Recommendations concerning energy information model documentation, public access, and evaluation

Technical Report · Mon Oct 01 04:00:00 EDT 1979

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5221377· OSTI ID:5221377

Wood, D. O.; Mason, M. J.

A review is presented of the Energy Information Administration (EIA) response to Congressional and management concerns, relating specifically to energy information system documentation, public access to EIA systems, and scientific/peer evaluation. The relevant organizational and policy responses of EIA are discussed. An analysis of the model development process and approaches to, and organization of, model evaluation is presented. Included is a survey of model evaluation studies. A more detailed analysis of the origins of the legislated documentation and public access requirements is presented in Appendix A, and the results of an informal survey of other agency approaches to public access and evaluation is presented in Appendix B. Appendix C provides a survey of non-EIA activities relating to model documentation and evaluation. Twelve recommendations to improve EIA's procedures for energy information system documentation, evaluation activities, and public access are determined. These are discussed in detail. (MCW)

• Research Organization: Massachusetts Inst. of Tech., Cambridge (USA). Energy Lab.
• DOE Contract Number: AM01-76EI02295
• OSTI ID: 5221377
• Report Number(s): MIT-EL-81-016; ON: DE82013663
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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ENERGY MODELS
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