Tell Gov. Hochul: Repeal the 100-Ft Rule

Tell Gov. Hochul: Repeal the 100-Ft Rule

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This year, the New York State Legislature passed A.8888/S.8417, a bill to end the "100-Foot Rule."

The 100-Ft Rule is making New York more expensive and dirtier: under current law, anytime someone builds a new home or building within 100 ft of a gas line the gas utilities must provide a connection to that building for “free”. But nothing’s ever really free; instead we all pay for it. The cost for that hookup is charged to the utility’s customers, raising rates and making home heating bills more expensive for everyone. What’s worse? Not only ...

This year, the New York State Legislature passed A.8888/S.8417, a bill to end the "100-Foot Rule."

The 100-Ft Rule is making New York more expensive and dirtier: under current law, anytime someone builds a new home or building within 100 ft of a gas line the gas utilities must provide a connection to that building for “free”. But nothing’s ever really free; instead we all pay for it. The cost for that hookup is charged to the utility’s customers, raising rates and making home heating bills more expensive for everyone. What’s worse? Not only did NY’s customers pay for that “free” hookup, but every new building that relies on gas ties us to a dirty, toxic fossil fuel system instead of helping the transition to cleaner, more efficient energy sources. 

Repealing the 100-Ft Rule helps New Yorkers: When this bill is signed into law, New Yorkers will save at least $200 million a year and will be more incentivized to adopt clean energy technologies in homes. 

Help us show Governor Hochul that New York wants to end the 100-Foot Rule. Every day she delays is another day New Yorkers continue to pay out of our pockets for the expansion of fossil fuel infrastructure, suffer from the health burdens caused by gas, and worsen the climate crisis.

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Governor Hochul listens to the needs of New Yorkers, and she needs to hear that the 100-Ft Rule is making New York sicker, dirtier, and less affordable. Send the governor an email today to deliver a strong message that New York needs her to sign the bill to Repeal the 100-Ft Rule.

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