Flutterby™! : Getting off gas

Sierra Clubs: Getting off gas, block by block.

Gas utilities’ monopoly franchises generally require that they keep delivering their fossil fuel as long as customers keep paying. That means a single gas user can sink a project, and, so far, one or more usually do. In 2021, for example, a farmer reported a leaky gas pipe south of Sacramento to PG&E. According to the utility, electrification could have saved ratepayers “millions on repairs.” Instead, the project died when the lone customer served by the 3.5-mile pipe insisted on keeping gas service.