[PARTIII.]  ENERGY EMERGENCY PLANNING

 

[§125C-31]  Biennial state energy emergencypreparedness plan.  (a)  The department of business, economic development,and tourism shall prepare a comprehensive and integrated biennial state energyemergency preparedness plan to be implemented in the event of, or inanticipation of, a change in the State's petroleum supply or demand situationthat is judged by the governor to be unmanageable by the free market.  Thedepartment of business, economic development, and tourism shall prepare abiennial state energy emergency preparedness plan in every even-numbered yearin accordance with the following:

(1)  The biennial state energy emergency preparednessplan shall replace the energy emergency plan developed by the energy resourcescoordinator, who shall act as the governor's authorized representative underthis chapter;

(2)  In preparing the biennial state energy emergencypreparedness plan, the department shall:

(A)  Solicit input, comment, and review fromthe governor's energy emergency preparedness advisory committee composed ofrepresentatives of federal, state, and county governments; private energysuppliers; consumer and other public interest groups; and the public at-large;and

(B)  Establish other task forces and advisorygroups, as may be deemed necessary, to assist in the preparation and review ofthe biennial state energy emergency preparedness plan;

(3)  The biennial state energy emergency preparednessplan shall be comprehensive and encompassing, and shall integrate into itsanalytic and planning framework the plans of electric and gas utilities andother energy suppliers, relevant state agencies, including the department oftransportation, counties, and such other entities as deemed appropriate; and

(4)  The biennial state energy emergency preparednessplan shall include a review and update of the previous biennial state energyemergency preparedness plan and a review of the energy emergency plans preparedby the counties.

(b)  The department shall prepare an energyemergency communication plan, which shall be updated biennially and shall beconsistent with the energy emergency preparedness plans prepared by thecounties.  The energy emergency communication plan shall be used by the Stateand counties to communicate and otherwise coordinate state and county actionstaken in response to implementing the biennial state energy emergencypreparedness plan. [L 1992, c 182, pt of §2]