Manufacturing energy consumption survey: Methodological report 1985

Technical Report · Mon Nov 28 04:00:00 EST 1988

OSTI ID:6668823

The information obtained from the MECS (Manufacturing Energy Consumption Survey) will be used to construct a data base for the manufacturing sector concerning its acquisition, consumption, and disposition of energy, and its fuel-switching capability. The MECS provides data needed for analyses in DOE, other Federal agencies, State governments, and the private sector. Most important, it is the only data set on the energy consumption of the manufacturing sector that is both statistically reliable and comprehensive. From 1974 through 1981, the Census Bureau provided EIA with data on consumption of purchased fuels and electric energy. Fuel stocks data were provided for 1978-1981. These data were available in ''Fuels and Electric Energy Consumed,'' an EIA-funded supplement to the ''Annual Survey of Manufactures'' (ASM). This supplement provided benchmarks for energy consumption in the manufacturing sector and was the principal source of energy data for analysts and policymakers throughout the United States. The MECS system was designed to collect more comprehensive energy data than were collected previously, while providing as much continuity as possible with the previous ASM series. This report describes the history of the development of the MECS system and the methodology used in implementing the two MECS forms administered in 1986 to collect 1985 data. Both Forms EIA-846(F) and EIA-846(S) are parts of the MECS survey system, resulting from the same development and consensus-building process. Therefore, MECS development will be discussed as a unified whole and the two forms mentioned separately only when they are being discussed specifically.

• Research Organization: USDOE Energy Information Administration, Washington, DC. Office of Energy Markets and End Use
• OSTI ID: 6668823
• Report Number(s): DOE/EIA-0514(85); ON: DE89003846
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY
291000 -- Energy Planning & Policy-- Conservation
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ENERGY CONSUMPTION
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