The City of Irvine, California adopted an ordinance to require most new building developments in the city to be all electric during an April 11 meeting, with some exceptions for restaurants.
Effective 30 days after its adoption, new commercial, residential, and city buildings will be required to be designed fully electric, containing no combustion equipment commonly used in some plumbing, water heating, cooking appliances, dryers, and gas-powered fireplaces, for example.
The change is meant to assist the city in meeting its previously set goal of reaching carbon neutrality by 2030, among other objectives. Irvine was the first city in the county to set such an ambitious goal….