Three years ago, Ted Treadwell turned his water heater into a battery. His home in Santa Rosa, California, had relied on a ...

Manufacturers of gas-powered furnaces and water heaters will not be urged — yet — to sell more electric appliances over the coming years, with proposed new guidance from the region’s air ...

DIAMOND BAR, Calif. (AP) — Air quality regulators in Southern California voted 7 to 5 to reject rules that would have curbed harmful emissions from gas-powered furnaces and water heaters, but ...

New household water heaters and heating systems powered by natural gas would be phased out in the Los Angeles basin under two controversial rules that air quality regulators will vote on Friday.

These gas appliances — one of the largest sources of Los Angeles’ smog — could be phased out. Air quality board will vote Friday on phasing out water heaters and furnaces powered by natural gas.