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Delgado, Adriana
From:Justin Bradshaw <me@justinbradshaw.com>
Sent:Tuesday, July 5,
To:E-mail Council Website
Subject:YES on the Clean Energy for New Buildings Program
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Hello… how is my favorite city council?
SLO resident Justin Bradshaw here. It’s been a minute since my last comment on a public item because you’ve been
doing such a good job (mostly Chris Read and his team) on the items I care about the most.
I’m not going to reveal any information on this topic that you don’t already have so I’ll just relay an anecdote from my
current life… right now I’m remodeling two old homes. I’m trying to use electric appliances wherever I can but it’s really
difficult and costly to switch many of them from gas to electric. Induction stoves are hard to find and electricians charge
a lot to upgrade panels when we have new loads. Even I am finding it tempting to just put new gas appliances to replace
old ones instead of switching to electric.
The short version: It’s way way easier and cheaper to build new buildings with all electric tech than it is to retrofit old
ones. We know we need to switch to electric buildings to fight climate change so let’s start this process by making sure
any new housing stock starts off clean, safe and solar powered.
I would also suggest some additional solar requirements for builders because last I checked, the state minimums weren’t
offsetting enough of the bill for all-electric homes.
Let’s make sure all new homebuyers have lots of solar, safe electric appliances and low monthly utility bills!
Justin Bradshaw
San Luis Obispo
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