The department shall conduct and administer public awareness and education programs which shall inform the public and state and local government policymakers of at least the following:
- (1) The energy prospects for the state;
- (2) The alternative futures in economic and environmental terms under different energy policies;
- (3) The manpower needs of alternative energy policies;
- (4) The probable impact of existing and proposed actions of state and federal government;
- (5) The potential of research and development programs; and
- (6) The importance of, and the technologies and methods necessary to achieve, energy conservation goals in all consuming sectors of the state’s economy.
(Acts 1980, No. 80-449, p. 696, §5.)