Outage Notification & ETA Accuracy Satisfaction Survey
Measures residential utility customer satisfaction with outage notifications, estimated restoration time accuracy, and communication channel preferences. Designed for utility providers seeking to identify communication gaps and prioritize improvements.
Sample questions
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In the past 12 months, did you experience any power outages at your residence?
Approximately how many separate power outages did you experience in the past 12 months?
Which of the following channels did you receive outage notifications from? Please select all that apply.
Thinking about the most recent outage notification you received, how would you rate its timeliness?
Compared with the estimated time of restoration (ETR) you received, the actual restoration was…
Overall, how satisfied are you with how your utility provider communicates during outages?
For planned outages, how much advance notice would you prefer from your utility provider?
Based on your responses in this survey, please share any additional thoughts or feelings about your experience with outage notifications and estimated restoration times.
What is your age?
Thank you for completing this survey. Your feedback is valuable and will be used to help improve outage communication practices.
Which single channel would you most prefer for receiving outage updates?
How would you rate the clarity of that notification?
During your most recent outage, how frequently were the estimated restoration times updated?
How confident are you that future estimated restoration times from your provider will be accurate?
Please rank the following by importance for improving outage communications, where 1 = most important.
What is your gender?
How would you rate the usefulness of the information provided in that notification?
How likely are you to recommend your utility provider to a friend or neighbor based on their outage communication?
Which country or region do you live in?
Which best describes the area where you live?
What’s included
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