| | | CAF14-108 | | Keeping the Lights On: Moving Toward a Resilient Energy System Speakers: Melissa Higbee, Program Manager, ICLEI Local Governments for Sustainability; Crystal Raymond, Climate Research and Adaptation Strategic Advisor, Seattle City Light; Kathleen Ave, Climate Readiness Program Manager, Sacramento Municipal Utility District; Shawn Marshall, Executive Director, Local Energy Aggregation Network US; Tanya Peacock, Environmental Policy Manager, Southern California Gas Company/Sempra; MODERATOR: David Stoms, Ph.D., Energy Research and Development Division, California Energy Commission California’s economy and quality of life depend on a sufficient supply of safe, reliable, and affordable energy. Today, the energy sector is a primary contributor to climate change and its infrastructure is likely to experience more frequent and severe wildfire, flooding, heat waves, and drought. In addition, the utility landscape is changing with the growth of Community Choice Aggregation (CCA), often driven by consumer desire for cleaner sources of power. These changes raise questions about the vulnerability of the energy sector: how much risk exists and what adaptation strategies, tools, or technologies are needed to achieve an acceptable level of risk. This session summarizes current and planned research on climate vulnerability, provide insight into leading electric and natural gas utility readiness programs and offer examples from California’s CCA communities. | | MP3 | | $10.00 | | $10.00 | |
| | | CAF14-200 | | Plenary – Promising Responses: Where the Rubber Meets the Road Speakers: Salud Carbajal, Supervisor, County of Santa Barbara; Rick Cole, Deputy Mayor for Budget and Innovation, City of Los Angeles; Nicola Hedge, Director of Climate Initiative, San Diego Foundation and Vice Chair of the Alliance of Regional Collaboratives for Climate Adaptation; Alice Hill, Senior Advisor for Preparedness and Resilience to the President’s Assistant for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism, White House National Security Council; John Laird, Secretary, California Natural Resources Agency California’s position as a global leader on climate change is built on the actions of proactive policymakers and agents of change at all levels of government. Future solutions to increase resiliency and achieve the deeper emission reductions needed to meet our 2050 climate goals will come from integrated actions that cross sector and jurisdictional boundaries. This panel features leaders taking action now and forging new partnerships to achieve comprehensive solutions to this era’s most challenging problem. Each of these leaders shares their own stories of the benefits of collective action to achieve maximum results from resiliency efforts. | | MP3 | | $10.00 | | $10.00 | |
