{"id":5557,"date":"2025-06-17T10:01:30","date_gmt":"2025-06-17T14:01:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/weact.org\/?post_type=update&#038;p=5557"},"modified":"2026-02-13T17:12:42","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T22:12:42","slug":"state-legislature-votes-to-end-the-100-foot-rule-to-help-lower-energy-bills-by-eliminating-unnecessary-gas-infrastructure","status":"publish","type":"update","link":"https:\/\/weact.org\/es\/updates\/state-legislature-votes-to-end-the-100-foot-rule-to-help-lower-energy-bills-by-eliminating-unnecessary-gas-infrastructure\/","title":{"rendered":"State Legislature Votes to End the 100-Foot Rule to Help Lower Energy Bills by Eliminating Unnecessary Gas Infrastructure"},"template":"","class_list":["post-5557","update","type-update","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","update_type-press-release","focus_tax-energy-justice","person_tax-cameron-clarke"],"acf":{"details":{"":null,"featured_image":5221,"update_type":[366],"focus_area":[7],"authors":[216],"abstract":""},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_hero_links","acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_hero_links":{"title":"","abstract":"","links":null}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_wysiwyg":{"content":"<b>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\r\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">June 17, 2025<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\r\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Contact: Jama Joseph, 646-951-1648, jama.joseph@weact.org<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<b>ALBANY, NY \u2013\u00a0<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Today, WE ACT for Environmental Justice \u2013 along with fellow environmental advocates from the Renewable Heat Now coalition and beyond \u2013 is celebrating the passage of legislation (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nysenate.gov\/legislation\/bills\/2025\/S8417\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">S.8417<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\/<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nysenate.gov\/legislation\/bills\/2025\/A8888\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A.8888<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) that eliminates the 100-foot rule, part of the State\u2019s Public Service Law that had required utilities to build a gas pipeline to any building or home within 100 feet of an existing gas main at an expense of $200 million per year \u2013 paid for by ratepayers across the state. Under this new legislation, which amends the Public Service Law, a utility will still be obligated to provide gas service to any building within 100 feet of an existing gas line but only if they request gas service, provided that those requesting the service agree to pay for the material and installation costs of installing that gas line.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cHaving passed New York State\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/weact.org\/programs\/new-york-states-all-electric-building-act\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All-Electric Buildings Act<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which will go into effect for buildings under seven stories in 2026, there should be no need for utilities to build gas lines to these new buildings, let alone forcing ratepayers to foot the bill for this unnecessary infrastructure,\u201d explained Cameron Clarke, NY HEAT Campaign Coordinator at WE ACT for Environmental Justice. \u201cThis legislation will save New Yorkers $200 million per year. And while this does not do enough to directly address New York\u2019s energy affordability crisis, it will help some of the 1.4 million New Yorkers who are struggling to pay their energy bills.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe would like to thank the sponsors of this bill, Senator Liz Krueger (D\/WF-28) and Assemblymember Jo Anne Simon (D-52),\u201d added Clarke. \u201cAnd now we urge Governor Hochul, who has publicly committed to making our state more affordable, to sign this legislation into law.\u201d<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WE ACT will continue to advocate for equitable energy affordability measures, including the remaining two elements of the NY HEAT Act: ensuring that energy bills do not 6 percent of household income, which would directly address New York\u2019s energy affordability crisis; and ending the obligation to serve gas, which would give utilities more flexibility in transitioning communities from natural gas to renewable energy, as mandated by the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act.<\/span>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"># # #<\/span><\/p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WE ACT for Environmental Justice is a Northern Manhattan-based, membership-driven organization whose mission is to build healthy communities by ensuring that people of color and\/or low-income residents are meaningfully included in the development of sound and fair environmental health and protection policies and practices. WE ACT has offices in New York and Washington, D.C. Visit us at\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/weact.org\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">weact.org<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0and follow us on\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/weactforej\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/weact4ej.bsky.social\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bluesky<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/weact4ej\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Instagram<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span>","include_drop_cap":false}}]},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>State Legislature Votes to End the 100-Foot Rule to Help Lower Energy Bills by Eliminating Unnecessary Gas Infrastructure - WE ACT for Environmental Justice<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/weact.org\/es\/updates\/state-legislature-votes-to-end-the-100-foot-rule-to-help-lower-energy-bills-by-eliminating-unnecessary-gas-infrastructure\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_ES\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"State Legislature Votes to End the 100-Foot Rule to Help Lower Energy Bills by Eliminating Unnecessary Gas Infrastructure - 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