Collaboration in Federal Hydropower Licensing: Impacts on Process, Outputs, and Outcomes

Ulibarri, Nicola

doi:10.1080/15309576.2015.1031004

Cited by 73 publications

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“…Given this nuance and the small number of governance regimes analyzed, we are unable to claim a causal link between collaboration and environmental performance. Nevertheless, our results are consistent with theoretical (41) and empirical results (27,28) indicating that more collaborative forms of governance can lead to better environmental outcomes.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 82%

“…In both cases, the balance between collaboration and confrontation may shift during the latter stages of the regulatory process. Cooperation in regulatory processes has been found to improve the environmental performance of public policies (27,28), but relatively little is known about the impact of collaboration on the effectiveness of private governance regimes.…”

Section: Significancementioning

confidence: 99%

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Impacts of nonstate, market-driven governance on Chilean forests

Heilmayr

Lambin

2016

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.

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Global markets for agricultural products, timber, and minerals are critically important drivers of deforestation. The supply chains driving land use change may also provide opportunities to halt deforestation. Market campaigns, moratoria, and certification schemes have been promoted as powerful tools to achieve conservation goals. Despite their promise, there have been few opportunities to rigorously quantify the ability of these nonstate, market-driven (NSMD) governance regimes to deliver conservation outcomes. This study analyzes the impacts of three NSMD governance systems that sought to end the conversion of natural forests to plantations in Chile at the start of the 21st century. Using a multilevel, panel dataset of land use changes in Chile, we identify the impact of participation within each of the governance regimes by implementing a series of matched difference-in-differences analyses. Taking advantage of the mosaic of different NSMD regimes adopted in Chile, we explore the relative effectiveness of different policies. NSMD governance regimes reduced deforestation on participating properties by 2-23%. The NSMD governance regimes we studied included collaborative and confrontational strategies between environmental and industry stakeholders. We find that the more collaborative governance systems studied achieved better environmental performance than more confrontational approaches. Whereas many government conservation programs have targeted regions with little likelihood of conversion, we demonstrate that NSMD governance has the potential to alter behavior on high-deforestation properties.deforestation | timber | certification | program evaluation | supply chains

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 82%

Section: Significancementioning

confidence: 99%

Impacts of nonstate, market-driven governance on Chilean forests

Heilmayr

Lambin

2016

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.

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“…For this study, we focus on the Baker River Hydroelectric Project (hereafter “Baker”), a highly collaborative and successful relicensing process compared to temporal peers from across the US (Ulibarri ,b). Baker is owned by Puget Sound Energy (PSE), a private regional energy utility.…”

Section: Case Background: Baker River Hydropower Relicensingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Stakeholder involvement in collaborative regulatory processes: Using automated coding to track attendance and actions

Scott

Ulibarri

Scott

2018

Regulation & Governance

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Regulation increasingly mandates collaborative approaches to increase stakeholder input and streamline approval processes. However, understanding how to maintain stakeholder involvement over the course of a long collaborative process is vital to optimize effectiveness. This paper observes more than 700 stakeholders involved in developing and implementing a dam operating license over 16 years. We use text mining and Bayesian hierarchical modeling to observe meeting attendance and recorded actions in meeting minutes. We find that involvement decreased after the initial planning phase, but steadily increased through license development and implementation. After the regulatory mandate to consult with external stakeholders dissolved, overall attendance declined while attendance stability increased, meaning that the non‐mandatory stage involved a smaller cadre of dedicated actors. This indicates that high‐performing mandated stakeholder involvement processes rely on a constrained group of conveners to sustain interaction and have less turnover than what might be expected given existing evidence from grassroots involvement; assumptions about group dynamics based on involvement in grassroots processes may lead to improper predictions about who will participate, and how, in processes where stakeholder involvement is mandated.

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“…An example of a permitting process that creates opportunities for early collaboration is the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's (FERC) process for licensing hydropower dams [45,56]. In this process, electrical utilities are encouraged to collaborate with permitting agencies and other stakeholders in the development of their license application.…”

Section: Considerations For Creating a More Collaborative Permitting mentioning

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A Framework for Building Efficient Environmental Permitting Processes

2017

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Abstract:Despite its importance as a tool for protecting air and water quality, and for mitigating impacts to protected species and ecosystems, the environmental permitting process is widely recognized to be inefficient and marked by delays. This article draws on a literature review and interviews with permitting practitioners to identify factors that contribute to delayed permit decisions. The sociopolitical context, projects that are complex or use novel technology, a fragmented and bureaucratic regulatory regime, serial permit applications and reviews, and applicant and permitting agency knowledge and resources each contribute to permitting inefficiency when they foster uncertainty, increase transaction costs, and allow divergent interests to multiply, yet remain unresolved. We then use the interviews to consider the potential of a collaborative dialogue between permitting agencies and applicants to mitigate these challenges, and argue that collaboration is well positioned to lessen permitting inefficiency.

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Collaboration in Federal Hydropower Licensing: Impacts on Process, Outputs, and Outcomes

Cited by 73 publications

References 52 publications

Impacts of nonstate, market-driven governance on Chilean forests

Impacts of nonstate, market-driven governance on Chilean forests

Stakeholder involvement in collaborative regulatory processes: Using automated coding to track attendance and actions

A Framework for Building Efficient Environmental Permitting Processes

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