Report Excerpt The Guam Power Authority (GPA) entered into a contract with HEI Power Corporation/Guam (HPG) on September 30, 1996 to have the latter take over the management of the Tanguisson Power Plant. The actual transfer of administration of the facility from GPA to HPG was effective on November 11, …
Building a Transmission Line and Sub-Station at Snowmass, Colorado As you turn off Highway 82 onto Brush Creek for the seven-mile drive into Snowmass you are struck with the expansiveness and beauty of the landscape. The citizens of Snowmass, a small resort town, assessed themselves over $8 million in the …
Issue management allows government and community the opportunity to respond to emerging issues before they become problems. Issue management is defined as “the ability to recognize, analyze and respond to conditions which contribute to the development of issues affecting an organization’s interests. Download Publication (*.PDF) Read a summarized version of …
This model draws upon the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) that says it is the policy of the federal government when making environmental decisions to promote “Productive Harmony”—that balance between humans and nature. It suggests that both the social and physical environments need to have persistence and diversity in order …
Citizen involvement in planning activities is part of the democratic tradition in the U.S. and yet the methods to accomplish meaningful participation are generally not effective. This is because: A reliance on meetings means that the 98% of people that do not go to meetings are not included. Meetings are …
Gathering places are a site where people regularly meet and discuss items of interest to themselves and their community/neighborhood. They serve as an excellent place to gather information and to validate issues. Gathering places can also be used to disseminate new information or dispel myths/misinformation (either by posting notices or …
Imagine yourself above the West Coast of the United States looking down on the land that spans the border of Northern California and Southern Oregon. This is where the Siskiyou, Cascade and Klamath mountain ranges converge to create an area of outstanding biological diversity. An amazing variety of plants and …
Project managers work to manage many kinds of risk: risk of financial loss, legal risk, technical risks, and many more. CSEPP facilitates managers in considering another kind of risk–social risk. When citizens oppose any aspect of a project for any reason, the risk of opposition and disruption to effective project …
The surprise and disruption are averted by creating a predictable, natural process of communication and action. As one expects, an unaddressed issue becomes increasingly likely to polarize public opinion and cause project delays. Issue Management is a process of identifying issues in a community and organization and responding to them …
