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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) April 19 and 20, 2007 Washington, D.C.
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All sessions are in Room 8E-089 unless posted in the break-out box.
Thursday, April 19, 2007
  Time   Topic
8:30 a.m. Open Meeting, Nagaraj Neerchal, ASA Committee on Energy Statistics
8:35 a.m. Greetings and Remarks, Guy Caruso, Administrator, Energy Information Administration (EIA)
9:00 a.m. Updates for the Committee Since the Fall 2006 Meeting, Nancy Kirkendall, Director, Statistics and Methods Group, (SMG), EIA
9:15 a.m. Modeling Regional Electricity Generation, Phillip Tseng, SMG, EIA
Presentation Slides
9:45 a.m. ASA Discussant: John Weyant
9:55 a.m. ASA Discussant: Neha Khanna
10:05 a.m. ASA Committee Discussion
10:15 a.m. Break and Move to break-out sessions
10:30 a.m.    Begin Break-Out Sessions
  • Room 5E-069 Modeling Ethanol and Other Fuels,
    Anthony Radich, OAIF, EIA
    ASA: C. Cleveland, J. Edmonds, M. Feder, N. Khanna, E. Kokkelenberg, T. Rutherford and J. Weyant
    Presentation Slides
11:30 a.m. Return to 8E-089
11:35 a.m. ASA discussant on Petroleum Imports Data, Darius Singpurwalla
11:45 a.m. ASA discussant on Modeling Ethanol and Other Fuels, Moshe Feder
11:55 a.m. Additional Committee Discussion
12:05 p.m. Invitation for Public Comments, Nagaraj Neerchal, Chair, ASA
12:10 p.m. Lunch for the Committee members and invited guests, Room 2E-081
1:10 p.m. Electricity 2008

  Clearance of Electricity Surveys, Robert Schnapp, Director, Electric Power Division, CNEAF, EIA
  Presentation Slides

  Forms Design and Data Collection, Bob Rutchik, SMG, EIA
  Presentation Slides
  Combining Electric Power Surveys
1:45 p.m. ASA Discussant: Ed Blair
1:55 p.m. ASA Discussant: Barbara Forsyth
2:05 p.m. Committee Discussion
2:15 p.m. National Institute for Statistical Science: Project Descriptions, Ruey-Pyng Lu, SMG, EIA
2:30 p.m. ASA Discussant: Cutler Cleveland
2:40 p.m. ASA Discussant: Derek Bingham
2:50 p.m. Additional Committee Discussion
3:05 p.m. Break and Move to break-out sessions
3:20 p.m.    Begin Break-Out Sessions
4:20 p.m. Return to 8E-089
4:25 p.m. ASA discussant on Allocating Municipal Solid Waste to Renewable and Non-Renewable Energy, Vijayan Nair
4:35 p.m. ASA discussant on Comparison of Different Methods of Computing Yearly Growth Rates for Petroleum Supply,  Walter Hill
4:45 p.m. Additional Committee Discussion
4:55 p.m. Invitation for Public Comments
5:00 p.m. Adjourn the Thursday meeting, Nagaraj Neerchal, ASA Chair
Friday, April 20, 2007
  Time   Topic
8:30 a.m. Open Meeting, Nagaraj Neerchal, ASA Chair
8:35 a.m. Expanding Researcher Access to EIA Microdata, Jacob Bournazian, SMG, EIA
8:55 a.m. ASA Discussant: Moshe Feder
9:05 a.m. ASA Discussant: Ed Kokkelenberg
9:15 a.m. Additional Committee Discussion
9:35 a.m. Break
9:50 a.m. Update: NEMS Forecast Evaluation Methodology, George Lady, Contractor to SMG, EIA
Presentation Slides
10:30 a.m. ASA Discussant: Nagaraj Neerchal
10:40 a.m. ASA Discussant: Jae Edmonds
10:50 a.m. Additional Committee Discussion
11:10 a.m. Committee Suggestions for topics at the Fall 2007 meeting
11:30 a.m. Invitation for Public Comments
11:35 a.m. Adjourn the ASA Spring 2007 meeting with EIA, Nagaraj Neerchal, ASA Committee Chair
11:40 a.m. Committee Lunch in 2E-081
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