<p>SAN FRANCISCO — California’s energy policy and planning agency wants to transition new homes away from gas-powered appliances. </p>
<p>The California Energy Commission released a draft building standards code that would require new homes to be equipped with circuits and panels that support all-electric appliances for heating, cooking and drying clothes.</p>
<p>The commission is set to adopt the updated code in August, and it would take effect on Jan. 1, 2023, <a href="https://www.sfchronicle.com/local/article/No-more-gas-stoves-California-prepares-to-16161119.php">the San Francisco Chronicle reports.</a></p>
<p>While the code doesn’t explicitly forbid gas, the commission hopes it will lead builders to construct all-electric structures as part of a growing effort to eliminate fossil fuels from buildings, which account for about one-quarter of the state’s annual greenhouse gas emissions. </p>
<p>"We’re encouraging the technologies of the future,” energy commissioner Andrew McAllister said.</p>
