Deliberative opinion poll

Texas utility deliberative polls, 1996 to 1998 A rare deliberative exercise with a physical legacy you can see on the horizon. Between 1996 and 1998, electric utilities in Texas ran deliberative polls managed by James Fishkin as part of the state's resource planning, asking random samples of customers to weigh energy choices after hearing the evidence. Those findings led to a higher renewable energy portfolio standard, and Texas ended up with a relatively high share of wind power compared with other states. It is the case to cite when someone claims deliberation never touches hard infrastructure or money.