[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 62 (Wednesday, March 31, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16906-16907]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-7204]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Energy Information Administration


American Statistical Association Committee on Energy Statistics

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of open meeting.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces a meeting of the American Statistical 
Association Committee on Energy Statistics, a utilized Federal Advisory 
Committee. The Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 86 Stat. 
770) requires that public notice of these meetings be announced in the 
Federal Register.

DATES: Thursday, April 22, 2004, 8:30 a.m.-4:50 p.m., Friday, April 23, 
2004, 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

ADDRESSES: U.S. Department of Energy, Room 8E-089, 1000 Independence 
Ave., SW., Washington, DC 20585.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. William I. Weinig, EI-70, 
Committee Liaison, Energy Information Administration, U.S. Department 
of Energy, 1000 Independence Ave., SW., Washington, DC 20585, 
Telephone: (202) 287-1709. Alternately, Mr. Weinig may be contacted by 
email at [email protected] or by FAX at (202) 287-1705.
    Purpose of the Committee: To advise the Department of Energy, 
Energy Information Administration (EIA), on EIA technical statistical 
issues and to enable the EIA to benefit from the Committee's experience 
concerning other energy-related statistical matters.

Tentative Agenda

Thursday, April 22, 2004

A. Opening Remarks by the ASA Committee Chair, the EIA Administrator 
and the Director, Statistics and Methods Group, EIA. Room 8E-089
B. Major Topics (Room 8E-089 unless otherwise noted)
    1. Short-Term Energy Forecasting:
    a. Natural Gas Prices and Industrial Sector Responses: An 
Experimental Module for the Short-Term Integrated Forecasting System
    b. Issues in Short-Term Energy Modeling: Adding Regional Components 
to EIA's Short-Term Energy Model
    2. Reducing Bias and Variability in Texas Natural Gas Production 
Estimates (Room 5E-069)
    3. EIA's Frames: How Do We Know if They Are Sufficient? (Room 5E-
069)
    4. Public Questions and Comments
    5. Electricity Transmission
    a. Electricity 2005
    b. Electricity Transmission Data Needs Focus Group Results
    c. Transmission Data for Public Policy
    6. Estimating Weekly Other Oils Stock
    7. EIA Survey Testing Methods (Room 5E-069)
    8. Natural Gas Production Monthly Survey
    9. Public Questions and Comments

Friday, April 23, 2004

C. Major Topics
    1. Improving EIA's Web site: Creating a Vision for the Future
    2. Revising Data Together Across EIA: Issues and Opportunities
    3. Survey Quality Assessments at EIA (5E-069)
    4. Measuring and Quantifying the Quality of EIA Analysis: A Revised 
Approach
    5. Public Questions and Comments
D. Closing Remarks by the ASA Committee Chair

    Public Participation: The meeting is open to the public. The Chair 
of the Committee is empowered to conduct the meeting in a fashion that 
will facilitate the orderly conduct of business. Written statements may 
be filed with the committee either before or after the meeting. If 
there are any questions, please contact Mr. William I. Weinig, EIA 
Committee Liaison, at the address or telephone number listed above.
    A Meeting Summary and Transcript will subsequently be available 
through Mr. Weinig who may be contacted at (202) 287-1709 or by email 
at [email protected].


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    Issued at Washington, DC on March 24, 2004.
Rachel M. Samuel,
Deputy Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 04-7204 Filed 3-30-04; 8:45 am]
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