N.Y. ENG Law § 3-101

§ 3-101. State energy policy. It shall be the energy policy of the\nstate:\n 1. to obtain and maintain an adequate and continuous supply of safe,\ndependable and economical energy for the people of the state and to\naccelerate development and use within the state of renewable energy\nsources, all in order to promote the state's economic growth, to create\nemployment within the state, to protect its environmental values and\nagricultural heritage, to husband its resources for future generations,\nand to promote the health and welfare of its people;\n 2. to encourage conservation of energy in the construction and\noperation of new commercial, industrial, agricultural and residential\nbuildings, and in the rehabilitation of existing structures, through\nheating, cooling, ventilation, lighting, insulation and design\ntechniques and the use of energy audits and life-cycle costing analysis;\n 3. to encourage the use of performance standards in all energy-using\nappliances, and in industrial, agricultural and commercial applications\nof energy-using apparatus and processes;\n 4. to encourage transportation modes and equipment which conserve the\nuse of energy;\n 5. to foster, encourage and promote the prudent development and wise\nuse of all indigenous state energy resources including, but not limited\nto, on-shore oil and natural gas, off-shore oil and natural gas, natural\ngas from Devonian shale formations, small head hydro, wood, solar, wind,\nsolid waste, energy from biomass, fuel cells and cogeneration; and\n 6. to encourage a new ethic among its citizens to conserve rather than\nwaste precious fuels; and to foster public and private initiative to\nachieve these ends at the state and local levels.\n * 7. to conduct energy planning in an integrated and comprehensive\nmanner through development of a long-range energy master plan which\nshall provide the framework for energy related decisions made throughout\nthe state.\n * NB Expired January 1, 1984\n