Environmental

Conversations with DOE’s National Energy Technology Laboratory’s Director, Brian Anderson, NETL’s Jessica Mullen, and Kansas Geological Survey’s Franek Hasiuk.

“The main part of my team’s work is in this vulnerability assessment of the T&D system. We also have been playing an important role in helping the climate scientists understand what we will use the data for so they can provide the best climate data for each T&D application.”

“As regulators see these results coming out and are making decisions, it’s our aim that by creating a consistent, replicable methodology, they can have comfort and understanding that this approach is scientifically and technically defensible. It is a well-informed approach to thinking about vulnerability and response prioritization.”

“We’re dealing with heat waves and droughts in Europe. That means a significant reduction of available capacity of nuclear and hydropower. Hydropower because water has evaporated behind the dam, and nuclear because water is getting too warm to be used in cooling.”

“We’ve often used the analogy of being the air traffic controller for the power grid. Another analogy I’ve heard used to describe our market-based services is when we act like Wall Street. We make sure buyers and sellers are aligned.”

“There’s this effort to create climate science and data across the U.S. That was a reason NOAA got involved with EPRI. We also signed an MOU with EPRI to work on advancing climate resilience and climate adaptation in this sector.”

Conversations with NOAA Chief Scientist Sarah Kapnick, Southwest Power Pool COO Lanny Nickell, Eurelectric Secretary General Kristian Ruby, and EPRI’s Morgan Scott and Andrew Phillips.

Conversation with PwC’s US Energy, Utilities & Mining Consulting Leader about a new report on the road to cleaner energy.

“There are issues such as whether there are poles igniting or a thick smoke that could cause arcing. We also rely on what our power company’s first responders are telling us about the facilities in that area.”

“The SEC believes climate-change risk information is important to investors, who are increasingly relying on disclosures companies have been voluntarily publishing through corporate sustainability reports, or through EEI and AGA ESG reporting templates.”