2005 North Carolina Code - General Statutes § 113B-12. Annual reports; contents.

§ 113B‑12.  Annual reports; contents.

(a)       Beginning January 1, 1977, and every year thereafter, the Energy Policy Council shall transmit to the Governor, the Speaker  of the House of Representatives, the President of the Senate, the chairman of the Utilities Commission and the appropriate chairmen of the House and Senate committees concerned with energy matters, a comprehensive report providing a general overview of energy conditions in the State. On January 1, 1976, the Energy Policy Council shall transmit a progress report to the public officials named above.

(b)       The report shall include, but not be limited to, the following:

(1)       An overview of statewide growth and development as they relate to future requirements for energy, including patterns of urban and metropolitan expansion, shifts in transportation modes, modifications in building types and design, and other trends and factors which, as determined by the Council, will significantly affect energy needs;

(2)       The level of statewide and multi‑county regional energy demand for a five‑, 10‑ and 20‑year forecast period which, in the judgment of the Council, can reasonably be met, with proposals as to possible energy supply sources;

(3)       An assessment of growth trends in energy consumption and production and an identification of potential adverse social, economic, or environmental impacts which might be imposed by continuation of the present trends, including energy costs to consumers, significant increases in air, water, and other forms of pollution, threats to public health and safety, and loss of scenic and natural areas;

(4)       An analysis and evaluation of the means by which the projected annual growth rate of energy demand may be reduced, together with an estimate of the amount of such reduction to be obtained by each of the means analyzed and evaluated;

(5)       The status of the Council's ongoing energy research and development program and an assessment of the energy research and planning efforts carried out in North Carolina;

(6)       Recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly for additional administrative and legislative actions on energy matters;

(7)       A summary of the Council's activities since its inception, a  description of major plans developed by the Council, an assessment of plan implementation, and a review of Council plans and programs for the coming biennium. (1975, c. 877, s. 4.)