As part of a national priority for improving energy efficiency, the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE's) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) has established a national system of indicators to track changes in the energy intensity of our economy and economic sectors over time.
Allow some flexibility in the model to handle data at a higher resolution than annual. The first implication that comes to mind is for weather corrections for the residential and commercial sectors. The Monthly Energy Review (MER) is the primary data source for heating and cooling degree-days, and energy use.
Specific tasks:
[ ] Identify other calculations where it would make sense to use monthly data
[ ] Change weather correction data and approach to pull data from the MER using EIA's API
Allow some flexibility in the model to handle data at a higher resolution than annual. The first implication that comes to mind is for weather corrections for the residential and commercial sectors. The Monthly Energy Review (MER) is the primary data source for heating and cooling degree-days, and energy use.
Specific tasks: