List of Acronyms A.B. Assembly Bill …

List of Acronyms
A.B.       Assembly Bill                                         ICAP       International Carbon Action Partnership
ABT        Averaging, banking, and trading                       IEA        International Energy Agency
ACP        Alternative compliance payment                        IECC       International Energy Conservation Code
AEO        Annual Energy Outlook                                 INFORUM Interindustry Forecasting Project at the
                                                                         University of Maryland
AEO2007    Annual Energy Outlook 2007
                                                                 JAS        Joint Association Survey of Drilling Costs
AEO2008    Annual Energy Outlook 2008
                                                                 LDV        Light-duty vehicle
AMFA       Alternative Motor Fuels Act of 1988
                                                                 LED        Light-emitting diode
ANWR       Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
                                                                 LNG        Liquefied natural gas
BTL        Biomass-to-liquids
                                                                 MMS        Minerals Management Service
Btu        British thermal unit
                                                                 mpg        Miles per gallon
CAAA90     Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990
                                                                 MSAT2      Mobile Source Air Toxics Rule (February 2007)
CAFE       Corporate Average Fuel Economy
                                                                 MSW        Municipal solid waste
CAIR       Clean Air Interstate Rule
                                                                 NEMA       National Electrical Manufacturers Association
CAMR       Clean Air Mercury Rule
                                                                 NEMS       National Energy Modeling System (EIA)
CBO        Congressional Budget Office
                                                                 NGL        Natural gas liquids
CCS        Carbon capture and sequestration
                                                                 NOAA       National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
CEPCI      Chemical Engineering Plant Cost Index
                                                                 NOx        Nitrogen oxides
CEPS       Clean energy portfolio standard
                                                                 NRC        U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
CFL        Compact fluorescent light bulb
                                                                 NYMEX      New York Mercantile Exchange
CHP        Combined heat and power
                                                                 OECD       Organization for Economic Cooperation
CO2        Carbon dioxide
                                                                            and Development
CTL        Coal-to-liquids
                                                                 OMB        Office of Management and Budget
DB         Deutsche Bank AG
                                                                 OPEC       Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries
DOE        U.S. Department of Energy
                                                                 P.L.       Public Law
E&P        Exploration and production
                                                                 PTC        Production tax credit
E10        Gasoline containing up to 10 percent ethanol
                                                                 PV         Solar photovoltaic
           by volume
                                                                 R&D        Research and development
E85        Fuel containing a blend of 70 to 85 percent ethanol
           and 30 to 15 percent gasoline by volume               REC        Renewable energy certificate
EIA        Energy Information Administration                     RFG        Reformulated gasoline
EISA2007   Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007          RFS        Renewable Fuels Standard
EOR        Enhanced oil recovery                                 RGGI       Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative
EPA        U.S. Environmental Protection Agency                  RPS        Renewable Portfolio Standard
EPACT1992 Energy Policy Act of 1992                              SEER       Strategic Energy and Economic Research, Inc.
EPACT2005 Energy Policy Act of 2005                              S.B.       Senate Bill
EVA        Energy Ventures Analysis, Inc.                        SO2        Sulfur dioxide
FFV        Flex-fuel vehicle                                     SSA        Social Security Administration
FY         Fiscal year                                           STEO       Short-Term Energy Outlook (EIA)
GDP        Gross domestic product                                ULSD       Ultra-low-sulfur diesel
GHGs       Greenhouse gases                                      USGS       U.S. Geological Survey
GII        Global Insights, Inc.                                 VEETC      Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax Credit
GTL        Gas-to-liquids                                        WCI        Western Climate Initiative
GVWR       Gross vehicle weight rating                           WTI        West Texas Intermediate (crude oil)
H.R.       House of Representatives


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