Environmental actors in energy in the New York area. Working paper

Technical Report · Sat Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 1975

OSTI ID:5663830

Aron, J; Shienbaum, E

The possible impact of areawide residential location policy on future residential electricity usage in the Tri-State Metropolitan Region centering on New York City is investigated. This paper presents a brief overview of the common features, orientation, and behavior of the prominent environmental interest groups that participate in decision-making in energy in the New York area. The account also summarizes the characteristics of the regulatory process that bias decisions in favor of the utilities and industrial concerns to the disadvantage of the newer environmental participants. Environmental interest groups in the New York area are divided into two broad 'ideal types': 'crisis-activated interest groups', relatively short lived organizations, whose concerns are immediate and limited to specific issues within a geographic area, and 'institutionalized interest groups', relatively stable and permanent associations, whose concern in regional energy issues develops out of a broad comprehensive interest in environmental matters. Findings indicate that 'crisis-activated' groups tend to have specific impacts (primarily negative) with respect to policy decisions. 'Institutionalized groups' tend to have more diffuse effects which may be broader in scope and more far reaching than those of the temporary associations.

• Research Organization: New York Regional Energy Study, NY (USA)
• OSTI ID: 5663830
• Report Number(s): PB-293024
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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