In May 2017, the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA)’s Natural Gas Mid-Cycle Assessment Committee (Assessment Committee) hired Opinion Dynamics to complete a Mid-Cycle Assessment of NEEA’s Natural Gas Portfolio (NGP). The NGP was developed in 2014 through a collaborative process that included NEEA staff and representatives from Avista Utilities, the Energy Trust of Oregon, NW Natural Gas, and Puget Sound Energy. This process resulted in a 5-year Natural Gas Business Plan (the NGBP) for a new natural gas market transformation effort.