Using collaborative tools for energy corridor planning.
In November 2007, the Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement on Designation of Energy Corridors on Federal Land in the Western 11 States was released. The draft proposes a network of 6055 miles of energy corridors on lands managed by seven different federal agencies. Determining the proposed locations of the corridors was a large collaborative effort among the agencies and included local, state, and federal land managers. To connect this geographically dispersed group of people, the project team employed a variety of approaches to communicate corridor siting issues, including sharing GIS layers and electronic maps, a downloadable GIS database and ArcReader project, workshops, and Internet webcast teleconferences. This collaborative approach allowed difficult siting issues to be understood and discussed from many perspectives, which resulted in rapid and effective decision making. The result was a proposed corridor system that avoids many sensitive resources and protected lands while accommodating expected energy development.
- Research Organization:
- Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- DOI; USDA; U. S. FOREST SERVICE; DOE Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability
- DOE Contract Number:
- DE-AC02-06CH11357
- OSTI ID:
- 1001574
- Report Number(s):
- ANL/EVS/CP-61061; TRN: US201102%%316
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 2008 ESRI Federal User Conference (FedUC); Feb. 20, 2008 - Feb. 22, 2008; Washington, DC
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- ENGLISH
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