Data requirements for valuing externalities: The role of existing permitting processes

Conference · Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1990

OSTI ID:6490080

Lee, A D; Baechler, M C; Callaway, J M

While the assessment of externalities, or residual impacts, will place new demands on regulators, utilities, and developers, existing processes already require certain data and information that may fulfill some of the data needs for externality valuation. This paper examines existing siting, permitting, and other processes and highlights similarities and differences between their data requirements and the data required to value environmental externalities. It specifically considers existing requirements for siting new electricity resources in Oregon and compares them with the information and data needed to value externalities for such resources. This paper also presents several observations about how states can take advantage of data acquired through processes already in place as they move into an era when externalities are considered in utility decision-making. It presents other observations on the similarities and differences between the data requirements under existing processes and those for valuing externalities. This paper also briefly discusses the special case of cumulative impacts. And it presents recommendations on what steps to take in future efforts to value externalities. 35 refs., 2 tabs.

• Research Organization: Pacific Northwest Lab., Richland, WA (USA)
• Sponsoring Organization: DOE/AD
• DOE Contract Number: AC06-76RL01830
• OSTI ID: 6490080
• Report Number(s): PNL-SA-18647; CONF-9010245-1; ON: DE91002815
• Resource Relation: Conference: National conference on environmental externalities, Jackson Hole, WY (USA), 1-3 Oct 1990
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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