electricians who can perform the work.
These rules will affect nearly all residents – homeowners and renters alike – only a tiny fraction of the population, those with entirely electric homes, will be spared from the massive renovation costs.
In addition, very few people are aware of the ban on natural gas appliances that you passed, and even fewer understand electrical capacity and the costs associated with upgrading to 200 amp service.
Please consider this message as my vehement opposition to Rules 9.4 & 9.6. I therefore request that you revoke these rules immediately.
Sincerely,