J.D. Power asked 70,486 utility customers nationwide from June 2022 through May 2023 to rank their views on climate change.
A recent J.D. Power report shared exclusively with CNBC Make It ranked 48 states and the District of Columbia on how serious the issue of climate change is on a scale of zero to four, with zero being"there is no climate change" and four being,"climate change is very serious."
This utility intelligence report is based on responses from 70,486 utility customers nationwide that were fielded from June 2022 to May 2023. Utilities in Alaska and Rhode Island did not qualify for this study.Washington D.C. ranked as the place in the U.S. that takes climate change most seriously. Feeling out of the loop? We'll catch you up on the Chicago news you need to know. Sign up for the weekly
Utility customers in Washington D.C. have the greatest sense of urgency about climate change, with an average score of 3.11— the only region evaluated in the study to score higher than 3., Washington D.C. is approaching climate change from two sides: adaptation and mitigation. D.C. is trying to prepare residents for the impacts of climate change and extreme weather like heat waves, snowstorms, higher tides caused by rising sea levels, heavy rains, flooding and warmer temperature averages.
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