Meeting of the American Statistical Association (ASA)
Committee on Energy Statistics
with the
U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)
April 26-27, 2018
1000 Independence Ave SW, Washington, D.C.
Thursday April 26, 2018
9:00 a.m. Open Meeting, Frauke Kreuter, Chair, ASA Committee on Energy Statistics
9:05 a.m. Opening Remarks, Linda Capuano, EIA Administrator
9:30 a.m. Consumer Choice – Car or Light Truck, Melissa Lynes, Office of Energy Analysis; ASA Leads: Anna Alberini
10:15 a.m. Break
10:35 a.m. Forecasting Rig Activity in the Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO), Danya Murali, Office of Energy Analysis; ASA Lead: Lynne Stokes & Andy Kydes
11:20 a.m. Survey IT Modernization at EIA, Rodney Payne, Office of Resource and Technology Management and Jason Worrall, Office of Energy Statistics; ASA Leads: Robert Bell
12:05 p.m. Lunch – Conference Room off of the DOE Cafeteria, 2E-001 (Committee members, presenters, and EIA senior staff)
1:35 p.m. Global Hydrocarbons Supply Model Project Update, Tuncay Alparslan, Office of Energy Analysis
2:00 p.m. The Global Hydrocarbons Supply Model (GHySMo) Upstream Module, Terry Yen, Office of Energy Analysis; ASA Leads: Tim Coburn & Fred Joutz
2:45 p.m. Break
3:05 p.m. WNGSR Estimation Evaluation, David Kinyon and Maura Bardos, Office of Energy Statistics; ASA Lead: Robert Stine
3:45 p.m. Model Enhancements for Wind and Solar in the National Energy Modeling System (NEMS), Cara Marcy and Chris Namovicz, Office of Energy Analysis; ASA Lead: John Weyant
4:30 p.m. Discussion on Research for Federal Statistical Principles, Nanda Srinivasan, Office of Energy Statistics
5:00 p.m. Adjourn
5:30 p.m. Dinner (Committee members and EIA senior staff)
Friday April 27, 2018
9:00 a.m. Open Meeting, Frauke Kreuter, ASA Committee Chair
9:05 a.m. STEO Natural Gas Price Forecasts, Rebecca George, Office of Energy Analysis; ASA Leads: Yulia Gel
9:50 a.m. Break
10:10 a.m. International Energy Lag Estimates, Glen Haynes, Office of Energy Statistics; ASA Lead: Andrew Acosta & Fred Joutz
10:55 a.m. RECS Communication and Outreach Strategy, Chip Berry, Office of Energy Statistics; ASA Leads: Mimi Goldberg
11:40 a.m. Committee recommendations, additional comments, date and topics for next meeting
12:00 p.m. Adjourn