Highlighted Article: Climate Change, Extreme Weather, and Electric System Reliability

From: Climate Etc.

By: Judith Curry

Date: June 27, 2021

Climate Change, Extreme Weather, and Electric System Reliability

"I recently participated in a Technical Conference sponsored by the U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).

This was a very interesting conference. Unfortunately there is no podcast or record of the written statements submitted by the panel

The main part of my written statement is provided below

JC remarks to FERC

The remarks that follow respond to issues raised for Panels #1 and #2, in context of CFAN’s experience in dealing with extreme weather- and climate-related issues for the energy sector.

How extreme can it get?

Extreme weather events are rare, by definition. When planning for future weather extremes, several different approaches are used:

1. recent climatology: 1-in-10 or 1-in-20 year standard
2. 50- or 100-year return time
3. worst cases in the historical record
4. incremental changes to #1 – #3 associated with manmade global warming." ...

Climate Change, Extreme Weather, and Electric System Reliability