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California cities banned natural gas in new buildings. Texas wants to outlaw those bans.

A bill to stop cities from banning natural gas as a fuel source for heating homes and other buildings is being advanced as priority storm-response legislation following the February power outages.

Construction workers work on an office building on the corner or Metric and Parmer in Austin on June 18, 2020.

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