North Carolina Statutes

Chapter 113B North Carolina Energy Policy Act of 1975

Article 1 - Energy Policy Council.

• § 113B-1   Legislative findings and purpose
  Upon investigation the General Assembly hereby finds that: (1) Energy is essential to the health, safety and welfare of the people of this State and...
• § 113B-2   Creation of Energy Policy Council; purpose of Council
  (a) There is hereby created a council to advise and make recommendations on energy policy to the Governor and the General Assembly to be known...
• § 113B-3   Composition of Council; appointments; terms of members; qualifications
  (a) The Energy Policy Council shall consist of 18 members to be appointed as follows: (1) Two members of the North Carolina House of Representatives...
• § 113B-4   Chairman of Council; replacement; reimbursement of members
  (a) On July 15, 1975, on January 31, 1977, and every four years thereafter, the Governor shall designate one of the members of the Energy...
• § 113B-5   Organization of the Council; adoption of rules of procedure therefor
  (a) To facilitate the work of the Energy Policy Council and for administrative purposes, the chairman of the Energy Policy Council, with the consent and...
• § 113B-6   General duties and responsibilities
  The Energy Policy Council shall have the following general duties and responsibilities: (1) To develop and recommend to the Governor a comprehensive long‑range State energy...
• § 113B-7   Energy Efficiency Program; components
  (a) The Energy Policy Council shall prepare a recommended Energy Efficiency Program for transmittal to the Governor, the initial plan to be completed by January...
• § 113B-8   Energy Management Plan; components
  (a) The Energy Policy Council shall prepare a recommended Energy Management Plan for transmittal to the Governor, the initial plan to be completed by June...
• § 113B-9   Emergency Energy Program; components
  (a) The Energy Policy Council shall, in accordance with the provisions of this Article, develop contingency and emergency plans to deal with possible shortages of...
• § 113B-10   Energy Research and Development Program; information gathering; coordination of energy research and planning
  (a) The Energy Policy Council shall encourage, through its activities, research studies and projects which are related to energy conservation and management and to the...
• § 113B-11   Powers and authority
  (a) The Energy Policy Council is authorized to secure directly from any officer, office, department, commission, board, bureau, institution and other agency of the State...
• § 113B-12   Annual reports; contents
  (a) Beginning January 1, 1977, and every year thereafter, the Energy Policy Council shall transmit to the Governor, the Speaker of the House of Representatives,...
• § 113B-13 through 113B-19   Reserved for future codification purposes

Article 2 - Energy Crisis Administration.

• § 113B-20   Definition; declaration of energy crisis
  (a) "Energy crisis". An energy crisis exists when the health, welfare or safety of the citizens of North Carolina are threatened by reason of an...
• § 113B-21   Creation of Legislative Committee on Energy Crisis Management
  (a) There is hereby created a Legislative Committee on Energy Crisis Management to consist of the Speaker, as chairman, the Speaker pro tempore of the...
• § 113B-22   Procedures for adopting emergency proposals; emergency powers
  (a) Upon the declaration of an energy crisis, the Governor shall submit to the Legislative Committee for its prompt consideration such emergency orders, rules and...
• § 113B-23   Administration of plans and procedures
  (a) Upon the declaration of an energy crisis, pursuant to G.S. 113B‑20, the Energy Policy Council shall become the emergency energy coordinating body for the...
• § 113B-24   Enforcement; penalties for violations
  (a) The Attorney General and the law‑enforcement authorities of the State and its political subdivisions shall enforce the provisions of this Article and all orders,...