Agenda for the Fall Meeting of the
American Statistical Association (ASA)
Committee on Energy Statistics

October 16 and 17, 2003

with the Energy Information Administration
1000 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, DC 20585

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Thursday, October 16, 2003 Forrestal Building, Room 8E-089 (unless otherwise noted)

Time	Name of Session	Word	PDF
8:30 a.m.	ASA Committee Chair's Opening Remarks
8:40 a.m.	EIA Administrator's Remarks Presentation Slides
8:55 a.m.	Presentations of Appreciation
9:00 a.m.	EIA Responses to Committee Advice Since the Spring Meeting
9:10 a.m.	EIA's Strategic Planning and Performance Goals for 2004-2008 Presentation Slides	yes	yes
9:30 a.m.	Overview of Goal 1: Presentation Slides	yes	yes
10:00 a.m.	Quantifying Analytical Quality Through Assessments by Independent Expert Reviewers Presentation Slides	yes	yes
10:30 a.m.	Break
10:45 a.m.	Survey Assessment: Where We Are, Where We Are Going and the Missing Pieces	yes	yes
11:15 a.m.	Frames	yes	yes
11:30 a.m.	Customer Surveys and Outreach Activities Presentation Slides
11:45 a.m.	Stewardship Presentation Slides
12:25 p.m.	Public Questions and Comments
12:30 p.m.	Lunch
1:30 p.m.	Data Initiatives in Natural Gas Presentation Slides
1:40 p.m.    Begin Break-Out Sessions
	Criteria to Select and Implement Estimation Procedures: A Comparison of Texas Production Methodologies Room 8E-089 Presentation Slides	yes	yes
	Industrial Natural Gas Prices: An Alternative Approach Room 5E-069 Presentation Slides	yes	yes
2:45 p.m.	Summaries of the Break-Out Sessions (Return to Room 8E-089)
3:00 p.m.	Break
3:15 p.m.    Begin Break-Out Sessions
	Natural Gas Production Estimation in the Gulf of Mexico Room 8E-089	yes	yes
	Residential and Commercial Prices for Natural Gas Data Room 5E-069	yes	yes
4:15 p.m.	Summaries of the Break-Out Sessions (Return to Room 8E-089)
4:25 p.m.	Public Questions and Comments
4:30 p.m.	Close the Meeting

Friday, October 17, 2003 Forrestal Building, Room 8E-089 (unless otherwise noted)

Time	Name of Session	Word	PDF
8:30 a.m.	Open the Meeting
8:35 a.m.	EIA and the Confidential Information Protection and Statistical Efficiency Act (CIPSEA) Presentation Slides	yes	yes
8:50 a.m.	ASA Discussant
9:05 a.m.	ASA Discussion and Questions
9:10 a.m.    Begin Break-Out Sessions
	Data Edits for the EIA-920, Previously the EIA-906 Room 8E-089 Presentation Slides	yes	yes
	Using Relative Standard Errors (RSE's) for Editing and for Determining Whether or Not to Publish Estimates Room 5E-069 Presentation Slides	yes	yes
10:05 a.m.	Summaries of the Break-Out Sessions (Return to Room 8E-089)
10:20 a.m.	Break
10:35 a.m.	Electricity Transmission Data Needs Presentation Slides	*	*
11:25 a.m.	ASA Committee Suggestions for the Next Meeting
11:55 a.m.	Public Questions and Comments
12 noon	Adjourn the Fall Meeting

N/A = Not Available
*Materials for this session are in draft and not available for public review.