• Correction for Inadequate or Improper Information. This category covers all regulations intended to promote the free flow of information for its own sake or to restrict the free flow of information for national security purposes. Regulations effectuated primarily through the tax system are not included in this discussion, except where specifically noted. Level of Government. Each type of regulation for each electricity system will be classified by the level of government that has primary jurisdiction for enforcing it. Local, state, federal, and international governmental bodies will be covered. Hybrid bodies, such as regional agencies or federal laws that are enforced by state agencies, are classified at the level of government that has the most direct power over their conduct. For example, the clean air laws are considered federal regulations even though State Implementation Plans guide their use, because the federal government sets the standards those Plans must meet. Cost of Regulation. A rough estimate of the annual cost of each justification for federal regulation will be included for coal and nuclear technologies. The figures listed will cover both the measurable costs to taxpayers through the operation of the federal government and the compliance costs to industry. A fourth category, "hybrid purposes," will include funding levels for programs that fulfill all three of the justifications for regulations discussed above but which could not be broken down more specifically. These figures must be read with extreme caution because their statistics are derived largely from untested sources and thus may be incomplete. The sole purpose of this overall analysis is to enable comparisons of the differences between orders of magnitude of the costs of regulating these energy resources. Results. As Tables 4.48-4.51 indicate, substantially different regulatory systems are associated with the four different electricity production systems under consideration. The regulatory systems differ both in the overall burden of regulation and in the levels of government that have primary jurisdiction over different aspects of regulation. Under the least favorable circumstances, significant and unprecedented regulatory burdens and conflicts could accompany the establishment of SPS. Obvious regulatory difficulties inevitably would accompany SPS deployment because of its international character. As Tables 4.48 and 4.50 indicate, neither coal nor centralized terrestrial photovoltaic electricity production systems are faced with any significant regulation by international bodies. Although Table 4.49 reveals that light water and breeder reactors are subject to certain international restrictions on proliferation and information disclosure, such basic decisions as reactor location, damage liability in the event of accident, and permissible emissions are made within the United States. Only SPS appears to require an internationally-empowered body or negotiated treaties to make the types of decisions listed in Table 4.51 —
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