The Monthly Energy Review (MER) presents an overview of the Energy Information Administration's recent monthly energy statistics. The statistics cover the major activities of U.S. production, consumption, trade, stocks, and prices for petroleum, natural gas, coal, electricity, and nuclear energy. Also included are international energy and thermal and metric conversion factors. Publication of this report is in keeping with responsibilities given to the Energy Information Administration (EIA) in

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... ublic Law 95-91 (Department of Energy Organization Act), which states, in part, in Section 205(a)(2), that: "The Administrator shall be responsible for carrying out a central, comprehensive, and unified energy data and information program which will collect, evaluate, assemble, analyze, and disseminate data and information ...." The MER is intended for use by Members of Congress, Federal and State agencies, energy analysts, and the general public. EIA welcomes suggestions from readers regarding data series in the MER and in other EIA publications. Electronic Access Monthly Energy Review (MER) data are also availbe downloaded via the homepage at: able through these electronic means: http://m.eia.doe.gov/books helf/ multi.htm1 ASCII text, Lotus (wkl), and Excel (xls) versions of the MER tables are available through EIA's Internet homepage at: MER data series in ASCII comma delimited file format reviously available on diskettes) can be down oaded via EM'S ftp site at ' p http:/lm.eia.do e.gov/emeu/mer/contents.htm1 A portable document format df) file of the complete MER including text, tab P es, and graphs can ftp :/lftp.eia.do e.gov/pub/energy:overvlewlmonthly.energy1current.mer 0 For information about the Ener Info Disc, call 1-800-STAT-USA. This CEROM contains over 200 reports, databases, and models.