A portfolio-building approach to creating alternatives in
energy resource planning
BC Hydro 2006
Creating and evaluating a range of well-defined, internally
coherent alternatives is central to good decision making. In
public planning processes, having stakeholders participate in
the process of alternative creation is important both for
ensuring that a wide range of possible solutions to the problem
are heard and explored, and for ensuring participant buy-in of
the process. In very complex decisions, however, alternatives
may require considerable effort to describe properly. In this
case study, we examine how in its 2006 Integrated Electricity
Plan (IEP) consultation process, BC Hydro overcame these
difficulties through the use of a simple but effective
spreadsheet tool.
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Using Structured Preference Assessment on the Bridge River
Water Use Plan
BC Hydro 2003
Water use planning is a multi-stakeholder multi-objective
planning process to examine re-allocations of water at
hydroelectric facilities in British Columbia, Canada. At BC
Hydro’s Bridge River facilities, 24 stakeholders representing
the provincial treasury board, provincial and federal fish and
wildlife regulators, local residents and aboriginal communities,
participated in a structured decision process to examine
alternative ways of operating the facilities to better balance
power, fish, wildlife, water quality and recreation interests.
Over a period of 18 months, participants set objectives and
attributes, identified and evaluated alternatives. Alternatives
were screened by iteratively refining them to find joint gains
and eliminate dominated alternatives. Structured Preference
Assessment helped participants find common ground and a
consensus on a new plan.
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Air Quality Management Planning
This example involves the use of an influence diagram to help
clarify means and ends and identify useful evaluation criteria
for air quality management.
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On-ground success stories demonstrate the practical
utility of SDM