Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Event Date
6-2-1997
Series
Summer Conference (18th: 1997: Boulder, Colo.)
Description
12 pages.
Contains footnotes.
Citation Information
McEwan, Bill, "Restructuring of the Electric Utility Industry: Free Markets and Environmental Protection: A Response" (1997). Dams: Water and Power in the New West (Summer Conference, June 2-4).
https://scholar.law.colorado.edu/dams-water-and-power-in-new-west/8
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Energy and Utilities Law Commons, Energy Policy Commons, Environmental Indicators and Impact Assessment Commons, Environmental Law Commons, Environmental Policy Commons, Hydraulic Engineering Commons, Hydrology Commons, Natural Resources Management and Policy Commons, Public Policy Commons, State and Local Government Law Commons, Water Law Commons, Water Resource Management Commons
Comments
The Dams: Water and Power in the New West conference begins by providing historical context for the development of Western water and looks at the impact dams have had on the environment and people of the region. It examines the demographic and economic pressures that are demanding changes in the ways rivers are used and managed
The keynote address by Charles F. Wilkinson is titled Coming to Grips with Growth in the West: Traditional Communities, Free Rivers and the New Megalopoli. Wilkinson is a noted law professor, writer and authority on Western issues.
The conference features experts including high-ranking federal officials, environmentalists, industry representatives and legal scholars from throughout the nation addressing such topics as deregulation of the electric utility industry, federal relicensing of hydropower facilities, reoperation of federal facilities to improve environmental protection, divestment of federal facilities and visions for the future of water developments.