A recommendation: How to build lasting consensus on a national energy strategy

Technical Report · Mon Nov 05 00:00:00 EST 1990

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/10123343· OSTI ID:10123343

The objective of the Consensus Building process for a national energy strategy would be to generate several concrete products, including: (1) An inventory of possible packages which could represent acceptable energy strategies for most key constituencies in developing a fair, efficient wise, and sustainable national energy policy; (2) An inventory of strategic dead ends and policy positions that could generate fierce opposition from specific stakeholding groups if they emerge as part of the eventual strategy, absent compensating trade offs; and, (3) An inventor of the interests and assumptions of the many opposing constituencies. The process would be a sophisticated proving ground where collaborative problem solving techniques could be applied and evaluated. This report in the American Energy Assurance Council`s 12-step recommendation for consensus building. They recommend an eight-month timeframe for this project, although they recognize that many interested parties may perceive this as too long. If a shorter timeframe is required, these 12 steps could be time compressed and still produce meaningful results.

• Research Organization: American Energy Assurance Council, Denver, CO (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: FG01-90PE79073
• OSTI ID: 10123343
• Report Number(s): DOE/PE/79073-T1; ON: DE92007909
• Resource Relation: Other Information: PBD: 5 Nov 1990
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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