Environmental Assessment of Demand-Side Management Programs

Authors

  • J. Turner
  • J. Sinclair

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15173/esr.v7i3.374

Abstract

Demand side management (DSM) programs provide unique challenges to environmental impact assessment (EA). It is unclear whether traditional EA is warranted, or, what framework such an EA should have. This paper discusses the characteristics of the environmental impacts of DSM programs and decides that an EA is required when programs introduce new technologies 01' practices, or when positive impacts need to be more clearly defined. The results of a survey of international utilities identified four types of DSM EAs. From this, and the literature, a number of EA approaches are developed and evaluated. A multi-staged DSM EA framework is developed and applied to a DSM program.

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Published

1996-07-31

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Vol. 7 No. 3 (1995)

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