https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/12/02/san-jose-adopts-historic-natural-gas-ban-but-with-a-controversial-exemption/ > San Jose made history this week by becoming the largest U.S. city to ban natural gas from nearly all new construction, looking to all-electric infrastructure as the city’s latest tool to combat climate change. > But a controversial exemption that allows new facilities that wish to generate and store energy on-site to continue using natural gas has some environmental advocates concerned that San Jose will set a bad example for other cities that might want to follow in its footsteps.