User:WRA7796

Hello, thank you for visiting my user page. Please leave any comments for me on my talk page. I check it infrequently but will respond as soon as I do, thank you for your patience.

=Alternative account= This account is an alternative account created per the guidelines for legitimate uses of sock puppets, specifically items 3 and 4.

3. Users with a recognized expertise in one field might not wish to associate their contributions to that field with contributions to articles about subjects in which they do not have the same expert standing, or which they consider less weighty.

4. A person editing an article which is highly controversial within his/her family, social or professional circle, and whose Wikipedia identity is known within that circle, or traceable to their real-world identity, may wish to use an alternative account in order to avoid real-world consequences from their involvement in that area.

This account is only used for edits in the area of the electric power generation industry in which I am employed. As my regular user name and user page could easily connect me to my real-world identity and I don’t want peers to know about my interest in anime, Scooby-Doo, or controversial political and religious topics, this account was created.

=Potential biases= I am a conservative, middle-aged, Caucasian male with a post-undergraduate education in engineering. I love the outdoors, especially hiking and freshwater fishing, and believe that conservation of our natural resources is critical. However, I am not yet convinced that man-made global warming and media-fueled dire predictions of catastrophe are real. I strongly support extensive growth of commercial nuclear power, the immediate deployment of mature renewable resources such as geothermal, wind and solar (where they make technical sense), and energy conservation (do you really need all 18 lights on in your house right now?) in the interest of reducing air pollution and consumption of natural resources while increasing energy independence. I think that the idea that energy conservation and renewables alone can address all our energy needs while reducing our greenhouse gas emissions is naïve and counter-productive to the public dialogue necessary to create a rational national energy policy which includes a mix of proven renewables, nuclear/fossil base load generation, improved energy efficiency, and research and development of future commercial-scale energy sources.

=Conflicts of interest= I am employed by an American utility. To avoid any appearance of conflicts of interest, I will not edit the article of my employer or subsidiary/parent companies. I own stock in most large United States utilities through various Vanguard mutual funds; any company in the S&P 500 is specifically included. Given the broad diversification of holdings, my interest in promoting any one company is negated. Regardless, I don’t believe that Wikipedia has any effect at all on my financial interests and make all edits in good faith.