The Energy Information Administration (EIA) develops renewable energy information from a wide variety of sources, cutting across different parts of the organization. This appendix provides a list of all sources which the EIA uses to obtain renewable energy information. While most data come from EIA data collection forms, some are derived from secondary sources. For EIA data collections, additional information is available in the EIA publication Directory of Energy Data Collection Forms, DOE/EIA-0249(94), December 1994.
Energy Sources: Solar energy. Energy Functions:
Disposition. Frequency of Collection: Annually.
Respondent Categories: Photovoltaic module/cell manufacturers and/or
importers; solar thermal collector manufacturers and/or importers.
Reporting Requirement: Mandatory.
Description: Forms EIA-63A/B are designed to gather for publication
data on shipments of solar thermal collectors and photovoltaic modules.
Data are collected by end use and market sector. Collector types include
low-temperature, medium-temperature air, medium-temperature liquid, thermosiphon,
flat plate, concentrator, integral collector storage, and evacuated tube
and concentrators. Respondents are manufacturers, importers, and exporters
of solar thermal collectors and photovoltaic modules. These forms were
formerly known as CE-63A/B.
Energy Sources: Coal and coal products;
electricity; natural gas; petroleum and petroleum products; wood.
Energy Functions: Consumption costs and/or prices.
Frequency of Collection: Triennially.
Respondent Categories: Electric utilities; natural gas distributors
(including importers/exporters); petroleum and petroleum product distributors;
institutions (nonprofit); individuals/households.
Reporting Requirement: Voluntary and mandatory.
Description: Forms EIA-457A through G are used to collect comprehensive
national and regional data on both the consumption of and expenditures
for energy in the residential sector of the economy. Data are used for
analyzing and forecasting residential energy consumption. Housing, appliance,
and demographic characteristics data are collected via personal interviews
with households, and consumption and expenditure billing data are collected
from the energy suppliers. End-use intensities are produced for space heating,
water heating, air conditioning, refrigerators, and appliances. Rental
agents are contacted by telephone to check on fuels used in rented apartments.
Surveys were conducted in 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1987, 1990,
and 1993. Form EIA-457H is used to collect detailed lighting usage information
for a subsample.
Previous Forms: EIA-819, “Monthly Oxygenate
Telephone Survey.”
Energy Sources: Petroleum and petroleum products.
Energy Functions: Production, supply.
Frequency of Collection: Monthly.
Respondent Categories: Oxygenate producers, petroleum and petroleum
product distributors, petroleum and petroleum product processors, petroleum
and petroleum product storers.
Reporting Requirement: Mandatory.
Legal Citation: Public Law 93-275 (FEAA), 13(b), 5(a), 5(b), 52.
Resulting Publications: Petroleum Supply Monthly, DOE/EIA-0109;
Weekly Petroleum Status Report, DOE/EIA-0208.
Collection Manager: Jackie Bachani. Telephone: (202)586-8392.
Description: Form EIA-819M is designed to obtain information on
oxygenate production, imports, and end-of-month stocks. Data are reported
by oxygenate type and PAD District. Respondents are a sample of: operators
of facilities that produce oxygenates; operators of petroleum refineries;
operators of bulk terminals, bulk stations, blending plants, and other
non-refinery facilities that store or blend oxygenates; and importers of
oxygenates.
Energy Sources: Coal and coal products;
electricity; natural gas; petroleum and petroleum products; wood.
Energy Functions: Consumption; disposition; financial; and/or management;
production; research and development; other energy functions.
Frequency of Collection: Triennially.
Respondent Categories: Manufacturing.
Reporting Requirement: Mandatory.
Description: Forms EIA-846A through D are used to collect information
on energy consumption, energy usage patterns, and fuel-switching capabilities
of the manufacturing sector of the U.S. economy. The information from this
survey is used to publish aggregate statistics on the consumption of energy
for fuel and nonfuel purposes; fuel-switching capabilities; and certain
energy-related issues; such as energy prices, on-site electricity generation,
and purchases of electricity from nonutilities. Since 1991, the survey
has also collected information on end users of energy, participation in
energy management programs, and penetration of new technology. Respondents
are a sample of manufacturing establishments in Standard Industrial Classification
categories 20 through 39.
Energy Sources: Electricity.
Energy Functions: Financial and/or management; production.
Frequency of Collection: Annually.
Respondent Categories: Electric utilities.
Reporting Requirement: Mandatory.
Description: Form EIA-860 is used to collect data on the status
of electric generating plants and associated equipment in operation and
those scheduled to be in operation in the United States within 10 years
of filing of the report. These data are used to maintain and update EIA’s
electric power plant frame data base. Data are collected on power plant
sites, and the design data of electric generators. Respondents include
each electric utility that operates, or plans to operate, a power plant
in the United States within 10 years of the report.
Energy Sources: Electricity.
Energy Functions: Disposition; financial and/or management; production.
Frequency of Collection: Annually.
Respondent Categories: Electric utilities.
Reporting Requirement: Mandatory.
Description: Form EIA-861 is a mandatory collection of data, filed
annually by each electric utility in the United States, its territories,
and Puerto Rico. The survey collects data on generation, wholesale purchases,
and sales and revenue by class of consumer and State. These data are used
to maintain and update the EIA’s electric utility frame data base. This
data base provides information to answer questions from the Executive Branch,
Congress, other public agencies, and the general public. Respondents include
each electric utility that is a corporation, person, agency, authority,
or other legal entity or instrumentality that owns or operates facilities
within the United States, its territories, or Puerto Rico for the generation,
transmission, distribution, or sale of electric energy primarily for use
by the public.
Energy Sources: Electricity.
Energy Functions: Production.
Frequency of Collection: Annually.
Respondent Categories: Nonutility power producers.
Reporting Requirement: Mandatory.
Description: Form EIA-867 is used to collect data annually from
nonutility power producers who own or plan on installing electric generation
equipment with a total capacity of one megawatt or more at an existing
or proposed site. Electricity generation, installed capacity, and energy
consumption data are collected. These data will be used to augment existing
electric utility data and for electric power forecasts and analyses.
Energy Sources: Electricity; natural gas;
natural gas products; petroleum and petroleum products; wood; other energy
sources.
Energy Functions: Consumption; costs and/or prices.
Frequency of Collection: Triennially.
Respondent Categories: Commercial buildings; electric utilities;
natural gas distributors (including importers/exporters); petroleum and
petroleum product distributors; other (industry); Federal government institutions
(nonprofit).
Reporting Requirement: Voluntary and mandatory.
Description: Forms EIA-871A through F are used to collect information
for the Commercial Buildings Energy Consumption Survey (CBECS). The survey
provides comprehensive national and regional information on the consumption
of, and expenditures for, energy in the commercial sector of the economy.
Data are used in EIA models and published in statistical and analytical
reports. Physical characteristics information for commercial buildings
is collected by personal interviews with building owners and managers using
Form EIA-871A. Billing and consumption data for the buildings are collected
by mail from individual energy suppliers by using Forms EIA-871C through
F (depending upon the energy source). Supplemental information on construction
improvements, maintenance, and repairs is collected for the Bureau of the
Census by using Form EIA-871G. This survey was renamed the CBECS in 1989.
Previously it was conducted under the name of Nonresidential Buildings
Energy Consumption Survey.
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