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Publication Number: CEC-500-2012-FS-026
Abstract:
The Issue Climate change is a daunting challenge facing California, with projected impacts reaching every sector of the state’s economy and public health. The energy sector will not be spared. The potential repercussions of climate change include reduced snowfall in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, rapid melting of the snowpack, more intense and more frequent heat waves, increased energy consumption, reduced hydropower generation in the summer season, an increase in forest fire frequency, and accelerated sea level rise. To prepare for these impacts, California is monitoring how the climate is changing in the state, installing meteorological and hydrological monitoring stations, and improving the projections on future climate change.
Commission Division: Technology Systems Division - R&D, PIER (500)
Office/Program: PIER: Public Interest Energy Research
PIER Program Area: Climate Change
Date Published: August 2012
Date On Line:
08/21/2012
Acrobat PDF File Size: 2 pages,
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