Statistics Estonia

Economic and Environmental Statistics Department

51 Tatari Str, 10134 Tallinn, Estonia

Energy balance sheet; consumption of fuels by type of fuel and branch of economy; capacity and production of power plants by type of generator; energy efficiency indicators.

Electricity production, imports, exports and sales; heat production and sales; consumption of fuels for energy production and stock changes; changes in electricity and heat production (indices).

Liquid fuels and natural gas production, import, export, inland consumption and stock changes compared to previous month.

Fuels are classified according to the standard code list of fuels. The standard code list is based on the Standard International Energy Products Classification (SIEC).

Estonian Classification of Economic Activities (EMTAK 2008) based on NACE Rev. 2

Monthly energy statistics data covers enterprises whose activity is electricity production and steam and hot water supply.

Annual energy statistics data covers all sectors of the economy that are involved in the production, trade, energy transformation or energy consumption.

Definitions of Regulation (EC) No 1099/2008 on energy statistics apply.

See table under 3.5.1.

Montly: Enterprises whose main activity is electricity production and steam and hot water supply. Enterprises, institutions and organisations whose secondary activity is electricity production and steam and hot water supply and whose heat production exceeds 10 gigawatt hours. Enterprises authorised to sell electricity.

Annual: Enterprises who produce and consume energy; institutions, organisations and households who consume energy. 

FRAME

List of economically active units generated from the Business Register for Statistical Purposes

Estonia as a whole.

See table under 3.8.1.

Not applicable.

See table under 4.1.

See table under 5.1

DIRECTLY APPLICABLE LEGAL ACTS

Regulation (EC) No 1099/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2008 on energy statistics

Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/2010 of 9 November 2017 amending Regulation (EC) No 1099/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on energy statistics, as regards the updates for the annual and monthly energy statistics (Text with EEA relevance. )

Commission Regulation (EU) 2019/2146 of 26 November 2019 amending Regulation (EC) No 1099/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on energy statistics, as regards the implementation of updates for the annual, monthly and short-term monthly energy statistics (Text with EEA relevance)

Commission Regulation (EU) No 431/2014 of 24 April 2014 amending Regulation (EC) No 1099/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on energy statistics, as regards the implementation of annual statistics on energy consumption in households (Text with EEA relevance)

Commission Regulation (EU) No 147/2013 of 13 February 2013 amending Regulation (EC) No 1099/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on energy statistics, as regards the implementation of updates for the monthly and annual energy statistics.

Official Statistics Act https://www.riigiteataja.ee/en/eli/ee/506012015002/consolide/current

See table under 6.2.1.

Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 on European statistics (recitals 23-27, 31-32 and Articles 20-26) applies.

The dissemination of data collected for the purpose of producing official statistics is guided by the requirements provided for in § 32, § 34, § 35, § 38 of the Official Statistics Act.

Confidential data are not shown. The most common approach is to present only aggregation of the confidential data point with the non-confidential data that is the nearest suitable data point.

The treatment of confidential data is regulated by the Procedure for Protection of Data Collected and Processed by Statistics Estonia: http://www.stat.ee/66485.

Notifications about the dissemination of statistics are published in the release calendar, which is available on the website. Every year on 1 October, the release times of the statistical database, news releases, main indicators by IMF SDDS and publications for the following year are announced in the release calendar (in the case of publications – the release month).

https://www.stat.ee/en/calendar

https://www.stat.ee/en/calendar

All users have been granted equal access to official statistics: dissemination dates of official statistics are announced in advance and no user category (incl. Eurostat, state authorities and mass media) is provided access to official statistics before other users. Official statistics are first published in the statistical database. If there is also a news release, it is published simultaneously with data in the statistical database. Official statistics are available on the website at 8:00 a.m. on the date announced in the release calendar.

See table under 9.1.

No news releases disseminated.  

Not published.

Data are published under the subject area “Economy / Energy” in the Statistical Database https://andmed.stat.ee/en/stat

Not requested for this metadata collection

The dissemination of data collected for the purpose of producing official statistics is guided by the requirements provided for in  § 38 of the Official Statistics Act. Access to microdata and anonymisation of microdata are regulated by Statistics Act

https://www.stat.ee/en/find-statistics/request-statistics/use-confidential-data-scientific-purposes

Data serve as input for statistical activities “Environmental taxes accounts”,  “Air emissions accounts”,  “Consumer price pndex”,  “Producer price index of industrial output”, “National accounts (annual)”,  “Sector accounts”,  “Supply and use tables”,  “Regional development” and  “Sustainable development indicators”.

Not requested for this metadata collection

For Energy consumption and production, short term statistics, the quality and methodology documentation (reference material on methods and questionnaires used) can be found at https://www.stat.ee/en/submit-data/questionnaires

National metadata can be found here: https://www.stat.ee/en/find-statistics/methodology-and-quality/esms-metadata/20205

National metadata can be found at https://www.stat.ee/en/find-statistics/methodology-and-quality/esms-metadata/20206

Regulation (EC) No 1099/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2008 on energy statistics 

Energy Statistics Manual, OECD, IEA, Eurostat (2005)

Not requested for this metadata collection

National metadata can be found here: https://www.stat.ee/en/find-statistics/methodology-and-quality/esms-metadata/20205

National metadata can be found at https://www.stat.ee/en/find-statistics/methodology-and-quality/esms-metadata/20206

To assure the quality of processes and products, Statistics Estonia applies the EFQM Excellence Model, the European Statistics Code of Practice and the Quality Assurance Framework of the European Statistical System (ESS QAF). Statistics Estonia is also guided by the requirements in § 7. “Principles and quality criteria of producing official statistics” of the Official Statistics Act.

Statistics Estonia performs all statistical activities according to an international model (Generic Statistical Business Process Model – GSBPM). According to the GSBPM, the final phase of statistical activities is overall evaluation using information gathered in each phase or sub-process; this information can take many forms, including feedback from users, process metadata, system metrics and suggestions from employees. This information is used to prepare the evaluation report which outlines all the quality problems related to the specific statistical activity and serves as input for improvement actions.

The Statistical Office conducts reputation surveys and user surveys. The survey is conducted at least once a year, the existing as well as potential consumers are interviewed.

Since 1996, Statistics Estonia has conducted reputation and user satisfaction surveys.
All results are available on the https://www.stat.ee/en/statistics-estonia/about-us/user-surveys

The statistics are in compliance with the volumes and deadlines of Regulation (EC) No 1099/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2008.

See table under 12.3.1.1.

The type of survey and the data collection methods ensure sufficient coverage and timeliness.

The type of survey and the data collection methods ensure sufficient coverage and timeliness.

The error due to probability sampling is estimated for more important indicators.

Not requested for this metadata collection

Not measured.

Energy data are collected from all producers, sellers and storers of fuel, electricity and heat, and all rail, water and air transport enterprises. In the case of other energy consumers, sample survey is used. The total population includes economically active units. All units with at least 50 employees are surveyed, and a random sample is drawn from all other units.

See annex

See annex

See annex

Data are collected and the submission of questionnaires is monitored through eSTAT (the web channel for electronic data submission). Electronic reminders will be sent to non-respondents several times, both before and after the transmission deadline.

See annex

See annex

Processing errors are significant. 

Household energy consumption data have been modeled on the basis of the latest survey, as it is too expensive to conduct such a survey too frequently. Last survey is conducted in 2011. 

 See table under 14.1.3.

Not requested for this metadata collection.

Not requested for this metadata collection.

The data have been published at the time announced in the release calendar.

The data have been published at the time announced in the release calendar.

Not requested for this metadata collection.

The data are internationally comparable.

The data are comparable to the data of other European Union countries because of the common methodology used for energy statistics.

Not requested for this metadata collection.

The data are comparable over time.

The data are comparable over time, because a common methodology has been used in the time series.

 Length of comparable time series is 33 years.

Annual statistics are related to monthly statistics of the same field. Coherence issues should be taken into account when comparing the data.

The data are comparable to the annual energy statistics and monthly industry statistics.

Datasets, which are created on the basis of the energy statistics regulation, are coherent at enterprises' economic activity level with Statistics Estonia's statistics of other domains through the definition of statistical units (enterprises, institutions and organisations) in the statistical business register (statistical profile).

The outputs of the statistical activity are coherent. Higher-level aggregations are derived from detailed data according to pre-defined procedures.

The coherence of data is ensured through relevant checks applied on variables in the collection process.

Cost:

293 thousand euros

Burden:

Monthly 

Total time of filling in reports of the statistical activity, working days: 201,4

Average time of filling in the reports, hours per report: 0.5

Annual

Total time of filling in reports of the statistical activity, working days: 773,4

Average time of filling in the reports, hours per report: 1.6

The data revision policy and notification of corrections are described in the

https://www.stat.ee/en/statistics-estonia/about-us/strategy/principles-dissemination-official-statistics

The published data may be revised if the methodology is modified, errors are discovered, new or better data become available.

Not requested for this metadata collection.

The data are based on a survey, administrative data and data from other statistical activities.

Monthly

ADMINISTRATIVE DATA

The Estonian Tax and Customs Board provides data on fuel stocks at the end of the month in customs and excise warehouses and free zones by commodity codes of the Combined Nomenclature (CN) and inland consumption of liquid fuels.

DATA FROM OTHER STATISTICAL ACTIVITIES

Data on imports and exports from statistical activity 22303 “Foreign trade” and data on fuel production from statistical activity 22201 “Production indices” are used.

Annual

Energy data are collected from all producers, sellers and storers of fuel, electricity and heat, and all rail, water and air transport enterprises. In the case of other energy consumers, sample survey is used. The total population includes economically active units. All units with at least 50 employees are surveyed, and a random sample is drawn from all other units.

ADMINISTRATIVE DATA

An extensive outturn account is received from the information system of governmental accounts of the State Shared Service Centre: maintenance costs of registered immovables, buildings, premises, real estate investments and structures (heating and thermal heat – accounts 551100, 551120, 551130, 551200; electricity – accounts 55101, 551121, 551131, 551210), vehicle maintenance costs (fuel – account 551300). Number of objects: 2,000.

Data on stocks in excise warehouses and inland consumption of liquid fuels are received from the Estonian Tax and Customs Board.

Data on sources of pollution received from the Estonian Environment Agency are used for pre-filling questionnaire “Energy”.

DATA FROM OTHER STATISTICAL ACTIVITIES

Data from statistical activity 22303 “Foreign trade” are used.

See table under 18.2.1.

Data are collected and the submission of questionnaires is monitored through eSTAT (the web channel for electronic data submission). The questionnaires have been designed for independent completion in eSTAT and include instructions and controls. The questionnaires and information about data submission are available on Statistics Estonia’s website at https://www.stat.ee/en/submit-data/about-data-submission. Data are collected with the monthly official statistics questionnaire “Production and trade of energy, consumption of fuels”. Data are collected with the annual official statistics questionnaires “Power plant”, “Energy” and “Consumption of fuels and energy". The data from the Tax and Customs Board are obtained via an FTP-server

See table under 18.4.1.

See table under 18.5.2.

Not requested for this metadata collection

In the case of missing or unreliable data, estimate imputation based on established regulations will be used.

Variables and statistical units which were not collected but which are necessary for producing the output are calculated. New variables are calculated by applying arithmetic conversion to already existing variables. This may be done repeatedly, the derived variable may, in turn, be based on previously derived new variables.

Microdata are aggregated to the level necessary for analysis. This includes aggregating the data according to the classification, and calculating various statistical measures.

The collected data are converted into statistical output. This includes calculating additional indicators. Last year's data may be adjusted until final annual statistics are available.

Not used.

Not used.