Starting in 2030, California homeowners won’t be allowed to install new gas water heaters or furnaces. Existing gas appliances can stay, but when they die, your only legal replacement will be electric or zero-emission. It’s part of the state’s larger push to reduce greenhouse gas emissions—and in principle, that’s a good thing. But if you […]
PG&E Seeks Another Rate Increase—Here’s What It Could Mean for You Just this week, PG&E requested an 8% rate hike—what its CEO calls “the lowest in years.” But for customers already facing high monthly bills, it’s more bad news in a long string of increases. In fact, utility analysts are projecting that California electric bills […]
A breaker panel can use a variety of breaker types, limited only by the number and size of the available slots.
Electricity is arguably the most valuable resource we have in our modern society. Without electricity, most of the things we do and rely on on a daily basis wouldn’t be there.
All attic fans are not created equal. Some vent out of the side of your attic (not so great). Some are mounted on the deck of your roof.