Electricity generation, installed capacity, and energy consumption data are collected. These data will be used to augment existing electric utility data and for electric power forecasts and analyses. The survey provides comprehensive national and regional information on the consumption of, and expenditures for, energy in the commercial sector of the economy. Data are used in EIA models and published in statistical and analytical reports. Previously it was conducted under the name of Nonresidential Buildings Energy Consumption Survey.
Geothermal heat pump manufacturers and importers.
The Form EIA-902 collects information on shipments of geothermal heat pumps. The heat pumps reject building heat to chilled water during the cooling season and, during the heating season, take heat from boiler water. At the heat pump, heat is drawn from or dumped to the water through a heat exchanger to the refrigerant in the heat pump. The heated or cooled water returns to its source. Ground heat is absorbed into or rejected from the solution flowing in the closed loop.