§7–221.

    The General Assembly finds and declares that energy efficiency is:

        (1)    among the least expensive ways to meet the energy demands of the State;

        (2)    a means of affordable, reliable, and clean energy for consumers of Maryland; and

        (3)    one method to achieve Maryland’s climate commitments for reducing statewide greenhouse gas emissions, including those required under Title 2, Subtitle 12 of the Environment Article.