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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) October 18 and 19, 2007 Washington, D.C.
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All sessions are in Room 8E-089 unless posted in the break-out box.
Thursday, October 18, 2007
  Time   Topic
8:30 a.m. Open Meeting, Nagaraj Neerchal, Chair, 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 Spring 2007 Meeting, Nancy Kirkendall, Director, Statistics and Methods Group, (SMG), EIA
9:15 a.m. EIA's 2008 Annual Energy Conference and 30th Anniversary, Margot Anderson, Director, Energy Markets and End Use (EMEU), EIA
9:25 a.m. Developing Key Energy Indicators, Janice Lent, SMG and Joe Conklin, Office of Oil and Gas (OOG), EIA
Presentation Slides
9:50 a.m. ASA Discussant: Thomas Rutherford
10:00 a.m. ASA Discussant: Nagaraj Neerchal
10:10 a.m. ASA Committee Discussion
10:20 a.m. Break and Proceed Directly to Break-Out Sessions
10:35 a.m.    Begin Break-Out Sessions
  • Room 8E-089 Solar Contributions to the Grid,
    Fred Mayes, Office of Coal, Nuclear, Electric and Alternate Fuels (CNEAF), EIA
    ASA: E. Blair, W. Hill, N. Khanna, E. Kokkelenberg, D. Singpurwalla
    Presentation Slides
  • Room 5E-069 Economic Modeling of Natural Gas Processing Plants: Fractionation,
    Kara Norman, SMG, EIA
    ASA: C. Cleveland, J. Edmonds, M. Feder, N. Neerchal, T. Rutherford and J. Weyant
    Presentation Slides
11:35 a.m. Return to 8E-089
11:40 a.m. ASA discussant on Solar Contributions to the Grid, Neha Khanna
11:50 a.m. ASA discussant on Economic Modeling of Natural Gas Processing Plants: Fractionation, Jae Edmonds
12:00 p.m. Additional Committee Discussion
12:10 p.m. Invitation for Public Comments, Nagaraj Neerchal, Chair, ASA
12:15 p.m. Lunch for the Committee members and invited guests, Room 2E-081
1:10 p.m. Proceed Directly to Break-Out Sessions
1:10 p.m.    Begin Break-Out Sessions
2:15 p.m. Return to 8E-089
2:25 p.m. ASA discussant on Comparison of Several Different Non-Disclosure Limitation Methods, Walter Hill
2:35 p.m. ASA discussant on New EIA Quality Web Page, Darius Singpurwalla
2:45 p.m. Committee Discussion
3:00 p.m. Break and Proceed Directly to Break-Out Sessions
3:15 p.m.    Begin Break-Out Sessions
  • Room 8E-089 Consumption Issues in Industrial Natural Gas Demand,
    Kobi Platt, EMEU, EIA
    ASA: C. Cleveland, J. Edmonds, N. Khanna, N. Neerchal, T. Rutherford, J. Weyant
    Presentation Slides
  • Room 5E-069 Model Based Sampling Methodology for the New Form EIA-923,
    Joel Douglas, CNEAF, EIA
    ASA: E. Blair, M. Feder, W. Hill, E. Kokkelenberg, D. Singpurwalla
    Presentation Slides
4:20 p.m. Return to 8E-089
4:25 p.m. ASA discussant on Consumption Issues in Industrial Natural Gas Demand, John Weyant
4:35 p.m. ASA discussant on Model Based Sampling Methodology for the New Form EIA-923,  Ed Blair
4:45 p.m. Committee Discussion
4:55 p.m. Invitation for Public Comments
5:00 p.m. Adjourn the Thursday meeting, Nagaraj Neerchal, ASA Chair
Friday, October 19, 2007
  Time   Topic
8:30 a.m. Open Meeting, Nagaraj Neerchal, ASA Chair
8:35 a.m. The Quality Control Process for EIA Projections and Data, Paul Holtberg, OIAF, and William Watson, CNEAF, EIA
Holtberg: Presentation Slides
Watson: Presentation Slides
9:05 a.m. ASA Discussant: Moshe Feder
9:15 a.m. ASA Discussant: Ed Kokkelenberg
9:25 a.m. Additional Committee Discussion
9:35 a.m. Evaluating Model Quality: Features of the Next Generation of Model Quality Audits, Nancy Kirkendall, SMG, EIA
9:45 a.m. Committee Discussion
10:20 a.m. Break
10:35 a.m. NEMS Forecast Evaluation Using Regression Analysis, George Lady, Consultant to SMG, EIA
10:55 a.m. ASA Discussant: Jae Edmonds
11:05 a.m. ASA Discussant: Cutler Cleveland
11:15 a.m. Additional Committee Discussion
11:30 a.m. Committee Suggestions for topics at the Spring 2008 meeting
11:40 a.m. Invitation for Public Comments
11:45 a.m. Adjourn the ASA Fall 2007 meeting with EIA, Nagaraj Neerchal, ASA Committee Chair
11:45 a.m. Committee Lunch in 2E-081
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