Energy Information Administration
Office of Integrated Analysis and Forecasting
U.S. Department of Energy
Washington, DC 20585
This report, Voluntary Reporting of Greenhouse Gases 1995, was
prepared under the general direction of Mary J. Hutzler, Director
of the Office of Integrated Analysis and Forecasting, Energy
Information Administration. General questions concerning the
content of this report may be referred to Arthur T. Andersen,
Director of the Energy Demand and Integration Division (202/586-1441).
Specific technical information concerning the content of the
report may be obtained from Arthur Rypinski (202/586-8425, e-mail
arypins@eia.doe.gov).
This report was prepared by Arthur
Rypinski, Dick Richards, Bryan de Boinville, Michael Mondshine,
Alan Laskin, Chris Minnucci, Gabriela Martin, Kenneth Pruitt, and
Laura Gehlin.
Persons or members of organizations wishing to report reductions
in emissions of greenhouse gases under the auspices of the
Voluntary Reporting Program can contact the Energy Information
Administration at:
Telephone: 1-800-803-5182
The EIA has both a long form (EIA-1605) and a short form (EIA-1605EZ) available, as well as
an electronic version of the form.
All are available upon request.
Title XVI, Section 1605(b) of the Energy Policy Act of 1992
(enacted October 24, 1992) provides, in part:
(B) Voluntary Reporting.--
(1) ISSUANCE OF GUIDELINES.--. . . [T]he Secretary [of Energy]
shall . . . issue guidelines for the voluntary collection and
reporting of information on . . . greenhouse gases . . . .
(2) REPORTING PROCEDURES.--The Administrator of the Energy
Information Administration shall develop forms for voluntary
reporting under the guidelines established under paragraph (1),
and shall make such forms available to entities wishing to report
such information . . . .
(4) ESTABLISHMENT OF DATA BASE.--. . . [T]he Secretary through
the Administrator of the Energy Information Administration shall
establish a data base comprised of information voluntarily
reported under this subsection . . . .
This report documents actions taken by the Energy Information
Administration (EIA) to fulfill the requirement under the law to
develop forms, make them available to the public, and establish a
data base of reported information. It caps an effort spanning
more than 2 years, during which the EIA's Voluntary Reporting
Team provided advice to the Department of Energy's Office of
Policy in developing reporting guidelines; developed reporting
forms consistent with those guidelines; pre-tested the forms with
potential reporters; solicited public review and comment; cleared
the forms with the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) under
the Paperwork Reduction Act; distributed paper and electronic
forms, received reports, provided technical assistance to
reporters, reviewed the data on the incoming reports, and worked
with reporters to correct data problems; developed a computer
database to contain the incoming data; and finally, prepared this
report on the results of the first reporting cycle.
The EIA would like to extend its thanks to the 108 firms,
households, and government agencies that participated in the
first reporting cycle, and particularly to those organizations
that agreed to give their time to participate in the pre-testing
of the data collection forms and software. The development of the
Voluntary Reporting Program has also required the efforts of many
talented individuals over the past 2 years, and the EIA would
like to acknowledge their efforts. Some of the people who have
made significant contributions to the program include:
Contacts
How to Report
Energy Information Administration
U.S. Department of Energy
Forrestal Building
EI-81, Room 2F-081
1000 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, DC 20585
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