CalMTA’s Induction Cooking Market Transformation Initiative (MTI) seeks to accelerate market adoption of efficient induction cooktops and ranges to provide a high-quality cooking experience with the added health and safety benefits afforded by induction technology.
Cooking is one of the most visible and personal uses of energy in households and induction cooking serves as a linchpin to bring about full home electrification that will meet California’s decarbonization goals. Induction cooktops use electromagnetic technology to heat cookware directly, delivering energy-efficient, precise, and faster cooking. Removing combustion sources for better indoor air quality will directly help Californians who live in smaller or multifamily homes. In addition to these non-energy benefits, the forecasted Total System Benefit of $537 million demonstrates its clear value.
The Induction Cooking MTI Plan is based on 18 months of development, research, outreach, and analysis. It was submitted to the California Public Energy Commission (CPUC) via an Application on December 20, 2024. Below are links to the full plan as well as the supporting appendices.
This appendix includes the MTI’s full Logic Model. The Logic Model is a systematic and visual way of presenting CalMTA’s understanding of the interventions necessary to remove barriers, expected outcomes of those interventions, and a pathway to the desired end state.
This appendix contains feedback on the MTI Plan from the Market Transformation Advisory Board.
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The 2024 Annual Report highlights CalMTA’s key activities and achievements in developing a market transformation (MT) portfolio and advancing California’s energy efficiency and decarbonization goals. Notable highlights in 2024 include:
April 23, 2025 CalMTA made substantial progress on several operational and market transformation initiative (MTI) development milestones in the 1st quarter of 2025. The CalMTA team shared activities related to market transformation idea development, stakeholder outreach, operational aspects, and financial status. This included reports on two Strategy Pilots for Induction
CalMTA’s Phase II research for the Induction Cooking market transformation initiative (MTI) identified key barriers to adoption, including low consumer awareness of induction technology and its benefits, cultural and consumer attachment to gas cooking, and concerns about the durability of newer induction products. To address these challenges, CalMTA sought to test interventions
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The California Market Transformation Administrator (CalMTA) develops and manages market transformation initiatives in the state to reduce energy use and reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
CalMTA follows a rigorous process for reviewing, scoring, and then developing relevant, timely market transformation initiatives. The process supports market transformation initiative creation from concept to program development to market deployment, as well as the eventual exiting of the market.
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