What Are The Potential Impacts For Californias Energy Supply?
California’s electricity generation is currently relatively efficient when it comes to emissions of greenhouse gases. The national average for the electricity generation share of total greenhouse gas emissions is approximately 40%, while California electricity accounts for only 16% of statewide emissions. This is in part due to California’s significant amount of imported electricity, mild climate, and lack of energy-intensive industry. Over the past two decades, California has developed one of the largest and most diverse renewable electricity generation industries in the world. However, changes in climate of the magnitude predicted by the IPCC would substantially affect electricity generation throughout California and the entire Western States grid, particularly for hydroelectric facilities. Less snowpack would result in lower levels of hydro generation in the summer and fall seasons due to reduced runoff in those seasons. Additional hydropower may be available during the winter and t
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