Timothy P. Duane
Associate Professor
Energy and Resources, City and Regional Planning,
Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning
228 Wurster Hall #1850
University of California
Berkeley, CA 94720-1850
tel. (415) 509-5263
fax (415) 485-5985
Education:
· J.D. candidate, Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California, Berkeley, expected 2005.
· Ph.D., Civil Engineering (Energy and Environmental Planning), Stanford University, 1989. Dissertation topic: The Risk-Adjusted Cost Evaluation of Electric Resource Alternatives. Committee: Lyna Wiggins, Gilbert Masters, and James Sweeney.
· M.S., Civil Engineering (Infrastructure Planning and Management), Stanford University, 1983. Completed coursework in Transportation, Land Use, Water, and Energy systems.
· A.B., Human Biology (Energy, Resources and the Environment: Planning and Policy), Stanford University, 1982. Studied at Stanford-in-Britain during spring quarter 1981.
research interests:
· Land use and natural resources law, with an emphasis on the historical evolution of private and social interests, rights, and responsibilities in property; takings and the public trust.
· Landscape-scale conservation strategies and the relationship between public land and resource management efforts and private land conservation in western North America.
· Social, cultural, institutional and organizational responses to the ongoing economic shift from commodity extraction to amenity-driven economic activity in the rural western USA.
· Growth management and rural land use planning, with an emphasis on the role of place-based social movements of identity in the political dynamics of shaping spatial form.
· Methods for incorporating environmental factors into infrastructure systems planning, with an emphasis on electric utility regulation, water resources management, and hydropower.
· Improving the economic efficiency of environmental law and regulation while simultaneously addressing the distributive equity concerns of environmental justice.
· International and domestic social factors leading to the adoption of successful environmental policy, planning, and management systems by developing countries.
Books:
Shaping the Sierra: Nature, Culture, and Conflict in the Changing West, University of California Press, 1999 (paperback, 2000; two-page summary of published reviews is attached.) “Community Defender Award,” the Rural Quality Coalition of Nevada County, 1999.
Book Chapters:
"Community Participation in Ecosystem Management," pp. 161-175 in Lowney, Skip and John D. Landis (editors), 50 Years of City and Regional Planning at UC Berkeley: A Celebratory Anthology of Faculty Essays, NSQ Press, Berkeley, May 1998.
journal Articles:
“Regulation’s Rationale: Learning from the California Energy Crisis,” Yale Journal on Regulation 19 (2): 471-540, Summer 2002.
"Natural Capital and Quality of Life: A Model for Evaluating the Sustainability of Alternative Regional Development Paths," Ecological Economics 30 (3): 441-460, September 1999 (with Cecilia Collados).
"Community Participation in Ecosystem Management," Ecology Law Quarterly 24 (4): 771-797, December 1997.
"Managing the Sierra Nevada," in John J. Kirlin (ed.), California Policy Choices 8: 169-194, USC School of Public Administration, Sacramento, CA, January 1993.
"Environmental Planning and Policy in a Post-Rio World," Berkeley Planning Journal 7: 27-47, Department of City and Regional Planning, University of California, Berkeley, CA, December 1992.
"Electricity Regulation Reform," in John J. Kirlin and Donald R. Winkler (eds.), California Policy Choices 6, USC School of Public Administration, Sacramento, CA, November 1990.
"Diversification in Energy Production," in John J. Kirlin and Donald R. Winkler (eds.), California Policy Choices 4, USC School of Public Administration, Sacramento, CA, December 1988 (with Lyna L. Wiggins and Allen L. Brown).
Peer-reviewed reports:
"Human Settlement, 1850-2040" in Sierra Nevada Ecosystem Project, Final Report to Congress, Volume II (Assessment and Scientific Basis for Management Options), Chapter 11, Wildland Resources Center Report No. 36, University of California, Davis, June 1996, pp. 235-360.
"Recreation in the Sierra Nevada," in Sierra Nevada Ecosystem Project, Final Report to Congress, Volume II (Assessment and Scientific Basis for Management Options), Chapter 19, Wildland Resources Center Report No. 36, University of California, Davis, June 1996, pp. 557-609.
other technical reports:
Trends in Electricity Consumption, Peak Demand, and Generating Capacity in California and the Western Grid, 1977-2000, Program on Workable Energy Regulation (POWER) Working Paper (PWP) 085, University of California Energy Institute, Berkeley, CA, September 2001 (with Jolanka V. Fisher). Prepared under a contract with the California Public Utilities Commission, San Francisco, CA.
Final
Report of the California Spotted Owl Federal Advisory Committee (Evaluation of
the "Revised Draft Environmental Impact Statement (RDEIS) Managing
California Spotted Owl Habitat in the Sierra Nevada National Forests of
California"). Pacific
Northwest Research Station, United States Department of Agriculture, Portland,
OR, December 1997. Member of Federal
Advisory Committee appointed by the Secretary of Agriculture.
Sierra Nevada Ecosystem Project: Final Report to Congress. Volume I (Assessment Summaries and Management Strategies). Wildland Resources Center Report No. 36, University of California, Davis, June 1996. Special consultant and co-author of sections on institutions, human settlement, regional economies, community well-being and management scenarios.
Dam Mitigation in California, prepared for Parsons Polytech, Inc. for the Water Resources Environment Technology Center, Ministry of Construction, Government of Japan, Tokyo, Japan, March 1996.
Visitor Characteristics and Recreational Activities in the Mammoth Lakes and Mount Whitney Complex of the Inyo National Forest, prepared for the Inyo National Forest, Bishop, CA, January 1996 (with Jennifer L. Knauer).
The Sierra Now: A Vision for the Future, Report from the Sierra Now Conference (held in Sacramento, CA in August 1992), Environment Now, Malibu, CA, January 1993. Co-author of "Urbanization and Local Economic Development" section with Bill Center and Steering Committee reviewer of other sections of the report.
Urbanization and Local Economic Development: Strategies for a Sustainable Sierra Nevada, Sierra Now, Sacramento, CA, July 1992.
Emerging Environmental Trends: Impacts on PG&E in 10-20 Years, Technical Report: Pacific Gas and Electric Company, Research and Development Department, San Ramon, CA, October 1990.
"Electric Utility Industry Structure and Regulation," April 1990, in Ren Orans, Joel N. Swisher, and Tim Duane, Some Lessons Learned from the History of the Electric Utility Industry in the U.S., Technical Report: U.S. Department of Energy (Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory), Energy and Environmental Economics, San Francisco, CA, May 1990.
Energy Efficiency and the Global Environment, distributed in both English and Russian at the Global Forum on Environment and Development in Moscow, USSR., International Foundation for the Survival and Development of Humanity, San Francisco, CA (also Moscow, USSR and Washington, D.C.), January 1990 (with Bill Keepin).
Other Technical Products:
Geographic Information System (GIS) of the Cosumnes River Watershed, California (prepared for The Nature Conservancy of California), 1993.
Doctoral Dissertation:
The Risk-Adjusted Cost Evaluation of Electric Resource Alternatives, Ph.D. Dissertation, Resources Planning Program, Department of Civil Engineering, School of Engineering, Stanford University, June 1989 (Committee: Lyna Wiggins, Gilbert Masters and James Sweeney).
Book Reviews:
“Transforming California: A Political History of Land Use and Development,” by Stephanie S. Pincetl, Landscape and Urban Planning 52: 64-65, Spring 2001.
“Green Urbanism: Learning from European Cities,” by Timothy Beatley, Journal of the American Planning Association 66 (4): 450-451, Autumn 2000.
“When City and Country Collide: Managing Growth in the Metropolitan Fringe,” by Tom Daniels, Landscape and Urban Planning 45: 57-58, December 1999.
"The Green Imperative: Natural Design for the Real World,” by Victor Papanek, Traditional Dwellings and Settlement Review VIII (II): 82, Spring 1997.
Newsletter articles:
"Water, Wealth and Watershed Health," Tree Rings Ten, Yuba Watershed Institute, North Columbia, CA, Spring 1997.
"The Environmental Costs of Electricity Generation," Sierra Club Energy Report, San Francisco, CA, Summer 1990.
"California Competition: Electricity in the 1990s," Sierra Club Energy Report, San Francisco, CA, Summer 1989.
Teaching Experience:
Assistant
Professor (1991-1999) and Associate Professor (1999-present), Energy and
Resources Group, Department of City and Regional Planning, and Department of
Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning, University of California,
Berkeley, 1991-present (on a leave of absence from January 2001-June 2002):
Graduate courses: Environmental Law and Resource Management, Environmental Planning and Regulation, Infrastructure Planning and Policy, The Process of Environmental Planning, Natural Factors and the Design Process, Environmental Impact Assessment, Water and the California Landscape, Sustainable Communities, Environmental Planning Studio, and Doctoral Seminar on Environmental Planning.
Guest
Lecturer, Resources Planning Program, Department of Civil Engineering, Stanford
University, 1984-1988:
Graduate energy planning and facilities siting courses on policy models, utility regulation, electric utility system planning, and integration of independent energy producers into electric utility systems planning.
Adjunct
Lecturer, Program in Urban Studies, Stanford University, 1986-1987:
Developed and taught new course on Microcomputers in Resources Planning, cross-listed with the Civil Engineering Department for graduate students in the Resources Planning Program.
Research
Assistant and Teaching Assistant, Resources Planning Program, Department of
Civil Engineering, Stanford University, 1985-1986:
Development of a new course on Microcomputers in Urban and Environmental Planning; testing of new planning applications software.
Teaching
Assistant, Infrastructure Planning and Management Program, Department of Civil
Engineering, Stanford University, 1982-1983:
Small-Scale Energy Systems (Prof. Gil Masters) and Introduction to Urban Planning (Prof. Lyna Wiggins) courses; jointly developed new curriculum for Community Energy Planning (Prof. Gilbert Masters).
Consulting Experience:
The
David and Lucile Packard Foundation, Los Altos, CA, 2002-present:
Evaluation of the Conserving California Landscapes Initiative (CCLI), a five-year, $175-million effort in the Central Coast, Central Valley, and Sierra Nevada regions of the state.
California
Resources Agency, Sacramento, CA, 2001:
Analysis of PG&E’s bankruptcy Plan of Reorganization (POR) and strategic analysis of opportunities to protect public trust values for environmental resources in California.
California
Public Utilities Commission, San Francisco, CA, 2000-2001:
Analysis of market power and environmental impacts associated with the proposed divestiture of Pacific Gas and Electric Company’s hydroelectric system; EIR preparation, testimony, and policy analysis of proposed changes to electric market restructuring by FERC, CPUC, and Legislature; investigation into market power and outages.
Public
Policy Institute of California, San Francisco, CA, 1999-2001:
Research design for projects on Central Valley land use and a state-wide assessment of land use, environmental, resource management, and energy issues in California.
Foundation
for American Communications (FACS), Pasadena, CA, 1999-2001:
Academic advisor for development of a curriculum on land use for journalists, including web site and conference content development; presentations to journalists.
Soames
Summerhays Films, San Diego, CA, 1997-1999:
Technical advisor for an IMAX film on Yosemite National Park.
Water
and Environment Technology Center, Ministry of Construction, Government of
Japan (Parsons Polytech, Inc., Tokyo, Japan), 1996:
Review of dam mitigation measures in the United States and development of an infrastructure planning process designed to incorporate environmental considerations. Detailed case studies of Auburn Dam and projects proposed by the East Bay Municipal Utility District and the City of Santa Rosa. Supervised sub-contracts on report chapters (many of the recommendations were echoed by the World Commission on Dams in 2000).
Western
States Petroleum Association (Energy and Environmental Analysis, Inc.,
Arlington, VA), 1995:
Review and critique of an analysis of population and demographic projections used for air quality modeling in the South Coast Air Quality Management District.
Batam
Industrial Development Authority, Government of Indonesia (PRC Environmental
Management, San Francisco, CA), 1993-1994:
Evaluation of proposal and research recommendations for the Barelang Master Environmental Plan Project (three islands); development of analytic methods for multi-attribute decision analysis evaluation of alternative economic development strategies.
Environment
Now, Malibu, CA, 1992:
Research on demographic and economic changes in the Sierra Nevada region, in preparation for presentations at the Sierra Now conference. Analysis of 1970-1990 Census data and patterns of urbanization. Analysis of historical demand for recreation on both public and private lands.
Earth
Action International, Brussels, Belgium, 1991:
Field research on the feasibility of establishing a new international advocacy group on environment and development; field interviews with representatives from non-governmental organizations in New Zealand, Australia, Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand.
Coalition
for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Technologies (representing the Sierra Club,
Natural Resources Defense Council, U.S. Windpower, California Energy Company,
Luz International, Portland Energy Conservation Services, Sycom, and TGAL),
Sacramento, CA, 1990-1991:
Expert testimony before the California Public Utilities Commission and the California Energy Commission regarding incorporation of environmental and resource diversity values into electric utility resource planning, energy and capacity payments, and siting review for demand conformance tests.
California
Energy Company, San Francisco, CA, 1990-1991:
Expert testimony before the Public Service Commission of Nevada regarding establishment of preferences for geothermal and other renewable technologies, through development of a multi-attribute analytic methodology for consideration of environmental and resource diversity benefits.
Shell
Oil Company (Global Business Network, Emeryville, CA), 1990:
Overview of California state environmental policy, key issues before state regulators and legislators, possible impacts on energy development, and environmental and infrastructure implications of South Coast Air Quality Management District proposals on corporate strategy in California markets.
U.S.
Department of Energy, Washington, D.C, and Electric Power Research Institute,
Palo Alto, CA, (Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Berkeley, CA and Energy and
Environmental Economics, San Francisco, CA), 1990:
Analysis of and preparation of report on U.S. "Electric Utility Industry Structure and Regulation" for international distribution to energy planners, managers and regulators.
International
Foundation for the Survival and Development of Humanity, San Francisco, CA,
1989-1990:
Preparation of Energy Efficiency and the Global Environment for distribution at the Global Forum on Environment and Development for Survival (Moscow, USSR); participation in Energy Efficiency workshops as a session chairman at the Global Forum in Moscow; served as a technical resource for other workshops with parlimentarians and spiritual leaders from throughout the world.
Natural
Resources Defense Council (NRDC), San Francisco, CA, 1988 and 1990:
Testimony before the California Public Utilities Commission on integrating environmental impacts and other "non-price factors" into new resource evaluation criteria for California utilities; additional work through the Coalition for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Technologies (CEERT) as an expert witness (NRDC was a founding member of CEERT in 1990).
Research
and Development Department, Pacific Gas and Electric Company, San Ramon, CA,
1989-1990:
Preliminary analysis of impact of emerging environmental trends on Research and Development programs, resource planning, and customer needs. Extensive literature review, consultation with outside experts, and report preparation; report served as the foundation for a related strategic planning effort with senior PG&E management team assessing the 1990s.
City
of Redding Municipal Utility, Redding, CA (Henwood Associates, Sacramento, CA),
1989:
Development of a financial analysis model for capital budgeting, rate design and regulatory review associated with power project proposals; submitted to California Energy Commission in Electricity Report 90 proceeding.
U.S.
Agency for International Development, Lahore, Pakistan (Energy Resources
International, Sausalito, CA), 1989:
Preliminary field assessment of Strategic Planning system needs for Water and Power Development Authority of Pakistan (WAPDA); project planning, budgeting and field interviews with WAPDA and USAID officials.
Development,
Innovation, Technology Transfer, Nevada City, CA, 1987-1988:
Strategic assessment of California electric utility system requirements and new hydroelectric project economic feasibility; overview of California regulatory process; resource assessment for specialized technologies.
Northwest Power Company, San
Francisco and Nevada City, CA, 1985-1988:
Strategic planning, new technology assessment, risk and economic analysis, power contract negotiations with utilities, regulatory monitoring, and expert testimony before the California Energy Commission, the California Public Utilities Commission, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, and a joint panel of state regulatory commissioners.
Pacific
Lighting Energy Systems, Commerce, CA, 1986:
Testimony before the California Energy Commission critiquing a model forecasting qualifying facilities project development rates; recommendations resulted in significant changes to original LOGIT model specification.
Industrial
Indemnity Financial Corporation, San Francisco, CA, 1986:
Projection of hydroelectric project generation and revenues, with detailed economic risk analysis for bondholders; the results of the analysis led to significant changes in the company's portfolio position of energy project bond holdings and several million dollars of savings.
Generation
Planning Department, Pacific Gas and Electric Company, San Francisco, CA,
1985-1986:
Development of a new methodology for forecasting qualifying facilities project development under the Public Utilities Regulatory Policies Act of 1978; preparation of written testimony for presentation before the California Public Utilities Commission.
Professional employment:
Generation
Planning Engineer, Commercialization of Alternative Technologies Section,
Generation Planning Department, Pacific Gas and Electric Company, San
Francisco, CA, 1983-1984:
Contract negotiation, project management, hydrologic and financial model development for small hydro, wind, and solar group. Company-wide policy analysis and planning for all independently-owned cogeneration and renewable energy projects. Development of a new company-wide database and organizational structure for administering independent power contracts.
Research
Assistant, Professor Lyna L. Wiggins, Department of Civil Engineering, Stanford
University, 1982-1983:
Analysis of new Federal Energy Regulatory Commission regulations on bulk power market deregulation; development of research grant proposals.
Assistant
City Planner, City of Grass Valley, Grass Valley, CA, 1982:
Analysis of new General Plan (population 8,000), new annexation proposals, local growth pressures, infrastructure expansion needs and costs, and development impact fees; also local community energy strategies and possible programs to increase local energy self-sufficiency.
Technical
Assistant, City of Palo Alto Municipal Utility, Palo Alto, CA, 1980:
Development of microcomputer software for analysis of residential solar energy options through Residential Conservation Service energy audit program; review of customer conservation information program.
Engineering
Trainee, Solar Unit, Energy Conservation and Services Department, Pacific Gas
and Electric Company, San Francisco, CA, 1980:
Development of swimming pool heat loss analysis software for use by energy auditors in the field; program planning and policy analysis for Residential Conservation Service.
Technical
Assistant, Solar Power Systems Company, Grass Valley, CA, 1979:
Design, installation, monitoring and development of active and passive low-temperature solar systems for residential and commercial applications.
Assistant
Fire Dispatcher, Tahoe National Forest, Nevada City, CA, 1978:
Communications, weather computer, and information systems management for central fire management center; initial attack and logistics management during the largest fire in Tahoe National Forest history (requiring assistance from several thousand firefighters and over one hundred aircraft).
public service:
Board
of Directors, Marin Conservation League, San Rafael, CA, 2001-present:
Served as Secretary and member of Executive Committee and Land Use Committee of Marin County’s premiere environmental organization (first established in 1934).
Yosemite
National Park senior management retreat, South Lake Tahoe, CA, June 2002:
Presentation and facilitation of half-day workshop on the changing planning context for the Sierra Nevada, California, and public land and resource management agencies in the western United States; development of an analytical model for public participation.
California
Resources Agency and the California Environmental Protection Agency),
Sacramento, CA, February 2002:
Presentation on “Institutions and Climate Change: Lessons from the California Energy Crisis in 2000-2001” in a special workshop for senior California state agency managers.
External
Reviewer, Western Resources Program, Environmental Defense, Oakland, CA, 2000:
Member of four-person external reviewer of program scope and strategic direction.
Participant,
Urbanization in the Central Valley workshop, The Great Valley Center (Modesto,
CA) and the Lincoln Institute for Land Policy (Cambridge, MA), 1999:
Member of a small group of urban designers, academics, policy analysts, and stakeholders charged with exploring alternative urbanization scenarios.
Member, California Spotted Owl
Federal Advisory Committee, 1997:
Member of eleven-person scientific committee appointed by the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture to evaluate the USDA Forest Service's proposed Revised Draft Environmental Impact Statement (RDEIS) for a California Spotted Owl management strategy on federal forests in the Sierra Nevada.
Board
of Directors, Common Ground Communities, Nevada City, CA, 1995-1997:
Non-profit affordable housing corporation attempting to provide affordable housing through mixed-income, environmentally sensitive site designs; the organization has planning approvals for and is now developing a $5.7 million, 42-unit clustered mixed-income self-help project on 34 acres near Nevada City, CA.
Advisory
Council, South Yuba River Citizens League, Nevada City, CA, 1995-1997:
Non-profit organization dedicated to protection of the South Yuba River; technical advice on environmental and land use planning and policy issues; the South Yuba was granted Wild and Scenic status in 1999.
Speakers
Bureau on Global Warming and Sound Science Initiative, Union of Concerned
Scientists, Cambridge, MA, 1989-1997:
Participation in public education on global warming and alternative global energy strategies; technical resource on renewable energy.
Awards
Juror, Sierra Chapter, American Society of Landscape Architects, 1996:
Evaluated and critiqued submissions for a special awards program for any ASLA member or any project proposed in the Sierra Chapter area.
Technical
Advisory Panel, "Sierra in Peril" television documentary, KVIE-TV
Channel 6 (PBS affiliate), Sacramento, CA, 1994:
Reviewed script for technical accuracy and recommended modifications to proposed program structure; interviewed by producers and quoted in final broadcast of documentary.
Advisory
Council, Sierra Nevada Alliance, Sacramento, CA, 1993-1994:
Technical and policy advising to non-profit coalition of environmental organizations working on protection of the Sierra Nevada Bioregion.
Nevada
County, El Dorado County, and Mono County Planning Department staff and/or
members of Boards of Supervisors, 1991-1994:
Informal advising of specific staff and/or board members on land use and environmental planning issues related to updating county General Plans.
Sierra Now Steering Committee,
San Francisco and Malibu, CA, 1991-1993:
Development of substantive content and panel format for state-wide conference on environmental issues in the Sierra Nevada mountains, attended by over 400 people in Sacramento, CA. Task Force/Panel Co-Chair for "Urbanization and Local Economic Development" issues.
Cities
of Oakland and Berkeley, CA, 1991-1992:
Committee Member on the Infrastructure Task Force of the East Bay Fire Recovery Team, advising city managers, mayors and city councils on policies to address restoration of infrastructure systems following fire.
Member,
Sierra Club Energy Committee and Task Force on Global Warming, San Francisco,
CA, 1989-1990:
Technical member, evaluating proposed legislation and Sierra Club policy position papers; article preparation for Sierra Club Energy Report.
Northwest
Power Planning Council (NPPC), Portland, OR, 1987-1988:
Member of technical review committee for evaluation of resource plans and analysis of the NPPC Western Electricity Study reports on regional energy systems; analysis of California and Pacific Northwest energy markets.
International
Development Exchange (IDEX), San Francisco, CA, 1987-1988:
Evaluation of international development project proposals and IDEX meeting facilitation for a small, non-profit development organization.
Stanford
Energy Action, Stanford, CA, 1979-1982:
Analyst and Chairman of volunteer energy policy committee, evaluating Stanford University energy options and proposing new energy policies.
University Service:
Ciriacy-Wantrup
Postdoctoral Fellowship Advisory Committee, University of California, Berkeley,
CA, 1999-2001:
Member of campus-wide committee for selecting post-doctoral fellows in environmental and resource economics, policy, and management; mentor for Dr. Rohan D’Souza.
Faculty
Advisory Board, undergraduate Environmental Sciences major, University of
California, Berkeley, CA, 1999-2000:
Member of campus-wide committee for reviewing and coordinating inter-college curriculum for undergraduate Environmental Sciences major.
Executive Committee,
Environmental Council, University of California, Berkeley, CA, 1997-1998:
Member of campus-wide committee for coordinating environmental programs and faculty appointments on the Berkeley campus.
Policy
Board, Wildand Resources Center, University of California, Davis, CA,
1995-1998:
Policy advisor for UC system-wide research center for all 9 UC campuses.
Jasper
Ridge Biological Preserve, Department of Biology, Stanford University,
1979-1983:
Volunteer Docent (tour guide) for 1300-acre research and educational Preserve and member of Preserve planning and management committee; author of first social history of land use on and near the Preserve.
Committee
on Land and Building Development, Stanford University, 1980-1982:
Member of internal "planning commission" with responsibility for review of all development proposals for over 8,000 acres in the Palo Alto area, including academic, industrial, commercial, residential and recreational facilities.
Expert Testimony:
California
Research Bureau, California State Library, Sacramento, CA; and Institute for
Governmental Studies, University of California, Berkeley, CA, 2001-2002:
Expert testimony regarding the relationship between electricity demand, in-state generating capacity, import capacity, market structure, system reliability, and the feasibility of various supply and demand alternatives to meet projected shortfalls (presentations in both January and July to key legislative and executive branch staff).
Senate
Office of Research, California Legislature, 2001:
Participant in an expert roundtable discussion on the California Energy Crisis for key legislative and executive branch staff.
Senate
Select Committee on Forestry, California Legislature, 2001:
Expert testimony regarding the social, economic, and cultural changes occurring in the Sierra Nevada over the past three decades and the implications of such changes for state timber harvest practices; specific focus on the impact of clear-cutting on local well-being.
Assembly
Committee on Environmental Toxics and Public Safety, California Legislature,
2001:
Expert testimony regarding the relationship between electricity demand, in-state generating capacity, import capacity, market structure, system reliability, and the feasibility of various supply and demand alternatives to meet projected shortfalls; additional testimony on the social and environmental costs of such alternatives.
California Public Utilities
Commission, 2000:
Expert testimony regarding implementation of the California Environmental Quality Act in the issuance of Certificates of Public Convenience and Necessity for the development of telecommunications services.
Milton
Marks Commission on California State Government Organization and Economy
("Little Hoover Commission"), 1996:
Advisory panel member and expert witness regarding electric utility industry restructuring and reorganization of the regulatory functions of the California Public Utilities Commission and the California Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission; focus of testimony was on the need to maintain centralized planning and reliability functions during any transition from a regulated to a deregulated market.
Milton
Marks Commission on California State Government Organization and Economy
("Little Hoover Commission"), 1995:
Expert testimony regarding the Governor's Reorganization Plan Number 1 for consolidation of functions related to energy policy and waste management policy in the California Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission, the California Integrated Waste Management Board, the California Department of Conservation and the State Lands Commission.
California
State Water Resources Control Board, 1995:
Expert testimony for the California Sportfishing Alliance calling for the consideration of watershed restoration and management fees in association with a petition by the California Department of Water Resources and the United States Bureau of Reclamation to alter existing water rights.
Public
Service Commission of Nevada, Docket 89-752, 1990-1991:
Development of criteria for granting preferences to geothermal, wind and solar technologies offering economic, resource diversity and environmental benefits; recommendations on contract structure for geothermal projects; analyisis of economic development impacts on Nevada state economy and local regions where projects are located.
California
Public Utilities Commission, Docket I. 89-07-004, 1989-1990:
Development of new resource selection processes, contract structure, risk allocation, integration with utility systems and valuation of non-price factors (e.g., environmental, resource diversity and technology development benefits) for payments under long-term standard offer contracts for non-utility power plants selling power to publicly-regulated utilities.
California
Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission, Docket 88-ER-8, 1990:
Development of multi-attribute utility resource planning, resource selection, and siting approval criteria; policy recommendations for resource planning and evaluation structure for demand conformance tests.
California
Legislature, Joint Committee on Energy Regulation and the Environment, 1990:
Assessment of need to develop new regulatory system organization to promote more efficient policy; recommendations for specific reorganization of regulatory agency structure; background paper on related policy issues.
California
Public Utilities Commission, Docket A. 82-04-044, et al. (OIR-2), 1983-1989:
Qualifying Facility contract structure, planning methodology, modelling conventions, integration with utility systems, pricing issues, and incorporation of non-price factors into resource evaluation methodology.
California
Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission, Docket 87-ER-7,
1987-1989:
Participation in staff workshops, developing techniques for the assessment of uncertainty and risk in electric utility resource planning. Critique of CEC proposal resulted in significant modifications to improve methodologies.
California Energy Commission and
California Public Utilities Commission, Joint Hearings on Excess Electrical Generating
Capacity (SB 1970), 1987:
Assessment of sources of "Excess Capacity" and proposal for innovative economic solution through ratepayer-financed incentives for deferrals of new project completion for non-utility projects until economically viable.
Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission, various hydroelectric project licensing cases,
1985-1987:
Analysis of demand forecasts and uncertainty in the need for new resources in California; overview of regulatory framework for utility system planning.
California
Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission, Docket 86-ER-6, 1986: