Assembly Bill A208

                             
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                                    208
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 8, 2025
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 Introduced  by  M. of A. PIROZZOLO, E. BROWN, BENDETT, DeSTEFANO, MAHER,
   PALMESANO -- read once and referred to the Committee  on  Governmental
   Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to establishing the state
   all-electric building plan

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section  201-b
 to read as follows:
   §  201-B.  STATE  ALL-ELECTRIC  BUILDING PLAN. 1. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS
 SECTION, "ALL-ELECTRIC BUILDING" MEANS A BUILDING WHICH HAS THE CAPACITY
 TO RUN ON ONE HUNDRED PERCENT  ELECTRICITY  THROUGH  THE  USE  OF  SOLAR
 POWER,  WIND  OR  OTHER SOURCES OF ZERO-CARBON ELECTRICITY, AND DOES NOT
 REQUIRE NOR CONTAIN INFRASTRUCTURE, BUILDING SYSTEMS OR  EQUIPMENT  USED
 FOR  THE COMBUSTION OF FOSSIL FUELS SUCH AS OIL, PETROLEUM, NATURAL GAS,
 NUCLEAR ENERGY, URANIUM OR COAL.
   2. THE OFFICE OF GENERAL SERVICES, IN COORDINATION WITH THE  NEW  YORK
 STATE  ENERGY  RESEARCH  AND DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY AND THE DEPARTMENT OF
 ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION, SHALL TRANSITION ALL BUILDINGS OWNED BY  THE
 STATE  TO  ALL-ELECTRIC  BUILDINGS  WITHIN FIVE YEARS FROM THE EFFECTIVE
 DATE OF THIS SECTION. SUCH TRANSITION OF BUILDINGS SHALL INCLUDE  ENSUR-
 ING  THAT  ALL  SUCH BUILDINGS CONTAIN SUFFICIENT SPACE, DRAINAGE, ELEC-
 TRICAL CONDUCTORS OR RACEWAYS, BUS BAR CAPACITY, AND OVERCURRENT PROTEC-
 TIVE DEVICES IN ORDER TO SAFELY  AND  EFFICIENTLY  RUN  ON  ONE  HUNDRED
 PERCENT ELECTRICITY AND SHALL ALSO INCLUDE THE REMOVAL OF ALL NON-RENEW-
 ABLE ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE.
   3.  THE  STATE FIRE PREVENTION AND BUILDING CODE COUNCIL SHALL PROMUL-
 GATE GUIDELINES FOR  ALL-ELECTRIC  BUILDINGS  IN  CONJUNCTION  WITH  THE
 PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00698-01-5
              

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   4.  (A)  THE  OFFICE OF GENERAL SERVICES, IN COORDINATION WITH THE NEW
 YORK STATE ENERGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY AND THE  DEPARTMENT
 OF  ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION, SHALL ISSUE A REPORT TO THE GOVERNOR AND
 THE LEGISLATURE ON OR BEFORE ONE YEAR FROM THE EFFECTIVE  DATE  OF  THIS
 SECTION SETTING FORTH THE OFFICE OF GENERAL SERVICES' STRATEGY FOR TRAN-
 SITIONING ALL BUILDINGS OWNED BY THE STATE TO ALL-ELECTRIC BUILDINGS.
   (B)  SUCH  REPORT  SHALL  INCLUDE,  AT A MINIMUM, A DESCRIPTION OF THE
 STATE'S STRATEGIES TO TRANSITION ALL BUILDINGS OWNED  BY  THE  STATE  TO
 ALL-ELECTRIC  BUILDINGS INCLUDING A SPECIFIC PLAN TO PROCURE AND INSTALL
 NECESSARY INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE TRANSITION TO  ALL-ELECTRIC  BUILDINGS.
 SUCH  STRATEGIES  SHALL  INCLUDE  THE EXPEDITIOUS REVIEW OF POLICIES AND
 PROCEDURES IDENTIFIED AS BARRIERS TO THE  TRANSITION  OF  ALL  BUILDINGS
 OWNED  BY  THE  STATE TO ALL-ELECTRIC BUILDINGS AND THE REVISION OF SUCH
 POLICIES AND PROCEDURES AS APPROPRIATE. THE  REPORT  SHALL  ALSO  ASSESS
 EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE, DETERMINE WHAT CHANGES ARE NECESSARY TO SUPPORT
 A  TRANSITION OF ALL BUILDINGS OWNED BY THE STATE TO ALL-ELECTRIC BUILD-
 INGS AND RECOMMEND HOW BEST TO IMPLEMENT SUCH CHANGES. THE REPORT  SHALL
 ASSESS  FACTORS  INCLUDING  BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING: THE AVAIL-
 ABILITY AND VIABILITY  OF  EXISTING  OR  DEVELOPING  TECHNOLOGY,  PUBLIC
 OUTREACH  AND  SAFETY  TRAINING,  AND  INSURANCE AND LIABILITY CONSIDER-
 ATIONS.   THE REPORT SHALL ALSO  DETERMINE  THE  NUMBER  OF  STATE-OWNED
 BUILDINGS  WHICH  ARE EQUIPPED WITH THE NECESSARY CAPACITY TO TRANSITION
 TO AN ALL-ELECTRIC BUILDING IMMEDIATELY.
   (C) IMMEDIATELY AFTER SUBMISSION OF THE REPORT REQUIRED BY THIS SUBDI-
 VISION, THE OFFICE OF GENERAL SERVICES SHALL BEGIN THE PROCESS TO IMPLE-
 MENT THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND STRATEGIES OF SUCH REPORT.
   5. THE STATE FIRE PREVENTION AND BUILDING CODE COUNCIL MAY PERMIT  ANY
 BUILDING  WHICH  HAS TRANSITIONED TO AN ALL-ELECTRIC BUILDING TO CONTAIN
 SYSTEMS FOR EMERGENCY BACK-UP POWER, OR MAY EXEMPT  CERTAIN  STATE-OWNED
 BUILDINGS  WHICH  ARE SPECIFICALLY DESIGNATED FOR OCCUPANCY BY A COMMER-
 CIAL FOOD ESTABLISHMENT, LABORATORY, LAUNDROMAT, HOSPITAL, OR CREMATORI-
 UM FROM THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION, BUT IN DOING SO  SHALL  SEEK  TO
 MINIMIZE EMISSIONS AND MAXIMIZE HEALTH, SAFETY, AND FIRE-PROTECTION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.