1st Edition

Energy Forecasting for Planners

By David Listokin, Jon H. Weyland Copyright 1982
281 Pages
by Routledge

281 Pages
by Routledge

282 Pages
by Routledge

With the increased public awareness of a deepening energy crisis, governments at all levels have begun to examine their ability to act meaningfully in response to forms of short- and long-term energy-related political pressures. Emergency preparedness, conservation programs, and contingency planning have become watchwords in our new energy bureaus. The existence of a model provides an element of... Read more
1 INTRODUCTION 2 AGGREGATE STATE AND NATIONAL GASOLINE FORECASTING MODELS: A REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE, 3 MOTOR FUEL MODELING EFFORTS BY STATE, 4 STATE MOTOR FUEL FORECASTING MODEL: HISTORICAL, 5 THE RESEARCH DATA BASE. 6 ESTIMATION OF THE TRAVEL BEHAVIOR EQUATION 7 TESTING THE MODEL 8 DEVELOPING THE FORECASTS 137 9 THE CUPR GASOLINE FORECASTING PROGRAM 10 MODEL USES 11 TRAFFIC COUNT DATA: SOURCES AND PROCEDURES 12 SUMMARY OF STATISTICAL AND MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES USED IN STATE ENERGY MODELING 13 DATA SOURCES FOR TRANSPORTATION ENERGY MODELING

Biography

Jon H. Weyland is assistant administrator of the Office of Planning and Policy Analysis in the New Jersey Department of Energy. He has directed development of a statewide energy data management system as well as worked on development of energy-demand forecast models.