Schaeffer, Steve 2010-01-21
Schaeffer offers insight into the growing communal concern over new energy developments taking place and its effects on the community. As a result much legislative information is also brought up.
General Interview Information
Interviewee Name: Steve Schaeffer
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Date: January 21, 2010
Location: Menard County, Texas
Interviewer: Andy Wilkinson
Length: 01:37:19
Abstract
Houston History; Growing up in Houston; Environmental Issues; Galveston; Background; Utilities career; Nuclear power plants; Electrical Engineering; Cogeneration; Negotiating rates with regulators; Lobbying; International Product Development; Generation & distribution; Argentina; Lobbying; Regulating power; Center Point Energy & Reliant Energy; Generation planning; Nuclear energy potential & value; Advantages; Material waste; Coal; Distributed Generation; Energy reliability; Reducing costs; Center Point career; Wind power disadvantages; Energy source not demand source; Requires alternatives; LCRA; Transmission Planning; Electrical Liability Council of Texas (ELCOT); Environmental impact; Property Value; Dealing with neighbors; Countryside effect; Political power companies have; No need to present why transmission lines were needed; Lack of community benefits; Impact of Power Transmission magnetic field; Long – term effects on people; Lack of data; Clareville Alliance; LCRA; CVA Intervention; Sense of community; Threats; Community concern.
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