- Smart Grids: Conducted focus groups among a private utility's customers to assess their support for Smart Grid technology, including customer ideas about how the partnership should be designed to motivate customers to enter into a pilot program. Billing preferences and their opinions about Washington I-937 were also discussed.
- Energy Regulation: Conducted survey and focus group research to test support for various renewable resources, conservation, federal regulations on energy, and general communications. Studies included the general public, elected officials, regulatory officials, tribal members and community leaders. .
- Developing Alternative Energy Sources: Conducted multiple surveys to determine customer satisfaction, assess views toward renewable and alternative energy sources, concerns over climate change, support for conservation efforts, and communications messaging. These studies have included customers, voters and opinion leaders throughout the Northwest.
- Hydro Electricity in the Pacific Northwest: Conducted a telephone survey in Oregon, Washington, and Idaho intended to measure the attitudes and opinions of voters regarding water issues including dams, water preservation, salmon runs, and energy.
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- Future Water Sources: Conducted focus groups and telephone survey research to assess City of Hillsboro Water Department customers’ satisfaction with the Department and its rates, gauged their knowledge, awareness, and perceptions of water issues, and assessed their support for future water supplies, including the Tualatin Water Basin Projects.
- Electric Vehicles: Online survey research in Multnomah, Washington, Clackamas, Marion, and Lane counties, Oregon and King County, Washington to assess their knowledge, perceptions, and support of Electric Vehicles (EVs).The results were presented at a conference (“EV Road Map: Preparing Oregon for the Introduction of Electric Vehicles”) sponsored by Portland General Electric and Portland State University and results were published in local media, including the Oregonian.
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