Abstract: Climate change is closely related to energy-power supply and demand. In the summer of 2022, the upper reaches of the Yangtze River experienced three worst cases: the highest temperature, longest continuous hot days, and lowest rainfall in the same period in history. This resulted in a daily power shortage of 17 million kW and 370 million kW?h in Sichuan, a major hydropower province, and imposed a significant impact on its social and economic development and people’s livelihood. To guarantee energy and power safety, it is of great significance to establish power planning mechanism and some countermeasures for power supply guarantee in extreme weather. This paper presents an analysis on the impacts of extreme weather in the 2022 summer on the power supply guarantee in Sichuan, and examines the shortcomings of previous electric power development. We suggest certain countermeasures for the period of power transformation－such as water-wind-solar-thermal energy complementarity, and a coordinated development of power supply and power grid.

Key words: extreme weather, carbon emission peak, carbon neutrality, new power system, hydroelectric power, new energy