HomeMy WebLinkAbout2/1/2022 Item 7a, Cochran
Delgado, Adriana
From:junecochran <gradofcal@yahoo.com>
Sent:Sunday, January
To:E-mail Council Website
Subject:Support for SLO City's Program for all-electric new buildings
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Dear SLO City Mayor and Councilmembers,
I encourage you to join so many other cities that have responsibly adopted building codes that protect
our public safety, our health, our planet, and our pocketbook.
Here is the truth:
1. This program should ban natural gas!
2. Natural gas in homes and businesses is dangerous.
3. No one is going to lose her/his job because of this program because workers can be retrained in the
burgeoning solar and wind energy fields.
Here are more truths:
1. The building sector accounts for 25% of SLO’s overall emissions so we need to lower that impact and
this program will decrease the emissions. You need to remove the natural gas compliance pathway for
new buildings to meet our 2035 carbon neutrality goal.
2. We need to construct resilient buildings correctly and responsibly the first time that will not have to be
retrofitted which will be much more expensive.
3. This program will create buildings that emote cleaner air which leads to fewer health problems.
4. This program will lead to safer new buildings. There will not be gas leaks or breaks that can put a
whole community at risk. Example given: San Bruno where 8 people died, 56 people were injured, 35
homes were leveled and many more damaged, and 200 + firefighters had to respond to that
devastation.
5. This program leads to buildings that are much more efficient and cost effective. An electric home is
less costly to construct and maintain over its lifetime.
6. With the economic recovery from COVID-19, keep in mind that all electric homes are less costly to
construct and maintain over their lifetimes.
Dramatic emissions, pollution, safety, and cost reduction benefits should convince everyone that this Clean
Energy Choice Program for New Buildings without gas must be approved for the benefit of everyone who lives
in this community.
Thank you,
June Cochran
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