Parramatta Council plans to ban gas connections on most new developments

Gas connections to new schools, hospitals and commercial developments in Parramatta would be banned under a new council proposal to force most new buildings to rely on electric power.

In the most significant step yet taken by local jurisdictions to limit the use of fossil fuels, Parramatta Council’s new Development Control Plan document – to be debated at a council meeting on Monday – reveals how, if approved, only electricity would be connected to commercial developments and all…