N.Y. Public Service Law § 135-f: Energy audits

§ 135-f. Energy audits. 1. Upon the request of either an eligible

customer or a landlord, each utility shall conduct an energy audit of

the customer's residential premises or the landlord's multiple dwelling

and promptly provide the results of the audit to such customer or

landlord in a manner prescribed by the chairman. No charge shall be made

for such audits. In addition, on or before March first, nineteen hundred

eighty-two, each utility shall, as part of the promotional program

established by the chairman, (i) inform each of its eligible customers

in writing that an energy audit of the customer's residential premises

is available without charge, and (ii) inform each landlord in writing

that an energy audit of his multifamily dwelling is available at a

charge which shall be set by the chairman and not exceed five hundred

dollars for each building; except in multiple building complexes, heated

by a single, central boiler system. In such cases, the commission shall

set fair and reasonable audit fees. A customer or landlord shall only be

eligible for one audit under this section, provided however, that a

customer who received an audit prior to the inclusion of solar or wind

energy systems within the home conservation plans authorized by this

article shall be entitled to a second limited audit to consider the

energy savings and costs that would result from adding solar or wind

energy systems to his premises.

2. Each audit shall include:

(a) estimates of the energy conservation measures, if any, needed to

comply with applicable minimum criteria;

(b) estimates of available options for meeting such criteria, together

with their relative costs and pay-back periods, and relative potential

energy and cost savings on a monthly and yearly basis, a comparison of

initial cost and pay-back periods for customer installation and for

contractor installation and the price of fuel on which any comparison is

based;

(c) for the purposes of this section, the term "energy conservation

measures" shall mean, when used with respect to audits provided

landlords, those measures set forth for multifamily dwellings in Title

VII of the National Energy Conservation Policy Act together with such

other measures consistent with the standards of this article as the

chairman shall specify.