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AEO2012 Early Release Overview

Release Date: January 23, 2012   |  Full Report Release Date: April 2012   |   Report Number: DOE/EIA-0383ER(2012)

Acronyms

List of Acronyms
AB 32 Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 LDVs Light-duty vehicles
AEO Annual Energy Outlook LFMM Liquid Fuel Market Module
AEO20011 Annual Energy Outlook 2011 LNG Liquefied natural gas
AEO2012 Annual Energy Outlook 2012 MACT Maximum achievable control technology
bpd barrels per day MATS Mercury and Air Toxics Standards
Btu British thermal units mpg miles per gallon
CAFE Corporate Average Fuel Economy NGL National gas liquids
CAIR Clean Air Interstate Rule NHTSA National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
CHP Combined heat and power NOx Nitrogen oxides
CO2 Carbon dioxide OCS Outer Continental Shelf
CTL Coal-to-liquids OECD Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
CSAPR Cross-State Air Pollution Rule OPEC Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries
EIA U.S. Energy Information Administration PV Photovoltaics
EISA2007 Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 RFS Renewable fuel standard
EOR Enhanced oil recovery RPS Renewable portfolio standard
EPA U.S. Environmental Protection Agency SO2 Sulfur dioxide
FFV Flex-fuel vehicle TRR Technically recoverable resource
GDP Gross domestic product USGS United States Geological Survey
GHG Greenhouse gas    
GTL Gas-to-liquids WTI West Texas Intermediate