Induction Cooking

With more than a 70% market share, gas ranges are the most prevalent cooking method in California single-family and multifamily homes. Gas stoves have been promoted for years, despite their inefficiency and the increased awareness of gas cooking’s negative impact on a home’s indoor air quality. Induction cooking devices offer an alternative to gas cooking, however, delivering ~85% of the energy they consume to heat the food compared to ~32% for gas, according to the ENERGY STAR® program. 

Induction cooktops and ranges use electromagnetic induction in the cooktop portions of the technology to heat cookware directly. Induction cooking saves energy through instant, direct, and efficient heat transfer, and provides precise temperature control. 

Cooking represents the highest profile end-use in an all-electric home and serves as a lynchpin technology to full electrification for the State of California. In coordination with California’s decarbonization goals and targeted reduction in natural gas usage, induction cooking is a efficient, safe, superior way of cooking that does not compromise indoor air quality. 

CalMTA’s Induction Cooking MTI seeks to grow market adoption of these efficient and affordable alternatives in Californians’ kitchens. We envision that all new homes in California will be built with electric induction cooktops and most sales of all cooktops sold in the State will utilize induction technology.