Business Customer Energy Survey

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INTRODUCTION

Belmont Light wants to help YOU - our business customer! This survey is designed to identify opportunities to serve business customers through incentives and energy programs that conserve electricity and/or reduce fossil fuel usage. These incentives may also help Belmont achieve the goals of its Climate Action Plan. To help inform our decisions, we would appreciate you sharing some information about your business and its energy usage. Your individual responses will not be shared outside Belmont Light, but summaries of overall responses may be shared. Please help us serve you by completing this 8-minute survey!

GENERAL INFORMATION

Name(Required)

First Last

Email(Required)

Company Name(Required)

Company Street Address(Required)

Belmont Light Electric Account Number(Required)

Do you rent or own your space?(Required)

Rent

Own

ENERGY EXPENSES

Energy Bills - In addition to your electric bill, which energy expenses/bills do you pay?(Required)

Natural Gas

Propane

Oil

Gasoline

None of the above

(check all that apply)

Cost - Which of your energy expense(s) are the most costly?(Required)

Electric

Natural Gas

Propane

Oil

Gasoline

(check one or more)

EQUIPMENT DETAILS

Fossil Fuel Usage - Which of your current equipment uses natural gas, propane, oil, gasoline, etc.?(Required)

Heating

Air Conditioning (A/C is rarely powered by fossil fuels)

Water heating

Cooking

Generator

Clothes Dryer

Company Vehicle

Other (please specify in comment below)

None of the above

Specify "other" fossil fuel equipment

Past Updates - Which of the following have been updated in your building/business over the last 10 years?(Required)

Insulation and air sealing

Lighting

Appliances

Heating

Air conditioning

Heat Pumps

Electric Vehicle

Other (please specify in comment below)

None of the above

Specify "other" past updates

Future Equipment - What new or replacement equipment would you LIKE to install?(Required)

Insulation and air sealing

Heat Pumps (air source or ground source)

Smart Thermostats

Refrigeration

Cooking, Baking equipment

LED lighting

Electric Vehicle (EV) Charger

Solar panels, battery storage, or both

Other (please specify in comment below)

None of the above

Specify "other" future equipment

Budget - How much would you consider spending on this new or replacement equipment?(Required)

0-$2,000

$2,000-$5,000

$5,000-$20,000

$20,000-$50,000

over $50,000

EV (Electric Vehicle) In the next 5 years, will you use an electric vehicle regularly for business activities?(Required)

Yes

Maybe

ELECTRICITY USAGE

Business Days - On which days do you use significant energy (usually the days you operate your business)?

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

Sun

Opening Hour - At which hour do you most often start operations (start using significant energy)?(Required)

Closing Hour - At which hour do you most often stop operations (stop using significant energy)?(Required)

Earlier Hours - Could you shift your hours earlier if there were an electricity price incentive?(Required)

Yes

How many hours earlier could you shift?(Required)

Later Hours - Could you shift your hours later if there were an electricity price incentive?(Required)

Yes

How many hours later could you shift?(Required)

Electricity usage - Which equipment/appliances at your business use(s) the most electricity? (or, at least, significant energy)(Required)

Have you attempted to lower this largest source of electricity usage?(Required)

Yes

If yes, how?

Shift usage? - Could this source of largest electricity usage be shifted to another time of the day or night if there were an incentive?(Required)

Yes

Please explain briefly.

Peak Alerts - On the hottest days in the summer, Belmont Light posts "#PeakUsageAlert(s)" on social media, asking customers to limit electricity usage where possible. How do these alerts affect you?(Required)

We see the alerts, and we lower our electricity usage where possible

We see the alerts, but we don't change our electricity usage

We DON'T see the alerts

Demand Reduction - Do you attempt to lower your "peak" monthly demand (highest 15-minute power usage) by spreading out your electricity usage?(Required)

Yes

Discussion - Would you be interested in having a discussion with Belmont Light about your business's energy efficiency and electrification-related goals and how Belmont Light might support them?(Required)

Yes

Comments (on the content above or anything having to do with energy)