2005 North Carolina Code - General Statutes § 113B-6. General duties and responsibilities.

§ 113B‑6.  General duties and responsibilities.

The Energy Policy Council shall have the following general duties and responsibilities:

(1)       To develop and recommend to the Governor a comprehensive long‑range State energy policy to achieve maximum effective management and use of present and future sources of energy, such policy to include but not be limited to an energy efficiency program, an energy management plan, an emergency energy program, and an energy research and development program;

(2)       To conduct an ongoing assessment of the opportunities and constraints presented by various uses of all forms of energy and to encourage the efficient use of all such energy forms in a manner consistent with State energy policy;

(3)       To continually review and coordinate all State government research, education and management programs relating to energy matters and to continually educate and inform the general public regarding such energy matters;

(4)       To recommend to the Governor and to the General Assembly needed energy legislation and to recommend for implementation such modifications of energy policy, plans and programs as the Council considers necessary and desirable.

(5)       To develop and administer the Low‑Income Residential Energy Program. Nothing in this subdivision shall be construed as obligating the General Assembly to appropriate funds for the Program or as entitling any person to services under the Program. (1975, c. 877, s. 4; 2000‑140, s. 76(b); 2003‑284, s. 18.3.)