My research addresses environmental and energy planning questions, especially their methodological and procedural aspects. I bring these aspects together in work on "communicative" analysis, including descriptive research on how disciplinary perspectives are applied to multi-dimensional policy problems, and prescriptive, or "action," research on methods for public participation and joint factfinding. I also perform research on some of the fundamentals of environmental policymaking. These include studying the evidence for national environmental norms, the implications for environmental federalism, the degree to which firms internalize non-legislated social goals, and the potential for the industrial ecology metaphor to influence policy. I have a strong topical interest in the electricity sector, where I focus on issues such as resource planning, regulatory reform, and regional coordination.
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