Bill Text: NY A04985 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

---

Bill Title: 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.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 6-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - referred to governmental operations [A04985 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A04985-Introduced.html

---

                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          4985

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    February 27, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  PIROZZOLO  --  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.
    23    4. (a) The office of general services, in coordination  with  the  New
    24  York  state energy research and development authority and the department
    25  of environmental conservation, shall issue a report to the governor  and

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD08151-01-3
        A. 4985                             2

     1  the  legislature  on  or before one year from the effective date of this
     2  section setting forth the office of general services' strategy for tran-
     3  sitioning all buildings owned by the state to all-electric buildings.
     4    (b)  Such  report  shall  include,  at a minimum, a description of the
     5  state's strategies to transition all buildings owned  by  the  state  to
     6  all-electric  buildings including a specific plan to procure and install
     7  necessary infrastructure for the transition to  all-electric  buildings.
     8  Such  strategies  shall  include  the expeditious review of policies and
     9  procedures identified as barriers to the  transition  of  all  buildings
    10  owned  by  the  state to all-electric buildings and the revision of such
    11  policies and procedures as appropriate. The  report  shall  also  assess
    12  existing infrastructure, determine what changes are necessary to support
    13  a  transition of all buildings owned by the state to all-electric build-
    14  ings and recommend how best to implement such changes. The report  shall
    15  assess  factors  including  but not limited to the following: the avail-
    16  ability and viability  of  existing  or  developing  technology,  public
    17  outreach  and  safety  training,  and  insurance and liability consider-
    18  ations.   The report shall also  determine  the  number  of  state-owned
    19  buildings  which  are equipped with the necessary capacity to transition
    20  to an all-electric building immediately.
    21    (c) Immediately after submission of the report required by this subdi-
    22  vision, the office of general services shall begin the process to imple-
    23  ment the recommendations and strategies of such report.
    24    5. The state fire prevention and building code council may permit  any
    25  building  which  has transitioned to an all-electric building to contain
    26  systems for emergency back-up power, or may exempt  certain  state-owned
    27  buildings  which  are specifically designated for occupancy by a commer-
    28  cial food establishment, laboratory, laundromat, hospital, or crematori-
    29  um from the provisions of this section, but in doing so  shall  seek  to
    30  minimize emissions and maximize health, safety, and fire-protection.
    31    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.