Meeting of the American Statistical Association (ASA)
Committee on Energy Statistics
with the
Energy Information Administration (EIA)
April 6 and 7, 2006
Washington, D.C.

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Thursday, April 6, 2006

Time	Topic	PDF
8:30 a.m.	Open Meeting, Nicolas Hengartner, Chair, ASA Committee on Energy Statistics Presentation Slides
8:35 a.m.	Greetings and Remarks, Greetings and Remarks, Guy Caruso, Administrator, Energy Information Administration, EIA Presentation Slides
9:00 a.m.	Updates for the Committee Since the Fall 2005 Meeting, Nancy Kirkendall, Director, Statistics and Methods Group (SMG), EIA Presentation Slides
9:20 a.m.	How Can Modeling Suggest Data Needs? Open Discussion Nancy Kirkendall, SMG, Chair, Margot Anderson and other invited EIA senior management.	Paper
10:10 a.m.	Break
10:25 a.m.    Begin Break-Out Sessions
	2006 MECS: Looking at Past Performance Statistics to Motivate New Methods of Collection Bob Adler and Tom Lorenz, EMEU, EIA (Room 7E-069) Presentation Slides	Paper
	A New Oil Production Representation for the SAGE Model: Methodology and Producer Behavior Assumptions ustine Barden, John Staub and Glen Sweetnam, OIAF, Phillip Tseng, SMG, EIA (Room 5E-069) Presentation Slides	Paper
11:35 a.m.	Return to 7E-069
11:40 a.m.	ASA discussant on 2006 MECS: Looking at Past Performance Statistics M. Feder
11:50 a.m.	ASA discussant on A New Oil Production Representation for the SAGE Model N. Khanna
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.	Measuring Perceptions of Applying Alternative Disclosure Limitation Methods, Jake Bournazian, SMG, EIA Presentation Slides	Paper
1:30 p.m.	ASA Discussant: N. Neerchal
1:40 p.m.	ASA Discussant: J. Blair
1:50 p.m.	Additional Committee Discussion
2:05 p.m.    Begin Break-Out Sessions
	Functional Requirements for EIA's Internet Data Collection System, Stan Freedman, SMG, EIA (Room 7E-069) Background Presentation Slides
	Improving the SAGE Petroleum Refinery Model, John Staub, OIAF, and Phillip Tseng, SMG, EIA (Room 5E-069) Presentation Slides	Paper
3:20 p.m.	Break
3:35 p.m.	Report out on Functional Requirements for EIA's Internet Data Collection System D. Singpurwalla
3:45 p.m.	ASA Discussant on Improving the SAGE Petroleum Refinery Model: T. Rutherford
3:55 p.m.	Additional Committee Discussion
4:05 p.m.	Making Adjustments to Survey Data When the Collected Data Do Not Meet Expectations, Stan Kaplan, CNEAF, EIA Presentation Slides
4:25 p.m.	ASA Discussant: B. Forsyth
4:35 p.m.	ASA Discussant: J. Edmonds
4:45 p.m.	ASA Committee Discussion
4:55 p.m.	Invitation for Public Comments
5:00 p.m.	Adjourn the Thursday meeting, Nicolas Hengartner, ASA Chair

Friday, April 7, 2006

Time	Topic	PDF
8:30 a.m.	Open Meeting, Nick Hengartner, ASA Chair
8:40 a.m.    Begin Break-Out Sessions
	Preliminary Research Results on Respondent Cut-off Dates for EIA Electricity Data Collections, Howard Bradsher-Fredrick and Alethea Jennings, SMG, EIA (Room 7E-069) Presentation Slides	Paper
	An Empirical Evaluation of the Relationship Between Crude Oil and Natural Gas Prices, Jose A. Villar, OOG, EIA (Room 5E-069) Presentation Slides	Paper
9:50 a.m.	Break
10:05 a.m.	ASA Discussant on Preliminary Research Results on Respondent Cut-off Dates for EIA Electricity Data Collections: W. Hill
10:15 a.m.	Report out on An Empirical Evaluation of the Relationship Between Crude Oil and Natural Gas Prices C. Cleveland
10:25 a.m.	Additional ASA Discussion
10:35 a.m.	EIA-914 Data Expansion Challenges to Include Crude Oil Production Kara Norman and Preston McDowney, Background John Wood, Topic Materials Presentation Slides	Background
		Paper 1 Paper 2 App. A App. B App. C
11:00 a.m.	ASA Discussant: M. Burton
11:10 a.m.	ASA Discussant: D. Bingham
11:20 a.m.	Additional Committee Discussion
11:30 a.m.	Invitation for Public Comments
11:35 a.m.	Committee Suggestions for topics at the Fall 2006 meeting
11:45 a.m.	Adjourn the ASA Spring 2006 meeting with EIA, Nicolas Hengartner, ASA Committee Chair
12:00 p.m.	Committee lunch in 1E-226

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