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They should have thrown some financial incentives to the developers instead of trying to institute a ban like crazy people who want to control others. A lot of
by hnav 3y ago
They should have thrown some financial incentives to the developers instead of trying to institute a ban like crazy people who want to control others. A lot of bay area developers already don't want to deal with venting so you don't get a proper range vent and in unit dryers are often of the (more efficient) condensing variety, I could totally see developers foregoing gas hookups if the city threw them something to encourage heat pumps.
- toast0 3y ago> A lot of bay area developers already don't want to deal with venting so you don't get a proper range vent and in unit dryers are often of the (more efficient) condensing variety, I could totally see developers foregoing gas hookups if the city threw them something to encourage heat pumps. Sounds like they already have something to encourage heat pumps; you don't have to put in venting for heat pumps, and they don't want to deal with it. Problem solved. You should really have a proper range vent regardless of the heat source, but I guess that's not mandated, so there you go.
- sgc 3y agoThey do both. There are tax incentives for developers, and plenty of rebate programs. See BayREN and the various programs they piggyback with.
- specialist 3y agoPlus the federal incentives, eg Inflation Refuction Act.