**EIA's Frames: How Do We Know If They Are Sufficient?**

Presenters include the following staff from Statistics and Methods
Group:

Grace Sutherland -- <grace.sutherland@eia.doe.gov>

Howard Bradsher-Fredrick -- <howard.bradsher-fredrick@eia.doe.gov>

Shawna Waugh -- <Shawna.waugh@eia.doe.gov>

Alethea Jennings -- <Alethea.jennings@eia.doe.gov>

**Introduction**

The quality of EIA's data has been made a priority and has been made
part of its Strategic Plan. Goal 1 of the EIA Strategic Plan states
"...EIA's information products will retain or improve their high
quality..." One of the performance measures and targets for this goal
involves evaluating the EIA frames. The measure is the percent of EIA
survey frames with sufficient industry coverage to produce reliable
supply, demand and price statistics.

We began by preparing a list of EIA survey frames and update procedures.
A table of EIA frames is enclosed (Attachment 1). The table also
includes EIA's consumption surveys, which are very large samples. The
table shows the survey's name, number of respondents, and frequency of
frames updates activities.

We are now in the process of gathering existing information on the
quality of our frames. This presentation will provide examples of
activities to assess frame quality and ask for the Committee's guidance
on other activities that could be used to assess our frames. We are also
interested in the Committee's thoughts on how we can develop criteria to
define sufficient coverage.

Activities to assess frame quality include:

1.  Checking the frame against alternative lists at the respondent level
    (suggestion taken from the Statistical Policy Working Paper 15).
    There are some situations where we know we have good coverage. For
    example, all nuclear plants are known through the Nuclear Regulatory
    Commission. In addition, the natural gas marketer survey uses
    state-licensed marketers. In other situations a more detailed
    examination is necessary. Following are three examples of recent
    activities.

    A.  Renewable Electric Plant Information System (REPiS) database was
        developed and is maintained by National Renewable Energy
        Laboratory with funding from the Department of Energy's office
        of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EE), whose data come
        from publicly available sources, such as federal and state
        government publications and reports; trade associations; trade
        press literature, such as weekly newsletters; and personal
        communications with industry and government officials. No
        surveys are conducted to collect data. The data represent \"best
        efforts\" at compiling and verifying an inventory of all known
        grid-connected renewable electric facilities in the United
        States. EIA utility and non-utility electric power plant data
        from survey Form EIA-860 were compared to data from REPiS. The
        eventual outcomes of the comparison were: 1) the data matched
        exactly across data sets; 2) a unit was in the EIA data but not
        in REPiS; 3) in REPiS but not in EIA; 4) information for one or
        more of the data elements of interest was inconsistent across
        databases. (All project worksheets are available.) If the data
        differed, staff familiar with the EIA-860 survey was contacted
        for more information, e.g., updated data, or any changes to the
        data that might explain the difference in the comparison. As a
        result of the comparisons 214 potential missing plants amounting
        to 2418 MW of nameplate capacity were identified. We are still
        in the process of reviewing these plants prior to updating the
        frame. Attachment 2 is the paper in its entirety.

    B.  We have drafted a proposal for the Census Bureau (attachment 3)
        to compare several EIA surveys with either MECS or the Economic
        Census.  The surveys that we are interested in obtaining an
        evaluation of coverage of their 2002 frames include EIA\'s
        \"Annual Electric Generator Report\"  (Combined Heat and Power
        Plants, NAICS 31-33), \"Quarterly Coal Consumption and Quality
        Report, Manufacturing Plants\", \"Annual Solar Thermal Collector
        Manufactures Survey\",  \"Annual Photovoltaic Mod/Cell
        Manufacturers Survey\", and \"Quarterly Coal Consumption and
        Quality Report, Coke Plants.\"

    C.  EIA cross-referenced it's respondent i.d. lists between the
        Quarterly Coal Consumption and Quality Report, Manufacturing
        Plants," and the "Power Plant Report" In order to reduce
        duplication of respondents for both surveys. As a result we
        added 1 respondent to the frame for the Quarterly Coal
        Consumption and Quality Report.

2.  Data Comparisons at an aggregate level (certain EIA data compared
    with similar data outside of EIA). The Petroleum Marketing Division
    compared data series with others that should match in volumes and
    price such as the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Office of
    Consumer Price Index (CPI) data for retail prices of motor gasoline,
    diesel fuel, and residential No. 2 fuel oil and Form EIA-878, "Motor
    Gasoline Price Survey," for retail prices of gasoline. Differences
    across data sources could indicate differences in survey methodology
    and conceptual differences, but can also identify coverage and
    reporting errors. There was a large difference in estimates of
    volumes of residual fuel oil prior to 1993. As a result improvements
    were made when exclusionary lists were added for the respondents'
    use. This change improved coverage and eliminated double counting of
    volumes sold. A data correction was also made separating imports of
    residual fuel oil and unfinished oil. This reduced the gap between
    data series for residual fuel volumes. See attachment 4 for details.

> 3\. Examining Supply/Disposition Balances (supply should equal
> disposition, but because the data that comprise the supply/disposition
> balances are from different surveys, a balancing item is needed. If
> the balancing item becomes large, it could be an indication of a frame
> or other data quality problem). The Natural Gas Annual Table 1 shows a
> narrowing of its balancing items. In 1998, there was a 634,809 million
> cubic feet (mcf) difference between supply and disposition. By 2002,
> the gap had narrowed to -39,942 mcf. Two exercises that the natural
> gas division engaged in may have been the factors for the
> improvement. 1) The source from where the data on deliveries to the
> electric power sector was obtained was changed. And 2) The frames for
> the form EIA-176, "Annual Report of Natural and Supplemental Gas
> Supply Disposition" was evaluated and the respondent list was adjusted
> to include or drop respondents as appropriate. See the attachment 5
> for more details on the balancing item. Other balancing items have
> been examined in other parts of EIA. See the following URLs.
> [[http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/aer/pdf/pages/sec7_5.pdf]{.underline}](http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/aer/pdf/pages/sec7_5.pdf),

[[http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/aer/pdf/pages/sec8_5.pdf]{.underline}](http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/aer/pdf/pages/sec8_5.pdf),

> <http://www.eia.doe.gov/pub/oil_gas/petroleum/data_publications/petroleum_supply_monthly/current/pdf/stable2.pdf>,
>
> <http://www.eia.doe.gov/pub/oil_gas/natural_gas/data_publications/natural_gas_annual/current/pdf/table_001.pdf>

4\. For price data, a comparison of volumes that the price data
represent with total volumes. For example, natural gas commercial price
data represent about 78 percent of total commercial volumes in 2002.
This is because the price data have been collected from pipelines and
local distribution companies which no longer know the price of all of
the gas they deliver if it is sold by marketers. EIA introduced Form
EIA-910, "Monthly Natural Gas Marketers Survey" to capture the price of
natural gas sold by marketers to residential and commercial customers in
five states with active customer choice programs. Attachment 6 is our
evaluation of the survey at:
[www.eia.doe.gov/smg/asa_meeting_2003/fall/files/natgaseval.doc](http://www.eia.doe.gov/smg/asa_meeting_2003/fall/files/natgaseval.doc)

**Next Steps and Question for the Committee**

We will continue to gather information on frames assessments throughout
EIA and to see where there are areas where no assessments have recently
been done. We will also try to obtain information from other agencies on
how they determine whether they have sufficient coverage and to begin
discussions within EIA on criteria to define sufficient coverage.

Given that we will have information on coverage from different sources
(checking alternative lists, comparisons at the aggregate level,
examination of balancing items), what are the Committee's thoughts on
how to define sufficient coverage?

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| 814, | of Record (or | 7 | > articles, |          | /26/03 | nown, |
| Mon  | Ultimate      | 5 | > the       |          | -- 1   | but   |
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| Imp  | Consignee in  | 1 | > contacts  |          | change | bably |
| orts | some          | 0 | > that      |          |        | have  |
| Re   | situations    | / | > currently |          |        | ext   |
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|      | imports) who  | / | > and       |          |        | for   |
|      | imports crude | 2 | >           |          |        | cross |
|      | oil or        | 0 | information |          |        | chec  |
|      | petroleum     | 0 | > received  |          |        | king. |
|      | products:     | 3 | > about     |          |        |       |
|      | into the 50   |   | > sales and |          |        |       |
|      | States and    |   | > mergers   |          |        |       |
|      | the District  |   | > from      |          |        |       |
|      | of Columbia,  |   | > contacts  |          |        |       |
|      | into Puerto   |   | > on other  |          |        |       |
|      | Rico, the     |   | > surveys.  |          |        |       |
|      | Virgin        |   | >           |          |        |       |
|      | Islands and   |   | > Don't we  |          |        |       |
|      | other U.S.    |   | > use the   |          |        |       |
|      | possessions   |   | > imports   |          |        |       |
|      | (Guam, Midway |   | > data from |          |        |       |
|      | Islands, Wake |   | > customs   |          |        |       |
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|      | Northern      |   | > any more? |          |        |       |
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|      | the Virgin    |   |             |          |        |       |
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|      | other U.S.    |   |             |          |        |       |
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|      | into the 50   |   |             |          |        |       |
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|      | the District  |   |             |          |        |       |
|      | of Columbia.  |   |             |          |        |       |
|      | Frame for the |   |             |          |        |       |
|      | EIA-804.      |   |             |          |        |       |
+------+---------------+---+-------------+----------+--------+-------+
| EIA- | All operators | 2 | New this    |          |        | Un    |
| 815, | of motor      | 2 | year        |          |        | known |
| Mon  | gasoline      | 7 |             |          |        |       |
| thly | blending      |   |             |          |        |       |
| Term | terminals.    |   |             |          |        |       |
| inal |               |   |             |          |        |       |
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| Re   |               |   |             |          |        |       |
| port |               |   |             |          |        |       |
+------+---------------+---+-------------+----------+--------+-------+
| EIA- | Operators of  | 4 | Updates are | monthly  | No     | Pro   |
| 816, | all           | 2 | usually     |          | c      | bably |
| Mon  | facilities    | 2 | provided by |          | hanges | OK    |
| thly | that extract  |   | contacts    |          | during | since |
| Nat  | liquid        | 1 | with        |          | Nov    | n     |
| ural | hydrocarbons  | 0 | companies   |          | 03.    | o/few |
| Gas  | from a        | / | that are    |          |        | new   |
| Liq  | natural gas   | 2 | ether       |          |        | p     |
| uids | stream        | 1 | selling a   |          |        | lants |
| Re   | (natural      | / | gas         |          |        | b     |
| port |               | 2 | processing  |          |        | uilt. |
|      | gas           | 0 | plant or    |          |        |       |
|      | processing    | 0 | are in the  |          |        | Is    |
|      | plant) and/or | 3 | process of  |          |        | this  |
|      | separate a    |   | purchasing  |          |        | tied  |
|      | liquid        |   | a plant     |          |        | to    |
|      | hydrocarbon   |   | from        |          |        | 64a?  |
|      | stream into   |   | another     |          |        |       |
|      | its component |   | company.    |          |        |       |
|      | products      |   | Very rarely |          |        |       |
|      | (f            |   | are new     |          |        |       |
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|      |               |   | the frame   |          |        |       |
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|      |               |   | has been    |          |        |       |
|      |               |   | declining   |          |        |       |
|      |               |   | for years.  |          |        |       |
|      |               |   | Other       |          |        |       |
|      |               |   | sources     |          |        |       |
|      |               |   | include     |          |        |       |
|      |               |   | trade press |          |        |       |
|      |               |   | articles    |          |        |       |
|      |               |   | and         |          |        |       |
|      |               |   | industry    |          |        |       |
|      |               |   | contacts.   |          |        |       |
+------+---------------+---+-------------+----------+--------+-------+

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| EIA- | All companies | 4 | Examine     | Monthly  | No     | Unk   |
| 817, | that have     | 2 | industry    |          | c      | nown. |
| Mon  | custody of    |   | periodicals |          | hanges |       |
| thly | crude oil or  | 1 | that report |          | during | Any   |
| Ta   | petroleum     | 0 | changes in  |          | Nov 03 | thing |
| nker | products      | / | status      |          |        | from  |
| and  | transported   | 2 | (births,    |          |        | Coast |
| B    | by tanker or  | 1 | deaths,     |          |        | G     |
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| Move | PAD           | 2 | ac          |          |        |       |
| ment | Districts;    | 0 | quisitions) |          |        |       |
| Re   | and; All      | 0 | of          |          |        |       |
| port | companies     | 3 | petroleum   |          |        |       |
|      | that have     |   | facilities  |          |        |       |
|      | custody of    |   | producing,  |          |        |       |
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|      | petroleum     |   | ansporting, |          |        |       |
|      | products      |   | importing,  |          |        |       |
|      | originating   |   | and/or      |          |        |       |
|      | from a PAD    |   | storing     |          |        |       |
|      | District and  |   | crude oil   |          |        |       |
|      | transported   |   | and         |          |        |       |
|      | to            |   | petroleum   |          |        |       |
|      |               |   | products.   |          |        |       |
|      | the Panama    |   | These       |          |        |       |
|      | Canal; and;   |   | sources are |          |        |       |
|      | All companies |   | augmented   |          |        |       |
|      | that have     |   | by articles |          |        |       |
|      | custody of    |   | in          |          |        |       |
|      | domestically  |   | newspapers, |          |        |       |
|      | originating   |   | letters     |          |        |       |
|      | crude oil or  |   | from        |          |        |       |
|      | petroleum     |   | respondents |          |        |       |
|      | products      |   | indicating  |          |        |       |
|      | transported   |   | changes in  |          |        |       |
|      | from the      |   | status, and |          |        |       |
|      | Panama Canal  |   | information |          |        |       |
|      | to a PAD      |   | received    |          |        |       |
|      | District.     |   | from survey |          |        |       |
|      | Commodities   |   | systems     |          |        |       |
|      | transported   |   | operated by |          |        |       |
|      | on            |   | other       |          |        |       |
|      | company-owned |   | offices. A  |          |        |       |
|      | tankers and   |   | sample      |          |        |       |
|      | barges are to |   | control     |          |        |       |
|      | be reported   |   | meeting     |          |        |       |
|      | on the        |   | focuses on  |          |        |       |
|      | EIA-817. In   |   | changes in  |          |        |       |
|      | addition, the |   | the current |          |        |       |
|      | EIA-817       |   | monthly     |          |        |       |
|      | requires      |   | data as it  |          |        |       |
|      | those parties |   | relates to  |          |        |       |
|      | that charter  |   | the weekly  |          |        |       |
|      | or lease the  |   | surveys,    |          |        |       |
|      | services of   |   | that impact |          |        |       |
|      | t             |   | the monthly |          |        |       |
|      | ransportation |   | surveys,    |          |        |       |
|      | companies,    |   | and changes |          |        |       |
|      | either on a   |   | in          |          |        |       |
|      | contract or   |   | respondent  |          |        |       |
|      | spot basis,   |   | reporting   |          |        |       |
|      | to report to  |   | patterns.   |          |        |       |
|      | the EIA those |   |             |          |        |       |
|      | shipments     |   |             |          |        |       |
|      | carried out   |   |             |          |        |       |
|      | by such       |   |             |          |        |       |
|      | firms..       |   |             |          |        |       |
+------+---------------+---+-------------+----------+--------+-------+
| EIA- | the operators | 1 | The 819 is  | O        |        | Unk   |
| 819, | of all        | 3 | in          | perators |        | nown, |
| Mon  | facilities    | 8 | transition. | of       |        | espec |
| thly | that produce  |   | The frame   | captive  |        | ially |
| O    | (manufacture  | 1 | was for     | mtbe do  |        | for   |
| xyge | or distill)   | 0 | MTBE        | not have |        | eth   |
| nate | oxygenates    | / | plants. Now | to       |        | anol. |
| ~    | (including    | 2 | the frame   | include  |        |       |
| ~Tel | merchant and  | 1 | will be     | their    |        |       |
| epho | captive MTBE  | / | users of    | stocks,  |        |       |
| ne~~ | plants,       | 2 | Fuel        | but they |        |       |
| Re   | petrochemical | 0 | Ethanol for | still    |        |       |
| port | plants, and   | 0 | blending.   | have to  |        |       |
|      | refineries    | 3 |             | include  |        |       |
|      | that produce  |   | How do they | their    |        |       |
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|      | operations);  |   | ethanol     |          |        |       |
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|      | merchant MTBE |   | up to date? |          |        |       |
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|      | operators of  |   | the 810,    |          |        |       |
|      | petroleum     |   | 811, and    |          |        |       |
|      | refineries;   |   | 914?        |          |        |       |
|      | and importers |   |             |          |        |       |
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|      | States and    |   |             |          |        |       |
|      | the District  |   |             |          |        |       |
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+------+---------------+---+-------------+----------+--------+-------+

+------+--------------+---+---------------+----------+--------+-------+
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|      |              |   | outlets for   |          |        |       |
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|      |              |   | list (from    |          |        |       |
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|      |              |   | not to change |          |        |       |
|      |              |   | the selection |          |        |       |
|      |              |   | criteria to   |          |        |       |
|      |              |   | include major |          |        |       |
|      |              |   | utility       |          |        |       |
|      |              |   | companies as  |          |        |       |
|      |              |   | FRS major     |          |        |       |
|      |              |   | energy        |          |        |       |
|      |              |   | companies.    |          |        |       |
|      |              |   | So, the FRS   |          |        |       |
|      |              |   | will          |          |        |       |
|      |              |   | deteriorate   |          |        |       |
|      |              |   | over time,    |          |        |       |
|      |              |   | due to this   |          |        |       |
|      |              |   | budget-driven |          |        |       |
|      |              |   | frames        |          |        |       |
|      |              |   | problem.      |          |        |       |
+------+--------------+---+---------------+----------+--------+-------+

+------+--------------+---+---------------+----------+--------+-------+
| ###  |              |   |               |          |        |       |
| COAL |              |   |               |          |        |       |
|  PRO |              |   |               |          |        |       |
| GRAM |              |   |               |          |        |       |
+------+--------------+---+---------------+----------+--------+-------+
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+------+--------------+---+---------------+----------+--------+-------+
| EI   | All          | 5 | Changes in    | Q        | Dec    | Va    |
| A-3, | m            | 6 | ownership are | uarterly | 2003,  | ried. |
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| erly | that consume | 0 | basis.        |          | added. | pared |
| Coal | in excess of | 1 |               |          |        | a     |
| Con  | 1000 short   | / | How are new   |          |        | s     |
| sump | tons of      | 1 | facilities    |          |        | ubset |
| tion | anthracite,  | 5 | identified    |          |        | to    |
| and  | bituminous   | / | that meet the |          |        | ele   |
| Qua  | coal,        | 2 | reporting     |          |        | ctric |
| lity | su           | 0 | requirement?  |          |        | su    |
| Rep  | b-bituminous | 0 |               |          |        | rveys |
| ort, | coal, or     | 2 |               |          |        | in    |
| M    | lignite for  |   |               |          |        | past, |
| anuf | uses other   |   |               |          |        | and   |
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|      | such as      |   |               |          |        |       |
|      | synfuel      |   |               |          |        |       |
|      | plants,      |   |               |          |        |       |
|      | which use    |   |               |          |        |       |
|      | coal as      |   |               |          |        |       |
|      | feedstock.   |   |               |          |        |       |
|      | This         |   |               |          |        |       |
|      | requirement  |   |               |          |        |       |
|      | includes all |   |               |          |        |       |
|      | facilities   |   |               |          |        |       |
|      | using coal   |   |               |          |        |       |
|      | for          |   |               |          |        |       |
|      | g            |   |               |          |        |       |
|      | asification/ |   |               |          |        |       |
|      | liquefaction |   |               |          |        |       |
|      | and coal     |   |               |          |        |       |
|      | used for     |   |               |          |        |       |
|      | feedstock.   |   |               |          |        |       |
+------+--------------+---+---------------+----------+--------+-------+
| EI   | All          | 2 | Changes in    | Q        | Last   | Pro   |
| A-5, | companies    | 4 | ownership are | uarterly | q      | bably |
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| Coal | United       | / |               |          |        | owing |
| Con  | States.      | 1 | How are new   |          |        | and   |
| sump |              | 5 | facilities    |          |        | C     |
| tion |              | / | identified    |          |        | ensus |
| and  |              | 2 | that meet the |          |        | may   |
| Qua  |              | 0 | reporting     |          |        | eval  |
| lity |              | 0 | requirement?  |          |        | uate. |
| Rep  |              | 2 |               |          |        |       |
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| Coke |              |   |               |          |        |       |
| Pl   |              |   |               |          |        |       |
| ants |              |   |               |          |        |       |
+------+--------------+---+---------------+----------+--------+-------+
| EIA  | All          | 1 | The 6A survey | Annually | 2003   | Unk   |
| -6A, | companies in | , | asks          |          |        | nown. |
| Coal | the 50       | 0 | respondents   |          | 13     |       |
| Dist | United       | 0 | to identify   |          | added, | S     |
| ribu | States and   | 0 | those from    |          | 44     | ounds |
| tion | the District |   | whom they     |          | moved  | like  |
| Re   | of Columbia  | 0 | purchase and  |          | to     | a     |
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| nual | distributed  | 5 | the survey    |          |        | univ  |
|      | 50,000 or    | / | is, in a      |          |        | erse, |
|      | more tons of | 2 | sense,        |          |        | espec |
|      | coal during  | 0 | sel           |          |        | ially |
|      | the          | 0 | f-maintaining |          |        | with  |
|      | reporting    | 2 | because firms |          |        | such  |
|      | year. All    |   | buying or     |          |        | a     |
|      | companies in |   | selling more  |          |        | small |
|      | the states   |   | than 50,000   |          |        | thres |
|      | of Arkansas, |   | short tons of |          |        | hold. |
|      | Maryland,    |   | coal in a     |          |        |       |
|      | Oklahoma,    |   | year are      |          |        |       |
|      | and          |   | presumed to   |          |        |       |
|      | anthracite   |   | be included   |          |        |       |
|      | operations   |   | in the frame  |          |        |       |
|      | in           |   | unless they   |          |        |       |
|      | Pennsylvania |   | can establish |          |        |       |
|      | that owned   |   | otherwise     |          |        |       |
|      | or purchased |   | (i.e. firms   |          |        |       |
|      | and          |   | that broker   |          |        |       |
|      | distributed  |   | sales but     |          |        |       |
|      | 10,000 or    |   | don\'t take   |          |        |       |
|      | more short   |   | title are not |          |        |       |
|      | tons during  |   | included.)    |          |        |       |
|      | the year     |   |               |          |        |       |
|      | shall submit |   |               |          |        |       |
|      | the Form     |   |               |          |        |       |
|      | EIA-6A.      |   |               |          |        |       |
|      | These        |   |               |          |        |       |
|      | companies    |   |               |          |        |       |
|      | include coal |   |               |          |        |       |
|      | mining       |   |               |          |        |       |
|      | companies,   |   |               |          |        |       |
|      | wholesale    |   |               |          |        |       |
|      | coal dealers |   |               |          |        |       |
|      | (including   |   |               |          |        |       |
|      | brokers),    |   |               |          |        |       |
|      | and retail   |   |               |          |        |       |
|      | coal         |   |               |          |        |       |
|      | dealers.     |   |               |          |        |       |
|      | Companies    |   |               |          |        |       |
|      | that take    |   |               |          |        |       |
|      | custody      |   |               |          |        |       |
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|      | and          |   |               |          |        |       |
|      | transport    |   |               |          |        |       |
|      | but never    |   |               |          |        |       |
|      | own the coal |   |               |          |        |       |
|      | need not     |   |               |          |        |       |
|      | report.      |   |               |          |        |       |
+------+--------------+---+---------------+----------+--------+-------+
| EIA  | All coal     | 1 | The EIA-7A    | Annually | De     | OK    |
| -7A, | mining       | , | frame is      |          | cember |       |
| Coal | operations   | 8 | updated based |          | 2003   | Have  |
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| oduc | produced     | 0 | data          |          | added, | ID    |
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| Re   | processed    | 0 |               |          | d      | some  |
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|      | and/or       | 5 | Non           |          |        | ates. |
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|      | the          | 0 | updated based |          |        |       |
|      | reporting    | 2 | on the MSHA   |          |        |       |
|      | year. A      |   | Form 7000-2   |          |        |       |
|      | separate     |   | data          |          |        |       |
|      | Form EIA-7A  |   | submission.   |          |        |       |
|      | must be      |   |               |          |        |       |
|      | submitted    |   |               |          |        |       |
|      | for each     |   |               |          |        |       |
|      | Mine Safety  |   |               |          |        |       |
|      | and Health   |   |               |          |        |       |
|      | Ad           |   |               |          |        |       |
|      | ministration |   |               |          |        |       |
|      | (MSHA) ID.   |   |               |          |        |       |
+------+--------------+---+---------------+----------+--------+-------+

+------+--------------+---+---------------+----------+--------+-------+
| #    |              |   |               |          |        |       |
|  URA |              |   |               |          |        |       |
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+------+--------------+---+---------------+----------+--------+-------+
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+------+--------------+---+---------------+----------+--------+-------+
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|      |              | 3 | research.     |          |        |       |
+------+--------------+---+---------------+----------+--------+-------+
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+------+--------------+---+---------------+----------+--------+-------+
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+------+--------------+---+---------------+----------+--------+-------+
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|      | fuels used   |   |               |          | 1,368  |       |
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+------+--------------+---+---------------+----------+--------+-------+

+------+--------------+---+--------------+----------+--------+--------+
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+------+--------------+---+--------------+----------+--------+--------+
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What about the 1605? Need to say that it has lousy coverage since
self-selected corporations report self-selected portions of their
operations.

Also, where is the natural gas 191 storage survey? I think that has good
coverage since large fields are known.

**Attachment 2: EIA-REPiS Data Reconciliation Project Draft Report**

## I. Introduction

Renewable energy is an increasingly important part of the total energy
supply in the United States.[^1] Current and planned state and federal
energy legislation rely on the knowledge of knowing where and how much
renewable energy is in use and available. It also is the most dispersed
of energy sources and is often deployed on a relatively small scale.
Finally, most non-hydroelectric renewable facilities, or, plants, are
owned by nonutilities, making them more difficult to locate. (In 2002,
95 percent of total non-hydroelectric renewable capacity was
nonutility.) For these reasons, it is important to establish a
quantitative benchmark of renewable energy. Such an effort was begun in
2001 by the Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and
Renewable Energy (EE), National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and
the Energy Information Administration (EIA).[^2]

**II. Purpose of the Project**

The purpose of this project was to pool the data from two Departmental
sources in order to create a comprehensive database and one that would
be agreed to by EE and EIA. Also, given the dispersed nature of
renewable generating plants, as well as their relatively small size, it
is important to identify and total the plants that were operational as
of a particular time. The EIA-REPiS data reconciliation project,
therefore, serves as a benchmark for energy data management and
comprehension. That is, it will establish a baseline of all electric
renewable energy plants as of the year 2000. Once such a baseline is
established, future work will consist of updates.

The data comparison also uncovered renewable generating plants that are
potential candidates for inclusion in the EIA-860 (Annual Electric
Generator Report), thereby improving the frame. A list of proposed
additions is included as Attachment A.

The end product of the reconciliation project provides benefits not only
to the two organizations involved, but also to a greater population. A
population ranging from energy planners, industry, government,
researchers, policy-makers to an individual interested in renewable
energy can take advantage of, and extract needed information from, such
an effort.

**III. Databases**

The Energy Information Administration is the government agency
responsible for collection of official government data. It, therefore,
follows a formal collection procedure. Form EIA-860 is sent to all types
of electric generating plants (owned by utilities and non-utilities) in
the United States. Electric generating facilities that have (or will
have within 5 years of completion of the form) at least 1 megawatt (MW)
of nameplate capacity are required, under Section 13(b) of the Federal
Energy Administration Act of 1974 (FEAA) (Public Law 93‑275) to complete
this form and submit it to EIA annually. The information received back
from generators via this form is entered into a database. This database
is made available publicly on the web
(<http://www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/electricity/page/data.html>). Since the
EIA-860 form is sent to all electric generating facilities, the database
covers all energy sources, including grid-connected renewable energy
sources. Therefore, for comparison purposes, it covers all the energy
sources in REPiS. However, the data range is more limited since data are
collected only on units that have a nameplate capacity of at least 1 MW.

The Renewable Electric Plant Information System (REPiS) database was
developed and is maintained by NREL with funding from EE. It is the only
database in the US that brings together the entire array of data on
grid-connected renewable electric generators in the nation. Originally
created in 1984 and now updated through 2002, REPiS contains information
on operating as well as planned renewable energy units. It covers the
following types of renewable energy technologies: biomass, geothermal,
hydroelectric, photovoltaics (PV), solar thermal, and wind. The database
is publicly available on the web (<http://www.eere.energy.gov/repis/>).\
\
The data in REPiS come from publicly available sources, such as federal
and state government publications and reports; trade associations; trade
press literature, such as weekly newsletters; and personal
communications with industry and government officials. No surveys are
conducted to collect data. The data represent \"best efforts\" at
compiling and verifying an inventory of all known grid-connected
renewable electric facilities in the United States. The range of data is
only limited by grid-connection, meaning that as long as a renewable
electricity unit is connected to the electric grid, it is qualified to
be in the database. There are no other limitations, such that, for
example, the nameplate capacity can be a couple of kilowatts or
thousands of megawatts; or, the unit can be retired, operating, or
planned.

**IV. Methodology:**

EIA utility and non-utility electric power plant data were compared to
data from REPiS. Actual comparisons were made at the generating unit
level. These databases are differently constructed. Two differences are:

1.  the size threshold for EIA is equal to or greater than one megawatt,
    while there is no size limitation in REPiS, and

2.  for plants that have multiple owners, EIA reports one entry for the
    plant, while REPiS reports as many entries as there are owners.

**A. Procedure:**

A standard spreadsheet format (Appendix A in Attachment A) was adopted
for comparing the data, which were organized by fuel type and identified
as being from EIA or REPiS. The data elements compared were:

-   plant name

-   fuel type

-   number of units per plant

-   unit and plant codes

-   utility and owner names

-   year plant originally in service

-   unit and plant nameplate capacity

-   unit/plant status

-   location.

The eventual outcomes of the comparison were: 1) the data matched
exactly across data sets; 2) a unit was in the EIA data but not in
REPiS; 3) in REPiS but not in EIA; 4) information for one or more of the
data elements of interest was inconsistent across databases. (All
project worksheets are available.) If the data differed, staff familiar
with the EIA-860 (Kysha Harvey, Jacqueline Campbell, Mam-Marie Binta
Sallah, Tonya Dantzler, Betty Williams) was contacted for more
information, e.g., updated data, or any changes to the data that might
explain the difference in the comparison.

It is important to note that both the EIA-860 and REPiS databases that
were provided to the Renewables Information Team for use in this
comparison were hard-copy, plant-level listings. If REPiS had the same
plant listed twice under different names -- a frequent occurrence --
renewables staff had no way of knowing about the duplicates, unless they
happened to remember a name. Because of this, in several cases the
Renewables Team matched one REPiS record with an EIA-860 record for a
plant, but recorded a "non-match" for the same plant when REPiS listed
it under a different name.

**B. Data Reconciliation:**

The criteria used for making determinations about the data were as
follows:

All inconsistent plant name and address data were resolved by using EIA
data, since EIA data derive from official mandated surveys.

All capacity differences were resolved as per Howard
Bradsher-Frederick=s recommendations. Howard verified capacities by
inspecting original survey submissions to EIA, including updates,
comparing these to the REPiS data, and looking for corroborative
evidence where data did not match. (See ADraft Final ReportBErrors in
Renewable Nameplate Capacity Data (including Hydroelectric): EIA and the
Renewable Energy Plant Information System (REPIS) Data, August 23, 2002;
Howard Bradsher-Fredrick. Included as Attachment B.)

**C. Plant Contacts:**

Names of operating company contacts were obtained in a variety of ways:
company representatives, state energy offices, public utility
commissions, trade associations, industry contacts. Also, since EIA
conducts surveys, respondents were used to obtain plant contacts.
Otherwise, phone numbers were obtained from directory assistance, the
company was called and a contact person was identified.

The Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Operational, Electricity --
Generating Projects database was used extensively for information on
biogas, landfill gas, agricultural residue and timber residue plant
locations and ownership, as well as plant contacts. These contacts were
used to obtain and verify data, especially where plant size (equal to or
greater than one MW) indicated inclusion in the EIA survey frame.

When renewables personnel contacted plants, the operating status and
capacity of the plant were verified. In addition, a contact name and
phone number were obtained for the plant. In many cases, the Electric
Power Division will need to determine the final survey contact since the
plant owner might be the reporting entity.

## 

## 

## V. Renewable Plant Summaries

## 

## A. Solar PV:

Solar photovoltaic refers to electronic device consisting of layers of
semiconducting materials fabricated to form a junction and electrical
contacts such that it converts sunlight directly into electricity.

The comparison shows that the data are in agreement. (January 21, 2003,
e-mail from Elvin Yuzugullu to Mark Gielecki, "EIA/REPiS data matching
-- PV"; Attachment C.)

**B. Solar Thermal:**

A solar parabolic trough is a high-temperature (above 180 degrees
Fahrenheit) solar thermal concentrator (curved mirror) that focuses
sunlight onto an absorber tube filled with oil or other fluid. The hot
oil boils water to produce steam, which is used to generate electricity.
The Solar Electric Generating Systems (SEGS) referred to below use
trough technology.

The data comparison agreed on the number of units. However, the
capacities for two of the units differed by 56.4 MW (28.2 MW each).
REPiS has revised its capacity for SEGS VIII and IX from 80 MW to 108.2
MW.

## C. Hydroelectric: 

Hydroelectric power plants use flowing water to produce electricity.

The comparison of hydroelectric power plant data identified 14 plants,
totaling 41 megawatts MW, that were in the EIA database, but, not in
REPiS.

**D. Geothermal:**

A geothermal plant is one in which a turbine is driven either by hot
water or by natural steam that derives its energy from heat found in
rocks or fluids at various depths beneath the surface of the earth. The
fluids are extracted by drilling or pumping.

Nine plants, totaling 308 MW were identified as potential additions to
the EIA frame.

**E. Wind:**

A wind power plant is a group of wind turbines interconnected to a
common utility system through a system of transformers, distribution
lines, and (usually) one substation. Operation, control, and maintenance
functions are often centralized through a network of computerized
monitoring systems, supplemented by visual inspection.

Results of a match of the EIA and REPiS wind project lists for the year
2000 were inconclusive. Too many projects were identified as falsely
missing from the lists on both sides. This was due to the fact that a
project could be in both lists, but the match would not be identified,
because the plants changed owners/names, smaller wind farms were
consolidated into larger ones, and information on location was
ambiguous. A review of EIA and California Energy Commission data
supported this conclusion.

For this reason and because the EIA survey system is not fully tracking
all the wind capacity additions identified by industry sources for 2001
and 2002, the Electric Power Division is conducting a major review of
the wind survey frames. After the review is completed, the new EIA wind
projects list will be compared to an updated list from REPiS. Any
differences will be resolved.

Based on comparisons with the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA)
database, it is expected that the EIA frames may be 700 MW -- 800 MW
short of wind capacity at the end of 2002.

**F. Biomass**

The biomass resources used for electricity generation are categorized
differently in the EIA and REPiS databases.

The EIA database separates biomass resources into nine main categories.
These are: wood/wood waste, wood/wood waste liquids, wood/wood waste
solids, municipal solid waste/landfill gas, other waste, agricultural
byproducts/crops, other biomass gas, other biomass liquids, and other
biomass solids. These categories are then broken down into more detailed
elements, as seen in Appendix B, Table 1.

REPiS has six major biomass categories: agricultural residues; energy
crops; municipal solid waste (MSW); biogas; landfill gas (LFG); and
timber residues. These categories are described in more detail, as seen
in Appendix B, Table 2. However, these detailed descriptions only serve
the purpose of guiding the data manager as to which one of the main six
categories to place the plant under. When one views a record in the
REPiS database, the biomass resource that is displayed is only one of
the six main categories -- the details are not displayed.

When comparing records between the two databases, reasoning was used to
relate the categories in an optimum way. For example, EIA categories
such as wood waste solids, wood waste liquids, and etc. would relate to
the timber residues category in REPiS. The MSW (of the MSW/landfill gas
category) and other medical waste (of the biomass solids category)
resources in EIA, even though they are different categories, would both
relate to the MSW category in REPiS. Therefore, the reconciliation
process of biomass resources was more detailed and complex. One needed
to use logical reasoning, check more than one category, and also examine
other variables such as plant name, location and capacity to make sure
that the records were matching or that no match was found.

**1. Municipal Solid Waste (MSW):**

Municipal solid waste is composed of residential solid waste and some
non-hazardous commercial, institutional, and industrial wastes.
Generating plants (usually referred to as waste-to-energy, or, municipal
waste combustion plants) that combust this fuel are included in this
category.

Twelve plants, totaling 284 MW, have been identified as potential
candidates for inclusion to the EIA survey frame.

**2. Agricultural Residues:**

Eight plants, totaling 112 MW, have been identified as potential
candidates for inclusion in the EIA survey frame. Fourteen plants,
totaling 307 MW have been identified for inclusion in REPiS.

**3. Timber Residues:**

One hundred and forty plants, totaling 1,517 MW, have been identified as
potential candidates for inclusion in the EIA survey frame.

**4. Biogas and Landfill Gas:**

Biogas plants are fueled by a medium Btu gas containing methane and
carbon dioxide, resulting from the action of microorganisms on organic
materials. Landfill gas is generated by decomposition of organic
material at landfill disposal sites. Landfill gas is approximately 50
percent methane.

In REPiS, LFG is included in the biogas category; it is not shown
separately. Therefore, for biogas and LFG combined, 45 plants, totaling
197 MW have been identified for potential inclusion in the EIA survey
frame.

VI. **Summary**

The results of the comparisons are shown in the table below.

  ------------------- ------------ --------------- -------------- -------------
  **Grand Totals                                                  
  Across All                                                      
  Renewable                                                       
  Technologies**                                                  

  **Missing from                                                  
  REPiS Missing from                                              
  EIA-860**                                                       

                      **Plants**   **MW**          **Plants**     **MW**

  **Solar PV**        **0**        **0**           **0**          **0**

  **Solar Thermal**   **0**        **56.4**        **0**          **0**

  **Hydroelectric**   **14**       **41**                         

  **Geothermal**                                   **9**          **308**

  **Wind**[^3]                                                    

  **MSW**                                          **12**         **284**

  **Ag Residues**     **14**       **307**         **8**          **112**

  **Timber Residues**                              **140**        **1517**

  **Biogas and LFG**                               **45**         **197**

                                                                  

  **Grand Total**[^4] **28**       **404.4**       **214**        **2418**
  ------------------- ------------ --------------- -------------- -------------

See Attachment D for the current status of the verification of these
potential plant additions to the EIA-860 by the Electric Power Division.
The geothermal data have been reviewed by Stan Kaplan (Attachment E).
Based on that review, it was determined (and agreed to by the Renewable
Information Team) that EPD would add seven geothermal units in four
plants, totaling 92.3 MW, to the EIA-860 frame.

**B. Significance:**

The year 2000 REPiS database represents the universe of all
grid-connected renewable electric generating plants. The EIA data are
composed of all grid-connected renewable electric generating plants
equal to or greater than 1 MW capacity. Both databases have been
strengthened through this exercise.

The Electric Power Division is verifying the identified candidates for
inclusion in the EIA survey frame. Those that are verified, will be
included in the next EIA-860 survey cycle. Similarly, the plants
identified for inclusion to the REPiS database have been added to REPiS.

The plant contacts that have been identified will be an asset in
tracking plant ownership changes and new nonutility plants.

A database will be created with unique identifiers that provide a
crosswalk between EIA and REPiS data for each plant. It will include a
flag for plants equal to or greater than 1 MW, thereby identifying them
as plants included in the EIA survey frame. In this way, plant additions
and subtractions (retirements) will be tracked and the data will be
consistent with the frame.

**C. Currency of the Data:**

These data are current as of the year 2000. Periodic updates will be
required.

**VII. Contributors and Acknowledgments**

Individuals from EIA, EE, NREL and industry have contributed
significantly to this project. Listed below are the names,
organizations, and roles of the individuals involved.

**EIA Office of Coal, Nuclear, Electric and Alternate Fuels:**

Peter Holihan[:]{.underline} Project coordinator. Data matching: solar
photovoltaic (PV) units.

John Carlin: Data matching: agricultural residues and municipal solid
waste (MSW) units.

Shirley Fleming: Data matching: biogas, landfill gas (LFG), and timber
residues units. Located contacts for these units.

Mark Gielecki: Data matching: geothermal, solar thermal and timber
residues units. Located contacts for geothermal units.

Louise Guy-Lee: Data matching: wind and solar thermal units.

(Fred Mayes provided general management and oversight of the project.)

**NREL Energy Analysis Office:**

Selya Price: Data matching: solar-photovoltaic (PV) units. Prepared and
organized spreadsheets (consisting of data from both databases) to be
utilized in data matching.

Elvin Yuzugullu: Prepared and organized spreadsheets (consisting of data
from both databases) to be utilized in data matching. Provided support
to EIA throughout the project, and edited the REPiS database in
accordance with the findings of the project.

Christy Herig: Helped establish initial PV baseline.

(NREL project management provided by Douglas Norland and Eldon Boes.)

**EE:**

Lynne Gillette, formerly of the **Office of Solar Energy Technology**,
was an initial sponsor of the project.

Raymond Fortuna, EE Office of the Geothermal Technology Program,
provided and reviewed information.

**Industry:**

E.C. (Liz) Battocletti of Bob Lawrence & Associates helped coordinate
support for the geothermal part of the work by contacting and soliciting
the help of the Geothermal Energy Association (Julia Watkins) and
various GEA members, including: Susan Petty, Caithness Energy; Richard
Price, TMS, Inc.; Jim Horne, Calpine Corp. Robert Manicke, PhD., and
Michael Blaha, PhD., of Calpine Corp. also provided useful information.

This support consisted primarily of identifying operational plants,
their owners and plant contacts. This was especially helpful since many
plants have recently changed ownership, going from utility owned to
non-utility owned.

**Appendix A: Please see Attachment A**

**Appendix B**

**Table 1**

##### EIA

+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| **[Biomass            | **[Code               | **[Code               |
| Energy]{.mark}**      | (1999)]{.mark}**      | (2000)]{.mark}**      |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| ### Wood/Wood Waste   |                       |                       |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| # Black Liquor        | BL                    | BL                    |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| **Wood/Wood Waste     |                       | WDL                   |
| Liquids**             |                       |                       |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| # Red Liquor          | RL                    |                       |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| Sludge Wood           | SW                    |                       |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| Spent Sulfite Liquor  | SS                    |                       |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| **Wood/Wood Waste     |                       | WDS                   |
| Solids**              |                       |                       |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| # Peat                | PT                    |                       |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| Paper Pellets         | PP                    |                       |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| Railroad Ties         | RT                    |                       |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| Utility Poles         | UP                    |                       |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| Wood/Wood Waste       | WW                    |                       |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| ### MSW/Landfill Gas  |                       |                       |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| # MSW                 | MW                    | MSW                   |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| Landfill Gas          | LF                    | LFG                   |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| ### Other Waste       |                       |                       |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| **Agricultural        |                       | AB                    |
| Byproducts/Crops**    |                       |                       |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| # Ag                  | AB                    |                       |
| ricultural Byproducts |                       |                       |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| Straw                 | #### ST               |                       |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| ### Other Biomass Gas |                       | OBG                   |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| # Digester Gas        | DG                    |                       |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| Methane               | ME                    |                       |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| ###                   |                       | OBL                   |
| Other Biomass Liquids |                       |                       |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| # Fish Oil            | FO                    |                       |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| Liquid Acetonitrite   | LA                    |                       |
| Waste                 |                       |                       |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| Tall Oil              | TO                    |                       |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| Waste Alcohol         | WA                    |                       |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| ###                   |                       | OBS                   |
|  Other Biomass Solids |                       |                       |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| # Medical Waste       | MD                    |                       |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| Solid Byproducts      | SB                    |                       |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| Sludge Waste          | SM                    | SLW                   |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| Tires                 | TI                    | TDF                   |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+

**Table 2**

REPiS

  -------------------------------------------------- --------------------
  **Name**                                           **Fuel ID**

  Agricultural Residues (Waste)                      Agricultural
                                                     Residues

  Cannery Wastes                                     Agricultural
                                                     Residues

  Nut Hulls                                          Agricultural
                                                     Residues

  Fruit Pits                                         Agricultural
                                                     Residues

  Nut Shells                                         Agricultural
                                                     Residues

  BioGas                                             BioGas

  Alcohol (Term Includes Butanol, Ethanol, and       BioGas
  Methanol)                                          

  Bagasse                                            BioGas

  Hydrogen                                           BioGas

  Landfill Gas (Refuse Gas) see also METHANE         Landfill Gas

  Livestock Manure                                   BioGas

  Methane (LGAS or Sewage Gas) Includes Digester Gas BioGas

  Refuse Gas                                         BioGas

  Municipal Sewage                                   BioGas

  Wood Gas (from Wood Gasifier)                      BioGas

  Energy Crops                                       Energy Crops

  Grains (Corn, Rice, Wheat)                         Energy Crops

  Municipal Solid Waste (Including Industrial and    Municipal Solid
  Medical)                                           Waste

  Hazardous Waste                                    Municipal Solid
                                                     Waste

  Refuse-Derived Fuel (Combustible Portion of        Municipal Solid
  Refuse)                                            Waste

  Refuse (Garbage, Trash)                            Municipal Solid
                                                     Waste

  Scrap Tires (Could be Shredded)                    Municipal Solid
                                                     Waste

  Wastewater Sludge                                  Municipal Solid
                                                     Waste

  Timber Residues (Milling Residues and Logging      Timber Residues
  Residues)                                          

  Tree Bark                                          Timber Residues

  Wood Chips (from Milling/Logging)                  Timber Residues

  Hog (Hogged) Fuel                                  Timber Residues

  Pulping Liquor                                     Timber Residues

  Paper Mill Sludge                                  Timber Residues

  Peat                                               Timber Residues

  Tree Pitch                                         Timber Residues

  Sander Dust (from Milling)                         Timber Residues

  Sawdust (from Milling)                             Timber Residues

  Shavings (from Milling)                            Timber Residues

  Tree Trim (from Milling)                           Timber Residues

  Wood or Wood Waste                                 Timber Residues
  -------------------------------------------------- --------------------

**Attachment 3: Proposed Frame Analysis**

**A. Purpose of Analysis**

1.  Evaluate coverage of 2002 frames for EIA-860 (CHP), EIA-3, EIA-5,
    EIA-63a, and EIA-63b.

-   [EIA-860](http://www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/electricity/forms/eia860/eia860.pdf),
    "Annual Electric Generator Report" (Combined Heat and Power Plants,
    NAICS 31-33)

-   [EIA-3](http://www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/coal/page/surveys/formeia-3.pdf),
    "Quarterly Coal Consumption and Quality Report, Manufacturing
    Plants"

-   [EIA-63a](http://www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/solar.renewables/page/forms/eia63a_form.pdf),
    "Annual Solar Thermal Collector Manufactures Survey"

-   [EIA-63b](http://www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/solar.renewables/page/forms/eia63b_form.pdf),
    "Annual Photovoltaic Mod/Cell Manufacturers Survey"

-   [EIA-5](http://www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/coal/page/surveys/formeia-5.pdf),
    "Quarterly Coal Consumption and Quality Report, Coke Plants"

2.  Identify for each frame geographic region and NAICS code where there
    are coverage problems (if possible).

**B. Analysis of Coverage of EIA Frames**

**Energy-intensive industries** are of special importance in evaluating
coverage.

MECS/EC Initially use 2002 MECS to evaluate coverage of EIA-860 and
EIA-3.

*Two-step process:*

1.  The first step is to match establishments on EIA frame to MECS.

> If unable to match establishments to MECs, then

2.  The second step is to match establishment to Census of Manufacturing
    (CM).

*Rationale for using MECS initially to match establishments*

-   MECS is a sample (\~15,500) of the Census of Manufacturing (NAICS
    31-33)

-   MECS identifies establishments with cogeneration technology (\~1,300
    in 1998)

-   MECS is used for these two frames because not all variables selected
    for evaluating coverage are available on CM.

Census of

Manufacturing Use CM to evaluate coverage of EIA-63a, EIA-63b, and EIA-5

Census of Manufacturing (CM) includes NAICS 31-33 and by volume of
shipments includes 98% coverage.

Establishments on frame for EIA-63a and EIA-63b are likely in NAICS
334413

Establishments on frame for EIA-5 (Coke Plants) may be in NAICS 324 or
331.

EIA does not collect information from establishments on NAICS codes for
these frames.

**C. Size of EIA Frames**

The number of establishments on the following surveys is for 2002

Approximately 100 establishments are on both EIA-860 and EIA-3

EIA will provide crosswalk between EIA-860 and EIA-3

> EIA-860 (CHPs, NAICS 31-33) 1,500
>
> EIA-3 562
>
> EIA-63a 29
>
> EIA-63b 22
>
> EIA-5 20

**D. Variables to use to Evaluate Coverage**

> EIA-860 Total electricity generation (mgwthr) and possible fuel
> consumption (physical units)
>
> EIA-3 Coal consumption (short tons)
>
> EIA-63a Total shipments (peak megawatthours) or Value of shipments
> (\$)
>
> EIA-63b Total shipments (square feet) or Value of shipments (\$)
>
> EIA-5 Coke and breeze production and coal consumption (all 3 in short
> tons)

**E. Details on Matching and Evaluating Coverage**

Causes for difference between EIA and Census frames have been identified
in Appendix I.

1\. Form EIA-860, "Annual Electric Generator Report"

**Frame (EIA-860)**

-   Approximately 1,500 Establishments on EIA-860 frame

-   Frame excludes inactive establishments

-   Frame excludes establishments with a nameplate rating of 1 megawatt
    (1000 kW) or less

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-   Establishments with primary or secondary NAICS code in the
    manufacturing sector (31 to 33)

-   Respondents self-report NAICS codes

**Matching**

*Criteria to consider*

-   Company Name

-   Establishment Name and address (city, state, zip code)

-   Prime mover and cogeneration technology (MECS) used to generate
    electricity

-   Fuel consumption by type of fuel

-   3-digit NAICS code (primary and secondary only for establishments
    with primary of NAICS 22)

-   Electricity generated

-   Cogeneration technology

**Coverage (Electricity Generated)**

[U.S. Total]{.underline} (separately for cogen, noncogen, and combined)

*Count % =* [Number of Matched Active Establishments on
MECS]{.underline}

Number of Active Inscope Establishments on MECS

*Unweighted*

*Volume % =* [Unweighted Volume of Electricity Gen. for Matched Active
Establishments on MECS]{.underline}

Unweighted Volume of Electricity Gen for All Active Inscope Ests on MECS

*Weighted*

*Volume % =* [Weighted Volume of Electricity Gen. for Matched Active
Establishments on MECS]{.underline}

Weighted Volume of Electricity Gen. for All Active Inscope Ests on MECS

In addition, similar information for Fuel Consumption for select Fuel
Types would be of interest.

Disaggregated

Totals Use formula to provide percent of count/volume by geographic
region and NAICS code

to the extent possible.

**Analysis of Matched/Nonmatched Establishments by Count and Volume**

  ----------- --------------------------------------- ------------- ----------
  Cogen       Matched/Nonmatched                      Count         Volume

  Cogen       Matched respondents                                   

              On MECS frame, inscope and not on EIA                 
              frame                                                 

              On EIA frame and not on MECS frame                    

  Non-cogen   Matched respondents                                   

              On MECS frame, inscope and not on EIA                 
              frame                                                 

              On EIA frame and not on MECS frame                    
  ----------- --------------------------------------- ------------- ----------

2\. Form EIA-3, "Quarterly Coal Consumption and Quality Report,
Manufacturing Plants"

**Frame**

-   562 Establishments on EIA-3 Frame

-   Establishments self-report NAICS code

-   Crosswalk between EIA-3 and EIA-860 for over 100 establishments

**Matching**

*Criteria to consider*

-   Company Name

-   Establishment Name and address (city, state, zip code)

-   3-digit NAICS code

-   Type of coal (Anthracite, Bituminous/Sub, and Lignite) consumed

**Coverage (Coal Consumed)**

U.S. Total

*For Count % =* [Number of Matched Active Establishments on MECS that
Consume Coal]{.underline}

Number of Active Establishments Inscope on MECS that Consume Coal

*For Volume % =* [Unweighted Volume of Coal Consumed for Matched Active
Ests on MECS]{.underline}

Option 1 Unweighted Volume of Coal Consumed for All Active Ests Inscope
on MECS

*For Volume % =* [Weighted Volume of Coal Consumed for Matched Active
Ests on MECS]{.underline}

Option 2 Weighted Volume of Coal Consumed for All Active Inscope Ests on
MECS

Disaggregated

Totals Percent for both count and volume by coal type and if possible
3-digit NAICS code,

to the extent possible

**Analysis of Matched/Nonmatched Establishments by Count and Volume**

  -------------------------------------------- ------------- -------------
  Matched/Nonmatched                           Count         Volume

  Matched respondents                                        

  On MECS frame, inscope and not on EIA frame                

  On EIA frame and not on MECS frame                         
  -------------------------------------------- ------------- -------------

3\. For the following three forms, similar types of evaluation of
coverage and analysis at US level only.

3a Form EIA-63a "Solar Thermal Collector Manufactures Survey"

**Frame**

-   29 Establishments on EIA-63a frame

-   May be classified in NAICS 334413

-   Establishments do not report NAICS code

**Matching**

*Criteria to consider*

-   Company Name

-   Establishment Name and address (city, state, zip code)

-   Shipments of solar thermal collectors and associated revenue

3b. Form EIA-63b "Annual Photovoltaic Mod/Cell Manufacturers Survey"

**Frame**

-   22 Establishments on EIA-63b frame

-   May be classified in NAICS 334413

-   Establishments do not report NAICS code

**Matching**

*Criteria to consider*

-   Company Name

-   Establishment Name and address (city, state, zip code)

-   Shipment of photovoltaic modules/cells and associated revenue

3c. Form EIA-5 "Quarterly Coal Consumption and Quality Report, Coke
Plants"

**Frame**

-   24 Establishments on EIA-5 frame

-   Establishments may be classified in NAICS 324 or 331

-   Establishments do not report NAICS code

**Matching**

*Criteria to consider*

-   Company Name

-   Establishment Name and address (city, state, zip code)

**Appendix I: Potential Difference in Frames**

The number of establishments on EIA's frame may differ from those on
Census frame due to:

-   **NAICS classification**

    -   Respondents of EIA self-report NAICS codes for their
        establishments

    -   Establishments on EIA-860 have both a primary and secondary
        NAICS code. It is possible establishments classified in
        manufacturing sector (NAICS 31 to 33) on the Census of
        Manufacturing have a primary code of NAICS 22 and a secondary
        NACIS code in the manufacturing sector on the frame for EIA-860

-   **Status** of operations: EIA only includes active establishments
    whereas the Census of Manufacturing/MECS contain active and inactive
    establishments

-   **Boundary** of establishments: The boundary of the establishments
    that report on the Census of Manufacturing/MECS may differ from
    boundary of the establishments that report on EIA surveys,
    especially EIA-860 and EIA-3. In addition, for establishments on
    both of these EIA frames, which match CM/MECS by address, it is
    possible the respondents will report different quantities of fuel
    consumption. This may, in part, be due to what the establishment
    considers to be "inside the boundary" For example, if the generator
    is offsite, then on the MECS and CM fuel consumed by the generator
    would be excluded whereas on the EIA forms this fuel consumed at the
    offsite generated (which provides electricity to the plant) would be
    included.

EIA-860 All electric generating plants, which have or will have a
nameplate rating of 1 megawatt (1000 kW)

or more. The operators of jointly-owned plants should be the only
respondent for those plants.

EIA will provide list of all establishments in **manufacturing sector**
with primary or secondary NAICS 31 to 33.

EIA-3 Manufacturing companies that consume in excess of **1,000 short
tons** of anthracite, bituminous,

subbituminous coal or lignite for uses other than coke production during
the year. This includes

synfuel plants that use coal as a feedstock, other facilities using coal
as a feedstock, and all

facilities using coal for gasification/liquefaction.

EIA-63a Solar thermal collectors may be a product of NAICS 334413. EIA
does not collect NAICS codes.

EIA-63b Photovoltaic modules/cells may be a product of NAICS 334413. EIA
does not collect NAICS codes.

EIA-5 Census of Coke plants with potential differences due to difference
in boundary of establishment.

**Attachment 4: Petroleum Marketing Data Comparison**

The EIA-782 survey series collects data on petroleum markets to fulfill
legislative mandates from Congress and to provide comprehensive
information for evaluating market behavior. It includes three surveys:
Form EIA-782A, \"Refiners\'/Gas Plant Operators\' Monthly Petroleum
Product Sales Report;\" Form EIA-782B, \"Resellers\'/Retailers\' Monthly
Petroleum Product Sales Report;\" and Form EIA-782C, \"Monthly Report of
Prime Supplier Sales of Petroleum Products Sold for Local Consumption.\"
This article compares the data from the EIA-782 survey series with other
sources to assess the quality of the EIA-782 data. Significant
differences and trends among data series may indicate the need for
changes in data collection and processing, the reporting population,
survey or sample design, or may simply reflect conceptual differences
across surveys.

The data sources used to compare with the EIA-782 series include:

-   The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Office of Consumer Price Index
    (CPI) data for retail prices of motor gasoline, diesel fuel, and
    residential No. 2 fuel oil.

-   Form EIA-888, \"On-Highway Diesel Fuel Price Survey,\" for retail
    prices of diesel fuel.

-   Form EIA-878, \"Motor Gasoline Price Survey,\" for retail prices of
    gasoline.

-   Form EIA-821, \"Annual Fuel Oil and Kerosene Sales Report,\" for
    volumes of distillate and residual fuel oil.

-   EIA\'s Petroleum Supply Annual (PSA) product supplied for volumes of
    distillate fuel oil, residual fuel oil, and motor gasoline.

-   Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) for volumes of motor gasoline.

This article discusses the differences among the data sources and the
reasons for variation among the data series. Some differences are
irreconcilable and exist among the data sources because of different
reporting populations, point in time measurements of market activity,
survey design, methodology, and metadata issues relating to product and
energy-use sector definitions. Other factors that contribute to
differences between data sources include differences in geographic
and/or market coverage, product definitions, and units of measure. A
more detailed description of each data source is contained in the Notes
section at the end of this article.

Price Comparisons

Generally, Tables FE1 - FE3 show that EIA-782 national prices are lower
than the BLS, EIA-878, and EIA-888 retail price data series. Differences
in the survey methodology across the surveys explain some of the price
differences.

-   The BLS, EIA-878, and EIA-888 prices include all taxes whereas
    EIA-782 prices exclude all taxes. For this article, a
    U.S.-total-weighted Federal and State tax provided by the FHWA is
    deducted from BLS, EIA-878, and EIA-888 prices. No adjustment was
    made to the BLS, EIA-878, and EIA-888 prices to remove local sales
    taxes and other State and local taxes such as environmental
    discharge and clean up taxes, underground storage tank taxes, and
    transportation use taxes.

-   BLS prices are collected from urban areas whereas EIA-782, EIA-878,
    and EIA-888 prices are collected from both rural and urban areas
    across a region or state.

-   The EIA-782 uses current volumes while BLS, the EIA-878 and EIA-888
    use fixed volumes to compute weighted average prices.

-   The EIA-782 prices represent all sales during the month, while BLS
    prices represent a point in the month. The EIA-878 and the EIA-888
    are weekly surveys and represent a point in time in the week. In
    this article, the annual EIA-878 and EIA-888 prices were calculated
    using simple arithmetic means.

Residential No. 2 Fuel Oil

Table FE1 shows BLS prices are 3 to 5 percent higher than EIA-782 prices
from 1995 through 2001. The difference between the two series has
gradually grown each year since 1999. BLS prices are obtained from urban
areas only and do not reflect complete geographic coverage for this
product. EIA-782 prices are volume weighted price estimates.

  ------------- ------ --------- ------- ------------ -------------------------------------------------
  Table FE1.                                          
  U.S.                                                
  Residential                                         
  No. 2                                               
  Distillate                                          
  Prices,                                             
  1995-2001                                           

                                                      

                       (Cents            Percentage   
                       per                            
                       gallon)                        

                Year   EIA-782   BLS     BLS/\        
                                         EIA-782      

                1995   86.7      89.3    1.03         

                1996   98.9      101.9   1.03         

                1997   98.4      101.4   1.03         

                1998   85.2      88.0    1.03         

                1999   87.6      90.0    1.03         

                2000   131.1     136.0   1.04         

                2001   125.0     131.0   1.05         

                                                      
  ------------- ------ --------- ------- ------------ -------------------------------------------------

On-Highway Diesel Fuel

Table FE2 shows the annual estimates for EIA-782 and EIA-888 prices from
1995-2001 and for BLS prices from 1998-2001. BLS began publishing retail
diesel fuel prices beginning in 1998. EIA-782 and EIA-888 prices track
closely, however, the EIA-888 prices range from 9 to 23 percent below
the BLS prices. No adjustment was made to the BLS and EIA-888 prices for
additional State and/or local taxes relating to environmental
regulations and transportation use, so both price series were expected
to be higher than the EIA-782 prices.

  ------------ ------------- --------- --------- ------------- -------------
  Table FE2.                                                   
  U.S. Retail                                                  
  On-Highway                                                   
  Diesel Fuel                                                  
  Prices,                                                      
  1995-2001                                                    

                                                               

               (Million                          Percentage    
               Gallons)                                        

  Year         EIA-782       EIA-888   BLS       EIA-888/\     BLS/\
                                                 EIA-782       EIA-782

  1995         67.0          67.5      n/a       1.01          n/a

  1996         78.8          80.0      n/a       1.02          n/a

  1997         74.5          75.8      n/a       1.02          n/a

  1998         59.3          60.2      73.2      1.02          1.23

  1999         68.5          67.7      76.9      0.99          1.12

  2000         103.6         104.6     113.3     1.01          1.09

  2001         94.3          95.7      109.0     1.02          1.16

                                                               

  n/a = not                                                    
  available                                                    
  ------------ ------------- --------- --------- ------------- -------------

BLS prices are obtained from urban areas and do not reflect complete
geographic coverage for this product. Diesel prices are one of five
types of fuel prices that are collected for the motor fuels item strata
in calculating the Consumer Price Index. Outlets are selected based upon
responses to the BLS Telephone Point of Purchaser Survey (TPOPS) on
where the consumer purchased any motor fuels during the survey period.
The companies reporting on the EIA-888 survey were selected from the
EIA-782 surveys.

Motor Gasoline

Table FE3 shows the annual estimates for EIA-782, EIA-878, and BLS
prices from 1990-2001. The price differences were similar across each
grade of gasoline so this paper only discusses the prices for regular
grade gasoline. For the past 11 years, BLS prices vary between 5 and 9
percent above the EIA-782 prices. EIA-878 prices are between 1 and 5
percent higher than EIA-782 prices during the same time period. Since
both BLS and EIA-878 prices contain additional taxes relating to sales
taxes, highway use taxes, and other local taxes that could not be
removed for this analysis, the EIA-782 prices should be lower than the
other series.

  ----------- ------------- --------- --------- ------------- -------------
  Table FE3.                                                  
  U.S. Retail                                                 
  Motor                                                       
  Gasoline                                                    
  Prices,                                                     
  Regular                                                     
  Grade,                                                      
  1990-2001                                                   

                                                              

              (Million                          Percentage    
              Gallons)                                        

  Year        EIA-782       EIA-878   BLS       EIA-878/\     BLS/\
                                                EIA-782       EIA-782

  1990        87.2          n/a       86.9      n/a           1.00

  1991        78.1          78.1      82.3      1.00          1.05

  1992        75.2          76.2      80.2      1.01          1.07

  1993        71.7          73.9      78.0      1.03          1.09

  1994        69.4          70.1      73.9      1.01          1.06

  1995        72.5          73.7      77.3      1.02          1.07

  1996        81.2          85.0      85.7      1.05          1.06

  1997        80.0          82.0      85.5      1.03          1.07

  1998        62.5          64.4      67.4      1.03          1.08

  1999        73.0          75.2      78.2      1.03          1.07

  2000        106.6         109.6     112.2     1.03          1.05

  2001        99.6          103.2     107.3     1.04          1.08

                                                              

  n/a = not                                                   
  available                                                   
  ----------- ------------- --------- --------- ------------- -------------

Since BLS does not calculate an annual price, a simple average of
monthly prices was calculated to obtain the annual average price. The
BLS monthly prices are calculated based on approximately 900 price
quotes. Approximately 25 to 35 prices are collected from each published
geographic area. EIA-782 prices represent sales transactions in all 50
States. There are other limitations in comparing a simple average data
series with a volume weighted average price series because of the effect
of volume changes throughout the year on the annual price estimate.

The EIA-878 also uses fixed volume weights for calculating prices based
on approximately 900 price quotes each week. A simple average of weekly
prices was calculated to obtain the annual average price. At the
national level, EIA-878 regional prices are weighted based on fixed
weights for each region. The EIA-878 sample used from 1998 through 2001
is based on EIA-782 sales volumes from October 1996 through October
1997. The EIA-782 prices utilize all sales transactions throughout the
reference month whereas the EIA-878 are point in time estimates.

Volume Comparisons

EIA-782C volumes were compared with volumes reported in the EIA-821, the
PSA, and the FHWA. Product supplied in the PSA is an estimate of the
demand for petroleum products because it measures the production and
adjustments from primary sources of supply for a given time period. It
is calculated by adding and subtracting volumes as they are moved into
and out of the primary distribution stream. Sales volume data from the
EIA-782C and EIA-821 reflect the transfer of product title from a seller
to a buyer into those States where the products are locally marketed and
consumed. FHWA doesn\'t collect actual sales data on gasoline and diesel
fuel. States report their fuel volumes to FHWA based on the beginning
inventory at the terminal facility minus exports plus shipments to the
terminal during the reporting cycle. This difference in survey concepts
and methodology underlies some of the differences that exist between the
data series.

Distillate Fuel Oil

Table FE4 shows volumes of distillate fuel oil from the EIA-782C,
EIA-821, and PSA series from 1990 through 2001. From 1990 through 1992,
the EIA-782C volumes are higher than the EIA-821 and PSA volumes. The
difference between the EIA-782C series and the PSA series narrows after
1993. An important reason for this change is the addition in 1993 of
several importers and traders to the exclusionary list used by
respondents when reporting sales on the EIA-782C. For a description of
the changes made in 1993 see [Changes to Form EIA-782C, \"Monthly Report
of Petroleum Products Sold into States for Consumption\"]{.underline},
by Kenneth I. Platto, Petroleum Marketing Monthly, May 1993. Respondents
to the EIA-782C should exclude sales to any company on the exclusionary
list that is not a local distributor, local retailer, or end user. These
changes improve the EIA-782C\'s market coverage and eliminate double
counting of volumes sold.

  ------------ ------------- --------- --------- ------------- -------------
  Table FE4.                                                   
  U.S.                                                         
  Distillate                                                   
  Fuel Oil                                                     
  Volumes,                                                     
  1990-2001                                                    

                                                               

               (Million                          Percentage    
               Gallons)                                        

  Year         EIA-782C      EIA-821   PSA       EIA-821/\     PSA/\
                                                 EIA-782C      EIA-782C

  1990         50,513        47,827    46,305    0.95          0.92

  1991         48,892        45,211    44,775    0.92          0.92

  1992         49,971        47,262    45,791    0.95          0.92

  1993         48,029        48,290    46,622    1.01          0.97

  1994         49,188        50,424    48,477    1.03          0.99

  1995         49,332        51,469    49,158    1.04          1.00

  1996         51,895        53,379    51,731    1.03          1.00

  1997         51,903        54,366    52,665    1.05          1.01

  1998         52,371        55,306    53,064    1.06          1.01

  1999         54,614        57,573    54,759    1.05          1.00

  2000         55,822        59,601    57,217    1.07          1.02

  2001         57,344        60,451    58,971    1.06          1.04
  ------------ ------------- --------- --------- ------------- -------------

Since 1997, EIA-782C volumes have been below both EIA-821 volumes and
PSA volumes. This suggests that the EIA-782C may still not have complete
coverage on distillate sales. Table FE4 also shows that the difference
between the EIA-782C and EIA-821 volumes is greater than the difference
between the EIA-782C and the PSA volumes.

One possible source for the widening gap between EIA-821 and EIA-782C
volumes is the sales coverage for on-highway use. The EIA-821 on-highway
energy use sector shows an increase of approximately 16% since 1997 and
is the largest component contributing to the increase in distillate
volumes for that survey during the past 5 years. The EIA-821 volumes for
on-highway use are obtained from the Federal Highway Administration and
used in place of data reported for this category. However, some EIA-821
respondents may report sales to commercial and institutional fleet
vehicles in the commercial use category. If the commercial category
contains some misreported transportation volumes, and exogenous data is
used to replace the data for on-highway use, then some double counting
of distillate volumes for transportation use on the EIA-821 may occur.
If sales to fleet vehicles, which are reported in the commercial
category, are increasing at approximately the same rate as other
distillate sales for other on-highway use, then the amount of double
counting of distillate sales in the EIA-821 survey may also be
increasing over the past five years, and may contribute to any
differences between the EIA-782C and EIA-821 data series.

Motor Gasoline

Table FE5 shows volumes of motor gasoline from the EIA-782C, FHWA and
PSA series from 1990 through 2001.

  ----------- ------------- --------- --------- ------------- -------------
  Table FE5.                                                  
  U.S. Motor                                                  
  Gasoline                                                    
  Volumes,                                                    
  1990-2001                                                   

                                                              

              (Million                          Percentage    
              Gallons)                                        

  Year        EIA-782C      PSA       FHWA      PSA/\         FHWA/\
                                                EIA-782C      EIA-782C

  1990        122,574       110,913   115,275   0.90          0.94

  1991        120,524       110,192   113,196   0.90          0.94

  1992        120,737       111,418   114,854   0.92          0.95

  1993        117,886       114,607   116,614   0.97          0.99

  1994        120,151       116,523   118,531   0.97          0.99

  1995        122,582       119,405   120,876   0.97          0.99

  1996        124,243       120,969   123,327   0.97          0.99

  1997        125,632       122,901   125,045   0.98          1.00

  1998        128,696       126,518   128,504   0.98          1.00

  1999        131,066       129,247   132,261   0.99          1.01

  2000        129,527       129,876   132,280   1.00          1.02

  2001        132,029       131,992   n/a       1.01          n/a

                                                              

  n/a = not                                                   
  available                                                   
  ----------- ------------- --------- --------- ------------- -------------

[EIA-782C and PSA]{.underline}

Table FE5 shows that during 1990-1992 PSA motor gasoline volumes are
between 8 - 10 percent lower than the EIA-782C volumes. One reason PSA
volumes are significantly lower than EIA-782C volumes prior to 1993 is
that double counting occurred on the EIA-782C because some respondents
were not excluding sales to companies that should have listed on the
exclusionary list. A second reason EIA-782C volumes are greater than PSA
volumes prior to 1993 was that PSA did not have complete coverage of
downstream blending of finished motor gasoline. Blending of fuel
ethanol, methanol, methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE), and other blend
stock with gasoline often occurs downstream from the refineries. Prior
to 1993, this is included in the EIA-782C volumes but not in the PSA
volumes. Since 1993, the published PSA motor gasoline volumes include
downstream blending at bulk terminals. As a result, the difference
between the EIA-782C and the PSA volumes narrows after 1993.

[EIA-782C and FHWA]{.underline}

Table FE5 also shows that EIA-782C volumes generally track the FHWA
motor gasoline volumes beginning in 1993. Prior to 1993, FHWA volumes
were reported by wholesale distributors to State motor fuel tax agencies
that compile data on gasoline taxes and these data were reported by the
State agencies to FHWA. In 1993, the point of Federal tax collection was
moved upstream from the last wholesale sale to the terminal operators.
This change in the reporting volumes results in more accurate reporting
of the FHWA volumes.

Residual Fuel Oil

Table FE6 shows volumes of residual fuel oil from the EIA-782C, EIA-821,
and PSA from 1990 through 2001.

  ----------- ------------- --------- --------- ------------- -------------
  Table FE6.                                                  
  U.S.                                                        
  Residual                                                    
  Fuel Oil                                                    
  Volumes,                                                    
  1990-2001                                                   

                                                              

              (Million                          Percentage    
              Gallons)                                        

  Year        EIA-782C      EIA-821   PSA       EIA-821/\     PSA/\
                                                EIA-782C      EIA-782C

  1990        18,677        19,233    18,838    1.03          1.01

  1991        17,856        17,632    17,750    0.99          0.99

  1992        16,317        16,199    16,822    0.99          1.03

  1993        13,555        15,064    16,559    1.11          1.22

  1994        12,753        14,825    15,649    1.16          1.23

  1995        9,623         12,318    13,058    1.28          1.36

  1996        10,639        13,257    13,041    1.25          1.23

  1997        10,583        12,504    12,213    1.18          1.15

  1998        11,513        14,730    13,600    1.28          1.18

  1999        10,259        13,328    12,726    1.30          1.24

  2000        9,760         13,211    13,966    1.35          1.43

  2001        10,285        13,546    12,435    1.32          1.21
  ----------- ------------- --------- --------- ------------- -------------

[EIA-782C vs. PSA and EIA-821]{.underline}

Table FE6 shows that the difference between the EIA-782C and the other
two series widen after 1993 and reach its highest level in 2000 with PSA
volumes exceeding the EIA-782C volumes by 43% and the EIA-821 exceeding
the EIA-782C volumes by 35%. The large and continuous divergence between
the EIA-782C and the other two series suggests that the EIA-782C may be
missing some coverage of residual fuel oil sales. In addition, there may
have been some misreporting by respondents in the PSA surveys during
this time period.

During 1999 through 2001, some importers misreported their imports of
residual fuel oil on the EIA-814, \"Monthly Imports Report.\" Their
imports of unfinished oils were combined with residual fuels and both
products were reported as residual fuel oil. This may be due to the
misconception by respondents that imports reported to EIA should match
the same import volumes reported to the U.S. Customs office. When a
shipment reaches the United States, the importer of record will complete
Customs Form 7501, \"Entry Summary\" (CF-7501). CF-7501 is used to
validate data reported on Form EIA-814. CF-7501 does not have a category
for unfinished oils so imports of unfinished oils are mistakenly
reported as residual fuel oil. It is unclear how long the reporting of
unfinished oils as residual fuel oil has been occurring during the past
10 years. The reported imports of unfinished oil as residual fuel oil by
some PSA respondents contributes to the higher PSA volumes for residual
fuel oil. This is notable in the past 2 years as imports of residual
fuel oil reached their highest levels and account for 39 percent of
product supplied for residual fuel oil in 2000 and 47 percent in 2001. A
data correction for 2001 PSA residual fuel oil volumes moved some
volumes from imports of residual fuel oil to imports of unfinished oils.
This resulted in reducing the gap between the EIA-782C and PSA residual
fuel volumes. No other data corrections were made to the 1999 and 2000
PSA volumes.

Another reason EIA-782C volumes are below the other series is that some
firms may be missing from the reporting population of the EIA-782C
survey. Missing firms from the EIA-782C will undercount sales and
contribute to the difference between the series as the percentage of
imports that comprise product supplied of residual fuel oil increases.
The EIA-782C has been below both other data series for the past nine
years and the gradual widening of this disparity, even after the
revision of the 2001 PSA volumes, indicates that the EIA-782C is missing
some coverage of residual fuel oil.

Summary

One method of evaluating the quality of petroleum market prices and
volumes is to compare EIA-782 series data with other sources.
Differences among data sources could lead to a review and possible
update of the reporting populations for the EIA-782 surveys and research
on alternatives for adjusting the data. Other differences across data
sources indicate differences in survey methodology and conceptual
differences with data collection.

Notes

Data Sources

The Form EIA-782A, \"Refiners\'/Gas Plant Operators\' Monthly Petroleum
Product Sales Report,\" collects monthly price and volume data at the
State level for 14 petroleum products for various retail and wholesale
marketing categories. It is a census of refiners and gas plant
operators. The frame is updated on an ongoing basis using respondent
lists from surveys such as the Form EIA-810, \"Monthly Refinery
Report;\" the Form EIA-816, \"Monthly Natural Gas Liquids Report;\" and
industry trade publications. Currently, 110 companies respond to the
EIA-782A survey.

The Form EIA-782B, \"Resellers\'/Retailers\' Monthly Petroleum Product
Sales Report,\" is sent to a sample of resellers and retailers of motor
gasoline, distillate, propane, and residual fuel oil. Respondents to
Form EIA-863, \"Petroleum Product Sales Identification Survey,\" are
used as the sampling frame of resellers and retailers for the EIA-782B.
Firms having 5 percent or more of sales in a State are selected with
certainty. The remaining companies on the frame are sampled by
geographic area, product, type of sale, and by probability proportional
to size. The EIA-782B sample includes approximately 2,000 companies.

The Form EIA-782C, \"Monthly Report of Prime Supplier Sales of Petroleum
Products Sold for Local Consumption,\" collects volumes of prime
supplier sales of selected petroleum products into States where they are
locally sold and consumed. A prime supplier is a firm that produces,
imports, or transports any of the selected petroleum products across
State boundaries and local marketing areas and sells the product to
local distributors, local retailers, or end users. This survey provides
a measure of consumption in most States. Currently, 183 firms respond to
the EIA-782C survey.

Data collected on the Forms EIA-782A, EIA-782B, and EIA-782C are
published in the Petroleum Marketing Monthly (PMM) and the Petroleum
Marketing Annual (PMA).

In addition, production, import, and export data collected by EIA\'s
Petroleum Division are published in the Petroleum Supply Monthly (PSM)
and the Petroleum Supply Annual (PSA). The Petroleum Division uses the
Petroleum Supply Reporting System (PSRS) for data collection. The PSRS
is composed of a family of data collection survey forms, data processing
systems, and publications systems. Detailed data on refinery and natural
gas plant operations, bulk terminal and pipeline stocks, petroleum
products imports, and movements of petroleum products among Petroleum
Administration for Defense (PAD) districts are collected monthly.
Figures for product supply originate from Forms EIA-810, \"Monthly
Refinery Report;\" EIA-811, \"Monthly Bulk Terminal Report;\" EIA-812,
\"Monthly Product Pipeline Report;\" EIA-813, \"Monthly Crude Oil
Report;\" EIA-814, \"Monthly Imports Report;\" EIA-816, \"Monthly
Natural Gas Liquids Report;\" and EIA-817, \"Monthly Tanker and Barge
Movement Report.\" Aggregate export data obtained from the Bureau of the
Census are also included in computations for the PSM and PSA. The PMA
and the PSA may contain revisions of the data published in the PMM and
the PSM, respectively, due to late submissions or revisions to the
monthly data.

The Form EIA-821, \"Annual Fuel Oil and Kerosene Sales Report,\"
collects data on the sales to end users of distillate fuel oil, residual
fuel oil, and kerosene. The data are used to determine the level of
sales by energy-use category and product at the State, regional, and
national levels. The sample size is approximately 4,000. The sampling
frame for the EIA-821 is also derived from the respondents to Form
EIA-863. The EIA-863 is a quadrennial census used to collect information
on size, type, and geographic location of firms selling petroleum
products. Data from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) of the
U.S. Department of Transportation replace EIA-821 data reported as
on-highway diesel sales.

The Highway Statistics Division of the FHWA collects information related
to highway transportation. Sales volumes of motor gasoline are published
on a calendar year basis and are a cumulative tabulation of gross
gallons of gasoline reported by wholesale distributors to State motor
fuel tax agencies. The FHWA collects information on finished motor
gasoline, with no distinction made among motor gasoline grades. The data
include gasoline for both highway and non-highway use. The FHWA includes
gasohol but excludes exports, fuels for military use, and dealer
transfers.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) publishes the aggregate index for
household fuels and its component indexes for electricity and natural
gas, as well as the motor fuels. The component index for fuel oil and
diesel fuel are only published at the national level. These retail
prices are collected monthly by BLS representatives in the urban areas,
and support the estimation of the Consumer Price Index (CPI). The CPI
uses fixed volume weights to measure the change in price over time for a
defined market basket of goods and services bought by urban consumers.
It measures the percent change in consumers\' expenditures on a fixed
list of items whose values and qualities do not change over time. The
base period weight of the fuels indexes for the time period evaluated
represents the out-of-pocket expenditures on household fuels as reported
in the Consumer Expenditure Survey (1993-1995). Approximately 2,400
prices are collected for all three grades of gasoline in approximately
87 urban areas across the country and include all taxes directly
associated with the purchase and the use of the items. The 87 areas
cover 39 States and the District of Columbia.

> **Attachment 5:** **U.S. Natural Gas Markets: Mid-Term Prospects for
> Natural Gas Supply**
>
> **Balancing Items in EIA's Natural Gas Data Series**
>
> In an ideal statistical world, measured supply of natural gas would
> equal measured disposition (consumption). In a large and diverse
> national system of supply and disposition, however, the supply and
> disposition of natural gas cannot be tracked and measured exactly.
> When physical and statistical measurements of natural gas supply and
> disposition activities do not match, the difference is called the
> balancing item. The term is calculated as the difference, for a report
> period, between the sum of the components of supply and the sum of the
> components of natural gas disposition. The formula for the United
> States is:

  -----------------------------------------------------------------------
  *(Dry gas production + Supplemental gaseous fuel supply + Net imports +
  Net storage withdrawals + Balancing item) = (Lease and plant fuel
  consumption + Pipeline fuel consumption + Residential, commercial,
  industrial, and electric utility consumption).*

  -----------------------------------------------------------------------

>  
>
> The balancing item may be positive or negative, because the sum of
> supply measures may be larger than the sum of disposition measures, or
> vice versa (see figure). The signs may change from month to month and
> year to year.
>
> The difference between measured supply and disposition may be due to
> unmeasured sources of supply or disposition or to data reporting
> problems for any of the measured sources. The balancing item for any
> given year is customarily revised to a smaller value when final annual
> data replace the monthly data. One reason for this change is that
> several pieces of the supply and disposition system are only reported
> annually and are estimated for the more recent monthly periods.
> Another reason is that monthly consumption data series for end-use
> sectors are calculated from a sample of companies making end-use
> deliveries and include sampling uncertainty, whereas annual data are
> collected from all known respondents. Other reasons are that more time
> usually is available for the resolution of data quality and
> nonresponse issues for the annual series.
>
> The annual balancing item has never been zero. The absolute values of
> annual balancing items since 1977 have ranged from 41 billion cubic
> feet (1977) to 897 billion cubic feet (1999). In most years the annual
> value has been negative, indicating that reported supply exceeded
> reported consumption. Within a given year, monthly balancing item
> measures are often positive in the early months but negative in the
> later months of the year. This pattern may relate to a lag in delivery
> reports during the peak winter heating season.
>
> The balancing item measures for 2000 and the first three quarters of
> 2001 have been large and, in addition, have had opposite signs. Most
> analysts of natural gas industry trends in 2000 have assumed that
> consumption activity was underreported in 2000. For 2001, analysts
> have hypothesized that consumption estimates are too large and that
> production volumes are underreported. For the year 2000 and the first
> three quarters of 2001, the absolute values of the balancing items
> averaged 3.7 percent and 2.6 percent of total consumption,
> respectively. Those levels are significant when analysts seek to
> understand active, volatile markets.

**Attachment 6: Evaluation of the EIA-910 Survey**

**Residential and Commercial Natural Gas Prices**

Thursday October 15 at 3:15 pm Breakout session #5

# 

# Introduction

The purpose of the Form EIA-910, "Monthly Natural Gas Marketers Survey,"
is to capture the price of natural gas sold by marketers to residential
and commercial customers. Since the introduction of customer choice
programs in these two sectors, EIA's coverage of these price data has
declined. This survey is meant to fill that gap, by going to the
marketers that sell the gas and asking them to report volume sold and
revenue so that EIA can report a volume weighted price. The survey
currently goes to marketers in five (5) states with active customer
choice programs. There is no sampling, and the number of active
marketers varies by state from 8 or less to over 30. The survey has been
in place since August 2001.

The purpose of this report is to evaluate the quality of the EIA-910
data that EIA received for calendar year 2002. The Natural Gas Division
will examine the findings of this evaluation, decide upon the necessity
and feasibility of expanding the survey beyond the five states already
being surveyed, and will make other possible changes to the collection
and dissemination of the EIA-910. The evaluation is divided into three
(3) related tasks:

1.  Evaluate the coverage of the EIA-910 volume data: How much of the
    "missing" price related volume did the EIA-910 recover.

2\. Evaluate the quality of the EIA-910 price data: How accurate are the
data that EIA has collected from marketers?

3.  Provide options for expanding the survey to marketers who sell in
    states in addition to the five states currently covered by the
    survey. Is it necessary, and resource efficient, to expand the
    survey to additional states?

# Evaluating the Coverage

The Form EIA-857, "Monthly Report of Natural Gas Purchases and
Deliveries to Consumers," collects the volume in thousand cubic feet
(mcf) of natural gas sold on-system by the Local Distribution Company
(LDC) as well as the volume transported by the LDC but sold by
marketers. The percent of on-system sales is very small in Georgia, due
to the way in which deregulation operates in that state. In the other
four states, the percentage is relatively flat for Residential sales,
but shows general variability and some seasonality for commercial.
(Further analysis of the 857 data is outside of the scope of this
project, which focuses on the 910 survey data.) The volume of
transported gas as collected on the 857 survey offers a benchmark for
the volume reported on the EIA-910 survey. Ideally, these amounts should
track closely, with only billing cycle differences. Staff working on the
EIA 910 survey compare these volumes on a regular basis, using plots
similar showing both volumes on a monthly basis. For this study, we also
looked at tables of annual volumes, which will lessen billing-cycle
impacts.

**Table One -- Ratio of 910 Volume (mcf) to 857 Transported Volume (mcf)
for calendar year 2002**

  ------------- ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- -----------
                GA          MD          NY          OH          PA

  Residential   .80         .77         .86         1.15        1.26

  Commercial    .89         1.03        .90         .96         1.69

  Combined      .82         .96         .89         1.06        1.57
  ------------- ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- -----------

Based on data in system as of July 2, 2003

All of these approaches reach the same conclusion, namely that although
the match is not perfect, it is deemed to be acceptable in all states.
(HOWEVER, NO STATISTICAL TESTS WERE DONE TO COMPARE THESE VOLUMES. THE
910 VOLUMES REPRESENT A COMPLETE CENSUS WITH NO SAMPLING. THE 857 HAS
SAMPLING, BUT ONLY AGGREGATE STATE TOTALS WERE USED HERE) The largest
differences are in Pennsylvania, where the 910 volumes averaged well
above those from the 857. This is still the case after careful editing
had reduced this number by removing double counting by two marketers
that had merged, and asking one or more survey respondents to check if
they were including industrial customers. Other possible reasons for the
910 volumes being high are sales across state lines or counting sales
between marketers. The volumes tend to be low in Georgia, which could
indicate that the 910 survey is missing some of the data. The combined
residential and commercial volumes were calculated in an attempt to
determine whether misreporting between these two categories was
occurring, but that does not appear to be the case for Georgia nor
Pennsylvania. However, these volume comparisons only serve as a check,
since the volumes from the 910 survey are not published.

The respondent-level records were reviewed to determine the extent of
missing data. In only a few cases were there gaps in a respondent's
reporting, although missing the most recent month was most common. All
of these were known to the survey staff and were on the list of
non-respondents. This would contribute slightly to the 910 volumes being
low since the 910 data has no imputation for volume.

[Price Quality]{.underline}

Response rates were good, with a minimum unit response rate of 89% and
only one volume weighted response rate below 92%. The weighted response
rate is calculated using the most recent three months of market share.
These formulas were reviewed and deemed to be appropriate.

The edit rules have critical flags for the situations that have
mathematical errors, such as volumes being reported with no revenue, or
one or more customers but no volumes. The warning flags have two
categories, with critical warnings being likely to be in error, such as
a residential price over \$25.00 per therm. Non-critical warning flags
are generated for large changes in number of customers or market share.
These rules seem reasonable.

At the respondent level, the 910 prices do exhibit more variability in
some states than in others. Respondent level commodity prices were
reviewed, and all were above city-gate prices. In aggregate, the prices
do look reasonable and believable, even in Pennsylvania. (HOWEVER, THE
EDITS WERE NOT ACTUALLY TESTED WITH REAL OR SIMULATED DATA.)

[Price Estimates]{.underline}

The prices for both the Forms EIA-857 and the EIA-910 are based on total
revenues for all customers divided by total volumes during a given
month. (This is the customary approach for obtaining the volume-weighted
average price for most EIA surveys.) In Georgia, the taxes and
distribution charges are collected on the EIA-910. In other states,
taxes and distribution charges are collected on the EIA-857, and any tax
and distribution data that were supplied by EIA-910 respondents outside
of Georgia were ignored. The formula for the integrated price for each
state is the weighted average of the 857 and 910 prices, with the
weights determined by the 857 volumes transported and sold. Appendix C
contains this in more detail, but an important point is that the EIA-910
volumes are not used in the final weighting.

For the most part, the marketer price is lower for commercial, little
different for residential, but higher for both in Georgia.

**Table Two -- Prices (including distribution charges and taxes) for
calendar year 2002 and net impact of moving to an integrated price.**

  ------------------- -------- ---------- ---------- ----------- -----------
                      GA       MD         NY         OH          PA

  Residential 857     8.67     9.94       9.95       7.45        9.45

  910                 9.95     8.91       8.40       7.63        9.31

  Integrated          9.89     9.71       9.74       7.52        9.44

  Integrated - 857    +1.22    \- .23     \- .21     \+ .08      \- .01

                                                                 

  Commercial 857      6.53     8.28       8.13       6.88        8.54

  910                 8.25     6.18       5.50       5.95        6.00

  Integrated          8.10     6.81       6.51       6.29        7.42

  Integrated - 857    +1.57    -1.47      -1.62      \- .59      -1.12
  ------------------- -------- ---------- ---------- ----------- -----------

Dollars per mcf, Based on data in system as of 7-2-03

Tables 21 and 22 of the May 2003 Natural Gas Monthly (released on July
22) incorporate the integrated prices for the five states. Comparing the
April and May publications we are able to assess the impact on the U.S.
average price of having the 910 survey operating in the five states.
This shows that the net impact of moving to an integrated price for the
annual 2002 prices was an increase of 6 cents for Residential (from
\$7.79 to \$7.85 per mcf.) Since data for 2002 were revised in other
sates recently for unrelated reasons, we do not have the exact impact
for commercial. However, total change shows a decrease of 14 cents for
commercial (from \$6.70 to \$6.56 per mcf), which is somewhat impacted
by unrelated changes.

[Lessons Learned:]{.underline}

-   The initial form apparently was confusing to respondents in terms of
    the taxes and distribution, since many reported values here even
    though they were not in Georgia. The form was later modified to
    reduce confusion.

-   The volume differences in Pennsylvania illustrate once again the
    problems of dealing with new respondents in a rapidly changing
    industry. We did have problems with identical data being reported
    after two firms merged, and we may (or maybe not) have had data
    reported twice if sold through multiple marketers.

-   This is likely to be an evolving and challenging survey, and may
    require additional field-testing with selected respondents.

[Criteria for Changing Survey Coverage]{.underline}

**Expansion Criteria:** The following strategy is recommended for
deciding how to expand the EIA-910 to cover additional states. The
decision whether to expand the survey will be based on the availability
of additional resources.

Consider expansion in the commercial sector first, because the percent
off system for commercial is much higher than it is for residential. In
addition, the data from the current 910 shows that there are differences
in prices between on system sales and off system sales in all five
states surveyed. Hence, the potential biases in EIA commercial price
estimates are greater. Once states have been selected to be included in
the EIA-910 to improve commercial coverage, their residential coverage
is automatically improved. Finally, consider expansion in the
residential sector to make sure the few states for which coverage of the
residential prices is important are included.

**Commercial**

The recommended criterion is an assessment of the likely change in EIA's
estimate of prices paid by consumers in the commercial sector, or
equivalently the possible bias of EIA's current price data. Table A8
shows that the states with the highest percentage of commercial
off-system sales that are not currently in the EIA-910 are the District
of Columbia (80%), Illinois (58.9%), Florida (43.4%), Rhode Island
(42%), and New Jersey (40.9). All other states have percent off-system
of less than 40%, however even this percentage of off-system sales may
be leading to substantial biases in EIA price information. Georgia,
Maryland, New York and Pennsylvania all have price differences in the
neighborhood of \$2.50. Ohio has a price difference of about \$1.00

Under the assumption that there is a 2.50 price difference between on
system and off system sales; the bias in EIA's current commercial price
estimate would be about \$2.00 for the District of Columbia, \$1.47 for
Illinois, \$1.08 for Florida, \$1.05 for Rhode Island, and \$1.02 for
New Jersey. However, Ohio shows a price difference of only about \$1.00,
and if this were the case elsewhere the bias would be less. Tables A8
show that EIA's current state level commercial price estimates have a
*potential* bias of more than \$.50 for nearly 20 states, although the
*actual* bias in any state is currently unknown.

A reasonable approach is to go down the list of states in Tables A8 in
decreasing order of bias to add states to the EIA-910. Other important
information to consider is the number of marketers in a state that would
need to be surveyed, as well as the contribution of off-system sales in
that particular state to the U.S. total. Of the states currently not
covered by the EIA-910, Illinois, California, Michigan, and New Jersey
rank two, four, five, and six, respectively, in their contribution to
the U.S. volume of commercial sales. One reason to consider the volumes
of gas sold in the state is that larger volume states will have a
greater impact on the U.S. total price. However of these states Michigan
has the lowest percent off-system (36.5%) and has a likely price bias of
\$.36 to \$.91 in the commercial sector (Table Three). All of these
states are good candidates for inclusion in the EIA-910 on the basis of
potential bias at the state level.

**Table Three -- Commercial Candidates**

+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+
| J           | Volume of   | Rank by     | Percent of  | Rank by     |
| urisdiction | Off-System  | Volume      | Off-System  | Percent     |
|             | Sales in    |             | Sales for   |             |
|             | 2001        |             | 2001        |             |
|             |             |             |             |             |
|             | (mmcf)      |             |             |             |
+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+
| Illinois    | 111,421     | 2           | 58.9        | 4           |
+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+
| New Jersey  | 55,889      | 6           | 40.9        | 9           |
+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+
| California  | 92,001      | 4           | 37.4        | 13          |
+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+
| Michigan    | 63,405      | 5           | 36.5        | 15          |
+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+
| Texas       | 26,191      | 10          | 14.7        | 33          |
+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+
| District of | 12,848      | 17          | 77.6        | 2           |
| Columbia    |             |             |             |             |
+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+

Source: Table 17, 2001 *Natural Gas Annual*

**Residential**

Tables A8 show that the states with the highest percentage of
residential off-system sales that are not currently in the EIA-910 are
the District of Columbia (24.62%), Nebraska (23.09%), Illinois (8.63%),
Virginia (8.31%), and Wyoming (7.39%). All other states have percent
off-system of less than 5%. Georgia (a special situation) has an average
price difference between the 910 and the 857 of \$2.40. For New York and
Maryland the price difference is somewhat less than \$2.00, and for Ohio
and Pennsylvania, the price difference is negligible.

Under the assumption that there is a \$2.00 price difference in the five
candidate states listed above; the bias in EIA's current residential
price estimate would be about \$.50 for the District of Columbia and
Nebraska, and \$.17 for Illinois, Virginia, and Wyoming (Tables A8).
However, the bias would be less if the price difference were less, and
two of our states showed essentially no price difference for
residential. The bias in the price estimates for other states would be
less than \$.10. Of these five states the District of Columbia, and
Illinois will most likely be included in the EIA-910 to capture
Commercial sector prices. Nebraska would be about 11^th^ to include in
the EIA-910 based solely on Commercial sector price. It may be
worthwhile to include Nebraska because it is needed in both residential
and commercial. This analysis indicates that biases in the commercial
sector data are the most important to address by expanding the EIA-910
survey.

It is also interesting to consider the states that have a high
percentage of natural gas customers participating in choice program.
Table Four shows the information for the five jurisdictions that are not
covered by the survey that have at least ten percent (or close to it) of
all gas customers in that state participating in a choice program.

**Table Four -- Residential Candidates**[^5]

+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+
| J           | Percent of  | Number of   | Percent of  | National    |
| urisdiction | 2001 Total  | Customers   | Total 2001  | Rank of     |
|             | Customers   | Pa          | Total       | Total 2001  |
|             | Eligible    | rticipating | Eligible    | Eligible    |
|             |             | in 2001     | Customers   | Customers   |
|             |             |             |             | Pa          |
|             |             |             | Pa          | rticipating |
|             |             |             | rticipating |             |
+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+
| District of | 100         | 26,438      | 19.5        | 4           |
| Columbia    |             |             |             |             |
+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+
| Virginia    | 57.8        | 81,042      | 8.6         | 8           |
+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+
| Michigan    | 47.6        | 332,244     | 11          | 7           |
+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+
| Wyoming     | 37.2        | 48.339      | 37.2        | 2           |
+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+
| Nebraska    | 15.4        | 73,228      | 15.4        | 6           |
+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+

> **Source**:
> <http://www.eia.doe.gov/oil_gas/natural_gas/restructure/state/us.html>

Michigan and Virginia each have six active marketers, the District five,
and Nebraska and Wyoming, four. The District has completed District-wide
unbundling. Virginia is in the process. Michigan, Nebraska, and Wyoming
are in the pilot/partial unbundling stage. (Without checking out the
lists for each of these states, our guess there is marketer overlap
between the District and Virginia and maybe Nebraska and Wyoming.)

**Deletion Criteria:** If the Natural Gas Division decided upon
expansion criteria, then it could use the same criteria to decide
whether to delete a state from the EIA-910 survey. However, at the
present time, of the 5 states in the sample, Ohio would have the
smallest price bias if it were dropped from the EIA-910. The residential
prices would not change appreciably because there is little difference
between on-system and off-system prices. If the EIA-910 survey was
discontinued in Ohio, commercial prices in Ohio would have a bias of
\$.58. Even though Ohio has a high percentage of off-system sales
(58.2%) the price difference is relatively small (\$1.06). Because of
the high percentage of off-system sales, the possibility of changing
prices, and the difficulty of starting up the EIA-910 once it is
dropped, it we think that it is premature to exercise the deletion
criteria at the present time.

[Tables and Figures]{.underline}

This is a subset of a larger report, and only some of the tables and
figures are contained here, but they were NOT renumbered.

-   Table A2 - possible bias -- entry is simple product of row and
    column.

-   Table A8 -- two pages possible bias for residential and commercial.

-   Figures 16 and 17 -- price comparison by month, for residential and
    commercial

-   Figure 30 - plot of total volume of natural gas vs percent
    off-system for commercial

Appendix C contains formulas.

[Questions for the Committee:]{.underline}

-   How to select new states. Tables of bias present possible impact on
    integrated price, but need to guess at price difference. Any ideas
    for estimating price difference between utility and marketer in a
    state?

-   Do people want state-level prices? Or does it need to be a smaller
    area?

-   Should EIA show both 910 and 857 prices, or is the average OK?

-   Variance calculations treats 910 as a constant. Is this OK?

Appendix A -- Tables

Table A2

Bias Table

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Appendix A -- contd.

Table A8

Ranked States Residential

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height="8.483333333333333in"}

Appendix A -- contd.

Table A8 -- contd.

Ranked States Commercial

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height="8.483333333333333in"}

Appendix B -- Figures

Only three figures are present here : 16, 17, and 30

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height="4.097222222222222in"}

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Appendix B -- contd.

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height="4.097222222222222in"}

Appendix C -- Formulas for Prices

> This appendix presents the formulas used for computing the prices.
> This is similar to appendix C of the May 2003 *Natural Gas Monthly*,
> which includes integrated prices in Tables 21 and 22 for the 5 states
> covered by the EIA 910 survey.
>
> 857 Transportation Price = 857 Transportation Revenue / 857
> Transportation Volume
>
> 857 Sales Price = 857 Sales Revenue / 857 Sales Volume
>
> 910 Commodity Price = 910 Sales Revenue / 910 Sales Volume
>
> 910 Distribution Charge = 910 Distribution and Taxes / 910 Volume
>
> Marketer price for all states except Georgia :
>
> 910 Commodity Price + 857 Transportation Price
>
> Marketer price for Georgia:
>
> 910 Commodity price + 910 Distribution charge
>
> Percent On-System Sales = 857 Sales Volume / 857 Total Volume
>
> Percent Off-System Sales = 1 -- Percent On-System Sales
>
> Integrated price = (Percent On-System Sales \* 857 Sales Price)
>
> \+ (Percent Off-System Sales \* Marketer Price)
>
> The standard error calculation treats the 910 data as constant, and
> only reflects the sampling error of the 857 data. This is in keeping
> with usual EIA practice, and is the traditional textbook approach.

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    spectrum of energy resources, technologies, manufacturers,
    utilities, and stakeholders. Therefore, data relating to this
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[^3]: EIA frame may be 700 MW to 800 MW short at end of 2002.

[^4]: Not including wind.

[^5]: