Episode Two: Becoming Climate READi
In this episode of the EPRI Current, our host chats with EPRI’s Morgan Scott and Andrea Staid on the most recent white paper published by EPRI’s Climate READi Initiative. Results show that planning for future climate conditions and proactively implementing resilience strategies may significantly reduce the costs incurred by energy companies for response, repair, and recovery. How much? Listen to find out.
Morgan Scott is the director for Climate READi, Sustainability & Ecosystem Stewardship at EPRI. Morgan leads the Institute’s effort to design and develop a comprehensive industry approach to physical climate risk assessment and mitigation. Andrea Staid is a senior technical leader in EPRI’s Energy Systems and Climate Analysis group. Andrea is a co-lead for Workstream 3 in the Climate READi initiative and also supports other work in the areas of climate resilience and climate impact modeling.