Title ENG, Energy

§ 5-117. Powers during energy or fuel emergency. 1. Upon a finding\nand declaration by the governor that there exists or impends an energy\nor fuel supply emergency, which declaration shall state the governor's\nreasons for such finding, the commissioner shall be authorized, in\…

§ 5-119. Violations; sanctions. 1. Every person shall obey, observe\nand comply with the provisions of this chapter and with every order,\nrule or regulation issued or made pursuant to this chapter, so long as\nthe same shall be and remain in force. Any person who violates any\n…

§ 5-121. Reserved power of the governor. Nothing contained in this\nchapter shall be construed to limit, curtail, abolish or terminate any\nfunction or power of the governor which he had prior to the effective\ndate hereof.\n

§ 5-127. New York state business energy conservation loan program. 1.\nAs used in this section, unless a different meaning clearly appears from\nthe context, the term:\n a. "Agri-business" shall mean (i) an individual, partnership or\ncorporation involved in farm production whic…

§ 6-102. State energy planning board. 1. There shall be established a\nstate energy planning board, hereinafter referred to as the "board",\nwhich shall consist of the chair of the public service commission, the\ncommissioner of environmental conservation, the chief executive of…

§ 6-104. State energy plan. 1. The board shall adopt a state energy\nplan in accordance with the provisions of this article.\n 2. The state energy plan shall include: (a) forecasts for a minimum\nperiod of ten years, and for such other periods as the board may\ndetermine, of: (i…

§ 6-106. Conduct of the state energy planning proceeding. 1. Every\nfour years, the board shall adopt a state energy plan, which addresses\neach item identified in subdivision two of section 6-104 of this article\nprovided, however, the board may adopt such a plan more frequentl…

§ 6-108. Supplemental studies for future energy planning. The board\nshall undertake the following studies to supplement information for\nfuture energy planning:\n 1. On or before September first, two thousand twelve, and every four\nyears thereafter, the board shall undertake a…

§ 7-101. Transfer of functions of the atomic energy council. All the\nfunctions and powers possessed by and all the obligations and duties of\nthe atomic energy council, created and established in the commerce law\npursuant to and by chapter nine hundred forty-seven of the laws …

§ 7-103. Transitional provisions. 1. Upon the transfer of functions\npursuant to this article within the state fiscal year within which this\nact shall take effect, provision shall be made for the transfer to the\nstate energy office of employees of all directly affected state a…

§ 8-101. Purpose. In furtherance of the policy set forth in\nsubdivision two of section 3-101 of this chapter, the legislature hereby\ndirects that state lighting efficiency standards for existing buildings\nbe promulgated to protect the health, safety, security and welfare of\n…

§ 8-102. Definitions. For the purposes of this article, the following\nwords and phrases shall have the following meanings unless a different\nmeaning is plainly required by the context:\n 1. "Municipality." Any county, city, town, village, school district,\ndistrict corporation…

§ 8-103. Application. On or before April first, nineteen hundred\neighty, the commissioner shall promulgate, and thereafter may amend from\ntime to time, standards relating to the lighting of all existing\nbuildings, or classes of such buildings, for purposes of minimizing the\n…

§ 8-104. State lighting efficiency standards for existing public\nbuildings. In addition to meeting the purposes set forth in section\n8-101 of this article, the standards shall be designed to satisfy the\nfollowing specific criteria:\n 1. The standards, so far as may be practic…

§ 8-105. Limitation of application. Notwithstanding the provisions of\nsubdivision one of section 8-103 of this article, the commissioner may\nlimit by regulation the application of any standards so as to include or\nexclude classes or types of buildings, according to the use th…

§ 8-106. Administration and enforcement. 1. With respect to existing\nbuildings owned by the state, this article shall be administered by the\ncommissioner and the standards enforced by the office of general\nservices in accordance with procedures to be developed by the\ncommiss…

§ 8-107. Municipal regulations. 1. Nothing in this article shall be\nconstrued as abrogating or impairing the power of any municipality to\nenforce the provisions of any local building regulations pertaining to\nlighting standards in existing buildings, provided that such provis…

§ 9-101. Purpose. The purpose of this article is to obtain long-term\nenergy and cost savings for agencies and municipalities by facilitating\nprompt incorporation of energy conservation improvements or energy\nproduction equipment, or both, in connection with buildings or\nfaci…

§ 9-102. Definitions. For the purposes of this article, the following\nwords and phrases shall have the following meanings unless a different\nmeaning is plainly required by the context.\n 1. "Agency" means any state department, agency, board, commission,\noffice, or division.\n…

§ 9-103. Energy performance contracts. 1. Notwithstanding any other\nprovision of law, any agency, municipality, or public authority, in\naddition to existing powers, is authorized to enter into energy\nperformance contracts of up to thirty-five years duration, provided,\nthat t…