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Electrifying stoves in particular can protect kid\u2019s health while also reducing greenhouse gas emissions.\r\n\r\nA <a href=\"https:\/\/academic.oup.com\/ije\/article\/42\/6\/1724\/737113?login=false\">meta-analysis in the International Journal of Epidemiology<\/a> of 41 studies found that children living in homes with gas stoves have a 42% increased risk of experiencing asthma symptoms, and a 24% increased risk of ever being diagnosed with asthma by a doctor over their lifetime.\r\n\r\nAnother <a href=\"https:\/\/www.climatecouncil.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Kicking-the-Gas-Habit-How-Gas-is-Harming-our-Health.pdf\">report<\/a> by the Australian Climate Council suggests that a child living in a home with a gas stove faces a similar risk of asthma to a child living in a home with cigarette smoke.\r\n\r\nReducing gas infrastructure and reliance on volatile gas prices can also save consumers money, especially when it comes to new homes. A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swenergy.org\/press-release\/heat-pump-study-2022\">recent study<\/a> by the Southwest Energy Efficiency Project (SWEEP) found that the initial cost of an all-electric home without gas piping will be about the same as, or slightly less than, the cost of a gas-heated home with gas appliances. They also estimate the annual heating costs, including hot water, for an all-electric home will be about 10% less than for the gas home.\r\n\r\nIn a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dora.state.co.us\/pls\/efi\/efi_p2_v2_demo.show_document?p_dms_document_id=956473&amp;p_session_id=\">recent PUC proceeding<\/a>, a representative from Xcel Energy highlighted that the average customer would pay $141 less in annual utility bills to operate electric heating compared to gas, given current gas rates.\r\n\r\nCoPIRG Foundation supports the direction the Commission is going right now and strongly supports the elimination of subsidies for gas hookups. Expanding gas infrastructure as we reduce gas use will result in an increase in gas bills in the future as fewer customers are left to pay off increasingly stranded assets.\r\n\r\nWe encourage you to ensure all gas utilities are doing as much as they can to evaluate electrification and energy efficiency opportunities for their investments and clean heat plans so we can maximize real emissions reductions and minimize additional gas infrastructure. 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