You are here:
LEGAL AND INSTITUTIONAL ASPECTS OF INTERSTATE POWER PLANT DEVELOPMENT IN THE OHIO RIVER BASIN ENERGY STUDY REGION
Citation:
McLaughlin, J. LEGAL AND INSTITUTIONAL ASPECTS OF INTERSTATE POWER PLANT DEVELOPMENT IN THE OHIO RIVER BASIN ENERGY STUDY REGION. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/600/7-81/115.
Description:
The report was prepared in support of the Ohio River Basin Energy Study (ORBES), a multidisciplinary policy research program. It discusses both the present legal and institutional setting of power plant siting and development and possible legal and institutional means to solve problems in this setting. One potential vehicle, interstate compacts, also receives extensive treatment. The report draws upon experiences in the six states in the ORBES study region--Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia. The specific topics covered include present federal policy that necessitates efficient interstate coordination of power development; existing, proposed, and potential federal laws; state siting law; state law as a solution to the coordination problem; the interstate compact as a device for interstate cooperation and coordination; the interstate compact as a device for interstate coordination problem; judicial review; and the use of electric utility industry regional and national organizations.