The cost of compliance, on paper, seems minimal. Apartments might have one or two gas appliances — a stove and a dryer — meaning one $20 detector could suffice in many units.

Con Edison's natural gas detector (Photo: CBS2) Smith is among the first of 9,000 gas customers to receive a smart natural gas detector. "It's continuously sniffing.

That left exactly one option: a DeNova Detect battery-powered detector, which sells for $93.49 on the manufacturer’s website (the price has been increasing slowly but steadily).

News New Yorkers can get free natural gas detectors through Con Edison. FDNY commissioner says ‘do it.’ Updated: Nov. 03, 2023, 7:43 p.m. | Published: Nov. 03 ...

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