Tough Choices in U.S. EIAs Data Programs 2011 EIA Energy Conference Steve Harvey April 27, 2011 Washington, D.C. U.S. Energy Information Administration Independent Statistics & Analysis www.eia.gov
Agenda Office of Oil, Gas, and Coal Supply Statistics Office of Petroleum and Biofuels Statistics Office of Electricity, Renewables, and Uranium Statistics Office of Energy Consumption and Efficiency Statistics Office of Survey…
Coal Data Collection Program PRODUCTION Coal Production and Preparation EIA-7A Report (Annual) MSHA Mine Safety and Health Administration Imports Exports Census Form IM145 Census Form EM545 EIA-8A Coal Stocks Report…
2011 Coal Forms Clearance Proposed changes in March Federal Register Notice: Less data protection: Only revenues and costs Smaller annual production sample size: Increase threshold from 10 to 25 million short tons per mine. Minor…
Natural Gas Data Collection Program EIA-895 Annual Quantity and Value of Natural Gas EIA-914 Production Report EIA-23 Monthly Natural Gas Production Report Annual Survey of Domestic Oil and Gas Reserves Annual Report of the Origin…
2012 Natural Gas Forms Clearance Proposed changes in March Federal Register Notice: Production: Possible elimination of the annual voluntary survey Storage: Increase weekly sample from 70 to 85 Consumption: Add an annual schedule…
Challenge to Oil and Gas Reserves and Supply Program Developing a comprehensive approach to oil and gas reserves and production data collection Monthly and annual data Wet, marketed, and dry natural gas Government vs. third-party…
Doug MacIntyre Washington, D.C. April 27, 2011 8
Doug MacIntyre Washington, D.C. April 27, 2011 9
Potential Projects to Enhance Liquid Fuels Data Petroleum: Explore use of International Trade Database System (ITDS) for all import and export data Also: Improve estimation of weekly exports Add biodiesel into the petroleum supply and…
Electric Data Collection Challenges Energy Efficiency Improve comparability of data across respondents (difficult due to lack of standardization of terms) Better measurement of the reliability of the data and persistence of effects…
Challenges of Renewable Data Collection Renewable Data Collection Programs Utility-scale central station systems. Solar and geothermal heat pump production and shipments. Distributed systems using utility records. Questions Is this…
Challenges of Nuclear/Uranium Data Collection Collection of data on spent fuel was terminated several years ago (RW-859 survey). Should this be revived (or other related data collected) in the aftermath of the Fukushima accident…
RECS 2009 Data Released in March Homes Using Energy-Efficient Lights (2009) 80% Northeast Midwest South West 70% 60% 50% 40% MA NY PA NJ IL MI WI MO VA GA FL TN TX CO AZ CA Tom Leckey Washington, D.C. April…
EIA Partners with the Census Bureau on the Manufacturing Energy Consumption Survey Manufacturing Fuel Consumption Has Declined 3.8 Percent From 2002 to 2006 2006 (Total: 15,657 Trillion Btu) 2002 (Total: 16,276 Trillion Btu) 3,396…
EIA Partners with FHA to Publish Transportation Characteristics Data Tom Leckey Washington, D.C. April 27, 2011
Latest Developments on Commercial Buildings Survey CBECS 2007 CBECS 2011 National estimates will not be Quality improvements possible, no public use file contemplated (cost Experimental method was a cost- enhancements) cutting tactic…
Current picture of renewable energy in U.S. energy balances U.S. total primary energy consumption in Btu uses two heat rates for noncombustible sources of energy: (Hydropower in kWh) (9,854 Btu/kWh) = consumption in Btu (Wind…
Why the current picture doesnt work: Shares of Electricity Generation by Renewable Energy Source, 2008 100% 80% Geothermal 60% Solar 40% Wind 20% Biomass 0% Btu KWh Barbara Fichman Washington, D.C. April 27, 2011 19
2010 New picture of renewable energy in U.S. energy balances Heat rates for noncombustible fuels New Table 1.3: Captured and adjustment for fossil fuel equivalence Renewable Energy Noncombustible Energy Adjustment for Captured…
Current picture of primary energy flow by source and sector Supply Sources Demand Sectors Barbara Fichman Washington, D.C. April 27, 2011 21
Proposed new picture of primary energy flow by source and sector Supply Sources Final Consumption Transportation Industrial Residential Commercial Energy Losses Transformation Barbara Fichman Washington, D.C.…
Contact Information Additional comments DataCommentseia.gov Steve Harvey Steve.Harveyeia.gov Jim Kendell James.Kendelleia.gov Stan Kaplan Stan.Kaplaneia.gov Doug MacIntrye Douglas.MacIntryeeia.gov Tom Leckey Thomas.Leckeyeia.gov…