In the same memo, LaRose ordered an“‘ all hands-on-deck’ type of effort,” before even more EIA analysts departed, to“ try to preserve as much institutional knowledge as possible” about the models and procedures used to formulate the international report.
Failing to publish that report is viewed as consequential. Amy Myers Jaffe, a prominent energy consultant and research professor at New York University, called the EIA’ s reports and analysis essential.“ These are global markets,” she said.“ The only way to figure out which policies work or don’ t is to have accurate EIA data. Everybody benefits from that analysis, whether you’ re in the private sector or the public sector.”
The EIA was established nearly a half-century ago, amid the energy crises of the 1970s, to tackle what had become an urgent need: to collect and report objective data on energy production and consumption. Its regular stream of postings now track oil and gasoline prices, electricity rates, natural gas and crude oil exports, automobile fuel consumption, wind and solar energy generation, coal production and nuclear plant outputs.
Its U. S. Annual Energy Outlook projects long-term trends, based on multiple scenarios, and customarily provides detailed analysis discussing key takeaways from reams of data. For 2025, its baseline“ reference case” projected how markets would operate through 2050 under laws and regulations in place as of December 2024, prior to the Trump administration’ s efforts to promote fossil fuels. In addition to eight“ side cases” based
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