EXPERTS PREDICT CLIMATE CHANGE WILL LOWER KEY HYDROPOWER OUTPUT

Energy experts are predicting that climate change in California and the West will decrease hydroelectricity generation in key summer months and force officials to seek more expensive, higher-polluting replacement energy. The experts also say that none of the hydropower operators are directly factoring this anticipated impact into future planning. But a representative with a major utility said experts are closely tracking potential climate change impacts, but believe they can manage future impacts with operational changes that are not uncommon today...