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reality, the number is much greater than that. For example, a 

 major homebuilder in the Eugene area has recently announced that 

 he will build all electric homes in 1993. That builder will 

 build over 100 homes during this year. Most of those homes will 

 be built in areas where natural gas is available and where, 

 absent the Super Good Cents incentives, the buyers could choose 

 natural gas. That is one case out of dozens where the decision 

 on home heating and water heating is influenced by the Super Good 

 Cents incentives. It is hard for a builder or developer to 

 ignore a $2,500 per unit "gift" given for building all-electric 

 Super Good Cents homes. Under the present Oregon building code, 

 the additional cost to a builder to meet Super Good Cents 

 standards is very little. 



Some of the BPA customer utilities use the Super Good Cents 

 program as a fuel choice block, and prohibit the use of any 

 natural gas appliances in a Super Good Cents dwelling, refusing 

 to pay the incentive if any natural gas appliances are used in 



the home. Other utilities allow only sealed combustion direct 



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