Structured interviews were conducted in which the risk management tool was basically applied as a questionnaire; moving through it point by point with the interviewee. Each distribution company was represented by a representative of the senior management with responsibility for making decisions for new investments and operation and maintenance strategies. In addition to the two distribution companies, the Danish Energy Association, the umbrella organisation for Danish grid companies, was consulted for input on the risk assessment framework and climate risks facing the grid companies (James-Smith, 2010). These were supplied to the distribution companies during the interviews as distribution companies do not generally develop climate scenarios of their own.