Analysis shows a reduction in variability of wind power production in Colorado due to spatial diversity. The implication is that wind plants may be able to garner an increased capacity value as a system as opposed to an individual site if this method is followed.

Under existing SEC disclosure requirements, a public corporation is required to fully and fairly disclose facts about its operations that are "material" to a shareholder's investment decision. But despite the growing evidence of climate change's broad range of impacts, 76.3% of annual reports filed in 2008 by S&P 500 corporations failed to even mention climate change. The true test of proper climate risk disclosure will be its quality, assessed using...