The original post is talking about new homes being built. Presumably these new homes will have air conditioning, given that this is California. So instead of ju

The original post is talking about new homes being built. Presumably these new homes will have air conditioning, given that this is California. So instead of just installing an A/C unit, it will be a heat pump instead. For cooking, induction stovetops are far superior to gas burners. The only thing that may require resistive heating is the hot water heater, but that's a fairly small portion of overall energy usage.