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LAW 9134 - Renewable Power Seminar: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)

This guide is intended to assist students in Professor Rossi's Renewable Power Seminar in researching and writing their seminar papers.

About the EIA

EIA website

About the EIA:  The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) collects, analyzes, and disseminates independent and impartial energy information to promote sound policymaking, efficient markets, and public understanding of energy and its interaction with the economy and the environment.

Data from the EIA:  EIA has a vast amount of data, reports, forecasts, analytical content, and documentation to assist researchers working on energy topics. For users eager to dive deeper into our content, we have assembled tools to customize searches, view specific data sets, study detail documentation, and access time-series data.

Annual Energy Outlook 2016 (August 2016):  Presents yearly projections and analysis of energy topics.

Annual Energy Review (October 2011):  A report of historical annual energy statistics. For many series, data begin with the year 1949. Included are data on total energy production, consumption, and trade; overviews of petroleum, natural gas, coal, electricity, nuclear energy, renewable energy, as well as financial and environmental indicators; and data unit conversion tables.