The City of Sydney council has banned gas appliances for all new homes and businesses built from January 2026.
Lord Mayor Clover Moore’s council on Monday night unanimously adopted the motion banning gas from all new residential builds from December 31 to wean homes and businesses off the fossil fuel.
The council said the move would save each household up to $626 on their power bills every year.
The change would see an update to development control rules for the use of electric stoves, ovens, heaters and coolers in all newly built apartments and houses.
Gas hot water systems will still be permitted under the current regulations.
‘We remain in a climate crisis, which means we need to pull every lever we have in order to keep reducing our emissions,’ Clover Moore said.
‘To rely on gas means a continued cost for our hip pocket, a continued cost for our health and a continued cost for our planet. It is a price that we simply cannot afford to pay.’
It joins six other NSW councils which have already banned indoor gas appliances in new builds, while seven other councils are also working towards the same regulations.
The City of Sydney also proposed a ban on gas appliances in other developments including serviced apartments, new offices and hotels.
Councillors voted on gathering public feedback on a plan which would ‘require’ the use of renewable energy in the developments if a ban on gas is passed.
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