1. Arturo de la Fuente Eurostat
Implementing Physical Energy Flow Accounts in the European Statistical System (ESS)
Arturo de la Fuente
Eurostat

2. Introduction (historical overview)
2009: Agreement to develop SEEA-type energy accounts in the European Statistical System (ESS)
: Discussion paper  Eurostat Working Group on Environmental Accounts, choices taken:
start with physical flow accounts
full-articulated framework of physical supply and use tables (PSUT)
detailed industry breakdown (NACE A*64 = same as IOTs)
:Task force developed PEFA questionnaire and conceptual guidelines (closely based on SEEA-CF and draft SEEA-Energy)

3. Set of tables in PEFA-questionnaire 2017

4. Introduction (historical overview)
2012: decision to develop PEFA-Builder
= IT-tool populating PEFA-questionnaire from already existing energy statistics (5 Annual Energy Questionnaires)
= highly complex algorithms !
: EU legal base
2014: draft PEFA Manual
: Voluntary data collections (response rate circa 50%) = learning process
2017: first mandatory data collection

5. Lessons learnt from implementation in EU:
Implementation took 8 years!
Yet, not all countries established PEFA
Quality has to improve in the coming years
Many conceptual and methodological issues (beyond SEEA) needed to be clarified and settled
PEFA-Builder matured gradually accommodating 'wishes' from countries
using this IT-tool requires expert knowledge

6. Lessons learnt from implementation in EU:
Policy use of PEFA needs to be sharpened:
Currently, energy and climate policy making can widely be informed by energy statistics
What is the added value of PEFA? – further discussion needed on the potential of PEFA indicators
More integrated environmental-economic applications (including monetary accounts and air emissions accounts)
e.g. structural decomposition analysis
Needed: same detailed industry breakdown as in national accounts (IOTs)

7. Thank you!