CONSUMERS’ ENERGY FORECAST: FAIR Fewer expect pump prices to increase. More choose planet over pocketbook. Q. How willing would you be to pay much higher prices in order to protect the environment? For the first time, optimists equal pessimists. Q. On energy issues, do you think things are headed in ... Sept. 2011 Sept. 2015 28 29 14 43 Q. Six months from today, the price of gasoline will ... Sept. 2015 Mar. 2015 22 10 17 6 84 62 Willing Not willing Sept. 2015 47 34 Mar. 2015 39 38 SOURCE: THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN ENERGY POLL, SEPTEMBER 2015 Right Direction Wrong Direction