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Education

• Improving K-12 Student Test Results  Our current research utilizes a database of over 1,000 Washington State schools.  We are determining the physical characteristics of students and schools that determine performance on standardized tests.  Products are under development.  Check back in the spring of 2007.

Utilities

• Distribution System Cost and Performance  Our database of hundreds of utilities includes 123 of the largest IOUs nationwide, as well as publicly-owned utilities and cooperatives in the WSCC, ERCOT, and Florida;

• Transmission System Costs  Our database includes essentially all (104) of the largest IOUs nationwide;

• Transmission Line Construction Costs  Our database includes approximately 1,150 line construction projects nationwide;

• Nuclear Power Plants Costs and Performance  Our database includes all US operating plants;

• Hydroelectric Plant Costs  Our database includes 110 Pacific Northwest facilities with more than 10MW’s in installed capacity.

Transit Systems

• Costs and Performance for Busses  Our database includes 148 transit systems in the western half of the Unired States.