# Switching from natural gas dryer to electric dryer

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Tags:** tools-electric-diy\
**Created:** [December 20, 2023, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/switching-from-natural-gas-dryer-to-electric-dryer/994849 "2023-12-20T00:17:44Z")\
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> [@Whack-a-Mole](#):
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> Is it ever really possible to say whether you are getting power from a wind farm or a coal plant or whatever?

> [@Dewey\_Finn](#):
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> Unless you’re hooked up directly to the wind turbine or coal plant, I’d say no, you can’t say what the source is.

Maybe not individually, but according to my utility they do know where they are purchasing electricity from, at the county level. From PG&E’s FAQs on the CleanPower SF program:

> California law allows cities and counties like San Francisco to pool the electricity demand of their residents and businesses, and purchase electricity on behalf of those customers. These programs are called Community Choice Aggregation (CCA) programs.

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