While I definitely favor backing off from fossil fuels, including natural gas and its derivatives, as much and as fast as possible, this initiative is not well thought out.

Even beyond the superiority of gas or propane cooking to electric stoves or cooktops, the frequency of winter power outages and the fact that fossil fuels drive most electricity production are very real concerns. I can't count on even two hands the number of times my little propane stove has saved me in winter after Catskill winter.

Until and unless the grid can be guaranteed not to go down [e.g., with underground lines] and the production of power no longer depends on fossil-fueled or nuclear plants, a law like this looks mostly like window dressing.