Energy Statistics Compilers Manual United Nations Statistics Division

Energy Statistics Compilers Manual United Nations Statistics Division 7 th Oslo Group meeting 23 -26 October 2012, Helsinki, Finland

Overview • Need for energy statistics • ESCM • Purpose • Audience • Roles and contributions • Preparation process • Country practices • UNSD activities in energy statistics • A few words on manuals on energy statistics and indicators (e. g. IEA, Eurostat, others)

Need of high quality energy statistics • Availability of good reliable and timely energy statistics is fundamental for policy making • Growing demand for energy, considering limited resources, increases the need for reliable and descriptive statistics • Development of energy statistics according to international statistical standards is basis for consistency among statistics collected • by different agencies within a country • for international comparison • Importance of energy statistics requires better link to economic and other statistics • terminology, definitions, concepts, procedures

ESCM • Intended to: • provide practical guidance on compilation of energy statistics, balances and accounts • provide more detailed guidance on recommendations contained in IRES • reflect successful country practices • Prepared by UNSD in cooperation with Oslo Group and other expert groups • Is part of the implementation of IRES as approved by the UN Statistical Commission

ESCM outline • Ch. 1 Conceptual framework • Ch. 2 Legal foundations and institutional arrangements • Ch. 3 Classifications • Ch. 4 Data sources and data collection • Ch. 5 Compilation of energy balances • Ch. 6 Compilation of energy accounts • Ch. 7 Energy indicators and greenhouse gas emissions • Ch. 8 Data quality and metadata • Ch. 9 Data dissemination

Target audience • Statisticians involved in the establishment, strengthening or improvement of the energy statistics programme • Statistician who regularly collect and compile energy statistics • Users of energy statistics to better understand the strengths and weakness of data

Roles and contributions • The Oslo Group was mandated to “. . address methodological issues related to energy statistics and contribute to improved international standards and improved methods for official energy statistics by pooling expertise in the energy community. . . ” • In 2007 the work plan of the OG included the preparation of IRES and the ESCM • It is expected that the OG is the main contributor to the ESCM • UNSD will consolidate and edit inputs into the successive versions of the draft ESCM and publish the ESCM

ESCM process • Work carried out by UNSD with strong support from the Oslo Group • Structure and contributions discussed at Oslo Group meeting 2011 • Input sought also from other expert groups, e. g. London Group • Country practice template • Developed to provide a standardized way of describing country practices • Used to provide input into ESCM • Many countries have already submitted their practices • Publication • Country practices will be part of Knowledge base and input into the ESCM • Hard copy publication as well as an electronic version to be periodically updated (in-between formal revisions of the hard copy version)

Finalization process 7 th Oslo Group meeting • Review the available drafts • Identify areas of improvements and further work • Identify country examples to be included What’s next? • Consolidate the inputs into more complete revised chapters • (possible) virtual meeting to discuss the revised chapters • 8 th Oslo group meeting to review a complete draft Target • Finalize the ESCM in 3 rd Quarter 2013

Collection of country practices A template was developed by the Oslo Group in cooperation with UNSD common format for countries to report and share their practices energy statistics easier review and comparisons of country practices Provides input into the ESCM

Country practice template • 47 countries submitted their practices • About 95 practices submitted • Country practices are available on the web at: http: //unstats. un. org/unsd/energy/template. htm • To participate, please contact us at energy_stat@un. org or the Oslo Group Secretariat at oslogroup@ssb. no

UNSD activities in energy statistics • Implementation of IRES • Revision of the energy questionnaire according to IRES • Harmonization of the questionnaire with IEA, Eurostat and ECE • Technical cooperation • Regional workshops • Training materials / modules (in addition to ESCM) • Development of SEEA-Energy • Energy accounts • Also addressed in ESCM (and in IRES) • Preparation of a JODI gas manual • to guide in the collection of month data on natural gas statistics • in cooperation with JODI partner organizations

Practical guidance on energy statistics There a number of initiatives to respond to the need of practical guidance for the collection and compilation of (various aspects) energy statistics For example: Manual on households energy consumption (Eurostat) Manual on energy efficiency indicators (IEA) Manual on energy consumption in transport (ESCWA) ….

Important elements to consider: • Alignment with IRES Ensure that they are aligned with the concepts, definitions and classifications in IRES • Consistency Ensure that there is consistency among the different compilation guidance documents