Climate Change Risk Assessment for NT Hydro Corp.

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Climate change poses serious challenges to northern infrastructure including the Northwest Territories Power Corporation's (NTPC) hydroelectric generation systems. Small reservoirs, lack of connection to the North American grid and reliance on remote systems makes the NTPC's hydro system susceptible to a wide range of risk factors many of which are exacerbated by climate change. This project will explore the potential to better understand, predict and mitigate climate change risk for the hydro system by examining historical environmental and power generation data to look for correlations that can predict future events and help manage operations during increasingly severe climate events including: drought and low water levels; changing temperatures; the fluctuating ENSO system; thawing permafrost; and atmospheric changes.