The division shall be tasked with developing, implementing and refining over time the Mississippi Energy Plan. The Mississippi Energy Plan shall include, but not be limited to the following:(a) Efforts to promote Mississippi as a leader in energy development, job creation and research;(b) Plans to encourage the safe and responsible exploration and extraction of the state's natural resources;(c) Plans to add value and sustain resources through advances in manufacturing, conversion, and processing related to energy consumption and generation;(d) Expanding energy capacity and realizing savings through energy efficiency;(e) Encourage investments in the energy infrastructure of transmission and distribution to maintain the state's leadership in this area;(f) Plans to ensure the state competes in technology-based energy economic development, research and development, and commercialization;(g) Prepare a twenty-first century energy workforce;(h) Statewide forecasts of energy needs and deficiencies;(i) A program for directing the expenditure of local, state and federal energy funds in conformity with the statewide plan;(j) Statewide implementation program, including a schedule of d deficiencies;(i) A program for directing the expenditure of local, state and federal energy funds in conformity with the statewide plan;(j) Statewide implementation program, including a schedule of improvement programs, an operations program, a financial plan, necessary policies and legislation for implementation of the energy plan; and(k) Financial impact statement.Laws, 1980, ch. 548, § 6; Laws, 1992, ch. 496, § 41, eff. 7/1/1992.Amended by Laws, 2013, ch. 538, HB 1296, 4, eff. 7/1/2013.
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