Climate Change Vulnerabilities of and Adaptation Strategies for New York State’s Future Electric System
Project Stakeholder Workshop
Tuesday May 16, 2017 SUNY Global Center – 116 E 55th St, New York, NY
EPRI convened a stakeholder workshop on Tuesday May 16th to inform the recently-launched two-year climate resiliency project with NYSERDA, “Climate Change Vulnerabilities of and Adaptation Strategies for NYS’s Future Electric System”. The purpose of the workshop was to bring key stakeholders together to raise awareness of the project, ensure that research is designed to produce results that are useful to decision makers, and facilitate communications and a common understanding between NY utility members, NYSERDA and other NY officials, and stakeholders of electric system climate vulnerabilities and adaptation strategies.
| Name | Date | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 9:00 a.m. | Registration and light breakfast | |
| 9:30 a.m. | Welcome, introductions, and overview |
Delavane Diaz, EPRI David Hunter, EPRI |
| Session 1 – Setting the Scene: Perspectives on Climate Resilience | ||
| 10:00 a.m. |
Addressing the climate threat in NY DOE Partnership for Energy Sector Climate Resilience |
Amanda Stevens and Schuyler Matteson, NYSERDA Craig Zamuda, DOE |
| 10:45 a.m. | Break | |
| Session 2 – Project Overview | ||
| 11:00 a.m. |
Project description Technical approach and research activities |
Delavane Diaz, EPRI Stephen Shaw, SUNY-ESF David Young, EPRI Mary Collins, SUNY-ESF |
| 12:00 p.m. | Working lunch (provided) | |
| Session 3 – Utility Panel | ||
| 12:45 p.m. | Climate resilience research needs and industry perspectives on project outcome |
Bill Gould, EPRI moderator AVANGRID - Art Kruppenbacher Con Edison - William Slade Eastern Gen - John Reese National Grid - Greg Ryder NYPA - John Kahabka DOE - James Bradbury |
| 2:15 p.m. | Break | |
| Session 4 – Stakeholder Input | ||
| 2:30 p.m. | Facilitated discussion around project and research design | Delavane Diaz, EPRI |
| 3:15 p.m. | Closing and wrap up | Delavane Diaz, EPRI |
| 3:30 p.m. | Adjourn | |
Stakeholder Workshop
Utility Panel
Project Summary
The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) is leading a two-year project to assess the vulnerability of New York State’s electric system to a changing climate and analyze the role of various system-level adaptation strategies, taking into account the transition to a decarbonized electric grid and other socioeconomic drivers. This assessment will use a new NY-focused version of EPRI’s U.S. Regional Economy, Greenhouse Gas, and Energy model (US-REGEN), a detailed electric sector optimization model, to model the performance of the electricity system under different climate conditions through 2050. Specifically, we will evaluate future climate impacts as characterized in the NY ClimAID assessment on the NYS electric system through the following climate impact pathways: 1) increased air temperature on thermal generation; 2) increased water temperature on thermal generation; 3) changes in water availability on thermal generation; 4) changes in water availability on hydro generation; 5) increased air temperature on transmission efficiency; and 6) increased air temperature on electricity demand. The project results will help policymakers and electricity planners assess system performance, vulnerabilities, and generation fleet adaptation strategies under a future climate, and, by informing the efficient deployment of large capital investments, help design an electricity system for NYS that is resilient to climate change, meets policy objectives, and keeps electricity rates down.
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