Options Process
AF = Agriculture/Forestry
CC = Cross Cutting
ES = Energy Supply
RCI = Residential/Commercial/Industrial
TL = Transportation/Land Use
Details of each option are in the Appendices.
Priority Ranking: High, Medium, or Low
Considerations:
- How much “bang for the buck” in terms of cost and CO2e reduction potential?
- Is it critical to the accomplishment of an end result? (Keep in mind that some options are “enablers.”)
- Can we assign it a higher priority, if we can’t afford to do it?
- Does it have an immediate or a long-term pay-off?
BIN A: "No-Brainers"—Benefit appears to be high; it can be readily implemented; changes to existing laws and regulations are minimal or will be readily supported; the cost is modest or reasonable; and there is little or no harm associated with it.
BIN B: "Worth Consideration"—Most of the Bin A conditions can be met and the rest can be met with some effort. It is the opinion of the group that the effort required, in terms of cost and do-ability, are worth the benefit gained.
BIN C: "Difficult"—While the idea may have merit, the cost and/or effort required to make it work will either be very difficult but something that needs to be done OR may not be worth the benefit realized. There is a likely probability of significant impact OR "unintended consequences" other than cost to implement.
BIN D: "Need more information"—The option is too general/vague or not enough analytical information can be obtained to evaluate in the time allowed.
Twenty-two BRAC members participated in the final vote (i.e., there were 22 potential votes for each item). Any of the original options that received less than 5 votes were not included in the report.
Revised: November 9, 2009
