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The Climate Web 10/5/2026
Decision Making - Business TOC
E - Responses by Business Sector

E - Electric Sector Responses

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E - Electric Sector Extracts
E - Responses by Business Sector
Electric Sector

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2008 Utilities often ignore the indirect implications of carbon regulations
2008 Utility scenarios for carbon prices vary widely
2009 Utilities see managed and unmanaged risks
2015 Electric Utilities
BC Hydro
Climate and Energy Issues are increasingly integrated
Climate change will create huge opportunities
Corporate Measures
E - Distributed Generation
Entergy
ERM makes sense for the utility sector
Integrated Resource Planning
Most utilities look at multiple low carbon portfolios
Natural gas is the resource addition of choice
Often unclear how carbon risk influences portfolio selection
Overall, utilities' resource plans seem to assume a modest carbon policy
Practicing risk-aware regulation
Still see a future for coal
The carbon intensity of preferred utility portfolios varies widely
Utilities aggressively consider renewables in their resource planning
Utilities do anticipate climate policy
Utilities look less carefully at other low-carbon resource options
Utilities prefer cap and trade
Utilities see managed and unmanaged opportunities
Utilities see themselves in a mixed position on technology issues
What is best practice under uncertainty?

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