Download or read book Local Energy Governance in Vermont written by Tarah Rowse and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The following questions are posed: What are the main opportunities and challenges for sustainable energy development at the town level? How are towns approaching energy planning? What are the triggers that will facilitate a faster transition to alternative energy systems, energy efficiency initiatives, and localized approaches? In an effort to answer these questions two studies were conducted: 1) an analysis of municipal energy plans, and 2) a survey of local energy actors.
Download or read book Local Power written by Vermont Council on Rural Development and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Energy Justice Just Transitions and Renewable Energy Policies written by Walter Keady and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the United States, sub-national state policies play outsized roles in renewable energy policy. Vermont is considered a leader in renewable energy transitions, exemplified by its goal of a 90% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. While scholars have praised Vermont's transition policies, few studies analyze it using energy justice or just transition principles. This is a crucial omission, as justice in energy transition has both moral and instrumental importance -- unjust transitions may thwart themselves by failing to achieve widespread societal support. I make initial contributions to this study using original research conducted as a member of an environmental justice partnership. First, I find that policy ignores the opportunity provided by household transition benefits to mitigate energy vulnerability, benefiting wealthy property owners instead. The same policies also appear to impact public energy governance processes, marginalizing energy vulnerable households. As an alternative, I suggest policy frameworks which characterize energy a public good. Second, I analyze discourses in Vermont's renewable energy planning documents, as well as interview discourses about Vermont's renewable energy transition, to study how these policies prevent and/or encourage just transition politics. I compare these visions against those in just transition literature, finding marginal overlap. I conclude that Vermont energy transition discourses largely prevent just transition by assuming a neoclassical economic vision. I suggest just transition advocates may use of marginal overlap to advance rhetorical claims, but that further research into what fosters the small number of existing just transition discourses in Vermont is needed.
Download or read book Local Energy Policies written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. Subcommittee on Energy and Power and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 932 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Energy Democracy A Research Agenda written by Andrea M. Feldpausch-Parker and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2019-10-31 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This eBook is a collection of articles from a Frontiers Research Topic. Frontiers Research Topics are very popular trademarks of the Frontiers Journals Series: they are collections of at least ten articles, all centered on a particular subject. With their unique mix of varied contributions from Original Research to Review Articles, Frontiers Research Topics unify the most influential researchers, the latest key findings and historical advances in a hot research area! Find out more on how to host your own Frontiers Research Topic or contribute to one as an author by contacting the Frontiers Editorial Office: frontiersin.org/about/contact.
Download or read book Energy and the Future of Vermont s Economy written by Vermont. Governor's Commission on the Economic Future of Vermont. Energy Focus Group and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 11 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Energy Focus Group Report written by Vermont. Governor's Commission on the Economic Future of Vermont. Energy Focus Group and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book An Analysis of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Governance in U S States Through Independent Energy Administrations written by Cheng-Hao Shih and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recent United States energy efficiency and renewable energy (EERE) development has transformed state energy governance in the past decade. After restructuring, a new type of energy efficiency and renewable energy administration was established to coordinate resources and networks across state and local jurisdictions. Research into these administrations’ essential role in coordinating resources, information, and networks among stakeholders across sectors can improve our understanding of these new administrations and their network in the current state energy governance. ☐ This dissertation applied both qualitative and quantitative methods to study how independent state EERE administrations developed and collaborated with public sector, private sector, and civil society stakeholders on EERE programs and policies. The conceptual framework in the second chapter presents a general picture for state energy governance that centers on the independent state EERE administration and their governance networks, which include actors across different sectors of society. ☐ The quantitative analysis in the third chapter examines if there is a correlation between the presence of these state administrations and the adoption of new state EERE policies. I construct an Event History Analysis model to estimate the relationship between the presence of a state EERE administration and the adoption of Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) enabling legislation from 2008 to 2013. Results from the event history model show that the existence of a state EERE administration significantly correlated with PACE-enabling legislation adoption. ☐ The case study analyses in the fourth chapter illustrates a detailed governance network for the two independent state EERE administrations, The Energy Trust of Oregon and Efficiency Vermont, and discusses the purpose of their collaborations with different stakeholders for their program operations in each state. ☐ Both the quantitative and qualitative analyses contribute to conceptualizing the independent state EERE administration model and its governance network. By focusing on the independent EERE administration and explaining how this administration structure developed its network, this dissertation connects two strands of state-level energy governance research pertaining to energy administration structure and governance networks.
Download or read book Energy and the Built Environment written by Ethan Lay-Sleeper and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Society's dependence on fossil fuels, spawned during the industrial revolution of the 19th century, increased the physical isolation between the sites of energy consumption, and sites of energy production. Rapid population growth and urbanization following this period gave rise, in the 20 th century, to concerns around the impact of humans on the environment. These concerns precipitated an increased focus on renewable energy, and sustainable development models present in contemporary urban planning discourse. Despite the increased focus on urban sustainability, the rapid expansion of renewable energy capacity and supporting policies, municipal governments in the United States continue to struggle with incorporating renewable energy systems into the built environment. The primary challenges concerning this integration rest in the capacity of municipal government to reinterpret the built environment as a framework for renewable energy, to conduct spatial analysis of the potential capacity in the built environment, and to synthesize that analysis with municipal policies in order to develop more robust and specific targets for renewable energy development. In response to these challenges, I assess opportunities and barriers for renewable energy development in the built environment, and synthesize established methods of spatial analysis, renewable energy policy, and project development models, to inform the role of municipal government in future planning efforts around renewable energy. To investigate the potential practical applications of this research, I focus on the city of Burlington, Vermont, which in 2014, earned the status as the first city in the United States to source 100% of its electricity from renewable sources. I question the replicability of the means by which Burlington attained this status, whether further opportunities exist for Burlington to expand its support for renewable energy, and what role the municipal government might assume in this expansion. I find the means by which Burlington sources its renewable energy only partially replicable, but I also find significant opportunities for Burlington to expand support for renewable energy within its municipal boundaries. I conclude my research by providing my findings to the city, in hopes that they will strengthen the role of municipal government in renewable energy planning.
Download or read book Directory of Vermont Energy Information Sources written by Vermont State Energy Office and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 11 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Vermont Town Energy Handbook written by Vermont. Lieutenant Governor's Energy Advisory Board and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Routledge Handbook of Energy Democracy written by Andrea M. Feldpausch-Parker and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-11-17 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This handbook offers a comprehensive transdisciplinary examination of the research and practices that constitute the emerging research agenda in energy democracy. With protests over fossil fuels and controversies over nuclear and renewable energy technologies, democratic ideals have contributed to an emerging social movement. Energy democracy captures this movement and addresses the issues of energy access, ownership, and participation at a time when there are expanding social, political, environmental, and economic demands on energy systems. This volume defines energy democracy as both a social movement and an academic area of study and examines it through a social science and humanities lens, explaining key concepts and reflecting state-of-the-art research. The collection is comprised of six parts: 1 Scalar Dimensions of Power and Governance in Energy Democracy 2 Discourses of Energy Democracy 3 Grassroots and Critical Modes of Action 4 Democratic and Participatory Principles 5 Energy Resource Tensions 6 Energy Democracies in Practice The vision of this handbook is explicitly transdisciplinary and global, including contributions from interdisciplinary international scholars and practitioners. The Routledge Handbook of Energy Democracy will be the premier source for all students and researchers interested in the field of energy, including policy, politics, transitions, access, justice, and public participation.
Download or read book Compact Cities a Neglected Way of Conserving Energy written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Banking, Finance, and Urban Affairs. Subcommittee on the City and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book NFPA 58 written by and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book General Election Laws written by Washington (State) and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Nfpa 30 written by National Fire Protection Association and published by . This book was released on 2007-01-01 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Trust NFPA 30's protocols to minimize the hazards of flammable and combustible liquids. Adopted by most states and enforceable under OSHA, NFPA 30: Flammable and Combustible Liquids Code presents the best guidance on the safe storage, handling, and use of dangerous liquids. It provides the criteria you need to design facilities for better protection, comply with sprinkler rules, and use safe operating practices. Changes and additions in the 2003 edition affect: * Siting of storage tanks * Spill control, normal breather vents, and emergency relief vents for storage tanks * Design of liquids storage cabinets, inside storage areas, and liquid warehouses * Sprinkler design rules for storage of all types of liquids * And more When you work with flammable and combustible liquids, even a seemingly minor oversight or mistake can have major repercussions. Don't compromises safety--insist on NFPA 30!
Download or read book Electric Power Industry written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
