All-electric buildings in New York may be coming sooner than you think

“The All-Electric Building Act” (S6843A/A8431) would ban gas hookups in new construction in New York starting in 2024. If this bill passes and you’re planning on building a new home, you would need to heat that home with electric or something other than gas.

The Climate Action Council has already backed a ban on gas hookups in single-family homes after 2025. The bill, sponsored by state Assemblywoman Emily Gallagher and Sen. Brian Kavanagh, moves that deadline up a year.

When asked why speeding up the mandate by a year is so important, Assemblywoman Gallagher told Capital Tonight that the world is heating up much faster than expected.