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The System of Environmental-Economic Accounting for Energy (SEEA-Energy)

The System of Environmental-Economic Accounting for Energy (SEEA-Energy). Alessandra Alfieri United Nations Statistics Division. Outline. What is the SEEA-Energy? What is the relationship of the SEEA-Energy with other activities in energy statistics? Structure and content of the SEEA-Energy

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The System of Environmental-Economic Accounting for Energy (SEEA-Energy)

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  1. The System of Environmental-Economic Accounting for Energy (SEEA-Energy) Alessandra Alfieri United Nations Statistics Division

  2. Outline • What is the SEEA-Energy? • What is the relationship of the SEEA-Energy with other activities in energy statistics? • Structure and content of the SEEA-Energy • Process to finalize SEEA-Energy

  3. What is SEEA-Energy? • Subsystem of SEEA Central Framework, the recently adopted international statistical standard for environmental-economic accounts • In-depth elaboration of the Energy Accounts in the SEEA Central Framework - fully consistent • Stand alone document with its own policy relevance and, scientific and statistical foundation • Based on IRES concepts, definitions and classifications • Applies accounting principles, concepts and definitions to energy • Uses internationally agreed classification (ISIC, CPC, SIEC) and concepts • Organizes physical and monetary information related to energy extending the SNA accounting structure

  4. The information pyramid Indicators Accounts and Balances SEEA-Energy IRES Basic Statistics Energy | Economic | Environmental |Socio-demographic

  5. Other water statistics Energy balances Systems frameworks Output frameworks SEEA-Water SEEA-Energy Intermediate frameworks e.g. IRWS e.g. IRES Input frameworks Compilers manual Compilers manual (ESCM) Cross functional frameworks ISIC, CPC, SIEC, Asset Classification, Class. of Environmental Activities, Class. of Physical Flows etc Data Data Quality Assessment Frameworks Metadata and documentation (e.g. SDMX) SEEA and suite of publications SEEA

  6. Intended Audience of SEEA-Energy • Energy statisticians and accountants in national statistical offices and energy statisticians in energy ministries • Analysts, academics and policy makers from different disciplines - not only for experts in national accounts and energy statistics

  7. SEEA-Energy Chapters Chapter 1 – Introduction Chapter 2 – SEEA-Energy Framework Chapter 3 – Physical Flow Accounts Chapter 4 – Monetary Flow Accounts and Combined Presentations Chapter 5 – Physical Asset Accounts for energy Chapter 6 – Monetary Asset accounts for energy Chapter 7 –Use of Energy Accounts

  8. SEEA-Energy and ESCM • Work has commenced on the Energy Statistics Compilers Manual (ESCM) • ESCM is key to implementation of both SEEA-Energy and IRES • One chapter on ESCM will focus on energy accounts • Oslo Group on Energy Statistics and London Group on Environmental Accounting will provide inputs in the manual • List of data items needed for the accounts will be prepared by UNSD and mapped with list of data items in IRES

  9. ESCM Chapters • Chapter 1: Conceptual framework • Chapter 2: Legal foundations and institutional arrangements • Chapter 3: Classification • Chapter 4: Data sources and data collection • Chapter 5: Compilation of energy balances • Chapter 6: Compilation of energy accounts • Chapter 7: Energy indicators and Greenhouse gas emissions • Chapter 8: Data quality and metadata • Chapter 9: Data dissemination

  10. Current status • Expert Group Meeting in October 2011 reviewed the draft and agreed on certain issues including: • Reordering of chapters to consider physical and monetary flows first • Presenting tables in a form familiar to both energy accountants and statisticians • Draft updated in late 2011, early 2012 and circulated among small group of experts • There appears to be general agreement among the small group of experts on scope and content

  11. Major Outstanding Issues • Improve text regarding the relationship between SEEA-Energy, SEEA Central framework and SNA with emphasis on how to achieve coherence between national accounts and energy accounts. • Streamline the text and tables to ensure internal consistency as well as full consistency with the SEEA Central Framework white cover publication. • Review and elaborate discussion of treatment of energy from renewable sources. • Revise text on emissions to ensure a more comprehensive presentation. • Elaborate and clarify the valuation of energy resources, in particular with regard to valuation beyond category A in the UNFC 2009.

  12. Finalizing SEEA-Energy • New version should be ready by the third quarter of 2012 • Consultation: • Global consultation • London Group on Environmental Accounts • Oslo Group on Energy Statistics • Document will be submitted to the UN Statistical Commission in 2013 for adoption as a statistical standard

  13. Questions to UNCEEA • Does the UNCEEA agree with the planned process toward the finalization of the SEEA-Energy? • Does the UNCEEA agree that the ESCM should include discussion and detail of SEEA-Energy, at a level similar to that of IRES?

  14. Thank you! seea@un.org http://unstats.un.org/unsd/envaccounting/default.asp

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