Report #: DOE/EIA-0581(2003
Released March 4, 2003

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The National Energy Modeling System: An Overview 2003

Preface

The National Energy Modeling System: An Overview 2003 provides a summary description of the National Energy Modeling System (NEMS), which was used to generate the forecasts of energy production, demand, imports, and prices through the year 2025 for the Annual Energy Outlook 2003 (AEO2003), (DOE/EIA-0383(2003)), released in January 2003.  AEO2003 presents national forecasts of energy markets for five primary cases—a reference case and four additional cases that assume higher and lower economic growth and higher and lower world oil prices than in the reference case. The Overview presents a brief description of the methodology and scope of each of the component modules of NEMS. The model documentation reports listed in the appendix of this document provide further details.

The Overview was prepared by the Energy Information Administration (EIA), Office of Integrated Analysis and Forecasting under the direction of Mary J. Hutzler (mhutzler@eia.doe.gov, 202/586-2222), Director of the Office of Integrated Analysis and Forecasting; Scott Sitzer (ssitzer@eia.doe.gov, 202/586-2308), Director of the Coal and Electric Power Division; John J. Conti (john.conti@eia.doe.gov, 202-586-4430), Director, International, Economic, and Greenhouse Gases Division; Paul D. Holtberg (paul.holtberg@eia.doe.gov, 202/586-1284), Director of the Demand and Integration Division; James M. Kendell (jkendell@eia.doe.gov, 202/586-9646), Director of the Oil and Gas Division;  and Andy S. Kydes (akydes@eia.doe.gov, 202/586-2222), Senior Technical Advisor. Detailed questions concerning NEMS may be addressed to the following analysts:

AEO2003

Paul D. Holtberg (paul.holtberg@eia.doe.gov, 202/586-1284)

Integrating Module/Carbon Emissions

Daniel H. Skelly (dskelly@eia.doe.gov, 202/586-1722)

Macroeconomic Activity Module

Ronald Earley (rearley@eia.doe.gov, 202/586-1398)

International Energy Module

G. Daniel Butler (gbutler@eia.doe.gov, 202/586-9503)

Residential Demand Module

John Cymbalsky  (jcymbals@eia.doe.gov, 202/586-4815)

Commercial Demand Module

Erin Boedecker (eboedeck@eia.doe.gov, 202/586-4791)

Industrial Demand Module

Brian Unruh (brian.unruh@eia.doe.gov, 202/586-1344)

Transportation Demand Module

John Maples  (john.maples@eia.doe.gov, 202/586-1757)

Electricity Market Module

Jeffrey Jones (jjones@eia.doe.gov, 202/586-2038)

Renewable Fuels Module

Thomas Petersik (thomas.petersik@eia.doe.gov, 202/586-6582)

Oil and Gas Supply Module

Ted McCallister (tmccalli@eia.doe.gov, 202/586-4820)

Natural Gas Transmission and Distribution Module

Joseph Benneche (jbennech@eia.doe.gov, 202/586-6132)

Petroleum Market Module

Han-Lin Lee (han-lin.lee@eia.doe.gov, 202/586-4247)

Coal Market Module

Diane Kearney(diane.kearney@eia.doe.gov, 202/586-2415)

AEO2003 is available on the EIA Home Page on the Internet (http://www.eia.doe.gov/oiaf/aeo/index.html).  Assumptions underlying the projections are available in Assumptions to the Annual Energy Outlook 2003 at http://www.eia.doe.gov/oiaf/aeo/assumption/index.html. Tables of regional projections and other underlying details of the reference case are available at http://www.eia.doe.gov/oiaf/aeo/supplement/index.html. Model documentation reports and The National Energy Modeling System: An Overview 2003 are also available on the Home Page at http://www.eia.doe.gov/bookshelf/docs.html.

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