2012 New York Consolidated Laws
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Article 7-A - (135-A - 135-O) HOME INSULATION AND CONSERVATION
135-K - Reports; miscellaneous.

 
    § 135-k. Reports;  miscellaneous.  1.  During the first three years of
  operation of an approved home  conservation  plan,  each  utility  shall
  submit  to  the  commission annually a summary report setting forth such
  information as the commission may deem relevant to monitor and  evaluate
  the progress of the program.
    2.  On  or  before  the  thirty-first  day  of  May,  nineteen hundred
  eighty-seven and annually on that day thereafter, up  to  and  including
  May  thirty-first,  nineteen  hundred  ninety-six,  the commission shall
  report to the governor and  the  legislature  on  the  progress  of  the
  program  regarding the effect of the program on conservation of fuel and
  energy, cost savings to customers, expense to rate payers, environmental
  benefits, and estimated effects on  the  state's  economy.  The  reports
  furthermore,  shall detail any problems encountered in administration of
  the program and its implementation and shall include recommendations for
  its improvement and possible extension.
    3. It is the purpose of this article, to the maximum extent permitted,
  to incorporate into the home conservation program  established  by  this
  article any advantages to be secured by integration of federal and state
  home  conservation programs, to secure maximum federal assistance to the
  program, when and if available, for such purposes, and to the  customers
  and utilities participating therein.
    4. No utility shall utilize its home conservation program to influence
  a customer to convert from one energy source to another, except with the
  consent of the customer.