energy planning and approval strategies 1. outline exam preparation strategic – bc hydro long term...
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Energy Planning and Approval Strategies
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outline
• Exam preparation• Strategic – BC Hydro Long Term Planning• Project level
– Environmental Assessment• Federal - Canadian
• Integration
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How to read an academic paper
• What’s the main argument (or puzzle)?• What subsidiary arguments support it?• Are there underlying or explicit value
assumptions?• What evidence is used to support the
argument?• Does the evidence support the argument?• Do other (better?) arguments support the
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Sample examPart V: Short answer (guideline: 50-75 words). Answer three of the six questions that follow. 10 points each, total 30%. Write legibly. Explicitly incorporate course concepts and readings.
1. According to David Victor, why is global warming such a hard problem to solve?
2. According to Hoberg and Taylor in “Between Consent and Accommodation,” what are the rules for how governments need to consider First Nations concerns in decision-making?
3. Describe Unruh’s concept of “carbon lock-in” and explain the challenges it poses for developing sustainable energy policy.
4. Using the Norman Ruff reading “Executive Dominance” and the lectures, explain why premiers and prime ministers have so much power within the Canadian system of government.
5. Describe the stages of the policy cycle model, with examples from Northern Gateway Pipeline case or another energy policy with which you are familiar.
6. According to Burnstein, What is the impact of public opinion on public policy?
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Overview
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BC Hydro – supply gap
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BC Hydro - planning
• Integrated electricity planning - the long-term planning of electricity generation, transmission, and demand-side resources to reliably meet forecast requirements.
• 2000s - long-term acquisition plan (LTAP) every 4 yrs – Needs to be reviewed and approved by BCUC
• 2010 Clean Energy Act – IRP replaces LTAP– Same problem for analysis and decision-making– but different consultation, review, and approval
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Utility planning
• Planning context, objectives• Gross (pre-DSM) demand forecasts• Resources (supply and DSM) – ID and
measurement• Develop resource portfolios• Evaluate and select resource portfolios• Develop action plan• Consult• Get approval 8
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2008 LTAP developments
• Application submitted to BCUC June 2008– Evidentiary update December 08
• Formal hearings in BCUC• BCUC decision rejecting plan July 2009
– Greenpolicyprof summary
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BC government response
• May 2010: Clean Energy Act passed.– New IRP process– Removed from BCUC scrutiny
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Evaluation
• What are the consequences of removing BC Hydro planning from BCUC review?
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Policy Objectives
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Conservation first
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outline
• Exam preparation• Strategic – BC Hydro Long Term Planning• Project level
– Environmental Assessment• Federal - Canadian
• Integration
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Project level – Environmental Assessment
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Environmental Assessment
• Environmental Assessment as a policy tool – a “procedural policy instrument”– Requires analysis and procedure but does not specify
outcome
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Stages in EA
1. Proposal from proponent2. Screening – is EA required and if so what kind?3. Scoping – what issues?4. Assessment of the proposal5. Report preparation, submission, and review6. Decision: recommendation by EA body,
authoritative decision by political body7. Monitoring and compliance follow-up
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Designated project list under CEAA
• http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/regulations/SOR-2012-147/index.html
• Are new oil sands projects covered by CEAA?
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Scope of issues, Kinder Morgan pipeline expansion
1. The need for the proposed project.
2. The economic feasibility of the proposed project.
3. The potential commercial impacts of the proposed project.
4. The potential environmental and socio-economic effects of the proposed project, including any cumulative environmental effects that are likely to result from the project, including those required to be considered by the NEB’s Filing Manual.
5. The potential environmental and socio-economic effects of marine shipping activities that would result from the proposed Project, including the potential effects of accidents or malfunctions that may occur.
6. The appropriateness of the general route and land requirements for the proposed project.
7. The suitability of the design of the proposed project.
8. The terms and conditions to be included in any approval the Board may issue.
9. Potential impacts of the project on Aboriginal interests.
10. Potential impacts of the project on landowners and land use.
11. Contingency planning for spills, accidents or malfunctions, during construction and operation of the project.
12. Safety and security during construction of the proposed project and operation of the project, including emergency response planning and third-party damage prevention.
The Board does not intend to consider the environmental and socio-economic effects associated with upstream activities, the development of oil sands, or the downstream use of the oil transported by the pipeline.
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• Should upstream effects of pipelines (expansion of oil sands facilities) be considered in pipeline review EAs?
• Should downstream effects of pipelines (refining, combustion in markets) be considered in pipeline review EAs
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Environmental Assessment – Federal in Canada
• Canadian Environmental Assessment Act– Came into force in 1995– Since 1972, governed by cabinet guidelines– applies to anything that requires federal approval
or permit– Procedures managed by
Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency, within Environment Canada
• Usually, if federal EA no provincial EA
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CEAA approval standards
(a) where, taking into account the implementation of any mitigation measures that the responsible authority considers appropriate, (i) the project is not likely to cause significant adverse environmental
effects, or(ii) the project is likely to cause significant adverse environmental effects
that can be justified in the circumstancesthe responsible authority may exercise any power or perform
any duty or function that would permit the project to be carried out in whole or in part
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EA process criteria
• Guided by sustainability principles• Participatory• Transparent • Well-informed• Coordinated to avoid jurisdictional conflicts and
overlaps• Timely
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There are tradeoffs between these values. Fostering legitimacy while being timely requires adequately resourced processes
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Harper’s “responsible resource development” – Spring 2012
• Replace CEAA– Definition of environmental effect narrowed– Participants limited to are “directly affected” or
have, in the review panel’s judgment, “relevant information and expertise”
– Time limits– Transfer authority to provinces
• NEB Act – final decision moved to cabinet• Fisheries Act – reduce habitat protection
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Bill C-38 and EA process
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• Should EA procedures allow for the approval of projects likely to cause significant adverse environmental effects?
• Should EA’s have time limits?
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Cumulative effects?
• “effects that are additive or interactive and result from the recurrence of actions over time. Cumulative impacts are incremental and result when undertakings build on or add to the impacts of previous impacts.”
• Consideration required in federal rules, permitted but not required in BC
• What is the best way to deal with cumulative effects in project level assessments?
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Environmental Assessment - conclusion
• requires elaborate assessment• demonstration of awareness of concerns• consideration of environmental impacts and
mitigation measures• but project can still be approved if justified• By forcing agencies to consider environmental
consequences, environmental assessment is a critical tool, but it does not affect the balance of values decision-makers ultimately apply.
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Overview
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Group discussion of Jaccard et al
• According to Jaccard et al, what are the major challenges in scaling up renewables?
• What criteria do Jaccard et al use to evaluate planning processes for scaling up renewables?
• How have these issues been dealt with to date in British Columbia?
• What are the pros and cons of a strategic assessment?
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