Opportunities for joint water-energy management: sensitivity of the 2010 Western U.S. electricity grid operations to climate oscillations

The increasing interconnectedness of energy and water systems makes it important to understand how interannual variations in water availability—and climate oscillations—could potentially impact the electric grid operations. The authors assess the vulnerability of the current western U.S.

Authors: Voisin, N., Kintner-Meyer, M., Wu, D., Skaggs, R., Fu, T., et al.

DOI: 10.1175/BAMS-D-16-0253.1