By Kate Bradshaw
Sept. 21, 2022
For Juan Carlos, the electricity switch was both subtle and profound.
His home in a newly-renovated unit in Light Tree Apartments is at the forefront of a trend that cities across California are trying to encourage to meet their sustainability goals: switching from natural gas appliances to electric ones. City leaders and housing developers across the state, including neighboring communities Menlo Park and Palo Alto, believe this transformation, commonly referred to as electrification, is the key to a greener future, though their efforts to encourage or mandate conversions regularly meet resistance from residents who are loath to make the change. But for Carlos the most noticeable differences between the past and the present are a new induction stove and a heat pump that offers air conditioning.
“It doesn’t affect how we cook,” Carlos says.
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