US EditionNew York agrees to delay All-Electric Buildings Act in court filing
The implementation of New York's All-Electric Buildings Act is paused amid legal challenges citing federal law conflicts and concerns over construction costs and grid reliability.
- On Nov. 12, 2025, New York state agreed in a court filing to delay the All‑Electric Buildings Act, set for Jan. 1, 2026, until the federal appellate court rules on the lawsuit.
- Legal challenges from gas and construction trade groups, who sued two years ago, prompted New York to delay the All‑Electric Buildings Act, enacted in 2023, until an appellate decision.
- Attorneys filed a stipulation in U.S. District Court to delay the All-Electric Buildings Law until the Second Circuit makes a ruling, citing the order signed by Judge Glenn T. Suddaby.
- Industry leaders welcomed the delay, while Assembly Minority Leader Will Barclay criticized it, saying, `'The shortcomings of this plan were clear to Republicans from day one, and experts only added to those concerns, warning that the state was moving far too fast without the infrastructure needed to support such a sweeping mandate.'
- The appellate timeline remains unclear because the midlevel appellate court does not yet have the case on its docket, while grid capacity constraints are already slowing New York State energy and housing markets and the mandate stems from the 2019 climate law.
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Albany Times-Union: NYS Agrees To Delay All-Electric Buildings Act Mandate
The Albany Times-Union reports New York State has agreed to delay implementation of the All-Electric Buildings Act. The Act, which was scheduled to go into effect in January, would prohibit natural gas and heating oil equipment in many new construction projects, including residences. Attorneys for the state agreed in a stipulation filed in the U.S. District Court in Albany Wednesday to suspend regulations for the law’s implementation until an ap…
New York to delay All-Electric Buildings Act
ALBANY, N.Y. — New York State says it will delay implementing the law that would have banned all new low-rise buildings from being built with gas hookups. The state agreed in a court filing to delay the All-Electric Buildings Act until a federal appellate court makes a final decision about whether the law can stand.The […]
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Niagara GazetteNY puts off implementing law that would ban natural gas in new homes and buildings
New York state officials have agreed to suspend implementation of a revolutionary new rule that would ban natural gas or other fossil fuel equipment from all new homes and buildings of seven stories or less.
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