Orange County Supervisors are joining a growing list of local elected officials to oppose a plan to gradually get residents to switch from gas-powered water heaters and furnaces to electric ones in the Southern California region.
The switch could cost a host of homeowners and landlords thousands of dollars because many older buildings would have to be rewired to fit the power needs of electric water heaters – along with installation costs.
“It is burdensome, and it’s costly to everyone in Orange County. There needs to be a more balanced, cost effective path forward, one that doesn’t put renters, seniors and working families at risk just to meet a narrow mandate – a mandate that ultimately has little effect on the environment or our ozone numbers,” OC Supervisor Janet Nguyen said at the May 20 meeting…