Title ENG, Energy

§ 1-101. Short title. This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "energy law."

§ 1-103. Definitions. As used in this chapter, unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context or unless a different meaning is stated in a definition applicable to only a portion of this chapter: 1. "Agency" shall mean any state department, agency, board, public ben…

§ 10-101. Legislative intent and purpose. The legislature hereby finds and declares: that adequate supplies of fuel are essential to the health, welfare and safety of the people of the state of New York; that any severe disruption in fuel supplied for use within the state would …

§ 10-103. Definitions. As used in this article: 1. "Consumer" means any individual, trustee, agency, partnership, association, corporation, company, municipality, political subdivision or other legal entity which purchases liquid fossil fuels for ultimate consumption within New …

§ 10-105. Fuel set-aside. 1. The commissioner shall promulgate rules and regulations establishing a fuel set-aside system for liquid fossil fuels. The fuel set-aside system established pursuant to this article shall not go into effect in whole or in part except where the federal…

§ 10-107. Violation; penalties. 1. Any person who violates any provision of this article or any rule, regulation or order issued pursuant thereto shall be liable to the people of the state for a civil penalty in an amount of not less than two thousand five hundred dollars nor mo…

§ 11-101. Purpose. In furtherance of the policy set forth in subdivision two of section 3-101 of this chapter, the legislature hereby directs that a state energy conservation construction code be adopted to protect the health, safety and security of the people of the state and t…

§ 11-102. Definitions. For the purposes of this article, the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings unless a different meaning is plainly required by the context: 1. "Addition." An extension or increase in the conditioned space floor area or height of any …

§ 11-103. Applications. 1. (a) The state energy conservation construction code adopted by the state fire prevention and building code council and consisting of a building energy code for residential buildings throughout the state and a building energy code for commercial buildin…

§ 11-104. State energy conservation construction code. In addition to meeting the purposes set forth in section 11-101 of this article, the code shall be designed to satisfy the following specific criteria: 1. The code's standards and requirements, so far as may be practicable, …

§ 11-105. Limitation of application. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision one of section 11-103 of this article, the state fire prevention and building code council, by regulation, may limit the application of any portion of the code so as to include or exclude classes …

§ 11-106. Variances and modifications. 1. Any standard or requirement of the code may be varied or modified, in whole or part, with regard to specific construction upon application made by or on behalf of an owner, where strict compliance with such standard or requirement would …

§ 11-107. Administration and enforcement. Except as otherwise provided in regulations adopted pursuant to section three hundred eighty-one of the executive law, the administration and enforcement of the provisions of the code with respect to any building shall be the responsibil…

§ 11-108. Penalties. 1. Any person having been served with an order to remedy a violation of the code pursuant to the provisions of any local law or ordinance, or the procedures adopted pursuant to section three hundred eighty-one of the executive law, who shall fail to comply w…

§ 11-109. Municipal regulations. 1. Nothing in this article shall be construed as abrogating or impairing the power of any municipality or the secretary of state to enforce the provisions of any local building regulations or the state uniform fire prevention and building code, p…

§ 11-110. Reporting; cooperation of other agencies. 1. The secretary of state shall report yearly to the legislature and the governor as to the operation and effectiveness of the state energy conservation construction code. 2. Agencies and municipalities of the state shall provi…

§ 12-101. Title. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Solar Energy Products Warranty Act."

§ 12-101-a. Administration. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the New York state energy research and development authority shall be deemed to have the responsibility and authority to implement the provisions of this article.

§ 12-102. Purpose. The legislature hereby finds and declares that the use of renewable energy technologies, such as solar energy, within the state should be encouraged to the maximum extent possible; that effective, well-designed, carefully manufactured and properly serviced sol…

§ 12-103. Definitions. 1. "Building" means any combination of materials, whether portable or fixed, having a roof to form a structure which is heated or cooled in the normal course, affording shelter for persons, animals or property, including any equipment therein or attached t…

§ 12-104. Contracts and sales practices. 1. Every agreement for the sale or installation of a solar thermal system shall be in writing and be subscribed by the seller or installer, or his lawful agent, and by the customer or his lawful agent. 2. Every such agreement shall contai…

§ 12-106. Warranties and service agreements. 1. All express warranties and service agreements pertaining to any solar thermal system or component thereof which is sold in the state shall be in writing and shall be in compliance with rules and regulations to be promulgated by the…

§ 12-108. Rules and regulations. Not later than six months from the effective date of this act, the commissioner shall promulgate rules and regulations as necessary for the effective implementation of this article.

§ 12-110. Violations. 1. Whenever the attorney general has reason to believe that any violation of this article is a repeated or persistent practice, he may bring an action to enjoin such practice and to obtain restitution for any aggrieved party or parties. In such action preli…

§ 12-112. Prohibition of waiver. Any waiver by the owner of a solar thermal system of the provisions of this article shall be deemed contrary to public policy and shall be unenforceable and void.

§ 16-102. Definitions. As used in this article: 1. "Active mode" means the condition in which the input of a power supply or consumer audio and video equipment is connected to the line voltage AC and the output is connected to a DC or an AC load, fulfilling one or more of its ma…

§ 16-104. Applicability, conduct prohibited. 1. The provisions of this article apply to the establishment of, testing for compliance with, certification of compliance with, and enforcement of efficiency standards for the following new products which are sold, or offered for sale…

§ 16-105. Adoption of certain federal efficiency standards. 1. The federal efficiency standard established in 10CFR Parts 430 and 431, as in effect on January first, two thousand eighteen shall be applicable to products which are subject to such federal efficiency standards and …

§ 16-106. Powers and duties of the president and the secretary. 1. The president in consultation with the secretary shall have and be entitled to exercise the following powers and duties: (a) To adopt regulations establishing efficiency standards for the products listed in parag…

§ 16-107. Subpoenas, information and document production, enforcement procedures, referrals. 1. (a) In addition to all other powers provided by this article, the secretary or his or her designee shall have the power and authority to subpoena and require the attendance of witness…

§ 16-108. Violations, civil liability. 1. Any person who issues: (a) a certification that a product listed in paragraphs (a) through (xx) of subdivision one of section 16-104 of this article complies with the efficiency standards for such product established by or pursuant to th…

§ 16-109. Conflicts with other laws. Nothing in this article or in any regulation adopted pursuant to this article shall limit, impair, or supersede the provisions of subdivision one of section three hundred eighty-three of the executive law or the provisions of subdivision thre…

§ 17-101. Definitions. For the purpose of this article, the following terms shall have the following meanings: 1. "Residential structure" shall mean a one or two family dwelling or a single unit of a multiple dwelling, including an individual condominium unit or cooperative unit…

§ 17-102. Administration. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the New York state energy research and development authority shall be deemed to have the responsibility and authority to implement the provisions of this article.

§ 17-103. Truth in heating. 1. (a) On or after January first,\nnineteen hundred eighty-one, the seller of a residential structure\nshall, within fifteen days of receipt of a written request from a\nprospective purchaser, furnish such purchaser a complete set of heating\nand/or c…

§ 17-105. Heating system efficiency tests. 1. For the purposes of this section: a. "Contractor" means any person who contracts to install, repair or service oil or gas heating systems for customers. b. "Oil heating system" means a device which burns either No. 2 or No. 4 fuel oi…

§ 18-101. Definitions. As used in this article, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. "Commissioner" means the commissioner of environmental conservation. 2. "Board" means the state board on temporary nuclear waste repository siting established by section 18-105 of this arti…

§ 18-103. Establishment of temporary nuclear waste repositories. 1. No person shall establish or operate a temporary nuclear waste repository within this state unless he has been granted a certificate by the board. Any such temporary nuclear waste repository with respect to whic…

§ 18-105. State board on temporary nuclear waste repository siting. 1. There is hereby created the state board on temporary nuclear waste repository siting. The board shall consist of the commissioner of environmental conservation, the commissioner of health, and three ad hoc me…

§ 18-107. Filing of application for certificate; docketing; convening of board. 1. Any person seeking to establish or operate a temporary nuclear waste repository shall file an application for a certificate with the commissioner. Copies of such application shall be served on eac…

§ 18-109. Contents of application. An application for a certificate filed pursuant to this article shall contain the following information and materials: 1. A description of the site and of the facility, including maps, present and proposed development, and geological, seismic, …

§ 18-111. Action of the board. 1. After being convened, the board shall commission such studies as it deems necessary, and shall hold a series of public hearings and meetings. Notice of such studies, hearings and meetings shall be published in the state register and in at least …

§ 18-113. Judicial review. 1. A judicial proceeding to review a final decision of the board shall be brought in the appellate division of the supreme court in the judicial department embracing the county wherein the facility is proposed to be located. Such proceeding shall be in…

§ 21-106. Co-generation, small hydro and alternate energy production facilities. 1. For the purposes of this article: a. The term "co-generation facility" shall include any facility with an electric generating capacity of up to eighty megawatts, together with any related facilit…

§ 3-101. State energy policy. It shall be the energy policy of the state: 1. to obtain and maintain an adequate and continuous supply of safe, dependable and economical energy for the people of the state, including through the protection of critical energy infrastructure as defi…

§ 3-103. Conformance with state energy policy. Every agency of the state shall conduct its affairs so as to conform to the state energy policy expressed in this chapter.

§ 5-108. Purchase of passenger automobiles. a. The commissioner, in consultation with the commissioner of the office of general services, shall promulgate rules and regulations which shall require, at a minimum, that all passenger automobiles purchased by or for the state or any…

§ 5-108-a. Energy efficient appliances. 1. The president of the New York state energy research and development authority, in consultation with the commissioner of the office of general services, shall promulgate minimum energy efficiency standards for appliances and energy using…

§ 5-111. State energy conservation plan. The office shall formulate and from time to time revise a state energy conservation plan to be submitted pursuant to the federal Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975 or any acts amendatory or supplemental thereto.

§ 5-113. Coordination with environmental conservation law. The office may review and comment in writing upon the statements of effects on the use and conservation of energy resources made pursuant to section 8-0109 of the environmental conservation law. Such written comment shal…