CoCo Building Permits Now Require All-Electric For Most Buildings

Press release from the Contra Costa County Government:

On January 18, 2022, the County Board of Supervisors adopted an All-Electric Ordinance (Ordinance 2022-02) requiring all new construction of residential, hotel, office, or retail buildings to be all-electric.

Starting April 1, 2022, applications for buildings permits for new construction of any Residential, Retail, Office or Hotel building(s) must be designed to be all-electric (no natural gas allowed).

Building permits issued on or after June 1, 2022, for new construction of all Residential, Retail, Office, and Hotel building(s) are required to be All-Electric (no natural gas allowed).

Learn all about the All-Electric Ordinance

Editor's note: An earlier version of this story said that Lamorinda cities were impacted.

This press release was produced by the Contra Costa County Government. The views expressed here are the author’s own.