Agenda
For the Fall Meeting of the
October 16 and 17, 2003
With the
Energy Information Administration
1000 Independence Ave., SW.
Washington, D.C. 20585
Thursday, October 16, 2003
8:30 a.m. Open the Meeting, Jay Breidt, ASA Committee Chair
8:40 a.m. EIA Administrator’s Remarks: What’s Up at EIA? Guy F. Caruso, Administrator, EIA
8:55 a.m. Presentations of Appreciation to James K. Hammitt, Ph.D. and Polly A. Phipps, Ph.D., Retiring Committee Members
9:00 a.m. EIA Responses to Committee Advice Since the Spring Meeting: Nancy Kirkendall, Director, SMG
9:10 a.m. EIA’s Strategic Planning and Performance Goals for 2004-2008:
Introduction to the Strategic Plan: Overview: Guy F. Caruso, EIA Administrator.
9:30 a.m. Overview of Goal 1: Nancy Kirkendall, Director, Statistics and Methods Group, EIA
10:00 a.m. Quantifying Analytical Quality Through Assessments by Independent Expert Reviewers Presentation by Bill Weinig, SMG, EIA
ASA Discussion: General membership
10:30 a.m. Break
10:45 a.m. Survey Assessment: Where We Are, Where We Are Going and the Missing Pieces Presentation by Nancy Kirkendall with Tom Broene
11:15 a.m. Frames: Presentation by Nancy Kirkendall with Howard Bradsher-Fredrick, SMG, EIA
11:30 a.m. Customer Surveys and Outreach Activities: Presentation by Nancy Kirkendall, SMG, with Colleen Blessing, National Energy Information Center, EIA
11:45 a.m. Stewardship: Presentation by Howard Gruenspecht, Deputy Administration, EIA
12:25 p.m. Seek public comments and questions
12:30 p.m. Lunch for Committee members and invited guests, Room 1E-226
1:30 p.m. Data Initiatives in Natural Gas:
Overview Presentation by Beth Campbell, Office of Oil and Gas, EIA
1:40 p.m. Breakout sessions:
Criteria to Select and Implement Estimation Procedures: A Comparison of Texas Production Methodologies Presentation by Kara Norman, SMG, EIA
ASA Participation: Breidt, Blair, Burton, Hengartner, Neerchal and Phipps Room 8E-089
ASA Lead: Nagaraj K. Neerchal
Industrial Natural Gas Prices: An Alternative Approach Presentations by Ruey-Pyng Lu, SMG, on Work and Progress to Date, and Michael Taylor, University of Michigan and SMG Summer Intern, EIA
ASA Participation: Bernstein, Edmonds, Feder, Hammitt, Kent (Guest) and Khanna Room 5E-069
ASA Lead: Jae Edmonds
2:45 p.m. Return to 8E-089 for a Summary of ASA Advice by ASA Leads
Criteria
to Select and Implement Estimation Procedures
ASA
Summary by Nagaraj K. Neerchal
Industrial
Natural Gas Prices: An Alternative Approach
ASA Summary by Jae Edmonds
3:00 p.m. Break
3:15 p.m. Return to Second Series of Break-out sessions:
Natural Gas Production Estimation in the Gulf of Mexico Presentation by John Wood, Director, Reserves and Production Division, OOG, EIA.
ASA Participation: Bernstein, Blair, Burton, Edmonds, Hengartner, and Neerchal Room 8E-089
ASA Lead: Nicolas Hengartner
Residential and Commercial Prices for Natural Gas Data Presentation by Tom Broene, SMG, EIA
ASA Participation: Breidt, Feder, Hammitt, Kent (Guest), Khanna and Phipps Room 5E-069
ASA
Lead: Polly A. Phipps
4:15 p.m. Return to 8E-089 for a Summary of ASA Advice by ASA Leads:
Natural
Gas Production Estimation in the Gulf of Mexico
ASA Summary by Nicolas Hengartner
Residential
and Commercial Prices for Natural Gas Data
ASA Summary by Polly A. Phipps
4:25 p.m. Seek Public questions and comments
4:30 p.m. Close the meeting
Friday, October 17, 2003
8:30 a.m. Open the meeting, Jay Breidt, ASA Committee Chair
8:35 a.m. EIA and the Confidential Information Protection and Statistical Efficiency Act (CIPSEA) Presentation by Jay Casselberry, SMG, EIA
8:50 a.m. ASA Discussant: Calvin Kent, Previous ASA Committee Member and Guest of the ASA Committee
9:05 a.m. ASA Discussion and Questions
9:10 a.m. Breakout sessions:
Data Edits for the EIA-920 (Previously the EIA-906) Presentation by Robert Rutchik, SMG, with participation from EIA’s Office of Coal, Nuclear, Electric and Alternate Fuels (CNEAF) staff, EIA
ASA Participation: Bernstein, Blair, Burton, Edmonds, Hengartner, and Neerchal Room 8E-089
ASA Lead: Johnny Blair
Using Relative Standard Errors (RSE’s) for Editing and for Determining Whether or Not to Publish Estimates Presentation by Shawna Waugh, SMG, with additional participation by Jim Knaub, CNEAF, EIA
ASA Participation: Breidt, Feder, Hammitt, Kent (Guest), Khanna, and Phipps. Room 5E-069
ASA Lead: Moshe Feder
10:05 a.m. Return to 8E-089 for a Summary of ASA Advice by ASA Leads:
Data Edits for the EIA-906: ASA Summary by Johnny Blair
Relative Standard Errors: ASA Summary by Moshe Feder
10:20 a.m. Break
10:35 a.m. Electricity Transmission Data Needs Presentation by Douglas R. Hale, Senior Economic Analyst, EIA, DOE, currently on detail to the Lawrence Berkley Laboratories Room 8E-089
ASA Discussant: James K. Hammitt
ASA Discussant: Mark Burton
11:25 a.m. Suggested topics for the Spring 2004 Meeting
11:55 a.m. Seek public comments and questions
12:00 noon Close the meeting