Prospects for Alternative Energy Development in the U.S. West

John C. PierceJohn Pierce (Ph.D., University of Minnesota) is Faculty Research Associate and Lecturer in the School of Public Affairs and Administration at the University of Kansas and Graduate Faculty in the School of Public Policy at Oregon State University.  Pierce is author or co-author of approximately 20 books and  monographs and 150 articles, chapters and essays. Brent S. SteelBrent S. Steel is Professor and Director of the Public Policy Graduate Program in the School of Public Policy at Oregon State University. He teaches courses in comparative public policy, politics and administration. Steel is co-author of State and Local Government: Prospects for Sustainability (Oxford University Press) and editor of Science and Politics: An A to Z Guide to Issues and Controversies (Sage).

• PART I: INTRODUCTION AND CONTEXT.- 1. Tradeoffs.- PART II: CASE STUDIES.- 2. Background: Energy Use, Capacity, and Policies.- 3. Calico Solar Project.- Kittitas Valley Wind Power Project.- 5. Newberry Crater Geothermal.- 6. Oregon Coast Wave Energy.- PART III: SURVEYS.- 7. The Tradeoff Terrain.- 8. A Matter of Values?.- 9. The Devil You Know.- 10. The Role of Energy Policy Beliefs.- 11. Knowledge: Levels and Sources.- 12. Information Source Reliance and Alternative Energy Tradeoffs.- 13. What has been learned? Process and Values Matter.- Appendix A. State Energy Profiles.- Appendix B. Survey Instrument and Frequencies.