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Emissions Predictions and Reduction Modeling

While Williams has made progress towards its carbon emissions reduction goals, significant work remains to be done. The tool below allows you to experiment with the impacts of a variety of possible ways of reducing emissions. Choose the measures you would like to use, and click "Create Graph" to see how they may affect Williams' future emissions.

The graph shows reduction measures already taken through 2008 (the vertical black line) - for those measure to continue after 2008, you must choose them from the list.

Conservation measures with capital investment
Wind turbines (three)   see details -->Capital conservation projects - easier ones
Capital conservation projects - medium difficulty Capital conservation projects - most difficult
Conservation measures involving day to day operations
Low flow showers   see details -->Expand night time shutdowns   see details -->
Winter break shutdown   see details -->Close select buildings
Switching to cleaner fossil fuels
Increased natural gas at heating plant   see details -->Use of a percentage biodiesel in small buildings   see details -->
Purchasing cleaner electricity
Transcanada purchase   see details -->