BLACK & VEATCH
CREATING A COMPLEX DECARBONISATION ROADMAP FOR CALIFORNIA
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As utilities around the world face the consequences of the climate crisis , Black & Veatch ’ s global advisory practice helped California ’ s San Diego Gas & Electric ( SDG & E ) establish an action plan to address the public and regulatory pressures driving governments , businesses and utilities alike to develop the most-viable pathways for economywide decarbonisation .
Black & Veatch provided technical advising , subject matter expertise , and economic and power market modelling services to SDG & E as that utility developed The Path to Net Zero : A Decarbonisation Roadmap for California to meet the state ’ s goal of achieving carbon neutrality by 2045 .
The study ’ s creation can be broken down into two main portions followed by a third : demand-side modelling and supply-side modelling , followed by reliability testing . Modelling determined the cost-optimal mixture of technologies needed to satisfy the state ’ s increasing energy demand while meeting decarbonisation targets . This informed the plan for upgrades and development to the state ’ s infrastructure systems , which was tested multiple times against the industry standard for reliability to ensure it could hold up to real-world demands .
As SDG & E and California inch closer to their 2045 net-zero goals , this roadmap stands as a model for other utilities and states as they also work to upgrade power systems and lower emissions .
62 October 2022