N.Y. Energy Law § 10-101: Legislative intent and purpose

§ 10-101. Legislative intent and purpose. The legislature hereby

finds and declares: that adequate supplies of fuel are essential to the

health, welfare and safety of the people of the state of New York; that

any severe disruption in fuel supplied for use within the state would

cause grave hardship and pose a threat to the health and economic

well-being of the people of the state; that the federal government has

enacted into law the Emergency Petroleum Allocation Act of 1973, as

amended by the Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975, pursuant to

which the state of New York has established a fuel set-aside program;

and that temporary and concurrent state authority for a fuel set-aside

program should be in place as the federal government terminates,

suspends or fails to implement all or part of the federal program during

the vacation or heating seasons.