Mission District building goes fully electric — can the rest of the neighborhood follow?

This week, PG&E shut off gas service to a three-story apartment building on Bryant St. On Wednesday, members of environmental justice group PODER SF gathered with city officials outside the building to celebrate the building going fully electric. But swapping out gas stoves and heaters for electric ones isn’t easy. Antonio Díaz, PODER's organizational director, said the building retrofit has cost around $200,000 so far. Project funding has come through a grant from the city’s Environment Department and from California clean energy incentive programs. Díaz says he’s now in fund-raising mode for phase two of the project: adding solar panels and battery storage.