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STATE OF THE WEST November 15, 2012. 2. 3. WECC-Wide Historical Energy Demand and Energy Generation. 4. Energy Efficiency in the Northwest. 5. WECC-Wide Historical Energy Demand and Energy Generation. 6. 7. Temperature. Precipitation.
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Temperature Precipitation Projected change in mean annual temperature (°C) and precipitation (%) over the next 50 years (from around 1990 to around 2040). 8 Source: University of Washington, Climate Impacts Group
Questions • Does energy efficiency roughly serve load growth? What strategies are necessary for energy efficiency implementation to be successful? • How is the structure of incentives affecting the economics and reliability of the power system? What are the economic/environmental implications for adding gas, wind and solar? Are we providing resource adequacy to assure reliability? • If CO2 is the policy driver, should we develop a cost curve for CO2 emissions and then pursue policies that reduce CO2 at the least cost? • When is climate change forecasting data good enough to use for power system planning? 9