IN APRIL 2020, SEATTLE City Light's Climate Change Research and Adaptation Advisor Ronda Strauch spoke about how the utility was demonstrating its ability to adapt and become resilient in the face of the global threat of COVID-19. As is the case of pandemics, Strauch explained how City Light also has a plan for climate change. In 2015, the Seattle City Light Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment and Adaptation Plan was created and is described as being "exceptional in several ways". Strauch claimed that it was the first all-inclusive climate change impact assessment and preparation plan by a US electric utility. It assesses the vulnerability of all aspects of the utility's business operations to a host of climate stressors, and provides a range of adaptation actions. Furthermore, Strauch added that City Light received a national climate adaptation leadership award for this in 2016 and, since its development, other utilities and agencies have used the climate plan to further their own climate resilience.
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