Arturo de la Fuente Eurostat Implementing Physical Energy Flow Accounts in the European Statistical System (ESS) Arturo de la Fuente Eurostat
Introduction (historical overview) 2009: Agreement to develop SEEA-type energy accounts in the European Statistical System (ESS) 2009-2010: Discussion paper Eurostat Working Group on Environmental Accounts, choices taken: start with physical flow accounts full-articulated framework of physical supply and use tables (PSUT) detailed industry breakdown (NACE A*64 = same as IOTs) 2010-2014:Task force developed PEFA questionnaire and conceptual guidelines (closely based on SEEA-CF and draft SEEA-Energy)
Set of tables in PEFA-questionnaire 2017
Introduction (historical overview) 2012: decision to develop PEFA-Builder = IT-tool populating PEFA-questionnaire from already existing energy statistics (5 Annual Energy Questionnaires) = highly complex algorithms ! 2012-2014: EU legal base 2014: draft PEFA Manual 2014-2016: Voluntary data collections (response rate circa 50%) = learning process 2017: first mandatory data collection
Lessons learnt from implementation in EU: Implementation took 8 years! Yet, not all countries established PEFA Quality has to improve in the coming years Many conceptual and methodological issues (beyond SEEA) needed to be clarified and settled PEFA-Builder matured gradually accommodating 'wishes' from countries using this IT-tool requires expert knowledge
Lessons learnt from implementation in EU: Policy use of PEFA needs to be sharpened: Currently, energy and climate policy making can widely be informed by energy statistics What is the added value of PEFA? – further discussion needed on the potential of PEFA indicators More integrated environmental-economic applications (including monetary accounts and air emissions accounts) e.g. structural decomposition analysis Needed: same detailed industry breakdown as in national accounts (IOTs)
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