Will the devastation caused by Hurricane Sandy and other “once-in-a-lifetime storms” experienced across the globe in the last 2 years, now force our politicians to ensure that we at least meet the CO2 reduction targets now in place? There is now serious concern that even these targets will not prevent an increase in global temperature by 2 degree Celsius and prevent devastating climate outcomes. This is the benchmark that has been set as the point of no return, a limit directly or indirectly agreed to by negotiators at international climate talks. Now the outcome of recent research on climate change suggests that this figure has been set too high. The Electrical Utility business is at the eye of the storm because it is the major contributor to CO2 emissions which result in global warming and at the same time is proving to be the most vulnerable to the damage it causes. Returning the transmission and distribution network […]