market survey Thank you for supporting Rise Up Midwest! Step 1 of 7 14% Thank you for being willing to provide Rise Up Midwest! context on the current energy efficiency and distributed energy markets and helping us define policies, programs, and other activities that can support market growth. This survey will take approximately 5 minutes to complete. Your responses will help us focus our messaging for the Rise Up Midwest! public education campaign. We will keep your answers confidential and share information anonymously. If we are interested in obtaining a direct quote, picture, or other information from you for our campaign, we will follow up at a later time for review and permission. The Midwest Renewable Energy AssociationThe MREA promotes renewable energy, energy efficiency, and sustainable living through education and demonstration. Together with partners around the Midwest, we work to expand renewable energy adoption through innovative programs, renewable energy training, and educational events. The MREA is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.The Rise Up Midwest! Public Education CampaignRise Up Midwest! is a movement and public education campaign to stimulate “Main Street” energy investment and grid modernization in response to the COVID-19 recession. Led by the MREA, Rise Up Midwest! is a coalition of businesses, individuals, organizations, jurisdictions, and workforce development partners working in coordination to create a groundswell of support for commonsense, strategic, and swift action to stimulate clean energy market development. The education campaign includes a website, www.RiseUpMidwest.org, podcast, digital and print Call to Action, and coordination of public support for priority state, local, and utility programs and policies that improve and expand markets for home and business energy efficiency adoption and the widespread deployment of distributed energy resources. If your business or organization has not yet signed on as a Rise Up Midwest! partner, we encourage you to join the coalition. About your Business/Organization:1) What sector most closely describes your business/organization’s services related to energy efficiency and/or distributed energy:* Business Nonprofit Educational Institution Jurisidiction Association 1b) What sector(s) does your business predominately serve?*Check all that apply. Residential Commercial Industrial Electric Utility N/A or Other 2) Briefly describe what specific energy efficiency and/or distributed energy related services your business or organization offers:*3) What Midwest state(s) does your business or organization predominantly serve within?* Wisconsin Illinois Minnesota Michigan Iowa Missouri None of these 3b) Please describe what location(s) your business or organization predominantly serves within:* The following 5 questions are specific to the impact COVID-19 has had on your business or organization’s energy efficiency and/or distributed energy related services:4) PRIOR to the impacts of COVID-19 and in the first quarter of 2020, how would you have rated the demand for your business/organization's services?* Very Poor Poor Average Good Very Good N/A 5) Considering the impacts of COVID-19, how would you rate the CURRENT market for your business/organization's services?* Very Poor Poor Average Good Very Good N/A 6) How would you rate the FUTURE prospects for your business/organization's services looking through the end of this year and into 2021?* Very Poor Poor Average Good Very Good N/A 7) Briefly describe how COVID-19 and the associated state, federal, and/or local responses HAVE ALREADY directly or indirectly affected your business/organization, if at all?*Please type "none" if your business/organization has not been impacted. 8) Briefly describe how you ANTICIPATE COVID-19 and the associated state, federal, and/or local responses will directly or indirectly affect your business/organization through the end of this year and into 2021.*Please type "none" if you do not anticipate your business/organization will be impacted. 9) How important are the following TYPES of policies/programs to your business or organization?a) Programs and Policies that Expand Access to Energy Efficiency and Distributed Energy for Households and Small Businesses.*This includes policies and programs such as the recent expansion of the MN Solar Rewards program, the Iowa Solar Net Metering Legislation, and advocating for the expansion of the Wisconsin Focus on Energy Program. Very Important Somewhat Important Average Somewhat Unimportant Very Unimportant N/A b) Programs and Policies that Increase Advantageous Financing and Reduce Barriers for Local Energy Efficiency and Solar Energy Development.*This includes city actions such as the St. Louis Building Performance Standard, facilitating jurisdiction SolSmart designations, and promoting public-private financing partnerships such as the PACE Wisconsin program. Very Important Somewhat Important Average Somewhat Unimportant Very Unimportant N/A c) Programs and Policies that Provide Appropriate, Long-Term Compensation for Solar and Wind Energy.*This includes utility programs such as the PV Demand Credit in MN and state commission actions such as the long-term PURPA contracts for wind and solar facilities in Michigan. Very Important Somewhat Important Average Somewhat Unimportant Very Unimportant N/A d) Programs and Policies that Support Workforce Development Efforts that Expand Employment Access in Advanced Energy.*This includes programs such as the IL Solar for All Program and the MN Dept. of Corrections solar training efforts. Very Important Somewhat Important Average Somewhat Unimportant Very Unimportant N/A 10) How important do you think it is that MREA educate the public on the following types of policies and programs?a) Programs and Policies that Expand Access to Energy Efficiency and Distributed Energy for Households and Small Businesses.*This includes policies and programs such as the recent expansion of the MN Solar Rewards program, the Iowa Solar Net Metering Legislation, and advocating for the expansion of the Wisconsin Focus on Energy Program. Very Important Somewhat Important Average Somewhat Unimportant Very Unimportant N/A b) Programs and Policies that increase Advantageous Financing and Reduce Barriers for Local Energy Efficiency and Solar Energy Development.*This includes city actions such as the St. Louis Building Performance Standard, facilitating jurisdiction SolSmart designations, and promoting public-private financing partnerships such as the PACE Wisconsin program. Very Important Somewhat Important Average Somewhat Unimportant Very Unimportant N/A c) Programs and Policies that Provide Appropriate, Long-Term Compensation for Solar and Wind Energy.*This includes utility programs such as the PV Demand Credit in MN and state commission actions such as the long-term PURPA contracts for wind and solar facilities in Michigan. Very Important Somewhat Important Average Somewhat Unimportant Very Unimportant N/A d) Programs and Policies that Support Workforce Development Efforts that Expand Employment Access in Advanced Energy.*This includes programs such as the IL Solar for All Program and the MN Dept. of Corrections solar training efforts. Very Important Somewhat Important Average Somewhat Unimportant Very Unimportant N/A The following 3 questions are specific to your business/organization’s services related to distributed generation and/or energy efficiency.11) Please list any SPECIFIC distributed energy or energy efficiency related programs or policies (federal, state, or local) that positively impact your businesses or organization:*Please type "none" if none are applicable. 12) What can be improved with those programs or what other programs/policies can be implemented to further support your business/organization activity?*Please type "unknown" if nothing comes to mind. 13) What can the MREA and other education and advocacy organizations do to help expand efficiency and distributed energy markets in your business/organization's service territory.*Please type "unknown" if nothing comes to mind. 14) In relation to the answers you’ve provided today, do you give the Rise Up Midwest! campaign permission to directly quote some of the information you've provided?* Yes No 14a) Name of Business or Organization*15) In relation to the answers you’ve provided today, would you be willing to be contacted in the future to provide an additional quote, picture, or other information to be used as part of the Rise Up Midwest! public education campaign?* Yes No 15a) Contact Name* First Last Contact Phone*15b) Contact Email*
