Meeting of the American Statistical Association (ASA)
Committee on Energy Statistics
with the
U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)
October 27-28, 2016
Washington, D.C.
Thursday, October 27, 2016
9:00 a.m. Open Meeting, Max Auffhammer, Chair, ASA Committee on Energy Statistics
9:05 a.m. Opening Remarks, Howard Gruenspecht, EIA Deputy Administrator
9:30 a.m. Statistical Methodology Improvement Plan, Jeramiah Yeksavich, Office of Energy Statistics
10:15 a.m. Break
10:30 a.m. New Developments in the Residential Energy Consumption Survey (RECS):
- RECS Program Update, Chip Berry, Office of Energy Statistics
- RECS Submetering, Bill McNary, Office of Energy Statistics; ASA Lead: Lynne Stokes
11:25 a.m. New Developments in the Commercial Buildings Energy Consumption Survey (CBECS):
- Green Building Certification and the CBECS, Joelle Michaels, Office of Energy Statistics; ASA Lead: Michael Cohen
- Consumption Data User Forum: CBECS and RECS User Message Boards (CRUMBs), Maggie Woodward, Office of Energy Statistics; ASA Lead: Rachel Shwom
12:15 p.m. Lunch – Capitol Bistro at Holiday Inn, 550 C St SW (Committee members, presenters, and EIA senior staff)
1:45 p.m. Update on Replication of Weekly Petroleum Status Report, Ed Cureg, Jason Worrall, Office of Energy Statistics
2:30 p.m. Break
3:00 p.m. Blending Data: Southern California Daily Energy Report, Chris Peterson, Office of Energy Statistics; ASA Leads: Bob Bell, Tim Coburn, Mimi Goldberg
4:00 p.m. External-to-RECS Estimates of Electric Heating and Cooling End Uses, Greg Lawson, Office of Energy Statistics and Max Auffhammer, ASA Energy Committee
5:00 p.m. Adjourn
5:30 p.m. Dinner (Committee members and EIA senior staff)
Friday October 28, 2016
9:00 a.m. Open Meeting, Max Auffhammer, ASA Committee Chair
9:05 a.m. World Energy Consumption Projections, Linda Doman, Office of Energy Analysis; ASA Lead: John Weyant, Anna Alberini, Max Auffhammer
9:50 a.m. Break
10:00 a.m. A New Method to Estimate Weekly Petroleum Exports, Rob Merriam, Andrew Thomson, and Ruey-Pyng Lu, Office of Energy Statistics; ASA Leads: Fred Joutz, Andy Kydes, Jack Schuenemeyer
11:00 a.m. Committee recommendations, additional comments, topics for next meeting
11:45 a.m. Closing Remarks, Adam Sieminski, EIA Administrator
12:00 p.m. Adjourn
Lunch in 2E-069 (ASA Committee, presenters, and EIA senior staff)