Meeting of the American Statistical Association (ASA)
Committee on Energy Statistics
with the
Energy Information Administration (EIA)
October 20 and 21, 2005
Washington, D.C.

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Thursday, October 20, 2005

Time	Topic	Word	PDF
8:30 a.m.	Open Meeting, Nicolas Hengartner
8:35 a.m.	Greetings and Remarks, Guy Caruso Presentation Slides
9:00 a.m.	Updates for the Committee since the Spring 2005 Meeting, Nancy Kirkendall Presentation Slides Results of Simulation Study for the EIA-914, Preston McDowney Presentation Slides EIA's Regional Short-Term Energy Outlook, Margot Anderson Presentation Slides
9:30 a.m.	Short-Term Forecasting Performance Measures: Accuracy Evaluation, Margot Anderson Presentation Slides
10:25 a.m.	Break
10:40 a.m.    Begin Break-Out Sessions
	Vehicle Energy Use: What We Did and What It Tells Us, Mark Schipper Presentation Slides	N/A	yes
	Preserving EIA Trustworthy Datasets, Model Documentation and Contextual History, John Paul Deley Presentation Slides	N/A	N/A
11:55 a.m.	ASA Summaries of previous sessions
12:20 p.m.	Invitation for Public Comments
12:25 p.m.	Lunch
1:25 p.m.	Learning from the Past: Updating Data Quality Efforts, Renee Miller Presentation Slides	Paper N/A App. A App. B	Paper Evaluation App. A App. B
2:20 p.m.	Can Discrepant Estimates Be a Good Thing? Renee Miller Background for Presentation	yes	yes
3:20 p.m.	Break
3:35 p.m.	Survey Self Assessments, Tom Broene Presentation Slides	Paper Questions	Paper Questions
4:30 p.m.	Invitation for Public Comments
4:35 p.m.	Adjourn the Thursday meeting, Nicolas Hengartner

Friday, October 21, 2005

Time	Topic	Word	PDF
8:30 a.m.	Open Meeting, Nick Hengartner
8:35 a.m.	Data Errors, Structural Change and Time Series Shocks in the Electricity Market, Lindolfo Pedraza and Joel Douglas Presentation Slides	yes	yes
9:30 a.m.    Begin Break-Out Sessions
	Frames Comparisons of the EIA-3 and EIA-860 with the Manufacturing Sector of the 2002 Economic Census and the 2002 Manufacturing Energy Consumption Survey, Vicki Haitot and Rick Hough Presentation Slides	yes	yes
	The Relationships Between Various Price Series: Are Futures Contracts Prices Good Predictors of Future Spot Prices? Bill Trapmann and Lejla Alic Note: Paper in EIA clearance. Will be circulated upon approval. Presentation Slides	N/A	N/A
10:40 a.m.	Break
11:00 a.m.	Summary of Previous sessions
11:30 a.m.	Invitation for Public Comments
11:35 a.m.	Committee Suggestions for Topics at the Spring 2006 Meeting
12:00 p.m.	Adjourn the ASA Fall meeting with EIA, Nicolas Hengartner

N/A = Not Available