An Integrated Regional Approach to Regulating Energy Facility Siting. Volume I.

摘要

A conceptual framework and prototype design for an integrated regional approach to regulating energy facility siting has been developed from a state siting agency perspective. The foremost need was for an identification of critical long term siting issues rather than for site specific analyses. The analytical approach selected to meet the defined user needs is hierarchical. At the top of the hierarchy are a supply planning model and a siting model. Integration of environmental considerations is proposed through the use of generic facilities and site types and environmental criteria to constrain the supply planning model. Siting analysis displays spacially the implications of various scenarios for identification and quantification of demand,supply,and environmental trade-offs. Candidate models for use in a prototype are recommended for applications testing in subsequent research. This report consists of two parts. Part I contains an introduction to and summary of the entire project,background information and a summary of the conceptual framework,components of siting and environmental analysis,and selection of siting and environmental models and prototype design for Phase II testing.