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The Center for Economic and Policy Studies offers research and tools to local, state, and federal decisionmakers to help them create informed policies that address society's most pressing economic needs and problems.

As a full-service survey center, the Center for Survey Research offers customized project design, professional interviewing, data collection, data analysis, and report preparation to governments, organizations, and researchers nationwide.

Meet the Survey Research team and see their methodologies for collecting data, designing surveys, choosing your population, and reporting.

The Energy Transition Initiative (ETI) conducts high quality research to inform policy and decision-making and provides research-based resources, tools, and guidance on energy alternatives and approaches, including solar, for Virginia localities.

The Virginia Solar Initiative offers solar-related guidance to localities and provides related support and analysis on land use, economic, and policy matters.

Our research evaluates alternative technology pathways and policy options for decarbonizing energy systems and we are developing a suite of modeling tools to understand the interaction between clean energy sources, energy storage, smart distributed energy systems, the electrification of transportation, and more.