Provides for exemptions from sales tax for energy-star qualified appliances and grants municipalities the option to provide such exemption. / Sponsor: MARCELLINO Committee:

Requires organizations that receive funds for capital improvements by the New York state dormitory authority and the upstate empire state development corporation to use such funds for the purchase of energy star equipment and appliances where available; defines energy star. / Sponsor: MAZIARZ Committee:

Directs the commissioner of labor, in consultation with the public service commission, to conduct a study and report on current trends in the workforce that supports the generation and transmission of power in the utility industry; authorizes additional studies and reports upon rates hikes, complaints by third parties or upon identification of a shortage. / Sponsor: MAZIARZ Committee: