1 9/15/2015 Gogita Todradze National Statistics Office of Georgia Institutional Arrangements for Energy Statistics in Georgia

9/15/ General overview Agencies involved in energy statistics: Ministry of Energy and Natural Recourses of Georgia Energy Efficiency Center Responsible institution on energy statistics: National Statistics Office of Georgia - GEOSTAT

9/15/ General overview Legal basis The Law of Georgia on Official Statistics The Law on electricity and Natural Gas The Law on the Electricity Market Rules Annual state program of statistical works No legal regulation on energy statistics, publications and energy balance Five persons are working and responsible for energy statistics in GEOSTAT

9/15/ Data sources Surveys Quarterly and annual business surveys Quarterly households surveys Administrative sources Customs Office LTD ”Georgian Electric System “ LTD ”International Gas Transportation Company “ Ministry of Energy and Natural resources of Georgia

9/15/ Main data sets by sources Quarterly and annual business surveys: expenditure (consumption) of business sector on energy (only in money terms): Electricity and heat Natural gas Oil and oil products Solid fossil fuels and manufactured gas Renewable and waste production of energy forms : Electricity produced by hydropower plants Electricity produced by thermal plants Production (mining) of oil and natural gas Production (mining) of hard coal

9/15/ Main data sets by sources Quarterly households surveys: expenditure (consumption) of households on energy (only in money terms): Electricity Natural gas Fuel Coal Wood

9/15/ Main data sets by sources Customs office - - export an import of energy forms LTD ” Georgian Electric System “ - - export and import of electricity LTD ”International Gas Transportation Company “ - - import of natural gas

9/15/ Main problems Availability of energy data Methodologies Accuracy of data Not developed adequate system for data collection Not sufficient financial recourses Not enough experts

9/15/ Activities carried out International cooperation: Energy Community Secretariat (ECS) International Energy Agency (IEA) International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Projects related energy statistics: Energy statistics in the Energy Community: Benchmarking of the energy statistics systems, assessments of administrative capacity and resources and drafting road map on the Energy Community level; “Supporting the Development of a National Infrastructure for the Potential Application of Nuclear Energy in Georgia”: Model for Analysis Energy Demands (MAED); Model for Energy Supply System Alternatives and their General Environmental impacts (MESSAGE);

9/15/ Future plans (1) Implementation of international standards and recommendations related energy statistics Active cooperation with the Ministry of Energy and Natural Recourses, with regulatory body and Energy Efficiency Center Active cooperation with International Organizations Increase number of persons employed on energy statistics Participation in the meetings, workshops and seminars related energy statistics and share experience of different countries

9/15/ Future plans (2) Conduct surveys on energy consumption in four consumption sectors: households, services, industry, agriculture and transport Create secondary legislation on energy balances Formation of Energy Balance

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