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- Title
DECISION MAKING IN ENERGY SUPPLY AT THE METROPOLITAN LEVEL: A STUDY OF THE NEW YORK AREA.
- Authors
Aron, Joan B.
- Abstract
Despite the enormous consumption of electric energy by the urban regions of a nation, the provision of electricity is perceived in the main as a policy question for the federal domestic agenda. Although a large number of daily decisions pertaining to electric supply are made by lower levels of government, the debate remains extensively — if not exclusively at the national level. The relative oversight of problems of urban governance and energy is reinforced by urban scholars and practitioners. With few exceptions, recent studies of "urban politics" and "urban public policy" continue the neglect; they may take note of "environmental problems" generally, but ignore consideration of electric energy as an urban policy issue. The lack of attention is similarly reflected in the absence of institutional arrangements in energy at lower governmental levels. Electric energy supply, unlike municipal water, is still conducted principally by the private sector under the watchful eye of the state.
- Subjects
NEW York (State); NEW York (N.Y.); UNITED States; ENERGY policy; ENERGY consumption; POWER resources; ELECTRIC power; METROPOLITAN areas; CONSUMPTION (Economics); URBAN policy; DECISION making; ELECTRICITY; ECONOMIC policy
- Publication
Public Administration Review, 1975, Vol 35, Issue 4, p340
- ISSN
0033-3352
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2307/974535