§ 135-F — Energy audits

New York § 135-F

• Jurisdiction: New York
• Law PBS: Public Service
• Art. 7-A: Home Insulation and Conservation

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§ 135-f. Energy audits. 1. Upon the request of either an eligible\ncustomer or a landlord, each utility shall conduct an energy audit of\nthe customer's residential premises or the landlord's multiple dwelling\nand promptly provide the results of the audit to such customer or\nlandlord in a manner prescribed by the chairman. No charge shall be made\nfor such audits. In addition, on or before March first, nineteen hundred\neighty-two, each utility shall, as part of the promotional program\nestablished by the chairman, (i) inform each of its eligible customers\nin writing that an energy audit of the customer's residential premises\nis available without charge, and (ii) inform each landlord in writing\nthat an energy audit of his multifamily dwelling is available at a\ncharge which shall be set by the chairman and not exceed five hundred\ndollars for each building; except in multiple building complexes, heated\nby a single, central boiler system. In such cases, the commission shall\nset fair and reasonable audit fees. A customer or landlord shall only be\neligible for one audit under this section, provided however, that a\ncustomer who received an audit prior to the inclusion of solar or wind\nenergy systems within the home conservation plans authorized by this\narticle shall be entitled to a second limited audit to consider the\nenergy savings and costs that would result from adding solar or wind\nenergy systems to his premises.\n 2. Each audit shall include:\n (a) estimates of the energy conservation measures, if any, needed to\ncomply with applicable minimum criteria;\n (b) estimates of available options for meeting such criteria, together\nwith their relative costs and pay-back periods, and relative potential\nenergy and cost savings on a monthly and yearly basis, a comparison of\ninitial cost and pay-back periods for customer installation and for\ncontractor installation and the price of fuel on which any comparison is\nbased;\n (c) for the purposes of this section, the term "energy conservation\nmeasures" shall mean, when used with respect to audits provided\nlandlords, those measures set forth for multifamily dwellings in Title\nVII of the National Energy Conservation Policy Act together with such\nother measures consistent with the standards of this article as the\nchairman shall specify.\n