Data sources
Costs and other parameters associated to costs
The main reports used as a data source for the EI2 models come from the following organizations:
- Canada Energy Regulator (CER)
- Canadian Academy of Engineering
- Canadian Centre for Energy Information (CCEI)
- Canadian Energy Research Institute (CERI)
- Energy Star
- International Energy Agency (IEA)
- International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)
- Modernize – Home Services
- National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
- Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
- University of Alberta, Future Energy Systems group
- US Energy Information Administration (EIA)
- Interviews
These costs include construction costs and fixed and variable O&M costs. Labor cost is one of the major sources of variation in total costs across provinces and territories. The wages used mainly come from the Government of Canada’s Open Government website.
Economic parameters
The economic parameters come from Statistics Canada and the Canada Energy Regulatory. This includes:
- Economic multipliers, which express the interrelationship of the industries
- Households consumption expenditure, which indicates where workers’ money is being spent
- Deflators, which allow to convert the money values into the appropriate dollar year.
| Data | Organization | Available format | Comments | Year | Update rate of the sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Multipliers | Statistics Canada | CSV | IOIC classification (Provinces and Territories) | 2017 | Annual but with a 3 years delay |
| Multipliers | Statistics Canada | CSV | IOIC classification (National) | 2017 | Annual but with a 3 years delay |
| Household expenditure | Statistics Canada | CSV | By industry IOIC (Provinces and Territories) | 2017 | Annual but with a 3 years delay |
| Household expenditure | Statistics Canada | CSV | By industry IOIC (National) | 2017 | Annual but with a 3 years delay |
| Inflators / Deflators | Canada Energy Regulator | Excel | 2005 – 2050 forecast Canada’s Energy Future 2020 | 2020 | Annual |
| Wages | Statistics Canada | CSV | By NOC-2 digits, Canada and Provinces (No territories) | 2020 | Annual |
| Wages* | Government of Canada | CSV | Job Bank / Open Government By NOC-4 digits, Canada, Provinces and Territories | 2020 | Annual |
All the other data sources are the JEDI models and various reports.
Data files
EI2 – Power Production
EI2-PP Industry Aggregated Scheme
EI2-PP Households Final Consumption Expenditure
EI2-PP Trade and Transport Margins
EI2 – Energy Services
EI2-TC Industry Aggregated Scheme
