Electrification
Beginning in 2023 and through 2025 we electrified our fossil gas burning appliances. This was in part due to passage of the Inflation Reduction Act that offered substantial subsidies for making the switch to electricity. It was also due to programs in California encouraging homeowners to replace fossil gas burning in the home. We also simply wanted to “stop burning stuff” and by doing so demonstrate to others how this could be done.
Stop Burning Stuff–Home Electrification at Sierra Club Buena Vista Group Breakfast
By
Paul Gipe
August 2, 2025 Check against delivery at the 2 August 2025 Sierra Club’s Buena Vista Group breakfast at Hodels in …
Stop Burning Stuff Home Electrification
By
Paul Gipe
Presentation for Kern County’s Nature Center at Hart Park for delivery Sunday 15 June on our journey to converting our …
Electrification: Is Complete–We No Longer Burn Stuff
By
Paul Gipe
We’ve completed our journey to electrification that began shortly after Congress passed the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) in mid 2022. …
Electrification: Heat Pump Home Heating
By
Paul Gipe
Formerly, we heated our home with fossil gas as nearly 50% of American families still do.[1] After powering a conventional …
Electrification: Heat Pump Dryer
By
Paul Gipe
The state of California is encouraging home electrification through a series of measures providing rebates and technical assistance. One such …
Electrification: Heat Pump Water Heater
By
Paul Gipe
The most problematic part of our electrification journey was installation of the heat pump water heater. We had anticipated it …
Electrification: Fossil Gas is Gone–PG&E Pulled the Meter
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Paul Gipe
Our home electrification project is complete. Pacific Gas & Electric Co. (PG&E) turned off the fossil gas supply and pulled …
Electrification: Induction Stove
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Paul Gipe
As part of our elimination of gas burning appliances we installed an induction stove. While induction stoves have been around …
Electrification: Tracking Down a Mystery Outlet
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Paul Gipe
Electrification: Tracking Down a Mystery Outlet We have a mystery outlet in the kitchen. It’s an old style outlet and …
Electrification: Dumping Fossil Fuels
By
Paul Gipe
This is the first in a series of articles on electrifying our house so we can “stop burning stuff.” Yes, we already have electricity, but we use fossil gas for heat, hot water, and cooking. That’s what we plan to electrify, eliminating fossil gas from our home. Our gas is provided by PG&E (Pacific Gas & Electric Co.), our notorious utility company. Notorious because it killed eight people in San Bruno, California in a massive gas explosion in 2010 then they followed that up by killing another 85 people by starting the Camp Fire in 2018. In 2020 the company filed for bankruptcy, and since then been resuscitated. However, to its customers it’s still the same old PG&E.
