N.Y. Public Service Law § 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.