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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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21 questions · ~4 min
Q01
Long Text

Welcome, and thank you for your interest in this survey. We are conducting research about experiences with power outage notifications and estimated restoration times over the past 12 months. Please answer based on your primary energy provider. Your participation is entirely voluntary, and you may stop at any time. There are no right or wrong answers — we are interested in your honest opinions. All responses are confidential and will be reported only in aggregate. This survey takes approximately 5 minutes to complete.

Q02
Multiple Choice

In the past 12 months, did you experience any power outages at your residence?

Q03
Long Text

Approximately how many separate power outages did you experience in the past 12 months?

Q04
Multiple Choice

Which of the following channels did you receive outage notifications from? Please select all that apply.

Q05
Long Text

Thinking about the most recent outage notification you received, how would you rate its timeliness?

Q06
Multiple Choice

Compared with the estimated time of restoration (ETR) you received, the actual restoration was…

Q07
Long Text

Overall, how satisfied are you with how your utility provider communicates during outages?

Q08
Long Text

For planned outages, how much advance notice would you prefer from your utility provider?

Q09
AI Interview

Based on your responses in this survey, please share any additional thoughts or feelings about your experience with outage notifications and estimated restoration times.

Q10
Multiple Choice

What is your age?

Q11
Long Text

Thank you for completing this survey. Your feedback is valuable and will be used to help improve outage communication practices.

Q12
Multiple Choice

Which single channel would you most prefer for receiving outage updates?

Q13
Long Text

How would you rate the clarity of that notification?

Q14
Multiple Choice

During your most recent outage, how frequently were the estimated restoration times updated?

Q15
Long Text

How confident are you that future estimated restoration times from your provider will be accurate?

Q16
Long Text

Please rank the following by importance for improving outage communications, where 1 = most important.

Q17
Multiple Choice

What is your gender?

Q18
Long Text

How would you rate the usefulness of the information provided in that notification?

Q19
Long Text

How likely are you to recommend your utility provider to a friend or neighbor based on their outage communication?

Q20
Long Text

Which country or region do you live in?

Q21
Multiple Choice

Which best describes the area where you live?

What’s included

  • AI follow-ups

    Adaptive probes on open-ended answers that pull out detail a static form would miss.

  • Attention checks

    Built-in safeguards against rushed answers and low-quality respondents.

  • AI-drafted copy

    Wording, ordering, and branching written by the AI — tuned to your research goal.

  • Auto report

    Themes, quotes, and a plain-English summary write themselves once responses come in.

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