“The goal is that as the grid becomes cleaner over time — we have commitments on a state level to have 100% renewable energy by 2045 — if we shift more of our energy usage to the grid, that should also make our energy usage cleaner over time,” Stapleton said.
A bigger challenge in the transition — and higher costs — will be in retrofitting the existing buildings that account for 40% of the city’s emissions in the first place. L.A. is expected to finalize rules for that in 2023.estimates it’ll need to at least double the amount of electricity it generates to support more electric vehicles, electric appliances and other efforts to get off fossil fuels.
Not only that, but some residents said it also saves money. I visited one of their all-electric, solar-powered affordable housing developments in Rancho Cucamonga, where, a resident shouted down to me: “want to know how much I pay for electricity? Nothing!”“The amount of avoided utility costs for homeowners or property owners is really going to start to cause an awakening,” Kohut said.
This is truly bat shit crazy…we have lost our minds