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Annual Energy Outlook 2012
Release Date: June 25, 2012 | Next Release Date: June 2013 | Report Number: DOE/EIA-0383(2012)
Acronyms
| AB | Assembly Bill | IHSGI | IHS Global Insight |
| AB32 | California Assembly Bill 32 | INFORUM | Interindustry Forecasting Project at the University of Maryland |
| ACI | Activated carbon injection | IOU | Invester-owned utility |
| AEO | Annual Energy Outlook | IREC | Interstate Renewable Energy Council |
| AEO2012 | Annual Energy Outlook 2012 | ITC | Investment tax credit |
| ANWR | Arctic National Wildlife Refuge | LCFS | Low Carbon Fuel Standard |
| ARRA2009 | American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 | LDV | Light-duty vehicle |
| ASHRAE | American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers | LED | Light-emitting diode |
| Blue Chip | Blue Chip Consensus | LFMM | Liquid Fuels Market Module |
| BTL | Biomass-to-liquids | LNG | Liquefed natural gas |
| Btu | British thermal unit | MATS | Mercury and Air Toxics Standards |
| CAFE | Corporate average fuel economy | MAM | Macroeconomic Activity Module |
| CAIR | Clean Air Interstate Rule | mmt | Million metric tons |
| CARB | California Air Resources Board | MMTCO2e | Million metric tons carbon dioxide equivalent |
| CBO | Congressional Budget Office | mpg | Miles per gallon |
| CBTL | Coal- and biomass-to-liquids | MSRP | Manufacturer's suggested retail price |
| CCS | Carbon capture and storage | MY | Model year |
| CHP | Combined heat and power | NAICS | North American Industry Classification System |
| CI | Carbon intensity | NEMS | National Energy Modeling System |
| CMM | Coal Market Module | NERC | North American Electric Reliability Corporation |
| CNG | Compressed natural gas | NGL | Natural gas liquids |
| CO2 | Carbon dioxide | NGPL | Natural gas plant liquids |
| CO2-EOR | Carbon dioxide-enhanced oil recovery | NGTDM | Natural Gas Transmission and Distribution Module |
| CSAPR | Cross-State Air Pollution Rule | NGV | Natural gas vehicle |
| CSAPR | Cross-State Air Pollution Rule | NHTSA | National Highway Traffic Safety Administration |
| CTL | Coal-to-liquids | NOx | Nitrogen oxides |
| DG | Distributed generation | NRC | U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission |
| dge | Diesel gallon equivalent | OECD | Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development |
| DOE | U.S. Department of Energy | OMB | Office of Management and Budget |
| DSI | Direct sorbent injection | OPEC | Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries |
| E10 | Motor gasoline blend containing up to 10 percent ethanol | P&G | Purvin & Gertz |
| E15 | Motor gasoline blend containing up to 15 percent ethanol | PADD | Petroleum Administration for Defense District |
| E85 | Motor fuel containing up to 85 percent ethanol | PCs | Personal computers |
| EERE | Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy | PHEV | Plug-in hybrid electric vehicle |
| EIA | U.S. Energy Information Administration | PM | Particulate matter |
| EIEA2008 | Energy Improvement and Extension Act of 2008 | PM2.5 | Particulate matter less than 2.5 microns diameter |
| EISA2007 | Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 | PMM | Petroleum Market Module |
| EOR | Enhanced oil recovery | PTC | Production tax credit |
| EPA | U.S. Environmental Protection Agency | PV | Solar photovoltaic |
| EPACT05 | Energy Policy Act of 2005 | RAC | U.S. Refiner Acquisition Cost |
| EUR | Estimated ultimate recovery | RECS | Residential Energy Consumption Survey |
| EV | Electric vehicle | RFM | Renewable Fuels Module |
| EVA | Energy Ventures Analysis | RFS | Renewable fuel standard |
| FEMP | Federal Energy Management Program | RGGI | Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative |
| FFV | Flex-fuel vehicle | RPS | Renewable portfolio standard |
| FGD | Flue gas desulfurization | SB | Senate Bill |
| GDP | Gross domestic product | SCR | Selective catalytic reduction |
| GHG | Greenhouse gas | SEER | Strategic Energy and Economic Research, Inc. |
| GTL | Gas-to-liquids | SEIA | Solar Energy Industries Association |
| GVWR | Gross vehicle weight rating | SNCR | Selective noncatalytic reduction |
| HAP | Hazardous air pollutant | SO2 | Sulfur dioxide |
| HB | House Bill | STEO | Short-Term Energy Outlook |
| HCl | Hydrogen chloride | TAPS | Trans-Alaska Pipeline System |
| HD | Heavy-duty | TRR | Technically recoverable resource |
| HDV | Heavy-duty vehicle | UEC | Unit energy consumption |
| HEV | Hybrid electric vehicle | UPS | Uninterruptible power supply |
| Hg | Mercury | USGS | United States Geological Survey |
| ICE | Internal combustion engine | VIUS | Vehicle Inventory and Use Survey |
| IDM | Industrial Demand Module | VMT | Vehicle miles traveled |
| IEA | International Energy Agency | WTI | West Texas Intermediate |
| IECC2006 | 2006 International Energy Conversion Code | IEM | International Energy Module |
Data Tables
Reference Case Summary & Detailed Tables
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