Regulators say phasing out gas-fueled commercial ovens will help our region hit mandated clean air targets. Some local businesses say it’s not feasible.
passed down from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The air district learned that to hit the EPA’s clean air targets this region will need a 67% reduction in NOx emissions by 2037. And since some NOx comes from fires and other sources that can’t be regulated, the agency determined it needs to mandate zero-emission or near-zero-emission technologies across all of the sectors it can impact.
The first phase of the proposed rules would require companies to start immediately replacing burners that have been on their gas-powered ovens for 10 years or more with newer versions that are much better at controlling NOx emissions. The 97 companies that would be impacted by the potential rule change include big names, such as See’s Candy, Vons, Frito-Lay, Ralphs, Mission Foods and The Cheesecake Factory. Most have so far held back from publicly commenting on the regulations. But Bimbo Bakeries, which bakes muffins at plants in Placentia and Montebello, wrote to the air quality district expressing disappointment over their industry being “singled out for the first ever Zero Emission regulation.
The issue, Coser said, is heat. To make their products, he said their ovens need to get up to 750 degrees, which he’s told just isn’t possible with reduced NOx or electric ovens now available. And since nowhere else requires such reduced emissions now, he said manufacturers aren’t motivated to develop equipment for a handful of customers in Southern California.
Another issue is cost. The price of electricity is projected to run about nine times more than natural gas per kilowatt hour over the next decade, according to a South Coast AQMD analysis. However, the agency says electric ovens are about 20% more efficient at using energy than combustion units, offsetting some of that price difference. And for smokehouses, in particular, the air district’s research suggests it will be very cost effective for companies to switch to all-electric equipment.
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