Session 13 Weather, Water, and Climate Applications for financial Decision-making I

Thursday, 16 January 2025: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM
205 (New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Host: New Orleans Forum on Climate Linked Economics
CoChair:
Jon B. Davis, CASE Consultants International, NCEI, Raliegh, NC

Papers:
8:30 AM
13.1
Invited Speaker in Climate Linked Economics: Realized Benefits of Balancing Competing Purposes at US Army Corps of Engineers Reservoirs by Using Forecast Informed Reservoir Operations.
Cary Talbot, PhD, PE, US Army Corps of Engineers, Vicksburg, MS; U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center, Vicksburg, MS; and F. M. Ralph

9:00 AM
13.2
Assessing and Managing the Financial Risk of Variable Hydrology in California
Gregory Characklis, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC; and H. B. Zeff

9:15 AM
13.3
Managing Water Price Volatility: Hedging Strategies for Water Markets in the Western U.S.
Dan Li, ASCE, Chapel Hill, NC; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC; and H. B. Zeff and G. W. Characklis

9:30 AM
13.4
A Composite Index-Based Instrument for Managing the Financial Risk of Variable Hydrometeorology for Electric Utilities
Yash Amonkar, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC; and C. Pahel-Short, A. Zeighami, Y. Su, J. Kern, and G. W. Characklis

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