§ 6-104. State energy plan. 1. The board shall adopt a state energy\nplan in accordance with the provisions of this article.\n 2. The state energy plan shall include: (a) forecasts for a minimum\nperiod of ten years, and for such other periods as the board may\ndetermine, of: (i) demand for electricity, natural gas, coal, petroleum\nproducts, including heating and transportation fuels, and alternate\nfuels, including ethanol and other biofuels, to the extent possible,\ntaking into account energy conservation, load management and other\ndemand-reducing measures which can be achieved in a cost-effective\nmanner, including the basis for such projection, including an\nexamination of possible alternate levels of demand and discussion of the\nforecasting methodologies and input variables used in making the\nforecasts;\n (ii) energy supply requirements needed to satisfy demand for\nelectricity, natural gas, coal, petroleum products, including heating\nand transportation fuels, and alternate energy sources and fuels, for\neach region of the state, and for the state as a whole, including with\nrespect to electricity, the amount of capacity needed to provide\nadequate reserve margins and capacity needed to ensure reliability and\ncompetitive markets in the various regions of the state;\n (iii) an assessment of the ability of the existing energy supply\nsources and the existing transmission or fuel transportation systems, to\nsatisfy, together with those sources or systems reasonably certain to be\navailable, such energy supply requirements, indicating planned\nadditions, retirements, deratings, substantial planned outages, and any\nother expected changes in levels of generating and production capacity;\n (iv) additional electric capacity and/or transmission or fuel\ntransportation systems needed to meet such energy supply requirements\nthat will not be met by existing sources of supply and those reasonably\ncertain to be available, where such analysis should identify system\nconstraints and possible alternatives available, both supply-side and\ndemand-side alternatives, including but not limited to distributed\ngeneration, energy efficiency and conservation measures, to redress such\nconstraint; and\n (v) projected greenhouse emissions.\n (b) Identification and assessment of the costs, risks, benefits,\nuncertainties and market potential of energy supply source alternatives,\nincluding demand-reducing measures, renewable energy resources of\nelectric generation, distributed generation technologies, cogeneration\ntechnologies, biofuels and other methods and technologies reasonably\navailable for satisfying energy supply requirements which are not\nreasonably certain to be met by the energy supply sources identified in\nparagraph (a) of this subdivision, provided that such analysis shall\ninclude the factors identified in paragraph (d) of this subdivision;\n (c) Identification and analysis of emerging trends related to energy\nsupply, price and demand, including trends related to the transportation\nsector;\n (d) An assessment of current energy policies and programs, and their\ncontributions to achieving long-range energy planning objectives\nincluding, but not limited to, the least cost integration of energy\nsupply sources, energy transportation and distribution system and\ndemand-reducing measures for satisfying energy supply requirements,\ngiving due regard to such factors as required capital investments, cost,\nratepayer impacts, security and diversity of fuel supplies and\ngenerating modes, protection of public health and safety, adverse and\nbeneficial environmental impacts, conservation of energy and energy\nresources, the ability of the state to compete economically, and any\nother policy objectives deemed appropriate;\n (e) In order to assist the board in such evaluation, the power\nauthority of the state of New York and the Long Island power authority\nshall individually submit to the planning board: (i) a strategic pl
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