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American Statistical Association Meeting
Meeting of the American Statistical Association (ASA) Committee on Energy Statistics with the
Energy Information Administration (EIA) October 5 and 6, 2006 Washington, D.C.
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All sessions are in Room 8E-089 unless posted in the break-out box.
Thursday, October 5, 2006
  Time   Topic
8:30 a.m. Open Meeting, Nicolas Hengartner, Chair, ASA Committee on Energy Statistics
8:35 a.m. Greetings and Remarks, Guy Caruso, Administrator, Energy Information Administration (EIA)
9:00 a.m. Presentations to Retiring Committee Members, Mr. Caruso and Dr. Kirkendall, Statistics and Methods Group (SMG), EIA
9:05 a.m. Updates for the Committee Since the Spring 2006 Meeting, Nancy Kirkendall, Director, SMG, EIA
9:25 a.m. The National Energy Model: The Next Steps Forward, Susan Holte, Technical Assistant to the Administrator
Presentation Slides
9:40 a.m. ASA Committee Discussion
10:10 a.m. Break and Move to break-out sessions
10:25 a.m.    Begin Break-Out Sessions
11:35 a.m. Return to 8E-089
11:40 a.m. ASA discussant on Needs and Priorities for Consumption Information in the Future Barbara Forsyth
11:50 a.m. ASA discussant on Using Models to Detect Outliers in Refinery Data Mark Burton
12:00 p.m. Additional Committee Discussion
12:10 p.m. Invitation for Public Comments Nicolas Hengartner, Chair, ASA
12:15 p.m. Lunch for the Committee members and invited guests, Room 1E-226
1:15 p.m. Electricity 2008   Introduction: The Broad Plan, Robert Schnapp, Director, Electric Power Division, CNEAF, EIA
Presentation Slides

Forms Redesign Issues, Bob Rutchik, SMG, EIA
Presentation Slides
1:50 p.m. ASA Discussant: Johnny Blair
2:00 p.m. ASA Discussant: Jae Edmonds
2:10 p.m. Committee Discussion
2:25 p.m. Emerging Technologies, Data, and NEM Modeling, Fred Mayes, CNEAF, and Chris Namovicz, OIAF, EIA
Presentation Slides
2:55 p.m. ASA Discussant: Darek Bingham
3:05 p.m. ASA Discussant: Neha Khanna
3:15 p.m. Additional Committee Discussion
3:25 p.m. Break
3:40 p.m. Suggestions from the External Study Team to EIA and Progress for Strategic Planning, Howard Gruenspecht, Deputy Administrator, EIA
4:00 p.m. ASA Committee Discussion
4:25 p.m. Invitation for Public Comments
4:30 p.m. Adjourn the Thursday meeting, Nicolas Hengartner, ASA Chair
Friday, October 6, 2006
  Time   Topic
8:30 a.m. Open Meeting, Nick Hengartner, ASA Chair
8:35 a.m. Oil Production Model, Harry Vidas, Contractor to OIAF, EIA
Presentation Slides
8:55 a.m. ASA Discussant: Cutler Cleveland
9:05 a.m. ASA Discussant: Tom Rutherford
9:15 a.m. Additional Committee Discussion
9:50 a.m. Break and Move to break-out sessions
10:05 a.m.    Begin Break-Out Sessions
  • Room 5E-069 An EIA Quality Product,
    George Lady, Contractor to SMG, EIA
    ASA: M. Burton, C. Cleveland, J. Edmonds, N. Khanna, N. Neerchal T. Rutherford and S. Sereika (Economists and modelers)
    Presentation Slides
11:15 a.m. Return to 8E-089
11:20 a.m. ASA Discussant: Weekly Modeling from Monthly Data Moshe Feder
11:30 a.m. ASA Discussant: EIA Quality Publications Nagaraj Neerchal
11:40 a.m. Additional Committee Discussion
11:50 a.m. Invitation for Public Comments
11:55 a.m. Committee Suggestions for topics at the Spring 2007 meeting
12:00 p.m. Adjourn the ASA Fall 2006 meeting with EIA, Nicolas Hengartner, ASA Committee Chair
12:00 p.m. Committee lunch in 1E-226
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