2009 North Carolina Code
Chapter 113B - North Carolina Energy Policy Act of 1975.
§ 113B-1. Legislative findings and purpose.

Chapter 113B.

North Carolina Energy Policy Act of 1975.

Article 1.

Energy Policy Council.

§ 113B‑1.  Legislative findings and purpose.

Upon investigation the General Assembly hereby finds that:

(1)        Energy is essential to the health, safety and welfare of the people of this State and to the workings of the State economy;

(2)        Growth in the consumption of energy resources is in some part due to wasteful, uneconomic and inefficient uses of energy and a continuation of this trend will adversely affect the future social, economic and environmental development of North Carolina;

(3)        It is the responsibility of State government to encourage a reliable and adequate supply of energy for North Carolina at a level consistent with such energy needs required for the protection of public health and safety, and for the promotion of the general welfare; and

(4)        The State has not provided the basis for development of a long‑range unified energy policy to encompass comprehensive energy resource planning and efficient management of the rate of consumption of existing energy resources in relation to economic growth, to effectively meet an energy crisis, to encourage development of alternative sources of energy, and to prudently conserve energy resources in a manner consistent with assuring a reliable and adequate supply of energy for North Carolina.

(5)        It is the expressed intent of this Chapter to provide for development of such a unified energy policy for the State of  North Carolina. (1975, c. 877, s. 3.)