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Project
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| Project: |
EVALUATION OF
COMMUNITY ISSUES AND RECOMMENDATIONS CONCERNING FUTURE ENERGY
DEVELOPMENT |
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| Location: |
Campbell, Carbon, Converse, Johnson, Sheridan
and Sweetwater Counties, Wyoming |
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Client: |
Wyoming Energy Commission/Wyoming Business
Council
215 W. 15th Street
Cheyenne, Wyoming 82002 |
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| Contact: |
Tucker Fagan, Chief Executive Officer, Wyoming
Business Council |
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| Year Completed: |
2002 |
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Project Scope:
The 2001 Wyoming
State Legislature established the Wyoming Energy Commission
to, in part, develop an energy development strategy for the
State of Wyoming. PPC was retained to assist the Wyoming
Energy Commission with one component of this strategy that
considered the potential consequences of energy development
and opportunities for enhancing the benefits of future
energy development. Six counties in northeast, south
central, and southwest Wyoming were selected for evaluation
because of their past experience with energy development and
the prospects for future energy development.
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| The initial task
associated with this project involved PPC's interviewing
approximately 15 to 30 community leaders in each of the
selected six counties. Community leaders included
representatives of county commissioners, city and municipal
councils, elected local leaders, county sheriffs and police
chiefs, fire and emergency medical service directors, social
service organizations, chamber of commerce boards and county
economic development organizations, community development
and planning departments, county road and bridge
supervisors, as well as public works and other utilities.
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General Chemical Corporation, outside Green River
in Sweetwater County, Wyoming |
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gained from these interviews was documented and summarized
into a summary community energy development issues and
recommendation for each of the six counties. PPC evaluated
the energy development issues in each county and developing
draft recommendations for the Wyoming Energy Commission.
The recommendations included a set of strategies that:
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address
anticipated energy development consequences,
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increase the
community benefits derived from future energy
development, and
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enhance the
preparedness of communities to accommodate expanded
public services, housing and other land use
requirements.
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