The Issue of Social Licence and Energy Utility Planning and Investment /

This any manner whatsoever without problem was the subject of a symposium held in October 2014 in Calgary, and written permission except in the case of brief passages quoted in organized by the University of Calgary’s School of Public Policy, to assess the critical articles and reviews. [...] The upshot is that in order to maintain objective control of the hearing and permit process, both the energy industry as well as the full range of engaged public and stakeholders must adhere to the published and governing rule structure in order to sustain and improve the overall energy infrastructure and use system. [...] However, the participants also stressed the need to have a uniform set of procedures and rules for hearing projects while stressing the fact that the regulatory process is driven by policy prescriptions and is not a substitute for hearing voices and opinions about the nature and design of energy systems serving the public. [...] The symposium on this issue was developed to help clarify the term, to more fully understand the context in which it is used,2 and to gain some preliminary understanding of the import and impact of acceding to abide by a rule organized around the concept.3 The reasons and timing for this symposium were driven by a consensus at the School of Public Policy that the term is used with increased freque [...] This symposium then was intended to open a timely debate regarding energy system planning, the role and location for public participation, the roles and authority of key actors in the process, the ongoing assessment of impacts, and the assignment and oversight of mitigation measures.