Thread by @IMGheorghiu, When utilities consider the costs of climate change and the amount of [...]

When utilities consider the costs of climate change and the amount of spending on grid hardening and other issues to mitigate worsening extreme weather events, how expensive do they figure this will all be? https://www.utilitydive.com/news/climate-risks-accelerating-heres-what-costs-duke-pge-and-16-other-utilities-expect/588860/

Climate risks are accelerating. Here's what Duke, PG&E and 16 other utilities expect to pay.

Utility Dive took a closer look at how climate risks are threatening utilities — and how much it's going to cost to mitigate them.

https://www.utilitydive.com/news/climate-risks-accelerating-heres-what-costs-duke-pge-and-16-other-utilities-expect/588860/

@UtilityDive launched a new interactive list to sort through 18 utilities as they identify the physical risks of #climatechange through their latest @CDP filings. Forecasting cost of floods, wildfires and storms as these events happen w greater and greater frequency is.. complex.

Despite this, there's a lot to glean from how utilities try to estimate these costs through these voluntary filings. My 'fav' finding is the instance where U.S. utilities assume 'doing nothing and paying for the damage' is just slightly cheaper than mitigating the climate risks

Thanks to the @UtilityDive team on all the work with this project -- @kavya_balaraman @ggonzalez2176 @cmorehouse10 @TeamWetDog @LarryPearlDC -- for scouring CDP fillings with me and prioritizing this project. AND THANK YOU to @Namisumida for making our ideas interactive & sharp!

This is part of an awesome collaboration that we kicked off this year on the financial implications of climate change in different industries. Check out @WasteDive's tracker for ESG targets within the waste and recycling industry https://www.wastedive.com/news/us-waste-esg-sustainability-tracker/588833/

Tracking ESG climate targets from US waste and recycling companies

Major industry companies are increasingly disclosing their greenhouse gas emissions, and plans to mitigate their effects on the climate, in detailed sustainability reports. Stay up to date with our...

https://www.wastedive.com/news/us-waste-esg-sustainability-tracker/588833/

Also, also @smartcitiesdive's feature on the billions at stake in ballot initiatives for climate action https://www.smartcitiesdive.com/news/election-2020-ballots-climate-action/587683/

Ballot billions: Behind the efforts to fund and finance climate action

In a year that virtually depleted municipal budgets, ballot-derived tax and funding measures can be crucial to support city-level climate action. Outside of these measures, how else can cities secure...

https://www.smartcitiesdive.com/news/election-2020-ballots-climate-action/587683/

we'll roll out some more investigations of our own on different physical threats driven by climate change this week -- tune in: https://www.utilitydive.com/news/calculating-the-costs-of-climate-change-in-the-energy-waste-sectors/588895/

Calculating the costs of climate change in the energy, waste sectors

Waste Dive, Utility Dive and Smart Cities Dive teamed up for a series presenting the way their sectors are evaluating the impacts and costs of mitigating climate change.

https://www.utilitydive.com/news/calculating-the-costs-of-climate-change-in-the-energy-waste-sectors/588895/

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