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They'll have to come and take my propane lacanche stove / oven. I live in a very rural mountain area and need to be able to cook when the power goes out. I've been looking into installing a backup generator but they are very expensive and getting an electrician to return a call is like winning the lottery. I have a cutover switch so I can run my well pumps off a small honda generator when the power goes out but without my stove that isn't much use.

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I doubt very much anyone is looking to make people switch existing appliances. That's never how it works. First they'll make it illegal to sell new ones. Second, if they really want to get wild, they'll make it illegal to sell a house that has a gas stove. That isn't terribly likely, but there is precedent. In no case are they going to come knock on your door...

So once the law goes into effect no more people can build a rural home?

My gas stove identifies as electric.

YMMV but most people I know who live in a rural area have electric. Having a gas stove means maintaining a propane tank. If you really want a gas furnace that might be worth it, and higher end rural homes certainly do, but just about every older/non-wealthy rural house I know of relies more on wood stoves, cadet heaters, and electric ranges.

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