Energy Security & Affordability

BW Research is a pioneer in energy economics and workforce research, having conducted more than 100 energy studies globally over the past 15 years. BW has researched numerous individual energy technologies for workforce implications, including solar, nuclear, electric vehicles, oil and gas, hydrogen, smart grid and energy storage, onshore and offshore wind, and energy efficiency and building technologies—incorporating economic impact modeling, supply chain assessments, workforce planning, and stakeholder engagement.

BW has its finger on the pulse of the energy sector, having led more surveys of energy businesses than any other research firm in the field, and hosted thousands of research interviews and facilitated focus groups, collaborative human-centered design and active listening sessions, and workshops with energy companies, workers, agencies, and investors.

BW pioneered defining and measuring the green economy, having created the federal template for energy job quantification and built experience on these topics across the country. Across more than a dozen states, BW Research has quantified states’ clean energy, climate tech, and climate resilience and adaptation economies.

BWR leads the nationwide U.S. Energy and Employment Report (USEER) in partnership with the Department of Energy. USEER is the only energy employment quantification tool of its kind and has been cited in over one hundred employment analyses and energy industry reports.

BW has developed a proprietary energy workforce needs assessment framework and has conducted these workforce studies for state and local governments and utilities in two dozen states, including Colorado, Utah, Pennsylvania, Washington, Illinois, New York, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Delaware, Connecticut, Maine, Rhode Island, and California.

BW specializes in translating complex energy technology transitions into actionable workforce strategies that minimize operational risk, empower workers, and expand access to emerging job opportunities. As energy technologies evolve and respond to dramatic changes in the energy sector, BW is well-placed to explore the challenges and opportunities this brings to communities, workers, and employers.

BW Research has conducted numerous studies on the workforce impacts of transitioning to electric and ZE vehicles, as well as workforce studies on the impact of automation for different occupations. Recently, BW Research provided a comprehensive analysis of oil and gas workforce transitions as well as those impacted by industrial decarbonization and expanded building electrification.

BW has proven experience conducting quantitative cost-benefit evaluations demonstrating the year-over-year economic impacts to ratepayers from clean energy incentive programs

Our firm regularly conducts program impact evaluations for states and regions, leveraging wide-ranging expertise across energy policies and programs. This includes quantifying the economic, environmental, and community benefits of deployment policies, as well as customized cost-and-labor-hour economic modeling for energy efficiency and solar projects.