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BARRIERS <br /> <br />People and Organizations <br /> <br />Not In My Back Yard (NIMBYs) <br />Luddites (People Who Are Opposed to Technological Change, Anti-Change) <br />Resistance to Change <br />Fear <br />Affluent Are Tolerant of Waste <br />Bureaucracy <br />Utility/Regulatory Obstacles <br />Developers Resistant to Cost Increases <br />Private Energy Suppliers and Providers <br />Political Considerations <br /> <br />Federal Government Energy Policy (Example: Enron Plan) <br />City Staff <br />City and Regional Legal Issues and Bureaucratic Maze <br />Regulatory/Legislative Barriers and Uncertainties <br />Cycle Time, Inability to Respond to Opportunities <br />Political Considerations <br />Limiting Introduction of New Technology <br />Sensitivity to Economic Downturn <br /> <br />Financing <br /> <br />Lack of Knowledge about Existing Programs <br />"True Cost" of Energy Is Not Considered (Externalities) <br />Risk (Real or Pemeived) <br />Lack of Financial Sophistication <br />Existing Subsidies Are Not Aligned with EAG Goals <br />Subsidies Are Not High Enough <br />Time Limit on Rebates <br /> <br />Attachment C/rk~ <br /> <br />Assets, Opportunities, & Barriers <br /> Page 3 <br /> <br /> <br />