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Annual Energy Outlook 2012

Release Date: June 25, 2012   |  Next Early Release Date: January 23, 2013  |   Report Number: DOE/EIA-0383(2012)

Issues in focus

Table 5. Key analyses from "Issues in focus" in recent AEOs
AEO2011 AEO2010 AEO2009
Increasing light-duty vehicle greenhouse gas and fuel economy standards for model years 2017 to 2025 Energy intensity trends in AEO2010 Economics of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles
Fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions standards for heavy-duty vehicles Natural gas as a fuel for heavy trucks: Issues and incentives Impact of limitations on access to oil and natural gas resources in the Federal Outer Continental Shelf
Potential efficiency improvements in alternative cases for appliance standards and building codes Factors affecting the relationship between crude oil and natural gas prices Expectations for oil shale production
Potential of offshore crude oil and natural gas resources Importance of low permeability natural gas reservoirs Bringing Alaska North Slope natural gas to
market
Prospects for shale gas U.S. nuclear power plants: Continued life or replacement after 60? Natural gas and crude oil prices in AEO2009
Cost uncertainties for new electric power plants Accounting for carbon dioxide emissions from biomass energy combustion Greenhouse gas concerns and power sector
planning
Carbon capture and storage: Economics and issues   Tax credits and renewable generation
Power sector environmental regulations on the horizon