No longer cooking with gas. The Victorian government has removed the requirement for all new homes to be connected to gas.Credit:iStock
She said gas was no longer as cheap as it once was,and with Victorians now at the mercy of gas companies’ high prices it was “time to put gas on the back-burner”.
“We’re already seeing developers who’ve contributed to our consultation on the road map say,‘Yes,we want to be able to offer all-electric homes’,” she said.
“But that’s not to say people have to have all-electric homes with a new house. It’s their choice.”
All incentives for residential gas products will be phased out during 2023. New incentives for residents to move away from gas are now being developed as part of the Victorian Energy Upgrades program.
Victorians use more gas in their homes and businesses than people in any other state or territory and the fossil fuel contributes around 17 per cent to the state’s net greenhouse gas emissions.
D’Ambrosio said the road map also provided a “clear path” for transitioning to hydrogen and biomethane.