State Power Commission PE Legislative Witness — Estimate-Based Indeterminacy Acknowledgment
O · Obligation
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/114#State_Power_Commission_PE_Legislative_Witness_—_Estimate-Based_Indeterminacy_Acknowledgment
Properties
Instance of
EngineeringOpinionEstimate-BasedIndeterminacyHonestAcknowledgmentObligation
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#EngineeringOpinionEstimate-BasedIndeterminacyHonestAcknowledgmentObligation
Case context
State Power Commission PE testified before the state legislative committee on water supply, flood control, and electric power production, advocating for a series of low dams as the most efficient engineering solution.
Compliance status
met
Confidence
0.82
Importance
high
Obligated party
State Power Commission PE Legislative Witness
Obligation statement
The State Power Commission PE, in testifying before the state legislative committee that a series of low dams is the most efficient engineering solution, was obligated to acknowledge that this conclusion rests on estimates of indeterminate factors including construction cost, population growth, economic development, and future equipment efficiency trends, rather than presenting the conclusion as settled engineering fact.
Temporal scope
During legislative committee testimony
Relationships
defeasibleUnder
Water-Power Complex Indeterminate Fact or Estimation
derivedFromPrinciple
Engineering Opinion Indeterminacy — Dam Configuration Cost and Growth Estimates
Source Evidence
Source text
it should be recognized that in the type of case at hand the engineers must base their opinion on estimates of indeterminate factors, e.g., construction cost by one method or another, population growth, economic development of the area and possible future trends in more efficient equipment
Text references
Canons 5 and 7 refer to expression of 'opinion,' confirming the idea that the engineer is called upon for the expression of his judgment, not the mere recital of known engineering data
it should be recognized that in the type of case at hand the engineers must base their opinion on estimates of indeterminate factors, e.g., construction cost by one method or another, population growth, economic development of the area and possible future trends in more efficient equipment
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proeth:obligationstatement "The State Power Commission PE, in testifying before the state legislative committee that a series of low dams is the most efficient engineering solution, was obligated to acknowledge that this conclusion rests on estimates of indeterminate factors including construction cost, population growth, economic development, and future equipment efficiency trends, rather than presenting the conclusion as settled engineering fact." ;
proeth:sourcetext "it should be recognized that in the type of case at hand the engineers must base their opinion on estimates of indeterminate factors, e.g., construction cost by one method or another, population growth, economic development of the area and possible future trends in more efficient equipment" ;
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proeth:textreferences "Canons 5 and 7 refer to expression of 'opinion,' confirming the idea that the engineer is called upon for the expression of his judgment, not the mere recital of known engineering data",
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Extraction details
Discovered in case
114
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-03-02T15:30:18.471831+00:00
First case
114
Generated
2026-03-02T15:30:18.471831+00:00
Attributed to
Case 114 Extraction
Generated
2026-03-02T15:38:37.747714
Generated by
ProEthica Case 114 Extraction