Pg&e runs both gas and electric for Berkeley. They are for-profit. It is in pg&e's best interest to keep demand for direct natural gas. It's in their best interest to keep the electric grid unstable so that people will be tricked into supporting direct natural gas.

Fortunately, pg&e has enough regulatory capture and marketing to trick regulators into letting them rob taxpayers and trick taxpayers into docility.

The issue lies not with a natural gas ban. The issue lies with having a for-profit monopoly in charge of all energy production and supply.