A 208: Establishes the state all-electric building plan to require the office of general services to transition all buildings owned by the state to be all-electric buildings.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 208 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY (Prefiled) January 8, 2025 ___________ 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: 1 Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 201-b 2 to read as follows: 3 § 201-b. State all-electric building plan. 1. For purposes of this 4 section, "all-electric building" means a building which has the capacity 5 to run on one hundred percent electricity through the use of solar 6 power, wind or other sources of zero-carbon electricity, and does not 7 require nor contain infrastructure, building systems or equipment used 8 for the combustion of fossil fuels such as oil, petroleum, natural gas, 9 nuclear energy, uranium or coal. 10 2. The office of general services, in coordination with the New York 11 state energy research and development authority and the department of 12 environmental conservation, shall transition all buildings owned by the 13 state to all-electric buildings within five years from the effective 14 date of this section. Such transition of buildings shall include ensur- 15 ing that all such buildings contain sufficient space, drainage, elec- 16 trical conductors or raceways, bus bar capacity, and overcurrent protec- 17 tive devices in order to safely and efficiently run on one hundred 18 percent electricity and shall also include the removal of all non-renew- 19 able energy infrastructure. 20 3. The state fire prevention and building code council shall promul- 21 gate guidelines for all-electric buildings in conjunction with the 22 provisions of this section. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD00698-01-5 
 A. 208 2 1 4. (a) The office of general services, in coordination with the New 2 York state energy research and development authority and the department 3 of environmental conservation, shall issue a report to the governor and 4 the legislature on or before one year from the effective date of this 5 section setting forth the office of general services' strategy for tran- 6 sitioning all buildings owned by the state to all-electric buildings. 7 (b) Such report shall include, at a minimum, a description of the 8 state's strategies to transition all buildings owned by the state to 9 all-electric buildings including a specific plan to procure and install 10 necessary infrastructure for the transition to all-electric buildings. 11 Such strategies shall include the expeditious review of policies and 12 procedures identified as barriers to the transition of all buildings 13 owned by the state to all-electric buildings and the revision of such 14 policies and procedures as appropriate. The report shall also assess 15 existing infrastructure, determine what changes are necessary to support 16 a transition of all buildings owned by the state to all-electric build- 17 ings and recommend how best to implement such changes. The report shall 18 assess factors including but not limited to the following: the avail- 19 ability and viability of existing or developing technology, public 20 outreach and safety training, and insurance and liability consider- 21 ations. The report shall also determine the number of state-owned 22 buildings which are equipped with the necessary capacity to transition 23 to an all-electric building immediately. 24 (c) Immediately after submission of the report required by this subdi- 25 vision, the office of general services shall begin the process to imple- 26 ment the recommendations and strategies of such report. 27 5. The state fire prevention and building code council may permit any 28 building which has transitioned to an all-electric building to contain 29 systems for emergency back-up power, or may exempt certain state-owned 30 buildings which are specifically designated for occupancy by a commer- 31 cial food establishment, laboratory, laundromat, hospital, or crematori- 32 um from the provisions of this section, but in doing so shall seek to 33 minimize emissions and maximize health, safety, and fire-protection. 34 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.