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Institutional setting for
energy statistics in Norway
Olav Ljones
Oslo Group
Canberra, May 2. 2011
Official statistics
characteristics – a common factual basis
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Independency
High public confidence – a necessity
Official statistics may be produced by NSOs or other government
bodies.
Norway: Centralised statistics systems
– Statistics Norway is responsible for more than 85 per cent of the official
statistics in Norway
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Norway: Register-based statistics system
– But sample surveys are still important
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Statistics and analysis.
Norway: Statistics Norway has a Research department
The Statistics Act (1989)
• Statistics Norway’s tasks
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Collect, compile and disseminate official statistics
Identify, map and prioritise
Analyse and carry out research
Coordinate Norwegian, official statistics
Responsible for international statistics cooperation
• Statistics Norway’s rights
– Unrestricted access to administrative registers
– Right to impose duty to provide information
and fines
– Professional independence
Institutional arrangements energy statistics in
Norway
• Norway is an energy rich country – with long traditions both
in hydro electric and petroleum/ gas. (More than 100 years
with hydro elelctric and 40 years with oil and gas off shore
in the North Sea).
• Norwegian system for official statistics is characterised by
centralisation
• Statistics act with legal base for Stat Norway to collect data,
also from government administrative information systems.
• Confidentiality, A challenge on the field of energy
• Professional independence for NSO by law
More about the institutional setting
• Statistics Norway has strong tradition for National accounts,
but also environment statistics. Research department – long
tradition for activities on energy economics. National and
international energy markets ( European gas market).
• Population registers business registers.
• Re-engeneering the IT and production system
• International orientation
Data collection
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Data collection from private firms – both producers and users.
Mandatory surveys with fines for non response. Electronic reporting
should available. Legal base is important.
Data collection from energy ministries. Energy directorates. NVE
(Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate) and Oil and Gas
(Norwegian Petroleum Directorate)oil and gas).
Example of a common electronic reporting. NVE has included Stat
Norway questions in their administrative report.
Data collection from municipalities - reduced importance over the years
as result of the deregulation of markets. A part of a general program for
data collection from municipalities
Government local and central as users of energy.
Energy saving programs. ( are data representative ?)
Energy in buildings. ( How to make these data to fit into the official
statistics approach , energy use by households and business sector.
More examples
• Prices. Complex situation . One key element
both for
energy in CPI , produces prices and NA.
• Energy use in households. A part of
common consumer
expenditure surveys. High non response a challenge.
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Coordination
• Coordination in a decentralised statistical system
• One of the duties given to SN
• The Council for coordination. Invite government bodies that
produce official statistics
• No precise label or certificate yet for official statistics
• Common principles are to be followed by all members of the
statistical council for coordination