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Environmental Policy

Maine Policy Review

1993

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Why Include Eternalities?, Jonathan Raab Jan 1993

Why Include Eternalities?, Jonathan Raab

Maine Policy Review

"Externalities" are costs imposed on third parties without compensation. Pollution is the archetypical externality. It is the pollution externality that has prompted the emerging national debate over whether public utility regulation should be modified to account for externalities. Jonathan Raab and two other authors [Freeman, Townsend, this issue] discuss the arguments surrounding the externality debate. These three authors earlier presented similar material at a Legislative Institute, sponsored by the Margaret Chase Smith Center for Public Policy's Project for the Study of Regulation and the Environment, for the Utilities Committee of the Maine State Legislature.

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Are Adders Right For Maine?, Ralph E. Townsend Jan 1993

Are Adders Right For Maine?, Ralph E. Townsend

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"Externalities" are costs imposed on third parties without compensation. Pollution is the archetypical externality. It is the pollution externality that has prompted the emerging national debate over whether public utility regulation should be modified to account for externalities. Ralph Townsend and two other authors [Raab, Freeman, this issue] discuss the arguments surrounding the externality debate. These three authors earlier presented similar material at a Legislative Institute, sponsored by the Margaret Chase Smith Center for Public Policy's Project for the Study of Regulation and the Environment, for the Utilities Committee of the Maine State Legislature.

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Appropriate Environmental Adders, A. Myrick Freeman Iii Jan 1993

Appropriate Environmental Adders, A. Myrick Freeman Iii

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"Externalities" are costs imposed on third parties without compensation. Pollution is the archetypical externality. It is the pollution externality that has prompted the emerging national debate over whether public utility regulation should be modified to account for externalities. Myrick Freeman and two other authors [Raab, Townsend, this issue] discuss the arguments surrounding the externality debate. These three authors earlier presented similar material at a Legislative Institute, sponsored by the Margaret Chase Smith Center for Public Policy's Project for the Study of Regulation and the Environment, for the Utilities Committee of the Maine State Legislature.

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The Trinity Of Transmission Issues: Siting, Access And Pricing, Ashley Brown Jan 1993

The Trinity Of Transmission Issues: Siting, Access And Pricing, Ashley Brown

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Ashley Brown is not only a commissioner of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio, he is also one of the most widely-respected authorities in the U.S. today on the regulation of electric utilities. He is particularly known for his vocal efforts to forge a more cooperative state-federal relationship in electrical regulation. This article is an edited excerpt from his keynote address at the PURE '93 Conference.

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Understanding The Clean Air Act: Implementation Issues For Electric Utilities, Susan E. Dudley Jan 1993

Understanding The Clean Air Act: Implementation Issues For Electric Utilities, Susan E. Dudley

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With the creation of tradable sulfur dioxide permits under the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990, financial markets have been drawn into the effort to achieve targeted air pollution reductions at least cost. As Susan Dudley explains, financial markets will go well beyond simply providing a place to buy and sell permits. These markets will create a variety of "futures" contracts that will enable utilities to manage the risks of planning future strategies to control pollution.

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Department Of Environmental Protection - Eco/Eco: Maine's Environmental Priorities Project Jan 1993

Department Of Environmental Protection - Eco/Eco: Maine's Environmental Priorities Project

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No abstract provided.

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Climate Change Policy: Mixing Politics And Uncertainty, Dean Marriott Jan 1993

Climate Change Policy: Mixing Politics And Uncertainty, Dean Marriott

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Global climate change has garnered some media attention, but has failed to gather the attention of most governmental decision makers and the public. In an effort to advance concerns about the issue, the New England Governors and Eastern Canadian Premiers sponsored a three-day symposium on climate change last May 19-21 in Portland. At the symposium, scientists and public officials from both the U.S. and Canada explored the science of climate change, the potential implications and impact of climate change on this region, and the possible policy responses. Dean Marriott [and James Bruce and Mark Victor, this issue] reflecting the breadth …

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Canadian Provincial Perspective On Climate Change, Mark Victor Jan 1993

Canadian Provincial Perspective On Climate Change, Mark Victor

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Global climate change has garnered some media attention, but has failed to gather the attention of most governmental decision makers and the public. In an effort to advance concerns about the issue, the New England Governors and Eastern Canadian Premiers sponsored a three-day symposium on climate change last May 19-21 in Portland. At the symposium, scientists and public officials from both the U.S. and Canada explored the science of climate change, the potential implications and impact of climate change on this region, and the possible policy responses. Mark Victor [and James Bruce and Dean Marriot, this issue] reflecting the breadth …

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Implications Of The Clean Air Act Amendments For The Northeast, Joseph Belanger Jan 1993

Implications Of The Clean Air Act Amendments For The Northeast, Joseph Belanger

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The Clean Air Acts Amendments (CAA) of 1990 continue to affect public policy at the federal, state and local levels of government. At the PURE ’93 Conference last January, "Alternatives to Traditional Regulation," one panel explored the implications of the CAA on the Northeast. Joseph A. Belanger of the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection provided this assessment of Title 1 of the CAA, particularly with respect to ozone attainment requirements.

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Regional Response Options To Global Climate Change, James P. Bruce Jan 1993

Regional Response Options To Global Climate Change, James P. Bruce

Maine Policy Review

Global climate change has garnered some media attention, but has failed to gather the attention of most governmental decision makers and the public. In an effort to advance concerns about the issue, the New England Governors and Eastern Canadian Premiers sponsored a three-day symposium on climate change last May 19-21 in Portland. At the symposium, scientists and public officials from both the U.S. and Canada explored the science of climate change, the potential implications and impact of climate change on this region, and the possible policy responses. James Bruce [and Dean Marriott and Mark Victor, this issue] reflecting the breadth …

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Maine’S “Other” Commissions: Maine Pesticide Control Board Jan 1993

Maine’S “Other” Commissions: Maine Pesticide Control Board

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Maine Policy Review has taken a particular interest in the activities of Maine's key regulatory agencies, such as the Public Utilities Commission and the Board of Environmental Protection. The state also has a number of regulatory agencies with jurisdictions over relatively narrow interests or industries. Because of their narrow mission, these agencies often do not attract regular media attention. In this issue, MPR continues its policy of highlighting these "other" regulatory boards, in this piece the Maine Pesticide Control Board, providing readers with general and contextual information about these bodies.

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Maine’S Public Interest Groups: The Natural Resources Council Of Maine Jan 1993

Maine’S Public Interest Groups: The Natural Resources Council Of Maine

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The actors in public policy include not only elected and appointed public officials, but also the public interest groups that promote various agendas. To help understand the perspectives of some of these groups, Maine Policy Review continues its profile of Maine's public interest groups in each issue, featuring in this article the Natural Resources Council of Maine.

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Regulatory Updates: Maine Low-Level Radioactive Waste Authority Jan 1993

Regulatory Updates: Maine Low-Level Radioactive Waste Authority

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Maine Policy Review has taken a particular interest in the activities of Maine's key regulatory agencies, such as the Public Utilities Commission and the Board of Environmental Protection. The state also has a number of regulatory agencies with jurisdictions over relatively narrow interests or industries. Because of their narrow mission, these agencies often do not attract regular media attention. In this issue, MPR continues its policy of highlighting these "other" regulatory boards, in this case the Maine Low-Level Radioactive Waste Authority, providing readers with general and contextual information about these bodies.

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Regulatory Updates, Ralph Townsend, Ruth Robinson Jan 1993

Regulatory Updates, Ralph Townsend, Ruth Robinson

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Bridging The Gap Between Energy And The Environment, John Flumerfelt Jan 1993

Bridging The Gap Between Energy And The Environment, John Flumerfelt

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Energy and environmental policies have always been intertwined, but the exact nature of those interrelationships is often difficult for the non-technical reader to understand. In an analysis that was originally included in an appendix of the Report of the Maine Commission on Comprehensive Energy Planning, the former director of Maine's Office of Energy, John Flumerfelt, provides a clear and concise graphical summary of the relation between energy use and air pollution in Maine. His presentation frames the issues in ways that identify important energy and environmental questions for the state.

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