Transcript Presentation of Chapter 11 Use of Energy Balances in the Compilation of Energy Accounts and Other Statistics

Chapter 11:
Use of energy balances in the compilation
of energy accounts and other statistics
Ilaria DiMatteo
United Nations Statistics Division
The 4th meeting of the Oslo Group on energy statistics
Ottawa, Canada, 2-6 February 2009
Chapter 11
This is an indicative brief outline of the chapter
An annotated outline will be developed after the
meeting
Structure of the chapter
A. From basic energy statistics to energy accounts
B. National accounts
C. Estimation of GHG emission inventories using
energy statistics and balances
D. Energy indicators
Questions
The Oslo group is invited to
• provide overall comments on the intended
content of the chapter
• other
Links between IRES and SEEA-E
Presentation on behalf of:
Alessandra Alfieri
Chief, Environmental Economic Accounts Section
UNSD
[email protected]
Background
UNSD has embarked in the drafting of the System of
Environmental-Economic Accounting for Energy,
SEEA-E, in close collaboration with the London
Group and the Oslo Group
A first draft has been prepared with the assistance of a
consultant
A drafting group with experts on energy statistics and
energy accounts has been established to assist UNSD
in developing SEEA-E
A website has been created:
http://unstats.un.org/unsd/envaccounting/seeae
In a continuous effort to reflect in the SEEA-E the
discussion on IRES and the concepts,
classifications, definitions in IRES, a list of
questions for clarification was prepared by the
SEEA-E drafters
Answers to these questions will assist in the
further drafting of the SEEA-E
1. Definition of energy products
(e.g. to what extent waste is considered energy
product)
2. Clarification of the distinction btw products which can
be used for energy and non-energy products
(to what extent IRES includes energy products used for
no-energy purposes?)
3. Definition of primary and secondary energy products
(at the last LG meeting, the idea of giving up the
distinction was mentioned)
4. Which classification or energy products should be
preferably used?
(correspondence with int. classification,
Link btw product and asset classification would be
useful. Will it be looked at in IRES?)
5. Classification of activities
(what is the classification of activities (e.g. transport,
manufacturing, etc.
How are the classes defined?)
6. Classification by purpose
(will there such classification (e.g. heating, cooking,
etc.) in IRES?)
7. Losses and thefts of energy
(how are dealt with in IRES? (e.g. thefts part
of HH consumption?)
8. List of preferable alternative units to be used
for the various energy products
(if no units can be recommended, are there
some guidance on how to choose them?)
9. Table with calorific values and/or general
advise on how to find such units
10. Extraction of energy resources
To what extent is extraction of energy resources
included in IRES?
How is it measured? Sales quantities?
Is Own use extraction included? Flaring?
Does IRES distinguish btw market and non-market
flows?
11. Monetary information
To what extent IRES deal with monetary information
(e.g. prices, etc.)
12. Definition of imports/exports
What are the definitions? From trade stat?
How products sent abroad for processing
treated?
Are transit flows of electricity, natural gas and
heat included in imports/exports?
13. Recommendations on gross vs net calorific
values?
14. A list of definition of flows used in the
balances