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42 of fuel, including the possibility of price-fixing or
43 other manipulation of the market.
44 4. Establish a central depository within the state
45 for energy data.
46 a. The central depository shall be located at or
47 accessible through a library which that is a member of
48 an interlibrary loan program to facilitate access to
49 the data and information contained in the central
50 depository.
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1 b. The department commission shall collect data
2 necessary to forecast future energy demands in the
3 state.
4 c. The department commission may require a
5 supplier to provide information pertaining to the
6 supply, storage, distribution and sale of energy
7 sources in this state.
8 d. The information shall be furnished on a
9 periodic basis, shall be of a nature which that
10 directly relates to the supply, storage, distribution
11 and sale of energy sources, and shall not include any
12 records, documents, books, or other data which that
13 relate to the financial position of the supplier.
14 Provided, provided that the department commission,
15 prior to requiring any supplier to furnish it the
16 commission with such information, shall make every
17 reasonable effort to determine if the same such
18 information is available from any other governmental
19 source. If it the commission finds such information
20 is available, the department commission shall not
21 require submission of the same such information from a
22 supplier.
23 e. Notwithstanding the provisions of chapter 22,
24 information and reports obtained under this section
25 subsection shall be confidential except when used for
26 statistical purposes without identifying a specific
27 supplier and when release of the information will not
28 give an advantage to competitors and serves a public
29 purpose. The department commission shall use this
30 data to conduct energy forecasts which that shall be
31 included in the biennial update required by this
32 section.
33 f. The department commission may subpoena
34 witnesses, administer oaths, and require the
35 production of records, books, and documents for
36 examination in order to obtain information required to
37 be submitted under this section. In case of failure
38 or refusal on the part of any person to comply with a
39 subpoena issued by the department commission, or in
40 case of the refusal of any witness to testify as to
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