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BOSTON (WBZ NewsRadio) — A federal grant is helping the city of Boston replace gas stoves with electric ones.
After research has shown gas stoves may have a negative impact on personal health and air pollution inside homes, efforts have been underway across the country to replace gas stoves with electric models.
The city of Boston is using $1 million of federal money to launch an electric stove initiative across the city starting at Dorchester's Franklin Field Apartments and the Talbot Bernard Homes.
About 80 residences there are having their stoves replaced.
Residents we spoke with were running from lukewarm to cold over the program. "If the city is paying for it then I probably would do it," one resident said.
Another didn't like the idea. "I like gas better because gas stoves cook better than electric," he said. "Electric stoves take too long to heat up."
Both of the apartment buildings in Dorchester getting electric stoves are run by the Boston Housing Authority.
WBZ NewsRadio's James Rojas reports.
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