Meeting of the American Statistical Association (ASA)
Committee on Energy Statistics
with the
U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)
November 6-7, 2017
1000 Independence Ave SW, Washington, D.C.
Monday November 6, 2017
9:00 a.m. Open Meeting, Frauke Kreuter, Chair, ASA Committee on Energy Statistics
9:05 a.m. Opening Remarks, John Conti, EIA Acting Administrator
9:30 a.m. Alternative Sources of Motor Gasoline Price Data, Maura Bardos, Office of Energy Statistics, ASA Lead: Andrew Acosta
10:15 a.m. Break
10:30 a.m. Issues Related to Estimating Monthly non-OECD Oil Consumption in the Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO), Tancred Lauderdale, Office of Energy Analysis; ASA Leads: Yulia Gel and Fred Joutz
11:15 a.m. Comparing Energy Data for Green Certified vs. Non-certified Buildings in the 2012 Commercial Buildings Energy Consumption Survey (CBECS), Joelle Michaels and Katie Lewis, Office of Energy Analysis; ASA Lead: Miriam Goldberg
12:00 p.m. Lunch – Conference Room off of the DOE Cafeteria, 2E-001 (Committee members, presenters, and EIA senior staff)
1:30 p.m. Update on OEA/OES Initiatives, Ian Mead and Tom Leckey
2:00 p.m. Leveraging Web-Sourced Data at EIA: Current Status and Future Direction, Anna Yakoleva and Jeramiah Yeksavich, Office of Energy Statistics; ASA Leads: Robert Bell and Robert Stine
2:45 p.m. Break
3:00 p.m. Natural Gas Storage Dashboard, Jose Villar, Office of Energy Statistics; ASA Lead: John Schuenemeyer
3:45 p.m. Developing Error Measures for Ragged-Edged Data in International Energy Statistics, Glen Haynes, Office of Energy Statistics, with introduction by Erik Kreil, Office of Energy Analysis; ASA Lead: Fred Joutz
4:30 p.m. Follow-Up on Estimation of Exports of Crude Oil and Petroleum Products, Andrew Thomson, Office of Energy Statistics; ASA Leads: John Schuenemeyer and Andy Kydes
5:15 p.m. Adjourn
5:30 p.m. Dinner (Committee members and EIA senior staff)
Tuesday November 7, 2017
9:00 a.m. Open Meeting, Frauke Kreuter, ASA Committee Chair
9:05 a.m. Forecasting Small-scale Solar Photovoltaic (PV) Capacity Using ARIMA Models, Manussawee Sukunta and Tyler Hodge, Office of Energy Analysis; ASA Leads: Tim Coburn and Yulia Gel
9:50 a.m. Break
10:05 a.m. Electric Utility Distribution System Reliability Data, David Darling, Office of Energy Statistics; ASA Lead: Andy Kydes
10:50 a.m. Residential Energy Consumption Survey (RECS) End Use Models, Grace Deng and Greg Lawson, Office of Energy Statistics; ASA Leads: Miriam Goldberg and Rachael Shwom
11:35 a.m. Committee recommendations, additional comments, date and topics for next meeting
12:00 p.m. Adjourn
Lunch in 2E-081 (ASA Committee, presenters, and EIA senior staff)