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** Energy Explained: Energy information written for a general, non-technical audience. A nonpartisan guide to the entire range of energy topics from biodiesel to uranium.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/|title=Home - Energy Explained, Your Guide To Understanding Energy - Energy Information Administration|website=www.eia.gov}}</ref>

** Energy Kids: Educates students, citizens, and even policymakers and journalists about energy.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eia.gov/kids/|title=EIA Energy Kids - Energy Kids: Energy Information Administration|website=www.eia.gov}}</ref>

** Energy Glossary: Common energy terms defined in plain language.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eia.gov/tools/glossary/|title=Glossary - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)|website=www.eia.gov}}</ref>

** Today in Energy: Informative content published every weekday that includes a graph or map and a short, timely story written in plain language that highlights current energy issues, topics, and data trends.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/|title=Today in Energy - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)|website=www.eia.gov}}</ref>

** This Week in Petroleum: Weekly summary and explanation of events in United States and world petroleum markets, including weekly data.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eia.gov/petroleum/weekly/|title=This Week in Petroleum|website=www.eia.gov}}</ref> This report, together with its companion, the Weekly Petroleum Status Report,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.eia.gov/petroleum/supply/weekly/index.php|title=Weekly Petroleum Status Report - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)|website=www.eia.gov}}</ref> is a handy tool for investors. These are published every Wednesday (unless Monday is a holiday) at 10:30 AM Eastern Time (for the preliminary version) with the full report following at 1 PM Eastern. The Weekly Petroleum Status Report provides estimates of the amount of crude oil and petroleum products in storage, so that one may get a sense of whether stocks are building or declining, and of US oil production, so that an interested party can get a sense of whether it is decreasing or increasing. It is not unusual for the price of crude oil to jump up or down by a few percentage points, immediately after this report is released.

** Natural Gas Weekly Update: Weekly summary and discussion of events and trends in U.S. natural gas markets.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eia.gov/naturalgas/weekly/|title=U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)|website=www.eia.gov}}</ref>

** Monthly Energy Review: Provides statistics on monthly and annual U.S. [[energy]] consumption going back in some cases to 1949.  The figures are given in units of ''quads'' (quadrillion [[BTU]]s.)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eia.gov/totalenergy/data/monthly/|title=Monthly Energy Review - Energy Information Administration|website=www.eia.gov}}</ref>

** Annual Energy Review: EIA's primary report of historical annual energy statistics. For many series, data begin with the year 1949. This report has been superseded by the Monthly Energy Review and was not produced for 2012.<ref name="EIA website">{{cite news |date=2013|title=EIA has expanded the Monthly Energy Review (MER) to include annual data as far back as 1949 for those data tables that are found in both the Annual Energy Review (AER) and the MER. During this transition, EIA will not publish the 2012 edition of the AER. |work=U.S. Energy Information Administration |url=http://www.eia.gov/totalenergy/data/annual/}}</ref>

**Country Energy Profiles: Data by country, region, and commercial group (OECD, OPEC) for 219 countries with additional country analysis notes for 87 of these.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eia.gov/countries/|title=International - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)|website=www.eia.gov}}</ref>

** Country Analysis Briefs: EIA's in-depth analyses of energy production, consumption, imports, and exports for 36 individual countries and regions.

** Residential Energy Consumption Survey: EIA's comprehensive survey and analysis of residential energy consumption, household characteristics, and appliance saturation.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eia.gov/consumption/residential/|title=Residential Energy Consumption Survey (RECS) - Energy Information Administration|website=www.eia.gov}}</ref>

** Commercial Buildings Energy Consumption Survey: A national sample survey that collects information on the stock of U.S. commercial buildings, including their energy-related building characteristics and energy usage data (consumption and expenditures).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eia.gov/consumption/commercial/about.cfm|title=Energy Information Administration (EIA)- About the Commercial Buildings Energy Consumption Survey (CBECS)|website=www.eia.gov}}</ref>

** Short-Term Energy Outlook: Energy projections for the next 13–24 months, updated monthly.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eia.gov/forecasts/steo/|title=Short-Term Energy Outlook - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)|website=www.eia.gov}}</ref>

** Annual Energy Outlook: Projection and analysis of U.S. energy supply, demand, and prices through 2040 based on EIA's [[National Energy Modeling System]].  Projections are currently based on existing legislation, without assumption of any future congressional action or technological advancement.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eia.gov/forecasts/aeo/|title=EIA - Annual Energy Outlook 2018|website=eia.gov}}</ref> In 2015, EIA has been criticized by the [[Advanced Energy Economy]] (AEE) Institute after its release of the AEO 2015-report to "consistently underestimate the growth rate of renewable energy, leading to 'misperceptions' about the performance of these resources in the marketplace". AEE points out that the average [[power purchase agreement]] (PPA) for wind power was already at $24/MWh in 2013. Likewise, PPA for utility-scale [[solar PV]] are seen at current levels of $50–$75/MWh.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/new-report-renewable-energy-and-energy-efficiency-will-grow-provide-options-for-clean-power-plan-compliance-based-on-cost-competitiveness-300102605.html |title=New Report: Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Will Grow, Provide Options for Clean Power Plan Compliance Based on Cost Competitiveness—Official Projections Fail to Capture Market Realities, Skewing Policy Considerations |work=PR newswire |date=22 June 2015}}</ref> These figures contrast strongly with EIA's estimated [[LCOE]] of $125/MWh (or $114/MWh including subsidies) for solar PV in 2020.<ref name="eia-aeo-2015">US Energy Information Administration, [https://www.eia.gov/outlooks/archive/aeo15/electricity_generation.cfm Levelized cost and levelized avoided cost of new generation resources in the Annual Energy Outlook 2015], 14 April 2015</ref> This criticism has been repeated every year since.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2019/01/coal-will-remain-part-of-the-us-grid-until-2050-federal-energy-projections-say/ |title=Coal will remain part of the US grid until 2050, federal energy projections say |date=26 January 2019}}</ref>

** International Energy Outlook: EIA's assessment of the outlook for international energy markets through 2040.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eia.gov/forecasts/ieo/|title=EIA - International Energy Outlook 2017|website=eia.gov}}</ref>