Presented on 4.30.2025 as part of the 2025 ERC Speaker Series.
Businesses depend on nature for raw materials, supporting services, and resilience. Energy operations are no different. This webinar will discuss business risks posed by nature, how companies can evaluate risks, and manage them by engaging in nature-positive actions.
Case Studies
Case Study: EPRI’s ROW Habitat Suitability Model for Monarch Butterflies – February 12, 2025
Jessica Fox of the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) provides an overview of her team’s development of a monarch habitat suitability model for energy company assets and other rights-of-way.
This presentation was featured within the February 2025 Monarch CCAA Bi-Month.
The Contribution of Powerline Rights-of-Way to the Ecological Health of the Chicago Metropolitan Region – February 2, 2023
This case study highlights a research study conducted by the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) on ComEd’s rights-of-way in the Chicago region. UIC researchers evaluated three different vegetation management practices for insect, bird, and plant species richness as well as adjacent landowner perceptions.
Case Study: Hoosier Energy’s Approach to Monarch CCAA Implementation – November 9, 2022
In this case study, Dave Appel of Hoosier Energy discusses the organization’s journey with the Monarch Candidate Conservation Agreement with Assurances (CCAA), from pre-enrollment to future implementation plans. The presentation outlines the benefits of CCAA enrollment, experience with the application process, approaches to potential obstacles, and the outcome of their participation in the program.
Virginia Department of Transportation’s Approach to Enrolling in the Monarch CCAA – November 5, 2020
Virginia DOT shares their story of enrolling in the Monarch CCAA, from application to implementation and monitoring.
Case Study: VTrans’s Involvement with the Monarch CCAA – October 1, 2020
Learn how the Vermont Agency of Transportation (VTrans) navigated the application process and how they are approaching implementation and monitoring on their enrolled lands.
Case Study: East Central Energy and the Monarch CCAA – September 3, 2020
Learn how this electric cooperative uses integrated vegetation management to promote monarch habitat on their working lands in preparation for the CCAA.
Case Study: Texas Department of Transportation and the Monarch CCAA – August 6, 2020
This presentation provides one DOT’s perspective on enrolling in the Candidate Conservation Agreement with Assurances for the Monarch Butterfly on Energy and Transportation Lands.
Managing Multi-Organizational Habitat Data Using ArcGIS Online and ArcGIS Server – July 13, 2020
This webinar was originally produced for the July 2020 ESRI User Conference User Presentation sessions to describe the development of the Rights-of-Way as Habitat Geospatial Database to enable energy and transportation organizations to record, assess, manage, and share data on land managed for habitat.
Case Study: Maine Department of Transportation and the Monarch CCAA – May 7, 2020
This case study from Maine Department of Transportation provides their approach to enrolling in the Monarch CCAA and evaluating their system to determine where monarch butterfly habitat occurs.