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Renewable Energy Policy Initiative (REPI)

October 2018
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Sarah Mills
The Renewable Energy Policy Initiative (REPI) conducts, supports, and disseminates high-quality applied academic research on state and local policies impacting the deployment of renewable energy in the American federal system that informs both scholarship and the policy process....
Energy and environment

2019 Michigan Local Energy Survey (MiLES)

April 2019 - November 2020
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Sarah Mills, Debra Horner, Natalie Fitzpatrick
The Michigan Local Energy Survey (MiLES) was conducted by CLOSUP in Fall 2019 on behalf of the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE). The survey was designed to better understand local officials' perceptions of the costs, benefits, and likelihood of engaging in future energy management activities. The survey covered a variety of energy issues, including: the regulation and siting of energy infrastructure on public and private property in local jurisdictions, governments’ engagement with citizens and businesses on energy issues, planning and/or zoning policies...
Energy and environment

CLOSUP Wind Project

January 2013 - December 2019
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Sarah Mills
The CLOSUP Wind Project, led by Sarah Mills, aims to improve understanding of state and local policy issues related to utility-scale wind energy development. This project originated from three surveys conducted in 2013 and 2014-one of residents in the Great Lakes region, another of local officials in Michigan, and a third of farmland owners near four Michigan windfarms. In 2016, CLOSUP received a grant from the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation to investigate community attitudes about wind energy near Michigan's existing windfarms and then communicate lessons-learned to inform local wind...
Energy and environment

The CLOSUP Energy & Environmental Policy Initiative Fracking Project

July 2012 - June 2019
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Barry Rabe
Hydraulic fracturing, more commonly known as "fracking," and new horizontal drilling techniques are creating significant opportunities to expand natural gas production across the United States. However, the absence of comprehensive federal legislation regarding hydraulic fracturing has placed the regulation of unconventional gas drilling primarily within the purview of state and local governments. To improve understanding of state and local policy issues related to fracking, CLOSUP launched a multi-faceted research project on the topic as part of the Center's Energy and Environmental...

Spring 2019 Michigan Public Policy Survey Homepage

THE SPRING 2019 MICHIGAN PUBLIC POLICY SURVEY Topics: Annual tracking items for fiscal, budget, operation policies; preparation for the next recession; problems with opioids; local government energy issues; preparation for the 2020...

NSEE Data Access

How to Download Datasets from the National Surveys on Energy and Environment

National Surveys on Energy and Environment Questionnaires

Follow the links below to access the questionnaires from the Fall 2008 - Spring 2019 waves of the National Surveys on Energy and Environment. NSEE 2019 Spring NSEE 2018 Fall NSEE 2018 Spring NSEE 2017 Fall NSEE 2017 Spring NSEE 2016...

MiLES Fall 2019 data tables

Summary tables for questionnaire items from the Fall 2019 MiLES Survey Broken down by jurisdiction type, population size, and region of the state Table of Contents Relevance of Energy Issues to Jurisdiction Relevance of regulating...

NSEE@10

The National Surveys on Energy and Environment (NSEE) was a biannual national opinion survey on energy and climate policy conducted by the University of Michigan and Muhlenberg College. The survey was launched in 2008. Over the last 10 years, the...

The CLOSUP Energy & Environmental Policy Initiative

CLOSUP's Energy and Environmental Policy Initiative (EEPI), launched in the fall of 2012, is a program of coordinated activities designed to bring the latest academic knowledge to bear on issues of energy, environment, and climate policy. Through a...