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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Brett Chase

Chicago may end natural gas hookups for new homes, businesses

Natural gas utility Peoples Gas is laying hundreds of miles of new natural gas pipes throughout the city and plans to do so through 2040. (Victor Hilitski/For the Chicago Sun-Times)

As Chicagoans maneuver around torn-up streets and sidewalks while utility crews install new underground gas pipelines, City Hall announced a climate-fighting plan Thursday that envisions the end of fossil fuel hookups to homes and buildings.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s administration announced more than two dozen recommendations from outside advisers representing advocacy, business and labor interests to cut emissions from homes and buildings that add to the climate crisis. 

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