The Energy Information Administration (EIA) develops renewable energy information from a wide variety of sources, cutting across different parts of the organization. This appendix provides a list of all sources which the EIA uses to obtain renewable energy information. While most data come from EIA data collection forms, some are derived from secondary sources. For EIA data collections, additional information is available in the EIA publication Directory of Energy Data Collection Forms 1996, DOE/EIA-0249(96), December 1996, or through the EIA home page.
Energy Sources: Solar energy.
Energy Functions: Disposition.
Frequency of Collection: Annually.
Respondent Categories: Solar thermal collector manufacturers and/or importers; photovoltaic module/cell manufacturers and/or importers;
Reporting Requirement: Mandatory.
Description: Forms EIA-63A/B are designed to gather for publication data on shipments of solar thermal collectors and photovoltaic modules. Data are collected by end use and market sector. Collector types include low-temperature, medium-temperature air, medium-temperature liquid, thermosiphon, flat plate, concentrator, integral collector storage, and evacuated tube and concentrators. Respondents are manufacturers, importers, and exporters of solar thermal collectors and photovoltaic modules. These forms were formerly known as CE-63A/B.
Energy Sources: Coal and coal products; electricity; natural gas; petroleum and petroleum products; wood.
Energy Functions: Consumption costs and/or prices.
Frequency of Collection: Triennially.
Respondent Categories: Electric utilities; natural gas distributors (including importers/exporters); petroleum and petroleum product distributors; institutions (nonprofit); individuals/households.
Reporting Requirement: Voluntary and mandatory.
Description: Forms EIA-457A through G are used to collect comprehensive national and regional data on both the consumption of and expenditures for energy in the residential sector of the economy. Data are used for analyzing and forecasting residential energy consumption. Housing, appliance, and demographic characteristics data are collected via personal interviews with households, and consumption and expenditure billing data are collected from the energy suppliers. End-use intensities are produced for space heating, water heating, air conditioning, refrigerators, and appliances. Rental agents are contacted by telephone to check on fuels used in rented apartments. Surveys were conducted in 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1987, 1990, and 1993. Form EIA-457H is used to collect detailed lighting usage information for a subsample.
Energy Sources: Petroleum and petroleum products
Energy Functions: Production, Supply
Frequency of Collection: Monthly
Respondent Categories: Oxygenate producers, Petroleum and petroleum product distributors, Petroleum and petroleum product processors, Petroleum and petroleum product storers
Reporting Requirement: Mandatory
Legal Citation: Public Law 93-275 (FEAA), 13(b), 5(a), 5(b), 52
Description: Form EIA-819M is designed to obtain information on oxygenate production, imports, and end-of-month stocks. Data was previously collected using the EIA-819, Monthly Oxygenate Telephone Survey Data are reported by oxygenate type and PAD District. Respondents are a sample of: operators of facilities that produce oxygenates; operators of petroleum refineries; operators of bulk terminals, bulk stations, blending plants, and other non-refinery facilities that store or blend oxygenates; and importers of oxygenates.
Energy Sources: Coal and coal products; electricity; natural gas; petroleum and petroleum products; wood.
Energy Functions: Consumption; disposition; financial; and/or management; production; research and development; other energy functions.
Frequency of Collection: Triennially.
Respondent Categories: Manufacturing.
Reporting Requirement: Mandatory.
Description: Forms EIA-846A through D are used to collect information on energy consumption, energy usage patterns, and fuel-switching capabilities of the manufacturing sector of the U.S. economy. The information from this survey is used to publish aggregate statistics on the consumption of energy for fuel and nonfuel purposes; fuel-switching capabilities; and certain energy-related issues such as energy prices, on-site electricity generation, and purchases of electricity from nonutilities. Since 1991, the survey has also collected information on end users of energy, participation in energy management programs, and penetration of new technology. Respondents are a sample of manufacturing establishments in Standard Industrial Classification categories 20 through 39.
Energy Sources: Electricity.
Energy Functions: Financial and/or management; production.
Frequency of Collection: Annually.
Respondent Categories: Electric utilities.
Reporting Requirement: Mandatory.
Description: Form EIA-860 is used to collect data on the status of electric generating plants and associated equipment in operation and those scheduled to be in operation in the United States within 10 years of filing of the report. These data are used to maintain and update EIA's electric power plant frame data base. Data are collected on power plant sites, and the design data of electric generators. Respondents include each electric utility that operates, or plans to operate, a power plant in the United States within 10 years of the report.
Energy Sources: Electricity.
Energy Functions: Disposition; financial and/or management; production.
Frequency of Collection: Annually.
Respondent Categories: Electric utilities.
Reporting Requirement: Mandatory.
Description: Form EIA-861 is a mandatory collection of data, filed annually by each electric utility in the United States, its territories, and Puerto Rico. The survey collects data on generation, wholesale purchases, and sales and revenue by class of consumer and State. These data are used to maintain and update the EIA's electric utility frame data base. This data base provides information to answer questions from the Executive Branch, Congress, other public agencies, and the general public. Respondents include each electric utility that is a corporation, person, agency, authority, or other legal entity or instrumentality that owns or operates facilities within the United States, its territories, or Puerto Rico for the generation, transmission, distribution, or sale of electric energy primarily for use by the public.
Energy Sources: Electricity.
Energy Functions: Production.
Frequency of Collection: Annually.
Respondent Categories: Nonutility power producers.
Reporting Requirement: Mandatory.
Description: Form EIA-867 is used to collect data annually from nonutility power producers who own or plan on installing electric generation equipment with a total capacity of one megawatt or more at an existing or proposed site. 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.
Energy Sources: Electricity; natural gas; natural gas products; petroleum and petroleum products; wood; other energy sources.
Energy Functions: Consumption; costs and/or prices.
Frequency of Collection: Triennially.
Respondent Categories: Commercial buildings; electric utilities; natural gas distributors (including importers/exporters); petroleum and petroleum product distributors; other (industry); Federal government institutions (nonprofit).
Reporting Requirement: Voluntary and mandatory.
Description: Forms EIA-871A through F are used to collect information for the Commercial Buildings Energy Consumption Survey (CBECS). 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. Physical characteristics information for commercial buildings is collected by personal interviews with building owners and managers using Form EIA-871A. Billing and consumption data for the buildings are collected by mail from individual energy suppliers by using Forms EIA-871C through F (depending upon the energy source). Supplemental information on construction improvements, maintenance, and repairs is collected for the Bureau of the Census by using Form EIA-871G. This survey was renamed the CBECS in 1989. Previously it was conducted under the name of Nonresidential Buildings Energy Consumption Survey.
EIA-902, "Annual Geothermal Heat Pump Manufacturers Survey"
Energy Sources: Geothermal.
Energy Functions: Disposition.
Frequency of Collection: Annually.
Respondent Categories: Geothermal heat pump manufacturers and importers.
Reporting Requirement: Mandatory.
Description: The Form EIA-902 collects information on shipments of geothermal heat pumps. The survey tracks shipments of the following three main types of geothermal heat pumps, as classified by the Air Conditioning & Refrigeration Institute (ARI), and the much smaller shipped volume of non-ARI rated systems. A brief description of the ARI-classified system is as follows:
ARI 320--Water-Source Heat Pumps (WSHP)--These systems are installed in commercial buildings, where a central chiller or boiler supplies chilled or heated water, respectively, to heat pumps installed in series. The heat pumps reject building heat to chilled water during the cooling season and, during the heating season, take heat from boiler water.
ARI 325--Ground Water-Source Heat Pumps (GWHP)--The GWHP is an open-loop system in which ground water is drawn from an aquifer or other natural body of water into piping. 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.
ARI 330--Ground Source Closed-Loop Heat Pumps (GSHP)--A water or water/glycol (antifreeze) solution flows continuously through a closed loop of pipe buried underground. Ground heat is absorbed into or rejected from the solution flowing in the closed loop. At the heat pump, heat is drawn from or dumped to the closed loop solution via heat transfer through a heat exchanger, which passes heat to or removes heat from the refrigerant in the heat pump. Depending on the type of ground and land area, systems can either be installed horizontally or vertically.
Data are collected by model type, heat pump capacity, region of destination, customer type, and economic sector. Respondents are manufacturers and importers.