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General questions ..................................................... Paul Holtberg ([email protected], 202/586-1284)
National Energy Modeling System ....................... Dan Skelly ([email protected], 202/586-1722)
Executive summary .................................................. Perry Lindstrom ([email protected], 202/586-0934)
Economic activity ...................................................... Vipin Arora ([email protected], 202/586-1048)
World oil prices .......................................................... Laura Singer ([email protected], 202/586-4787)
International oil production .................................... Laura Singer ([email protected], 202/586-4787)
International oil demand ......................................... Linda E. Doman ([email protected], 202/586-1041)
Residential demand .................................................. Kevin Jarzomski ([email protected], 202/586-3208)
Commercial demand ................................................ Kevin Jarzomski ([email protected], 202/586-3208)
Industrial demand ..................................................... Kelly Perl ([email protected], 202/586-1743)
Transportation demand ........................................... John Maples ([email protected], 202/586-1757)
Electricity generation, capacity ............................. Jeff Jones ([email protected], 202/586-2038)
Electricity generation, emissions .......................... Thad Huetteman ([email protected], 202/586-7238)
Electricity prices ........................................................ Lori Aniti ([email protected], 202/586-2867)
Nuclear energy ........................................................... Laura Martin ([email protected], 202/586-1494)
Renewable energy ..................................................... Chris Namovicz ([email protected], 202/586-7120)
Oil and natural gas production .............................. Terry Yen ([email protected], 202/586-6185)
Wholesale natural gas markets ............................. Kathryn Dyl ([email protected], 202/287-5862)
Oil refining and markets .......................................... Elizabeth May ([email protected], 202/586-6903)
Ethanol and biodiesel ............................................... Anthony Radich ([email protected], 202/586-0504)
Coal supply and prices ............................................. Diane Kearney ([email protected], 202/586-2415)
Carbon dioxide emissions ....................................... Perry Lindstrom ([email protected], 202/586-0934)
AEO2016 is available on the EIA website at www.eia.gov/forecasts/aeo. Assumptions underlying the projections, tables of regional
results, and other detailed results will also be available, at www.eia.gov/forecasts/aeo/assumptions. Model documentation reports
for the National Energy Modeling System are available at website www.eia.gov/forecasts/aeo/nems/documentation and will be
updated for the AEO2016 during 2016.
Other contributors to the report include Greg Adams, Joseph Benneche, Erin Boedecker, Michelle Bowman, William Brown, Michael
Cole, Laurie Falter, Margie Daymude, Mindi Farber-DeAnda, Adrian Geagla, Peter Gross, Tim Hess, Susan Hicks, Sean Hill, Behjat
Hojjati, Patricia Hutchins, Scott Jell, Slade Johnson, Ayaka Jones, Kimberly Klaiman, Paul Kondis, Augustine Kwon, Thomas Lee,
Tanc Lidderdale, Danielle Lowenthal-Savy, Melissa Lynes, Arup Mallik, Cara Marcy, David Manowitz, Nilay Manzagol, Fred Mayes,
Michael Mellish, Paul Otis, Stefanie Palumbo, David Peterson, John Powell, Michael Schaal, Mark Schipper, Elizabeth Sendich, Nancy
Slater-Thompson, Kay Smith, John Staub, David Stone, Manussawee Sukunta, Russell Tarver, Katherine Teller, Dana Van Wagener,
Carol White, and Warren Wilczewski.
Annual Energy Outlook 2016
With Projections to 2040
August 2016
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Preface
The Annual Energy Outlook 2016 (AEO2016), prepared by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), presents long-term
projections of energy supply, demand, and prices through 2040. The projections, focused on U.S. energy markets, are based on
results from EIA’s National Energy Modeling System (NEMS). NEMS enables EIA to make projections under alternative, internally-
consistent sets of assumptions. The analysis in AEO2016 focuses on the Reference case and 17 alternative cases. EIA published an
Early Release version of the AEO2016 Reference case (including U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Clean Power Plan
(CPP)) and a No CPP case (excluding the CPP) in May 2016.
The AEO2016 report is a complete edition of the Annual Energy Outlook (AEO) and includes the following major sections:
Executive summary: highlighting key results of the projections
Legislation and regulations: discussing evolving legislative and regulatory issues, including a summary of recently enacted legislation
and regulations as incorporated in AEO2016, such as: the EPA’s final rules for the CPP [1]; the California Air Resource Board Zero-
Emission Vehicle program [2]; the extension of the production tax credit for wind and 30% investment tax credit for solar [3]; the
International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships [4]; adoption of newly added or modified federal efficiency
standards for residential and commercial appliances and equipment; and modifications to existing state renewable portfolio standard
or similar laws [5].
Issues in focus: containing discussions of selected energy topics, including the effects of the CPP under alternative implementation
approaches; the impact of Phase 2 standards for medium- and heavy-duty vehicles; a discussion that compares the Reference case to
alternative cases based on different assumptions about the future course of existing energy policies; the impact on hydrocarbon gas
liquids output from changing oil prices and related industrial development; and the sensitivity of steel industry energy consumption
to technology choice.
Market trends: complete summary by sector of the projections for energy markets comparing the AEO2016 Reference case and the
alternative cases, illustrating uncertainties associated with the Reference case projections for energy demand, supply, and prices.
Comparisons with other projections: comparing the AEO2016 Reference case to comparable aspects of projections provided by
ExxonMobil, IHS Global Insight, International Energy Agency, ICF, BP p.l.c., National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Energy Ventures
Analysis, Inc., and Wood Mackenzie, Inc., among others.
Summary tables for the Reference and alternative cases are provided in Appendixes A through D. Complete tables are available in
a table browser on EIA’s website, at http://www.eia.gov/forecasts/aeo/data/browser/. Appendix E provide a short description of
the NEMS modules and a complete listing and discussion of the assumptions made for the alternative cases. Appendix F provides a
summary of the regional formats, and Appendix G provides a summary of the energy conversion factors used in AEO2016.
The AEO2016 projections are based generally on federal, state, and local laws and regulations in effect as of the end of February
2016. The AEO2016 Reference case assumes that current laws and regulations affecting the energy sector are largely unchanged
throughout the projection period (including the implication that laws which include sunset dates are no longer in effect at the time
of those sunset dates) [6]. The potential impacts of proposed legislation, regulations, or standards—or of sections of authorizing
legislation that have been enacted but are not funded, or for which parameters will be set in a future regulatory process—are not
reflected in the AEO2016 Reference case, but some are considered in alternative cases. However, where it is clear that a law or
regulation will take effect shortly after the Annual Energy Outlook (AEO) is completed, it may be considered in the projection.
AEO2016 is published in accordance with Section 205c of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Organization Act of 1977 (Public
Law 95-91), which requires the EIA Administrator to prepare annual reports on trends and projections for energy use and supply.
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Objectives of the AEO2016 projections
Projections by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) are not statements of what will happen but of what might
happen, given the assumptions and methodologies used for any particular scenario. The AEO2016 Reference case projection
is a business-as-usual trend estimate, given known technology and technological and demographic trends. EIA explores the
impacts of alternative assumptions in other cases with different macroeconomic growth rates, world oil prices, rates of
technology progress, and different paths for the implementation of public policy. The main cases in AEO2016 generally
assume that current laws and regulations are maintained throughout the projections. Thus, the projections provide policy-
neutral baselines that can be used to analyze policy initiatives.
While energy markets are complex, energy models are simplified representations of energy production and consumption,
regulations, and producer and consumer behavior. Projections are highly dependent on the data, methodologies, model
structures, and assumptions used in their development. Behavioral characteristics are indicative of real-world tendencies
rather than representations of specific outcomes.
Energy market projections are subject to much uncertainty. Many of the events that shape energy markets are random and
cannot be anticipated. In addition, future developments in technologies, demographics, and resources cannot be foreseen
with certainty. Many key uncertainties in the AEO2016 projections are addressed through alternative cases.
EIA has endeavored to make these projections as objective, reliable, and useful as possible; however, they should serve as
an adjunct to, not a substitute for, a complete and focused analysis of public policy initiatives.
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Updated Annual Energy Outlook 2016 Reference case (August 2016)
The Annual Energy Outlook 2016 (AEO2016) Reference case included as part of this complete report (released in July 2016) has been
updated from the Annual Energy Outlook 2015 Reference case (released in April 2015). The updated Reference case reflects new
legislation and regulations enacted since April 2015, model changes, and data updates. The key model and data updates include:
Macroeconomic
• Updated historical data on industries and employment
• Updated information on natural gas extraction from the National Energy Modeling System (NEMS)
• Extended dynamic Input-Output framework from 2013 to 2040
• Disaggregation of three pulp and paper subindustries included in the NEMS macroeconomic model: pulp and paper mills,
paperboard and containers, and all other pulp and paper
• Disaggregated ethanol, flat glass, and lime and gypsum subindustries in the Industrial Output and Employment Model
• Incremental electricity investment required to meet the standards in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Clean
Power Plan (CPP) [7]
• Re-estimated commercial floorspace model, using data from Dodge Data and Analytics, and transformation of floorspace
estimates to projected growth rates rather than levels
Residential, commercial, and industrial

• New buildings equipment standards promulgated since the AEO2015 Reference case was completed, including standards
affecting commercial cooling equipment, commercial furnaces, residential boilers, commercial oil-fired water heaters, fluorescent
lamps, commercial pumps, and commercial ice makers and beverage vending machines
• Cost and energy impacts of energy efficiency activities in support of the CPP through rebates for energy-efficient buildings end-
use equipment, based on EIA analysis and a report by Leidos [8]
• Updated cost and performance assumptions for distributed generation and combined heat and power technologies in the
buildings sector, based on a draft report by Leidos and a joint presentation by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory and
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, reflecting recent and expected technological progress [9, 10]
• Extension and phaseout of the investment tax credit for residential and commercial solar energy systems, included as part of the
December 2015 budget reconciliation bill [11]
• Updated cost assumptions associated with switching of fuels and/or technologies for residential end-use services and updated
estimates for efficiency of the installed stock of residential end-use equipment, based on reports by Navigant Consulting, Inc.
and Leidos [12, 13]
• A new NEMS submodule estimates energy use in the steel and pulp and paper industries and allows for detailed technology choice
• Updated motors model in NEMS to reflect increased efficiency standards for motors [14]
• Updated construction [15] and mining [16] input data to reflect the 2012 Economic Census
• Benchmarks added to individual industry tables in the Industrial Demand Module to allow comparison with aggregate industrial
figures and application of benchmark factors in the Reference case to alternative cases
Transportation
• Implementation of a new regional (Census Division) marine model that captures impacts of International Convention for the
Prevention of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL) emissions regulations, including modeling of fuel consumption in U.S. Emission
Control Areas (ECAs); and incorporation of compliance options addressing fuel switching and the adoption of emission control
technologies [17]
• New light-duty and heavy-duty vehicle regional (Census Division) sales and stock models, including updated data or revisions
to scrappage rates, historical distributions of vehicles by car and light truck class, weight class categories for medium-duty and
heavy-duty trucks, fleet use, fuel economy, and fuel type
• Modified calculations for technology adoption and fuel economics for heavy-duty vehicles, and addition of technology availability
• Updated historical data on light-duty and heavy-duty truck vehicle miles traveled through 2013 based on U.S. Department of
Transportation (DOT), Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) data [18], extended through 2014 using the DOT/FHWA
Traffic Volume Trends report [19]
• Addition of most recent California Zero-Emission Vehicle Program, starting in model year 2018 and reaching complete
implementation in model year 2025, which mandates the sale of zero-emission vehicles and transitional zero-emission
vehicles [20].
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• Addition of historical data in freight rail ton-miles through 2013, using Class 1 Railroad data as reported through the DOT Surface
Transportation Board [21]
Oil and natural gas production and product markets

• Adoption of a simplified approach to modeling the impact of technology advancement on U.S. oil and natural gas production to
better capture a continually changing technological landscape, incorporating assumptions for ongoing innovation in upstream
technologies and reflecting average annual growth rates for natural gas and oil resources, and cumulative production from 1990
between the AEO2000 and AEO2015 Reference cases
• Revision of resource assumptions for the offshore North Slope to reflect disappointing results in the Chukchi Sea, BOEM’s
cancellation of upcoming Arctic lease sales, and Repsol’s deferral of exploration in the Arctic
• Updated natural gas plant liquids (NGPL) factors for tight oil and shale gas formations at the play and county levels
• Updated estimated ultimate recovery of tight and shale formations at the county level
• Updated list of offshore discovered and nonproducing fields in the Lower 48 states and their expected resource sizes and
startup dates
Natural gas transmission and distribution

• Updated liquefaction capacity to represent the five liquefied natural gas (LNG) export facilities already under construction,
updated data from the International Energy Outlook 2016 used in estimating representative world natural gas prices, and
calibration of related equations to latest historical data
• Change in accounting for fuel used at LNG export terminals to a separate category, moved from the general category of lease and
plant fuel to pipeline and distribution fuel use
• Inclusion of pipeline flow on bidirectional arcs in output report and addition of East North Central to South Atlantic as a
bidirectional pipeline flow option
• Basing of fuel prices for compressed natural gas vehicles on data from the Alternative Fuels Data Center of DOE’s Energy Efficiency
and Renewable Energy Office [22] rather than on EIA data; updated federal and state motor fuels taxes for LNG vehicles
• Updated equations in NEMS for projecting consumption in Alaska and production in Canada and Mexico
Oil product markets and biofuels

• Allowing all crude types (not only processed condensate) to be exported from the United States
• Limiting the amount of crude exports from the PADD2-lakes region into Sarnia
• Explicit representation of crude oil withdrawals from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR), based on SPR plans dated December
2015 [23, 24]
• Revised renewable fuel standard levels for historical and near-term years (through 2016), based on EPA decision [25]
• Expanded NEMS price curves for selected product imports and exports
• Revised Liquid Fuels Market Module in NEMS to reflect receipt of NGPL by state and paraffin type, as defined in the Oil and Gas
Supply Module
• Change in first build years in NEMS, to 2020 for biomass-based liquids production and gas-to-liquids units and to 2025 for coal-
to-liquids units
• Updated fuel use data for corn ethanol plants
• Allowing unplanned builds of splitters and atmospheric cracking units (ACUs) in the Gulf Coast region
• Inclusion of 0.4% capacity “creep” through 2020 for ACUs only
• Revised methodology for pricing fuel oil to electric utilities in Census Division 9
• Increased flexibility of the International Energy Model to choose between crude oil price quality differentials and product
exports/imports for better representation of U.S. refinery processes and domestic and foreign oil markets
Electric power sector

• Representation of 3 gigawatts (GW) of unannounced nuclear retirements in the Reference case in the ReliabilityFirst East and
West regions [26] and announced retirement of the James A. Fitzpatrick (December 2016), Pilgrim (June 2019), and Oyster
Creek (December 2019) plants.
• Explicit representation of 8.8 GW of coal-fired units that are being converted to natural gas-fired steam units between 2016
and 2025
• Review of model representation of state RPS policies and incorporation of changes in NEMS
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• Updated cost estimates for several electricity generation technologies, based on a draft report provided by external
consultants [27]
• Modified Electricity Market Module (EMM) to include representation of the CPP [28]
• Added model structure to Electricity Fuel Dispatch linear programs to adjust model dispatch dynamically and align it with inputs
based on EIA’s Short-Term Energy Outlook results for specific model years; and made changes to allow benchmarking of coal and
natural gas generation and consumption and of nuclear, hydroelectric, wind, solar, and geothermal generation at the national level
Endnotes
Links current as of July 2016
1. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, “Standards of Performance for Greenhouse Gas Emissions From New, Modified,
and Reconstructed Stationary Sources: Electric Utility Generating Units” (Washington, DC: October 23, 2015), https://
www.federalregister.gov/articles/2015/10/23/2015-22837/standards-of-performance-for-greenhouse-gas-emissions-
from-new-modified-and-reconstructed-stationary; and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, “Carbon Pollution Emission
Guidelines for Existing Stationary Sources: Electric Utility Generating Units” (Washington, DC: October 23, 2015), https://
www.federalregister.gov/articles/2015/10/23/2015-22842/carbon-pollution-emission-guidelines-for-existing-stationary-
sources-electric-utility-generating.
2. California Environmental Protection Agency, Air Resources Board, “Zero-Emission Vehicle Standards for 2018 and Subsequent
Model Year Passenger Cars, Light-Duty Trucks, and Medium-Duty Vehicles” (Sacramento, CA: August 10, 2014), http://www.
arb.ca.gov/msprog/zevprog/zevregs/1962.2_Clean.pdf.
3. CONGRESS.GOV, “H.R.2029 - Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016” (Washington, DC: December 18, 2015), https://www.
congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/2029/text.
4. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, “MARPOL Annex VI” (Washington, DC: January 14, 2015), http://www2.epa.gov/
enforcement/marpol-annex-vi.
5. Vermont General Assembly, “H.40 (Act 56), An act relating to establishing a renewable energy standard and energy
transformation program” (Montpelier, VT: May 15, 2015), http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/status/2016/h.40; California
Legislative Information, “SB-350 Clean Energy and Pollution Reduction Act of 2015” (Sacramento, CA: October 7, 2015), https://
leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB350. LegiScan, “Hawaii House Bill 623” (Honolulu,
HI: June 10, 2015), https://legiscan.com/HI/text/HB623/2015.
6. A complete list of the laws and regulations included in AEO2016 is provided in Assumptions to the Annual Energy Outlook 2016,
Appendix A, http://www.eia.gov/forecasts/aeo/assumptions/pdf/0554(2016).pdf.
8. U.S. Energy Information Administration, Analysis of Energy Efficiency Program Impacts Based on Program Spending (Washington,
DC: May 2015), https://www.eia.gov/analysis/studies/buildings/efficiencyimpacts/.
9. Leidos, Review of Distributed Generation and Combined Heat and Power Technology Performance and Cost Estimates and Analytic
Assumptions for National Energy Modeling System, Draft 3 Report and supplemental draft on distributed photovoltaic
technologies (Washington, DC: December 2014 and July 2015), prepared for the U.S. Department of Energy, U.S. Energy
Information Administration.
10. D. Feldman, G. Barbose, R. Margolis, M. Bolinger, D. Chung, R. Fu, J. Seel, C. Davidson, and R. Wiser, “Photovoltaic System
Pricing Trends 2015 Edition” (Washington, DC: August 25, 2015), https://emp.lbl.gov/sites/all/files/pv_system_pricing_trends_
presentation.pdf.
11. CONGRESS.GOV, “H.R.2029 - Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016” (Washington, DC: December 18, 2015), https://www.
12. Navigant Consulting Inc. and Leidos, Residential End Uses: Area 2: Incremental Installed Costs for Efficiency Upgrades (Washington,
DC: January 2015), prepared for the U.S. Department of Energy, U.S. Energy Information Administration.
13. Navigant Consulting Inc. and Leidos, Residential End Uses: Area 1: Historical Efficiency Data (Washington, DC: February 2015),
prepared for the U.S. Department of Energy, U.S. Energy Information Administration.
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14. U.S. Department of Energy, “Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Commercial and Industrial
Electric Motors,” Federal Register, Vol. 79, No. 103 (Washington, DC: May 29, 2014) pp.30934–31014; https://www.gpo.gov/
fdsys/pkg/FR-2014-05-29/pdf/2014-11201.pdf.
15. U.S. Census Bureau, “2012 Economic Census of the United States, Construction: Industry Series: Detailed Statistics by Industry
for the U.S.: 2012” (Washington, DC: 2014), http://www2.census.gov/econ2012/EC/sector23/EC1223I1.zip.
16. U.S. Census Bureau, “2012 Economic Census of the United States, Mining, Industry Series: Detailed Statistics by Industry for the
U.S.: 2012” (Washington, DC: 2014), http://www2.census.gov/econ2012/EC/sector21/EC1221I1.zip.
17. Leidos, EIA - Marine Fuel Choice for Ocean Going Vessels within Emission Control Areas (Washington, DC: June 11, 2015), prepared
for U.S. Department of Energy, U.S. Energy Information Administration, https://www.eia.gov/analysis/studies/transportation/
marinefuel/.
18. U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, “Highway Statistics 2014: Annual Vehicle Distance Traveled
in Miles and Related Data - 2014 by Highway Category and Vehicle Type” (Washington, DC: December 2015), http://www.fhwa.
dot.gov/policyinformation/statistics/2014/vm1.cfm.
19. U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, “Travel Monitoring, Traffic Volume Trends, January 2016”
(Washington, DC: March 2016), http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/policyinformation/travel_monitoring/tvt.cfm.
21. U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Waterborne Commerce of the United States, Calendar Year 2013, Part
5—National Summaries, Table 1.4: Total Waterborne Commerce, 1994–2013 (Washington, DC: December 2014), http://www.
navigationdatacenter.us/wcsc/pdf/wcusnatl13.pdf.
22. U.S. Department of Energy, Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy, “Clean Cities Alternative Fuel Price Report,” table with
compressed natural gas retail prices by region (Washington, DC: all editions), http://www.afdc.energy.gov/publications/.
23. U.S. Congress, Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015, Public Law 114–74, Sec. 401-403, “Title IV—Strategic Petroleum Reserve”
(Washington, DC: November 2, 2015), https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/1314/text#toc-H2D8D609
ED2A3417887CC3EAF49A81E15.
24. U.S. Congress, H.R. 22 – FAST Act, Sec. 32204, “Strategic Petroleum Reserve Drawdown and Sale” (Washington, DC: December
4, 2015), https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/22/text.
25. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, “Renewable Fuel Standard Program: Standards for 2014, 2015, and 2016 and Biomass-
Based Diesel Volume for 2017” (Washington, DC: December 14, 2015), https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2015-12-14/
pdf/2015-30893.pdf.
26. The unannounced nuclear retirements in the Reference case reflect market uncertainty.
27. This report will be available on the EIA website when finalized. Costs were updated for coal with carbon capture and storage
(CCS), combined cycle (without CCS) technologies, combustion turbine technologies, advanced nuclear, and onshore wind and
solar photovoltaic technologies. Costs for other technologies are consistent with AEO2015 assumptions.
28. Model constraints were added in both the Electricity Capacity Planning (ECP) and Electricity Fuel Dispatch (EFD) linear programs,
to allow modeling of either carbon dioxide (CO2) emission caps or CO2 emission rate standards by EMM region. Model structure
was also added to allow trading of allowances between regions, including pricing impacts. The model was updated so that CO2
allowances can be assumed to be allocated to generator or load entities, or auctioned, with appropriate feedback to electricity
prices, under a mass-based standard.
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Contents
Executive summary ..................................................................................................................................................................................... ES-1
The Clean Power Plan’s requirement to reduce carbon dioxide emissions accelerates the shift in the generation mix .......... ES-2
How the states implement the Clean Power Plan influences its effect on electricity generators ................................................ ES-2
The coal-fired generation share of total electricity production continues to decline, even in the absence of the
Clean Power Plan, and natural gas becomes the predominant fuel for electricity generation ............................................... ES-3
All coal supply regions are affected—though not equally—when the Clean Power Plan is implemented ................................. ES-3
Electricity demand growth slows as more on-site generation reduces the need for central-station generation ........................ ES-3
After 2017, U.S. oil production increases as prices rise ................................................................................................................. ES-4
U.S. natural gas production continues to rise despite low or moderately rising prices ................................................................ ES-4
Technology improvements increase U.S. production from tight and shale formations ................................................................ ES-5
Natural gas trade and LNG exports depend on the differential between U.S. and world natural gas prices ............................. ES-5
California zero-emission vehicle program drives increasing sales of zero-emissions vehicles and
transitional zero-emissions vehicles ............................................................................................................................................ ES-6
Proposed medium- and heavy-duty vehicle Phase 2 standards reduce diesel fuel demand and
carbon dioxide emissions ............................................................................................................................................................. ES-6
With lower natural gas prices, industrial sector energy consumption increases through 2040 ................................................... ES-7
Energy-related CO2 emissions vary widely with different assumptions about economic growth,
energy prices, and policies .......................................................................................................................................................... ES-8
Legislation and regulations ........................................................................................................................................................................ LR-1
Introduction ......................................................................................................................................................................................... LR-2
Clean Power Plan with New Source Performance Standards for power generation ................................................................... LR-2
Regulatory background: legal basis for CPP/NSPS rules ......................................................................................................... LR-3
Representing new source CO2 emission standards: Sec 111(b) rules .................................................................................... LR-3
Representing existing-source CO2 emissions standards: Section 111(d) rules ...................................................................... LR-3
Other rules affecting the power sector ............................................................................................................................................. LR-4
Impact of a Renewable Energy Tax Credit extension and phaseout ............................................................................................. LR-7
History ............................................................................................................................................................................................ LR-7
Energy Production Tax Credit ................................................................................................................................................. LR-7
Energy Investment Tax Credit (26 U.S.C. 48 and 26 U.S.C. 25D) ...................................................................................... LR-7
PTC and ITC provisions in the 2016 Consolidated Appropriation Act ................................................................................. LR-7
Recent federal energy efficiency standards for appliances and other end-use equipment ........................................................ LR-8
California Zero-Emission Vehicle regulations for model years 2018 and beyond ........................................................................ LR-9
State RPS programs .......................................................................................................................................................................... LR-10
California ....................................................................................................................................................................................... LR-11
Hawaii ............................................................................................................................................................................................ LR-15
Kansas ........................................................................................................................................................................................... LR-15
Ohio ............................................................................................................................................................................................... LR-15
Vermont ......................................................................................................................................................................................... LR-15
West Virginia ................................................................................................................................................................................. LR-16
State energy efficiency resource standards and goals through January 2016 ............................................................................. LR-16
Arkansas ........................................................................................................................................................................................ LR-16
California ....................................................................................................................................................................................... LR-16
Connecticut ................................................................................................................................................................................... LR-18
Delaware ....................................................................................................................................................................................... LR-18
Indiana ........................................................................................................................................................................................... LR-18
Louisiana ....................................................................................................................................................................................... LR-18
Maryland ........................................................................................................................................................................................ LR-18
Massachusetts .............................................................................................................................................................................. LR-18
Nevada .......................................................................................................................................................................................... LR-19
New Hampshire ............................................................................................................................................................................ LR-19
New York ....................................................................................................................................................................................... LR-19
Ohio ............................................................................................................................................................................................... LR-19
Pennsylvania ................................................................................................................................................................................. LR-19
Rhode Island ................................................................................................................................................................................. LR-19
Vermont ......................................................................................................................................................................................... LR-19
Washington .................................................................................................................................................................................... LR-19
West Virginia ................................................................................................................................................................................. LR-19
Impacts on marine fuel choice from enforcement of Emissions Control Areas in North America and U.S. Caribbean
Sea waters under the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL) ......................... LR-19
Emission Control Area Standards ............................................................................................................................................... LR-20
Issues in focus .............................................................................................................................................................................................. IF-1
Introduction ......................................................................................................................................................................................... IF-2
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Effects of the Clean Power Plan ....................................................................................................................................................... IF-2
Alternative Clean Power Plan cases ........................................................................................................................................... IF-3
No CPP case ............................................................................................................................................................................ IF-3
CPP Rate case ........................................................................................................................................................................ IF-3
CPP Interregional Trading case .............................................................................................................................................. IF-3
CPP Extended case ................................................................................................................................................................ IF-4
CPP Hybrid case ..................................................................................................................................................................... IF-4
CPP Allocation to Generators case ........................................................................................................................................ IF-4
Results ........................................................................................................................................................................................... IF-4
CO2 Emissions ........................................................................................................................................................................ IF-4
Capacity expansion and retirements ...................................................................................................................................... IF-5
Generation fuel mix ................................................................................................................................................................. IF-6
Electricity prices ....................................................................................................................................................................... IF-7
Regional Impacts ..................................................................................................................................................................... IF-7
CPP Interregional Trading case .............................................................................................................................................. IF-12
CPP Rate case ........................................................................................................................................................................ IF-12
CPP Extended case ................................................................................................................................................................ IF-13
Fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions Phase 2 standards for medium- and heavy-duty vehicles ....................... IF-16
Heavy-duty pickups and vans ..................................................................................................................................................... IF-16
Combination tractor cabs ............................................................................................................................................................ IF-17
Trailers .......................................................................................................................................................................................... IF-17
Vocational vehicles ...................................................................................................................................................................... IF-17
Certification for combination tractors, trailers, and vocational vehicles ................................................................................... IF-17
Results ........................................................................................................................................................................................... IF-18
Regulatory and data issues ......................................................................................................................................................... IF-20
Extended Policies case ..................................................................................................................................................................... IF-22
Background ................................................................................................................................................................................... IF-22
Extended Policies case ........................................................................................................................................................... IF-22
Analysis results ............................................................................................................................................................................. IF-23
Energy consumption ................................................................................................................................................................ IF-23
Buildings sector energy consumption .................................................................................................................................... IF-23
Industrial sector energy consumption .................................................................................................................................... IF-24
Transportation sector energy consumption ........................................................................................................................... IF-24
Electricity generation ............................................................................................................................................................... IF-25
Energy-related CO2 emissions ............................................................................................................................................... IF-26
Energy prices and tax credit payments .................................................................................................................................. IF-26
Hydrocarbon gas liquids production and related industrial development ...................................................................................... IF-29
NGPL production in AEO2016 ..................................................................................................................................................... IF-31
Downstream development ........................................................................................................................................................... IF-32
Steel industry energy consumption: Sensitivity to technology choices, fuel prices, and carbon prices in the
AEO2016 Industrial Demand Module ......................................................................................................................................... IF-35
Alternative cases .......................................................................................................................................................................... IF-35
Industrial Efficiency Incentive Low (Low Incentive) case .......................................................................................................... IF-35
Industrial Efficiency Incentive High (High Incentive) case ......................................................................................................... IF-35
Energy Efficiency for Manufacturing Industries with Technical Choice (Energy-Efficient Technology) case ........................ IF-36
Results ........................................................................................................................................................................................... IF-36
Technology choice ................................................................................................................................................................... IF-36
Fuel use and energy intensity ................................................................................................................................................. IF-37
Market trends .............................................................................................................................................................................................. MT-1
Trends in economic activity ............................................................................................................................................................... MT-2
International energy ........................................................................................................................................................................... MT-3
U.S. energy demand .......................................................................................................................................................................... MT-5
Residential sector energy demand ................................................................................................................................................... MT-7
Commercial sector energy demand ................................................................................................................................................. MT-9
Industrial sector energy demand ...................................................................................................................................................... MT-11
Transportation sector energy demand ............................................................................................................................................. MT-13
Electricity demand ............................................................................................................................................................................. MT-15
Electricity generation ......................................................................................................................................................................... MT-16
Electricity prices ................................................................................................................................................................................. MT-18
Electricity capacity ............................................................................................................................................................................. MT-19
Renewable capacity ......................................................................................................................................................................... MT-20
Renewable generation ..................................................................................................................................................................... MT-21
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Emissions from electricity generation ............................................................................................................................................. MT-22
Natural gas prices ............................................................................................................................................................................ MT-23
Natural gas supply ........................................................................................................................................................................... MT-24
Natural gas trade .............................................................................................................................................................................. MT-26
Natural gas and oil supply ............................................................................................................................................................... MT-27
Liquid fuels consumption ................................................................................................................................................................. MT-28
Crude oil supply ............................................................................................................................................................................... MT-29
Coal production ................................................................................................................................................................................ MT-31
Emissions from energy use ............................................................................................................................................................. MT-33
Comparison with other projections .......................................................................................................................................................... CP-1
Economic growth ............................................................................................................................................................................... CP-2
Oil prices ............................................................................................................................................................................................. CP-2
Total energy consumption ................................................................................................................................................................. CP-3
Electricity ............................................................................................................................................................................................ CP-5
Natural gas ......................................................................................................................................................................................... CP-9
Production ..................................................................................................................................................................................... CP-9
Net imports/exports ...................................................................................................................................................................... CP-9
Consumption ................................................................................................................................................................................. CP-9
Prices ............................................................................................................................................................................................. CP-11
Petroleum and other liquid fuels ....................................................................................................................................................... CP-13
Coal ..................................................................................................................................................................................................... CP-14
Appendixes
Reference case .................................................................................................................................................................................. A-1
Economic growth case comparisons ................................................................................................................................................ B-1
Price case comparisons .................................................................................................................................................................... C-1
Results from side cases .................................................................................................................................................................... D-2
NEMS overview and brief description of cases ............................................................................................................................... E-1
Regional Maps ................................................................................................................................................................................... F-1
Conversion factors ............................................................................................................................................................................. G-1
Tables
Table LR3-1. Production tax credits and investment tax credits included in the AEO2016 Reference case, 2015–23 ............ LR-8
Table LR4-1. Effective dates of initial and current appliance efficiency standards for selected equipment ............................... LR-9
Table LR6-1. Renewable portfolio standards in the 29 states and District of Columbia with current mandates ....................... LR-12
Table LR7-1. Characteristics of state efficiency mandates or goals as of January 2016 ............................................................ LR-17
Table IF1. “Issues in focus” analyses included in recent AEOs ..................................................................................................... IF-2
Table IF1-1. Mapping for aggregated electricity regions ................................................................................................................ IF-8
Table IF1-2. Electricity generation by region and fuel type in four cases, 2015 and 2030 .......................................................... IF-9
Table IF1-3. Electricity generation shares by region and fuel type in four cases, 2015 and 2030 .............................................. IF-10
Table IF1-4. Differences in average electricity prices in the Reference case from the No CPP case by region,
2025, 2030, 2035, and 2040 ......................................................................................................................................... IF-12
Table IF2-1. Types of vehicles regulated by the proposed Phase 2 standards ............................................................................ IF-16
Table IF4-1. Composition of oil and natural gas produced from the Niobrara formation in Colorado
and the Jonah field in Wyoming ................................................................................................................................... IF-30
Table IF5-1. BOF and EAF shares of total crude steel production in four cases, 2015–40 ......................................................... IF-37
Comparison with other projections .......................................................................................................................................................... CP-1
Table CP1. Comparisons of average annual economic growth projections, 2015–40 ................................................................. CP-2
Table CP2. Comparisons of oil price projections, 2025, 2030, 2035, and 2040 ........................................................................... CP-3
Table CP3. Comparisons of energy consumption projections by sector, 2015, 2020, 2030, 2035, and 2040 ........................... CP-4
Table CP4. Comparisons of electricity projections, 2025, 2035, and 2040 ................................................................................... CP-6
Table CP5. Comparisons of natural gas projections, 2025, 2035, and 2040 ................................................................................ CP-10
Table CP6. Comparisons of petroleum and other liquids projections, 2025, 2035, and 2040 .................................................... CP-12
Table CP7. Comparisons of coal projections, 2025, 2035, and 2040 ........................................................................................... CP-14
NEMS overview and brief description of cases ...................................................................................................................................... E-1
Table E1. Summary of AEO2016 cases ........................................................................................................................................... E-7
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Figures
Executive summary ................................................................................................................................................................................... ES-1
Figure ES-1. Net electricity generation from coal, natural gas, and renewables in the AEO2016
Reference case, 2013–40 ........................................................................................................................................... ES-2
Figure ES-2. Net electricity generation from coal, natural gas, and renewables in the No CPP case, 2013–40 ...................... ES-2
Figure ES-3. Petroleum and other liquid fuels production by region and type in the Reference case, 2000–2040 .................. ES-3
Figure ES-4. Electricity generation from solar power in the buildings sectors in three cases, 2010–40 .................................... ES-4
Figure ES-5. Total U.S. crude oil production in five cases, 1990–2040 ........................................................................................ ES-4
Figure ES-6. Annual average Henry Hub natural gas spot market prices in the Reference case, 1990–2040 ......................... ES-5
Figure ES-7. U.S. dry natural gas production by source in the Reference case, 1990–2040 ..................................................... ES-5
Figure ES-8. U.S. exports of liquefied natural gas in five cases, 2005–40 ................................................................................... ES-6
Figure ES-9. Sales of zero-emission vehicles and transitional zero-emission vehicles, 2010–40 ............................................. ES-6
Figure ES-10. Diesel fuel consumption by large trucks, Classes 3–8, in two cases, 2005–40 ................................................... ES-7
Figure ES-11. Industrial sector energy consumption by application in the Reference case, 2010–40 ....................................... ES-8
Figure ES-12. Industrial sector delivered energy consumption in four cases, 2010–40 .............................................................. ES-8
Figure ES-13. Energy-related carbon dioxide emissions in seven cases, 2000–2040 ................................................................ ES-8
Figure LR5-1. ZEV credit percentage requirements, model years 2018–25 ................................................................................ LR-10
Figure LR6-1. Total qualifying renewable generation required for combined state renewable portfolio standards
and projected total achieved, 2012–40 ..................................................................................................................... LR-11
Figure LR7-1. States with energy efficiency resources standards (EERS) or energy efficiency (EE) goals that
target savings in electricity use as of January 2016 ................................................................................................ LR-18
Figure LR8-1. Current and proposed MARPOL regulations on sulfur content of fuel, 2000–2030 ............................................. LR-20
Figure IF1-1. Total energy consumption in three cases, 2005–40 ................................................................................................. IF-4
Figure IF1-2. Cumulative additions and retirements of generating capacity in five cases, 2015–40 ......................................... IF-5
Figure IF1-3. Electricity generation by fuel in five cases, 2015, 2030, and 2040 ......................................................................... IF-6
Figure IF1-4. Renewable electricity generation in three cases, 2012, 2020, 2030, and 2040 .................................................... IF-7
Figure IF1-5. Change in emissions in the CPP Interregional Trading case relative to the Reference case, 2030 .................... IF-8
Figure IF1-6. Electricity generation in 2040 by region and fuel in the Reference and CPP Extended cases ............................ IF-13
Figure IF2-1. Average on-road fuel economy of vehicles by weight class, 2005–40 ................................................................... IF-18
Figure IF2-2. Diesel fuel consumption by large trucks, Classes 3–8, in two cases, 2005–40 .................................................... IF-18
Figure IF2-3. Fuel consumption by large trucks, Classes 3–8, in two cases, 2005–40 ............................................................... IF-19
Figure IF2-4. Transportation sector energy consumption by fuel in two cases, 1995–2040 ....................................................... IF-19
Figure IF2-5. Transportation sector carbon dioxide emissions in two cases, 2005–40 ............................................................... IF-20
Figure IF3-1. Total energy consumption in two cases, 2000–2040 ............................................................................................... IF-23
Figure IF3-2. Buildings sector delivered energy consumption in two cases, 2000–2040 ............................................................ IF-23
Figure IF3-3. Changes in buildings sector delivered energy consumption by end use in two cases, 2015–40 ........................ IF-24
Figure IF3-4. Industrial sector combined heat and power capacity in two cases, 2000–2040 .................................................... IF-24
Figure IF3-5. Transportation sector petroleum and other liquids demand in two cases, 2000–2040 ......................................... IF-25
Figure IF3-6. Electricity generation by fuel in the Reference and Extended Policies cases, 2000–2040 ................................. IF-25
Figure IF3-7. Renewable electricity generation by energy source in two cases, 2015, 2020, 2030, and 2040 ......................... IF-26
Figure IF3-8. Energy-related carbon dioxide emissions in two cases, 2000–2040 ...................................................................... IF-26
Figure IF3-9. U.S. average electricity prices in two cases, 2000–2040 ........................................................................................ IF-27
Figure IF4-1. U.S. revenue per million Btu of unprocessed natural gas generated by natural gas plant liquids
and dry natural gas, 2002, 2009, and 2014 ............................................................................................................... IF-29
Figure IF4-2. Relative heat contents and values of natural gas plants liquids, 2002, 2009, and 2014 ...................................... IF-29
Figure IF4-3. Rocky Mountain region (PADD 4) total natural gas processing plant liquids production and
natural gas production by state, 2010–16 .................................................................................................................. IF-31
Figure IF4-4. U.S. total natural gas and natural gas plant liquids production, 2010–16 .............................................................. IF-31
Figure IF4-5. U.S. total natural gas plant liquids production in five cases, 2000–2040 ............................................................... IF-31
Figure IF4-6. Brent crude oil and Henry Hub natural gas spot prices in the Reference case, 2000–2040 ................................ IF-32
Figure IF5-1. Carbon dioxide proxy prices in two cases, 2015–40 ............................................................................................... IF-36
Figure IF5-2. Changes in U.S. total crude steel production by technology in the Reference case, 2015–40 ........................... IF-36
Figure IF5-3. U.S. direct reduced iron (DRI) production in four cases, 2015–40 ......................................................................... IF-37
Figure IF5-4. Total energy intensity of U.S. steel production in four cases, 2015–40 .................................................................. IF-38
Figure IF5-5. Natural gas intensity of U.S. steel production in four cases, 2015–40 ................................................................... IF-38
Market trends .............................................................................................................................................................................................. MT-1
Figure MT-1. Growth of real gross domestic product and hours worked in the Reference case, 1985–2040 ........................... MT-2
Figure MT-2. Average annual growth rates for real gross domestic product and its major components
in three cases, 2015–40 .............................................................................................................................................. MT-2
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Figure MT-3. Average annual growth rates of shipments from the U.S. industrial sector and its components
in three cases, 2015–40 .............................................................................................................................................. MT-3
Figure MT-4. North Sea Brent crude oil spot prices in three cases, 1990–2040 .......................................................................... MT-3
Figure MT-5. World petroleum and other liquids consumption by region in three cases, 2015 and 2040 ................................. MT-4
Figure MT-6. World production of nonpetroleum liquids by type in the Reference case, 2015 and 2040 .................................. MT-4
Figure MT-7. Energy use per capita and per dollar of gross domestic product and carbon dioxide emissions
per dollar of gross domestic product in two cases, 1980–2040 ............................................................................... MT-5
Figure MT-8. Primary energy consumption by end-use sector in two cases, 2015–40 ............................................................... MT-5
Figure MT-9. Primary energy use by fuel in two cases, 2015, 2020, 2030, and 2040 ................................................................. MT-6
Figure MT-10. Residential delivered energy intensity in three cases, 2009–40 ........................................................................... MT-6
Figure MT-11. Change in residential electricity consumption for selected end uses in the Reference case, 2015–40 ............ MT-7
Figure MT-12. Residential sector delivered energy consumption by fuel in the Reference case, 2004–40 .............................. MT-7
Figure MT-13. Residential distributed electricity generation in two cases, 2010–40 ................................................................... MT-8
Figure MT-14. Commercial sector delivered energy intensity in the Reference case, 2005–40 ................................................. MT-8
Figure MT-15. Energy intensity of selected commercial end uses in the Reference case, 2015 and 2040 .............................. MT-9
Figure MT-16. Efficiency gains for selected commercial equipment in two cases, 2015–40 ...................................................... MT-9
Figure MT-17. Additions to commercial sector electricity generation capacity in two cases, 2015–40 ..................................... MT-10
Figure MT-18. Industrial energy consumption by application in the Reference case, 2010–40 ................................................ MT-10
Figure MT-19. Industrial sector energy consumption by fuel in the Reference case, 2010–40 .................................................. MT-11
Figure MT-20. Industrial consumption of petroleum and other energy in three cases, 2015, 2025, and 2040 .......................... MT-11
Figure MT-21. Energy consumption for pulp and paper production in three cases, 2015, 2025, and 2040 .............................. MT-12
Figure MT-22. Delivered energy consumption for transportation by mode in the Reference case, 2015 and 2040 ................. MT-12
Figure MT-23. Average fuel economy of new light-duty vehicles in the Reference case, 1980–2040 ....................................... MT-13
Figure MT-24. Vehicle miles traveled per licensed driver in the Reference case, 1995–2040 ................................................... MT-13
Figure MT-25. Sales of light-duty vehicles capable of using nongasoline technologies by type in the Reference case,
2015, 2025, and 2040 ............................................................................................................................................... MT-14
Figure MT-26. Transportation sector natural gas consumption by vehicle type in the Reference case, 1995–2040 ................ MT-14
Figure MT-27. U.S. gross domestic product growth and electricity demand growth rates, 1950–2040 ..................................... MT-15
Figure MT-28. Net electricity generation by fuel in the Reference case, 2000–2040 .................................................................. MT-15
Figure MT-29. Net electricity generation by fuel in the No CPP case, 2000–2040 ...................................................................... MT-16
Figure MT-30. Additions to electricity generation capacity by fuel in the Reference case, 2000–2040 ..................................... MT-17
Figure MT-31. Cumulative additions to electricity generation capacity by fuel in the No CPP case by period .......................... MT-17
Figure MT-32. Electricity prices and natural gas prices to electricity generators in four cases, 2015–40 .................................. MT-18
Figure MT-33. Electricity generation by fuel in three cases, 2015, 2020, 2030, and 2040 .......................................................... MT-18
Figure MT-34. Natural gas-fired electricity generation in four cases, 2000–2040 ........................................................................ MT-19
Figure MT-35. Cumulative nuclear generation capacity additions and retirements, 2016–20 .................................................... MT-19
Figure MT-36. Wind and solar electricity generation capacity additions in all sectors by energy source in two cases,
2016–20, 2021–30, and 2031–40 ............................................................................................................................ MT-20
Figure MT-37. Renewable electricity generation by
fuel type in all sectors in five cases, 2015 and 2040 ...................................................................................................................... MT-20
Figure MT-38. Nonhydropower renewable electricity generation in all sectors in two cases, 2020 and 2040 .......................... MT-21
Figure MT-39. Levelized electricity costs with tax credits for new power plants in the Reference case, 2022 and 2040 ......... MT-21
Figure MT-40. Coal consumption (quadrillion Btu) and sulfur dioxide emissions (million short tons) in the Reference
and No CPP cases, 2005–40 ................................................................................................................................... MT-22
Figure MT-41. Natural gas consumption by sector in the Reference case, 1990–2040 .............................................................. MT-22
Figure MT-42. Annual average Henry Hub natural gas spot market prices in five cases, 1990–2040 ....................................... MT-23
Figure MT-43. Natural gas production, consumption, and net imports and exports in the Reference case, 1990–2040 ......... MT-24
Figure MT-44. Natural gas production in three cases, 1990–2040 ............................................................................................... MT-24
Figure MT-45. Ratio of crude oil prices to U.S. natural gas prices on an energy-equivalent basis
in three cases, 1990–2040 ....................................................................................................................................... MT-25
Figure MT-46. U.S. dry natural gas production by source in the Reference case, 1990–2040 .................................................. MT-25
Figure MT-47. U.S. net imports of natural gas by source in the Reference case, 1990–2040 ................................................... MT-26
Figure MT-48. U.S. exports of liquefied natural gas in five cases, 2005–40 ................................................................................ MT-26
Figure MT-49. U.S. dry natural gas production in three cases, 1990–2040 ................................................................................. MT-27
Figure MT-50. Crude oil and natural gas resources and cumulative production by Annual Energy Outlook year .................... MT-27
Figure MT-51. U.S. consumption of petroleum and other liquids by sector in two cases, 1990–2040 ....................................... MT-28
Figure MT-52. Consumption and gross exports of motor gasoline and diesel fuel in the Reference and
Extended Policies cases, 2005–40 .......................................................................................................................... MT-28
Figure MT-53. Total U.S. crude oil production in five cases, 1990–2040 ...................................................................................... MT-29
Figure MT-54. Domestic crude oil production by source in the Reference case, 1990–2040 ..................................................... MT-29
Figure MT-55. Average API gravity of U.S. domestic and imported crude oil supplies in two cases, 1990–2040 ..................... MT-30
Figure MT-56. Net import share of U.S. petroleum and other liquid fuels consumption in five cases, 1990–2040 ................... MT-30
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Figure MT-57. U.S. refinery gasoline-to-diesel production ratio and crack spreads in the Reference case, 2000–2040 ......... MT-31
Figure MT-58. Coal production by region in the Reference and No CPP cases, 1970–2040 ..................................................... MT-31
Figure MT-59. U.S. coal production in eight cases, 2015, 2020, and 2040 .................................................................................. MT-32
Figure MT-60. Average annual minemouth coal prices by region in the Reference case, 1990–2040 ...................................... MT-32
Figure MT-61. Energy-related carbon dioxide emissions in seven cases, 2000–2040 ............................................................... MT-33
Regional maps .............................................................................................................................................................................................. F-1
Figure F1. United States Census Divisions ..................................................................................................................................... F-1
Figure F2. Electricity market module regions .................................................................................................................................. F-3
Figure F4. Liquid fuels market module regions ............................................................................................................................... F-5
Figure F5. Oil and gas supply model regions .................................................................................................................................. F-6
Figure F6. Natural gas transmission and distribution model regions ............................................................................................ F-7
Figure F7. Coal supply regions ......................................................................................................................................................... F-8
Figure F8. Coal demand regions ...................................................................................................................................................... F-9
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Projections in the Annual Energy Outlook 2016 (AEO2016) focus on the factors expected to shape U.S. energy markets through
2040. The projections provide a basis for examination and discussion of energy market trends and serve as a starting point for
analysis of potential changes in U.S. energy policies, rules, and regulations, as well as the potential role of advanced technologies.
Key issues addressed in the AEO2016 Reference and alternative cases and discussed in this Executive summary include:
• Recent changes in laws and regulations, including the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Clean Power Plan (CPP)
[1], which requires states to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from existing fossil fuel generators, and an extension of
tax credits for wind and solar energy. Together with lower natural gas prices, these changes significantly affect the projected
electricity generation fuel mix.
• Implications of the changing electricity generation fuel mix for overall coal demand and the coal production outlook across U.S.
coal supply regions.
• Slower electricity demand growth and increases in onsite generation, which together determine the demand for generation
from central power stations.
• The effects of resource and technology improvements and prices on the outlook for U.S. oil and natural gas production, and
the effect of changing production levels on prices projected consumption.
• Implications of the California Air Resources Board’s Zero-Emission Vehicle program [2], which nine states have joined,
representing 33% of the total U.S. market for new light-duty vehicles.
• Implications of EPA’s proposed medium- and heavy-duty vehicle Phase 2 standards [3] for CO2 emissions and projected fuel use.
• Implications of alternative economic, energy market, and policy scenarios for energy-related CO2 emissions.
The Clean Power Plan’s requirement to reduce carbon dioxide emissions accelerates the shift in the generation mix
The CPP requirement for states to develop plans to reduce CO2 emissions imposes additional costs on higher-emitting energy
sources. Combined with lower natural gas prices and the extension of renewable tax credits, the CPP accelerates the shift toward
less carbon-intensive generation. In the AEO2016 Reference case, which includes the CPP, 92 gigawatts (GW) of coal-fired capacity
is retired by 2030—32 GW more than is retired by 2030 in the No CPP case, which excludes the CPP. In the Reference case, coal-
fired generation in 2040 is 32% lower than the 2015 total (Figure ES-1).
From 2015 levels, natural gas-fired electricity generation in the Reference case increases by 26% in 2030 and by 44% in 2040,
and generation from renewables increases by 99% in 2030 and by 152% in 2040. These projected changes result in electricity
generation with both natural gas and renewables surpassing coal generation in 2024 (natural gas) and in 2028 (renewables). In
the No CPP case, electricity generation with natural gas does not surpass coal generation until 2029, and renewable generation
does not overtake coal-fired generation in the 2015–40 time frame of the projection (Figure ES-2).
How the states implement the Clean Power Plan influences its effect on electricity generators
The EPA provides several kinds of flexibility to states in implementing the CPP [4]. This flexibility allows the states to choose
between a mass-based approach (with a cap on total CO2 emissions) and a rate-based approach (with a cap on pounds of CO2
emitted per megawatthour of electricity produced), with different potential consequences for electricity generators and customers.
In the CPP Rate case, a rate-based target provides a more direct incentive for switching to carbon-free sources of energy by
Figure ES-1. Net electricity generation from coal, Figure ES-2. Net electricity generation from coal,
natural gas, and renewables in the AEO2016 natural gas, and renewables in the No CPP case,
Reference case, 2013–40 (billion kilowatthours) 2013–40 (billion kilowatthours)
2015 Projections 2015 Projections
2,000 2,000
1,500 Coal 1,500 Coal
Natural gas Natural gas

1,000 1,000
Renewables Renewables
500 500
0 0
2013 2015 2020 2025 2030 2035 2040 2013 2015 2020 2025 2030 2035 2040
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rewarding generators that produce emissions below the intensity target and penalizing those with emissions above the target. The
mass-based target in the AEO2016 Reference case, as modeled by EIA, treats every ton of CO2 emitted by fossil-fired generation
uniformly, which does not provide the same incentive.
The changes in the mix of generating capacity (including central station and end-use generators) are affected differently by
the two implementation approaches. In the CPP Rate case, with a rate-based approach, more renewable capacity is added (an
additional 28 GW by 2040) than in the AEO2016 Reference case that assumes mass-based implementation. In the Reference
case, 14 GW more coal-fired capacity is retired, and 48 GW more natural gas capacity is added between 2015 and 2040 than in
the CPP Rate case.
With the mass-based implementation approach assumed in the Reference case in 2040, coal-fired generation is 436 billion kWh
lower than in 2015; natural gas-fired generation is 594 billion kWh higher than in 2015; and renewable generation is 828 billion
kWh higher than in 2015. With the rate-based approach adopted in the CPP Rate case in 2040, coal-fired generation is 275 billion
kWh lower than in 2015, natural gas-fired generation is 375 billion kWh higher than in 2015; and renewable generation is 898
billion kWh higher than in 2015.
Allocating emissions allowances under a mass-based program can also affect how overall program costs are passed along to
suppliers, service providers, and consumers. In the Reference case, the allocation of allowances to load-serving entities reduces
the impact on retail electricity prices by reducing retailers’ costs of compliance. With this allocation method, the average real (2015
dollars) electricity price in 2030 in the Reference Case is 1.7% lower than in the Allocation to Generators case, which assumes
allocation of CPP carbon allowances to generators rather than to load-serving entities.
The coal-fired generation share of total electricity production continues to decline, even in the absence of the Clean Power Plan,
and natural gas becomes the predominant fuel for electricity generation
Even in the absence of the CPP, the extension of renewable tax credits, as well as declining capital costs for solar photovoltaics
(PV), other emissions regulations that affect coal, and low natural gas prices contribute to a reduction in coal’s share of total
generation. In the No CPP case, coal-fired generation changes little from 2015–40, and the coal share of total electricity generation
falls from 33% in 2015 to 26% in 2040. Additions to coal-fired capacity are limited in the near term by emission regulations and in
the long term by low natural gas prices and increased pressure from renewable generation. In the No CPP case, 60 GW of coal-fired
generating capacity is retired from 2016–30.
Natural gas-fired generation declines from 2016–20 in response to a surge in wind and solar capacity builds resulting from both
declining installation costs and the extension of key federal tax credits for these technologies. After 2020, however, the natural
gas share of total generation increases steadily in the No CPP case, overtaking coal before 2030 and accounting for 34% of total
generation in 2040.
All coal supply regions are affected—though not equally—when the Clean Power Plan is implemented
The West region—which accounted for the largest share of total coal production in 2015—experiences the biggest decline in coal
production, at about 155 million short tons from 2015–40 (Figure ES-3). Implementation of the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards
beginning in 2015 and 2016 encouraged near-universal adoption of emissions control equipment at existing coal-fired plants, which
enables more coal-fired generators to use high-sulfur coal from the Interior region. The lower demand for coal in the AEO2016
Reference case, which includes the CPP, results in slow growth
Figure ES-3. Petroleum and other liquid fuels of coal production in the Interior region over the projection
production by region and type in the Reference case, period. In the No CPP case, production of higher sulfur coal
2000–2040 (million barrels per day) from the Interior region increases by nearly 90 million short
tons. The lower level of Appalachian coal production in
the Reference case in 2040 compared to the No CPP case
represents the smallest difference among the coal-producing
West
regions. Production of coal in the Appalachian region declined
sharply before 2015 as domestic coal buyers shifted from
Appalachian steam coal toward other coal sources or to
2015 other fuels for economic reasons. The Appalachian region
remains a major source of metallurgical coal, whose markets
Interior 2040 Reference
are not directly affected by the CPP. With or without the CPP,
2040 No CPP Appalachia’s producers have a relatively high dependence on
sales of both metallurgical and steam coal in international
coal markets.
Appalachia Electricity demand growth slows as more on-site generation

reduces the need for central-station generation
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of residential and commercial PV in the AEO2016 Reference case (Figure ES-4). Installed residential PV capacity increases by
an average of 10%/year from 2015–40, while installed commercial PV capacity increases by an average of 6%/year. In 2040,
generation from residential systems totals 90 billion kWh, and generation from commercial systems totals 37 billion kWh in the
Reference case. Without the electricity generated by residential PV systems that is used onsite, electricity sales to residential
customers would be nearly 6% higher in 2040. In addition, net PV generation accounts for more than 2% of commercial sector
electricity sales in 2040.
Spurred by higher energy demand and lower interest rates in the High Economic Growth case, solar PV net generation is 16%
higher in the residential sector and 4% higher in the commercial sector in 2040 than in the Reference case. With the higher level of
total electricity generation in the High Economic Growth case, residential electricity sales back to the grid are 15% higher in 2040
than in the Reference case. In the Low Economic Growth case, solar PV net generation is 30% lower in the residential sector and
4% lower in the commercial sector in 2040 than in the Reference case.
After 2017, U.S. oil production increases as prices rise

Total U.S. oil production in the AEO2016 Reference case falls from 9.4 million barrels per day (b/d) in 2015 to 8.6 million b/d in
2017. After 2017, the total production grows to 11.3 million b/d in 2040 as real (2016 dollars) crude oil prices recover from an
annual average of less than $50/barrel (b) in 2017 to more than $130/b in 2040 (Figure ES-5). The Lower 48 states lead the
increase in crude oil production, which results largely from higher oil prices, continued advances in industry practices, and further
development of technologies that reduce costs and allow for increased recovery of tight oil resources.
The Bakken, Western Gulf Basin (including the Eagle Ford play), and Permian Basin lead the continued development of tight oil
resources in the Lower 48 states in the Reference case. With the recent decline in oil prices, tight oil production shows the largest
reduction, from 4.9 million b/d in 2015 to 4.2 million b/d in 2017, before increasing to 7.1 million b/d in 2040. After 2017, higher
oil prices, as well as ongoing exploration, appraisal, and development programs that expand operator knowledge about producing
reservoirs, could result in the identification of additional tight oil resources and the development of technologies that reduce costs
and increase oil recovery.
In the Lower 48 states, offshore production (which is less sensitive to short-term price movements than onshore production),
increases to 2.0 million b/d in 2021, led by new deepwater projects in the Gulf of Mexico, including the Heidelberg and Appomattox
fields that are scheduled to begin operations in 2016 and 2017, respectively. After 2021, Lower 48 offshore crude oil production
declines to roughly 1.6 million b/d in 2030 and remains at about that level through 2040, as production from newly developed
fields is offset by declines in legacy fields.
Lower 48 onshore crude oil production using CO2-enhanced oil recovery increases from 0.3 million b/d in 2015 to 0.7 million b/d in
2040 as oil prices rise and affordable sources of CO2 become available. Both onshore and offshore production in Alaska continue
to decline, from a total of nearly 0.5 million b/d in 2015 to less than 0.2 million b/d in 2040.
U.S. natural gas production continues to rise despite low or moderately rising prices
Total U.S. dry natural gas production increases in the Reference case from 27.2 trillion cubic feet (Tcf) in 2015 to 42.1 Tcf in 2040,
while average annual U.S. natural gas prices at the Henry Hub (in 2015 dollars) remain at about $5.00/million British thermal
units (Btu) (Figure ES-6). Although natural gas prices remain relatively low and stable, projected development of natural gas
Figure ES-4. Electricity generation from solar power Figure ES-5. Total U.S. crude oil production in five
in the buildings sectors in three cases, 2010–40 cases, 1990–2040 (million barrels per day)
(billion kilowatthours)
History 2015 Projections History 2015 Projections
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High Oil and Gas Resource and Technology
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High Oil Price

90
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resources in shale gas and tight oil plays, tight gas, and offshore increases as a result of abundant domestic resources and
technology improvements.
Production from shale gas and tight oil plays leads the increase in natural gas production in the Reference case from 13.6 Tcf in 2015
to 29.0 Tcf in 2040, as their share of total U.S. dry natural gas production grows from 50% in 2015 to 69% in 2040 (Figure ES-7).
Shale gas and tight oil plays are resources in low-permeability reservoirs. They include the Sanish-Three Forks Formation beneath
the Bakken, Eagle Ford, Woodford, Austin Chalk, Spraberry, Niobrara, Avalon/Bone Springs, and Monterey formations.
U.S. offshore natural gas supply, after declining from 2015 to 2016 to around 1.4 Tcf, remains stable from 2015–20 in the Reference
case, then falls to 1.2 Tcf in 2023, reflecting declines in production from legacy offshore fields. After 2027, as increased production
from new discoveries offsets the decline in legacy fields, offshore natural gas production increases to 1.7 Tcf in 2040.
Growing natural gas demand in the industrial and electric power sectors and increasing exports of liquefied natural gas (LNG)
place upward pressure on domestic natural gas prices. Improvements in drilling technology allow production to keep pace with
demand (both for domestic consumption and for export), resulting in relatively stable prices throughout the projection period.
Technology improvements increase U.S. production from tight and shale formations
Growth in U.S. oil and natural gas resources (proved reserves and technically recoverable resources) and cumulative production
have averaged 1.8%/year and 2.5%/year for crude oil and natural gas, respectively, from 1990–2005, and 3.6%/year and 3.1%/
year from 2005–15. Examples of technology improvements include better rigs and drill bits that can drill wells faster at lower unit
costs, improved hydraulic fracturing techniques that expose more of the rock to the well, better control of the drill bit path, and
better offshore rigs and platforms that can reach great depths and handle extreme pressures and temperatures. Multi well pad
drilling and improvements in logistics also have contributed to the cost reductions. These technology improvements have allowed,
and are likely to continue to allow, the expansion of tight and shale gas production, as indicated in Figure ES-7.
The Reference case incorporates assumptions about changes in upstream technologies and industry practices in developing tight
oil, tight gas, and shale gas plays. The plays are divided into two tiers, with different aggregate technology change rates depending
on their levels of development, which are based on the potential effects of future breakthrough technologies on resource recovery
rates and drilling and operating costs, particularly in areas that are less developed.
Natural gas trade and LNG exports depend on the differential between U.S. and world natural gas prices
The size of the domestic oil and natural gas resource and technology improvement rates affect the ability of U.S. producers to
supply natural gas and the cost of domestic supplies. Lower world oil prices reduce the competitiveness of U.S. LNG in world
markets, while exports to Canada and Mexico are affected more directly by U.S. natural gas prices, with exports falling when
natural gas prices rise and increasing when natural gas prices fall.
In the Reference case, total U.S. exports of natural gas increase to 8.9 Tcf in 2040, with LNG exports of 6.7 Tcf (Figure ES-8). In the
High Oil Price case, with higher international natural gas prices, particularly in Asia, U.S. LNG exports are more competitive. The
greater growth in LNG exports in the High Oil Price case increases the call on domestic production, which in turn leads to higher
domestic natural gas prices. The increased demand for LNG exports is offset somewhat by lower natural gas exports to Canada
and Mexico as prices rise. U.S. exports of natural gas increase in the High Oil Price case to 12.5 Tcf in 2035 and remain near that
Figure ES-6. Annual average Henry Hub natural gas Figure ES-7. U.S. dry natural gas production by
spot market prices in the Reference case, 1990–2040 source in the Reference case, 1990–2040 (trillion
(2015 dollars per million Btu) cubic feet)
12 50
10
40
8
30
6 Shale gas and tight oil plays
20
4
10 Tight gas
2
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Coalbed methane
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level through 2040, and LNG exports increase to 10.5 Tcf in 2040. In the Low Oil Price case, where there is less incentive for LNG
exports, total U.S. exports of natural gas increase only to 6.8 Tcf in 2040, with LNG exports of 5.6 Tcf.
In the High Oil and Gas Resource and Technology case, lower production costs lead to more natural gas production. With
assumptions of a larger resource base and more rapid improvement in production technologies in the High Oil and Gas Resource
and Technology case than in the Reference case, the United States becomes a net exporter of natural gas to Canada in 2029
and U.S. LNG exports increase to 10.3 Tcf in 2035–40. In the Low Oil and Gas Resource and Technology case, U.S. natural gas
production is lower because of a smaller resource base and slower improvement in technology than in the Reference case. In this
case, U.S. natural gas exports total 4.7 Tcf in 2020, with LNG exports of 2.3 Tcf in that year, and remain at roughly the same level
through 2034 before declining slightly through 2040.
California zero-emission vehicle program drives increasing sales of zero-emissions vehicles and transitional zero-
emissions vehicles
The California zero-emissions vehicles (ZEV) (electric and hydrogen fuel cell) program issued in July 2014 is part of California’s
Advanced Clean Cars Program. The Advanced Clean Cars Program was adopted in the Annual Energy Outlook as part of
AEO2016. The Advanced Clean Cars Program combines control of Clean Air Act-defined criteria emissions, including greenhouse
gases, and the ZEV program. The program was enacted in addition to national corporate average fuel economy standards,
primarily to increase the percentage of ZEVs and transitional zero-emissions vehicles (TZEV)s (plug-in hybrid-electric and
hydrogen internal combustion engine vehicles) to combat California-specific smog and emissions concerns. Nine other states
have adopted the California ZEV program. California and those 9 states represented 33% of the total U.S. market for new light-
duty vehicles in 2015.
Manufacturers are required to produce ZEV credits equal to a percentage of their average conventional vehicle sales. Large
manufacturers (more than 20,000 annual sales in California) are required to produce a minimum percentage of ZEVs. The
remainder of the credits can be earned with TZEVs. Starting in model year (MY) 2018, manufacturers are required to produce ZEV
credits equal to 4.5% of their conventional vehicle sales, and in MY 2025 the percentage requirement increases to 22%, with a
minimum of 16% ZEVs. The credits awarded vary, depending on the vehicle type and driving range. With limitations, credits may
be traded between manufacturers and between states, and requirements are lessened for smaller manufacturers.
The updated California ZEV program for MY 2018 and later drives increasing ZEV sales. In the AEO2016 Reference case, total
U.S. annual sales increase to 590,000 ZEVs and 348,000 TZEVs in 2025, partly as a result of the ZEV program (Figure ES-9).
Combined ZEV and TZEV sales account for 6% of national light-duty vehicle (LDV) sales in 2025, the first year of complete
implementation. In 2025, states in the ZEV program account for 415,000 combined ZEV and TZEV sales, or 50% of total ZEV
and TZEV sales. Currently, ZEV and TZEV sales in covered states account for 39% of total ZEV and TZEV sales. This represents
compliance, as the credits earned would meet the credit percentage required. By 2040, nationwide ZEV and TZEV sales reach a
combined 1.1 million sales.
Proposed medium- and heavy-duty vehicle Phase 2 standards reduce diesel fuel demand and carbon dioxide emissions
AEO2016 includes a Phase 2 Standards case that analyzes the estimated effects of more stringent regulations for fuel consumption
and greenhouse gas emissions from medium- and heavy-duty vehicles. The proposed Phase 2 standards, issued jointly by the
Figure ES-8. U.S. exports of liquefied natural gas in Figure ES-9. Sales of zero-emission vehicles and
five cases, 2005–40 (trillion cubic feet) transitional zero-emission vehicles, 2010–40
(thousands)
12 1,200
High Oil Price
Total ZEV sales
10 1,000
8 800
Reference
6 600
ZEV
Low Oil Price
4 400
TZEV
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National Highway Transportation Safety Administration and the EPA, are a continuation of the Phase 1 standards, which expire
at the end of MY 2018. The Phase 2 standards would take effect in MY 2021, with total implementation in MY 2027, addressing
vehicles in four discrete categories: combination tractors, trailers, heavy-duty pickup trucks and vans, and vocational vehicles [5].
In the AEO2016 Phase 2 Standards case, the vehicle categories are reduced to three gross vehicle weight groups: Class 3, Classes
4–6, and Classes 7–8. Compared with average new vehicle fuel economy in 2027 in the AEO2016 Reference case, average new
vehicle fuel economy in the Phase 2 Standards case for combined Classes 3–8 increases by 28%. After 2027, the standards remain
constant, but technology adoption continues as new cost-effective technologies become available. In 2040, the combined average
fuel economy for vehicles in all three categories in the Phase 2 Standards case is 10.6 miles per gallon (mpg)—compared to 8.0
mpg in the Reference case—a 33% improvement. Higher on-road fuel economy of the medium- and heavy-duty truck stock, which
is slowly affected by the introduction of new vehicles, reduces energy consumption in the Phase 2 Standards case by 22% in 2040
compared with the Reference case level. Cumulative medium- and heavy-duty vehicle consumption of diesel fuel from 2021–40
in the Phase 2 Standards case is 2.5 billion barrels lower than in the Reference case (Figure ES-10). Consequently, cumulative CO2
emissions in the transportation sector from 2021–40 are 1,186 million metric tons (3%) lower in the Phase 2 Standards case than
in the Reference case.
Class 2b pickup trucks and vans are included in the Phase 2 Standards case; however, the fuel economy and fuel consumption for
these vehicles are not reported individually in AEO2016. Class 2b is included in the data for total transportation fuel consumption
and emissions. Trailers are not explicitly modeled in the Phase 2 Standards case because of a lack of inventory and usage data.
Despite improvements since the start of Phase 1, many limitations still exist in the availability of data on the technologies used to
meet the Phase 1 compliance standards and on Phase 2 vehicle baseline performance, which makes it difficult to estimate future
energy effects. The EPA baseline for Phase 2 is established by assuming compliance with Phase 1 in MY 2017, which is evaluated
differently. Therefore, it is unknown whether Phase 1-compliant vehicles in MY 2017 accurately represent the proposed Phase
2 baseline. The discussion of the Phase 2 Standards case in the AEO2016 Issues in Focus details the proposed standards, the
vehicles affected, and regulatory and modeling issues.
With lower natural gas prices, industrial sector energy consumption increases through 2040
The AEO2016 Reference case projects robust growth in industrial energy use of natural gas as shipments increase over the
2015–40 period. Low natural gas prices and increased availability of natural gas and related resources, including hydrocarbon gas
liquids (HGL), benefit the U.S. industrial sector and the manufacturing sector, in particular, in several ways. Natural gas is used
as a fuel to produce heat and to generate electricity. Natural gas is also used, along with HGL products, as a feedstock to produce
chemicals, pharmaceuticals, and plastics. Low energy prices result in more rapid economic growth and increasing demand for
industrial products.
Industrial shipments and improvements in energy efficiency over time have significant effects on energy consumption in the
industrial sector in the Reference case. As a result of efficiency improvements, industrial energy consumption grows more
slowly than shipments. Total delivered energy consumption in the industrial sector grows by 1.2%/year from 2015–40. In the
near term, energy consumption grows by 1.8%/year in the Reference case between 2015 and 2025, more than twice the rate
from 2025 to 2040, as a result of more rapid growth in shipments in the near term, 2.4%/year from 2015–25, compared with
1.5%/year from 2025–40.
Growth in industrial production leads to increased natural gas
Figure ES-10. Diesel fuel consumption by large consumption in the industrial sector, from 9.4 quadrillion Btu
trucks, Classes 3–8, in two cases, 2005–40 (million in 2015 to 11.3 quadrillion Btu in 2025 and to 12.9 quadrillion
barrels per day) Btu in 2040. The projected rate of growth in natural gas
History 2015 Projections consumption, at 1.3%/year from 2015–40, is slightly higher
3.00 than the rate of growth for total industrial sector energy
consumption. The bulk chemical industry is the largest user of
Reference natural gas in the industrial sector. Other large users include
2.75
refining, food products, mining, iron and steel, paper products,
and metal-based durables.
2.50 The bulk chemical industry accounts for much of the growth
in industrial energy consumption, with a competitive price
advantage for feedstocks, especially HGL, reflected in the
2.25
Phase 2 HDV Standards growth of shipments from 2015–40. In the Reference case,
energy consumption in the bulk chemical industry grows
by 80% from 2015–40, compared with 18% for other
2.00 manufacturing and 30% for nonmanufacturing industries
(Figure ES-11). Energy consumption growth in the bulk
chemical industry is concentrated in the 2015–25 period
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(4.3%/year, compared with 1.1%/year from 2025–40), and shipments of bulk chemicals increase by 4.8%/year from 2015–25,
compared with 1.4%/year from 2025–40.
Different assumptions about the rate of economic growth and the levels of oil and natural gas prices also affect energy consumption
growth rates in the industrial sector (Figure ES-12). In both the High Economic Growth case and the High Oil Price case, energy
consumption growth slows in the later years of the projections. In the High Oil Price case, energy consumption growth in the
mining industry is considerably higher than in the Reference case and higher than in the High Economic Growth case, as shipments
from the oil and gas extraction industry grow rapidly when energy prices are high. Energy consumption in the bulk chemical
industry grows by more than 2%/year in the Reference, High Oil Price, Low Economic Growth, and High Economic Growth cases.
Energy-related CO2 emissions vary widely with different assumptions about economic growth, energy prices, and policies
The AEO2016 Reference case assumes that current laws and regulations remain in effect through 2040; however, the status of
the CPP, which is on hold pending judicial review, is uncertain. In the Reference case, the CPP is assumed to be implemented as
scheduled, using mass-based standards that impose limits on CO2 emissions from fossil fuel-fired generators. The No CPP case
assumes that no federal carbon reduction program is implemented.
Across the alternative AEO2016 cases, total energy-related CO2 emissions in 2040 vary by more than 800 million metric tons,
depending on the assumptions in each case about economic growth, energy prices, and energy policies (Figure ES-13). In the High
Economic Growth case, which includes the CPP, total emissions in 2040 are close to the No CPP case total of 5,468 million metric
tons because emissions from sectors other than electric power increase as the economy grows. In the Extended Policies case, CO2
emissions fall to 4,623 million metric tons in 2040, which is
Figure ES-11. Industrial sector energy consumption
23% lower than the 2005 total. The Extended Policies case
by application in the Reference case, 2010–40 assumes that existing policies and regulations remain in effect
(quadrillion Btu) or are extended beyond sunset dates specified in current
History 2015 Projections regulation; that efficiency policies—including corporate
35
average fuel economy standards, appliance standards, and
building codes—are expanded beyond current provisions;
30
and that EPA CPP regulations that reduce CO2 emissions
from electric power generation are tightened after 2030.
25 Bulk chemicals
As a result, energy-related CO2 emissions in 2040 in the
Extended Policies case are 845 million metric tons lower than
20
in the No CPP case.
15 Variations in energy prices have a smaller effect than the
Other manufacturing CPP requirements on total CO2 emissions. Because the
10 CPP imposes a limit on CO2 emissions in the electric power
sector that are met in all cases, differences in energy-related
5 emissions are seen only in the end-use sectors. As a result,
Nonmanufacturing the difference in 2040 CO2 emissions between the Low Oil
0
Price and High Oil Price cases is smaller than the difference
2010 2015 2020 2025 2030 2035 2040 between the No CPP case and the Extended Policies case.
Figure ES-12. Industrial sector delivered energy Figure ES-13. Energy-related carbon dioxide emissions
consumption in four cases, 2010–40 (quadrillion Btu) in seven cases, 2000–2040 (million metric tons)
40 7,000

35 High Oil Price No CPP
6,000 High Economic Growth
Low Oil Price
Reference
30
Low Economic Growth
5,000
Reference
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Extended Policies
Low Economic Growth
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Endnotes for executive summary

and Reconstructed Stationary Sources: Electric Utility Generating Units” (Washington, DC: October 23, 2015) https://
Guidelines for Existing Stationary Sources: Electric Utility Generating Units” (Washington, DC: October 23, 2015) https://
Model Year Passenger Cars, Light-Duty Trucks, and Medium-Duty Vehicles” (Sacramento, CA: July 10, 2014), http://www.arb.
ca.gov/msprog/zevprog/zevregs/1962.2_Clean.pdf.
3. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and National Highway Transportation Safety Administration, “Greenhouse Gas
Emissions and Fuel Efficiency Standards for Medium- and Heavy-Duty Engines and Vehicles – Phase 2” (Washington, DC:
June 19, 2015), http://www.nhtsa.gov/fuel-economy.
4. For example, whether or not to engage in interstate trading programs, to allow credits for outside-the-fence options like energy
efficiency, to auction allowances or to allocate them freely if electing a mass-based approach, how to credit renewable energy
projects under a rate-based program, and other options.
5. Vocational vehicles include any medium- or heavy-duty vehicle that is not a heavy-duty pickup or van or a semi-truck tractor
with a 5th wheel trailer attachment (including vehicles like box or delivery trucks, buses, dump trucks, tow trucks, refuse haulers,
and cement trucks).

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Figure sources for executive summary

Figure ES-1. Net electricity generation from coal, natural gas, and renewables in the AEO2016 Reference case, 2013–40: History:
U.S. Energy Information Administration, Monthly Energy Review, February 2016, DOE/EIA-0035(2016/02). Projections: AEO2016
National Energy Modeling System, run REF2016.D032416A.
Figure ES-2. Net electricity generation from coal, natural gas, and renewables in the No CPP case, 2013–40: History: U.S. Energy
Information Administration, Monthly Energy Review, February 2016, DOE/EIA-0035(2016/02). Projections: AEO2016 National
Energy Modeling System, run REF_NO_CPP.D032316A.
Figure ES-3. Petroleum and other liquid fuels production by region and type in the Reference case, 2000–2040: AEO2016 National
Energy Modeling System, run REF2016.D032416A and REF_NO_CPP.D032316A.
Figure ES-4. Electricity generation from solar power in the buildings sectors in three cases, 2010–40: AEO2016 National Energy
Modeling System, runs REF2016.D032416A, LOWMACRO.D032516A, and HIGHMACRO.D032516A.
Figure ES-5. Total U.S. crude oil production in five cases, 1990–2040: History: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Monthly
Energy Review, February 2016, DOE/EIA-0035(2016/02). Projections: REF2016.D032416A, LOWRT.D032516A, HIGHRT.
D032516A, LOWPRICE.D041916A, and HIGHPRICE.D041916A.
Figure ES-6. Annual average Henry Hub natural gas spot market prices in the Reference case, 1990–2040: History: 1990–2014,
U.S. Energy Information Administration, Natural Gas Annual 2014, DOE/EIA-0131(2014) (Washington, DC, September 2015).
Projection: AEO2016 National Energy Modeling System, runs REF2016.D032416A.
Figure ES-7. U.S. dry natural gas production by source in the Reference case, 1990–2040: History: U.S. Energy Information
Administration, Monthly Energy Review, February 2016, DOE/EIA-0035(2016/02). Projection: AEO2016 National Energy Modeling
System, run REF2016.D032416A.
Figure ES-8. U.S. exports of liquefied natural gas in five cases, 2005–40: History: 1990–2014, U.S. Energy Information
Administration, Natural Gas Annual 2014, DOE/EIA-0131(2014) (Washington, DC, September 2015). Projection: AEO2016
National Energy Modeling System, runs REF2016.D032416A, LOWRT.D032516A, HIGHRT.D032516A, LOWPRICE.D041916A,
and HIGHPRICE.D041916A.
Figure ES-9. Sales of zero-emission vehicles and transitional zero-emission vehicles, 2010–40: AEO2016 National Energy
Modeling System, run REF2016.D032416A.
Figure ES-10. Diesel fuel consumption by large trucks, Classes 3–8, in two cases, 2005–40: History: U.S. Energy Information
Administration, Monthly Energy Review, February 2016, DOE/EIA-0035(2016/02), http://www.eia.gov/totalenergy/data/monthly/
archive/00351602.pdf. Projections: AEO2016 National Energy Modeling System, runs REF2016.D0324A and PHASEII.D041316A.
Figure ES-11. Industrial sector energy consumption by application in the Reference case, 2010–40: AEO2016 National Energy
Figure ES-12. Industrial sector delivered energy consumption in four cases, 2010–40: History: U.S. Energy Information
Administration, Monthly Energy Review, February 2016, DOE/EIA-0035(2016/02), http://www.eia.gov/totalenergy/data/
monthly/archive/00351602.pdf. Projections: AEO2016 National Energy Modeling System, runs REF2016.D032416A, HIGHPRICE.
D041916A, LOWMACRO.D032516A, and HIGHMACRO.D032516A.
Figure ES-13. Energy-related carbon dioxide emissions in seven cases, 2000–2040: History: U.S. Energy Information Administration,
Monthly Energy Review, February 2016, DOE/EIA-0035(2016/02). Projections: AEO2016 National Energy Modeling System, runs
REF2016.D032416A, REF_NO_CPP.D032316A, LOWMACRO.D032516A, HIGHMACRO.D032516A, LOWPRICE.D041916A,
HIGHPRICE.D041916A, and TAXTENDED.D050216A.

Legislation
and regulations
Legislations and regulations
Introduction
The Annual Energy Outlook 2016 (AEO2016) represents current federal and state legislation and final implementation of regulations
as of the end of February 2016. The AEO2016 Reference case assumes that current laws and regulations affecting the energy
sector are largely unchanged throughout the projection period (including the implication that laws that include sunset dates are no
longer in effect at the time of those sunset dates) [1]. The potential effects of proposed legislation, regulations, or standards—or
of sections of authorizing legislation that have been enacted but are not funded, or for which parameters will be set in a future
regulatory process—are not reflected in the AEO2016 Reference case, but some are considered in alternative cases. This section
summarizes federal and state legislation and regulations newly incorporated or updated in AEO2016 since the completion of the
Annual Energy Outlook 2015 (AEO2015) in April 2015. This section also summarizes selected rules and regulations that have been
proposed recently and have the potential to affect the projection significantly.
Examples of federal and state legislation and regulations incorporated in the AEO2016 Reference case, or whose handling has been
modified, include:
• Incorporation of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s final rules for the Clean Power Plan (CPP) [2] under the Clean Air
Act (CAA) Section 111(b) and 111(d). Section 111(b) sets carbon pollution standards for new, modified, and reconstructed power
plants. Section 111(d) sets performance standards for existing fossil fuel-fired plants. Final rules to support the performance
standards and model trading rules were in effect by October 2015. However, in February 2016, the U.S. Supreme Court issued
a stay on enforcement of the existing power plant rule, pending resolution of legal challenges [3]. The AEO2016 Reference case
includes the CPP. An alternative No CPP case, which assumes that the CPP is not enforced, also is included in AEO2016, as are
several cases that consider the implication of alternative approaches to CPP implementation.
• Incorporation of the California Air Resource Board (CARB) Zero-Emission Vehicle (ZEV) program for model year (MY) 2018
and later vehicles [4]. The ZEV program is part of California’s Advanced Clean Cars Program. Nine other states have fully
adopted the CARB Advanced Clean Cars program standards. The latest amendment to the ZEV program, which affects
model year (MY) 2018 and later vehicles, requires a certain percentage of an automaker’s sales to be made up of ZEVs and
Transitional Zero-Emission Vehicles (TZEVs). The ZEV sales requirement is administered through credits, with the required
allowable credits calculated as a percentage of the automaker’s conventional gasoline and diesel light-duty vehicle (LDV)
sales, averaged over the previous three model years.
• Revisions to reflect the extension of the production tax credit (PTC) for wind and a 30% investment tax credit (ITC) for
solar, enacted in December 2015 as part of the 2016 Consolidated Appropriations Act [5]. Unlike previous extensions, which
maintained the inflation-adjusted value of the PTCs for the duration of the extensions, the current extension introduces a
phaseout that reduces the value of the credit over time before final expiration.
• Adoption of newly added or modified federal efficiency standards for residential and commercial appliances and equipment
established under authority of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975, the National Appliance Energy Conservation
Act of 1987, and the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007. The Reference case includes only promulgated standards
and comprehensive consensus agreements.
• Incorporation of modifications to existing state Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPS) or similar laws, to reflect the addition of
a new RPS policy in Vermont and expanded RPS targets in California and Hawaii [6]. The Reference case does not include laws
and regulations with either voluntary goals or targets that can be substantially satisfied with nonrenewable resources.
• Updates in AEO2016 to better reflect the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL) [7],
which mandates that existing ships either burn fuel containing a maximum of 0.1% sulfur or use scrubbers to remove sulfur
emissions. The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) has updated AEO2016 to improve the calculation of the amount
of fuel consumed by ocean-going vessels traveling though North American and Caribbean emissions control areas, including
the effects of compliance strategies. Further, EIA has updated the methodology for calculating energy demand for oceangoing
vessels to include estimations of fuel consumption by ship type and commodity moved.
• Laws and regulations will continue to evolve over time, and some laws include sunset provisions that may be extended.
However, even in situations where existing legislation contains provisions to allow revision of implementing regulations, those
provisions may not be exercised consistently. The implications of some pending and possible developments are examined in
alternative cases included in AEO2016. In addition, at the request of both federal agencies and Congress, EIA has regularly
examined the potential implications of other possible energy options in special analyses that can be found on the EIA website
at http://www.eia.gov/analysis/reports.cfm?t=138.
LR1. Clean Power Plan with New Source Performance Standards for power generation
The Clean Air Act (CAA) sets the regulatory framework for federal efforts to control emissions of air pollutants in the United
States, requiring, among other things, the application of preferred technology standards to limit pollutants found to pose a threat
to human health and the environment. Using CAA provisions, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has developed a
three-part program to limit carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from the electric power sector:
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1. CO2 performance standards for new power plants

2. CO2 performance standards for existing power plants (the CPP)
3. Rules for states electing federal implementation options and model trading program design
Final rules to support the performance standards were published in October 2015, with the performance standards for existing
power plants and the proposed model trading rule scheduled to take effect starting in 2022. However, in February 2016 the Supreme
Court issued a stay on enforcement of the existing power plant CPP, pending resolution of legal challenges. At the time the stay
was issued, no lower court had considered the merits of the legal challenges to the rule, and there was no enforceable judgment
either affirming or vacating the CPP. Under these circumstances the AEO2016 Reference case includes the CPP and an alternative
No CPP case that excludes the CPP for comparison.
Regulatory background: legal basis for CPP/NSPS rules

In Section 111 of the CAA, Congress provided for the development of emissions standards to limit pollutants from new sources.
The new source performance standards (NSPS) were intended to be nationwide and uniform, as a complement to the regional
application of ambient air quality standards to control emissions from existing sources. However, the CAA requires that, once EPA
has established standards for new sources EPA must require states to develop standards for existing sources.
For CO2 emissions from electricity generation units, EPA developed the following regulations for new and existing sources
concurrently:
• Performance standards for new sources (as well as modified and reconstructed sources) under authority of Section 111(b) [8]
• Performance standards for existing sources under Section 111(d), published in October 2015 [9] and stayed in February 2016 [10]
• Federal plan and model trading rules, proposed in October 2015 [11], with EPA’s announced intent to finalize the rules for both
mass-based (cap and trade) and rate-based versions by summer 2016
EPA provides for the exclusion of units subject to the Section 111(b) rule from Section 111(d) plans, so that if a source covered
by a Section 111(d) plan is modified or reconstructed, it drops out of Section 111(d) coverage and only needs to meet the Section
111(b) requirements.
Representing new source CO2 emission standards: Sec 111(b) rules

The CAA requires that standards issued under Section 111 reflect the degree of emissions limitation achievable through the best
system of emission reduction (BSER) found by EPA to have been adequately demonstrated. In its final rule, for new sources,
which also covers modified and reconstructed sources, EPA specified CO2 standards for four types of new electric generating
units (EGUs):
1. New fossil steam EGUs: 1,400 pounds CO2/megawatthour (MWh) gross
2. Modified fossil steam EGUs: limit determined by unit’s best historical annual CO2 rate (from 2002 to the date of the modification)
but no greater than reconstructed coal EGUs
3. Reconstructed coal steam EGUs:
a. 1,800 pounds CO2/MWh gross (if heat input is more than 2,000 million British thermal units (Btu)/hour)
b. 2,000 pounds CO2/MWh gross (if heat input is 2,000 million Btu/hour or less)
4. New combined-cycle combustion turbine: 1,000 pounds CO2/MWh gross, or 1,030 pounds CO2/MWh net, where the state has
the option to choose between having combustion turbine operators report their generation output on a gross basis (including
total electric output) or a net basis (excluding the power necessary to operate the plant itself)
The new coal plant technology modeled in the AEO2016 National Energy Modeling System (NEMS) includes 30% carbon capture
to ensure the ability to meet the standard. New coal plants without carbon capture and storage technology are not allowed to be
built. The new natural gas combined-cycle plants modeled in previous AEOs were already below the 1,000 pounds CO2/MWh
standard, and no change was necessary to the natural gas technology assumptions to reflect the final rule. The NEMS electricity
model does not explicitly represent modified or reconstructed power plants.
Representing existing-source CO2 emissions standards: Section 111(d) rules

EPA adopted interim and final CO2 emission performance rates for two subcategories of fossil fuel-fired EGUs:
1. Existing fossil steam EGUs: interim/final rate, 1,534/1,305 pounds CO2/MWh net
2. Existing stationary CTs: interim/final rate, 832/731 pounds CO2/MWh net [12]
The emission performance rates, which are set uniformly for the nation for both subcategories, were determined using an analysis
of BSER that reflects an emission adjustment according to EPA’s assessment of the potential mass emission reductions associated
with lower-emitting compliance options (e.g., new renewable energy generation or more efficient thermal plant operation). The
adjustment is made by:
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• Estimating the annual net generation from an achievable amount of qualifying incrementally lower-carbon and zero-carbon
generation
• Substituting that generation to displace baseline electricity generation and CO2 emissions from the affected EGUs that have
higher emissions
• Replacing fossil steam and natural gas-fired combined-cycle generation with regionally identified incremental (2012 and
beyond) potential renewable generation on a pro rata basis corresponding to the baseline mix of fossil generation in each
region [13]
To facilitate flexibility in state implementation of the CPP rule, EPA developed both rate-based and mass-based state-specific
standards, with states able to choose between the two program types. In so doing, each state must determine whether to apply
its emissions reduction requirements to affected EGUs, or to meet the equivalent state-wide CPP rate-based goal or the mass-
based goal. After choosing the rate-based or mass-based compliance option, states must then choose between: (1) an Emission
Standards Plan Type, in which the state places all requirements directly on its affected EGUs, with all requirements federally
enforceable; and (2) a State Measures Plan Type, which can include a mix of measures that may apply to affected EGUs and/or
other entities, and may lead to CO2 reductions from affected EGUs, but are not federally enforceable. States may use a wide variety
of measures to comply with the rate-based standards, including options not assumed by EPA in the calculation of the standard. For
example, new nuclear generation, new end-use renewable generation, and incremental demand reductions as a result of energy
efficiency can be used as zero-emitting compliance options to offset emissions from affected generators.
Implementation of the CPP rule in AEO2016 reflects four key design choices:
• First, an assumption is made about which type of trading program states choosing interstate cooperation would elect: rate-
based or mass-based. Based on a review of the existing literature, including comments made to EPA and in other public
forums, a majority of comments (from state regulatory authorities and/or the regulated utilities) suggested a preference for
a mass-based trading program. This preference appeared to be based on the states’ familiarity with mass-based (cap and
trade) programs and their ability to use mass-based allowance allocation to compensate affected parties, such as ratepayers
and energy-intensive industries. The AEO2016 Reference case assumes that all states use the mass-based approach for all
sources. In addition to the Reference case, the CPP Rate case assumes rate-based regulation in all states, and the CPP Hybrid
case assumes a hybrid approach, in which some states use mass-based regulation and others use rate-based regulation.
• Second, an assumption is made about the level at which states would choose to cooperate (for example, regional, Independent
System Operator/Regional Transmission Organization, interconnect, or national). Based on a review of public commentary
and analysis, the AEO2016 Reference case assumes trading at the regional level, designed to replicate current power market
trading patterns. The CPP Interregional Trading case examines the implications of trading beyond regional boundaries.
• Third, under a mass-based program, there is a need to specify the method by which allowances would be allocated. A review of
the literature indicated that over time there has been an evolution in allowance allocation approaches in similar programs that
tends to favor the offset of potential increases in electricity rates (for example, allocations to affected electric utilities under
California’s AB 32 program). The allocation of CPP allowances to load-serving entities in the AEO2016 Reference case is a
broad approach with potential to minimize price impacts for consumers. The CPP Allocation to Generators case considers the
implications of an allowance auction or allocation directly to generators, which can result in higher price impacts for electricity
customers, even as they reduce effective costs for generators.
• Finally, to ensure the integrity of emissions reductions achieved under the program, EPA required states to warrant that their use
of mass-based goals does not result in shifts of generation to unaffected sources (leakage). EPA allows states to design their
own leakage control policies, or to regulate total mass emissions from both existing and new sources under a single limit for
carbon emissions. The AEO2016 Reference case assumes a mass-based program using EPA’s budgets that include new sources
(rather than the budgets for existing units only), given that other policies to control for leakage are not yet well specified.
LR2. Other rules affecting the power sector

In addition to the CPP, many regulations or guidelines were either ruled upon by the Supreme Court or were finalized by EPA and the
U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) after the publication of the AEO2015. Several of the regulations or guidelines primarily affect
the use of coal in electricity generation. Furthermore, the Cross State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR) [14], which was upheld recently
by the Supreme Court, replaces the Clean Air Interstate Rule (CAIR) [15], which was modeled in AEO2015. AEO2016 also includes
the Mercury Air Toxics Standard (MATS) [16], despite the recent remand by the Supreme Court to incorporate an analysis of costs
[17]. Although not included in AEO2016, EPA has finalized three additional rules that allow for site-specific compliance methods:
• The Clean Water Act Section 316(b) rule [18], which affects all electricity generating and manufacturing facilities with cooling
water intakes that have the potential to use at least 2 million gallons of water per day
• Revised Steam Electric Power Generating Effluent Guidelines and Standards (EG) [19] specifying permissible levels of emissions
in wastewater streams
• Coal Combustion Residual rule (CCR) [20] affecting the disposal of coal ash (a waste byproduct from coal-fired generation)

EPA regulatory analyses indicate a relatively small increase in coal plant retirements and costs to the power industry as a result of
these regulations. These and other pending regulations or actions with the potential to affect coal supply for the power sector and
other end-use sectors are discussed in detail in the following sections.
CAA rules. AEO2016 includes representation of CSAPR, which addresses the interstate transport of air emissions from power
plants. After a series of court rulings over the years, the Supreme Court in October 2014, lifted its stay and upheld CSAPR as a
replacement for CAIR. In an interim final rule in December 2014 (and reaffirmed in a ministerial action in February 2016), EPA
realigned the CSAPR schedule to comply with the Court’s ruling. Phase I began that month, and more stringent Phase II targets will
take effect in January 2017. Although CSAPR remains in place, the courts remanded CSAPR back to EPA in June 2015 for additional
refinement that affected the Phase II implementation of NOx emission limits.
Under CSAPR, 28 eastern states must restrict emissions of sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide, which are precursors to the formation
of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) and ozone. CSAPR establishes four distinct cap-and-trade system groups composed of different
member states. CSAPR permits allowance trading between states within a group (approximated in NEMS by trade between coal
demand regions) but not between groups.
Under the authority of the CAA, EPA also established the Mercury and Air Toxics Standard (MATS), which regulates acid gases and
mercury from coal-fired generators with capacities of 25 megawatts (MW) or greater. In June 2015, the Supreme Court remanded
MATS to the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, stating that EPA failed to consider costs in developing the regulation. AEO2016
includes MATS, because many generators already have complied either by investing in retrofit equipment or by retiring capacity,
and the court did not vacate or stay the regulation, thereby leaving MATS in place and enforceable.
Under MATS, mercury emissions must be 90% below their uncontrolled levels, which can be achieved through the application of
various types of pollution control equipment and activated carbon injection. To simulate compliance with MATS restrictions on
other hazardous air pollutants (such as acid gases), NEMS requires the installation of either a scrubber or a dry sorbent injection
(DSI) system. A full fabric filter is modeled in combination with DSI to further meet the standard’s acid gas requirement. Because
141 gigawatts of coal-fired generators were granted EPA’s one-year extension for compliance [21], AEO2016 assumes that MATS
is fully in place in 2016 (rather than in 2015).
Clean Water Act (CWA) rules. In August 2014, EPA promulgated Section 316(b) of the CWA, regulating electric power and
manufacturing facilities that require cooling water structures to address the trapping of aquatic organisms against water intake
structures (impingement) or within cooling water systems where they encounter thermal and mechanical stresses (entrainment).
With consideration of costs, the rule establishes that best available technology (BAT) must be used for compliance and must be
implemented in accordance with the expiration of a facility’s National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permits.
Some negotiation of the compliance timeline between the facility and EPA may occur, depending on the date of expiration of the
permit, but all facilities must provide a compliance plan by July 2018. Variation in compliance methods is expected, given that site-
specific considerations may affect the practicality of some technologies. Existing technologies deemed as BAT for impingement
include a closed-cycle system, reduction of intake flows to 0.5 feet per second, and a minimum distance of 800 feet from shore
for intakes that use bar screens. Under the Section 316(b) rule, repowered units will be regulated as existing rather than new units.
The 316(b) rule also provides for some potential aberration from BAT compliance. Facilities that operate with a capacity utilization
of 8% or less over a 24-month period may negotiate less stringent compliance standards. A power plant that is scheduled to
be retired may also avoid implementation of BAT. Additional options include restriction of aquatic mortality to 24% over a two-
year span. In some cases, facilities that use impoundments for cooling water, or that stock and manage fisheries, may be able to
negotiate deviations from the BAT requirements provided that endangered species are not present at the site. Other methods or
combinations of methods may be negotiated with EPA. For entrainment, NPDES state directors are responsible for determining the
BAT required, and they can do so on a site-specific basis.
EPA’s regulatory impact analysis found that about 1 gigawatt of coal-fired generation capacity would be retired as a result of
implementation of Section 316(b), and that the industry would incur costs of $275 million to $297 million annually (excluding
entrainment costs)—assuming that CSAPR and MATS already are in place but without accounting for costs associated with the
CPP. Section 316(b) is not represented in AEO2016.
Under the authority of the CWA, EPA also promulgated revisions to the Steam Electric Power Generating Effluent Guidelines
(EG) in September 2015. The guidelines, which are not included in AEO2016, address liquid waste streams from power plants
(primarily coal-fired power plants) discharged directly or indirectly into water bodies and, for the first time, emissions of toxic or
bio-accumulating chemicals (including arsenic, nickel, selenium, chromium, and cadmium) in the wastewater of coal power plants,
which will be restricted using BAT.
Last updated in 1982, the guidelines are intended in part to address pollutants potentially detoured to wastewater streams as
the result of compliance with CAA regulations. Under the rule, flue gas desulfurization wastewater (a byproduct of the use of air
emission control equipment) must be treated chemically or biologically to address the potential presence of arsenic, mercury,
selenium, and nitrate/nitrite. Flue gas mercury control wastewater, as well as fly ash transport water and bottom ash (including
boiler slag) transport water, also must achieve zero discharge levels through use of dry handling. The rule also sets limits on total
suspended solids in gasification wastewater and combustion residual leachate.

Although the EG became effective as of January 2016, specific compliance deadlines vary by power plant, according to the
expiration date of each plant’s NPDES permit. For all power plants, compliance must be achieved between 2018 and 2023. Because
there are synergies between the EG and CCR compliance options (described below), it is likely that the facilities’ compliance plans
will meet the EG and CCR goals simultaneously to minimize costs. In particular, many facilities are expected to dispose of coal ash
via dry methods to comply with both regulations.
EPA’s regulatory impact analysis found that about 1 gigawatt of coal-fired plant capacity would be retired as a result of the changes
in the EG, and that the industry as a whole would incur costs of $471 million to $480 million annually, assuming that CSAPR,
MATS, 316(b), the CCR rule, and the CPP are in place before the EG takes effect.
In June 2015, under the authority of the CWA, EPA also published its final “Waters of the United States” rule, specifying the
waterways that are subject to the jurisdiction of EPA and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The rule defines the scope of a
navigable body of water to include tributaries that contain flowing water for some portion of a year [22]. Although the rule is
final, it was stayed by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in October 2015 [23], and it is not included in AEO2016. If
upheld, the rule could pose additional permitting responsibilities for the coal industry, requiring the added burden of considering
nonperennial tributaries that previously were outside the scope of the permitting process and potentially affecting coal supplies.
Resource Conservation Recovery Act rules. According to the American Ash Association [24], 130 million tons of coal ash (an
inorganic waste byproduct of coal combustion) were produced in 2014. Generators dispose of coal ash in a variety of ways. In some
cases, coal ash is disposed directly in landfills, with or without liners to mitigate leaching. In other cases the ash is mixed with water
to produce a wet slurry that can be transported via pipeline or truck and discarded in waste ponds or impoundments rather than
as a dry solid. In still other cases, coal ash may be discarded in abandoned mines. Generators have also sold coal ash waste for use
in consumer and industrial products.
In 2008, the failure of the Kingston coal ash impoundment in Tennessee highlighted issues surrounding coal ash disposal, and EPA
considered whether coal ash should be regulated as a hazardous waste. Since the Kingston spill, additional accidents and citizen
complaints and suits about groundwater leaching from coal ash containment structures have contributed to continued concerns
about coal ash disposal.
In April 2015, EPA published its final CCR rule, which took effect in October 2015. The rule sets regulations for both new and
existing landfills and impoundments used for the disposal of coal ash. As a result of the rule, coal ash will continue to be regulated
as a nonhazardous waste under Subtitle D of the Resource Conservation Recovery Act [25]. However, any method of disposal
via impoundments or landfills must comply with certain national minimum criteria. The compliance criteria were established
with consideration of groundwater leaching, dust control, and avoidance of catastrophic failure. The rule also requires long-term
recordkeeping and monitoring beyond the closure of the disposal site. Waivers for retrofitting include the closure of existing
disposal sites. Although no regulatory enforcement mechanism is in place under the rule, responsible parties are susceptible to
litigation from citizen groups or other stakeholders if compliance is not achieved.
In 2014, an estimated 48% of coal ash [26] was used for beneficial purposes as an input for consumer and industrial products,
avoiding both disposal in an impoundment or similar structure and disposal costs while also providing revenue for the generator.
A label of hazardous would have severely restricted this option. To the benefit of the generators, the final CCR rule allows for CCR
products to remain unregulated if the CCR is encapsulated in a product that displaces the use of virgin materials. These products
include gypsum wall board and concrete, but the use of coal ash as ground fill is specifically excluded.
EPA’s regulatory impact analysis found that an incremental 0.8 gigawatts of coal-fired capacity retire as a result of the CCR rule,
and that the industry would incur incremental costs of $509 million to $735 million annually evaluated over a 100-year period
(2013 dollars). For its analysis, EPA assumed that CSAPR, MATS, and 316(b) were already in place, but the EG and CPP were not.
EPA also included a sensitivity case in which the CPP was included. As indicated above, certain compliance synergies between the
CCR and the amended Effluent Guidelines are expected.
U.S. Department of Interior (DOI) actions: In July 2015, the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement proposed the
Stream Protection Rule (SPR) under the authority of the Surface Mining and Reclamation Act of 1977 [27]. The proposed rule would
affect all surface mining operations and any underground mining operations that disturb the surface. The earliest implementation
date for the rule is January 2017. Under the proposed rule, permits specifying the maximum allowable damage to the area would
be a condition of mining, and the SPR would stipulate that the mining area be returned to a condition appropriate for its pre-
mining use after operations cease. The rule would require data collection before beginning mining operations to provide baseline
environmental conditions for the area. Critics have said that the rule would strand coal assets and pose additional permitting
difficulties for the coal industry. The SPR is not final and is not represented in AEO2016.
In January 2016, DOI issued a temporary moratorium on additional coal leases on federal lands while it reviews the coal royalty
program and leasing process [28]. DOI expects to complete the review process within three years and has stated that exceptions
will be granted to ensure the reliability of coal supply. In particular, some pending leases that already are in progress may continue
to be processed [29]. Three of those pending leases are located in the Wyoming Powder River Basin (PRB), where 100% of coal
production comes from federal lands. About 40% of U.S. coal production is from federal and Indian lands, and about 80% of that
amount is produced in Wyoming. Most of the current PRB leases contain enough coal to last 20 years or longer. Existing annual
permit levels at individual mines [30], in combination with total recoverable reserves (reported to EIA by the mine operators), will
allow the PRB region to reach its projected production levels in the AEO2016 Reference case until the mid- to late-2030s in the
absence of further lease sales, although some individual mines may have difficulty maintaining production levels before then. In
addition to Wyoming, regulations on coal production from federal lands largely affect western states. Alabama, Oklahoma, North
Dakota, Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, Colorado, and Montana (in order from lowest to highest levels) produced between 0.8 million
tons and 25 million tons of coal on federal and Indian lands in 2013, accounting for different percentages of each state’s total coal
production. The final outcome of DOI’s leasing moratorium is uncertain, and it is not represented in AEO2016.
LR3. Impact of a Renewable Energy Tax Credit extension and phaseout

As part of the 2016 Consolidated Appropriations Act enacted in December 2015 (H.R. 2029) [31], Congress extended the qualifying
deadlines for the production tax credit (PTC) and investment tax credit (ITC) for renewable generation technologies. The deadline
for PTC-eligible technologies to receive the full production credit was extended by two years. Wind technologies are eligible to
receive the PTC beyond the two-year extension, but the value of the PTC declines gradually over time before final expiration. This
extension is unlike the treatment in previous years, in which the tax credit maintained a constant inflation-adjusted value. The five-
year ITC extension for solar projects also includes a gradual reduction in the value of the credit, as well as a provision that allows
it to begin when construction starts.
History
Energy Production Tax Credit
The Energy Policy Act of 1992 [32] established a production tax credit (PTC) under 26 U.S.C. 45 [33], which now applies to
wind and other renewable generation. With enactment of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) in 2009 [34],
a qualified wind facility was given the option to elect either a 30% ITC, or an equivalent cash grant (authority for which has since
expired) in lieu of the PTC. EIA has generally assumed that wind energy projects prefer the PTC over the ITC, because the PTC
typically is more valuable for power plants with high capacity factors and lower capital costs. The PTC is adjusted annually for
inflation. As of the end of 2015, the PTC provided 2.3 cents/kilowatthour (kWh) for qualifying electricity production from wind,
closed-loop biomass, geothermal, and certain waste energy facilities. The PTC also provided a half-value credit of 1.1 cents per kWh
for qualifying electricity production from open-loop biomass, incremental hydroelectric, marine, tidal, and certain other waste
energy facilities. Facilities qualified to receive the PTC if they were built within the timeframe specified by the law and its various
extensions, and they were able to claim the tax credit on generation sold during their first 10 years of operation.
Energy Investment Tax Credit (26 U.S.C. 48 and 26 U.S.C. 25D)

The Energy Investment Tax Credit is a federal tax credit primarily claimed by solar systems on individually-owned residential
systems (Section 25D) and business-owned systems (Section 48) [35, 36]. ARRA expanded the scope of the business credit, giving
renewable electricity technologies otherwise eligible to receive the PTC the option to take the ITC instead. The ITC, based on a
percentage of the amount invested in an eligible property, reduces the income tax paid by the person or company claiming the credit.
Originally established in the 1970s as a business tax credit for 10% of investment costs, the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPACT2005)
[37] increased the value of the ITC to 30% and established a 30% tax credit for residential owners as well. Subsequently, the
Energy Improvement and Extension Act of 2008 (EIEA2008) [38] extended the expiration date for projects entering service to the
end of 2016, reverting to a permanent 10% credit for eligible commercial facilities entering service in 2017 and later, and ending the
residential credit. EIEA2008 also extended the credit to 2017 for small wind energy systems and geothermal heat pumps, and the
credits were further enhanced by the 2009 ARRA, which removed the maximum credit amount for all eligible technologies (except
fuel cells) placed in service after 2008.
PTC and ITC provisions in the 2016 Consolidated Appropriation Act

The 2016 Consolidated Appropriation Act passed in December 2015 retroactively extended the PTC to the end of 2015. For wind
projects, the tax credit retains its full value of 2.3 cents/kWh through 2016 and starts to phase out beginning in January 2017.
Wind projects under construction after 2016 but before the end of 2017 are eligible to receive a credit equal to 80% of the current
PTC value; those under construction in 2018 will receive a credit equal to 60% of the current value; and those under construction
before the end of 2019 will receive a credit equal to 40% of the current value. The credits can be claimed during the first 10 years
of a plant’s operation. For other eligible technologies—including open- and closed-loop biomass, geothermal, certain waste energy
facilities, incremental hydroelectric, marine, and tidal—the PTC was extended for two years, until January 1, 2017, with no reduction
in value. Technologies eligible for the PTC still will have the option to claim the ITC in lieu of the PTC, but the subsidy will be
subjected to the same value phaseout as the PTC.
Before December 2015, the value of the ITC was scheduled to drop from 30% to 10% of capital costs at the end of 2016. The 2016
Consolidated Appropriation Act enacted that month delayed the credit reduction, introduced a gradual phaseout of the credit, and
changed the eligibility criteria. Qualifying projects now can claim the ITC for the year construction starts, as opposed to the year
the project begins operation. For solar technology to be eligible, it must generate electricity or heat, or cool a structure. Passive
solar building design and solar pool-heating systems are not eligible, but solar hot water heaters do qualify. Solar projects under

construction before the end of 2019 will qualify for the full 30% ITC, and those starting construction in 2020 and 2021 will qualify
for credits of 26% and 22%, respectively. Commercial projects under construction after 2021 will receive a credit equivalent to
10% of capital costs. Residential projects started in 2021 and finished by 2024 will receive a credit of 10%, but new residential
projects constructed after 2022 will not receive a credit. Although the recent federal budget reconciliation bill extended residential
and commercial tax credits for solar technologies, credits for technologies such as distributed wind and ground-source heat pumps
were not extended.
The AEO2016 Reference case incorporates the gradual reduction in PTC value for wind and the extended expiration dates
for all PTC-eligible biomass, geothermal, municipal solid waste, conventional hydroelectric, and onshore and offshore wind
technologies. The ITC extension, phaseout, and change in qualifying criteria also are included in the AEO2016 Reference case
for solar photovoltaic and solar thermal technologies. AEO2016 further reflects the extended tax credits for both residential and
commercial buildings (Table LR3-1).
LR4. Recent federal energy efficiency standards for appliances

and other end-use equipment
The Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975 [39] gave the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) authority to develop, revise, and
implement minimum energy conservation standards for appliances and equipment. The National Appliance Energy Conservation
Act of 1987 [40] first established minimum efficiency standards for 13 consumer products. Since 1988, DOE has issued many
energy efficiency standards for residential and commercial appliances. DOE’s Buildings Technologies Office currently sets
minimum energy conservation standards for more than 60 categories of appliances and equipment. For most products, Congress
has passed laws that set initial federal energy efficiency standards and test procedures and has established schedules for DOE to
review and update the standards and test procedures (Table LR4-1) [41]. Based on the laws, DOE maintains a rulemaking schedule
and provides reports on its rulemakings to Congress every six months.
A key component of the AEO2016 residential and commercial sector projections is the inclusion of federal equipment efficiency
standards. The AEO2016 Reference case includes only promulgated standards and comprehensive consensus agreements; the
Extended Policies case includes optional updates and future standards. When DOE promulgates a new or updated efficiency
standard, AEO assumptions are adjusted to include only compliant equipment choices after the new standards have taken effect.
Some individual states have mandated their own efficiency standards for certain appliances not covered by federal efficiency
standards. The state standards are not explicitly represented in the AEO projections. If several states have adopted standards for
a product, manufacturers often negotiate with the states and with efficiency advocates to develop recommendations for national
standards, which in most cases would preempt state standards.
The passage of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA) in December 2007 [42] provided additional minimum
efficiency standards for various types of residential equipment. The EISA standards include: reductions of nearly 30% in the
wattage of general service lighting in 2012–14 and about 65% by 2020; boiler standards in 2012; wattage reductions for external
power supplies after 2008; and standards for clothes washers, dishwashers, and dehumidifiers to be implemented between
2010 and 2012. Determination of an updated federal residential furnace standard is still in progress. Stakeholder input halted
implementation of an earlier regional standard that was issued in 2011 and slated to go into effect in 2015.
The Energy Policy and Conservation Act requires that, if the commercial equipment efficiency standards of the American Society of
Heating, Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) are amended, DOE must establish either standards at ASHRAE
levels or more stringent standards if the additional energy savings are cost-effective. Recently, ASHRAE amended standards for
commercial central air conditioners, heat pumps, and furnaces. As a result, DOE set new standards that will take effect in 2018
Table LR3-1. Production tax credits and investment tax credits included in the AEO2016 Reference case, 2015–23
Other PTC-eligible
Year Wind PTC technologies Commercial solar ITC Residential solar ITC
2015 100% 100% 30% 30%
2016 100% 100% 30% 30%
2017 80% -- 30% 30%
2018 60% -- 30% 30%
2019 40% -- 30% 30%
2020 -- -- 26% 26%
2021 -- -- 22% 22%
2022 -- -- 10% 0%
2023 and after -- -- 10% 0%
Note: For commercial solar projects under construction before January 1, 2022, but not placed in service before January 1, 2024, the tax credit will be 10%.

and 2023. Other recently promulgated standards incorporated in the AEO2016 Reference case include standards for commercial
vending machines, ice makers, and oil-fired water heaters.
LR5. California Zero-Emission Vehicle regulations for model years 2018 and beyond
On July 10, 2014, the California Air Resource Board (CARB) issued a new rule for its Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) program for
MY 2018 and later [43]. The ZEV program is part of California’s Advanced Clean Cars Program, which also includes control of
criteria emissions (including greenhouse gas emissions (GHG)). California is the only state that has the right to enact its own
emissions standards for new engines and vehicles, and its standards often are more stringent than those established by the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Clean Air Act (CAA) Section 177 allows other states to adopt either the federal standards
or the California standards. To date, nine other states have fully adopted the CARB Advanced Clean Cars program standards.
CARB was involved in developing the latest corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) standards for light-duty vehicles (LDV), jointly
issued by EPA and the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), which set national fuel economy and GHG
standards for model year (MY) 2017 and later. In addition, CARB issued the state-based ZEV program to address its California-
specific smog and emissions concerns.
The latest amendment to the ZEV program, which affects MY 2018 and later, requires a certain percentage of an automaker’s sales
to be made up of ZEVs and Transitional Zero-Emission Vehicles (TZEVs). Advanced Technology Partial Zero-Emission Vehicles
(ATPZEVs) and conventional Partial Zero-Emission Vehicles (PZEVs) can make up a small part of the required percentage. ZEVs
are battery electric and hydrogen fuel cell vehicles; TZEVs are plug-in hybrid electric vehicles and hydrogen internal combustion
vehicles; ATPZEVs are hybrid, compressed natural gas, and methanol fuel cell vehicles with near-zero emissions and extended
emissions system warranties; PZEVs are extremely clean conventional vehicles with extended emissions system warranties.
The ZEV sales requirement is administered through credits, with the required allowable credits calculated as a percentage of an
automaker’s conventional gasoline and diesel LDV sales, averaged over the previous three model years. The ZEV sales requirement
for large manufacturers is 4.5% starting in MY 2018 and increasing by 2.5 percentage points each MY through 2025, to a total
of 22.0%. Large manufacturers must produce credits from ZEVs and TZEVs with increasing sales volumes through 2025 (Figure
LR5-1). There are limits on the number of credits that can be claimed for TZEVs, and ZEVs are expected to account for a minimum
of 16% of the required credits in MY 2025.
Table LR4-1. Effective dates of initial and current appliance efficiency standards for selected equipment
2011 and
Appliance type earlier 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Central air
Initial Current
conditioners
Clothes dryers Initial Current
Clothes
Initial Current
washers
Dishwashers Initial Current Current
Furnaces Initial /
Current
Water heaters Initial Current
Boilers Initial Current Current
Boilers Initial Current
Central air
conditioners Initial Current Current
(rooftop)
Heat pumps Initial Current Current
Gas and oil
Initial Current
furnaces
Incandescent
Initial Current
reflector lamps
Fluorescent
Initial Current
lamp ballasts
General service
fluorescent Initial Current Current
lamps
General service
incandescent Initial Current
lamps

The number of credits assigned to a vehicle varies according to its zero-emission range, with more credits allotted to vehicles with
higher ranges. To receive credits, ZEV vehicles must have a minimum driving range of 50 miles, determined in accordance with
California Exhaust Emission Standards and Test Procedures [44]. The ZEV credit is calculated as:
ZEV credit = (0.01) × (ZEV range) + 0.50.
Credits are administered for TZEV vehicles that have a zero-emission range of 10 miles or more, as calculated by the same
procedure. An amendment in May 30, 2014, incorporated an equivalent all-electric range (EAER) for better comparisons with
ZEVs, which generate the TZEV credit equation. TZEVs with a range of 80 miles or more have a credit cap of 1.10. The TZEV credit
is calculated as follows:
TZEV credit (10 mi ≤ ZEV range < 80 mi) = (0.01) * EAER + 0.30.
Credits for PZEVs and ATPZEVs may not account for more than one-quarter of a large manufacturer’s allowed TZEV credit limit.
PZEVs earn 0.2 credits each. ATPZEVs earn the same 0.2 credits, with the addition of credits for advanced components and
low-emission fuels, which typically result in totals of 0.6 credits to 0.7 credits, depending on the vehicle. Manufacturers also can
receive small amounts of credits for low-speed neighborhood electric vehicles and for vehicles used for advanced technology
demonstration programs and transportation systems.
Credits are tradable and transferable with limitations, allowing manufacturers to meet their credit requirements when their vehicle
sales do not meet the required minimums. Manufacturers that comply fully with the 10 Section 177 state requirements may trade
and transfer credits from western states to eastern states with no penalty, and from eastern states to western states with a 30%
penalty. However, credits can never be traded or transferred to or from California. Excess credits earned in MY 2012 and later also
can be banked for future MYs, and can be used retroactively for the previous MY. The credit system provides greater flexibility for
manufacturers to reach compliance.
Requirements are reduced for intermediate-volume manufacturers, who must meet the same total credit requirements but who are
allowed to do so entirely with TZEVs. Small-volume manufacturers are not required to meet the credit percentage requirements,
but they may participate in credit earning, marketing, trading, and banking.
If a manufacturer’s sales increase or drop sufficiently over a sustained period of time, its size classification will change. If a
manufacturer’s average MY sales in California over a three-year period for three consecutive running averages crosses the sales
threshold, it will be reclassified to the new manufacturer size for the next MY. The threshold between small and intermediate
volume is 4,500 averaged sales per MY, and the threshold between intermediate and large volume is 20,000 averaged sales
per MY. For example, if an intermediate-volume manufacturer exceeded 20,000 sales on average (more than 60,000 total sales
over a three-MY period) for MY 2018–20, 2019–21, and 2020–22, that manufacturer would be reclassified as a large-volume
manufacturer starting in MY 2023.
The AEO2016 Reference case includes the latest ZEV regulation for MY 2018 and later, with implementation applied to California
and the other nine complying states. Projected sales of passenger cars, light-duty trucks, and combined LDVs, along with other
alternative-vehicle sales, including ZEVs and TZEVs, reflect the impacts of the California Zero-Emission Vehicle regulations on a
U.S. Census-division basis for model years 2018 and beyond, including their impacts on fuel demand and new LDV fuel economy.
LR6. State RPS programs

Figure LR5-1. ZEV credit percentage requirements, To the extent possible, AEO2016 reflects state laws and
model years 2018–25 (percent of average manufacturer regulations in effect at the end of December 2015 that
mandate levels of renewable generation or capacity for
conventional vehicle sales)
utilities doing business in the state. These mandates
25
Total ZEV / TZEV sales are known as renewable portfolio standards (RPS)
Minimum ZEV required requirements. The AEO2016 projections do not include laws
Maximum TZEV allowed and regulations with either voluntary goals or targets that
20
can be substantially satisfied with nonrenewable resources.
In addition, the projections do not account for fuel-specific
provisions—such as those for solar and offshore wind
15
energy—as distinct targets. Where applicable, such distinct
targets (sometimes referred to as tiers, set-asides, or
carveouts) are subsumed into the broader targets, or they
10
may not be included in the model because they are related to
nonutility-scale generation.
5 The AEO2016 Reference case assumes that states will meet
their ultimate RPS targets, but not necessarily targets for
interim years. RPS compliance constraints in most regions are
0 approximated, however, because NEMS is not a state-level
2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 model, and each state generally represents only a portion of
one of the NEMS electricity regions. In general, EIA has confirmed requirements for each state through original legislative or
regulatory documentation, and using the Database of State Incentives for Renewables & Efficiency (DSIRE) to support those
efforts [45].
At present, most states are meeting or exceeding their required levels of renewable generation, based on qualified generation
or purchase of renewable energy credits [46]. A number of factors helped create an environment favorable for RPS compliance,
including:
• A surge of new RPS-qualified generation capacity timed to take advantage of federal incentives, some of which were set to
decline or expire at the end of 2015 or 2016 but have since been extended
• Continued reductions in the cost of wind, solar, and other renewable technologies
• EPA’s recently finalized mandatory carbon dioxide reduction program (the Clean Power Plan) [47]
• Complementary state and local policies that either reduce costs (for example, equipment rebates) or increase revenue streams
(for example, net metering) associated with RPS-eligible technologies
The aggregate RPS requirement for various mandatory state programs, as modeled for AEO2016, is shown in Figure LR6-1, along
with total projected renewable generation. In 2025, the targets account for 40% of renewable generation and about 10% of
U.S. electricity sales. However, the aggregate targets and qualifying generation shown in Figure LR6-1 may mask significant
regional variation, as well as technology-specific or tier-specific shortfalls. Although some regions may produce excess qualifying
generation, others may produce just enough to meet the requirement or may need to import electricity from adjoining regions to
meet state targets.
One factor that could cause states to miss their RPS goals is slow or no growth in electricity demand. Reduced need for new
generation would have the most significant effects on sources that are on the margin. To date, slowing demand has not been a
problem, but the situation could change if demand is stagnant for an extended period of time. Implementation of EPA’s CPP rule
may mitigate the effects of slow demand growth on reaching RPS goals to the extent that it results in retirement of more existing
coal-fired generation capacity.
Further, although there is now more qualifying generation in aggregate than needed to meet the targets, states with technology-
specific goals could still have shortages of certain technologies. Also, the projected pattern of aggregate surplus does not
necessarily imply that projected generation would be the same without state RPS policies, which may encourage investment in
places where it would not occur otherwise or would not occur in the amounts projected, even as other parts of the country see
substantial growth above state targets or the absence of targets. The results do, however, suggest that state RPS programs will not
be the sole motivation for future growth in renewable generation.
Currently, 29 states and the District of Columbia have enforceable RPS or similar laws (Table LR6-1) [48]. Under such standards,
each state determines its own levels of renewable generation, eligible technologies [49], and noncompliance penalties. Only one
new RPS program has been enacted since 2009, but there have been a number of modifications to existing programs in recent
years, building on state implementation experience and changing market conditions.
In 2014 and 2015, a large number of proposed legislative
modifications were made to existing RPS programs [50, 51]—
Figure LR6-1. Total qualifying renewable generation including some attempts to weaken the targets of existing
required for combined state renewable portfolio programs significantly—but only a small subset were enacted.
standards and projected total achieved, 2012–40 One state froze progress toward its RPS, and another state
(billion kilowatthours) repealed its mandate. Other states increased their targets.
1,200 States making major changes to their RPS programs are
discussed below.
1,000 California
By raising its 2030 commitment for total renewable
800 generation from 33% to 50% (an estimated increase of more
than 40 billion kWh), California made the largest absolute
Surplus increase in its RPS generation requirement in 2015. Renewable
600
resources provided 29% of California’s total generation and
22% of its retail sales in 2014. Senate Bill 350 (SB350) [52],
400 the legislation enacting the 50% mandate, specifies that 25%
of retail sales in 2016 must come from qualified renewable
Required generation. Other interim targets are 33% by 2020, 40% by
200
2024, and 45% by 2027. Solar photovoltaic (PV) technology
has dominated recent capacity additions, and additions of
0 wind capacity continue to provide more generation.
2012 2015 2020 2024 2028 2032 2036 2040

Table LR6-1. Renewable portfolio standards in the 29 states and District of Columbia with current mandates
Qualifying other (thermal,
efficiency, nonrenewable,
Renewable target for distributed generation,
State total electricity sales Qualifying renewables etc.) Compliance mechanisms
AZ 15% by 2025 Solar, wind, biomass, Direct use of solar heat, Credit trading is allowed, with some bundling
hydro, landfill gas (LFG), ground-source heat restrictions. Includes distributed generation
anaerobic digestion built pumps, renewable-fueled requirement, starting at 5% of target in 2007,
after January 1, 1997 combined heat and power growing to 30% by 2012 and beyond.
(CHP), and fuel cells
using renewable fuels
CA 50% by 2030 Geothermal electric, solar Energy storage, fuel cells Credit trading is allowed, with some restric-
thermal electric, solar using renewable energy tions. Renewable energy credit prices capped
photovoltaics, wind (all), at $50 per MWh.
biomass, municipal solid
waste (MSW), landfill gas
(LFG), tidal, wave, ocean
thermal, wind (small),
hydroelectric (small), and
anaerobic digestion
CO 30% by 2020 for Solar, wind, biomass, Recycled energy, coal- Credit trading is allowed. Renewable dis-
investor-owned utilities; hydro, biomass, mine methane, pyrolysis tributed generation requirement applies
20% by 2020 for large geothermal gas produced from MSW, to investor-owned utilities (3% of sales by
electric cooperatives; and fuel cells 2020) and electric cooperatives (0.75% or 1%
10% by 2020 for of sales by 2020, depending on size). Genera-
other cooperatives tion associated with certain projects that have
and municipal utilities specific ownership or transmission ties with
serving more than small utilities, entities, or individuals is eligible
40,000 customers to earn credit multipliers.
CT 27% by 2020 (23% Solar, wind, biomass, hydro CHP, fuel cells Credit trading is allowed. Obligated providers
renewables, 4% (with exceptions), geother- may comply via an alternative compliance
efficiency and CHP) mal, LFG/MSW, anaerobic payment of $55 per MWh. The target is made
digestion, and marine up of three class tiers, with tier-specific targets.
DE 25% by 2026 Solar, wind, biomass, hydro, Fuel cells Credit trading is allowed. Credit multipliers
geothermal, LFG, anaerobic are awarded for several compliance specifica-
digestion, and marine tions, including a 300% credit awarded for
generation from in-state distributed solar and
renewable-fueled fuel cells. Target increases
for some suppliers can be subject to a cost
threshold.
DC 20% by 2020 Solar, wind, biomass, Direct use of solar, Credit trading is allowed. The target includes
hydro, geothermal, LFG/ cofiring a solar-specific set-aside, equivalent to 2.5%
MSW, and marine of sales by 2023. Obligated providers may
also comply via a tier-specific alternative
compliance payment.
HI 100% by 2045 Geothermal electric, solar Solar water heat, solar Credits cannot be traded. Eligibility of
thermal electric, solar space heat, and solar several of the qualifying other displacement
photovoltaics, wind (all), thermal process heat technologies is restricted after 2015. Utility
biomass, hydroelectric, companies can calculate compliance over all
hydrogen, geothermal heat utility affiliates.
pumps, MSW, combined
heat and power, LFG, tidal,
wave, ocean thermal,
wind (small), anaerobic
digestion, and fuel cells
using renewable fuels
(continued on page LR-13)

Table LR6-1. Renewable portfolio standards in the 29 states and District of Columbia with current mandates (cont.)
IL 25% by 2026 Solar, wind, biomass, hydro, None Credit trading is allowed. Target includes
anaerobic digestion, and specific requirements for wind, solar, and
biodiesel distributed generation. The procurement
process is subject to a cost cap.
IA 105 MW of eligible Solar, wind, some types of None Iowa’s investor-owned utilities are currently
renewable resources biomass and waste, small in full compliance with this standard,
hydro achieved primarily through wind capacity.
KS 20% of each peak Solar, wind, hydro, Direct use of solar Credit trading is allowed. Eligible in-state
demand capacity by biomass, LFG heat, fuel cells capacity counts for 1.1 times its actual
2020 capacity.
ME 40% total by 2017, Solar, wind, biomass, CHP, fuel cells Credit trading is allowed. The Maine Public
10% by 2017 from new hydro, geothermal, LFG/ Utilities Commission sets an annually
resources entering MSW, and marine adjusted alternative compliance payment.
service in 2005 and Community-based generation projects are
beyond eligible to earn credit multipliers.
MD 20% by 2022 Solar, wind, biomass, Solar water heating, Credit trading is allowed. The target includes
geothermal, LFG/MSW, ground-source heat minimum levels of compliance from solar
anaerobic digestion, and pumps, and fuel cells and offshore wind. Utilities may pay an
marine alternative compliance payment in lieu of
procuring eligible sources, with a tier-specific
compliance schedule.
MA 22.1% by 2020 (and an Solar, wind, hydro, some Fuel cells Credit trading is allowed. The target for new
additional 1% per year biomass technologies, resources includes a solar-specific goal to
thereafter) LFG/MSW, geothermal achieve 400 MW of in-state solar capacity,
electric, anaerobic diges- which is translated into an annual target for
tion, and marine obligated providers. Obligated providers may
comply via an alternative compliance payment
(ACP), which varies in level by the requirement
class. The ACP is designed to be higher than
the cost of other compliance options.
MI 10% by 2015, with Solar, wind, hydro, CHP, coal with carbon Credit trading is allowed. Solar power receives
specific new capacity biomass, LFG/MSW, capture and sequestra- a credit multiplier; other generation and
goals for utilities that geothermal electric, tion, and energy efficiency equipment features—such as peak generation,
serve more than 1 anaerobic digestion, and measures for up to 10% of storage, and use of equipment manufactured
million customers marine a utility’s sales obligation in-state—can earn bonus credits.
MN 31.5% by 2020 (Xcel), Solar, wind, hydro, Cofiring, hydrogen Credit trading is allowed. Target includes
26.5% by 2025(other biomass, LFG/MSW, and 1.5% solar standard for investor-owned
investor-owned anaerobic digestion utilities; Xcel’s target also includes 25% of
utilities), or 25% by sales specifically from wind and solar (with a
2025 (other utilities) 1% maximum for solar). State regulators can
penalize noncompliance at the estimated cost
of compliance.
MO 15% by 2021 Solar, wind, hydro, biomass, Fuel cells Credit trading is allowed. Noncompliance
LFG/MSW, anaerobic payments are set at double the market rate
digestion, and ethanol for renewable.
MT 15% by 2015 Solar, wind, hydro, Compressed air energy Credit trading is allowed, with a price cap of
geothermal, biomass, storage $10 per MWh. There are specific targets for
and LFG community-based projects.

NV 25% by 2025 Solar, wind, hydro, Waste tires, direct use Credit trading is allowed. Solar PV receives a
geothermal, biomass, and of solar and geothermal credit premium, with an additional premium
LFG/MSW heat, efficiency measures for customer-sited systems.
(which can account for
one-quarter of the target
in any given year)
NH 24.8% by 2025 Solar, wind, small hydro, Fuel cells, CHP, Credit trading is allowed, and utilities may
marine, and LFG microturbines, direct use pay into a fund in lieu of holding credits. The
of solar heat, ground- target has four separate compliance classes,
source heat pumps by technology type.
NJ 20.38% by 2021 with Solar, wind, hydro, None Credit trading is allowed, with an alternative
an additional 4.1% solar geothermal, LFG/MSW, compliance payment set by state regulators.
by 2027 and marine Solar and offshore wind are subject to
separate requirements and have separate
enforcement provisions.
NM 20% by 2020 for Solar, wind, hydro, geo- Zero-emission technol- Credit trading is allowed. The program cannot
investor-owned utilities, thermal, and LFG ogy, not including nuclear increase consumer costs beyond a threshold
10% by 2020 for amount, increasing to 3% of annual costs by
cooperatives 2015. Technology minimums are established
for wind, solar, and certain other resources.
NY 29% by 2015a Solar, wind, hydro, geo- Direct use of solar heat, Credit trading is not allowed. Compliance
thermal, biomass, LFG, an- CHP, and fuel cells is achieved through purchases by state
aerobic digestion, certain authorities, funded by a surcharge on investor-
biofuels, and marine owned utilities. Government-owned utilities
may have their own, similar programs.
NC 12.5% by 2021 for Solar, wind, small hydro, Direct use of solar heat, Credit trading is allowed. Impacts on
investor-owned biomass, geothermal, LFG, CHP, hydrogen, and customer costs are capped at specified
utilities, 10% by 2018 and marine demand reduction levels. There are specific targets for solar and
for municipal and certain animal waste projects.
cooperative utilities
OH 12.5% renewable energy Solar, wind, hydro, Energy storage, fuel cells, Credit trading is allowed. Alternative
resources by 2026, biomass, geothermal, and and a separate 12.5% compliance payments are set by law and
12.5% advanced energy LFG/MSW target for advanced adjusted annually. There is a separate target
resources by 2026 energy technologies, for solar electricity generation.
including coal mine
methane, advanced
nuclear, and efficiency;
microturbines
OR 5% by 2025 for utilities Solar, wind, hydro, Hydrogen Credit trading is allowed, with an alternative
with less than 1.5% of biomass, geothermal, LFG/ compliance payment and a limit on
total sales; 10% by 2025 MSW, anaerobic digestion, expenditures of 4% of annual revenue. Solar
for utilities with less than and marine receives a credit multiplier.
3% of total sales; 25%
by 2025 for all others
PA 18% by 2020 Solar, wind, hydro, CHP, certain advanced Credit trading is allowed, with an alternative
biomass, geothermal, and coal technologies, certain compliance payment. Separate targets are set
LFG/MSW energy efficiency tech- for solar and two different combinations of
nologies, fuel cells, direct renewable, fossil, and efficiency technologies.
use of solar heat, ground-
source heat pumps
a
On November 2, 2015, the Governor of New York directed the Public Service Department to develop rules for a new renewable portfolio standard requiring
of 50% renewable generation by 2030. The new standard is expected to be available by July 2016 and was not available for inclusion in AEO2016.

RI 16% by 2019 Solar, wind, hydro, Fuel cells Credit trading is allowed, with an alternative
biomass, geothermal, compliance payment. There is a separate
anaerobic digestion, LFG, target for 90 MW of new renewable capacity.
biodiesel, and marine
TX 5,880 MW by 2018 Solar, wind, hydro, Direct use of solar heat, Credit trading is allowed, with capacity
biomass, geothermal, LFG, ground-source heat targets converted to generation equivalents.
and marine pumps State regulators may cap credit prices. 500
MW must be from resources other than wind.
VT 75% by 2032 Geothermal, solar, Ground-source heat Generation of electricity from eligible
wind, biomass, hydro, pumps, CHP renewable sources with environmental
LFG, marine, anaerobic attributes attached, the purchase of RECs
digestion, and fuel cells from plants whose energy is capable
using renewable fuels of delivery within New England, or a
combination of the two; or alternative
compliance payment of $0.01/kWh.
WA 15% by 2020 Solar, wind, hydro, CHP Credit trading is allowed, with an
biomass, geothermal, administrative penalty for noncompliance.
LFG, anaerobic digestion,
biodiesel, and marine
WI 10% by 2015 Solar, wind, hydro, CHP, pyrolysis, synthetic Credit trading is allowed.
biomass, geothermal, gas, direct use of solar or
LFG/MSW, small hydro, biomass heat, ground-
anaerobic digestion, and source heat pumps, and
marine fuel cells
Hawaii
Hawaii became the first state to establish a 100% RPS. Hawaii House Bill 623 (HB623) [53] mandates that Hawaii’s three major
electrical utilities achieve 100% of sales from renewable generation by 2045. The law also specifies interim goals: 15% by 2015,
30% by 2020, 40% by 2030, and 70% by 2040. Currently, petroleum provides 68% of Hawaii’s electricity (73% of retail electricity
sales). In 2014, renewable electricity accounted for 12.7% of total generation from the state’s three utilities, or 14.1% of sales.
However, 12% of Hawaiian houses have rooftop PV installations, and distributed generation provided an additional 5.2% of 2014
utility-scale generation, displacing 5.6% of sales. Hawaii has severely restricted new rooftop installations because of the potential
impacts of high levels of distributed generation on local distribution grids.
Kansas
Kansas converted its binding 2009 RPS into a nonmandatory goal in 2015, with the passage of Senate Bill 91 (SB91) [54]. Kansas
had approved House Bill 2369 (HB2369) in 2009 [55], requiring the state’s investor-owned utilities and electric cooperatives to
generate or purchase at least 20% of their peak demand from renewable resources for each calendar year beginning in 2020.
Wind supplied about 22% of Kansas’ net electricity generation in 2014. SB91 also provides new renewable energy facilities with a
10-year property tax exemption (assuming the facilities are not located behind the customer’s utility meter) and making it easier
for utilities to recover costs associated with meeting the previous mandate.
Ohio
Ohio decided in June 2014 to freeze for two years the progress toward its RPS 2024 mandate of 12.5%. Senate Bill 310 (SB310) [56]
also includes renewable electricity imported from other states in its RPS determination. Current targets are for 12.5% by 2026.
In-state renewables provide Ohio with less than 2% of its electricity sales.
Vermont
On June 11, 2015, Vermont passed House Bill 40 (HB40) [57], creating a requirement that 75% of retail electricity sales come
from qualifying renewable generation by 2032. In doing so, it became the first state to establish a new mandatory RPS since 2009.
Previously, Vermont had a nonmandatory goal of 20% by 2017. HB40 established an interim target of 55% by 2017.
With the closure of the Vermont Yankee nuclear generating station in 2014, more than 90% of Vermont’s 2015 in-state generation
is expected to be renewable. However, the state now imports about half of its 5.6 billion kWh in total sales. Vermont is a major

port-of-entry for hydroelectric and other generation from Canada, with gross imports of nearly 11 billion kWh in 2014. Currently,
much of that generation is passed through Vermont to other states.
West Virginia
In February 2015, West Virginia’s House Bill 2001 (HB2001) [58] repealed the Advanced Energy Standard, eliminating the
requirement that West Virginia obtain 25% of its electricity from renewable or other advanced energy sources, such as high-
efficiency fossil generators. However, the state’s House Bill 2201 retains net metering for distributed solar projects. Previously, EIA
did not model the Advanced Energy Standard, because the standard could be met substantively with nonrenewable generation;
therefore, its repeal is not incorporated in AEO2016.
LR7. State energy efficiency resource standards and goals through January 2016
In January 2016, 32 states had current or pending efficiency targets, including 22 states that would require utilities (electric, natural
gas, or both) or third-party administrators to meet energy reduction targets over time. Efficiency policies for utilities complement
efficiency gained from structural changes, federal appliance standards, and enhanced building codes. The extent of changes in
demand varies by region and by sector. This section describes policies in states with electricity savings targets that were in effect
at the end of January 2016 [59]. An energy efficiency resource standard (EERS), or energy efficiency portfolio standard (EEPS),
is mandatory, sets long-term reduction targets (at least three years), is sufficiently funded to allow covered entities to meet their
targets, uses financial incentives or nonperformance penalties, and usually (but not always) increases over time [60]. Both state
legislatures and public utility commissions (PUC) have created energy efficiency (EE) policies. Savings targets may be set as
reductions from a single base year or from an average of prior years; as a cumulative reduction over a compliance period; or as a
percentage of projected electricity sales.
In AEO2016, EIA has explicitly incorporated rebates or incentives offered by utilities to residential and commercial customers
to encourage the purchase of more-efficient equipment, which helps meet the goals of the CPP [61]. AEO2016 is the first time
the projection has included incentives by technology and sector at a Census division level. AEO2016 also incorporates related
efficiency policies, such as federal equipment standards and adoption of residential and commercial building codes, which reduce
demand for energy.
The jurisdictional utilities covered by EERS vary by state. Some states cover only investor-owned utilities (IOUs). Other states use
tiered savings targets by utility size, or between IOUs and publicly owned utilities (POUs). Table LR7-1 compares the targets and
characteristics of states with statewide EE policies as of January 2016. States with large nonjurisdictional POUs often encourage
them to set similar standards [62]. In 7 states the EERS apply to electricity savings only; 15 states set EERS targets for both electric
and natural gas utilities [63]. Those differences account for variations in the percentage of retail sales covered by the different state
EERS (Table LR7-1).
Texas established the first EERS in 1997 as part of its electricity restructuring. There was a great deal of activity between 2004 and
2010, and by 2010, 24 states had adopted mandatory EE targets or goals for utilities. Between 2005 and 2008, California and four
New England states (Vermont, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and Massachusetts) began to adopt all cost-effective energy efficiency
policies [64]. If states with such efficiency policies also fund mandatory, multi-year programs sufficiently, they are included as
states with EERS. Some states—including Vermont and Oregon—later changed EE goals to long-term requirements.
No states added EE goals or mandates between 2010 and 2014. Moreover, the direction of adoption shifted in 2013, perhaps
because of the recession or to strengthen renewable policies, rather than efficiency policies [65]. New Mexico lowered its final
target in 2013, and Nevada began to phase EE out of its RPS. In 2014 and 2015, 4 states acted to slow or stop compliance with
an EERS [66], and 11 states enhanced existing EERS, either by extending their time horizons or increasing savings targets. Two
states opened regulatory proceedings either to adopt EERS or to promulgate EERS regulations, and one state started a pilot EE
program [67]. As of January 2016, 22 states had adopted EERS. Six states without EERS have savings targets, including nonbinding
efficiency goals, efficiency as a compliance mechanism in an RPS, or EE pilots [68] (Figure LR7-1).
Since the beginning of 2014, 18 states have made changes to their EERS or efficiency goals, including 14 states that have increased
existing savings targets, extended the end years for energy reductions, or established regulations for an EEPS. In addition, four
states eliminated, froze, or defunded existing targets. Key changes since January 2014 are summarized below.
Arkansas
In December 2015, the Arkansas Public Service Commission extended a 0.9% EERS savings target from the 2015–16 to the 2017–18
program-year, and it raised targets to 1% of 2015 sales in 2019 [69]. The General Assembly passed Act 78 in 2015, which limits the
extent to which large customers can opt-out of EERS targets [70].
California
California has an all cost-effective energy efficiency requirement [71]. In October 2014, the PUC updated EERS funding and
established 2015 portfolios [72]. In September 2015, the legislature enacted Senate Bill 15-350 [73], which requires establishing
annual targets for statewide energy efficiency savings to achieve a cumulative doubling of statewide energy efficiency by January
1, 2030, and includes energy efficiency reductions in existing residential and nonresidential buildings.
Table LR7-1. Characteristics of state efficiency mandates or goals as of January 2016
Percentage of Current savings Reported 2014 savingsd
a b
State Type Targeted electricity savings (mandates and goals) state salesc period (from-to) Megawatthours Percent
AR E&G 0.9% annual reduction from 2014 sales 53 2015 2016 249,303 0.53
AZ E&G 2.5% annual saving; lower for co-ops 59 2016 2020 1,190,123 1.57
CA E&G Varies by utility; 16,298 gigawatthours by 2020 78 2012 2020 4,082,256 1.58
CO E&G 5% of 2006 sales by 2018, rising incrementally 57 2007 2019 472,000 0.88
CT E&G 1.51% reduction from 2015 base 94 2016 2018 369,686 1.26
DC E&G Sustainable Energy Utility has program goals --e --e --e 59,105 0.53
DE Elec Proceeding to establish regulations and funding TBD f
TBD TBD 8,606 0.08
HI Elec Approximately 1.4% incremental savings by
2030, from 2009 100 2009 2030 144,240 1.53
IA E&G 1.2% of sales 75 2014 2018 550,035 1.17
IL E&G 2% of delivered energy; prior year as base 88 2016 No end 1,513,045 1.08
LA Elec Quick Start EE Pilot 76 2015 2016 48,226 0.05
MA E&G 2.93% of forecasted 2016–2018 sales 86 2016 2018 1,351,105 2.48
MD Elec 2% of sales by 2020 in 0.2% annual increments 99 2015 2017 817,906 1.33
ME E&G Approximately 1.6% of electric sales by 2016;
30% by 2020 100 2014 2016 161,571 1.36
MI E&G Approximately 1.0% of prior-year’s sales 100 2012 No end 1,386,912 1.35
MN E&G 1.5% of prior 3-years’ weather-normalized
average 100 2010 No end 824,756 1.22
MO Elec 9.9% cumulative annual savings by 2020 70 2016 2018 431,218 0.52
MS Elec Quick Start EE program 74 2014 2016 75,815 0.15
NC Elec 5% of 2021 sales from 2008 base; EE is an
eligible RPS resource 100 2009 2021 854,582 0.64
NH E&G Docketed proceeding to establish an EERS TBD TBD TBD 63,383 0.58
NM Elec Cumulative 8% reduction from 2005 sales 68 2014 2020 123,919 0.54
NV Elec Up to 20% of RPS may be met with EE measures 62 2015 2019 194,861 0.57
NY E&G Extend funding and 15% reductions under REVg 100 2016 TBD 1,421,287 0.96
OH Elec 1% EE target frozen, 2015–16 89 2015 2016 1,565,049 1.05
OR E&G 240 average megawatts over four yearsh 70 2015 2019 595,548 1.27
PA Elec Varies by utility; 2.6%–5.0%, average 3.7% 93 2016 2021 1,019,155 0.70
RI E&G 2.5% relative to 2012 sales 99 2015 2017 268,468 3.51
TX Elec 30% reduction in demand growth (~0.1%) 73 2013 No end 728,047 0.19
VA Elec Goal: 10% by 2022 relative to 2006 sales 100 2007 2022 102,770 1.85
VT Elec 2.1% of sales; EE utility 100 2015 2017 96,557 1.73
WA Elec Varies by utility; approximately 1.2% for IOUs 81 2016 2017 946,565 1.02
WI E&G Varies by utility; 0.77% of annual sales 100 2015 2018 527,283 0.76
a
If an energy efficiency resource standard (EERS) covers electric utilities only, the type is shown as Elec. If it covers both electric and natural gas
utilities, the type is abbreviated as E&G.
b
Sales reductions refer to reductions in retail sales of electricity. Unless otherwise noted, they are incremental annual reductions, rather than
cumulative savings. Base year indicates year (or average of prior years) against which targeted savings are measured.
c
American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy, “The 2015 State Energy Efficiency Scorecard, Report U1509” (ACEEE2015), Appendix D, pp.
128–133, http://aceee.org/research-report/u1509. The percentage of affected retail sales in an EERS depends on what entities are covered by an
EERS; this differs by state. EIA calculated percentages for states not included in ACEEE2015 (LA, MS, MO, VA), using state EE filings and U.S. Energy
Information Administration, “2014 Utility Bundled Retail Sales–Total,” http://www.eia.gov/electricity/sales_revenue_price/pdf/table10.pdf.
d
Incremental electricity savings reported to state PUCs for 2014, reported in both MWh and as percent of retail sales. Sources: ACEEE2015, p.
18; and Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships, The Regional Roundup of Energy Efficiency Policy: Next Generation Energy Efficiency (NEEP2016),
pp. 31–42, http://www.neep.org/sites/default/files/resources/2016%20Regional%20Roundup-FINAL_1.pdf. NEEP2016 is the source for 2014
program year savings for the six New England states, five Middle Atlantic states (DE, MD, NY, NJ, PA), and the District of Columbia. Those
jurisdictions report EE savings, expressed in net annual terms, to NEEP’s Regional Energy Efficiency Database (REED).
e
Not applicable.
f
TBD: The percentage and the savings period remain to be determined within the setting of the regulatory proceeding.
g
New York extended its earlier EERS goals while its Reforming the Energy Vision (REV) proceedings are underway.
h
Oregon’s efficiency targets are expressed in average megawatts (aMW) of electricity and annual therms (MMth) of natural gas saved. Energy
Trust of Oregon, “2015–2019 Strategic Plan,” page 5, http://energytrust.org/library/plans/2015-2019_Strategic_ Plan0.pdf.

Connecticut
Connecticut has an all cost-effective energy efficiency requirement. In December 2015, the state’s Department of Energy &
Environmental Protection approved, with conditions, the 2016–18 triennial Conservation and Load Management Plan [74]. The plan
increased investor-owned electric utility (IOU) targets from 1.4% of electric sales (2013–15) to 1.51%. Connecticut also eliminated
EE as a means to fulfill its RPS, which could strengthen EE as a separate resource [75].
Delaware
Delaware has an all cost-effective energy efficiency requirement. The PUC had not established EE regulations or funding for an
EERS enacted in 2009 [76]. In 2014, the legislature directed the state’s Sustainable Energy Utility (SEU) to provide utilities with
cost-effective EE programs, established an advisory council to help develop financing mechanisms, and directed the Department of
Natural Resources to establish energy measurement and verification (EM&V) regulations [77]. Utilities committed to submitting
plans in 2016 and beginning programs in 2017.
Indiana
In 2014, Indiana suspended its Energizing Indiana EERS, which had targeted a 2% savings by 2019, relative to 2009 sales [78].
In 2015, the legislature replaced the EERS with a law that allows voluntary programs and directs utilities to file triennial energy
efficiency and demand response plans with the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission [79].
Louisiana
In November 2014, the Louisiana PUC implemented Phase I of its voluntary Energy Efficiency Quick Start program [80]. Four IOUs
offered programs across all sectors that could be implemented quickly and economically. Because each utility hired the same
third-party administrator and evaluator, they offer similar programs and use a standardized reporting software package and EM&V.
Maryland
In 2015, the Maryland PUC revised its EERS from one based on per capita reductions to savings based on a percentage of retail
sales. The new EERS targets a 2% reduction in electricity sales from 2013 weather-normalized gross retail sales by 2020 for five
large IOUs, in 0.2% annual increments. The previous EERS, EmPOWER Maryland, had a target of a 15% reduction in electricity use
per capita by 2015 [81].
Massachusetts
Massachusetts has an all cost-effective energy efficiency requirement. In January 2016, its Department of Public Utilities approved
the utilities’ 2016–18 plans, developed in conjunction with the state Energy Efficiency Advisory Council [82]. The new plans
raise energy savings targets for electric utilities from 2.6% in the 2013–15 plan cycle to 2.93% of projected sales. This plan also
recognizes the role of demand response for peak load reductions. With the increase, Massachusetts set the highest electricity
demand reduction target among all the states with EERS.
Figure LR7-1. States with energy efficiency resources standards (EERS) or energy efficiency (EE) goals that
target savings in electricity use as of January 2016
West Midwest Northeast
West East Middle New
Pacific Mountain North Central North Central Atlantic England
EERS (law or regulation)

EE goal (or included in RPS)
EERS proceeding
AK
EE pilot or program
No statewide EE policy
West East South

South Central South Central Atlantic
HI South

Nevada
In 2013, Nevada’s legislature voted to phase out EE requirements from its revised Energy Portfolio Standard. EE reductions can
satisfy no more than 20% of compliance in the 2015–19 period, and they will not be an eligible resource after 2024 [83]. The
Nevada legislature did not pass a bill for a separate EERS introduced in the 2015 legislative session.
New Hampshire
New Hampshire’s PUC opened a docket in 2015 to establish an EERS [84]. The proceeding seeks input on appropriate goals,
financing, cost recovery, incentives and penalties, and measurement and evaluation metrics. The regional energy efficiency
organization, Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnership, has provided assistance to the PUC and stakeholders based on its experience
with existing regional policies and with EM&V.
New York
In December 2015, the New York Department of Public Service extended energy savings targets under the state’s EERS—which
requires a 15% reduction below forecasted sales by 2015—and allocated funds from its Clean Energy Fund. New EE targets will be
established along with revised cost-benefit tests under the Reforming the Energy Vision (REV) proceeding. The REV proceeding
was opened in 2014 to transform the retail electricity market and overhaul the existing RPS and EERS [85].
Ohio
In 2014, Ohio froze its RPS and EERS for 2015 and 2016 and changed a number of other requirements for EE savings and peak
demand reductions [86]. Established in 2008, the EERS had created annual targets leading to cumulative electricity savings of
22% by the end of 2025 compared with 2009 sales.
Pennsylvania
In 2015, Pennsylvania’s PUC approved Phase III EERS targets for 2016–21. The targets, which vary by utility, range from 2.6% to 5%
relative to the load forecast completed in 2010. The PUC also set utility-specific peak demand reduction requirements for utilities
with at least 100,000 customers [87].
Rhode Island
Rhode Island has an all cost-effective energy efficiency requirement. The PUC increased the efficiency savings target in the 2015–
17 triennial plan to an annual average of 2.5%, from 2.1% in the 2012–14 plan [88]. An Executive Order in December 2015 also
directed state agencies to reduce energy consumption by at least 10% from fiscal year 2014 levels by 2019, and to establish a
stretch (aspirational) energy efficiency building code [89].
Vermont
Vermont has an all cost-effective energy efficiency requirement. In 2015, the Vermont Public Service Board approved 2015–17
triennial plans both for Efficiency Vermont and for the City of Burlington Electric Department [90]. The plans include annual
incremental kilowatthour (kWh) savings as well as summer and winter peak reduction targets. Efficiency Vermont is a statewide
energy efficiency utility operated by the Vermont Energy Investment Corporation.
Washington
Washington’s “Energy Independence Act,” requires utilities with more than 25,000 customers to set biennial targets for all cost-
effective, reliable, and feasible conservation [91]. In December 2015 and January 2016, the state Utilities and Transportation
Commission approved 2016–17 plans for three large IOUs, and the Department of Commerce approved plans for 14 publicly
owned utilities.
West Virginia
In 2015, West Virginia repealed its Alternative Renewable Energy Portfolio Act, under which energy efficiency had been eligible
to earn credits. The Governor’s statement indicated that changing economic factors had made the act no longer beneficial to the
state [92].
LR8. Impacts on marine fuel choice from enforcement of Emissions Control Areas
in North America and U.S. Caribbean Sea waters under the International
Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL)
Around the world, legislation and regulations mandating decreased emissions and lower levels of airborne pollutants have been
put into place [93]. The implementation of regulations controlling emissions from the consumption of marine fuel in ocean-going
vessels is one example. In March 2010, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) amended the International Convention for
the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL) to designate specific portions of the United States, Canada, and French waters
as Emission Control Areas (ECAs) [94]. The area of the North American ECA includes waters adjacent to the Pacific coast, the
Atlantic coast, and the Gulf coast, and the eight main Hawaiian Islands [95]. The ECAs extend up to 200 nautical miles from

coasts of the United States, Canada, and the French territories but does not extend into marine areas subject to the sovereignty or
jurisdiction of other countries. Compliance with the North American ECA became enforceable in August 2012 [96].
Emission Control Area Standards
The addition of ECAs to the international MARPOL treaty took effect in May 2005 and was amended in October 2008, when the
member states of IMO [97]agreed to amend MARPOL Annex VI to establish new tiers or limits with progressive reductions of
nitrogen oxide (NOx) and sulfur oxide (SOx) emissions from ship exhausts. The most stringent of the new international emission
standards apply to ships (i.e., large ships and ocean vessels [98]) operating in designated ECAs, including the newly designated
North American and Caribbean Sea ECA. Figure LR8-1 summarizes the Annex VI low-sulfur standards that apply globally (non-
ECA) and within ECAs. AEO2016 considers the demands within North American and Caribbean ECAs, excluding energy demands
occurring from shipping activity in non-ECA international waters.
Although the start date for the new sulfur regulation is January 1, 2020, the plan will be reviewed to check the availability of the
required fuel oil, because continued global investment by refiners probably will be needed to meet required emissions reductions.
Depending on the outcome of that review, the startup date of new non-ECA sulfur regulations could be postponed until at least
2025, as indicated in Figure LR8-1 [99]. The original MARPOL Annex VI introduced global limits on sulfur content per gallon of
bunker fuel at 4.5% by mass or 45,000 parts per million (ppm), with the levels within ECAs set at 1.5% by mass or 15,000 ppm.
The Tier I nitrogen oxides (NOx) standards for ships with engines built before 2000 range from 9.8 grams per kWh to 17.0 grams
per kWh, depending on engine speed. The Tier II standards represent a 20% reduction from Tier I, and the Tier III standards
represent an 80% reduction from Tier I. Tier III NOx limits will apply to all ships constructed on or after January 1, 2016, that
operate inside a NOx ECA area with engines larger than 130 kilowatts.
NEMS is the primary source for EIA’s analysis of recent history and AEO2016 projections of domestic energy markets. For AEO2016,
the Freight Transportation Submodule of the NEMS Transportation Demand Module handles marine fuel choices and demand for
ships operating within the North American and Caribbean ECA.
Compliance options associated with marine travel in the ECAs for both new and retrofitted vessels include the use of exhaust
controls (e.g., scrubbers and selective catalytic reduction), changing fuels to marine gas oil (MGO) or liquefied natural gas (LNG),
and installing engine-based controls (e.g., exhaust gas recirculation). Other technologies (e.g., biofuels and water injection), which
are under development but have not yet reached wide-scale adoption, may provide additional options in the future. Ship efficiency
improvements, shipping demand changes, and fuel price fluctuations also are considered in the Transportation Demand Module
projections for international shipping fuel consumption within
Figure LR8-1. Current and proposed MARPOL the North American and U.S. Caribbean ECAs [100].
regulations on sulfur content of fuel, 2000–2030
For marine travel within the North American and Caribbean
(percent by mass)
ECA, AEO2016 assumes that consumption of distillate fuel
5 oil, as the first and most widely used compliance solution, will
Rest of world
rise rapidly between 2015 and 2019, then decline and level off
after 2020, as fuel choices are affected by global emissions
4 Subject to review
and fuel standards for ships. Although the long-term future
in 2018
of international marine fuel choice is unclear given current
low and volatile prices for crude oil, it is likely that ship
3
operators will invest in CO2 scrubbers in order to remain
globally competitive, as refiners market heavy fuel oil (i.e.,
intermediate and residual fuel oils) at a significant discount
2
relative to distillate fuel oil. In addition, for some types of
Within Emissions Control Areas
oceangoing vessels, the use of LNG may begin to penetrate
bunker fuel markets to some extent.
1
On July 24, 2008, the California Air Resources Board (CARB)
adopted the regulation titled, Fuel Sulfur and Other Operation
0 Requirements for Ocean-Going Vessels within California
2000 2005 2010 2015 2020 2025 2030 Waters and 24 Nautical Miles of the California Baseline [101].

Endnotes for legislation and regulations

1. A complete list of the laws and regulations included in AEO2016 is provided in Assumptions to the Annual Energy Outlook 2016,
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46. G. Barbose, “U.S. Renewables Portfolio Standards: Overview of Status and Key Trends” (Berkeley, CA: November 2015), https://
emp.lbl.gov/sites/all/files/2015%20National%20RPS%20Summit%20Barbose.pdf.
48. Enumerations of state RPS policies may vary from source to source. The policies vary significantly from state to state, with no
universal definition. Previous discussion of state RPS policies by EIA have included a policy in West Virginia that allowed for
several types of fossil-fueled generators to be built instead of renewable generators to meet the portfolio requirement. That
policy is not included as an RPS in AEO2016.
49. Eligible technologies, and even the definitions of technologies or fuel categories, vary by state. For example, one state’s definition
of renewables may include hydropower, while another’s may not. Table LR6-1 provides more detail on how the technology or
fuel category is defined by each state.
50. Colorado State University, Center for the New Energy Economy, “Summary of State Renewable Portfolio Standard Legislation
in 2014” (Fort Collins, CO: August 2014), http://www.aeltracker.org/graphics/uploads/CNEE-2014-State-RPS-Legislation-
Analysis.pdf.
51. Colorado State University, Center for the New Energy Economy, “Summary of State Renewable Portfolio Standard Legislation
in 2015” (Fort Collins, CO: April 2015), http://www.aeltracker.org/graphics/uploads/2015-Trends-in-Renewable-Portfolio-
Standard-Legislation_4_15.pdf.
52. California Legislative Information, “SB-350 Clean Energy and Pollution Reduction Act of 2015” (Sacramento, CA: October 7,
2015), https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB350.

53. LegiScan, “Hawaii House Bill 623” (Honolulu, HI: June 10, 2015), https://legiscan.com/HI/text/HB623/2015.
54. Legislature of the State of Kansas, “House Substitute for Senate Bill No. 91: Renewable energy standards act and property
tax exemptions for renewable energy resources” (May 28, 2015), http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2015_16/measures/
documents/sb91_enrolled.pdf.
55. Legislature of the State of Kansas, “Senate Substitute for House Bill No. 2369: Energy, generation, transmission, and efficiency”
(May 22, 2009), http://www.kansas.gov/government/legislative/bills/2010/2369.pdf.
56. M. McClelland, Ohio Legislative Service Commission, “Sub. S.B. 310, Bill Summary, Renewable energy and advanced energy
requirements” (May 7, 2014), http://www.lsc.ohio.gov/analyses130/s0310-rh-130.pdf.
57. Vermont General Assembly, “H.40, An act relating to establishing a renewable energy standard and energy transformation
program” (May 15, 2015), http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/status/2016/h.40.
58. West Virginia Legislature, “H.B. 2001, Article 2F. Alternative and Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard” (Charleston, WV: January 14,
2015), http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2001%20intr.htm&yr=2015&sesstype=RS&i=2001.
59. This discussion focuses on electricity targets only, because of the range of electricity end uses in the AEO residential and
commercial projections.
60. Different organizations may use different definitions. This is the definition adopted by EIA. Sources consulted included
American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE), Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships (NEEP2016), and the
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
62. For example, the New York Power Authority (NYPA) and Long Island Power Authority (LIPA) in New York and the Los
Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) in California set separate targets from those required for investor-
owned utilities (IOUs).
63. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, “Climate and Energy Resources for State, Local, and Tribal Governments” (Washington,
DC: May 6, 2016), https://www3.epa.gov/statelocalclimate/resources/action-guide.html.
64. See A. Gilleo, “Picking All the Fruit: All Cost-Effective Energy Efficiency Mandates” (Washington, DC: American Council for an
Energy-Efficient Economy, 2014), http://aceee.org/files/proceedings/2014/data/papers/8-377.pdf.
65. Citations of the laws and regulations mentioned in this paragraph from 2014 forward are contained under the individual state
descriptions following Table LR7-1, “Characteristics of state efficiency mandates or goals.”
66. Energy efficiency resource standards have been suspended (Indiana, March 2014), frozen at current levels (Ohio, June 2014),
defunded (Florida, November 2014), or repealed (West Virginia, March 2015).
67. States that enhanced existing EERS include Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maryland, New York, Oregon,
Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Washington. Delaware and New Hampshire opened EERS dockets. Louisiana began
an EE pilot. The changes are described in detail in the state section following the table.
68. EIA confirmed each state’s requirements through original legislative or regulatory documentation, discussions with Public
Utility Commission (PUC) staff, consultations with regional energy efficiency organizations such as the Northeast Energy
Efficiency Partnerships (NEEP), and referring to the Database of State Incentives for Renewables & Efficiency, at http://www.
dsireusa.org.
69. Arkansas Public Service Commission, Docket No. 13-002-U, Order No. 31, “In the Matter of the Continuation, Expansion, and
Enhancement of Public Utility Energy Efficiency Programs in Arkansas” (Little Rock, AR: December 17, 2015), http://www.
apscservices.info/pdf/13/13-002-U_226_1.pdf.
70. State of Arkansas, 90th General Assembly, Regular Session, 2015, Act 78 of the Regular Session, House Bill 1191, “An Act
to Clarify the Regulation of Rates and Charges Under the Energy Conservation Endorsement Act Of 1977” (Little Rock, AR:
January 13, 2015), ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/acts/2015/Public/ACT78.pdf.
71. See A. Gilleo, “Picking All the Fruit: All Cost-Effective Energy Efficiency Mandates” (Washington, DC: American Council for
an Energy-Efficient Economy, 2014), http://aceee.org/files/proceedings/2014/data/papers/8-377.pdf.

72. California Public Utility Commission, Decision 14-10-046, “Decision Establishing Energy Efficiency Savings Goals and Approving
2015 Energy Efficiency Programs and Budgets” (Sacramento, CA: October 16, 2014), http://docs.cpuc.ca.gov/PublishedDocs/
Published/G000/M129/K228/129228024.pdf.
73. California Legislature, “Senate Bill No. 350, Chapter 547: Clean Energy and Pollution Reduction Act of 2015” (Sacramento, CA:
October 7, 2015), https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB350.
74. Connecticut Department of Energy & Environmental Protection, “Approval with Conditions of the Connecticut Energy Efficiency
Fund’s Electric and Natural Gas Conservation and Load Management Plan for 2016 through 2018” (Hartford, CT: December 31,
2015), http://www.ct.gov/deep/lib/deep/energy/conserloadmgmt/DEEP_Approval_with_Conditions_of_2016-2018_C&LM_
Plan_with_Attachment_A_12-31-15.pdf.
75. Connecticut General Assembly, Public Act No. 13-303, “An Act Concerning Connecticut’s Clean Energy Goals” (Hartford, CT:
June 5, 2013), https://www.cga.ct.gov/2013/ACT/PA/2013PA-00303-R00SB-01138-PA.htm.
76. State of Delaware, “Title 26, Public Utilities, Chapter 15. Energy Efficiency Resource Standards” (Dover, DE: July 27, 2009),
http://delcode.delaware.gov/title26/c015/index.shtml.
77. Delaware General Assembly, 147th General Assembly, “Senate Bill #150: An Act to Amend Title 29 of the Delaware Code
Relating to Sustainable Energy Utility” (Dover, DE: August 6, 2014), http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis147.nsf/vwLegislation/
SB+150?Opendocument.
78. Indiana Senate Enrolled Act 340 (March 27, 2014) prohibited the Utility Regulatory Commission (U.R.C) from establishing
an EERS or requiring an electricity supplier to meet such a target after December 31, 2014. (See http://iga.in.gov/static-
documents/a/4/c/2/a4c2943f/SB0340.06.ENRS.pdf.)
79. Indiana’s Senate Enrolled Act No. 412 (May 6, 2015) allowed utilities to set individual voluntary efficiency programs. See
http://in.proxy.openstates.org/2015/bills/sb0412/versions/sb0412.05.enrs.
80. Louisiana Public Service Commission, Docket No. R-31106, “Statewide Energy Efficiency Program” (October 9, 2014), http://
lpscstar.louisiana.gov/star/ViewFile.aspx?Id=8a69809f-a6c1-44c0-b326-ccf42f41869e, and “Comments of LPSC Staff”
(April 1, 2016), http://lpscstar.louisiana.gov/star/ViewFile.aspx?Id=0fca1fdd-4b65-4a77-b314-77a1d8282493.
81. Maryland Public Service Commission, “EmPOWER Maryland Energy Efficiency Act of 2008” (April 24, 2008); Public Service
Commission of Maryland, Order No. 87082, Case 9153, “In the Matter of [six utilities] Energy Efficiency, Conservation and
Demand Response Programs Pursuant to the EmPOWER Maryland Energy Efficiency Act of 2008” (July 16, 2015), http://
www.psc.state.md.us/wp-content/uploads/Order-No.-87082-Case-Nos.-9153-9157-9362-EmPOWER-MD-Energy-
Efficiency-Goal-Allocating-and-Cost-Effectiveness.pdf.
82. Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities, “Joint Statewide Three-Year Electric and Gas Energy Efficiency Plan” (approved
January 28, 2016), http://ma-eeac.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/Exhibit-1-Gas-and-Electric-PAs-Plan-2016-2018-
with-App-except-App-U.pdf.
83. State of Nevada, “Senate Bill No. 252—Committee on Commerce, Labor and Energy” (Carson City, NV: March 13, 2013),
https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/77th2013/Bills/SB/SB252.pdf.
84. New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission, Docket No. DE 15-137, “Gas and Electric Utilities, Energy Efficiency Resource
Standard” (Concord, NH: May 8, 2015), http://www.puc.state.nh.us/Regulatory/Docketbk/2015/15-137.html. In this Order
of Notice, the PUC noted its statutory authority to advance a policy of energy efficiency as a least-cost supply option. The
proposal covers electric and/or natural gas utilities, with a proposed 2014 baseline.
85. New York State Department of Public Service, “Reforming the Energy Vision (REV)” (Albany, NY: April 2014), http://www3.
dps.ny.gov/W/PSCWeb.nsf/All/CC4F2EFA3A23551585257DEA007DCFE2?OpenDocument; and http://documents.dps.
ny.gov/public/MatterManagement/CaseMaster.aspx?MatterCaseNo=15-M-0252&submit=Search+by+Case+Number. The
original EERS required a reduction of 2015 sales based on the forecast done in 2008.
86. State of Ohio, S.B. 310 (Columbus, OH: June 13, 2014), http://archives.legislature.state.oh.us/BillText130/130_SB_310_EN_N.
pdf; and S.B. 221 (May 1, 2008), http://archives.legislature.state.oh.us/bills.cfm?ID=127_SB_221 (initial legislation).
87. Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, “Energy Efficiency and Conservation (EE&C) Program, Phase III, Final Implementation
Order” (Philadelphia, PA: June 19, 2015), and Phase III Clarification Order (August 20, 2015), http://www.puc.pa.gov/filing_
resources/issues_laws_regulations/act_129_information/energy_efficiency_and_conservation_ee_c_program.aspx.
88. State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations Public Utilities Commission, “Energy Efficiency Program Plan for 2016:
Settlement of the Parties” (Providence, RI: October 15, 2015), http://www.ripuc.org/eventsactions/docket/4580-NGrid-2016-
EEPP(10-15-15).pdf.
89. State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, Executive Order 15-17, “State Agencies to Lead by Example in Energy Efficiency
and Clean Energy” (Providence, RI: December 8, 2015), http://www.governor.ri.gov/documents/orders/ExecOrder15-17.pdf.

90. Vermont Energy Investment Corporation, Triennial Plan 2015–2017 (prepared for the Vermont Public Service Board) (Burlington,
VT: December 1, 2014), http://psb.vermont.gov/utilityindustries/eeu/generalinfo/oversightactivities; City of Burlington
Electric Department, “2015–2017 Triennial Energy Efficiency Plan” (prepared for the Vermont Public Service Board, December
1, 2014), http://psb.vermont.gov/sites/psb/files/EEU/BED2015-17Triennialplan.pdf; State of Vermont, Order under Docket
EEU-2014-7, “Triennial Plans for 2015–2017 of Efficiency Vermont and City of Burlington Electric Department” (February 13,
2015); and “Oversight Activities Regarding the Energy Efficiency Utility” (not dated), http://psb.vermont.gov/utilityindustries/
eeu/generalinfo/oversightactivities.
91. State of Washington, Department of Commerce, “Energy Independence Act (EIA or I-937),” http://www.commerce.
wa.gov/Programs/Energy/Office/EIA/Pages/default.aspx. The UTC approved 2016–17 biennial conservation plans and
targets under Docket Nos. UE-152076 (Avista), UE-152072 (Pacific Power & Light), and UE-152058 (Puget Sound Energy).
92. West Virginia, Office of the Governor, “Governor Tomblin Approves Repeal of Alternative Renewable Energy Portfolio Act”
(Press Release, February 3, 2015), http://www.governor.wv.gov/media/pressreleases/2015/Pages/GOVERNOR-TOMBLIN-
APPROVES-REPEAL-OF-ALTERNATIVE-RENEWABLE-ENERGY-PORTFOLIO-ACT.aspx.
93. U.S. Energy Information Administration, “Large reduction in distillate fuel sulfur content has only minor effect on energy
content” (Today in Energy, February 24, 2015), http://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.cfm?id=20092.
95. The North American ECA does not include the Pacific U.S. territories, smaller Hawaiian Islands, the Aleutian Islands and
Western Alaska, and the U.S. and Canadian Arctic waters. The U.S. Caribbean ECA includes the waters adjacent to the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands out to approximately 50 nautical miles from the coastline.
96. On June 27, 2011, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Coast Guard entered into a Memorandum of
Understanding (MOU) to enforce Annex VI MARPOL.
97. International Maritime Organization (IMO), “Member States” (2016), http://www.imo.org/en/About/Membership/Pages/
MemberStates.aspx. IMO currently has 171 Member States and three Associate Members. The United States became a
signatory in 1950.
98. Ships propelled by Category 3 (C3) marine vessels or diesel engines are included. Marine engine and Category 3 have the
same meanings given under 40 CFR 94.2. Category 3 marine vessels, for the purposes of 40 CFR Part 80, are vessels that
are propelled by engines meeting the definition of “Category 3” in 40 CFR Part 1042.901. Source: IMO, Marine Environment
Protection Committee (MEPC), 68th Session (May 11–15, 2015.
99. IMO, Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC), 68th session, 11 to 15 May 2015, http://www.imo.org/en/
MediaCentre/MeetingSummaries/MEPC/Pages/MEPC-68th-session.aspx.
100. MARPOL Annex VI, Chapter 4, introduces two mandatory mechanisms intended to ensure an energy efficiency standard
for ships: (1) the Energy Efficiency Design Index (EEDI), for new ships; and (2) the Ship Energy Efficiency Management Plan
(SEEMP) for all ships. The regulations apply to all ships of and above 400 gross tonnage and entered into force on January 1,
2013. See International Maritime Organization, “Prevention of Air Pollution from Ships” (not dated), http://www.imo.org/en/
OurWork/Environment/PollutionPrevention/AirPollution/Pages/Air-Pollution.aspx.
101. Fuel Sulfur and Other Operational Requirements for Ocean-Going Vessels within California Waters and 24 Nautical Miles
of the California Baseline, Title 13, California Code of Regulations (CCR) §2299.2 and Title 17, CCR §93118.2. The California
OGV Fuel Regulation requires that the fuel must not only have a per-gallon sulfur content of 0.10% or lower, but must also
meet the specifications for distillates (marine gas oil or marine diesel oil). Therefore, vessels using new hybrid fuels to
comply with the Annex VI ECA-SOx regulations do not automatically comply with the OGV Regulation; to do so they must
obtain a “Temporary Experimental” or “Research Exemption” from CARB.

Figure and table sources for legislation and regulations

Table LR3-1. Production tax credits and investment tax credits included in the AEO2016 Reference case, 2015–23: U.S. Government
Printing Office, “H.R.2029 - Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016, Public Law 114-113” (Washington, DC: December 18, 2015),
https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/2029/text.
Table LR4-1. Effective dates of initial and current appliance efficiency standards for selected equipment: U.S. Energy Information
Administration, Office of Energy Analysis. Based on U.S. Department of Energy, Building Technologies Office, http://energy.gov/
eere/buildings/standards-and-test-procedures.
Figure LR5-1. ZEV credit percentage requirements, model years 2018–25: California Air Resources Board, “Zero-Emission Vehicle
Standards for 2018 and Subsequent Model Year Passenger Cars, Light-Duty Trucks, and Medium-Duty Vehicles” (Sacramento, CA:
August 10, 2014), http://www.arb.ca.gov/msprog/zevprog/zevregs/1962.2_Clean.pdf.
Figure LR6-1. Total qualifying renewable generation required for combined state renewable portfolio standards and projected
total achieved, 2012–40: AEO2016 National Energy Modeling System, run REF2016.D032416A.
Table LR6-1. Renewable portfolio standards in the 29 states and District of Columbia with current mandates: U.S. Energy
Information Administration, Office of Energy Analysis. Based on a review of enabling legislations and regulatory actions from the
various States on policies enacted prior to December 31, 2015, identified by the database of State Incentives for Renewables &
Efficiency (as of March 24, 2016), website www.dsireusa.org.
Table LR7-1. Characteristics of state efficiency mandates or goals as of January 2016: U.S. Energy Information Administration,
Office of Energy Analysis. Based on a review of each state’s enabling legislations, implementing regulations, and annual efficiency
achievement reports, as cited in the notes to Table LR7-1 and citations for the descriptions of individual states’ policies.
Figure LR7-1. States with energy efficiency resources standards (EERS) or energy efficiency (EE) goals that target savings in
electricity use as of January 2016: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Office of Energy Analysis. Based on an analysis of states
with statewide efficiency policies as identified either in the Database of State Incentives for Renewables & Efficiency (DSIRE),
http://programs.dsireusa.org/system/program/tables, or in the American Council for an Energy Efficiency Economy’s (ACEEE)
State and Local Policy Database, http://aceee.org/sector/state-policy.
Figure LR8-1. Current and proposed MARPOL regulations on sulfur content of fuel, 2000–2030: U.S. Energy Information
Administration, based on International Convention of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL), http://www.imo.org/en/About/
Conventions/ListOfConventions/Pages/International-Convention-for-the-Prevention-of-Pollution-from-Ships-(MARPOL).aspx.

Issues in focus
Issues in focus
Introduction
The “Issues in focus” section of the Annual Energy Outlook (AEO) provides in-depth discussions on topics of special interest,
including possible changes in policies and developments in technologies and resources for energy production and consumption.
Selected topics from recent AEOs are listed in Table IF1. Quantitative results from the issues discussed in AEO2016 are available
in Appendix D.
Topics discussed in this section include:
• The Clean Power Plan, including analysis of alternative implementation approaches and the possible adoption of a more
stringent Clean Power Plan program beyond 2030
• Proposed Phase 2 fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions standards for medium- and heavy-duty vehicles, which
could significantly affect transportation fuel use
• An Extended Policies case that starts from current laws and regulations, which are the basis for the Reference case, and
assumes future extensions of some major energy policies, including various energy tax credits, fuel economy regulations for
light-duty and heavy-duty vehicles, and carbon dioxide emissions standards for existing power plants
• Growth in hydrocarbon gas liquids production and related developments in the industrial sector
• Sensitivity of the steel industry’s energy consumption sensitivity to technology choices, and fuel and carbon prices in the
AEO2016 Industrial Demand Module.
IF1. Effects of the Clean Power Plan

The Clean Power Plan (CPP) [1] rule, issued under Section 111(d) of the Clean Air Act, is the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA) program to regulate carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions at existing fossil-fired electric power plants. EPA estimates that the
CPP will reduce CO2 emissions from the power sector by 32% from 2005 levels by 2030. As described in the Annual Energy
Outlook 2016 (AEO2016) Legislation and Regulations section, the CPP rule allows states to choose either mass-based or rate-
based emissions targets. A mass-based target simply specifies an annual limit on the amount of CO2 that can be emitted by states
from the affected sources. A rate-based target requires states to meet an annual adjusted emission rate (lbs CO2/MWh) based on
emissions from affected sources divided by generation from affected sources, which for this calculation includes new non-emitting
sources, such as nuclear and renewable capacity, and incremental energy efficiency. The rule also provides flexibility in other areas,
such as regional cooperation through trading.
The final rule incorporated in the AEO2016 is a revision to the initial proposal [2] that U.S. Energy Information (EIA) analyzed in
May 2015. [3] The final rule differs from the initial proposal in several ways, including:
Table IF1. “Issues in focus” analyses included in recent AEOs

AEO2014 AEO2013 AEO2012
U.S. tight oil production: Alternative
supply projections and an overview
of EIA’s analysis of well-level data U.S. reliance on imported liquid fuels in Potential efficiency improvements and their
aggregated to the county level alternative scenarios impacts on end-use energy demand
Energy impacts of proposed CAFE standards
Potential of liquefied natural gas as a Competition between coal and natural gas in for light-duty vehicles, model years 2017
freight locomotive fuel the electric power sector to 2025
Light-duty vehicle energy demand: Impacts of a breakthrough in battery
demographics and travel behavior Nuclear power in AEO2013 vehicle technology
Effects of lower natural gas prices on
projected industrial production Effect of natural gas liquids growth Heavy-duty natural gas vehicles
Implications of accelerated power plant
retirements Changing structure of the refining industry
Renewable electricity projections show
growth under alternative assumptions Changing environment for fuel use in
in AEO2014 electricity generation
Implications of low electricity
demand growth Nuclear power in AEO2012
Sources: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Annual Energy Outlook 2014, DOE/EIA-0383(2014) (Washington, DC: April 2014); U.S. Energy
Information Administration, Annual Energy Outlook 2013, DOE/EIA-0383(2013) (Washington, DC: April 2013); and U.S. Energy Information
Administration, Annual Energy Outlook 2012, DOE/EIA-0383(2012) (Washington, DC: June 2012). The Annual Energy Outlook 2015, which was a
shorter edition of the AEO, did not include an “Issues in focus” section.
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• The compliance start date has been delayed from 2020 to 2022, and the reductions are phased in between 2022 and 2030
using 3 sets of multi-year, interim goals instead of one interim period
• Demand-side energy efficiency was not used in setting rate-based targets although it still may be used for compliance
• The variations between state targets have been reduced by using source-specific rates for fossil fuel steam and natural gas-
fired combined-cycle generation at the interconnection level, rather than individual state emission rates
• Compliance calculations for rate-based targets have been limited to capacity additions since 2012, rather than also including
pre-existing renewable capacity and at-risk nuclear plants
• Greater detail is provided for mass-based implementation approaches and emissions credit trading.
In comparison with the EIA’s analysis of the preliminary CPP rule, which was based on the Annual Energy Outlook 2015 (AEO2015)
Reference case, the analysis described here includes other differences in underlying trends that are unrelated to the CPP but
influence compliance decisions. These differences include lower natural gas prices, lower capital costs for renewable electricity
generation plants, and extension of renewable tax credits.
In February 2016, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a stay of enforcement of the existing plant rule [4], pending resolution of legal
challenges from the states and the affected industries. The AEO2016 Reference case assumes that the CPP will proceed as currently
promulgated, and that all states will implement it by using a mass-based standard that caps emissions from both existing and new
power plants, with allowance revenues rebated to ratepayers [5]. Alternative cases consider how outcomes could change with
different implementation approaches, without the rule in place, and in a scenario with tighter standards beyond 2030.
Reductions in CO2 emissions can be achieved by switching from carbon-intensive fuels (such as coal) to less carbon-intensive
natural gas-fired power plants or to zero-carbon technologies (such as renewables and nuclear power). Other options to reduce
CO2 emissions include improving plant efficiency to reduce fuel use and increasing energy efficiency to reduce energy demand.
Compliance decisions made by the states, as well as any future court decision regarding the rule, would have implications for plant
retirements, capacity additions, generation by fuel type, demand, and prices.
Alternative Clean Power Plan cases
As described in the Legislation and regulations section below, the AEO2016 Reference case assumes that the CPP is upheld, and that
all states choose to meet a mass-based standard to cover both existing and new sources. Using the standard that includes new
sources ensures that leakage (which would represent a shift of emissions from existing sources to new natural gas-fired sources
not covered by the CPP) does not occur. Because EIA’s model is not developed at the state level, and because some level of trading
is likely to happen among states with the mass-based approach, the Reference case assumes compliance at the same level in the
22 electricity regions included in the Electricity Market Model (EMM) [6]. An aggregate cap is calculated for each region, with
the implicit assumption that carbon allowance trading can occur within the region. The Reference case also assumes that the
allowances are allocated to load-serving entities, which provide the revenue back to consumers through lower distribution prices.
The cap is specified for 2022 through 2030, based on EPA specifications, and remains flat at 2030 levels thereafter.
No CPP case
The No CPP case assumes that the final CPP rule is permanently voided and is not replaced by other controls on power sector CO2
emissions. States have no federal requirement to reduce CO2 emissions from existing power plants, but other programs remain
in place, including the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) [7], the California Assembly Bill 32 (AB 32), and the Global
Warming Solutions Act of 2006 [8]. Also, state and regional renewable portfolio standard programs remain in place, as described
in the Legislation and regulations section, and may have an indirect impact on CO2 emissions.
CPP Rate case

The CPP provides state-specific, rate-based targets as an option for compliance. The affected electricity generation used in the rate
calculation includes existing fossil steam and natural gas-fired combined-cycle units, incremental renewable generation added
since January 2012, incremental nuclear generation, and incremental energy efficiency. Renewable capacity added in the end-use
sectors also can be used to offset the affected emissions in the rate calculation. The CPP Rate case assumes that all regions (even
those currently under mass-based programs such as in the Northeast and California) choose to comply with the CPP by meeting
average rate-based targets—calculated as pounds of CO2 per megawatthour (lb/MWh)—in each EMM region. The rates are
based on a weighted average of the state targets, specified by year from 2022 to 2030 as provided in the CPP. After 2030, the
average emission rates for each region remain constant through 2040, implying that total emissions can increase after 2030 as
electricity generation increases.
CPP Interregional Trading case

The EPA allows trading of carbon allowances among states, as long as the states involved use the mass-based compliance
option. The CPP Interregional Trading case assumes that all regions choose to meet mass-based targets, covering existing and
new sources (as in the AEO2016 Reference case), but with trading of carbon allowances between regions within the Eastern
Interconnection and within the Western Interconnection. In the CPP Interregional Trading case, regions that reduce emissions by
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more than is needed to meet their own regional caps may trade their excess allowances, enabling the purchasing regions to exceed
their nominal emissions caps.
CPP Extended case
The CPP Extended case further reduces the CO2 targets after 2030 instead of maintaining a constant standard, as specified in
the CPP. This case assumes that the mass-based limits in 2030, which result in power sector CO2 emissions that are about 35%
below 2005 levels, continue to decline linearly to achieve a 45% reduction below 2005 levels in 2040. The post-2030 reductions
are applied using the same rate of decline for each state.
CPP Hybrid case

Unlike the CPP Rate case, the CPP Hybrid case assumes that regions in which existing programs enforce carbon caps (RGGI in
the Northeast [9] and AB 32 in California) comply with the CPP through a mass-based target (considered more likely given their
public comments on the rule). The CPP Hybrid case also assumes that states in other regions implement the CPP using a rate-
based approach. This case assumes no interregional trading for CPP compliance. Because the RGGI and AB 32 constraints already
are reducing emissions in these regions, the RGGI states and California tend to overcomply with their CPP requirements, whether
implemented as a mass-based or rate-based standard. Consequently, the results of the CPP Hybrid case are similar to those of
the CPP Rate case, because these regions do not need to behave differently to comply with either a mass-based or rate-based
standard. The remaining regions are assumed to have rate-based standards in both cases. Because the results are indistinguishable,
the following discussion of the case results does not include the CPP Hybrid case.
CPP Allocation to Generators case

The CPP Allocation to Generators case assumes that (as in the Reference case) all regions meet mass-based caps that include
new sources; however, the case also assumes that the carbon allowances are allocated to electricity generators rather than to
load-serving entities. The CPP Allocation to Generators case also assumes that generators in competitive regions will continue to
include the value of their carbon allowances in their operating costs. As a result, marginal generation costs will reflect the costs
of allowances. The Reference case assumes that allowances are allocated to load-serving entities, which then refund the revenue
from allowance sales to consumers through lower distribution prices. In the CPP Allocation to Generators case, retail electricity
prices are higher than in the Reference case because there is no reduction of distribution costs, showing the impact of allowance
allocation alternatives on retail prices. Because the impact of the CPP Allocation to Generators case is primarily on retail prices—
and not on changes in how compliance is achieved, so that capacity and generation mix results are close to those in the Reference
case—this case is discussed primarily in terms of pricing impacts.
Results
CO2 Emissions
cIn the Reference case, which assumes that states comply with mass-based CPP requirements, total CO2 emissions from the U.S.
electric power sector in 2030 are 35% below their 2005 level. Emissions from the electric power sector, which have historically
been the largest source of energy-related CO2 emissions in the United States, fall below those in the transportation sector by 2020
and throughout the remainder of the projection. After 2030, with the carbon cap assumed to remain flat and binding in almost all
regions, emissions remain constant through 2040 (Figure IF1-1). Roughly the same reduction is seen in 2030 in the CPP Rate case,
consistent with EPA’s intent to develop equivalent measures
Figure IF1-1. Total energy consumption in three for the alternate programs. After 2030, emissions increase
cases, 2005–40 (quadrillion Btu) in the CPP Rate case, and in 2040 they are only 32% below
History 2015 Projections
the 2005 total, because a constant emission rate standard
2,500 can result in increasing emissions when overall generation is
growing. Relative to the No CPP case, the power-sector CO2
2,250
emissions are 18% to 21% lower in 2030 across the cases
that include the CPP and 16% to 21% lower in 2040 in all
No CPP CPP cases except the CPP Extended case. The CPP Extended
2,000 case assumes that further CO2 emissions reductions, beyond
those currently specified in the CPP, are required after 2030,
CPP Rate
1,750 to 45% below 2005 levels in 2040, or 32% below the 2040
emissions total in the No CPP case.
Reference
1,500 In the CPP Interregional Trading case, emissions are slightly
higher than in the Reference case because several regions
CPP Extended overcomply, emitting less than their caps. This is typically
1,250 CPP Interregional Trading because of enforcement of other state- or region-specific
programs to reduce emissions or encourage renewables. In
0 the CPP Interregional Trading case, where a market exists for
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those regions to sell their excess allowances, enabling other regions to emit above their caps. As a result, overall U.S. electricity-
related CO2 emissions in the 2030–40 projection period are approximately 2% higher in the CPP Interregional Trading case than
in the Reference case.
Capacity expansion and retirements
Relative to the No CPP case, the AEO2016 Reference case and the other CPP cases all result in more retirements of coal-fired and
other fossil-fired steam plant capacity and increases in total renewable capacity additions, as regions reduce emissions to comply
with mass-based or rate-based CO2 emissions standards (Figure IF1-2). The impact on natural gas-fired capacity varies somewhat
with the CPP implementation decisions. Natural gas-fired plants produce less CO2 per kilowatthour (kWh) of electricity generated
than is produced by coal-fired plants. However, replacement of coal plants with new natural gas plants does not reduce emissions
to the same extent as replacement with new renewable plants.
Of the cases that maintain the final CPP target beyond 2030, the AEO2016 Reference case (which includes the mass-based
approach) has the highest level of fossil-fired capacity retirements and the most new natural gas-fired capacity additions. To
comply by EMM region using a mass-based standard, the EMM regions choose to replace existing fossil-fired plants with both new
renewable generating capacity and new, more efficient, natural gas-fired combined-cycle plants. In the CPP Rate case, zero-emitting
generation can help meet the rate standard both by offsetting emissions and by providing additional affected generation used to
calculate the rate. As a result, more new renewable capacity is added than in the Reference case. Natural gas-fired combined-cycle
capacity additions are 48 gigawatts (GW) lower than in the Reference case, and fossil-fired capacity retirements are 33 GW lower.
Because the rate standard allows new renewable generation to be included in the base of the rate calculation, additional incentive
exists to meet incremental load growth with renewable capacity rather than with natural gas-fired capacity. Consequently, more
existing fossil-fired capacity continues to operate. In the CPP Rate case, significantly more wind and solar capacity is added by
2030 than in the Reference case, but less is added after 2030. In the CPP Rate case, less incremental change is required after
2030 to maintain the emission rate standard than is required to maintain the mass-based cap in the Reference case as electricity
demand increases.
In the CPP Interregional Trading case, a shift from natural gas-fired additions to renewable additions also occurs. Although regions
are still required to meet a mass-based standard in the CPP Interregional Trading case, the ability to trade allowances provides
regions that have cheaper renewable sources an incentive to exceed the required standards so they have excess allowances to
sell. The availability and costs of renewable energy resources can vary significantly across the country. Broader allowance trading
can allow for more economical means to achieve compliance overall. Regions that are best able to lower their emissions can sell
allowances to regions that have fewer options to reduce emissions. In the CPP Interregional Trading case, solar capacity additions
increase by 31 GW and natural gas-fired additions decrease by 15 GW from the 2040 totals in the Reference case. Also, 5 GW less
capacity is retired as more existing capacity remains online in regions that purchase allowances.
Figure IF1-2. Cumulative additions and retirements of generating capacity in five cases, 2015–40 (gigawatts)
CPP Interregional
Reference case CPP Rate case Trading case CPP Extended case No CPP case
2015– 2021– 2031– 2015– 2021– 2031– 2015– 2021– 2031– 2015– 2021– 2031– 2015– 2021– 2031–
250 2020 2030 2040 2020 2030 2040 2020 2030 2040 2020 2030 2040 2020 2030 2040
Other
Other renewables
Capacity additions
200
Solar
Wind
Nuclear
150
Natural gas/oil
100
50
Capacity retirements
Coal
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Nuclear
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In the CPP Extended case, the mix of compliance actions is similar to that of the Reference case, but larger shifts are needed after
2030. From 2015 to 2030, plans for future declines in emissions targets will result in changes to the generation capacity mix,
retiring an additional 12 GW of fossil-fired capacity and adding 20 GW of solar capacity beyond the Reference case totals. After
2030, the differences are more significant, with another 21 GW of incremental retirements of fossil-fired capacity in the CPP
Extended case beyond those in the Reference case and additional solar (7 GW) and natural gas-fired (11 GW) capacity.
Generation fuel mix
Across the AEO2016 Reference case and CPP cases, shifts in the generation fuel mix reduce coal-fired generation by between
24% and 28% from 2015 to 2030 (Figure IF1-3). The declines from 2015 to 2040 vary across the cases, ranging from 20% to 32%
across the cases that keep the CPP target constant after 2030. The rate-based case allows some increase in coal generation in
the later years as long as sufficient renewable generation is available to offset it. The mass-based case continues to reduce coal
generation and uses lower-emitting sources to meet new demand and maintain the same emission cap. In the CPP Extended case,
which assumes that CO2 emissions target continues to decline after 2030, coal generation in 2040 is 52% below 2015 levels.
In the No CPP case, coal electricity generation increases slightly from 2015 levels, as natural gas prices increase and as existing
coal units are used at higher levels than in 2015, but remains relatively flat after 2020. Most growth in electricity demand is met
by generation with natural gas and renewable capacity, which are more economic to build to meet new demand even without the
CPP in place.
The tradeoff between natural gas and renewable capacity for compliance in the AEO2016 Reference case versus the CPP Rate case
similarly affects the electricity generation mix across the cases. The natural gas share of total electricity generation grows from
33% in 2015 to 37% in 2030 in the Reference case and remains at 33% in the CPP Rate case, while the renewable share grows
from 13% in 2015 to 24% in the Reference case and to 27% in the CPP Rate case. The CPP Interregional Trading case provides
regions with more flexibility by allowing them to purchase allowances and reduce their own emissions, resulting in more renewable
generation and less replacement of coal-fired generation with natural gas-fired generation than in the Reference case. Incremental
demand-side energy efficiency (EE), measured as additional to what occurs without the CPP in place, lowers electricity demand by
73 billion kWh to 76 billion kWh in 2030 across the Reference, CPP Rate and CPP Interregional Trading cases. The additional EE
impacts the calculation of the achieved emissions rate for a region, as the kWh are included in the denominator of the calculation.
However, incremental EE can also help in meeting a mass-based target by reducing the need for additional fossil-fired generation
by reducing electricity demand.
The CPP Extended case requires further shifts beyond 2030, resulting in a significant drop in coal’s share of generation, from
33% in 2015 to 21% in 2030 and to 13% in 2040. In 2040, both the renewable share and the natural gas share, at 29% and 42%
of total electricity generation, respectively, are higher than those in the Reference case. Incremental EE is also 21 billion kWh
higher in the CPP Extended case compared with the Reference case. In 2030, natural gas-fired generation in the CPP Extended
case is slightly lower than in the Reference case, as more early development of renewable capacity occurs in anticipation of the
declining target.
Figure IF1-3. Electricity generation by fuel in five cases, 2015, 2030, and 2040 (billion kilowatthours)
6,000
CPP
Inter-
CPP regional CPP No
Reference Rate Trading Extended CPP
5,000
4,000
Incremental
energy efficiency
Oil and other
3,000 Solar
Wind
Other renewables
2,000 Nuclear
Coal
Natural gas
1,000
0
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Electricity prices
Retail electricity prices are higher when the CPP is in place than when it is not, as the fuel and capital costs of complying with the
rule by shifting to natural gas-fired generation, or by building new renewable capacity, are passed through to retail prices. Price
impacts are similar in the Reference and the CPP Rate cases, with constant dollar retail prices increasing by 1% to 5% above prices
in the No CPP case over the 2022–30 CPP compliance period (Figure IF1-4). Prices remain, on average, 3% higher in constant
dollars in the Reference and the CPP Rate case than in the No CPP case after 2030. In the CPP Extended case, average electricity
prices are slightly lower than in the Reference case through 2030, as additional renewable capacity is added and as less natural
gas-fired capacity is used for generation, with less impact on natural gas prices. Delivered natural gas prices in 2030 are 4%
lower in the CPP Extended case than in the Reference case; but after 2030, the CPP Extended case requires further emissions
reductions and more natural gas use. In the Reference case, electricity prices decline after 2030. In the CPP Extended case,
incremental compliance costs keep electricity prices higher, and in 2040 they are 3% and 6% higher than in the Reference and
No CPP cases, respectively.
Under a mass-based standard, states have options for the allocation of carbon allowances, with implications for electricity prices.
The AEO2016 Reference case assumes that allowances will be allocated to load-serving entities, which will pass along the revenues
from allowance sales to consumers in the form of rebates to lessen the price effects of CPP compliance. This rebate is reflected
through lower electric distribution system costs. The CPP Allocation to Generators case assumes that allowances are distributed
to generators. As a result, retail prices in competitive regions are higher, and average electricity prices from 2022 to 2040 in the
CPP Allocation to Generators case are 1% higher than in the Reference case and 4% higher than in the No CPP case.
Regional Impacts
Although the targets in the final Clean Power Plan rule have less variability across the states than those in the proposed rule,
different reduction levels still are required across the country, and compliance impacts differ among regions. As described earlier,
EIA’s modeling assumes that the CPP targets are implemented at the level of the electricity model regions [10] (see Appendix F).
To permit a more concise display of the results in the following discussion of regional impacts, these 22 regions are grouped into 9
larger regions, with groupings of neighboring regions that have similar generation profiles and tend to use similar measures for CPP
compliance (Table IF1-1 and Figure IF1-5). Detailed results for the 22 EMM regions are available on EIA’s website at http://www.
eia.gov/forecasts/aeo/data/browser/.
The current mix of generation types across the regions varies considerably. The Northern Plains, Midwest/Mid-Atlantic, and
Southwest/Rockies regions rely the most on coal-fired generation (Table IF1-2 and Table IF1-3). Texas, the Southern Plains, and
the Southeast have coal-fired generation in their mixes, along with nuclear and renewables, but these regions rely most heavily on
natural gas-fired generation. The Northeast and California have almost no coal-fired generation, and their electricity is generated
primarily from natural gas, along with renewables in California and a mix of nuclear and renewables in the Northeast. The
Northwest has some coal-fired generation but relies predominantly on hydroelectric and other renewable electricity generation,
with a relatively small share of natural gas-fired generation.
Even without the CPP (No CPP case), renewable electricity generation increases from 2015 to 2030 in all regions, with the largest
increases in the Southeast, California, and the Northern Plains regions. Strong renewable electricity generation growth occurs as a
result of the combination of extended tax credits, renewable portfolio standards in many regions, and declining construction costs.
The Midwest/Mid-Atlantic region also experiences additional
Figure IF1-4. Renewable electricity generation in growth in natural gas-fired generation to replace generation
three cases, 2012, 2020, 2030, and 2040 from nuclear and coal-fired units that are retired during the
(billion kilowatthours) 15-year period. Although these trends limit emissions growth,
History 2015 Projections they do not result in the declines required by the CPP. In the
11.5 No CPP case, total U.S. coal-fired generation grows slightly
from the level in 2015, when low natural gas prices increased
utilization rates for natural gas-fired plants and lowered
11.0
utilization rates for coal-fired plants.
In the Reference case, the regions that currently have the
10.5 highest levels of coal-fired generation make the largest shifts
in generation mix to comply with the CPP. The Midwest/
Mid-Atlantic region retires additional coal-fired capacity
10.0 and increases natural gas use, in addition to reducing its
CPP Allocation to Generators
required electricity generation by importing more power
CPP Rate
from neighboring regions—which also reduces the region’s
Reference
9.5
CPP Extended
direct CO2 emissions in the Reference case. The EPA allows
No CPP
the states to determine how they will account for emissions
in power trades, and EIA assumes that emissions counted
0 against each region’s target are based solely on electricity
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Figure IF1-5. Change in emissions in the CPP Interregional Trading case relative to the Reference case, 2030
Western Interconnection
Eastern Interconnection
Northeast
Northwest
Northern Plains
Midwest/Mid-Atlantic
California
Southern Plains
Southwest/Rockies
Southeast
Emissions differences in the
compared with the Reference case Texas
(million metric tons)
< -50 mmt
> -25 and < -15 mmt
> -15 and < -5 mmt
> -5 and < 5 mmt ERCOT Interconnection
> 15 and < 25 mmt
> 50 mmt
Table IF1-1. Mapping for aggregated electricity regions

Aggregate region Figure IF1-5
EMM regions included in aggregate region
Northeast 5 NEWE Northeast Power Coordinating Council (NPCC) / New England
Northeast 6 NYCW NPCC / New York City-Westchester
Northeast 7 NYLI NPCC/ Long Island
Northeast 8 NYUP NPCC/ Upstate New York
Midwest/Mid-Atlantic 9 RFCE ReliabilityFirst Corporation–East
Midwest/Mid-Atlantic 10 RFCM ReliabilityFirst Corporation–Michigan
Midwest/Mid-Atlantic 11 RFCW ReliabilityFirst Corporation–West
Southeast 2 FRCC Florida Reliability Coordinating Council
Southeast 14 SRSE SERC Reliability Corporation (SERC)/Southeastern
Southeast 15 SRCE SERC/ Central
Southeast 16 SRVC SERC/ Virginia-Carolina
Southern Plains 12 SRDA SERC/ Delta
Southern Plains 18 SPSO Southwest Power Pool Regional Entity / South
Texas 1 ERCT Texas Reliability Entity
Southwest/Rockies 19 AZNM Western Electricity Coordinating Council (WECC)/Arizona New Mexico
Southwest/Rockies 22 RMPA WECC/ Rockies
California 20 CAMX WECC/ California
Northwest 21 NWPP WECC/ Northwest Power Pool Area
Northern Plains 3 MROE Midwest Reliability Organization–East
Northern Plains 4 MROW Midwest Reliability Organization–West
Northern Plains 13 SRGW SERC/ Gateway
Northern Plains 17 SPNO Southwest Power Pool Regional Entity / North
Notes: Names of grouped regions are intended to be approximately descriptive of location. Exact regional boundaries do not necessarily
correspond to state borders or to other regional naming conventions. Aggregate region data are summed or averaged over the electricity model
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Table IF1-2. Electricity generation by region and fuel type in four cases, 2015 and 2030 (billion kilowatthours)
2030
Region Fuel type 2015 Reference CPP Rate CPP Interregional Trading No CPP
Northeast Nuclear 76 63 63 63 63
Coal 7 7 6 1 6
Natural gas 130 150 134 135 137
Wind/solar 9 25 24 24 25
Other 45 51 51 51 51
Midwest/Mid Atlantic Nuclear 275 242 242 242 242
Coal 467 270 270 374 445
Natural gas 177 377 308 317 265
Wind/solar 25 50 145 50 46
Other 27 32 33 32 32
Southeast Nuclear 253 291 291 291 291
Coal 230 232 248 165 333
Natural gas 418 480 438 466 395
Wind/solar 3 79 112 133 64
Other 60 66 66 66 66
Southern Plains Nuclear 41 40 40 40 40
Coal 108 69 81 53 99
Natural gas 173 221 176 217 177
Wind/solar 25 67 81 71 69
Other 20 21 21 21 21
Texas Nuclear 40 40 40 40 40
Coal 84 73 90 73 115
Natural gas 214 230 195 231 230
Wind/solar 36 97 111 99 60
Other 3 4 4 4 4
Southwest/Rockies Nuclear 32 32 32 32 32
Coal 112 74 73 93 99
Natural gas 62 60 84 63 67
Wind/solar 19 87 70 75 71
Other 18 21 21 21 21
California Nuclear 18 18 18 18 18
Coal 9 1 1 1 1
Natural gas 116 116 113 110 122
Wind/solar 32 83 75 82 75
Other 42 68 67 67 67
Northwest Nuclear 9 9 9 9 9
Coal 73 52 56 55 56
Natural gas 47 41 45 41 49
Wind/solar 24 56 53 56 44
Other 121 148 151 148 148
See notes at end of table.
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generation within the region, including generation exported to other regions. The Southeast region and the Southern Plains region
also increase natural gas use considerably to comply with the CPP. In the Southeast region, where natural gas prices generally are
relatively low, the available natural gas-fired, combined-cycle capacity is sufficient to support higher utilization levels.
The largest regional change in the increase in renewable electricity generation from 2015 to 2030 in the Reference case relative to
the No CPP case is projected to be in Texas. The Northern Plains region also relies on increased wind generation and reduced coal-
Table IF1-2. Electricity generation by region and fuel type in four cases, 2015 and 2030 (billion kilowatthours)
(continued)
2030
Northern Plains Nuclear 53 54 54 54 54
Coal 261 194 169 213 266
Natural gas 10 22 33 23 24
Wind/solar 54 135 155 133 115
Other 18 22 22 22 22
U.S. Total Nuclear 798 798 789 789 789
Coal 1,355 972 995 1,029 1,422
Natural gas 1,348 1,702 1,531 1,607 1,471
Wind/solar 227 683 830 727 571
Other 362 443 446 442 442
correspond to state borders or to other regional naming conventions. Aggregate data for each region are summed or averaged over the electricity
model regions listed. United States totals include estimated projections for Alaska and Hawaii, which are not included within any listed region.
Table IF1-3. Electricity generation shares by region and fuel type in four cases, 2015 and 2030
(percent of region total)
2030
Northeast Nuclear 29% 21% 23% 23% 22%
Coal 3% 2% 2% 1% 2%
Natural gas 49% 51% 48% 49% 49%
Wind/solar 3% 8% 8% 9% 9%
Other 17% 17% 18% 19% 18%
Midwest/Mid Atlantic Nuclear 28% 25% 24% 24% 23%
Coal 48% 28% 27% 37% 43%
Natural gas 18% 39% 31% 31% 26%
Wind/solar 3% 5% 15% 5% 4%
Other 3% 3% 3% 3% 3%
Southeast Nuclear 26% 25% 25% 26% 25%
Coal 24% 20% 21% 15% 29%
Natural gas 43% 42% 38% 42% 34%
Wind/solar 0% 7% 10% 12% 6%
Other 6% 6% 6% 6% 6%
Southern Plains Nuclear 11% 10% 10% 10% 10%
Coal 30% 16% 20% 13% 24%
Natural gas 47% 53% 44% 54% 44%
Wind/solar 7% 16% 20% 18% 17%
Other 6% 5% 5% 5% 5%
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fired generation to meet the CPP targets. The Southwest/Rockies region decreases coal-fired generation and more than triples
solar electricity generation between 2015 and 2030 in the No CPP case. In the Reference case, solar electric power provides the
region’s most economical option for CPP compliance.
California and the Northeast regions have existing regional programs that are already reducing emissions. As a result,
emissions tend to be below the emission caps that are applied with a mass-based implementation of the CPP in these
regions. However, minor shifts in the generation mix occur relative to the No CPP case as both regions reduce their levels
of imports in the Reference case, because compliance costs in neighboring regions affect the costs and relative economics
of these imports.
The electricity price effects of the CPP vary across the regions, depending on the magnitude of changes required in each region’s
generation mix and the method of compliance (Table IF1-4). The Northeast region experiences larger price impacts, even though
emissions are below the CPP cap in both the No CPP case and Reference case because the region relies heavily on natural gas-fired
generation. The Northeast is also a competitive pricing market where the marginal cost of generation sets the wholesale power
Table IF1-3. Electricity generation shares by region and fuel type in four cases, 2015 and 2030
(percent of region total) (continued)
2030
Texas Nuclear 11% 9% 9% 9% 9%
Coal 22% 16% 20% 16% 26%
Natural gas 57% 52% 44% 52% 51%
Wind/solar 9% 22% 25% 22% 13%
Other 1% 1% 1% 1% 1%
Southwest/Rockies Nuclear 13% 12% 11% 11% 11%
Coal 46% 27% 26% 33% 34%
Natural gas 25% 22% 30% 22% 23%
Wind/solar 8% 32% 25% 26% 25%
Other 7% 8% 8% 7% 7%
California Nuclear 8% 6% 7% 6% 6%
Coal 4% 0% 0% 0% 0%
Natural gas 53% 41% 41% 40% 43%
Wind/solar 15% 29% 27% 30% 27%
Other 19% 24% 24% 24% 24%
Northwest Nuclear 3% 3% 3% 3% 3%
Coal 27% 17% 18% 18% 18%
Natural gas 17% 13% 14% 13% 16%
Wind/solar 9% 18% 17% 18% 14%
Other 44% 48% 48% 48% 48%
Northern Plains Nuclear 13% 13% 12% 12% 11%
Coal 66% 45% 39% 48% 55%
Natural gas 3% 5% 8% 5% 5%
Wind/solar 14% 31% 36% 30% 24%
Other 5% 5% 5% 5% 5%
U.S. Total Nuclear 20% 17% 17% 17% 17%
Coal 33% 21% 22% 22% 30%
Natural gas 33% 37% 33% 35% 31%
Wind/solar 6% 15% 18% 16% 12%
Other 9% 10% 10% 10% 9%
correspond to state borders or to other regional naming conventions. Aggregate data for each region are summed or averaged over the electricity
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price that, added to distribution charges, sets the retail price. Natural gas prices are higher in the Reference case compared to
the No CPP case in all regions of the country, as a result of increased consumption, and thus result in higher marginal costs. The
Midwest/Mid-Atlantic and Southeast regions also shift to greater natural gas use and see relatively larger price impacts. California
and the Northwest, which have large shares of low-cost renewable generation, have smaller price impacts. Texas has an early price
reduction because the region adds a large amount of wind capacity in the early years of the projection period to take advantage of
available federal tax credits. Initially, this extra capacity with low operating costs lowers electricity prices. In the longer term, the
price increases in Texas are consistent with those in other regions.
In the CPP Interregional Trading case, the EMM regions can trade carbon allowances within the Eastern Interconnection and within
the Western Interconnection [11]. This trading allows emissions to be above an individual region’s cap, as long as that region holds
allowances from another region with total emissions that are below its limit. In the CPP Interregional Trading case, emissions are
higher than their Reference case levels in the Eastern Interconnection’s Midwest/Mid-Atlantic region and in the Northern Plains
region, and emissions are lower in the Northeast, Southeast, and Southern Plains regions, indicating the directions of allowance
trading (see Figure IF1-5). Trading is not limited to contiguous regions, and transactions can occur between any of the EMM regions
within a given interconnect.
The generation mix in the regions changes as a result of emissions trading (see Tables IF1-2 and IF1-3). The Midwest/Mid-Atlantic
region, which has the most purchases of allowances, retains more of its coal-fired generation and reduces the shift to natural
gas use. The Southeast region, which has the most allowance sales, further reduces coal use and expands renewable electricity
generation, as it has more favorable solar resources than the Midwest/Mid-Atlantic region. The shifts in power sales in those
regions in the Reference case do not occur in the CPP Interregional Trading case, where the Midwest/Mid-Atlantic region can
increase its electricity generation from lower cost, fossil fuel-fired generation and purchase allowances to cover excess emissions.
The Northeast also reduces emissions in the CPP Interregional Trading case relative to the Reference case and provides allowances
to the Midwest/Mid-Atlantic region.
In the middle of the country, shifts in emissions and allowance trading are not as large as in other regions, although some changes
do occur. The Southern Plains region reduces emissions and sells allowances, and the Northern Plains region purchases allowances
to increase its emissions. The Northern Plains region has coal-fired generation capacity that continues to operate when allowances
are available at costs lower than the cost of developing less carbon-intensive generation facilities. The Southern Plains region has
economically viable wind and solar potential.
Although the California region does not reduce emissions significantly from the Reference case, the Western Interconnection
region is well below its CPP emissions cap in all CPP cases. In the Interregional Trading case, California provides more than 20
million allowances to other regions, primarily to the Southwest/Rockies region. As a result, a slight increase occurs in total national
emissions in the CPP Interregional Trading case compared with the Reference case.
The interplay of interregional power trade and compliance occurs in several areas. The Southern Plains region increases exports
to the Northern Plains and Southwest/Rockies regions in the Reference case, but reduces exports when allowance trading is
permitted. Regions that purchase allowances can meet their own generation needs more economically by increasing generation
with fossil fuels.
CPP Rate case

Table IF1-4. Differences in average electricity prices
On a national level, power sector emissions in 2030 in the
in the Reference case from the No CPP case by
CPP Rate case are slightly lower than in the Reference case.
region, 2025, 2030, 2035, and 2040 (percent) However, regional emission reductions are more variable in
Region 2025 2030 2035 2040 the CPP rate case. The largest changes in emissions relative
Northeast 4% 7% 4% 3% to the Reference case occur in the Midwest/Mid-Atlantic and
Northern Plains regions, which reduce emissions by 5% and
Midwest/Mid-Atlantic 0% 6% 3% 2%
10%, respectively, from their Reference case levels in 2030,
Southeast 4% 6% 4% 3% and in the Texas region and the Southwest/Rockies region,
Southern Plains 0% 4% 3% 3% which increase emissions by 6% and 9%, respectively, from
Texas -7% 4% 2% 0% Reference case levels. Total emissions with the rate-based
target can vary by region, depending on the generation mix
Southwest/Rockies 4% 5% 3% 3%
and total generation. New renewable sources also play a larger
California 1% 2% 2% 2% role in meeting the rate-based target, which allows for shifts
Northwest 2% 2% 2% 2% in the mix of existing fossil-fired generation versus generation
Northern Plains 3% 4% 4% 4% from new energy sources. Incremental EE can also be counted
as affected generation in the rate-based calculation. After
U.S. 1% 5% 3% 2%
2030, total U.S. emissions increase in the CPP Rate case.
Note: Differences are based on aggregate region averaged prices With an increase in electricity generation, total emissions can
weighted by regional sales. increase while the emission rate is maintained with the rate-

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based target. Total emissions increase in the CPP Rate case after 2030 in most regions; however, in California and the Northeast,
where state and regional caps remain in place, emissions remain relatively constant through 2040.
In most regions, new renewable electricity generation shifts occur in the CPP Rate case (Table IF1-2 and Table IF1-3), because the
calculation of the emission rate includes generation from renewable sources in the denominator of the rate calculation. This is
an added benefit from increasing renewable generation with the rate-based standard, in addition to simply offsetting emissions
from fossil-fired generation. In the Midwest/Mid-Atlantic region, an additional 95 billion kWh of generation from wind and solar
capacity occurs in 2030 in the CPP Rate case, relative to the Reference case, with a decline in natural gas-fired generation of 69
billion kWh compared with the Reference case. The new wind and solar capacity is added relatively early, before the production
and investment tax credits are phased out, and this capacity provides a steady source of carbon-free electricity generation through
2030. However, coal-fired generation is reduced over time as the standard tightens. The patterns are similar in the Southeast,
Southern Plains, and Texas regions, where generation from wind and solar energy sources in 2030 is higher than in the Reference
case, and natural gas-fired generation is lower. (Coal-fired generation also increases slightly from the Reference case levels in these
three regions.) In the Northern Plains region, which has little natural gas-fired capacity, electricity generation from wind and solar
resources increases and coal use declines in the CPP Rate case.
CPP Extended case
In the CPP Extended case, the CPP emission targets continue to decline after 2030, and coal-fired electricity generation declines
in all regions (Figure IF1-6). The most significant changes relative to the Reference case occur in the Midwest/Mid-Atlantic
and Southeast regions. In the Midwest/Mid-Atlantic region, the additional emission reductions result primarily from switching
to natural gas-fired generation from coal. In the Southeast region, both natural gas-fired generation and renewable electricity
generation are higher in 2040 in the CPP Extended case than in the Reference case. In the Northwest and the Southern Plains
regions, electricity generation from natural gas and from renewables in 2040 is higher than in the Reference case, as coal-fired
generation declines. In the Southwest Rockies and Northern Plains regions, natural gas-fired generation is higher in 2040 to make
up for the decline in coal consumption.
In Texas, coal-fired and natural gas-fired generation are lower in 2040 in the CPP Extended case than in the Reference case, as
fossil fuel consumption is reduced to meet the declining emissions target, and large amounts of new solar capacity are added after
2035. In the Northeast region, as emissions targets are lowered in the CPP Extended case, the CPP target eventually becomes
more stringent than the regional program (RGGI) that is in place, and natural gas use in 2040 is lower than in the Reference case.
In contrast, California’s AB 32 program continues to result in emissions below the 2040 targets in the CPP Extended case, and the
generation mix is unchanged from that in the Reference case.
Figure IF1-6. Electricity generation in 2040 by region and fuel in the Reference and CPP Extended cases
1,400
Reference CPP Extended
1,200 Other
Natural gas
1,000 Nuclear
Wind/solar
Coal
800
600
400
200
0
Northeast Midwest/ Southeast Southern Texas Southwest/ California Northwest Northern
Mid-Atlantic Plains Rockies Plains

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Endnotes for IF1

Generating Units” (Proposed Rule), 79 Fed. Reg. 34,830 (June 18, 2014).
3. U.S. Energy Information Administration, Analysis of the Impacts of the Clean Power Plan (Washington, DC: May 2015), http://
www.eia.gov/analysis/requests/powerplants/cleanplan/pdf/powerplant.pdf.
4. L. Deniston, “Carbon pollution controls put on hold” (Washington, DC: February 9, 2016), http://www.scotusblog.com/2016/02/
carbon-pollution-controls-put-on-hold/.
5. For a more detailed discussion of the status of the rule and its implementation in the Reference case, see “Legislation and
regulations.”
6. See map of EMM regions in Appendix F. Because they represent a single state, EIA groups Regions 6, 7, and 8 (New York City,
Long Island, and Upstate New York) into a single CPP compliance region.
7. RGGI, Inc., “Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative,” http://rggi.org/.
8. California Environmental Protection Agency, Air Resources Board, “Assembly Bill 32 Overview” (Sacramento, CA: August 5,
2014), http://www.arb.ca.gov/cc/ab32/ab32.htm.
9. The CPP Hybrid case assumes that the New York and New England electricity regions use mass-based compliance. Although
Delaware and Maryland also are members of RGGI, they are part of a larger electricity modeling region that includes states
that are not part of RGGI, and they represent a relatively small share of the region’s total emissions. Because CPP compliance
is modeled by electricity model regions, not by state, the CPP Hybrid case assumes that the region including Delaware and
Maryland complies by using a rate-based approach.
10. The three New York regions are modeled as one compliance region.
11. The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) is located entirely within Texas, so there is no opportunity for trade between
states as in the other interconnections.

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Figure and table sources for IF1

Figure IF1-1. CO2 emissions from the electric power sector in five cases, 2005–40: History: U.S. Energy Information Administration,
Monthly Energy Review, DOE/EIA-0035(2016/04) (Washington, DC: April 2016). Projections: AEO2016 National Energy Modeling
System, runs REF2016.D032416A, REF_NO_CPP.D032316A, REF_RATE.D032416A, REF_TRADE.D032416A, and REF_EXTEND.
D050416A.
Figure IF1-2. Cumulative additions and retirements of generating capacity in five cases, 2015–40: AEO2016 National Energy
Modeling System, runs REF2016.D032416A, REF_NO_CPP.D032316A, REF_RATE.D032416A, REF_TRADE.D032416A, and REF_
EXTEND.D050416A.
Figure IF1-3. Electricity generation by fuel in five cases, 2015, 2030, and 2040: History: U.S. Energy Information Administration,
Monthly Energy Review, DOE/EIA-0035(2016/04) (Washington, DC: April 2016). Projections: AEO2016 National Energy Modeling
System, runs REF2016.D032416A, REF_NO_CPP.D032316A, REF_RATE.D032416A, REF_TRADE.D032416A, and REF_EXTEND.
D050416A.
Figure IF1-4. Average retail electricity prices in five cases, 2005–40: History: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Monthly
Energy Review, DOE/EIA-0035 (2016/04) (Washington, DC: April 2016). Projections: AEO2016 National Energy Modeling
System, runs REF2016.D032416A, REF_NO_CPP.D032316A, REF_RATE.D032416A, REF_EXTEND.D050416A, and REF_ALLOW_
GEN.D032416A.
Table IF1-1. Mapping for aggregated electricity regions: U.S. Energy Information Administration.
Figure IF1-5. Change in emissions in the CPP Interregional Trading case relative to the Reference case, 2030: AEO2016 National
Energy Modeling System, runs REF2016.D032416A and REF_TRADE.D032416A.
Table IF1-2. Electricity generation by region and fuel type in four cases, 2015 and 2030: AEO2016 National Energy Modeling
System, runs REF2016.D032416A, REF_NO_CPP.D032316A, REF_TRADE.D032416A, and REF_RATE.D032416A.
Table IF1-3. Electricity generation shares by region and fuel type in four cases, 2015 and 2030: AEO2016 National Energy Modeling
System, runs REF2016.D032416A, REF_NO_CPP.D032316A, REF_TRADE.D032416A, and REF_RATE.D032416A.
Table IF1-4. Differences in average electricity prices in the Reference case from the No CPP case by region, 2025, 2030, 2035, and
2040: AEO2016 National Energy Modeling System, runs REF2016.D032416A and REF_NO_CPP.D032316A.
Figure IF1-6. Electricity generation in 2040 by region and fuel in the Reference and CPP Extended cases: AEO2016 National
Energy Modeling System, runs REF2016.D032416A and REF_EXTEND.D050416A.

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IF2. Fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions Phase 2 standards

for medium- and heavy-duty vehicles
The transportation sector is the second-largest consumer of energy in the United States, accounting for more than 70% of U.S.
petroleum consumption and thus playing a significant role in projections of energy demand. The Annual Energy Outlook 2016
(AEO2016) Reference case reflects the effects of existing laws and regulations on the fuel consumption and greenhouse gas
(GHG) emissions of medium- and heavy-duty vehicles, which in 2015 accounted for 20% of total energy consumption in the
transportation sector and 60% of total delivered distillate fuel consumption.
EIA has produced a separate case—the Phase 2 Standards case—to analyze the impacts of a proposed rulemaking jointly issued
by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) in July 2015
[1]. The proposed standards build on the Phase 1 GHG emissions standards for medium-duty vehicles (MDVs) and heavy-duty
vehicles (HDVs) that were implemented starting in model year (MY) 2014. The proposed Phase 2 rulemaking establishes a second
round of standards for GHG emissions and fuel consumption by medium- and heavy-duty trucks. The Phase 1 standards extend
through MY 2018. The proposed Phase 2 standards take effect in MY 2021 (or MY 2018 for trailers) and increase in stringency
through MY 2027.
In the AEO2016 Phase 2 Standards case, average fuel economy increases for all new vehicles covered by the standards. In 2040,
total MDV and HDV energy consumption, which is 3.4 million barrels per day oil equivalent in the AEO2016 Reference case, is 2.6
million barrels per day oil equivalent in the Phase 2 Standards case, or 22% lower. Total MDV and HDV diesel fuel use in 2040 is
18% lower than in the Reference case. With higher on-road fuel economy of the truck stock in the Phase 2 Standards case, total
delivered energy consumption in the transportation sector is 6% lower in 2040 than in the Reference case. As the average fuel
economy of conventional vehicles increases in the Phase 2 Standards case, there is less also incentive to pay high capital costs
for natural gas and propane vehicles despite their lower fuel costs, and there is a shift away from natural gas and propane toward
conventional diesel and gasoline fuels.
The proposed Phase 2 standards address specific vehicle categories, including combination tractors, trailers, heavy-duty (HD)
pickup trucks and vans, and vocational vehicles (Table IF2-1). For combination tractors, standards are proposed by cab, roof, and
fuel type. In addition, for the first time, standards are proposed for heavy-haul tractors [2] and for trailers pulled by Class 7 and
Class 8 tractors. The proposed standards for trailers vary in stringency, depending on the type of trailer. For HD pickups and vans,
the proposed standards are categorized by diesel or gasoline engine and are set as total gallons consumed per 100 miles or as
grams per mile. For heavy-duty pickups and vans, the proposed standards consider a vehicle’s work factor—the weighted average
of payload and towing capacity. For vocational vehicles, the proposed standards are based on chassis type, gross vehicle weight
rating (GVWR), engine type, and drive cycle.
The AEO2016 Phase 2 Standards case analyzes the estimated effects of the proposed regulations on fuel consumption and GHG
emissions. The requirements for each of the vehicle categories are derived from U.S. Energy Information Administration projected
sales, distributed into the size classes according to data from Polk Automotive [3] and the U.S. Census Bureau’s Vehicle Inventory
and Use Survey (VIUS) [4].
Heavy-duty pickups and vans
The proposed standards for heavy-duty pickups and vans in Class 2b (GVWR between 8,501 and 10,000 pounds) and Class 3
(GVWR between 10,001 and 14,000 pounds) are phased in from MY 2021 to MY 2027. Although heavy-duty pickups and vans
often use efficiency improvements similar to those for light-duty pickup trucks and vans, the standards are based on a work-based
metric rather than on the footprint metric used for light-duty vehicles. The work factor incorporates towing and payload capacity
as well as four-wheel drive capability in determining minimum fuel efficiency requirements.
The proposed standards include an annual 2.5%/year reduction in allowable emissions from MY 2021 to MY 2027, an approximate
16% increase from the standards set by Phase 1 for MY 2018. Standards are set individually for vehicles with spark ignition engines
Table IF2-1. Types of vehicles regulated by the proposed Phase 2 standards

Vehicle category Description Truck classes covered
Combination tractors Semi-trucks that typically pull trailers Class 7 and Class 8 (GVWR 26,001
pounds and above)
Heavy-duty pickups and vans Pickup trucks and vans, such as 3/4-ton or 1-ton pickups Class 2b and Class 3 (GVWR 8,501 to
for example used on construction sites or 12- to 15-person 14,000 pounds)
passenger vans
Vocational vehicles Wide range of truck configurations, such as delivery, refuse, Class 2b through Class 8 (GVWR
utility, dump, cement, school bus, ambulance, and tow 8,501 pounds and above)
trucks. For purposes of the rulemaking, vocational vehicles
are defined as all heavy-duty trucks that are not combination
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and vehicles with compression ignition engines, but the standards are expected to improve at the same rate. Compliance test
procedures for heavy-duty pickups and vans employ the same EPA drive cycles used to determine light-duty vehicle compliance,
and manufacturer compliance retains the same Phase 1 production-weighted fleet average to determine compliance.
Combination tractor cabs
The proposed Phase 2 standards continue the attribute-based classification of combination tractor cabs from Phase 1—by Classes
7 and 8, day and sleeper cabs, and roof height (low, mid, high). In addition, a specific set of vocational tractors, heavy-haul tractors,
are subject to a specific standard to reflect their unique powertrains. The proposed standards would require reductions in carbon
dioxide (CO2) emissions and fuel consumption of up to 24% compared to the MY 2017 baseline [5]. They are based on expected
technology improvements for engines, transmissions, drivelines, aerodynamics, tires, accessories, and extended idle reduction
technologies. Tractors are certified with the Greenhouse Gas Emissions Model (GEM) [6].
Trailers
The contributions of trailers to fuel efficiency improvement are not regulated in Phase 1. The proposed Phase 2 standards apply
to trailers pulled by Classes 7 and 8 tractors coupled to the fifth wheel. The most comprehensive requirements are applicable
to traditional long-box trailers, both refrigerated and dry, which typically are pulled by high-roof cab tractors. The proposed
changes center on improving aerodynamics and reducing rolling resistance. Compliance is determined with a version of GEM. The
standards are less stringent for trailer categories with shorter boxes or trailers with aerodynamic limitations. Non-box trailers and
non-aerodynamic box vans are required to adopt specific tire technologies to comply. In total, there are 10 separate categories:
• Long-box dry vans (longer than 50 feet)
• Long-box refrigerated vans (longer than 50 feet)
• Short-box dry vans (50 feet and shorter)
• Short-box refrigerated vans (50 feet and shorter)
• Partial-aero long-box dry vans
• Partial-aero long-box refrigerated vans
• Partial-aero short-box dry vans
• Partial-aero short-box refrigerated vans
• Non-aero box vans (all lengths of dry and refrigerated vans)
• Non-box trailers (tanker, platform, container chassis, and all other types of highway trailers that are not box trailers).
With the exception of refrigerated units, trailers typically do not directly emit GHGs. However, the proposed standards assign
required levels of emissions and fuel consumption as if the trailers were pulled by a standard reference tractor [7]. The standards
require reductions of 3% to 8% from MY 2021 to MY 2027 in fuel consumption and CO2 emissions, depending on the trailer type.
Certain trailers are exempt, including those that operate only at low speed and those that are used for logging and mining. Trailers
are also certified with GEM.
Vocational vehicles
Vocational vehicles are separated into three class groups: light heavy-duty (Classes 2b–5), medium heavy-duty (Classes 6–7), and
heavy heavy-duty (Class 8). Each class group is separated by engine type (compression or spark ignition) and a duty cycle that
captures expected vehicle usage and energy consumption. The three available duty cycles are urban, multi-purpose, and regional.
Because power requirements for vocational vehicles vary widely, multiple baseline drivelines are available in the Phase 2 standards
for calculating fuel efficiency and GHG emission improvements. Standards are set at increments starting in MY 2021, with updates
in MY 2024 and MY 2027.
In comparison with MY 2017 baseline vehicles, the proposed standards require a 16% reduction in CO2 emissions and fuel
consumption for all vehicles across all weight classes powered by compression ignition (primarily diesel) engines. Vocational
vehicles powered by spark ignition engines are subject to emission and fuel-use reductions by MY 2027 of 12% for light heavy-
duty, 13% for medium heavy-duty, and 12% for heavy heavy-duty. Like combination tractors and trailers, vocational vehicles are
certified with GEM.
Certification for combination tractors, trailers, and vocational vehicles

As in Phase 1, compliance for tractors and vocational vehicles is certified in Phase 2 using an updated version of GEM that
incorporates some fixed input values, such as payload and trailer weights, to determine fuel efficiency performance by drive
cycle. Compliance can be achieved through adoption of various technology combinations. Improving on Phase 1, the Phase 2
GEM incorporates several changes to more accurately reflect the effects of technology adoption on fuel efficiency performance.
These changes include road grade, an additional averaged aerodynamic drag coefficient, and improved simulation of engines and
transmissions. Ultimately, the changes mean that a vehicle evaluated with the Phase 2 GEM would have higher CO2 emissions

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and fuel consumption than if evaluated with the Phase 1 GEM. Consequently, results from the two standards are not directly
comparable. Trailers are modeled in GEM with attribute inputs for aerodynamics, tires, weight characteristics, and performance.
Results
The Phase 2 Standards case estimates fuel efficiency improvement and fuel consumption based on the proposed requirements
for combination tractors, HD pickups and vans, and vocational vehicles. Trailer stocks are not explicitly modeled, because there
are limited data on trailer inventories and usage; however, efficiency improvements as a result of the adoption of limited trailer
improvements are included in the model. Between MY 2017 and MY 2027, the Phase 2 Standards case indicates that the proposed
standards lead to the adoption of technologies to improve fuel economy that otherwise would not have been purchased. Although
the standards do not start until MY 2021, manufacturers are expected to begin adoption beforehand to ensure initial compliance
by MY 2021. Fuel economy and energy usage reports combine vocational and nonvocational vehicles for Classes 3, 4–6, and 7–8.
New vehicle average fuel economy increases for all size classes in the Phase 2 Standards case. From 2017 to 2027, new vehicle
average fuel economy (combined Classes 3–8) rises by 28% in the Phase 2 Standards case compared to the Reference case.
After 2027 the standards are held constant, but technology adoption continues as new technologies become available. In 2040,
new vehicle fuel efficiency averages 10.6 miles per gallon gasoline equivalent in the Phase 2 Standards case, representing a 33%
improvement compared to the Reference case. The improvements represent overcompliance as the model continues to adopt
cost-effective technologies beyond 2027.
The increase in fuel economy of the entire vehicle stock is lagged, reflecting slow turnover in the stock of Classes 2b–8 trucks,
which have a median lifetime of 12 years [8]. As new medium- and heavy-duty trucks are added to the total stock, and older trucks
with lower fuel economy are removed from service, the average on-road fuel economy for the total stock of heavy-duty trucks
increases in the Phase 2 Standards case (Figure IF2-1).
In comparison with the AEO2016 Reference case, differences in total vehicle sales and stocks are negligible in the Phase 2 Standards
case. Between 2017 and 2040, new MDV and HDV sales per year are equal to about 5% of the total truck stock, ranging from
about 660,000 to 790,000 new MDV and HDV sales per year out of a total stock that grows from 11.7 million in 2017 to 17.2
million in 2040. However, there is a shift away from natural gas and propane toward conventional diesel and gasoline in the Phase
2 Standards case. As the average fuel economy of conventional vehicles increases, there is less incentive to pay high capital costs
for natural gas and propane vehicles, despite their lower fuel costs.
The most significant effect of Phase 2 is a reduction of diesel consumption—the most commonly used fuel—in medium- and
heavy-duty vehicles. In the Reference case, MDV and HDV diesel consumption increases steadily through 2040, as industrial
output grows (Figure IF2-2). In the Phase 2 Standards case, diesel consumption decreases from 2015 to 2033 as gains in fuel
economy more than offset growth in transport requirements. After 2033, diesel consumption increases slowly without continued
enhancement of the standard, but in 2040 it still is 18% lower in the Phase 2 Standards case than in the Reference case. Cumulative
MDV and HDV consumption of diesel fuel from 2021 to 2040 in the Phase 2 Standards case is 2.5 billion barrels lower than in the
Reference case.
The reduction in diesel consumption in the Phase 2 Standards case has significant implications for the mix, as well as the amount,
of petroleum products consumed in the United States. Implications for refiners would depend on the extent to which similar
Figure IF2-1. Average on-road fuel economy of Figure IF2-2. Diesel fuel consumption by large
vehicles by weight class, 2005–40 (miles per gallon trucks, Classes 3–8, in two cases, 2005–40 (million
gasoline equivalent) barrels per day)
20 3.0
Reference
Phase 2 Standards
15 Reference 2.5
Class 3
Phase 2 Standards
10 2.0
Classes 4–6
Classes 7–8
5 1.5
0 0
2005 2010 2015 2020 2025 2030 2035 2040 2005 2010 2015 2020 2025 2030 2035 2040

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standards were adopted in other countries with significant trucking activity, because diesel and other petroleum products are
widely traded in global markets.
Consumption of other fuels by MDVs and HDVs—including gasoline, propane, liquefied natural gas (LNG), and compressed natural
gas (CNG)—is lower in the Phase 2 Standards case than in the Reference case (Figure IF2-3). In the Phase 2 Standards case, diesel
fuel consumption accounts for 90% of all fuel consumption by MDVs and HDVs in 2040, with the remainder consisting primarily
of gasoline and a small amount of natural gas. The higher diesel share in the Phase 2 Standards case reflects a shift away from
alternative fuels as improved fuel economy reduces the incentive to pay high capital costs for natural gas and propane vehicles
despite their lower fuel costs.
In the Phase 2 Standards case, higher on-road fuel economy of the truck stock reduces total delivered energy consumption in the
transportation sector. From 2021 to 2040, cumulative delivered energy consumption in the transportation sector is 3% lower
in the Phase 2 Standards case than in the Reference case, and total transportation sector energy consumption in 2040 is about
750,000 barrels per day oil equivalent (22%) lower than in the Reference case (Figure IF2-4). Cumulative CO2 emissions from
Figure IF2-3. Fuel consumption by large trucks, Classes 3–8, in two cases, 2005–40 (million barrels oil
equivalent per day)
History 2015 Projections: Reference case Projections: Phase 2 Standards case
4.0
3.5
CNG/LNG
3.0
Gasoline
2.5
2.0
1.5
1.0 Diesel
0.5
0
2005 2010 2015 2020 2025 2030 2035 2040 2015 2020 2025 2030 2035 2040
Figure IF2-4. Transportation sector energy consumption by fuel in two cases, 1995–2040 (million barrels per day
oil equivalent)
History 2015 Projections: Reference case Projections: Phase 2 Standards case
16
Pipeline natural gas
Other
Residual fuel oil
Jet fuel Jet fuel

12 12
8 8 Figure IF2-3
Gasoline Gasoline
4 4
Diesel Diesel
0 0
1995 2005 2015 2025 2035 2040 2015 2025 2035 2040

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2021 to 2040 in the transportation sector are 1,200 million metric tons (3%) lower in the Phase 2 Standards case than in the
AEO2016 Reference case. In 2040, total transportation sector CO2 emissions are 6% lower in the Phase 2 Standards case than in
the AEO2016 Reference case (Figure IF2-5).
Regulatory and data issues
• Although Class 2b pickup trucks and vans are included in the Phase 2 Standards case, their fuel economy and consumption
are not reported individually. However, the effects of Class 2b are included in total transportation fuel consumption and
emissions data.
• The Phase 2 Standards case approximates the proposed rulemaking by disaggregating Class 7 and Class 8 tractor vehicle
body types (based on data from the VIUS survey [9], which has not been updated since 2002). As a result, there may be
significant differences between the tractor market today and more than a decade ago. Further, there are data uncertainties
associated with vehicle usage reported in the VIUS survey. Nevertheless, the data were used because VIUS is the only source
of information on tractor type.
• Trailers were not explicitly modeled in this study, because there are limited data on trailer inventories and usage. There are
more registered trailers than tractors, and an understanding of usage logistics is critical to evaluating the adoption and overall
results of improving trailer technology.
• Despite improvements since the start of Phase 1, there are still limits on data about the technologies used to meet the Phase
1 compliance standards. Consequently, it is difficult to estimate the energy outcomes that could be expected as medium-
and heavy-duty trucks begin to comply with the new Phase 2 standards. Without better data, it is difficult to analyze the
composition of the truck market at the level of diversity included in the proposed standards, or the efficiency and fuel economy
metrics associated with each classification in the standards.
• A critical issue is the limited availability of information that would provide a baseline from which to measure improvement.
The lack of baseline data is a result of the previously discussed data limitations, as well as operational changes in Phase 2
compared with Phase 1. Although many improvements have been made in GEM, the changes evaluation methods for the
different technology categories make it difficult to map Phase 1 compliance to Phase 2. The baseline for Phase 2 (MY 2017)
assumes compliance with Phase 1 at that time, and it is evaluated differently. As a result, it is not known whether Phase 1
compliant vehicles in MY 2017 accurately represent the proposed Phase 2 baseline.
• Continuing issues from Phase 1 include how compliance will
Figure IF2-5. Transportation sector carbon dioxide
be measured and how well compliance testing procedures
emissions in two cases, 2005–40 (million metric tons)
will replicate the average real-world performance of
History 2015 Projections combination tractors, heavy-duty pickups and vans,
2,250
vocational vehicles, and trailers. Phase 2 has three vocational
drive cycles that can be used for compliance (urban, multi-
2,000 purpose, and regional). Only the multi-purpose cycle is
used in the AEO2016 Phase 2 Standards case. GEM has
Reference many new categories and improvements compared with
1,750 Phase 1, but many of the categories are simplified to Yes or
No responses, rather than to custom inputs. Some inputs,
Phase 2 Standards
including payload and trailer weights, are fixed.
1,500
• Compliance for heavy-duty pickups and vans will be
determined by a vehicle test procedure similar to that used
1,250
in the national program for light-duty vehicles, including the
highway fuel economy test and the federal test procedure
for city driving, weighted 45% and 55%, respectively.
0 Heavy-duty pickups and vans are assumed to be loaded to
2005 2010 2015 2020 2025 2030 2035 2040 one-half of their payload capacity.

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Endnotes for IF2

1. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, “Greenhouse Gas Emissions and
Fuel Efficiency Standards for Medium- and Heavy-Duty Engines and Vehicles – Phase 2” (Washington, DC: June 19, 2015),
http://www.nhtsa.gov/fuel-economy.
2. Heavy-haul tractors have a gross combined weight rating of more than 120,000 pounds.
3. IHS-Polk Automotive, unpublished data (Southfield, MI: 2014).
4. Microdata available online at U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, “2002 Vehicle Inventory and Use Survey,”
https://www.census.gov/svsd/www/vius/2002.html.
6. The GEM model is a MATLAB/Simulink based model with a spreadsheet interface that determines compliance based on set
factors and user inputs (such as vehicle class, engine data, transmission type, aerodynamics, technology adoption, etc.) with
variations for the different vehicle types. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, “Greenhouse Gas Emissions Model (GEM) for
Medium- and Heavy-Duty Vehicle Compliance,” https://www3.epa.gov/otaq/climate/gem.htm.
8. IHS-Polk Automotive, unpublished data (Southfield, MI: 2014).
9. Microdata available online at U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, “2002 Vehicle Inventory and Use Survey,”
https://www.census.gov/svsd/www/vius/2002.html.

Table IF2-1. Types of vehicles regulated by the proposed Phase 2 standards: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and National
Highway Traffic Safety Administration, “Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Fuel Efficiency Standards for Medium- and Heavy-Duty
Engines and Vehicles—Phase 2” (Washington, DC: June 19, 2015), http://www.nhtsa.gov/fuel-economy.
Figure IF2-1. Average on-road fuel economy of all motor vehicles by weight class, 2005–40: AEO2016 National Energy Modeling
System, runs REF2016.D0324A and PHASEII.D041316A.
Figure IF2-2. Diesel fuel consumption by large trucks, Classes 3–8, in two cases, 2005–40: History: U.S. Energy Information
Figure IF2-3. Fuel consumption by large trucks, Classes 3–8, in two cases, 2005–40: History: U.S. Energy Information
Figure IF2-4. Transportation sector energy consumption by fuel in two cases, 1995–2040: History: U.S. Energy Information
Figure IF2-5. Transportation sector carbon dioxide emissions in two cases, 2005–40: History: U.S. Energy Information

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IF3. Extended Policies case

The Annual Energy Outlook 2016 (AEO2016) Extended Policies case includes selected policies that go beyond current laws and
regulations. Existing tax credits that have scheduled reductions and sunset dates are assumed to remain unchanged through
2040. Other efficiency policies, including corporate average fuel economy standards, appliance standards, and building codes, are
expanded beyond current provisions; and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Clean Power Plan (CPP) [1] regulations
that reduce carbon dioxide emissions from electric power generation are tightened after 2030.
No attempt is made to cover the full range of possible uncertainties, and the policy assumptions used in the Extended Policies case
should not be construed as a U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) opinion regarding how laws or regulations should, or
are likely to, be changed. The Extended Policies case includes only federal laws and regulations and does not include state laws or
regulations. In general, the Extended Polices case leads to lower estimates for overall delivered energy consumption, increased use
of renewable fuels (particularly for electricity generation), reduced energy-related carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, lower energy
prices, and higher government tax expenditures.
Background
The AEO2016 Reference case is best described as a current laws and regulations case, because it generally assumes that existing
laws and regulations remain unchanged throughout the projection period, except for those current laws or regulations that include
sunset dates or specific changes over time. The Reference case serves as a starting point for analysis of proposed changes in
legislation or regulations. The Extended Policies case assumes updates or extensions of current laws and regulations, including:
• Laws or regulations that have a history of being extended beyond their legislated sunset dates. Examples include the various
tax credits for renewable fuels and technologies, which have been extended with or without modifications several times since
their initial implementation.
• Laws or regulations that call for periodic updating of initial specifications. Examples include appliance efficiency standards
issued by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) and greenhouse gas (GHG)
emissions standards for vehicles issued by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and EPA.
• Laws or regulations that allow or require regulatory agencies to issue new or revised regulations under certain conditions.
Examples include many provisions of the Clean Air Act that require EPA to issue or revise regulations if it finds that an
environmental quality goal is not being met.
Extended Policies case

The Extended Policies case adopts the following assumptions:
• Electricity generation technologies eligible for the Production Tax Credit (PTC) retain their full credit value through 2040, as
opposed to declining in value starting in 2017 (wind) or expiring at the end of 2016 (other PTC-eligible technologies, including
geothermal and hydroelectric).
• For solar power, the full Investment Tax Credit (ITC) value of 30% remains in effect through 2040 for the residential,
commercial, and electric power sectors, whereas in the Reference case, the value of the ITC begins to decline in 2020.
• In the buildings sector, tax credits for the purchase of energy-efficient and renewable equipment are assumed to be extended
indefinitely at their current levels. For the residential sector, the extensions include personal tax credits for solar photovoltaic
(PV) installations, solar water heaters, small wind turbines, fuel cells, and geothermal heat pumps. For the commercial sector, the
extensions include the business ITC for solar PV, solar water heaters, small wind turbines, fuel cells, microturbines, geothermal
heat pumps, and conventional combined heat and power (CHP). The ITC for solar PV and solar water heaters is assumed to
remain at 30%, rather than being phased out in 2022 (residential systems) or declining to 10% (commercial systems).
• Standards for residential and commercial equipment are assumed to be updated as prescribed by the timeline in the DOE
multi-year plan, at levels based on ENERGY STAR™ specifications or on Federal Energy Management Program purchasing
guidelines for federal agencies, as applicable. Standards also are updated for products that currently are not subject to federal
efficiency standards but are covered by voluntary industry agreements or by prevailing state standards.
• Federal energy codes for residential and commercial buildings are assumed to be updated twice over the projection, with
implementation beginning in 2025 and in 2034, each phased in over nine years. The updates provide additional improvements
to new construction. The equipment standards and building codes assumed for the Extended Policies case are meant to
illustrate the potential effects of those policies on energy consumption for buildings. No cost-benefit analysis or evaluation of
impacts on consumer welfare was completed in developing the assumptions. Likewise, no technical feasibility analysis was
conducted, although standards were not allowed to exceed the maximum technologically feasible levels described in DOE’s
technical support documents.
• The Reference case and the Extended Policies case include the joint attribute-based CAFE and vehicle greenhouse gas (GHG)
emissions standards for model years (MY) 2012 to 2025 for light-duty vehicles (LDV). In the Reference case, the CAFE
standards are assumed to remain constant at MY 2025 levels in subsequent model years, although the fuel economy of new

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LDVs continues to rise modestly over time. The Extended Policies case assumes continued increases in CAFE standards at an
annual average rate of 1.4% for new LDVs after MY 2025.
• The Reference case and the Extended Policies case include the medium-duty vehicle (MDV) and heavy-duty vehicle (HDV)
fuel consumption and GHG emissions standards for MY 2014 to MY 2018. In the Reference case, the standards are held
constant at MY 2018 levels in subsequent model years, although the fuel economy of HDVs continues to rise modestly. The
Extended Policies case includes tighter standards for fuel consumption and GHG emissions for MDVs and HDVs, as proposed
in the Phase 2 standards jointly issued by EPA and NHTSA in July 2015 [2].
• The Reference case includes the CPP, which under current regulations is phased in over the 2022–30 period, and assumes that
states comply by setting mass-based compliance strategies that cover both existing and new electric generators. The Extended
Policies case assumes a further reduction in the CO2 targets after 2030. The mass-based limits, which in the Reference case
result in power sector CO2 emissions that in 2030 are about 35% below 2005 levels, are assumed to continue to decline
linearly to 45% below 2005 emission levels in 2040 in the Extended Policies case.
• In the industrial sector, the 10% ITC for combined heat and power (CHP), which in the Reference case ends in 2016 [3],
continues through 2040. Also, the ITC is modified to increase the size limit for eligible CHP units from 15 megawatts (MW) to
25 MW. The ITC for CHP is extended to cover all properties with CHP, no matter the powerplant size, instead of being limited
to properties with plants smaller than 50 MW as in the Reference case [4]. These extensions are consistent with previously
proposed legislation.
Analysis results
In general, estimates for overall delivered energy consumption are lower in the Extended Policies case than in the Reference
case, with renewable fuels providing an increasing share of U.S. electricity generation and total energy-related CO2 emissions
declining. Average electricity prices are marginally affected, leading to small declines in 2040 relative to the Reference case.
Energy expenditures are lower in the Extended Policies case than in the Reference case, because the assumed tax credits and
efficiency standards lead to lower energy demand. Appliance purchase costs also are affected, and government tax expenditures
generally are higher as consumers and businesses take advantage of the tax credits.
Energy consumption
Total energy consumption in the Extended Policies case is lower than in the AEO2016 Reference case throughout the projection
period (Figure IF3-1) as a result of improvements in energy efficiency. In 2040, total energy consumption in the Extended Policies
case is 4% lower than in the Reference case, as the combination of the extension of tax credits and other policies reduces overall
demand even after taking price declines into account.
Buildings sector energy consumption

In the Extended Policies case, delivered energy consumption in the buildings sector falls below its 2015 level from 2022 to 2034
(Figure IF3-2), with renewable distributed generation (DG) technologies (PV systems and small wind turbines) providing much
of the energy savings. With the continuation of tax credits spurring wider adoption of DG systems, onsite electricity generation
from renewable DG increases to 90 billion kilowatthours (kWh) in 2025, compared with 61 billion kWh in the Reference case. In
2040, onsite electricity generation from renewable sources totals 249 billion kWh in the Extended Policies case—nearly double
the Reference case total.
Figure IF3-1. Total energy consumption in two cases, Figure IF3-2. Buildings sector delivered energy
2000–2040 (quadrillion Btu) consumption in two cases, 2000–2040 (quadrillion Btu)
110 22
105 21
Reference
Reference
100 20
Extended Policies
Extended Policies
95 19
90 18
0 0
2000 2005 2010 2015 2020 2025 2030 2035 2040 2000 2005 2010 2015 2020 2025 2030 2035 2040

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Efficiency gains from assumed future standards and more stringent building codes further reduce delivered energy use in the
buildings sectors in the Extended Policies case. Including savings from distributed generation, delivered energy use in the buildings
sector in the Extended Policies case is 1.9%, or 0.4 quadrillion British thermal units (Btu), lower than in the Reference case in 2025
and 5.4%, or 1.1 quadrillion Btu, lower than in the Reference case in 2040.
Among delivered energy sources, electricity is the buildings fuel source most affected in the Extended Policies case. Efficiency
standards and buildings codes affect appliances that run on all fuels, but distributed generation has a larger impact on electricity
purchases than other fuel purchases. In comparison with the Reference case, building sector electricity purchases are 2.6% lower
in the Extended Policies case in 2025 and 7.4% lower in 2040, and natural gas and distillate fuel oil purchases are 3.7% and 1.6%
lower, respectively, in 2040.
Energy consumption levels for all end uses are lower in the Extended Policies case than in the Reference case (Figure IF3-3), with
space heating, cooling, and ventilation accounting for almost 50% of the reduction. Delivered energy consumption continues to
grow for many end uses in the buildings sector, as commercial floorspace and the number of households continue to expand.
In particular, energy consumption for laundry and other uses, which includes small devices and other miscellaneous uses that
typically are not covered by efficiency standards.
Industrial sector energy consumption
In the industrial sector, the 10% ITC for CHP is extended to 2040 in the Extended Policies case, the maximum size of individual
generating units eligible for the ITC is increased from 15 MW to 25 MW, and there is no ITC cap on total plant size (compared
with a cap of 50 MW in the Reference case). Although most CHP units are smaller than 15 MW, approximately 15% of operable
industrial CHP units as of 2014 were between 15 MW (the unit size cap in the Reference case) and 25 MW (the unit size cap in the
Extended Policies case). In addition to the tax credit extension, the higher size cap also has an effect, given that 30% of operable
CHP plants in 2014 exceeded the Reference case cap of 50 MW [5]. In 2040, industrial CHP capacity is 8% higher in the Extended
Policies case than in the Reference case (Figure IF3-4), and delivered energy intensity is slightly lower.
Transportation sector energy consumption

The Extended Policies case differs from the AEO2016 Reference case in assuming that the joint CAFE and GHG emissions standards
promulgated by EPA and NHTSA for MY 2012–25 are extended through 2040 with an average annual increase of 1.4%. Sales of
LDVs that do not rely solely on gasoline internal combustion engines for power (including those that use diesel, alternative fuels, or
hybrid electric systems) play a substantial role in meeting the higher fuel economy standards after 2025, growing to 80% of new
LDV sales in the Extended Policies case, compared with 61% in the Reference case, in 2040.
In the Reference case, LDV energy consumption declines from 15.9 quadrillion Btu, or 8.6 million barrels per day (b/d) oil equivalent,
in 2015 to 14.1 quadrillion Btu (7.7 million b/d oil equivalent) in 2025 as a result of more stringent CAFE standards. Extension of the
CAFE standards in the Extended Policies case further reduces LDV energy consumption, to 11.0 quadrillion Btu (6.0 million b/d oil
equivalent) in 2040, or 7% lower than in the Reference case.
The Extended Policies case includes the proposed Phase 2 standards for MDVs and HDVs. The average fuel economy of new MDVs
and HDVs increases from a combined 7.4 miles per gallon (mpg) in 2017 to 10.8 mpg in 2040 in the Extended Policies case. MDV
and HDV annual energy consumption falls from 5.6 quadrillion Btu (2.7 million b/d oil equivalent) in 2015 to 5.4 quadrillion Btu
Figure IF3-3. Changes in buildings sector delivered Figure IF3-4. Industrial sector combined heat and
energy consumption by end use in two cases, power capacity in two cases, 2000–2040 (megawatts)
2015–40 (percent)
Lighting 40
Heating, cooling, and ventilation Extended Policies

35
Food preparation and storage

30
Reference
Water heating
25
Reference
TVs, PCs, and related devices
Extended Policies 20
Laundry and other uses

0
-40 -30 -20 -10 0 10 20 30 40 2000 2005 2010 2015 2020 2025 2030 2035 2040

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(2.6 million b/d oil equivalent) in 2040 in the Extended Policies case. In 2040, MDV and HDV fuel consumption is 1.6 quadrillion
Btu (0.8 million b/d oil equivalent), or 23%, lower than in the Reference case. Consumption of petroleum and other liquids in
the transportation sector declines in the Extended Policies case from 14.3 million b/d oil equivalent in 2017 to 11.6 million b/d oil
equivalent in 2040, compared with 12.7 million b/d oil equivalent in 2040 in the Reference case (Figure IF3-5).
Electricity generation
The Extended Policies case assumes that the value of the tax credits for eligible renewable electricity generation sources as of
2016 is extended through 2040, and that the stringency of the CPP increases from 2030–40, requiring emissions in 2040 to be
45% below the 2005 total. As a result, coal-fired generation declines to 779 billion kWh in 2040 in the Extended Policies case,
compared with 919 billion kWh in the Reference case (Figure IF3-6). Generation from oil and natural gas in 2040 also is lower
in the Extended Policies case, at 1,686 billion kWh, compared with 1,952 billion kWh in the Reference case. Generation from
renewable technologies in 2040 is higher in the Extended Policies case, at 1,663 billion kWh, than in the Reference case (1,374
billion kWh), and nuclear power generation is virtually the same in the two cases.
The Extended Policies case includes energy efficiency measures that result in slower load growth and lower demand for new
generating capacity. Because of those measures, differences in renewable technology trends between the Extended Policies
case and the Reference case can be seen in the mix of energy
Figure IF3-5. Transportation sector petroleum sources for electricity generation. As a result of the PTC
and other liquids demand in two cases, 2000–2040 extension for wind energy in the Extended Policies case,
(million barrels per day) the share of electricity generation from wind resources
History 2015 Projections declines from Reference case levels in the near term. Wind
15 projects built in anticipation of expiring tax credits in the
Reference case are built later in the projection period in the
Extended Policies case, at a time when electricity demand
14
and economic conditions are more favorable. In 2040, the
share of electricity generation from wind energy resources
is larger in the Extended Policies case than in the Reference
13 Reference case (Figure IF3-7).
In the Extended Policies case, the share of total electricity
12 generation from wind resources more than doubles, from 5%
in 2015 to 13% in 2040, as compared with 9% in 2040 in the
Extended Policies Reference case. In the Extended Policies case, extension of
11 the PTC through 2040 makes wind projects more attractive
throughout the projection. In the Reference case, the value of
the PTC starts to decline in 2017 and expires in 2020, and as
0
2000 2005 2010 2015 2020 2025 2030 2035 2040
a result, more wind capacity is added earlier in the projection
Figure IF3-6. Electricity generation by fuel in the Reference and Extended Policies cases, 2000–2040
History 2015 Projections: Reference case Projections: Extended Policies case
6,000 6,000
5,000 5,000
4,000 4,000
Coal Coal
3,000 3,000
Nuclear Nuclear
2,000 2,000
Natural gas/oil Natural gas/oil
1,000 1,000
Renewables Renewables
0 0
2000 2005 2010 2015 2020 2025 2000
2030 2005
2035 2010
2040 2015 2020 2025 2030 2035 2040

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period. In the Extended Policies case, more capacity is added after 2020, and more electricity is generated from wind installations,
than in the Reference case.
The solar ITC for utility-scale projects in the Reference case decreases gradually from 30% in 2019 to 10% by 2022. In the Extended
Policies case, the value of the ITC remains at 30% through 2040, and as a result, the share of total electricity generation from
utility-scale solar PV increases from 0.5% in 2015 to 8.0% in 2040, compared with 6.8% in 2040 in the Reference case.
While tax credits for residential projects expire in the Reference case, and those for commercial projects decline to 10% starting
in 2022, the solar ITC continues through 2040 in the Extended Policies case. As a result, electricity generation from solar PV in
the end-use sector grows more rapidly in the Extended Policies case than in the Reference case, by an average of 10.6%/year from
2015 to 2040, compared with 8.4%/year in the Reference case—as a result of the extension of the solar ITC through 2040 in the
Extended Policies case, while tax credits for residential projects expire and those for commercial projects decline to 10% starting
in 2022 in the Reference case. The effects of tax credit extensions on other eligible renewable generation technologies, including
hydropower, biomass, and geothermal, are minimal in comparison.
Energy-related CO2 emissions
In the Extended Policies case, lower overall demand for fossil energy results in lower energy-related CO2 emissions than in the
Reference case (Figure IF3-8). From 2015 to 2040, energy-related CO2 emissions are reduced by a cumulative total of 3.2 billion
metric tons (or 2.4%) in the Extended Policies case compared with the Reference case. Electric power sector emissions also differ
significantly between the two cases after 2030, reflecting the impact of more stringent CPP requirements over the 2030–40
period. With the CPP becoming more stringent after 2030, cumulative power sector CO2 emissions are reduced by 1.3 billion
metric tons (or 3.0%) from 2015 to 2040 in the Extended Policies case compared with the Reference case. The increase in fuel
economy standards for new LDVs, MDVs, and HDVs in the Extended Policies case accounts for 50% of the total cumulative
reduction in CO2 emissions from 2015 to 2040 in comparison with the Reference case. The rest of the increase results from
greater improvement in appliance efficiencies and increased penetration of renewable electricity generation.
Because the effects of the Extended Policies case on energy use and CO2 emissions increase over time, the maximum percentage
difference in projected emissions between the Reference case and the Extended Policies case occurs in 2040 (8.4% lower in the
Extended Policies case than in the Reference case). In the Extended Policies case, space cooling, water heating, and small devices
and miscellaneous end uses together account for most of the emissions reductions from Reference case levels in the buildings
sector, and lower petroleum use accounts for most of the emissions reductions in the industrial sector.
Energy prices and tax credit payments

Average electricity prices in both the Reference case and Extended Policies case remain in a relatively tight range between 10.1
cents/kWh and 10.9 cents/kWh (2015 dollars) through 2040 (Figure IF3-9). Electricity prices in the near term are higher in
the Extended Policies case than in the Reference case. With the certainty of continued tax credits in the Extended Policies case,
renewable capacity—particularly wind—is added later than in the Reference case, resulting in more electricity generation from
natural gas, which increases fuel costs and electricity prices. As more renewable capacity is added later in the Extended Policies
Figure IF3-7. Renewable electricity generation by Figure IF3-8. Energy-related carbon dioxide
energy source in two cases, 2015, 2020, 2030, and emissions in two cases, 2000–2040
2040 (percent of total) (million metric tons)
35 History 2015 Projections
6,000
30
Solar thermal End-use PV
Extended Policies 5,500
25 Reference
Utility
PV
20
Reference
5,000
15 Other
10 Extended Policies
4,500
5 Wind
0 0
2015 2020 2030 2040 2000 2005 2010 2015 2020 2025 2030 2035 2040
Note: “Other” includes generation from hydroelectric, geothermal, and
biomass sources.

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case, electric power sector fuel costs decline, leading to lower electricity prices. Increased energy efficiency expenditures in the
Extended Policies case bring electricity prices back to levels close to those in the Reference case in 2040.
The reductions in delivered energy consumption and CO2 emissions in the Extended Policies case are accompanied by higher
equipment costs for consumers and increased tax expenditures that reduce tax revenue for the U.S. government. In comparison
with the AEO2016 Reference case, residential and commercial consumers in the Extended Policies case pay an extra $15.6 billion/
year (2015 dollars) on average from 2015 to 2040 for end-use equipment, residential building shell improvements, and additional
distributed generation systems. The government pays an extra $7.3 billion/year on average in tax credits to consumers (or, from
the government’s perspective, net revenues are reduced by that amount) in the buildings sector. The additional investments by
consumers in the Extended Policies case are offset, however, by savings on energy purchases as a result of efficiency improvements
and increases in distributed generation. Compared with the
Figure IF3-9. U.S. average electricity prices in two Reference case, consumers in the residential and commercial
cases, 2000–2040 (2015 cents per kilowatthour) sectors save an average of $14.9 billion (2015 dollars) in
annual energy costs from 2015 to 2040 in the Extended
11.0 Policies case.
Reference In the electric power sector, the extension of the PTC
in the Extended Policies case increases government tax
10.5 expenditures by approximately $4.1 billion/year from 2015
Extended Policies to 2040, compared with $2.0 billion/year in the Reference
case. Most of the change in tax expenditures between the
10.0
two cases is attributable to additional generation from
wind energy. Over the 2015–40 period, the ITC increases
government tax expenditures in the electric power sector
9.5
by approximately $3.6 billion/year in the Extended Policies
case, compared with $1.6 billion/year in the Reference case,
9.0 primarily as a result of additional credits for utility-scale
PV in the Extended Policies case. For all sectors combined,
tax credit extensions in the Extended Policies case over the
0 2015–40 period have an average aggregate value of $16.4
2000 2005 2010 2015 2020 2025 2030 2035 2040 billion/year, or more than three times the average of $5.1
billion/year in the Reference case.

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Endnotes for IF3

3. United States Internal Revenue Code, Title 26, Subtitle A—Income Taxes, §48(a)(2)(A)(ii), https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/
USCODE-2011-title26/pdf/USCODE-2011-title26-subtitleA-chap1-subchapA-partIV-subpartE-sec48.pdf.
4. United States Internal Revenue Code, Title 26, Subtitle A—Income Taxes, §48(c)(3)(B)(iii), https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/
USCODE-2011-title26/pdf/USCODE-2011-title26-subtitleA-chap1-subchapA-partIV-subpartE-sec48.pdf.
5. U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form 860, 2014 data (Washington, DC: October 21, 2015; corrected February 21,
2016): https://www.eia.gov/electricity/data/eia860/.
Figure sources for IF3

Figure IF3-1. Total energy consumption in two cases, 2000–2040: History: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Monthly Energy
Review, DOE/EIA-0035(2016/02) (Washington, DC: February 2016). Projections: AEO2016 National Energy Modeling System,
runs REF2016.D032416A and TAXTENDED.D051216A.
Figure IF3-2. Buildings sector delivered energy consumption in two cases, 2000–2040: History: U.S. Energy Information
Administration, Monthly Energy Review, DOE/EIA-0035(2016/02) (Washington, DC: February 2016). Projections: AEO2016
National Energy Modeling System, runs REF2016.D032416A and TAXTENDED.D051216A.
Figure IF3-3. Changes in buildings sector delivered energy consumption by end use in two cases, 2015–40: AEO2016 National
Energy Modeling System, runs REF2016.D032416A and TAXTENDED.D051216A.
Figure IF3-4. Industrial sector combined heat and power capacity in two cases, 2000–2040: History: U.S. Energy Information
Administration, Monthly Energy Review, DOE/EIA-0035(2016/02) (Washington, DC: February 2016). Projections: AEO2016
National Energy Modeling System, runs REF2016.D032416A and TAXTENDED.D051216A.
Figure IF3-5. Transportation sector petroleum and other liquids demand in two cases, 2000–2040: History: U.S. Energy
Information Administration, Monthly Energy Review, DOE/EIA-0035(2016/02) (Washington, DC: February 2016. Projections:
AEO2016 National Energy Modeling System, runs REF2016.D032416A and TAXTENDED.D051216A.
Figure IF3-6. Electricity generation by fuel in the Reference and Extended Policies cases, 2000–2040: AEO2016 National Energy
Modeling System, runs REF2016.D032416A and TAXTENDED.D051216A.
Figure IF3-7. Renewable electricity generation by energy source in two cases, 2015, 2020, 2030, and 2040: AEO2016 National
Figure IF3-8. Energy-related carbon dioxide emissions in two cases, 2000–2040: History: U.S. Energy Information Administration,
Monthly Energy Review, DOE/EIA-0035(2016/02) (Washington, DC: February 2016, DOE/EIA-0035(2016/02). Projections:
AEO2016 National Energy Modeling System, runs REF2016.D032416A and TAXTENDED.D051216A.
Figure IF3-9. U.S. average electricity prices in two cases, 2000–2040: History: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Monthly
Energy Review, DOE/EIA-0035(2016/02) (Washington, DC: February 2016). Projections: AEO2016 National Energy Modeling
System, runs REF2016.D032416A and TAXTENDED.D051216A.

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IF4. Hydrocarbon gas liquids production and related industrial development

Hydrocarbon gas liquids (HGL) are produced at refineries from crude oil and at natural gas processing plants from unprocessed
natural gas. From 2010 to 2015, total HGL production increased by 42%. Natural gas processing plants accounted for all the
increase, with recovered natural gas plant liquids (NGPL)—light hydrocarbon gases such as propane—rising by 58%, from 2.07
million barrels per day (b/d) in 2010 to 3.27 million b/d in 2015, while refinery output of HGL declined by 7%. The rapid increase
in NGPL output was the result of rapid growth in natural gas production, as production shifted to tight gas and shale gas resources,
and as producers targeted formations likely to yield natural gas with high liquids content.
NGPL, contained in the unprocessed natural gas stream, are recovered from natural gas at gas processing plants, yielding a stream
of liquids that is then separated at fractionation plants into ethane, propane, normal butane, isobutane, and natural gasoline, as
well as dry natural gas (or residue gas), which is moved to markets. On an energy content basis, NGPL prices historically have been
close to the prices of petroleum products and are generally well above the price of natural gas. This premium on the recovered
NGPL portion of the unprocessed natural gas stream generates additional revenue beyond what is achievable from the sale of
unprocessed natural gas at the dry natural gas prices alone.
The additional revenue from NGPL sales can vary significantly, depending on the relative prices of NGPL and natural gas (Figure
IF4-1). NGPL prices are linked to both crude oil prices and natural gas prices. In 2002, 2009, and 2014, Henry Hub spot natural gas
prices averaged between $4.33 and $4.44 per million British thermal units (Btu), while North Sea Brent crude oil prices averaged
$5.63 per million Btu ($32.33/barrel (b)) in 2002, $11.81 per million Btu ($67.82/b) in 2009, and $17.40 per million Btu ($99.92/b)
in 2014 (all prices in 2015 dollars).
Changes in industry practice, combined with the increasing premium generated by the NGPL component of the unprocessed
natural gas stream relative to dry natural gas, resulted in both an increasing share of Btu coming from NGPL, relative to dry natural
gas, and rapid growth in the value generated by those liquids, relative to the dry natural gas component of the unprocessed natural
gas. Consequently, although the NGPL contribution to the total Btu value of natural gas produced increased only marginally, from
11.6% in 2002 to 13.4% in 2014, its contribution to the total value of natural gas produced nearly doubled, from 15.1% in 2002 to
26.7% in 2014 (Figure IF4-2).
Natural gas production from tight and shale gas formations has grown rapidly in recent years. From 2010 to 2015, total U.S.
gross withdrawals, the broadest measure of total wellhead flows, increased by 23%, from 73.5 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d)
to 90.1 Bcf/d. The geography of natural gas production has also changed over this period, with the northeastern United States
(previously a net recipient of large amounts of natural gas from the rest of the country and abroad) now producing more natural
gas than it uses. The Marcellus Formation, which underlies much of West Virginia, Pennsylvania, and other states in the northern
Appalachian region, has become the most prolific natural gas-producing formation in the country. The presence of the Utica
Formation, which overlaps but is deeper than the Marcellus Formation, bolsters production in the Northeast and improves the
economics for producers, adding to their return on investment.
Figure IF4-1. U.S. revenue per million Btu of Figure IF4-2. Relative heat contents and values of
unprocessed natural gas generated by natural gas natural gas plants liquids, 2002, 2009, and 2014
plant liquids and dry natural gas, 2002, 2009, and (percent of total)
2014 (2015 dollars)
7 100
Natural gasoline
Isobutane
Normal butane
6 Natural gasoline
80 Propane
Isobutane
27% Normal butane Ethane
5 22% Propane
15%
Shares of total value
Shares of total Btu
Ethane
60
4
3
40
Dry natural gas
Dry natural gas
2
20
1
0 0
2002 2009 2014 2002 2009 2014
Note: Values are U.S. averages based on natural gas prices reported at
the Henry Hub natural gas plant liquid prices at Mont Belvieu, Texas.

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Changes accompanying the rapid shift of natural gas production, both geographically and geologically, have required all segments
of the oil and gas industry to adapt: producers have moved personnel and equipment to the locations of the new resources;
midstream companies have started building additional natural gas processing and pipeline capacity; and consuming industries
such as power producers and petrochemicals have invested in new plants and related infrastructure.
The recent surge in natural gas production, together with several mild winters that lower natural gas demand, resulted in a decline
in U.S. natural gas prices (as reported at the Henry Hub natural gas trading hub) from $6.33/million Btu in January 2010 to $2.23/
million Btu in January 2016 (2015 dollars). The increasing spread between spot natural gas prices and Brent crude oil prices, on
which NGPL prices are largely based, spurred producers to explore for and develop natural gas resources that yield a higher share
of NGPL. When crude oil prices started falling in late 2014, the premium commanded by NGPL over dry natural gas diminished,
and producers began to shift activity out of areas with high liquids yield to resources yielding higher quantities of pipeline-ready
natural gas at the lowest net production cost.
Activity in the Rocky Mountains region (Petroleum Administration for Defense District 4 [PADD 4]) illustrates the shift from
development of dry natural gas resources to wet natural gas resources as the ratio of crude oil prices to natural gas prices increases.
Historically, Wyoming has accounted for most of the natural gas production in PADD 4. In January 2010, more than 7 Bcf/d of
natural gas was produced in Wyoming, accounting for 56% of the PADD 4 total. Natural gas produced in Wyoming is generally
considered dry. The U.S. Geological Survey has reported that natural gas produced from coalbed resources in the Powder River
Basin, which underlies eastern Wyoming and Montana, contains “trace amounts (0.005 to 0.97 parts per million) of [other]
hydrocarbons (for example, propane, isobutane, butane, isopentane, and pentane)” [1]. Composition of the unprocessed natural
gas produced from the considerably wetter Jonah field in western Wyoming (Table IF4-1) includes 16.4% hydrocarbons, and the
gas produced has a heat content of 1,215 Btu per standard cubic foot (Btu/scf)—well above the heat content of 1,010 Btu/scf for
dry natural gas consisting of 100% methane.
Unprocessed natural gas produced from the Niobrara Formation [2], located predominantly in Colorado, has an even higher heat
content of 1,350 Btu/scf and an NGPL content of 22.6%. The natural gas comes out of a lease separator at the wellhead and
requires further processing to remove impurities and to separate out the NGPL before the dry natural gas is suitable for transport
via interstate pipelines. In the Niobrara Formation, significant quantities of liquids, classified as crude oil, also are recovered at
the lease separator. Because of the high ratio of crude oil to natural gas volumes produced from the Niobrara Formation, it is
considered a crude oil resource, and activity in the field is determined more by the economics of crude oil and NGPL than by the
economics of natural gas.
The shift of production in PADD 4 from Wyoming to Colorado since 2009 reflects a broader shift of natural gas production from dry
to wet resources, in part because of consistently high crude oil prices from 2011 through the third quarter of 2014. After reaching
more than 7 Bcf/d in January 2010 (56% of PADD 4 production), natural gas production in Wyoming declined by 1.9 Bcf/d (25% of
PADD 4 production) to 5.0 Bcf/d in January 2016 (46% of PADD 4 production). Natural gas production in Colorado increased from
Table IF4-1. Composition of oil and natural gas produced from the Niobrara formation in Colorado and the
Jonah field in Wyoming
Key characteristics Niobrara Formation Jonah Field
Crude oil
Crude oil to natural gas
(barrels per million cubic feet) 86.4 9.5
a
Crude oil heat content (million Btu/barrel) 5.570 4.980
Share of Btu from crude oil 26% 4%
Wet natural gas
Heat content (Btu/standard cubic foot)b 1,350 1,215
Composition (percent of total)
Methane 76.2% 77.9%
Ethane 13.7% 8.7%
Propane 5.5% 4.2%
Butane 2.6% 2.5%
Pentane plus 0.8% 3.2%
Inert gases 1.2% 3.5%
a
Heat content of oil barrel calculated by U.S. Energy Information Administration based on reported API gravity and/or reported composition of
crude oil.
b
Heat content for Niobrara Formation is as reported; heat content for Jonah field is estimated based on gas composition.

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4.2 Bcf/d in 2010 (33% of PADD 4 production) to 4.6 Bcf/d in January 2016 (42% of PADD 4 natural gas production), approaching
the production levels in Wyoming.
The focus of producers on crude oil resources and natural gas that is rich in NGPL has led to more production of liquids in PADD
4, even as natural gas output has declined (Figure IF4-3). From January 2010 to January 2016, PADD 4 production of propane and
butanes increased by 52%, from 138 thousand b/d to 210 thousand b/d [3], while gross withdrawals of natural gas declined by
13%, from 12.7 Bcf/d in January 2010 to 10.9 Bcf/d in January 2016.
The increase in PADD 4 propane and butanes production, at a time when natural gas production growth is stagnant or falling and
when crude oil production is declining, mirrors trends in NGPL production nationwide. Even the reduction of activity in the wettest
areas over the past year or so has not slowed the growth of NGPL production, which has exceeded the growth of dry natural gas
production (Figure IF4-4).
The growth of NGPL output since 2010–11 has outpaced the growth of domestic demand. The resulting market imbalance
has spurred investment in midstream and downstream capacity to process, transport, store, consume, and export increasing
quantities of HGL. For example, projects either completed since 2013 or currently under construction will increase the capacity
to produce ethylene from ethane by 31%—from 29 million metric tons (mmt)/year to 38 million mmt/year. Investments made
in propane dehydrogenation (PDH) capacity, which converts propane to propylene) [4], have increased total PDH capacity more
than threefold—from 0.66 mmt/year to 2.16 mmt/year.
Figure IF4-3. Rocky Mountain region (PADD 4) U.S. capacity to export HGL also has undergone significant
total natural gas processing plant liquids production expansion since 2013. Capacity to ship propane and butane
(thousand barrels per day) and natural gas production overseas has grown by more than 550%—from 0.2 million
by state (billion cubic feet per day), 2010–16 b/d in 2013 to 1.32 million b/d in 2017, and capacity for
15 250 marine exports of ethane, which only five years ago were not
PADD 4 natural gas considered viable, have increased from zero to 0.28 million
Montana processing plant LPG production b/d [5]. EIA estimates total investment in these projects
12 Utah 200 at approximately $33 billion, and more projects have been
proposed with completion dates in 2018 and beyond [6].
NGPL production in AEO2016
9 Colorado 150
The future production profile for NGPL will be determined to
a large extent not only by the natural resources endowment
6 100 but also by production economics, which are influenced
primarily by natural gas and crude oil prices and the spread
between their prices on an energy-equivalent basis. In the
Wyoming Annual Energy Outlook 2016 (AEO2016), the High Oil and
3 50
Gas Resource and Technology case and the Low Oil and Gas
Resource and Technology case, as well as the High Oil Price
0 0 case and the Low Oil Price case (Figure IF4-5), reflect different
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 possible futures for U.S. NGPL production. The High and Low
Figure IF4-4. U.S. total natural gas and natural gas Figure IF4-5. U.S. total natural gas plant liquids
plant liquids production, 2010–16 (index, January production in five cases, 2000–2040 (million barrels
2010 = 1.00) per day)
1.75 Production of natural gas plant liquids History 2015 Projections
7
High Oil and Gas Resource
and Technology
6
1.50 High Oil Price
5
Reference
4 Low Oil Price

1.25
3 Low Oil and Gas Resource
Gross withdrawals of natural gas and Technology
1.00 2
0.75 0
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2000 2005 2010 2015 2020 2025 2030 2035 2040

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Oil and Gas Resource and Technology cases have a more significant effect on NGPL output because of changes in natural gas and
crude oil production. In the High and Low Oil Price cases, production levels are influenced by the changes in value resulting from
increases or decreases in the amount of NGPL contained in the unprocessed natural gas.
As in the 2010–14 period, when a high premium for liquids led to a shift in natural gas production to those areas where natural gas
yielded higher shares of NGPL relative to dry natural gas, the AEO2016 results suggest varying rates of NGPL production growth,
depending on relative crude oil and natural gas prices. Until crude oil prices began their sustained decline in the fourth quarter of
2014, natural gas producers generally had chosen wet gas production over dry natural gas production. That choice required some
tradeoffs: wet gas needs to be processed before it can be injected into interstate natural gas pipelines for delivery as dry natural
gas to consumers, and wells drilled in formations that yield wet natural gas generally have lower initial production rates. However,
the extra revenue generated by the liquids can improve the economics of natural gas production and create an incentive to focus
drilling on wet natural gas resources.
In the AEO2016 Reference case, with Brent crude oil prices rising from an average of $37/b in 2016 to $136/b in 2040 (2015
dollars), the oil-to-gas price ratio (2015 dollars/million Btu) increases from 2.5 in 2016 to 5.0 in 2040 (Figure IF4-6). Total U.S.
NGPL production increases from 3.5 million b/d in 2016 to 4.8 million b/d in 2025 and to almost 5 million b/d in the late 2030s. In
the Low Oil Price case, with oil prices remaining below $40/b until 2022 and then increasing to $73/b in 2040, NGPL production
averages between 4.3 million b/d and 4.5 million b/d from 2020 to 2040, even as natural gas production grows from 75 Bcf/d in
2016 to 115 Bcf/d in 2040. In the High Oil Price case, natural gas production increases at a slightly higher rate, to 127 Bcf/d in 2040,
and NGPL production increases rapidly to 5.0 million b/d in 2025 and then levels off at about 5.2 million b/d from 2025–40. The
additional revenue from NGPL sales also shifts production to other regions of the country, resulting in a decrease in PADD 4 natural
gas output, where unprocessed natural gas is generally drier, and an increase in production from the Bakken Formation (primarily
associated with oil production) and parts of the Marcellus Formation, centered around western Pennsylvania and the West Virginia
panhandle, where the unprocessed natural gas has a relatively high liquids content.
Downstream development
Since 2012, when NGPL production started to increase, the U.S. industry has responded with an aggressive build-out of capacity
to consume or export the liquids. Operators of petrochemical crackers (plants designed to convert ethane, propane, and normal
butane, as well as naphtha, to ethylene, propylene, and other building blocks of the petrochemical industry) announced plans to
expand their facilities to take advantage of the rising availability of feedstock, particularly NGPL. In the first wave of projects in the
United States from 2012 to 2015, an additional 300,000 b/d of feedstock demand, primarily for ethane, was developed through
plant expansions and restarts of mothballed facilities. In the second wave from 2016 to 2018, large established petrochemical
companies, including Dow Chemical, Chevron Phillips Chemical, and ExxonMobil, have announced plans for new large-scale
ethylene crackers and propane dehydrogenation facilities that would increase demand for ethane feedstock by up to 0.5 million
b/d and for propane feedstock by an additional 0.15 million b/d by 2018. In the third wave from 2019 onwards, a further 0.37
million b/d expansion of ethane and propane feedstock demand has been proposed. In addition, midstream companies brought
more than 0.97 million b/d of propane and butane export capacity into service by the end of 2015, with another 0.2 million b/d
of propane and butane capacity and nearly 0.2 million b/d of marine ethane export capacity slated to come online by the end
of 2018.
In the AEO2016 Oil and Gas Resource and Technology cases
Figure IF4-6. Brent crude oil and Henry Hub natural and Oil Price cases, the significant commitment of capital
gas spot prices in the Reference case, 2000–2040 to projects in the first and second waves of petrochemical
(2015 dollars per million Btu) industry expansion, as well as most of the export capacity
History 2015 Projections expansion, results in completion of the projects. However,
25
later waves of petrochemical projects, as well as any further
expansion of U.S. HGL export capacity, have different
20
Brent crude oil outcomes across those cases.
The primary motivation for the buildout of U.S. industrial and
export HGL capacity is the impact of the wide price spread
15 Oil-to-gas price ratio between U.S. natural gas prices and international crude oil
2040 = 4.9 prices on NGPL production, which creates a price advantage
for U.S. producers relative to producers in other countries.
10 As such, any narrowing of the price spread would reduce
the competitive advantage and reduce opportunities for
exports of U.S. NGPL to international destinations, possibly
5
Natural gas to the point of making exports of spot cargoes unprofitable.
Oil-to-gas price ratio
2012 = 7.1 Oil-to-gas price ratio
However, for many countries seeking to diversify sources of
2016 = 2.5 supply for strategic reasons, the United States may still have
0
2000 2005 2010 2015 2020 2025 2030 2035 2040 an advantage in long-term contracts. The price spread has

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narrowed recently, and sponsors of major petrochemical projects in the United States have announced postponements of some
investment decisions, pushed back completion dates, and scaled down the scopes of some projects.
In the High Oil Price case, U.S. natural gas producers are projected to target formations with the highest liquids content, resulting
in greater supply of NGPL to the U.S. market. In addition, the High Oil Price case provides U.S.-based petrochemical plants with
a cost advantage relative to their international peers, resulting in better opportunities for U.S. exporters in international markets.
With an estimated $33 billion in projects between 2013 and 2017 directly tied to the growing availability of HGL feedstock, and
billions more in associated upstream and downstream activities, HGL-related economic activity has become a major factor in the
U.S. economy. Depending on future prices, developments in the U.S. petrochemical industry may provide either further growth in
this segment of the U.S. economy or a slowdown from recent high activity levels.
Endnotes for IF4

1. R.M. Flores, Coalbed Methane in the Powder River Basin, Wyoming and Montana: An Assessment of the Tertiary-Upper Cretaceous
Coalbed Methane Total Petroleum System, Version 1.0 (Denver, CO: U.S. Geological Survey, Information Services, 2004), p. 14,
http://pubs.usgs.gov/dds/dds-069/dds-069-c/REPORTS/Chapter_2.pdf.
2. U.S. Energy Information Administration, “Niobrara Region Drilling Productivity Report” (Washington, DC: May 2016), http://
www.eia.gov/petroleum/drilling/pdf/niobrara.pdf.
3. Ethane, an NGPL that may be recovered or left in pipeline natural gas, depending on gas processing economics, is not included
in the total.
4. U.S. Energy Information Administration, “Today in Energy: Growing U.S. HGL production spurs petrochemical industry
investment” (Washington, DC: January 29, 2015), https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.cfm?id=19771.
5. U.S. Energy Information Administration, “Short-Term Outlook for Hydrocarbon Gas Liquids,” Appendix, pp. 21–22 (Washington,
DC: March 2016), http://www.eia.gov/forecasts/steo/special/supplements/2016/hgl/pdf/2016_sp_01.pdf.
6. Based on publicly available data from company announcements and SEC filings, EIA estimates average investment requirements
of $2.8 billion per million metric tons per year of ethylene capacity, $2 billion per million metric tons per year of PDH capacity,
$0.2 billion per 0.1 million barrels per day of propane and butane export capacity, and $0.6 billion per 0.1 million barrels per
day of marine ethane export capacity.

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Figure IF4-1. U.S. revenue per million Btu of unprocessed natural gas generated by natural gas plant liquids and dry natural gas,
2002, 2009, and 2014: U.S. Energy Information Administration, “Petroleum & Other Liquids: Natural Gas Plant Field Production,”
http://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/pet_pnp_gp_dc_nus_mbbl_m.htm; “Natural Gas: Natural Gas Gross Withdrawals and Production,”
http://www.eia.gov/dnav/ng/ng_prod_sum_a_EPG0_FGW_mmcf_m.htm; “Natural Gas: Heat Content of Natural Gas Consumed,”
http://www.eia.gov/dnav/ng/ng_cons_heat_a_EPG0_VGTH_btucf_a.htm; and “Natural Gas: Natural Gas Spot and Futures Prices
(NYMEX),” http://www.eia.gov/dnav/ng/ng_pri_fut_s1_d.htm. NGL prices: Bloomberg Markets, Energy: Crude Oil & Natural Gas,
http://www.bloomberg.com/energy (subscription site).
Figure IF4-2. Relative heat contents and values of natural gas plants liquids, 2002, 2009, and 2014: U.S Energy Information
Administration, “Petroleum & Other Liquids: Natural Gas Plant Field Production,” http://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/pet_pnp_gp_dc_
nus_mbbl_m.htm; “Petroleum & Other Liquids: Natural Gas Plant Field Production,” http://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/pet_pnp_gp_
dc_nus_mbbl_m.htm; “Natural Gas: Natural Gas Gross Withdrawals and Production,” http://www.eia.gov/dnav/ng/ng_prod_
sum_a_EPG0_FGW_mmcf_m.htm; “Natural Gas: Heat Content of Natural Gas Consumed,” http://www.eia.gov/dnav/ng/ng_
cons_heat_a_EPG0_VGTH_btucf_a.htm; and “Natural Gas: Natural Gas Spot and Futures Prices (NYMEX),” http://www.eia.gov/
dnav/ng/ng_pri_fut_s1_d.htm. NGL prices: Bloomberg Markets, Energy: Crude Oil & Natural Gas, http://www.bloomberg.com/
energy (subscription site).
Table IF4-1. Composition of oil and natural gas produced from the Niobrara formation in Colorado and the Jonah field in Wyoming:
Niobrara: D.K. Higley and D.O. Cox, “Oil and Gas Exploration and Development along the Front Range in the Denver Basin of
Colorado, Nebraska, and Wyoming” (Reston, VA: U.S. Geological Survey, 2007), Chapter 2, p. 15, https://pubs.usgs.gov/dds/
dds-069/dds-069-p/REPORTS/69_P_CH_2.pdf. Jonah: Final Environmental Impact Statement, Jonah Infill Drilling Project, Sublette
Country, Wyoming, Appendix DP-B, “Reclamation Plan, Jonah Infill Drilling Project” (Cheyenne, WY: Bureau of Land Management,
January 2006), http://www.blm.gov/style/medialib/blm/wy/information/NEPA/pfodocs/jonah.Par.6420.File.dat/17B.pdf.
Figure IF4-3. Rocky Mountain region (PADD 4) total natural gas plant liquids production and natural gas production by state,
2010–16: U.S Energy Information Administration, “Petroleum & Other Liquids: Natural Gas Plant Field Production,” http://www.eia.
gov/dnav/pet/pet_pnp_gp_dc_nus_mbbl_m.htm; and “Natural Gas: Natural Gas Gross Withdrawals and Production,” http://www.
eia.gov/dnav/ng/ng_prod_sum_a_EPG0_FGW_mmcf_m.htm.
Figure IF4-4. Annual changes in U.S. total natural gas and natural gas plant liquids production, 2010–16: U.S Energy Information
nus_mbbl_m.htm; and “Natural Gas: Natural Gas Gross Withdrawals and Production,” http://www.eia.gov/dnav/ng/ng_prod_
sum_a_EPG0_FGW_mmcf_m.htm.
Figure IF4-5. U.S. total natural gas plant liquids production in five cases, 2000–2040: History: U.S Energy Information
nus_mbbl_m.htm. Projections: AEO2016 National Energy Modeling System, runs REF2016.D032416A, LOWPRICE.D041916A,
HIGHPRICE.D041916A, LOWRT.D032516A, and HIGHRT.D032516A.
Figure IF4-6. Comparison of Brent crude oil and Henry Hub natural gas spot prices in the Reference case, 2000–2040: History: U.S
Energy Information Administration, “Petroleum & Other Liquids: Spot Prices,” http://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/pet_pri_spt_s1_d.htm;
and “Natural Gas: Natural Gas Spot and Futures Prices (NYMEX),” http://www.eia.gov/dnav/ng/ng_pri_fut_s1_d.htm. Projections:
AEO2016 National Energy Modeling System, run REF2016.D032416A.

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IF5. Steel industry energy consumption: Sensitivity to technology choices, fuel

prices, and carbon prices in the AEO2016 Industrial Demand Module
The manufacture of steel and related products is an energy-intensive process. According to the U.S. Energy Information
Administration’s (EIA) Manufacturing Energy Consumption Survey (MECS), steel industry energy consumption in 2010 totaled
1,158 trillion British thermal units (Btu), representing 8% of total manufacturing energy consumption [1]. Energy consumption in the
steel industry is largely for crude steel production using basic oxygen furnace (BOF) and electric arc furnace (EAF) technologies.
Overall energy intensity in EAF, used primarily to melt scrap steel, is significantly lower than in BOF, which is used to create
virgin steel by reducing (i.e., removing oxygen from) iron ore [2]. In 2014, BOF technology accounted for 37% of total U.S. steel
production, and EAF accounted for 63% of the total [3]. Over the past two decades, a shift from BOF to EAF has contributed
to a substantial reduction in the energy intensity of the U.S. steel industry. From 1991 to 2010, the EAF share of total U.S. steel
production in physical units increased from 38% to 61%, and the overall energy intensity of crude steel production in Btu per metric
ton decreased by 37% [4].
The basic process choice for crude steel production is not the only factor affecting energy intensity in the steel industry. Technology
choices are based on product specifications, demand, fuel prices, and environmental policies. Technology advances in both BOF
and EAF crude steel production processes—including blast furnace gas recovery, pulverized coal injection, and scrap preheating—
as well as advances in rolling and casting processes have continued to lower the energy intensity of the overall manufacturing
processes for steel and finished steel products. For example, direct reduced iron (DRI), a newer technology used only recently in
the United States [5], is now commercially available and growing, accounting for 8 million tons (9%) of iron production in 2015.
DRI involves the direct conversion of iron ore using a reducing gas (usually natural gas). The resulting sponge iron is readily used
as feed in the EAF process. The DRI process performs the same function as a blast furnace, in that it converts iron ore to iron, but
it does not involve the use of coke (produced by anaerobic baking of metallurgical coal). The DRI process converts iron ore to iron
using less energy and with a lower capital cost than the blast furnace process. In addition, DRI plants in the United States are able
to take advantage of relatively low natural gas prices [6].
In the future, steelmaking processes and technologies will continue to evolve in response to commodity prices for iron ore and scrap
steel, investment in energy efficiency, product-specification demand, environmental regulations, and fuel prices. Differences in
those factors can change the processes (BOF or EAF) and technologies used for each process, which in turn can lead to differences
in energy intensity and fuel mix. However, because capital investments in particular technologies last for many years, energy use
does not react quickly to price changes. To explore how such conditions affect steel technology choice and energy intensity, this
article compares the Annual Energy Outlook 2016 (AEO2016) Reference case with three alternative cases, two of which include
demand-side energy efficiency incentives and one that assumes more rapid adoption of energy-efficient technologies. Although
fuel intensity and some technology choices vary across the AEO2016 Reference case and alternative cases, the major choice in
2040 remains either BOF or EAF. New or revolutionary technological breakthroughs are not assumed for this analysis.
Energy use in steelmaking depends on both the technology chosen for a process step and the energy intensity of the different
technologies. In the steelmaking process, technology choices may be available in some but not all of the following process steps.
Iron production has two alternative technologies: blast furnace (BF) and DRI. The BF process reduces iron ore, using a mixture of
iron ore, coking coal, and limestone. The BF output is further processed in a BOF to produce steel. DRI reduces iron, which can then
be fed into either a BOF or an EAF to produce crude steel. A BOF receives iron either from a BF or from the DRI process and uses
oxygen to remove impurities. An EAF melts down steel scrap to produce steel and can also use DRI. Continuous casting can then
be used to produce slabs of molten steel for further processing, and hot rolling can be used to further process the cast steel into
intermediate and final products.
Alternative cases
In two of the AEO2016 alternative cases, CO2 fees are used as a proxy for demand-side energy efficiency incentives. A third case
assumes that more efficient technology is available, and that new, more energy-efficient capacity will be available sooner than in
the Reference case. These alternative cases assume that technology and process choices achieve more energy efficiency than in
the AEO2016 Reference case, as existing steelmaking capacity is retired and new capacity is brought online to meet the projected
growth in industry shipments [7].
Industrial Efficiency Incentive Low (Low Incentive) case

In the Low Incentive case, a CO2 fee is used as a proxy for demand-side energy efficiency incentives. The fee increases gradually
from zero in 2017 to $12.50 (2015 dollars) per metric ton (mt) of CO2 in 2023. After 2023 the CO2 fee increases by 5%/year, to
approximately $29/mt CO2 in 2040.
Industrial Efficiency Incentive High (High Incentive) case

The High Incentive case also uses a CO2 fee as a proxy for demand-side energy efficiency incentives. In this case, the fee increases
gradually from zero in 2017 to $35/mt CO2 (2015 dollars) in 2023. Thereafter, the CO2 fee increases by 5%/year, to approximately
$80/mt CO2 in 2040.

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Energy Efficiency for Manufacturing Industries with Technical Choice

(Energy-Efficient Technology) case
The Energy-Efficient Technology case assumes the deployment of more energy-efficient technologies over time than in the
AEO2016 Reference case in five industries—aluminum, cement and lime, glass, iron and steel, and paper—with no demand-side
efficiency incentives. Existing technologies are retired sooner, and new technologies have shorter lifespans than in the AEO2016
Reference case, providing more opportunities for deployment of energy-efficient technologies. In addition, new technologies
penetrate the industry more rapidly than in the Reference case.
The CO2 fee paths in the Low Incentive and High Incentive cases (Figure IF5-1) translate to higher fuel prices for metallurgical coal,
natural gas, and electricity than in the AEO2016 Reference case, with the impacts differing for each fuel. The largest price impact
is on metallurgical coal, the smallest price impact is on electricity, and the price impact on natural gas falls between the two.
Results
Technology choice
In the High Incentive and Low Incentive cases, differences in the prices of metallurgical coal, natural gas, and electricity that result
from the inclusion of demand-side energy efficiency incentives favor technology choices that use less metallurgical coal and more
natural gas and electricity than in the Reference case. The metallurgical coal price is 20% higher in the Low Incentive case than
in the Reference case and 56% higher in the High Incentive case than in the Reference case in 2025, and the price differences
continue to increase through 2040. Similarly, natural gas prices in 2025 are 10% higher in the Low Incentive case than in the
Reference case and 38% higher in the High Incentive case than in the Reference case. The smallest effects are on electricity
prices; the electricity price is 8% higher in the Low Incentive case than in the AEO2016 Reference case and 23% higher in the High
Incentive case in 2025 than in the AEO2016 Reference case.
Changes in the alternative case assumptions affect both the process choice and technology choice. In terms of process, the
selection of BOF or EAF for crude steel production results in the largest energy consumption difference. Over the projection period,
across all cases, most of the growth in steel output is in EAF. As a result, crude steel production uses relatively more natural gas
over time, and its energy intensity declines.
In the AEO2016 Reference case, BOF output increases by 1.3%/year on average from 2015 to 2025 (Figure IF5-2), while EAF
output grows at more than twice that rate. Between 2025 and 2040, total steel output growth slows. BOF output in the Reference
case increases by 0.4%/year, and EAF output increases by 1.6%/year. As a result of more rapid EAF growth, the EAF output share
increases from 62% in 2015 to 69% in 2040. The increasing EAF output share in the Reference case continues the long-term trend
toward more EAF steel production in the United States.
In the Low Incentive case, coal prices are higher than in the Reference case, and the difference between metallurgical coal prices
and electricity prices is generally greater than in the Reference case. As a result, in the Low Incentive case BOF production of crude
steel increases by 0.4%/year on average from 2015 to 2025 and by 0.5%/year from 2025 to 2040, while EAF output grows by
2.9%/year from 2015 to 2025 and by 1.8%/year from 2025 to 2040. Because metallurgical coal is more expensive in the Low
Incentive case than in the Reference case, the BOF output share declines more rapidly than in the Reference case (Table IF5-1).
Figure IF5-1. Carbon dioxide proxy prices in two Figure IF5-2. Changes in U.S. total crude steel
cases, 2015–40 (2015 dollars per metric ton) production by technology in the Reference case,
2015–40 (index, 2015=100)
100 150
125
80
High Incentive
100
60
Electric arc furnace
75
40
50
Low Incentive
20
25 Basic oxygen furnace
0 0
2015 2020 2025 2030 2035 2040 2015 2020 2025 2030 2035 2040

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In the High Incentive case, the difference between metallurgical coal prices and electricity prices also is greater than in the AEO2016
Reference case, by an even a larger amount, and the prices are much higher than in the Reference case. As a result, BOF output
declines by 1.5%/year on average from 2015 to 2025 and increases by 1.7%/year from 2025 to 2040, while EAF output increases
by 2.1%/year from 2015 to 2025 period and by 2.5%/year from 2025 to 2040. In response to increasing CO2 prices in the High
Incentive case, the BOF output share declines by 8 percentage points from 2015 to 2025 and by a more moderate 2 percentage
points from 2025 to 2040 as BOF output increases.
In the Energy-Efficient Technology case, BOF output grows by an average of 0.2%/year from 2015 to 2025, similar to the growth
rate in the Reference case, because prices are the same as in the Reference case and there is no additional incentive for innovation.
From 2025 to 2040, BOF output grows by 0.7%/year in the Energy-Efficient Technology case. EAF output grows much more
rapidly than BOF output in the Energy-Efficient Technology case, by averages of 3.4%/year from 2015 to 2025 and 1.4%/year from
2025 to 2040, as the new technology is adopted more rapidly than in the Reference case.
In 2015, BOF accounted for approximately 38% of total steel output. In 2040, it accounts for about 30% of the total in all the
AEO2016 cases for three reasons. First, the BF process uses significant amounts of “off-gas” to provide waste heat for the smelting
process, displacing fuel use that would otherwise be needed in the smelting process, and thereby mitigating CO2 emissions. EAFs
do not have this feature. Second, as DRI production increases with EAF use, it is available as a less CO2-intensive feedstock for BOF
as well. Finally, there will always be a need for steel made using BOF, because BOF-produced steel is better suited for products that
require formability, such as automobile body panels [8].
In the Low Incentive and High Incentive cases, DRI accounts for a larger share of BOF iron input than in the Reference case (Figure
IF5-3). DRI is less carbon-intensive than BF, because DRI uses natural gas to reduce iron, whereas BF relies on metallurgical coal
that has been coked, and the coking process is carbon-intensive. Also, DRI is less energy-intensive than BF because the DRI
process does not involve melting iron and thus operates at lower temperatures [9].
In the Low Incentive case and the High Incentive case, greater demand-side energy efficiency incentives result in a shift to
more energy-efficient technologies, leading to more use of high-technology plasma torches (a plasma torch delivers an electric
charge to the metal for heating [10]) in the BOF process than occurs in the Reference case [11]. For continuous casting of steel,
greater demand-side incentives increase the use of electric ladles (a ladle transfers molten steel from the furnace to a continuous
casting process). In the Energy-Efficient Technology case, higher CO2 fees encourage the use of more efficient natural gas-based
technologies than in the Reference case, including natural gas ladles. In the Low Incentive case and the High Incentive case, higher
CO2 emissions fees reduce the use of more energy-intensive alternative ironmaking technologies [12].
Fuel use and energy intensity
The total energy intensity of U.S. steelmaking declines from 2015 to 2040 in all the AEO2016 cases (Figure IF5-4), with the
smallest decline in the Reference case (27%) and the largest decline in the Energy-Efficient Technology case (32%). The decline
in steelmaking energy intensity in the Reference case is greater than the average decline of 18% projected in the Reference case
for all other energy-intensive industries from 2015 to 2040, primarily as a result of the shift toward greater use of more energy-
efficient steelmaking technologies, with EAF increasing at a much faster rate than BOF, and DRI increasing at a faster rate than BF.
Natural gas is used in DRI production in electric arc furnaces, and is also used extensively in continuous casting and hot rolling.
In the Reference case, the overall natural gas intensity of U.S. steelmaking declines by a total of 25% from 2015 to 2040, with the
Table IF5-1. BOF and EAF shares of total crude steel Figure IF5-3. U.S. direct reduced iron (DRI)
production in four cases, 2015–40 (percent) production in four cases, 2015–40 (index, 2015=100)
AEO case and type of production 2015 2025 2040
225
Reference case High Incentive
Basic oxygen furnace 38% 35% 31%
200
Electric arc furnace 62% 65% 69%
Low Incentive case
Low Incentive
Basic oxygen furnace 38% 33% 29% 175
Electric arc furnace 62% 67% 71%
High Incentive case
150
Reference
Electric arc furnace 62% 70% 72% Energy-Efficient Technology
125
Energy-Efficient Technology case
Electric arc furnace 61% 68% 70% 100
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declines spread evenly over the period. Although natural gas-intensive technologies are more widely used, new technologies and
efficiency gains outweigh the use of natural gas-intensive technologies. In the Low Incentive and High Incentive cases, natural
gas consumption intensity declines by just over 20%—slightly less than in the Reference case, because technologies that use
more natural gas, including DRI and EAF, are more widely employed. In the Energy-Efficient Technology case, natural gas intensity
declines more rapidly than in the Reference case, by a total of slightly more than 30% from 2015 to 2040, because many steelmaking
processes, including continuous casting and hot rolling, use natural gas more efficiently than in the Reference case (Figure IF5-5).
Approximately 50% of the Reference case decline in energy intensity occurs from 2015 to 2025. Although natural gas-intensive
technologies are more likely to be selected in the Energy-Efficient Technology case, overall levels of natural gas consumption also
decline in this case, because gains in energy efficiency outweigh the impact of fuel switching to natural gas.
Figure IF5-4. Total energy intensity of U.S. steel Figure IF5-5. Natural gas intensity of U.S. steel
production in four cases, 2015–40 (thousand Btu per production in four cases, 2015–40 (thousand Btu per
2009 dollar of shipments) 2009 dollar of shipments)
2015 4.0
12
History Projections
11 3.5
Reference High Incentive
Low Incentive Low Incentive
10
3.0
Reference
9
2.5
High Incentive Energy-Efficient Technology
8
Energy-Efficient Technology 2.0
7
0 0
2010 2015 2020 2025 2030 2035 2040 2015 2020 2025 2030 2035 2040

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Endnotes for IF5

1. U.S. Energy Information Administration, “2010 Manufacturing Energy Consumption Survey (MECS),” Table 3.2 (Washington,
DC: March 2012), http://www.eia.gov/consumption/manufacturing/index.cfm.
2. E. Worrell, P. Blinde, M. Neelis, E. Blomen, and E. Masanet, Energy Efficiency Improvement and Cost Saving Opportunities for the
U.S. Iron and Steel Industry (Berkeley, CA: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, October 2010), https://www.energystar.gov/
ia/business/industry/Iron_Steel_Guide.pdf.
3. U.S. Geological Survey, “2015 Mineral Commodity Summaries: Iron and Steel,” http://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/
commodity/iron_&_steel/mcs-2015-feste.pdf.
4. Calculation based on: U.S. Energy Information Administration, “1991 Manufacturing Energy Consumption Survey (MECS)”
(Washington, DC: December 1994), http://www.eia.gov/consumption/manufacturing/index.cfm; U.S. Energy Information
Administration, “2010 Manufacturing Energy Consumption Survey (MECS)” (Washington, DC: September 2013), http://www.
eia.gov/consumption/manufacturing/index.cfm; World Steel Association, Steel Statistical Yearbook 2011 (Brussels, Belgium: 2011),
https://www.worldsteel.org/dms/internetDocumentList/statistics-archive/yearbook-archive/Steel-statisitical-yearbook-1992/
document/Steel%20statistical%20yearbook%201992.pdf; and International Iron and Steel Institute, Steel Statistical Yearbook
1992 (Brussels, Belgium: 1992), https://www.worldsteel.org/dms/internetDocumentList/statistics-archive/yearbook-archive/
Steel-statistical-yearbook-2011/document/Steel%20statistical%20yearbook%202011.pdf.
5. Midrex, 2014 World Direct Reduction Statistics (Englewood Cliffs, NJ: June 2015), http://www.midrex.com/assets/user/media/
MidrexStatsbook20141.pdf.
6. J.W. Miller, “Cheaper Natural Gas Lets Nucor Factory Rise Again on Bayou” (Wall Street Journal, February 1, 2013), http://www.
wsj.com/articles/SB10001424127887323854904578264080157966810?cb=logged0.20090677385575728.
7. Greater energy efficiency in the steel industry can increase U.S. steel trade if everything else remains the same. However,
international trade in steel depends on many factors including, but not limited to, energy efficiency of other countries’ steel
industry, labor costs and productivity, relative exchange rates, and trade policies. The National Energy Modeling System
(NEMS), which supports the AEO2016, is not a trade model and cannot model all these factors. Therefore, the effect of greater
energy efficiency of U.S. steel industry on international steel trade is not analyzed.
8. ArcelorMittal, “Sustainability of Steel” (January 2011) http://usa.arcelormittal.com/globalassets/arcelormittal-usa/what-we-
do/steel/201101_sustainability-of-steel.pdf.
9. “Go West!” Metals Magazine, No. 3 (November 2014), pp. 32–35, https://www.industry.siemens.com/datapool/industry/
industrysolutions/metals/magazines/03_2014/MetalsMagazine-3_2014.pdf.
10. U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Publication No. US4918282A (Washington, DC: April 17, 1990), https://www.google.com/
patents/US4918282.
11. IEA Energy Technology Network, Energy Technology Systems Analysis Programme, “Iron and Steel: IEA ETSAP Technology
Brief 102” (May 2010), http://www.iea-etsap.org/web/e-techds/pdf/i02-iron&steel-gs-ad-gct.pdf.
12. P.D. Burke and S. Gull, “Hismelt – The Alternative Ironmaking Technology” (Kwinana, Australia: December 2002), http://www.
riotinto.com/documents/_Iron%20Ore/HIsmelt_1202_the_alternative_ironmaking_technology.pdf.

Figure IF5-1. Carbon dioxide proxy prices in two cases, 2015–40: AEO2016 National Energy Modeling System, runs LOWINNOVATE.
D032516A and HIGHINNOVATE.D032516A.
Figure IF5-2. Changes in U.S. total crude steel production by technology in the Reference case, 2015–40: AEO2016 National
Energy Modeling System, run REF2016.D032416A.
Table IF5-1. BOF and EAF shares of total crude steel production in four cases, 2015–40: AEO2016 National Energy Modeling
System, runs REF2016.D032416A, LOWINNOVATE.D032516A, HIGHINNOVATE.D032516A, and EFFICIENTTECH.D032516A.
Figure IF5-3. U.S. direct reduced iron (DRI) production in four cases, 2015–40: AEO2016 National Energy Modeling System, runs
REF2016.D032416A, LOWINNOVATE.D032516A, HIGHINNOVATE.D032516A, and EFFICIENTTECH.D032516A.
Figure IF5-4. Total energy intensity of U.S. steel production in four cases, 2015–40: AEO2016 National Energy Modeling System,
runs REF2016.D032416A, LOWINNOVATE.D032516A, HIGHINNOVATE.D032516A, and EFFICIENTTECH.D032516A.
Figure IF5-5. Natural gas intensity of U.S. steel production in four cases, 2015–40: AEO2016 National Energy Modeling System,
runs REF2016.D032416A, LOWINNOVATE.D032516A, HIGHINNOVATE.D032516A, and EFFICIENTTECH.D032516A.
Market trends
Projections by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) are not statements of what will happen but of what
might happen, given the assumptions and methodologies used for any particular case. The Reference case projection is a
business-as-usual estimate, given known market, demographic, and technological trends. Most cases in the Annual Energy
Outlook 2016 (AEO2016) generally assume that current laws and regulations are maintained throughout the projections.
Such projections provide a baseline starting point that can be used to analyze policy initiatives. EIA explores the impacts of
alternative assumptions in other cases with different macroeconomic growth rates, world oil prices, rates of technological
progress, and policy changes.
While energy markets are complex, energy models are simplified representations of energy production and consumption,
regulations, and producer and consumer behavior. Projections are highly dependent on the data, methodologies, model
structures, and assumptions used in their development. Behavioral characteristics are indicative of real-world tendencies
rather than representations of specific outcomes.
Energy market projections are subject to much uncertainty. Many of the events that shape energy markets are random and
cannot be anticipated. In addition, future developments in technologies, demographics, and resources cannot be foreseen
with certainty. Many key uncertainties in the AEO2014 projections are addressed through alternative cases.
EIA has tried to make these projections as objective, reliable, and useful as possible. However, they should serve as an
adjunct to, not as a substitute for, a complete and focused analysis of public policy initiatives.
Trends in economic activity
With lower labor productivity growth, Three economic growth cases show a range of
investment is key to improving living standards possible future trends in economic growth
Figure MT-1. Growth of real gross domestic product Figure MT-2. Average annual growth rates for real
and hours worked in the Reference case, 1985–2040 gross domestic product and its major components in
(annual percent) three cases, 2015–40 (percent per year)
History 2015 Projections 6
Gross domestic product

Consumption
Exports
Imports
Investment
6
5
4
Real GDP
2 4
Hours worked
0 3
-2 2
-4
1
-6
0
History Reference Low High
-8 Economic Economic
1985 1995 2005 2015 2030 2040 Growth Growth
Growth in labor productivity is an important determinant of The AEO2016 Reference, High Economic Growth, and Low
economic growth [1]. Since the end of the latest U.S. recession Economic Growth cases illustrate three possible paths for
in June 2009 [2], labor productivity has been slow to recover. U.S. economic growth from 2015 to 2040 (Figure MT-2). The
From 1987–2014, U.S. labor productivity growth averaged 1.9%/ High Economic Growth case assumes higher growth and lower
year [3]. The average rate of growth in the previous expansion inflation than in the Reference case, and the Low Economic
(2001–07) was 2.6%, compared with 1.3%/year in the current Growth case assumes lower growth and higher inflation. In each
expansion (2009–15). In the AEO2016 Reference case, labor case, the short-term outlook (five years) represents different
productivity growth averages 1.7%/year from 2015–40. From IHS Global Insights scenarios [4] of economic activity in the
2009–15, the number of hours worked by private, nonfarm United States and the rest of the world, the impacts of fiscal
workers has increased by an average of 0.7%/year, compared and monetary policies, and potential risks that could affect U.S.
with 0.3%/year from 2001–07. This difference implies that economic activity.
growth of output has not kept pace with growth of hours worked. Beyond five years, all three cases assume smooth economic
In the AEO2016 Reference case, the number of hours worked growth and no shocks to the economy. Differences among
grows by an average of 0.9%/year from 2015–40, compared the AEO2016 Reference, High Economic Growth, and Low
with the historical average of 1.2%/year from 1987–2014, and Economic Growth cases reflect different expectations for
real GDP grows by an average of 2.2%/year from 2015–40, growth in population (specifically, net immigration), labor force,
which is below the historical average of 2.6%/year from 1987– capital stock, and productivity. The projections are above trend
2014 (Figure MT-1). in the High Economic Growth case and below trend in the Low
Many economists attribute the current slump in labor Economic Growth case. The average annual growth rate for real
productivity to the slow recovery of capital spending. gross domestic product from 2015 to 2040 in the Reference
Businesses servicing excessive debt after the financial crisis case is 2.2%, compared with 2.8% in the High Economic Growth
have delayed investment spending until they can restore their case and 1.6% in the Low Economic Growth case (Figure MT-
financial positions, and lower capital investment leads to higher 2). Compared with the 1987–2014 period, both the Reference
costs of production and distribution of all goods and services. and Low Economic Growth cases show lower growth for all
Investment spending as a share of GDP from 2001–07 was components of the U.S. economy over the projection period,
12.6%, compared with 12.1% from 2009–15. In the AEO2016 and the High Economic Growth case shows higher growth for all
Reference case, investment spending averages 14.4% of GDP components of the economy, except for trade.
from 2015–40, compared with the historical average of 12.5%
from 1987–2014.
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International energy
Industrial sector output growth highly for net exports of industrial supplies is strongest in the first
dependent on trade 10 years of the projection period, and the growth rate for net
exports of capital and consumer goods is strongest in the last
Figure MT-3. Average annual growth rates of 10–15 years of the projection.
shipments from the U.S. industrial sector and its
components in three cases, 2015–40 (percent per year) Range of oil price cases represents uncertainty
in world oil markets
Industrial sector total Figure MT-4. North Sea Brent crude oil spot prices in
three cases, 1990–2040 (2015 dollars per barrel)
Nonenergy-intensive 250
High Oil Price
manufacturing
200
Energy-intensive
Reference
manufacturing
Low Economic Growth 150 Reference
Nonmanufacturing 100
0 1 2 3
50
Low Oil Price
In the future, growth of the U.S. industrial sector [5] contributes
to overall economic growth, led by growth in the production
of manufactured goods, which in 2015 accounted for 17% of 0
1990 2000 2010 2015 2020 2030 2040
the total real value of shipments of all goods and services in
2015 [6]. In the AEO2016 Reference case, manufacturing In AEO2016, the North Sea Brent crude oil price is the main
shipments grow by 1.9%/year from 2015 to 2040, compared benchmark for world oil prices. Three oil price cases—Reference,
with overall industrial sector growth of 1.9%/year and 1.7%/ High Oil Price, and Low Oil Price—examine the potential effects
year growth in nonmanufacturing shipments (Figure MT-3). In of alternative price paths on energy markets (Figure MT-4). In
the first 5 years of the projection, industry growth rates vary the Low Oil Price case, global demand for liquids is assumed to
in response to changes in economic factors, such as a strong be relatively low, and supply is relatively high; in the High Oil
dollar or low energy prices, but by 2025 growth becomes Price case demand is high and supply is low. Crude oil prices
consistently positive across all industries. In the last decade of begin rising early in the High Oil Price case and continue on
the projection, however, growth slows in certain industries (for an upward trend throughout the projection. The oil price cases
example, pulp and paper and bulk chemicals) and increases in illustrate offsetting shifts in global supply and demand that
other industries (for example, primary metals and metal-based keep liquids consumption close to the Reference case levels
durables) in response to changes in U.S. net exports. even though prices are substantially different. In all three cases,
In the Low and High Economic Growth cases, industry growth non-Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
rates generally mirror changes in the rate of GDP growth. (non-OECD) countries account for about 60% (roughly 75
However, in the final decade of the projection period, growth million barrels/day) of world liquids use in 2040.
rates for the bulk chemical industry are slower in the High The AEO2016 price cases include different assumptions about
Economic Growth Case than in the Reference case, because investment and production decisions by the Organization of the
appreciating exchange rates reduce net U.S. exports of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) as well as non-OPEC
industrial supplies. For the other energy-intensive industries, countries; about the pace of development of tight and shale oil
growth rates in the High Economic Growth case are higher than resources in non-OPEC countries (including the United States);
in the Reference case, as a result of increasing net exports of and about demand growth in China, the Middle East, and other
labor-intensive consumer and capital goods. non-OECD countries. In the Low Oil Price case, which assumes
Industrial production growth is strongly linked to trade, along lower demand for liquids in non-OECD regions and more
with consumer demand and investment. In the Reference case, abundant supply than in the Reference case, OPEC supplies
declining exchange rates and modest growth in labor costs lead 47% of the world’s liquid fuels in 2040, compared with 42% in
to increased U.S. exports. From 2015 to 2040, real exports of the Reference case. In the High Oil Price case, the OPEC share
goods and services increase by 4.3%/year on average in the of world liquids production never exceeds the 41% level reached
Reference case, compared with average increases of 3.8%/ in 2012.
year for real imports of goods and services. The growth rate
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International energy
Prices, policies, technologies, and economic World production of liquid fuels from biomass,
growth rates influence demand for liquids coal, and natural gas increases
Figure MT-5. World petroleum and other liquids Figure MT-6. World production of nonpetroleum
consumption by region in three cases, 2015 and 2040 liquids by type in the Reference case, 2015 and 2040
(million barrels per day) (million barrels per day)
80 5
Non-OECD
2040
4
60
OECD 3
40
2015
20
1
0
2015 Low Oil Price Reference High Oil Price
0
2040 Biofuels Gas-to-liquids Coal-to-liquids
In the AEO2016 Reference, High Oil Price, and Low Oil Price Nonpetroleum fuels are a small but increasing source of total
cases, total world consumption of petroleum and other liquids liquids supply in the AEO2016 Reference case. Combined
in 2040 ranges from 119 million barrels/day (b/d) to 124 million world production of biofuels, coal-to-liquids (CTL), and gas-to-
b/d (Figure MT-5). The alternative oil price cases illustrate the liquids (GTL) totaled 2.9 million barrels per day (b/d) or 3% of
effects of supply differences from the Reference case that lead total world liquids production in 2015. In 2040, synthetic fuels
to substantial differences in prices while consumption remains production in the Reference case totals 5.3 million b/d, or 4%
relatively close to demand in the Reference case. Variations in of total world liquids production (Figure MT-6). Production of
liquids consumption levels among the Organization for Economic these fuels is supported by high oil prices, but in the United
Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries are influenced States high prices alone are not sufficient to increase domestic
primarily by oil prices. On the other hand, consumption levels in production of nonpetroleum liquids. As a result, the United
the non-OECD countries are influenced by prices, technologies, States produces no CTL or GTL in the Reference case. Biofuels
policies, and economic growth rates, resulting in nearly identical production grows only slightly, from 1.0 million b/d in 2015 to
demand in the three oil price cases in 2040, at about 75 million 1.1 million b/d in 2040, and the U.S. share of world biofuels
b/d, or 60% of world liquids consumption. production falls from 44% in 2015 to 26% in 2040.
In the AEO2016 High Oil Price case, stronger economic Biofuels development relies heavily on country-specific
growth in the non-OECD nations leads to increased demand programs or mandates and outlooks for consumption of
for liquid fuels, greater demand for personal travel, and more transportation fuels. U.S. demand for transportation fuels
consumption of goods in the industrial sector. In addition, liquid declines in the Reference case, and without significant additional
fuels continue to provide the energy needed to meet growing market penetration of fuels with high-percentage ethanol blends
demand in the nonmanufacturing sector, and national policies or of drop-in fuels [7], the possibilities for expanded biofuel
favor the use of liquids over coal for chemical feedstocks. production are limited.
In the Low Oil Price case, world economic growth is slower Biofuels production accounts for the largest share of total world
than in the Reference case, and demand for liquid fuels is lower. nonpetroleum liquid fuels production throughout the projection,
OECD countries reduce energy consumption through the use although its share falls from 81% in 2015 to 78% in 2040. In
of more-efficient technologies, extended corporate average 2040, world biofuels production of 4.1 million b/d is more than
fuel economy standards, less travel demand, and/or more use 250% greater than world production of CTL and GTL combined.
of natural gas or electricity in the transportation sector. In the
non-OECD countries, demand for liquids in the Low Oil Price
case remains relatively strong as low oil prices result in more
consumption of liquid fuels relative to other energy sources.

U.S. energy demand
Energy use per capita continues to decline in 281 million Btu per capita. Efficiency gains in appliances reduce
the Reference and No CPP cases demand for electricity, and efficiency gains in the electric
power sector also reduce overall energy intensity, as older, less-
Figure MT-7. Energy use per capita and per dollar of efficient generators are retired as a result of slower growth in
gross domestic product and carbon dioxide emissions electricity demand, changing dispatch economics related to
per dollar of gross domestic product in two cases, rising fuel prices, and stricter environmental regulations.
1980–2040 (index, 1980 = 1)
1.1
History 2015 Projections Industrial and commercial sectors lead U.S.
Energy use per capita
growth in primary energy use
1.0
No CPP
Figure MT-8. Primary energy consumption by end-use
0.9 Energy use sector in two cases, 2015–40 (quadrillion Btu)
per 2009 dollar of GDP 120
0.8
Reference
0.7
100
0.6 Industrial
Carbon dioxide emissions
per 2009 dollar of GDP Reference
0.5 80
No CPP
0.4
60 Commercial
0.3
Reference
No CPP
0.2 40
1980 1990 2000 2015 2030 2040 Residential
Population growth affects energy use through increases in 20

housing, commercial floorspace, transportation, and economic Transportation
activity. In the AEO2016 Reference case, which includes the
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Power Plan 0
2015 2020 2030 2040
(CPP), the U.S. population grows by 0.7%/year from 2015 to
2040; the national economy, as measured by gross domestic Total energy consumption increases by an average of 0.4%/
product (GDP), grows by an average of 2.2%/year; and total year, reaching 107.1 quadrillion British thermal units (Btu) in
energy consumption increases by 0.4%/year. In the No CPP 2040 in the AEO2016 Reference case, and at a somewhat faster
case, which excludes the CPP, total energy consumption grows 0.5%/year in the No CPP case, to 109.9 quadrillion Btu in 2040
at a faster rate of 0.5%/year. Energy intensity, measured both (Figure MT-8). Energy consumption declines over the 2015–
as energy use per capita and as energy use per dollar of GDP, 40 period in the transportation and residential sectors and
declines (Figure MT-7). increases in the commercial and industrial sectors. The decline
The structure and efficiency of the U.S. economy are changing in in transportation sector energy consumption would be even
ways that can lower total energy use and energy use per dollar greater with the Phase 2 standards for medium- and heavy-duty
of GDP. The service industry share of total shipments remains vehicles proposed jointly by the National Highway Traffic Safety
at or just below 77% through 2040 in the Reference case, and in Administration and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,
the manufacturing sector output continues to shift from energy- which are not considered in the Reference case. Feedstock use
intensive industries to nonenergy-intensive industries. In the in the chemical industry accounts for approximately 40% of
No CPP case, the manufacturing output and energy-intensive the 9.6 quadrillion Btu increase in total industrial sector energy
manufacturing output shares of total shipments are slightly consumption in the Reference case and almost 40% of the 10.4
higher than in the Reference case. quadrillion Btu increase in the No CPP case. Increases in non-
feedstock industrial natural gas use account for slightly more
Changes in consumer behavior also affect energy consumption. than 25% of the sector’s increase in the Reference case, more
The Reference case decline in energy use per capita results than half of which results from the use of natural gas as lease
largely from gains in appliance efficiency, a shift in population and plant fuel and to liquefy natural gas for export.
from cooler to warmer regions, and an increase in vehicle
efficiency standards combined with modest growth in travel per Energy use in the commercial sector increases by about 2.2
licensed driver. From 1970 through 2008, energy use dipped quadrillion Btu from 2015 to 2040 in the Reference case, with
below 320 million British thermal units (Btu) per person for only most of the increase attributable to electricity consumption
a few years in the 1980s. In 2012, energy use per capita was despite increases in efficiency that reduce energy use for space
about 300 million Btu, the lowest level since 1967; however, it heating, lighting, refrigeration, and personal computers. In the
has increased slightly since 2012. In the Reference case, energy No CPP case, energy use in the commercial sector increases by
use per capita in 2020 is below the 2012 level, and in 2040 it is 3.3 quadrillion Btu from 2015 to 2040.

U.S. energy demand
In both the residential and transportation sectors, energy use in effect, consumption of petroleum and other liquids would be
in the AEO2016 Reference case declines from 2015 through 1.5 quadrillion British thermal units (Btu) lower in 2040 than in
the early 2030s before it begins to increase again. Energy use the Reference case, or about equal to 2014 levels.
in the transportation sector is affected less by the CPP than Coal consumption declines by an average of 1.4%/year from
the other end-use sectors, as the CPP has no direct effect on 2015–40, with most of the reduction occurring from 2015–
transportation sector energy consumption. In the Phase 2 30. A small amount of coal-fired power plant capacity is
Standards case, transportation sector energy consumption added through 2040, including a total of 0.3 gigawatts (GW)
is more than 1.5 quadrillion Btu lower in 2040 compared currently under construction and another 0.2 GW (with carbon
with the Reference case. In the Reference case, energy use sequestration capability) added after 2016. Consumption of
in the residential sector declines despite population growth, renewable energy surpasses the use of energy from coal-fired
as the efficiency of space heating and lighting improves. For generation in 2026. Energy consumption—both the total and the
the residential and transportation sectors combined, energy mix—in the No CPP case is different from that in the Reference.
use declines by 1.6 quadrillion Btu from 2015 to 2040 in the Total energy consumption in 2040 is about 2.7 quadrillion
Reference case, as compared with a decline of 0.7 quadrillion Btu higher in the No CPP case, with about 4.7 quadrillion Btu
Btu in the No CPP case. more coal consumption, 1.6 quadrillion Btu less renewable
energy consumption, and 0.6 quadrillion Btu less natural gas
Renewables and natural gas lead rise in primary consumption than in the Reference case.
energy consumption
Figure MT-9. Primary energy use by fuel in two cases, Residential energy intensity declines across a
2015, 2020, 2030, and 2040 (quadrillion Btu) range of policy assumptions
120 Figure MT-10. Residential delivered energy intensity in
three cases, 2009–40 (index, 2009 = 1)
Other
100 renewables History 2015 Projections
1.2
80 Natural gas 1.0

No CPP
60
0.8
40 Petroleum Extended Policies

0.6 Reference
Liquid
biofuels
Other fuels
20 Nuclear
0.4
Coal
0
2015 Reference No CPP Reference No CPP Reference No CPP 0.2
2020 2030 2040
The fossil fuel share of total energy use declines in the Reference 0
case from 82% in 2015 to 77% in 2040, while renewable energy 2009 2015 2020 2025 2030 2035 2040
use grows (Figure MT-9). The renewable share of total energy The intensity of residential energy demand, defined as annual
use (including liquid biofuels) increases from 9% in 2015 to 15% delivered energy use per household, declines by 18% from
in 2040 in response to the Clean Power Plan (CPP), availability 2015–40 in the Reference case (Figure MT-10). The major
of federal tax credits for renewable electricity generation and factors leading to the decline include energy efficiency policies
capacity during the early years of the projection, and state and standards and population shifts to warmer climates in
renewable portfolio standard programs. the south and west. Space heating and water heating account
Natural gas consumption grows by about 0.9%/year from 2015– for almost 74% of the reduction in energy intensity and
40, led by increases in natural gas use for electricity generation lighting for about 15%, primarily as a result of the phasing in
and in the industrial sector. Growing production from tight shale of the light bulb efficiency standards mandated by the Energy
keeps the price of natural gas to end users below 2009–10 levels Independence and Security Act of 2007 [8]. The continued
through 2040. Increases in vehicle fuel economy offset growth growth of renewable capacity in the residential sector, such
in transportation and industrial fuel use, resulting in a decline in as rooftop solar photovoltaic panels, also reduces delivered
total consumption of petroleum and other liquids from 2020– energy intensity, given that solar panels are considered to be
30. After 2030, petroleum and other liquids consumption rises a distributed generation source rather than delivered energy
through 2040 but does not return to the 2020 peak level. purchased from a centrally located utility or energy provider.
With the proposed medium- and heavy-duty vehicle Phase 2
standards for fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions
Residential sector energy demand
The AEO2016 Reference case includes all current laws Security Act of 2007 are a major factor in the replacement of
and regulations, including the Clean Power Plan (CPP) incandescent bulbs with more efficient lighting technologies,
[9]. Alternative cases model the effects of different policy including light-emitting diode lamps and compact fluorescent
assumptions on residential energy intensity. In the No CPP lighting, which results in the decrease in electricity use for
case, which assumes no implementation of the CPP, there are lighting. Space cooling energy use per household declines as
fewer rebates and subsidies for efficient end-use equipment. efficiency improvement more than offsets the increased load due
In the Extended Policies case, there are additional rounds to the shift of population to warmer climates. Also contributing
of appliance standards and building codes, as well as the to the decline is increased distributed generation, particularly
extension of tax credits for efficient equipment and distributed rooftop solar, that offsets purchased electricity sales.
generation technologies, including solar photovoltaics and Although electricity consumption for most end uses declines
wind. As a result, household energy intensity declines by 18% from 2015–40 on a per-household basis, electricity consumption
from 2015 to 2040 in the No CPP case and by 25% in the for the residential sector as a whole increases as a result of
Extended Policies case. The CPP assumptions in the Reference growth in the U.S. population and number of households. Most
case lead to additional efficiency improvements for electricity of the increase results from market penetration of smaller
end uses, particularly lighting and electric heating, ventilation, electric devices, most of which are not covered by efficiency
and air conditioning (HVAC) appliances. Assumptions in the standards, and from growing demand for space cooling as the
Extended Policies case lead to lower consumption as a result U.S. population shifts to warmer climates in the South and West.
of efficiency gains in all residential fuels (particularly fuels Overall, residential electricity use grows by 9% from 2015–40, as
used for HVAC and water heating), including electricity, and an the fuel mix in the residential sector moves increasingly toward
increase in distributed generation. electricity. Petroleum and other liquids lose fuel share for almost
every residential end-use service, particularly for space heating,
Electricity use per household declines in the where both electricity and natural gas gain share. Natural gas
Reference case loses fuel share in every end-use service except space heating
and water heating but continues to account for more than 50%
Figure MT-11. Change in residential electricity
of the fuel consumed for space heating, water heating, and
consumption for selected end uses in the Reference
cooking. In 2040, total natural gas use in the residential sector
case, 2015–40 (kilowatthours per household) is 1% lower, and petroleum and other liquids use is 34% lower,
Lighting than in 2015.
Heating, cooling, Residential sector energy consumption shows

and ventilation
PCs and little change from 2015 to 2040
related equipment Figure MT-12. Residential sector delivered energy
Water heating consumption by fuel in the Reference case, 2004–40
(quadrillion Btu)
Refrigeration
and cooking History 2015 Projections
12
TVs and set-top
boxes
10
Laundry and dishwashing
8 Natural gas
Other
-1,000 -750 -500 -250 0 250 500

6
Annual electricity demand for the average household declines
by 11% in the Reference case, from 12.1 megawatthours (MWh) 4 Electricity
in 2015 to 10.8 MWh in 2040. In 2015, the largest uses of
electricity at the household level are space cooling, small Distillate
2 Propane
devices and other minor electric end uses, and lighting. In 2040, Other fuels
electricity consumed for small devices and other minor electric
end uses per household is 13% higher, and electricity use for 0
lighting and space cooling per household is 62% lower and 9% 2004 2010 2015 2020 2025 2030 2035 2040
lower, respectively (Figure MT-11). The growth in electricity use In the Reference case, total delivered energy use in the residential
per household for small devices and other minor appliances sector is virtually unchanged from 2015–40 (Figure MT-12),
results from the continued proliferation of appliances available while the number of households grows by 0.8%/year. As a
and adopted by consumers. Regulations implementing the result, residential sector energy intensity declines [10]. Over the
lighting efficiency standards in the Energy Independence and same period, consumption of purchased electricity increases by
Residential sector energy demand
0.3%/year. Although demand for electricity is affected more including solar and wind, totals 199 billion kilowatthours (kWh)
than other fuels by the adoption of new uses, consumption of in 2040, compared with 10 billion kWh in 2015 (Figure MT-13).
electricity for residential lighting declines in the Reference case. The effects of the ITC on installation costs for residential
The use of natural gas for residential space heating and water distributed generation systems are significant. For example,
heating remains nearly flat over the 2015–40 period. solar PV installation costs (excluding tax credits and other
Residential distillate fuel consumption declines by an average of financial incentives) fall in the Reference case from $4,042 per
2.4%/year in the Reference case, as a result of decreasing use of kilowatt (kW) of capacity in 2015 to $2,387 per kW in 2025
distillate fuel for space and water heating. The price of distillate and to $2,170 per kW in 2040. Along with declining installation
fuel rises relative to the prices of natural gas and electricity. costs, the 30% tax credit in the Extended Policies case increases
Similarly, propane consumption in the residential sector falls by the adoption of renewable electricity generation technologies in
an average of 0.9%/year as its use for home and water heating the residential sector.
continues to decline. The cost of propane remains lower than
the cost of electricity for residential uses but increases relative Commercial sector energy intensity continues
to the cost of natural gas over the projection period.
to decline
Investment tax credit extension increases Figure MT-14. Commercial sector delivered energy
intensity in the Reference case, 2005–40 (energy use
adoption of renewable energy sources per square foot, index, 2005 = 1.0)
Figure MT-13. Residential distributed electricity History 2015 Projections
generation in two cases, 2010–40 (billion 1.0
kilowatthours)
200 0.8
Delivered energy intensity
Extended Policies
0.6
150
0.4
100
0.2
Reference
50
0
2005 2010 2015 2020 2025 2030 2035 2040
In the AEO2016 Reference case, commercial sector energy

0 intensity, defined as delivered energy consumption per square
2010 2015 2020 2025 2030 2035 2040
foot of commercial floorspace, declines by an average 0.5%/
Distributed electricity generation in the residential sector, year from 2015–40 (Figure MT-14). While commercial buildings
including solar photovoltaic (PV) and wind technologies, energy intensity decreases, delivered energy consumption
increased tenfold from 2010–15. In the Reference case, it grows by 0.6%/year, and commercial floorspace grows by
more than triples from 2015–20, in part as a result of financial 1.1%/year.
incentives for residential distributed generation. The 30% In the commercial sector, delivered electricity consumption
federal investment tax credit (ITC) for solar technologies that grows faster than natural gas consumption in the Reference
was slated to expire at the end of 2016 has been extended case. As a result, natural gas intensity declines by an average of
through 2019 and currently is scheduled to be phased out 0.5%/year from 2015–40, compared with an average decline of
gradually from 2020–21. In the Extended Policies case, the 30% 0.3%/year in commercial sector electricity intensity. The natural
ITC continues indefinitely. gas share of total delivered energy use in the commercial sector
The Extended Policies case represents a more optimistic future declines from 38% in 2015 to 37% in 2040 in the Reference
for the growth of distributed generation in the residential sector, case, while the electricity share of total delivered energy use
based on the tax credits available for installations of solar increases from 53% in 2015 to 55% in 2040.
and other distributed generation technologies. With the ITC The continued decline in energy intensity of commercial
extended beyond its currently legislated 2016 expiration date for buildings is explained in part by improvements in the energy
wind and a 2022 phaseout date for solar, residential generation efficiency of lighting, heating, cooling, and ventilation systems,
doubles in the Extended Policies case from 2021–28 and more as well as more stringent building codes. Improvements in the
than doubles from 2028–40. Residential distributed generation, efficiency of major end-use equipment help to slow the growth

Commercial sector energy demand
of delivered energy consumption in the commercial sector. In with energy intensity increasing by 1.1%/year in the AEO2016
the Extended Policies case, which assumes the issuance of Reference case. For commercial PC office equipment, energy
more stringent efficiency standards for end-use equipment in intensity decreases by 5.9%/year as users shift from desktop
the future, overall energy intensity is lower than in the AEO2016 computers to more efficient laptops and mobile computing
Reference case. In 2040, total commercial sector energy per devices. Although no national standard exists, a growing
square foot in the Extended Policies case is more than 2% lower number of states and municipalities continue to adopt more
than in the Reference case. stringent building energy codes, often aligning with newer
versions of the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating,
Federal efficiency standards reduce commercial and Air-Conditioning Engineers Standard 90.1. Improvements
in building shells, including tighter air sealing, more efficient
sector energy intensity
windows, and more insulation, also reduce energy use for
Figure MT-15. Energy intensity of selected commercial heating and cooling of buildings.
end uses in the Reference case, 2015 and 2040
(thousand Btu per square foot) Efficiency gains for advanced technologies
Other reduce commercial energy consumption growth
Heating, cooling, Figure MT-16. Efficiency gains for selected commercial
and ventilation equipment in two cases, 2015–40 (percent change from
2015 installed stock efficiency)
Water heating
2015 Lighting
Lighting
2040
Office equipment: non-PC Refrigeration
Reference
Refrigeration Electric space cooling
No CPP
Cooking Electric water heating
Office equipment: PCs

Natural gas water heating
0 10 20 30 40 50
Ventilation
While commercial floorspace grows by an average of 1.1%/year
from 2015–40 in the AEO2016 Reference case, delivered energy
consumption for many commercial end uses decreases or grows Natural gas space heating
more slowly than floorspace, resulting in declines in commercial
0 20 40 60 80
sector energy intensity (the ratio of energy consumption
to commercial floorspace) (Figure MT-15). Virtually every In the commercial sector, the largest efficiency gains in the
major use of energy in commercial buildings, including space AEO2016 Reference case are for lighting. Lighting efficiency,
heating and cooling, water heating, lighting, and refrigeration, or efficacy (light output per unit of energy consumed,
is covered by some sort of federal energy efficiency standard. measured in lumens per watt), increases by 70% from 2015–
The U.S. Department of Energy is required by law to investigate 40 in the Reference case with continued improvements as a
whether updated standards are technologically feasible and result of federal standards and the increasing penetration of
economically justified and to work with stakeholders to develop light-emitting diode lighting technologies. Refrigeration and
updated standards as appropriate. As a result, energy intensity electric space cooling also show significant efficiency gains
decreases in the Reference case by 1.7%/year from 2015–40 for (Figure MT-16).
lighting and refrigeration and by 1.2%/year for space heating, The largest impacts of the Clean Power Plan (CPP) on efficiency
cooling, and ventilation. in the commercial sector are on lighting and ventilation.
The energy intensity of miscellaneous electric loads in Efficiency gains from 2015–40 in the Reference case are about
commercial buildings—equipment ranging from large medical twice those in the No CPP case for both end uses. Rebates
imaging equipment to video displays and other electric offered in support of the CPP in the Reference case make
devices—increases by a total of 11.5% from 2015–40. While efficient technology purchases more attractive to consumers.
voluntary efficiency programs such as ENERGY STAR may Total commercial energy demand increases by an average of
help to reduce energy use for some devices and appliances, 0.5%/year from 2015–40 in the Reference case. However,
many other devices and appliances are not covered by federal energy use for office equipment other than personal computers
efficiency standards. In large part, the growth of energy use for increases by 1.9%/year as local servers are replaced by
commercial non-PC office equipment results from new data central data storage and network computing. Energy use for
centers for web- and network-based services and connectivity,
Commercial sector energy demand
nonbuilding services and miscellaneous electric loads (such including reciprocating engines and turbines—growing by
as portable and plug-in devices) increases by an average more than 4%/year and accounting for 14% of commercial
of 1.4%/year. The AEO2016 Reference case reflects the DG capacity in 2040 in the Reference case. The total capacity
efficiency effects of federal equipment standards, technology of natural gas microturbines grows by almost 8%/year and
advances, and efficiency rebates and incentives offered in accounts for more than 3% of commercial DG capacity in 2040,
support of the CPP. while the total capacity of fuel cells grows by 7%/year and
accounts for almost 1% of commercial DG capacity in 2040.
Extended investment tax credits result in Higher commercial electricity prices as a result of the CPP also
contribute to the increased use of DG technologies.
more additions to renewable distributed
generation capacity Industrial shipments grow more rapidly than
Figure MT-17. Additions to commercial sector energy consumption
electricity generation capacity in two cases,
2015–40 (gigawatts) Figure MT-18. Industrial energy consumption by
application in the Reference case, 2010–40
(quadrillion Btu)
Solar photovoltaic
35
Reference
Natural gas CHP 30
Extended Policies
Nonfuel uses
25
Microturbine
20
Nonmanufacturing heat and power
Wind 15
10
Fuel cell
Manufacturing heat and power
5
0 5 10 15 20 25 30
0
Solar photovoltaic (PV) capacity for electricity generation 2010 2015 2020 2025 2030 2035 2040
accounts for nearly 78% of the 33.3 gigawatts (GW) of
commercial sector distributed generation (DG) capacity in In the AEO2016 Reference case, manufacturing shipments
2040 in the Reference case. The costs of PV inverters, solar increase by more than 60% from 2015–40, while delivered energy
panels, and equipment installation continue to decline, while consumption for heat and power in the manufacturing sector
state and utility rebates and extensions of federal investment increases by 16%. The continued decline in energy intensity
tax credits contribute to the growth of installed PV capacity. of manufacturing results in part from continued improvement
In the Reference case, solar PV capacity increases by more in the efficiency of industrial equipment, as well as a shift in
than 6%/year on average, from 5.6 GW in 2015 to 25.8 GW the share of shipments from energy-intensive manufacturing
in 2040. industries to nonenergy-intensive industries. With lower fuel
prices, shipments and energy use in many energy-intensive
Federal business investment tax credits for solar technologies, industries (bulk chemicals, petroleum refineries, iron and steel,
including PV, which were set to expire after 2016, have been and aluminum) continue to increase throughout the projection,
extended. The 30% credit will continue through 2019, then but shipments in less energy-intensive manufacturing industries
decrease to 26% in 2020, 22% in 2021, and 10% in 2022 and (plastics, metal-based durables) grow more rapidly.
after. Tax credits for combined heat and power (CHP) and small
wind generators will expire after 2016. The Extended Policies With lower prices for natural gas and hydrocarbon gas liquids,
case assumes that the CHP and wind tax credits do not expire. shipments in the bulk chemical industry expand faster than
As a result, in the Extended Policies case, commercial wind those in other energy-intensive industries. Shipments in the bulk
capacity increases by 16%/year from 2015–40, compared chemical industry increase by 4.8%/year from 2015–25, then
with more than 8%/year in the Reference case (Figure MT- slow to 1.4%/year growth from 2025–40. Energy use increases
17), and accounts for 10% of the 42.8 GW of total commercial by 4.3%/year from 2015–25 and 1.1%/year from 2025–40,
distributed generation capacity in 2040, compared with 72% when energy use for bulk chemicals exceeds 10 quadrillion Btu
for PV. and accounts for more than 31% of total industrial sector energy
consumption. In the nonmanufacturing industries (agriculture,
Use of natural gas-fired CHP continues to grow in the commercial mining, and construction), energy intensity declines from
sector, with conventional natural gas-fired CHP capacity— 2015–40, as shipments increase by 53% and total delivered
Industrial sector energy demand
energy consumption increases by 30%. The overall decline in consumption remains relatively constant while total industrial
energy intensity is limited by the mining industry, where energy energy use grows.
intensity increases as resource extraction moves into less- Low natural gas prices contribute to increasing use of combined
productive areas. heat and power (CHP) generation in the industrial sector, which
In the manufacturing sector, energy consumption for heat and grows by 48%, from 139 billion kilowatthours (kWh) in 2015
power grows steadily in the Reference case, averaging 0.5%/ to 206 billion kWh in 2040. CHP is used primarily in the bulk
year growth from 2015–40 (Figure MT-18). Nonmanufacturing chemicals, paper, and refining industries. Smaller amounts are
energy consumption grows by an average of 2.2%/year from used in the iron and steel industry and the food industry.
2015–25, then slows to 0.8%/year from 2025–40. Nonfuel
energy use (principally used for bulk chemical feedstocks and Petroleum share of industrial sector energy use
asphalt) grows by 4.7%/year from 2015–25, largely as a result
increases in all oil price cases
of an increase in shipments of bulk chemicals. After 2025,
nonfuel energy use grows by 1.5%/year in parallel with bulk Figure MT-20. Industrial consumption of petroleum
chemical shipments. and other energy in three cases, 2015, 2025, and 2040
(quadrillion Btu)
Reliance on natural gas, natural gas liquids, and 40
renewables rises as industrial energy use grows 2015 2025 2040
Figure MT-19. Industrial sector energy consumption

by fuel in the Reference case, 2010–40 (quadrillion Btu) 30
Other energy
35
Coal
20
30 Renewables
25 Natural gas liquids

10
Electricity
Petroleum
20
Liquid fuels
15
0
2015 Reference Low Oil High Oil Reference Low Oil High Oil
10 Price Price Price Price
Natural gas Because there are few substitutes for petroleum in construction,
5 mining, agriculture, and manufacturing applications, industrial
petroleum use varies only modestly across alternative oil
0 price cases. In the Reference case, the petroleum share of
2010 2015 2020 2025 2030 2035 2040
total industrial energy use grows from 33% in 2015 to 36%
Total delivered energy consumption in the industrial sector in 2040. Industrial petroleum consumption increases by 46%,
increases in the Reference case by 35%—8.6 quadrillion British from 8.1 quadrillion British thermal units (Btu) in 2015 to 11.8
thermal units (Btu)—from 2015–40 (Figure MT-19). As a result quadrillion Btu in 2040, compared with a 30% increase for all
of relatively low prices, natural gas use accounts for 41% of other energy sources.
the total increase. The mix of industrial energy sources stays While petroleum consumption in the industrial sector in 2040
relatively constant, however, reflecting limited capability for is similar in the AEO2016 Reference and Low Oil Price cases,
switching from other fuels to natural gas in most industries. consumption of other fuels grows by 30% in the Reference
Consumption of renewable fuels (including biofuels heat and case and 21% in the Low Oil Price case from 2015–40. The
coproducts) increases by 16% from 2015–40 and accounts petroleum share of total consumption in 2040 in the Low Oil
for a 5% share of total delivered energy consumption in 2040. Price case is slightly higher than in the Reference case as a
The paper industry continues to be the predominant user of result of increased shipments from petroleum refineries. Lower
renewable energy, at 41% of the industrial sector total in 2040. oil prices create less incentive for improving the efficiency of
Industrial consumption of liquefied petroleum gases (LPG) petroleum consumption.
increases by 47% from 2015–25 and by 21% from 2025–40. In the High Oil Price case, petroleum consumption in the
LPG are consumed predominantly as feedstocks in the bulk industrial sector increases by 40% over 2015–40, reaching
chemicals industry, with smaller amounts (mostly propane) 11.3 quadrillion Btu in 2040. With a lower petroleum-intensive
consumed for process heat in other industries. Coal is the manufacturing share of shipments, including bulk chemicals
only industrial fuel whose share declines consistently over the and refining, petroleum intensity is slightly lower than in
projection, from 6% of the total in 2015 to 4% in 2040 as coal the Reference case. Consumption of other fuels, particularly

Industrial sector energy demand
natural gas, increases by 48% from 2015–40 in the High Oil and paper industry shipments, energy consumption declines
Price case. The increase in natural gas consumption in the by a smaller 3%. In the High Economic Growth case, with
High Oil Price case is a result of higher levels of gas-to-liquids more rapid 13% growth in pulp and paper industry shipments
(GTL) production and more exports of liquefied natural from 2015–25, energy consumption increases by 10%, and
gas, which consumes natural gas in liquefaction, than in the from 2025–40 both pulp and paper industry shipments and
Reference case. GTL production is economical only in the energy consumption increase by about 37%. Although energy
High Oil Price case. efficiency improves in the 2025–40 period, more rapid growth
in combined heat and power generation results in a higher rate
Energy use in the pulp and paper industry of increase in energy consumption.
depends on technology choices
Higher light-duty vehicle fuel economy reduces
Figure MT-21. Energy consumption for pulp and
paper production in three cases, 2015, 2025, and 2040 transportation energy consumption after 2018
(quadrillion Btu) Figure MT-22. Delivered energy consumption for
transportation by mode in the Reference case, 2015
2015 and 2040 (quadrillion Btu)
Reference 2025 Light-duty vehicles
2040
2015
Heavy-duty vehicles 2040
Air
Low Economic Growth
Marine
Pipeline
High Economic Growth Rail
Other
0 1 2 3
Total
Energy use in the pulp and paper industry, which is closely
0 5 10 15 20 25 30
related to shipment volumes, differs significantly in the
AEO2016 Reference, Low Economic Growth, and High In the Reference case, transportation sector delivered energy
Economic Growth cases (Figure MT-21). Most of the energy consumption increases from 28.1 quadrillion British thermal
consumed in the industry is from renewable sources. In units (Btu) in 2015 to 28.6 quadrillion Btu in 2017, declines to
the Reference case, the renewable share of total energy 26.1 quadrillion Btu in 2033, then rises to 26.6 quadrillion Btu in
consumption in the pulp and paper industry grows from 55% 2040. Transportation energy consumption increased by 1.6%/
in 2015 to 58% in 2040. The amount of energy used in the year on average from 1995 to 2007 (to 28.6 quadrillion Btu),
industry also depends on the technologies chosen for each then fell to 26.0 quadrillion Btu in 2012 as economic recession
process step, with the choices generally based on capital costs, reduced demand for freight and passenger transportation.
operation and maintenance costs, fuel costs, and emissions. After 2012, growth in demand for transportation services
Some technologies use recycled products and waste, including offset efficiency improvements. The decline after 2017 in the
recycled paper for pulp, wood waste for fuel, and chemical Reference case results from a drop in light-duty vehicle (LDV)
recovery (such as black liquor from the Kraft pulping process) energy use with the implementation of new corporate average
for combined heat and power. fuel economy standards, more than offsetting increases in
In the AEO2016 Reference and Low Economic Growth cases, energy use for heavy-duty vehicles (HDVs), aircraft, marine
slow growth in shipments and the adoption of more-energy- vessels, pipelines, and rail. The Reference case does not include
efficient technologies result in declines in energy consumption the proposed Phase 2 standards for trucks (see discussion in
over the first 10 years of the projection. In the Reference case, the AEO2016 Issues in focus section), which if finalized would
pulp and paper industry shipments increase by 3%, while further reduce transportation energy use.
energy consumption declines by 1% from 2015–25. From LDV energy demand falls sharply in the Reference case, from
2025–40, with an 8% increase in pulp and paper industry 15.9 quadrillion Btu in 2015 to 11.8 quadrillion Btu in 2040, as
shipments, energy consumption increases by 4%. In the Low higher fuel economy more than offsets increases in LDV travel.
Economic Growth case, with a 4% decline in pulp and paper Although new fuel efficiency and greenhouse gas emissions
industry shipments, energy consumption declines by 9% standards for HDVs took effect in 2014, energy use by HDVs
from 2015–25. From 2025–40, with a 2% increase in pulp (including tractor trailers, buses, vocational vehicles, and heavy-
Transportation sector energy demand
duty pickup trucks and vans) grows from 6.6 quadrillion Btu in the AEO2016 Issues in focus section), which if finalized would
2015 to 8.1 quadrillion Btu in 2040 in the Reference case, as further reduce transportation energy use.
travel demand increases with economic growth. LDV energy demand falls sharply in the Reference case, from
Because growth in personal air travel is not fully offset by 15.9 quadrillion Btu in 2015 to 11.8 quadrillion Btu in 2040, as
increases in aircraft fuel efficiency, aircraft energy consumption higher fuel economy more than offsets increases in LDV travel.
increases at a faster rate than other transportation modes, Although new fuel efficiency and greenhouse gas emissions
from 2.4 quadrillion Btu in 2015 to 3.0 quadrillion Btu in 2040s. standards for HDVs took effect in 2014, energy use by HDVs
Energy consumption by marine vessels also grows, as increased (including tractor trailers, buses, vocational vehicles, and heavy-
international trade boosts demand for shipping (despite a duty pickup trucks and vans) grows from 6.6 quadrillion Btu in
modest decline in domestic shipping), and rising incomes 2015 to 8.1 quadrillion Btu in 2040 in the Reference case, as
increase demand for recreational boating. Pipeline energy use travel demand increases with economic growth.
is tempered as more natural gas is produced closer to end- Because growth in personal air travel is not fully offset by
use markets. With travel demand growing more rapidly than increases in aircraft fuel efficiency, aircraft energy consumption
efficiency improvements, energy consumption for freight and increases at a faster rate than other transportation modes,
passenger rail travel also increases slightly. from 2.4 quadrillion Btu in 2015 to 3.0 quadrillion Btu in 2040s.
Energy consumption by marine vessels also grows, as increased
Corporate average fuel economy and greenhouse international trade boosts demand for shipping (despite a
gas emissions standards boost light-duty vehicle modest decline in domestic shipping), and rising incomes
fuel economy increase demand for recreational boating. Pipeline energy use
is tempered as more natural gas is produced closer to end-
Figure MT-23. Average fuel economy of new light- use markets. With travel demand growing more rapidly than
duty vehicles in the Reference case, 1980–2040 (miles efficiency improvements, energy consumption for freight and
per gallon) passenger rail travel also increases slightly.
50
Miles traveled per licensed driver grows
through 2018 and then levels off
40 Figure MT-24. Vehicle miles traveled per licensed driver
in the Reference case, 1995–2040 (thousand miles)
30 History 2015 Projections
15
20
10
10
0
1980 1990 2000 2015 2030 2040
5
In the Reference case, transportation sector delivered energy
consumption increases from 28.1 quadrillion British thermal
units (Btu) in 2015 to 28.6 quadrillion Btu in 2017, declines to
26.1 quadrillion Btu in 2033, then rises to 26.6 quadrillion Btu in
2040. Transportation energy consumption increased by 1.6%/ 0
1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 2020 2025 2030 2035 2040
year on average from 1995 to 2007 (to 28.6 quadrillion Btu),
then fell to 26.0 quadrillion Btu in 2012 as economic recession Demand for personal vehicle travel, measured as annual
reduced demand for freight and passenger transportation. vehicle miles traveled (VMT) per licensed driver, continues
After 2012, growth in demand for transportation services to grow beyond 2015 levels in the AEO2016 Reference case,
offset efficiency improvements. The decline after 2017 in the from 12,700 miles in 2015 to 13,300 miles in 2018, remains at
Reference case results from a drop in light-duty vehicle (LDV) about 13,300 until 2033, and then increases again to 13,500 in
energy use with the implementation of new corporate average 2040 (Figure MT-24). The major factors influencing personal
fuel economy standards, more than offsetting increases in vehicle travel include motor gasoline prices, personal income,
energy use for heavy-duty vehicles (HDVs), aircraft, marine vehicle fuel efficiency, travel patterns, driving population, and
vessels, pipelines, and rail. The Reference case does not include employment rates.
the proposed Phase 2 standards for trucks (see discussion in

Transportation sector energy demand
The number of licensed drivers grows by an average of 0.7%/ FFV share of LDV sales rises through 2019 and then remains
year from 2015–40, as the employment rate of the licensed flat through the rest of the projection.
driver population (the employed, nonfarm population ages 16 Sales of hybrid electric and all-electric vehicles that use stored
and over) increases by an average of 0.7%/yr from 2015–40. electric energy for motive power grow substantially in the
Total light-duty VMT increases in the Reference case to 3.4 Reference case. Gasoline- and diesel-electric hybrid vehicles
trillion in 2040—a 25% increase from 2015—partly as a result account for 5% of total LDV sales in 2040. Plug-in hybrid and
of 18% overall growth in the number of licensed drivers, from all-electric vehicles account for 5% of total LDV sales and 9%
217 million in 2015 to 255 million in 2040. of total sales of vehicles using diesel, alternative-fuel, hybrid, or
Although vehicle sales decline between 2017 and 2022 before all-electric systems in 2040.
generally increasing through 2040, the number of vehicles The diesel vehicle share of total LDV sales increases slightly
per licensed driver stays constant at 1.1 from 2015–40. Motor from 2015–40 in the Reference case, from 2% to 4%. Light-
gasoline prices fall from 2015 levels and do not exceed that duty gaseous and fuel cell vehicles account for less than 2% of
level again until 2019, while real personal disposable income new vehicle sales because of limited fueling infrastructure and
per licensed driver increases by 47% from 2015–40. Income the high incremental costs of the vehicles.
growth and lower motor gasoline prices, combined with
increasing fuel economy for both light-duty cars and light
trucks, contribute to the increase in VMT per licensed driver
Natural gas use for transportation increases
throughout the projection. but remains a small share of total
transportation energy
Sales of vehicles using nongasoline Figure MT-26. Transportation sector natural gas
technologies triple from 2015 to 2040 consumption by vehicle type in the Reference case,
Figure MT-25. Sales of light-duty vehicles capable of 1995–2040 (quadrillion Btu)
using nongasoline technologies by type in the Reference History 2015 Projections
0.6
case, 2015, 2025, and 2040 (million vehicles sold)
12
Total 0.5
Micro hybrid
10 Flex-fuel 0.4
Electric hybrid Medium- and heavy-duty vehicles
8 Plug-in and all-electric Freight rail
0.3
Diesel Buses
Gaseous and fuel cell Light-duty vehicles
6 0.2
Domestic marine vessels
4 0.1
2 0
1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 2020 2025 2030 2035 2040
0 Unlike natural gas applications in other demand sectors,

2015 2025 2040 consumption of natural gas by rail, marine, and road vehicles
in the transportation sector—in both dedicated and dual-
Light-duty vehicles (LDVs) that use diesel, alternative-fuel,
fueled engines—generally requires additional processing
hybrid-electric, or all-electric systems play a significant role
to meet energy storage requirements on vehicles, either as
in meeting more stringent greenhouse gas emissions and
compressed natural gas (CNG) or liquefied natural gas (LNG).
corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) standards in the
In the AEO2016 Reference case, demand for natural gas in the
AEO2016 Reference case, with sales increasing from 18% of all
transportation sector grows from 66 trillion British thermal
new LDV sales in 2015 to 61% in 2040. Micro hybrid vehicles,
units (Btu) in 2015 to 591 trillion Btu in 2040 (Figure MT-26).
defined here as conventional gasoline internal combustion
However, natural gas still accounts for just 2% of the sector’s
engine vehicles with micro hybrid systems that manage engine
total delivered energy consumption in 2040, or slightly more
operation at idle, represent 34% of new LDV sales in 2040
than half of the 1,069 trillion Btu of natural gas consumed in
(Figure MT-25). Flex-fuel vehicles (FFVs), which can use blends
pipeline transport operations in 2040.
of up to 85% ethanol, represent about 10% of all new LDV sales
in 2040. Current incentives for manufacturers selling FFVs, Medium-duty and heavy-duty vehicles—including tractor
which are available in the form of fuel economy credits earned trailers, vocational vehicles, pickups, and vans with gross
for CAFE compliance, expire at the end of 2019. As a result, the vehicle weight rating of 10,001 pounds or more—become the
largest consumers of CNG and LNG in the Reference case,

Electricity demand
increasing from 35 trillion Btu in 2015 to 342 trillion Btu in demand increases by 27% from 2015–40 (1.0%/year). U.S.
2040. Most of the increase occurs after 2025, when natural electricity demand is affected primarily by population growth
gas is marketed at a steadily increasing discount compared to and economic activity. However, electricity demand growth
petroleum fuels. Initially, natural gas is used primarily as CNG has been significantly slower than gross domestic product
in medium-duty trucks, but over time it is used increasingly as (GDP) growth in recent years and continues to be slower in
LNG to fuel heavy-duty trucks (primarily tractor trailers)—a the projections (Figure MT-27).
relatively energy-dense storage, high-mileage application Electricity sales grow at a slower rate than electricity use,
in which the fuel cost savings of LNG offset the significant given the increasing role of self-generation in all end-use
incremental capital costs of LNG vehicles. sectors. Total retail electricity sales increase by 20% (0.7%/
LNG energy consumption by freight rail locomotives grows to year) from 2015–40 in the Reference case and by 23%
150 trillion Btu in 2040, when it accounts for 30% of total freight (0.8%/year) in the No CPP case. Population shifts to warmer
rail energy consumption, with natural gas fuel cost savings regions increase cooling requirements, which affects both
offsetting the incremental capital costs of LNG locomotives. residential and commercial electricity sales. In the residential
CNG and LNG energy demand for transit, intercity, and school sector, electricity sales grow by 9% and 11% from 2015–40
buses also grows, from 16 trillion Btu in 2015 to 60 trillion Btu in the Reference case and No CPP case, respectively. The
in 2040, primarily as a result of high CNG adoption rates for increasing energy efficiency of residential appliances and
transit buses, which account for 95% (57 trillion Btu) of the consumer electronics offsets some of the growth in electricity
natural gas used by buses in 2040. Use of CNG in light-duty demand that would otherwise have occurred as a result of
vehicles and LNG in marine vessels remains relatively minor, at the increasing availability and sales of electronic devices.
24 trillion Btu and 15 trillion Btu in 2040, or 0.2% and 2.0% of In the commercial sector, electricity demand grows by 21%
each mode’s energy consumption, respectively. in the Reference case and by 26% in the No CPP case from
2015–40, as demand for electrical devices and equipment
Growth in electricity use from 2015 to 2040 continues to rise. In the industrial sector, electricity demand
grows by 30% in the Reference case and by 32% in No CPP
slows to 24% with Clean Power Plan (CPP) and
case from 2015–40, initially as a result of increasing sales in
to 27% with no CPP the primary metals, bulk chemical, and food industries, and
Figure MT-27. U.S. gross domestic product growth and later as a result of growth in the construction and metal-based
electricity demand growth rates, 1950–2040 (percent, durables industries. However, while demand increases for
three-year moving average) most industrial uses, total electricity use per unit of output
declines in both the Reference case and No CPP case as
14 energy efficiency increases.
Electricity demand:
Reference
12
Three-year moving average Clean Power Plan accelerates shift from coal to
10 natural gas and renewables
Trendline
Figure MT-28. Net electricity generation by fuel in the
8
Gross domestic product:
Reference case, 2000–2040 (billion kilowatthours)
6 Reference History 2015 Projections
Three-year moving average 2,500
4
Trendline
2 2,000
0 Natural gas
Electricity demand: No CPP 1,500
-2
1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020 2030 2040
Electricity demand growth (including retail sales and direct 1,000

Coal
use) has slowed in every decade since the 1950s, from Nuclear
9.8%/year from 1949–59 to 0.5%/year from 2000–2015.
500
In the AEO2016 Reference case and No CPP case, electricity Renewables
demand growth remains relatively slow, as rising demand
for electric services is offset by efficiency gains from new Liquids
0
appliance standards and investments in energy-efficient 2000 2005 2010 2015 2020 2025 2030 2035 2040
equipment. Total electricity demand grows by 24% (0.9%/
year) from 2015–40 in the Reference case, which includes the The Clean Power Plan (CPP) requires states to develop plans
effects of the Clean Power Plan (CPP). In the No CPP case, to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from existing fossil-
fired electric generating units. The AEO2016 Reference case
assumes that states will choose to cooperate with each other fired generation roughly equals coal generation in the United
at the regional level [11], using a mass-based (cap-and-trade) States on an annual basis in 2016. After declining somewhat
program that allocates allowances to load-serving entities to from 2016–20 with strong renewable growth as a result of tax
reduce the potential impacts of higher rates on consumers. credits, the natural gas share increases steadily in the No CPP
If the CPP emerges intact from legal challenges, it is expected case, overtaking the coal share in 2029 as the predominant fuel
to reinforce the trend toward less carbon-intensive generation for electricity generation. In 2040, the natural gas share of total
by accelerating the shift away from coal to natural gas and generation is 34% in the No CPP case.
renewables, and toward increased energy efficiency. In the Recent policy and technology developments, including
Reference case, coal use for electricity generation is overtaken the extension of production and investment tax credits for
by natural gas in 2024 and by renewables in 2028. renewable generation technologies enacted in December 2015,
In the Reference case, higher electricity prices and the push as well as reduced capital costs for solar photovoltaic systems,
for greater energy efficiency slows the 2015–30 growth rate of are further increasing the pressure on coal. In the No CPP case,
U.S. total electricity sales, from 1%/year from 2015–30 in the renewables generation increases at 3.2%/year from 546 billion
No CPP case to 0.8%/year in the Reference case. In addition, kilowatthours (kWh) (a 13% share) in 2015 to 1,204 billion kWh
the higher cost associated with CO2 emissions under the CPP (a 23% share) in 2040 (Figure MT-29). Nonhydro renewables
contributes to a 1.5% annual decline in electricity generated generation grows at the fastest rate through 2040, increasing
from coal, which drops from 1,355 billion kilowatthours at 4.5%/year, from 252 billion kWh in 2015 to 750 billion kWh
(kWh) (a 33% share) in 2015 to 919 billion kWh (18%) in in 2040. Over the same period, hydroelectric generation grows
2040. Retirements of coal-fired generators by 2030, increase at 0.7%/year, from 245 billion kWh in 2015 to 294 billion kWh
from 60 gigawatts (GW) in the No CPP case to 92 GW in the in 2040.
Reference case, or about one-third of current capacity (Figure The coal share of total electricity generation falls from 48% in
MT-28). Growth in generation from renewable energy sources 2008 to 31% in 2029, when the natural gas share surpasses it,
also accelerates from 3.2%/year in the No CPP case to 3.8%/ and then continues to decline, falling to a 26% share in 2040.
year in the Reference case, as total renewable generation Coal generation is essentially flat from 2015 to 2040 in the
increases from 546 billion kWh (13% of current generation) to No CPP case. A large portion of the decline in coal generation
1,374 billion kWh (27% of 2040 generation in the Reference is attributable to the retirement of coal generating capacity
case). The average growth rate of nonhydropower renewable in the No CPP case. The No CPP case has 60 gigawatts of
generation from 2015–40 increases from 4.5%/year in the No cumulative coal capacity retirements between 2016 and 2030.
CPP case to 5.3%/year in the Reference case. Nuclear generating capacity remains virtually unchanged over
the projection in the No CPP case, as additions are more than
With no Clean Power Plan (CPP), coal-fired offset by retirements. Total nuclear generation is flat at about
789 billion kWh, accounting for a 20% share in 2015 and a 15%
generation shows little change from 2015 level
share in 2040. Coal and nuclear generation, which together
Figure MT-29. Net electricity generation by fuel in the satisfied 70% of U.S. generation requirements as recently as
No CPP case, 2000–2040 (billion kilowatthours) 2005, fall to a 47% share of total generation in 2030 and a 42%
History 2015 Projections share in 2040 in the No CPP case.
2,500
2,000
Natural gas
1,500
Coal
1,000
Nuclear
500
Renewables
Liquids
0
2000 2005 2010 2015 2020 2025 2030 2035 2040
The decline in natural gas prices since 2009 has threatened

the cost competitiveness of existing U.S. coal-fired generators,
resulting in a 25% reduction in coal-fired generation in 2015
from its level in the mid-2000s. In the No CPP case, natural gas-

Renewables and natural gas lead capacity In the No CPP case, most new electricity
additions through 2040 in the Reference case generation capacity uses natural gas
Figure MT-30. Additions to electricity generation and renewables
capacity by fuel in the Reference case, 2000–2040 Figure MT-31. Cumulative additions to electricity
(gigawatts) generation capacity by fuel in the No CPP case by
History 2015 Projections period (gigawatts)
60
Nuclear 80
Coal
Wind
50 Hydropower/other
Solar
Natural gas/oil
60
40
Renewables/other
30
40
Natural gas/oil
20
10 20
Nuclear
Coal
0
2000 2005 2010 2015 2020 2025 2030 2035 2040
0
In the AEO2016 Reference case, two developments significantly 2016–20 2021–25 2026–30 2031–35 2036–40
improve the prospects for renewable capacity: extension of In the No CPP case, additions to electricity generation capacity—
favorable federal tax treatment for renewable generators, including those in the end-use sectors—total 392 gigawatts
and continued dramatic reductions in the capital cost of solar (GW) from 2016–40 (Figure MT-31). Capacity additions in the
photovoltaic (PV) systems. In the Reference case, cumulative near term replace retiring coal-fired plants, which are the result
additions to U.S. generating capacity from 2016–40 total 483 of low natural gas prices and implementation of the Mercury
gigawatts (GW) for all technologies, including 302 GW of Air Toxic Standards. Coal-fired capacity declines from 284 GW
renewable technology additions (63% of the total), both power- in 2015 to 215 GW in 2040, with much of that capacity retired
sector and end-use generators (Figure MT-30). Renewable by 2025. A total of 60 GW of coal-fired capacity is retired
generation capacity additions consist primarily of wind (73 from 2016–25 in the No CPP case, including both announced
GW) and solar (221 GW) technologies, including 77 GW of retirements and those projected on the basis of market factors.
solar PV installations in the end-use sectors. Total capacity additions average 16 GW/year from 2016–40,
The increase in renewable capacity additions helps offset with 97 GW of renewable capacity additions from 2016–25 and
the retirement of 100 GW of coal-fired capacity as a result of 44 GW of natural gas additions over the same period.
environmental legislation, including implementation of the Renewable additions in the No CPP case benefit from the
Clean Power Plan. Relatively low natural gas prices from 2016– extension of the federal tax credit in the near term and from
40 also lead to a significant increase in natural gas-fired capacity, declining costs in the long term. Renewable additions total 236
with 175 GW of gas-fired capacity additions accounting for GW from 2016–40, primarily solar (178 GW) and wind (52
36% of the total increase. Total renewable capacity additions GW). The solar capacity additions include 74 GW of rooftop
average 16 GW/year through 2024. From 2025–40, renewable and other distributed solar generation installations in the end-
capacity additions slow to 10 GW/year, as electricity demand use sectors. Most of the wind capacity is added before 2025 to
growth slows. Virtually all capacity additions after 2025 in the take advantage of the production tax credit, which is available
Reference case are solar PV and natural gas, which account for only to projects beginning substantive development before
53% and 43% of total additions, respectively, over the 2025–40 2020. Solar capacity is added steadily through 2040, as it
period. Among fossil fuel generating technologies, natural gas- becomes more cost-competitive as a result of declining capital
fired combined-cycle plants remain the least-cost option for cost and the investment tax credit. The tax credit phases down
new capacity additions, and they generally are more efficient to from 30% in 2016 to 10% in 2022 and then remains at that level
operate than existing steam plants fueled with natural gas, oil, for utility and commercially operated solar projects but ends
or coal. for residential solar projects.
In the No CPP case, natural gas accounts for 38% (150 GW)
of cumulative capacity additions from 2016–40. The relatively
steady growth of natural gas capacity, which helps to maintain

Electricity prices
baseload generation and provide grid reliability services, also In the No CPP case, natural gas accounts for 38% (150 GW)
results from continued low natural gas prices. of cumulative capacity additions from 2016–40. The relatively
steady growth of natural gas capacity, which helps to maintain
Electricity prices rise and fall with natural gas baseload generation and provide grid reliability services, also
results from continued low natural gas prices.
availability and prices
Figure MT-32. Electricity prices and natural gas prices Electricity generation mix responds
to electricity generators in four cases, 2015–40 (left
axis, 2015 cents per kilowatthour; right axis, 2015
significantly to natural gas prices
dollars per million Btu) Figure MT-33. Electricity generation by fuel in three
15 10 cases, 2015, 2020, 2030, and 2040 (billion kilowatthours)
Low Oil and Gas
Resource and Technology 6,000
12 8 Oil/other
Electricity 5,000 Coal
Nuclear
9 No CPP Reference case
6 4,000
High Oil and Gas Renewables
6
Resource and Technology
4 3,000
Natural gas
2,000
3 2
Natural gas
1,000
0 0
2015 2020 2025 2030 2035 2040
0
2015 2020 2030 2040
In the No CPP case, additions to electricity generation capacity—
including those in the end-use sectors—total 392 gigawatts Recent low natural gas prices have led to a shift from coal to
(GW) from 2016–40 (Figure MT-31). Capacity additions in the natural gas for electricity generation. In addition, favorable
near term replace retiring coal-fired plants, which are the result federal and state policies have supported increases in renewable
of low natural gas prices and implementation of the Mercury capacity. The future generation mix will depend to significant
Air Toxic Standards. Coal-fired capacity declines from 284 GW extent on future natural gas prices, as existing natural gas plants
in 2015 to 215 GW in 2040, with much of that capacity retired compete with coal for dispatch decisions in the short term, and
by 2025. A total of 60 GW of coal-fired capacity is retired natural gas combined-cycle capacity competes with wind and
from 2016–25 in the No CPP case, including both announced solar capacity in the longer term. The AEO2016 Low and High
retirements and those projected on the basis of market factors. Oil and Gas Resource and Technology cases provide a range of
Total capacity additions average 16 GW/year from 2016–40, potential future natural gas price paths that could affect the mix
with 97 GW of renewable capacity additions from 2016–25 and of fuels used for electricity generation. In the High Oil and Gas
44 GW of natural gas additions over the same period. Resource and Technology case, delivered natural gas prices
Renewable additions in the No CPP case benefit from the remain below $4/million British thermal units (Btu) through
extension of the federal tax credit in the near term and from 2040. In the Low Oil and Gas Resource and Technology case,
declining costs in the long term. Renewable additions total 236 delivered natural gas prices rise steadily, to $8/million Btu in
GW from 2016–40, primarily solar (178 GW) and wind (52 2030 and more than $9/million Btu in 2040.
GW). The solar capacity additions include 74 GW of rooftop Lower natural gas prices in the High Resource and Technology
and other distributed solar generation installations in the end- case lead to a 48% natural gas share of total generation in
use sectors. Most of the wind capacity is added before 2025 to 2030—compared with 37% in the Reference case—and a 55%
take advantage of the production tax credit, which is available share in 2040 (Figure MT-33). An additional 39 gigawatts of
only to projects beginning substantive development before coal-fired capacity is retired by 2040, and the coal share of
2020. Solar capacity is added steadily through 2040, as it total generation falls from 33% in 2015 to 17% in 2030 and to
becomes more cost-competitive as a result of declining capital 11% in 2040. Renewable capacity additions in the same case
cost and the investment tax credit. The tax credit phases down are less than half of those in the Reference case, and the overall
from 30% in 2016 to 10% in 2022 and then remains at that level renewable share of total generation is 18% in 2030 and 19%
for utility and commercially operated solar projects but ends in 2040, compared with 24% and 27%, respectively, in the
for residential solar projects. Reference case.

Electricity capacity
In the Low Oil and Gas Resource and Technology case, for utility and commercially operated solar projects but ends
higher natural gas prices reduce the natural gas share of total for residential solar projects.
electricity generation from 33% in 2015 to 18% in 2030 and to In the No CPP case, natural gas accounts for 38% (150 GW)
16% in 2040. Fewer coal plants are retired, allowing for higher of cumulative capacity additions from 2016–40. The relatively
levels of coal-fired generation than in the Reference case. More steady growth of natural gas capacity, which helps to maintain
new renewable generation reduces the share of more expensive baseload generation and provide grid reliability services, also
natural gas-fired generation needed to meet the growth in results from continued low natural gas prices.
demand for electricity.
Nuclear power generation faces competition
Resource availability has more effect than the
from natural gas and renewables
Clean Power Plan on natural gas-fired generation
Figure MT-35. Cumulative nuclear generation capacity
Figure MT-34. Natural gas-fired electricity generation additions and retirements, 2016–20 (gigawatts)
in four cases, 2000–2040 (billion kilowatthours)
6 100
History 2015 Projections Total capacity Additions
3,000 High Oil and Gas Resource and Technology 98
4 96
2,500
0
2 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
2,000
Reference
0
1,500
No CPP
-2
1,000
Low Oil and Gas Resource and Technology -4

500
Retirements
-6
0 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
2000 2005 2010 2015 2020 2025 2030 2035 2040
Decisions to build new nuclear capacity, uprate existing
In the No CPP case, additions to electricity generation capacity— reactors, or extend their operating lifetimes depend on the
including those in the end-use sectors—total 392 gigawatts cost-competitiveness of nuclear generation in electric power
(GW) from 2016–40 (Figure MT-31). Capacity additions in the markets. Independent power producers [12] have faced financial
near term replace retiring coal-fired plants, which are the result losses in recent years on their nuclear capacity as a result of
of low natural gas prices and implementation of the Mercury competition from lower-cost energy sources—including natural
Air Toxic Standards. Coal-fired capacity declines from 284 GW gas and wind—and declining electricity demand and reduced
in 2015 to 215 GW in 2040, with much of that capacity retired capacity payments in some regions [13].
by 2025. A total of 60 GW of coal-fired capacity is retired
from 2016–25 in the No CPP case, including both announced Low natural gas prices reduce the competiveness of newly built
retirements and those projected on the basis of market factors. nuclear capacity relative to natural gas-fired combined-cycle
Total capacity additions average 16 GW/year from 2016–40, plants, and they reduce wholesale market prices for electricity
with 97 GW of renewable capacity additions from 2016–25 and from existing nuclear power plants. As a result, no uprates or
44 GW of natural gas additions over the same period. new builds of nuclear capacity beyond those already underway
occur in any of the AEO2016 cases.
Renewable additions in the No CPP case benefit from the
extension of the federal tax credit in the near term and from The Reference case incorporates 2,139 megawatts (MW) of
declining costs in the long term. Renewable additions total 236 planned and announced nuclear plant retirements (Figure MT-
GW from 2016–40, primarily solar (178 GW) and wind (52 35), including FitzPatrick (852 MW) in 2016, and Pilgrim (678
GW). The solar capacity additions include 74 GW of rooftop MW) and Oyster Creek (610 MW) in 2019. The Reference case
and other distributed solar generation installations in the end- also assumes early retirement of 3 gigawatts (GW) of nuclear
use sectors. Most of the wind capacity is added before 2025 to capacity, modeled as derates in competitive regions, based
take advantage of the production tax credit, which is available on an assessment of market uncertainties. These retirements
only to projects beginning substantive development before represent a total reduction in nuclear capacity of 5.1 GW from
2020. Solar capacity is added steadily through 2040, as it the existing nuclear fleet. Market uncertainties and regulatory
becomes more cost-competitive as a result of declining capital issues have led to recent announcements of reactor retirements
cost and the investment tax credit. The tax credit phases down that are not reflected in the Reference case: Clinton (1,065
from 30% in 2016 to 10% in 2022 and then remains at that level MW), Quad Cities Units 1 and 2 (1,819 MW), Fort Calhoun (479

Renewable capacity
MW), and Diablo Canyon Units 1 and 2 (2,240 MW). These Renewable capacity growth is supported by a variety of federal
reecent announcements represent an additional incremental and state policies. The recent five-year extension of production
reduction of 2.6 gigawatts of retirements not reflected in the tax credits and investment tax credits supports the growth of
Reference case. The Reference case addresses near-term new renewable capacity through 2022. The CPP policy takes
accelerated nuclear retirements but assumes that subsequent effect in 2022, providing additional incentives for renewable
license renewals will allow for long-term operation up to 80 capacity additions to meet CO2 emissions targets from 2022–
years. Future AEOs will discuss the ability of nuclear power 29. Although the targets remain flat after the interim period,
stations to achieve long-term operation beyond 60 years. additions of renewable capacity continue in order to meet CO2
emissions targets while satisfying demand for new generation.
Renewable capacity additions are dominated
by solar photovoltaics Renewable electricity generation sensitive to
Figure MT-36. Wind and solar electricity generation government policies and natural gas prices
capacity additions in all sectors by energy source in Figure MT-37. Renewable electricity generation by
two cases, 2016–20, 2021–30, and 2031–40 (gigawatts) fuel type in all sectors in five cases, 2015 and 2040
120 (billion kilowatthours)
Reference No CPP
2015
2040
90
Reference
Wind High Oil and

60 Gas Resource
Solar
No CPP
30 Geothermal
Low Oil Price Biomass
MSW
Solar Wind Hydro
Low Oil and
0 Gas Resource
2016–20 2021–30 2031–40 2016–20 2021–30 2031–40
0 500 1,000 1,500 2,000 2,500
In the AEO2016 Reference case, total wind and solar electricity
generation capacity grows by 5%/year from 2016–40, adding Total renewable electricity generation increases in the Reference
more than 294 gigawatts (GW) to provide 80% of total case by more than 150%, from 546 billion kilowatthours (kWh)
renewables capacity in 2040 (Figure MT-36). In the No CPP in 2015 to 1,374 billion kWh in 2040 (Figure MT-37). The total
case, which assumes that the Clean Power Plan (CPP) is not varies in the alternative cases with different price, resource,
implemented, wind and solar capacity together increase by and policy assumptions, ranging from a 76% increase in the
more than 4%/year, adding almost 230 GW of generating High Oil and Gas Resource and Technology case to a 271%
capacity over the 2016–40 period. Wind and solar capacity increase in the Low Oil and Gas Resource and Technology
increases by 10%/year from 2016–20 and then slows to 3%/ case. Generation from wind and solar resources represents
year from 2021–40 in both the Reference and No CPP cases. the largest share of the increase in renewable generation. In
Solar power provides the largest increase in renewable the Reference case, solar generation increases by an average
capacity, from 25 GW in 2015 to more than 246 GW in 2040 of 11%/year, from 38 billion kWh in 2015 to 477 billion kWh
in the Reference case and more than 202 GW in the No CPP in 2040, and wind generation increases by an average of 4%/
case. The increases in wind capacity are much smaller, at 73 year, from 190 billion kWh in 2015 to 473 billion kWh in 2040.
GW in the Reference case and less than 52 GW in the No CPP Solar power provides about 35% of total renewable electricity
case from 2016–40. Solar installations have benefitted from generation in 2040 in the Reference case, up from 7% in 2015.
significant reductions in technology costs in recent years, while In the Low Oil and Gas Resource and Technology case, which
wind capacity is hampered by the need to access wind sites has the highest natural gas prices among all the AEO2016
farther from existing transmission lines or with less favorable cases, renewable generation increases to 2,030 billion kWh in
development characteristics. Wind capacity additions are 2040, with approximately 46% of the total coming from solar
particularly slow between 2030–40, at slightly more than 4 GW generation, 31% from wind, and 15% from hydropower. Because
in the Reference case and 2 GW in the No CPP case. With slow natural gas often is the marginal fuel in determining wholesale
growth in wind capacity additions and continued fast growth in electricity prices, higher natural gas prices tend to make
solar additions, solar capacity surpasses wind capacity in 2032 renewable generation more competitive. Solar generation,
in the Reference case and in 2033 in the No CPP case. which is available during the day to meet peak demand and can
Renewable generation
displace natural gas-fired generation, serves 19% of total load No CPP cases. Solar makes up more than 80% of the growth
in 2040. in the Southwest/Rockies region in both cases. In Texas,
In the High Oil and Gas Resource and Technology case, low nonhydropower renewable electricity generation in 2040 in
natural gas prices reduce growth in total renewable generation, the Reference case is approximately 165% higher than in 2020
which increases to only 961 billion kWh in 2040. Lower natural (an increase of more than 80 billion kWh). The growth over the
gas prices increase the cost-effectiveness of natural gas-fired same period in the No CPP case is 80% (an increase of nearly
power plants and make renewable generation less competitive. 39 billion kWh).
Nonhydropower renewable generation growth is generally
Southeast region leads growth in non- higher with the carbon emission restrictions of the CPP in the
Reference case than without the restrictions. However, both
hydropower renewable electricity generation
the growth and the resulting generation mix vary substantially
Figure MT-38. Nonhydropower renewable electricity among regions, depending on the cost and availability of
generation in all sectors in two cases, 2020 and 2040 resources and state policies.
Levelized generation and avoided costs
Southeast {Reference
No CPP
2020
2020 2040
2040
influence the economics of new technologies
Reference
California { No CPP Figure MT-39. Levelized electricity costs with tax
Reference
Northern Plains { No CPP
credits for new power plants in the Reference case,
2022 and 2040 (2015 dollars per megawatthour)
Texas { No CPP
Reference
Levelized cost
of electricity
Southwest/Rockies {
Reference
Conventional Levelized avoided
No CPP cost of electricity
combined cycle
Southern Plains {
Reference
No CPP
Northwest {
Reference
No CPP
Advanced 2022 2022
nuclear 2040 2040
Midwest/Mid-Atlantic {
Reference
No CPP
Northeast {
Reference
No CPP Wind
0 50 100 150 200 250
In the AEO2016 Reference case and the No CPP case,

nonhydropower renewable generation increases from 2020 Solar
photovoltaic
to 2040 in all the electricity regions. (For a map of regions,
see Appendix F.) Regional growth in renewable generation Note: Ranges account for regional differences.
is determined by four factors: implementation of the Clean
0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180
Power Plan (CPP), state renewable portfolio standards (RPS),
availability of renewable energy resources, and cost competition Factors that influence technology choices for new generating
with fossil fuel technologies. Factors such as electricity demand capacity are difficult to compare. Different technologies
growth, non-RPS policies (such as net metering), and electricity can have vastly different costs (capital, fuel, maintenance,
prices also affect regional growth rates. financing), utilization rates, fuel resources, and value to the
From 2020–40, the Southeast region experiences the largest grid. The levelized cost of electricity (LCOE) is often used to
increases in nonhydropower renewable electricity generation compare costs among technologies with similar operating
both in the Reference case (360%) and in the No CPP case characteristics; the levelized avoided cost of electricity (LACE)
(206%), with growth led by utility-scale solar and wind is used to compare value across technologies with different
capacity additions in the Tennessee Valley and in Florida duty cycles (Figure MT-39). LCOE—which represents the costs
(Figure MT-38). In the Reference case, which includes the of building and operating a plant per kilowatthour of output
CPP, nonhydropower renewable generation in the Southeast in over an assumed financial life and activity level (e.g., baseload,
2040 is the largest among all regions and is 48%, or 70 billion peaking, seasonal)—can vary significantly across regions and
kilowatthours (kWh), greater than in the No CPP case. In the over time. Because solar photovoltaic (PV) and wind generation
California and Southwest/Rockies regions, generation from have no fuel costs and relatively small variable operation
nonhydropower renewables doubles from 2020–40 in both the and maintenance costs, their LCOE is determined mostly by
Reference and No CPP cases, partly as a result of mandatory capital and financing costs. LACE, which represents the per-
RPS policies. Solar power leads the growth in nonhydropower kilowatthour value of generation to the electric grid, reflects
renewable generation in California, making up more than the cost of the electricity displaced by the new technology. A
65% of the growth from 2020–40 in both the Reference and technology is generally considered economically competitive
when its LACE exceeds its LCOE.
Emissions from electricity generation
In comparisons of two new plants using different technologies, which also removes 70%–90% of SO2 emissions. Although
LCOE may not account for differences in the grid services the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR) is still in effect and
each is providing. For example, nuclear plants and natural gas covers SO2 emissions from these units, the more stringent
combined-cycle plants both provide baseload services to the reduction requirements under MATS render CSAPR irrelevant.
grid and thus have similar LACE values, even if their LCOE For some generators, the prospect of meeting MATS compliance
values differ. By 2040, the LACE range for most technologies requirements is uneconomical, based on cost recovery with
is expected to shift upward, indicating the increasing value of likely lower operating rates for retrofitted coal units in a market
new generation to the grid as demand for new sources grows. driven by lower natural gas prices. Even in the No CPP case, a
Wind plants have increased generation during the night (when cumulative total of 40 gigawatts (GW) of coal-fired capacity
the demand for and value of electricity typically are low) is retired by 2016 and 57 GW by 2020. Utility sector coal use
and thus provide a limited contribution to system reliability increases slightly from 2016–20 with increased utilization, but
reserves. Solar PV plants produce most of their energy during SO2 emissions are largely unchanged as a result of high levels
the middle of the day, when higher demand increases the value of SO2 removal with newly installed retrofits and remain at
of electricity. Consequently, in 2040, the upper bound of LACE about the same level through 2040.
for solar PV generation, at 55.7–80.3 dollars/megawatthour
(MWh), is higher than the upper bound of LACE for wind In the AEO2016 Reference case, which includes the requirement
(50.6–65.3 dollars/MWh). In 2022, the lower bound of LCOE for power plants in each state to lower CO2 emissions beginning
without tax credits for solar PV generation (not shown) is in 2022, retirements continue to a cumulative total of 92 GW
generally much higher than the lower bound for generation with in 2030 and to nearly 100 GW in 2040. As a result, utility coal
tax credits, although available tax credits close the gap in some consumption in the Reference Case falls by approximately 35%,
regions. In 2040, the LCOE and LACE ranges for solar PV are from 14.3 quadrillion Btu in 2020 to 9.4 quadrillion Btu in 2040
overlapping, even without the 10% investment tax credit that, (Figure MT-40). SO2 emissions also fall by about one-third,
under current law, would be available for solar PV in 2040. from 1.2 million tons in 2020 to 0.8 million tons in 2040.
With Clean Power Plan, power plant coal use Electric power sector accounts for 35% of U.S.
and sulfur dioxide emissions decline in the natural gas consumption in 2040
Reference case Figure MT-41. Natural gas consumption by sector in
the Reference case, 1990–2040 (trillion cubic feet)
Figure MT-40. Coal consumption (quadrillion Btu)
and sulfur dioxide emissions (million short tons) in the History 2015 Projections
15
Reference and No CPP cases, 2005–40
24 12 12
Coal consumption SO2 emissions Industrial
9
18 9
Coal consumption: No CPP Electric power
6
Residential
12 6
Coal consumption: Reference 3 Commercial
6 SO2 emissions: SO2 emissions: 3

Transportation
Reference No CPP 0
1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 2020 2025 2030 2035 2040
0 0 Total U.S. natural gas consumption grows from 27.5 trillion

2005 2010 2015 2020 2025 2030 2035 2040 cubic feet (Tcf) in 2015 to 34.4 Tcf in 2040 in the AEO2016
Reference case (Figure MT-41). Consumption of natural gas
Sulfur dioxide (SO2) emissions from electricity generation have for electric power generation increases by 2.4 Tcf, accounting
declined with reduced coal use. In 2016, SO2 emissions are for 34% of the total increase. Natural gas consumption was
expected to fall by nearly two-thirds from 2015 levels with the at a record high in 2015, which resulted primarily from low
lapse of extended deadlines for compliance with the Mercury natural gas prices and the retirement of coal-fired capacity. In
and Air Toxics Standards (MATS) for almost all generating the Reference case, natural gas use for electricity generation
units in April 2016. The MATS rule requires that any coal-fired declines from 2015–21 as a result of rising natural gas prices
power plant in operation after the deadline must be retrofitted and increasing use of renewable fuels. With implementation of
to control mercury and acid gases with either dry sorbent the Clean Power Plan starting in 2022, as well as the reduction
injection or flue-gas desulfurization (scrubbing) equipment,

Natural gas prices
or phasing out of some renewable tax credits, and relatively low Reference case, average annual U.S. natural gas prices at the
natural gas prices, natural gas use for electric power generation Henry Hub remain at about $5.00/million Btu in 2015 dollars
grows by an average of approximately 4%/year from 2021–30 through 2040. Crude oil prices affect natural gas prices through
and continues to increase at a more modest pace of just under changes in consumption and exports, although changes on
1%/year from 2031–40. the supply side, such as increased production of associated-
Natural gas consumption in the industrial sector, which dissolved gas, balance out those factors.
includes the use of natural gas for lease and plant fuel and In the High Oil Price case, U.S. exports of liquefied natural gas
liquefaction of natural gas for export, increases by 3.4 Tcf from (LNG) begin to exceed the Reference case total in 2024, and in
2015–40, an average increase of 1.3%/year. Energy-intensive 2030 they total 8.5 Tcf, or 3.3 Tcf more than in the Reference
industries and those that use natural gas as a feedstock, such case. In response, the Henry Hub spot price begins to rise
as bulk chemicals, benefit from relatively low natural gas prices above Reference case levels in 2025, from more than $5.40/
throughout the projection. Increasing use of lease and plant million Btu in 2025 to about $7.90/million Btu in 2030. The
fuel, which is correlated with natural gas production, and fuel higher prices are sustained by increased consumption in the
used for the production of liquefied natural gas for export also transportation sector, where a high price differential between
contribute to the growth of natural gas consumption in the oil and natural gas favors the use of natural gas over diesel.
industrial sector. Natural gas use for gas-to-liquids production also increases
Natural gas use in vehicles currently accounts for only a small over the projection period.
portion of U.S. total natural gas use, but it grows rapidly from 64 In the Low Oil Price case, the Henry Hub spot price averages
billion cubic feet (Bcf) in 2015 to 658 Bcf in 2040. Heavy-duty about $0.50/million Btu lower than in the Reference case
vehicles and freight rail account for 33% of the natural gas used throughout the projection. Because of the relatively small price
in the transportation sector in 2040 in the Reference case, and differential between crude oil and natural gas in the Low Oil
pipeline compressor stations account for most of the remainder. Price case, U.S. exports of LNG from 2025–40 are about 50%
In the residential sector, natural gas use for space heating lower in the Low Oil Price case than in the Reference case, and
declines, partially as a result of improvements in energy natural gas consumption is lower in both the industrial and
efficiency and population shifts to warmer regions. In the transportation sectors.
commercial sector, where growth in commercial floor space Natural gas prices are affected by rates of resource recovery
more than offsets improvements in energy efficiency, natural from oil and natural gas wells and by technology improvements,
gas use rises gradually over the projection period. which affect total natural gas production and the associated
costs. In the High Oil and Gas Resource and Technology case,
Natural gas prices depend on oil prices, with higher initial estimated ultimate recovery per well and
more rapid technology improvements, total dry natural gas
technology improvement, and resource
production in 2040 is 32% higher than in the Reference case.
recovery rates In the Low Oil and Gas Resource and Technology case, with
Figure MT-42. Annual average Henry Hub natural slower rates of resource recovery and technology improvement,
gas spot market prices in five cases, 1990–2040 (2015 total dry natural gas production in 2040 is 37% less than in the
dollars per million Btu) Reference case. As a result, U.S. natural gas prices are lowest
in the High Oil and Gas Resource and Technology case, ranging
12 from about $2.45 to $3.50/million Btu over the projection
period, and highest in the Low Oil and Gas Resource and
10 Technology case, where prices rise quickly to more than $6.25/
Low Oil and Gas Resource and Technology million Btu in 2020 and to just under $9.20/million Btu in 2040.
8
High Oil Price
6
Reference
4 Low Oil Price
2 High Oil and Gas Resource and Technology
0
1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 2020 2025 2030 2035 2040
Across the AEO2016 cases, the average annual Henry Hub

spot price for natural gas in 2040 (Figure MT-42) ranges
from $2.40–$9.20/million British thermal units (Btu). In the

Natural gas supply
Ample natural gas supply is adequate to meet U.S. natural gas production, use, and exports
growth in both export and domestic markets are affected by oil prices
Figure MT-43. Natural gas production, consumption, Figure MT-44. Natural gas production in three cases,
and net imports and exports in the Reference case, 1990–2040 (trillion cubic feet)
1990–2040 (trillion cubic feet) History 2015 Projections
50
History 2015 Projections High Oil Price
50
Net exports, 2040 (21%) Reference
40
40 Total production
Net imports, 2014 (4%)
Low Oil Price
30 30
Total consumption
20 20
10
Net imports 10
0
0
-10 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 2020 2025 2030 2035 2040
1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 2020 2025 2030 2035 2040
Crude oil prices affect U.S. natural gas production primarily
In the Reference case, U.S. natural gas production is sufficient to through changes in natural gas consumption and exports. In
meet increases in demand for both domestic consumption and 2040, total natural gas production varies by 7.8 trillion cubic
net exports through 2040, and Henry Hub spot prices remain feet (Tcf) across the oil price cases (Figure MT-44), liquefied
relatively low (Figure MT-43). The United States transitions natural gas (LNG) exports vary by 6.3 Tcf (plus 0.6 Tcf used for
from being a net importer of 1.0 trillion cubic feet (Tcf) of liquefaction), and natural gas use in the transportation sector
natural gas in 2015, or 3% of U.S. total natural gas supply, to varies by 1.4 Tcf.
a net exporter in 2018. In 2040, net U.S. exports of natural In the High Oil Price case, the difference between the crude
gas total 7.5 Tcf, or 18% of dry natural gas production. Almost oil price and the natural gas price in 2022 is about $25/
50% (3.6 Tcf) of the growth in net exports occurs by 2021, as million British thermal unit (Btu), compared with $10/million
liquefied natural gas (LNG). Most of the LNG export capacity is Btu in the Reference case. The larger difference in the High
already under construction. After 2021, U.S. net exports grow Oil Price case creates more incentive for direct use of natural
at a more moderate average rate of 4%/year. gas in transportation, and for conversion to LNG for export,
Total U.S. natural gas consumption grows by 0.9%/year than in the Reference case. The opposite occurs in the Low
from 2015–40. After falling from 2017–21 as consumption in Oil Price case: the difference between the crude oil price and
the electric power sector drops by 1.4 Tcf, total natural gas the natural gas price in 2033 is about $5/million Btu, and
consumption rises steadily to 34.4 Tcf in 2040. Natural gas the smaller price difference results in virtually no incentive
production increases in the reference case by an average of for additional natural gas consumption in the transportation
1.8%/year, from 27.2 Tcf in 2015 to 42.1 Tcf in 2040. Technology sector or for more LNG exports.
improvements in the development of shale gas resources Natural gas production levels are similar in the Reference
continue, which results in higher rates of recovery at lower costs. and High Oil Price cases from 2015–23. In both cases, most
Production growth holds down natural gas prices, stimulating LNG exports come from liquefaction plants currently under
demand for U.S. natural gas in the United States (particularly in construction. Outside the United States—particularly in
the electric power sector) and in overseas markets. Most U.S. Australia—significant liquefaction capacity is coming online or
natural gas exports to overseas markets are delivered as LNG. is under construction. The near-term increase in LNG supply is
Through 2020, Mexico is also a rapidly growing market for U.S. expected to weaken the relationship between international oil
natural gas. Canada continues to be a modest net exporter to and natural gas prices. As world demand for LNG grows, the
the United States throughout the projection. economics of LNG exports from the United States are expected
to improve in the Reference case. That transition is projected to
occur more quickly in the High Oil Price case. In the Low Oil Price
case, continued low oil prices act to hold down international
natural gas prices, limiting U.S. LNG export capacity to the total
under construction before 2035 and also limiting the utilization
of existing capacity.

Natural gas supply
In all the AEO2016 cases, oil prices are higher Natural gas production from shale gas and tight
than natural gas prices through 2040 oil plays leads growth in U.S. natural gas supply
Figure MT-45. Ratio of crude oil prices to U.S. natural Figure MT-46. U.S. dry natural gas production by source
gas prices on an energy-equivalent basis in three cases, in the Reference case, 1990–2040 (trillion cubic feet)
1990–2040 History 2015 Projections
50
10
40
8
30
6
High Oil Price Shale gas and tight oil plays
20
4
Reference
10 Tight gas
2
Other
Low Oil Price Alaska Lower 48 offshore
Coalbed methane
0
0 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 2020 2025 2030 2035 2040
1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 2020 2025 2030 2035 2040
The 55% increase in dry natural gas production from 2015–
The oil-to-gas price ratio, on an energy-equivalent basis, 40 in the AEO2016 Reference case results from increased
is used as an indicator of the extent to which oil competes development of shale gas and tight oil plays, tight gas, and
with natural gas in most applications. From 1990–2005, the offshore natural gas resources (Figure MT-46). Production from
downward trend in the oil-to-gas price ratio reflected declining shale gas and tight oil plays is the largest contributor, growing
crude oil prices and a gradual rise in natural gas prices. Natural by more than 15 trillion cubic feet (Tcf), from 13.6 Tcf in 2015 to
gas use for electric power generation nearly doubled over that 29.0 Tcf in 2040. The shale gas and tight oil play share of total
period. With stagnant domestic natural gas production, all U.S. dry natural gas production increases from 50% in 2015 to
incremental natural gas supply to the U.S. market came from 69% in 2040. Although tight gas production increases by 31%
imports. From 1995–2005, real prices for natural gas at the from 2015 to 2040, its share of total production remains nearly
Henry Hub quadrupled. constant.
After 2008, changes in the U.S. natural gas market resulted Tight gas production is the second-largest source of domestic
in a rapid and long-lasting decoupling of domestic crude oil natural gas supply in the Reference case, providing 18% of
prices from natural gas prices. As oil prices fell from their total supply in 2015 and 16% of total supply in 2040. Lower 48
2008 highs, natural gas prices declined even faster. When onshore production from all sources other than tight and shale
crude oil prices began to rise again, natural gas prices gas formations declines from 6.6 Tcf in 2015 to 4.6 Tcf in 2040,
continued to decline, averaging about $2.85/million British when it accounts for about 11% of total domestic production,
thermal units (Btu) in 2012 compared with average crude oil down from 24% in 2015.
prices at $20.10/million Btu. At that point, the oil-to-gas price Offshore natural gas production in the United States averages
ratio was 7.1 (Figure MT-45). about 1.4 Tcf/year from 2015–20 before declining to 1.2 Tcf in
In the AEO2016 Reference case, the prices of liquid fuels 2027, reflecting declines in production from legacy offshore
continue to exceed natural gas prices from 2015–40. The fields. Production of coalbed methane also declines. Offshore
disparity between Brent crude oil prices and Henry Hub natural natural gas production increases to 1.7 Tcf in 2040 as new
gas prices on an energy-equivalent basis leads to a gradual discoveries offset declines in legacy fields. Alaska’s natural
increase in the oil-to-gas price ratio, from 3.5 in 2015 to 5.0 in gas production remains relatively constant throughout the
2040. In the High Oil Price case, the oil-to-gas price ratio grows projection period, averaging 0.3 Tcf/year.
to 8.3 in 2017 before declining gradually to 5.1 in 2040, as high
oil prices spur U.S. crude oil development, which increases
associated natural gas production and depresses natural gas
prices in the short to medium term. Crude oil prices do not
rebound in the Low Oil Price case but instead increase at a rate
close to the inflation rate.

Natural gas trade
U.S. exports of liquefied natural gas increase to gas imports from western Canada to the United States decline
4.6 trillion cubic feet in 2025 and to 6.7 trillion in the Reference case as relatively low U.S. natural gas prices
and Canada’s proximity to major U.S. markets make natural gas
cubic feet in 2040 produced in the United States more competitive.
Figure MT-47. U.S. net imports of natural gas by source
in the Reference case, 1990–2040 (trillion cubic feet) Liquefied natural gas export growth depends on
4
History 2015 Projections oil price and productivity assumptions
Figure MT-48. U.S. exports of liquefied natural gas in
2 five cases, 2005–40 (trillion cubic feet)
Canada
0 12
High Oil Price
-2 Mexico 10
-4
8
Reference
-6
6
LNG
-8 Low Oil Price
4
-10
1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 2020 2025 2030 2035 2040
2
In the AEO2016 Reference case, the United States becomes a Low Oil and Gas Resource and Technology
net exporter of natural gas in 2018, with net exports of 5.3 trillion
0
cubic feet (Tcf) in 2025 and 7.5 Tcf in 2040. Liquefied natural 2005 2010 2015 2020 2025 2030 2035 2040
gas (LNG) exports from the United States account for most of
the growth (Figure MT-47). With the first LNG export terminal in In the AEO2016 Reference case, growing natural gas production
the United States opening in 2016, LNG exports grow to 2.5 Tcf from shale gas and tight oil formations at relatively low prices
in 2020, 4.6 Tcf in 2025, and 6.7 Tcf in 2040. Although the five supports an increase in U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports
LNG export projects currently under construction in the Mid- of 6.7 trillion cubic feet (Tcf) from 2015–40, representing 93%
Atlantic and Gulf Coast regions will provide total export capacity of the total increase in U.S. natural gas exports over the period. In
of 2.9 Tcf/year, additional capacity will be needed to meet the the United States, LNG exports surpass LNG imports beginning
Reference case projection. U.S. natural gas is competitive in in 2016 and continue to increase through 2040. Prices increase
international markets, because Henry Hub spot natural gas rapidly until 2020 as the liquefaction facilities currently under
prices are relatively low in comparison to international prices. construction begin operation, allowing rapid growth in natural
However, the U.S. competitive advantage will also depend on gas exports, but the rate of increase slows somewhat from
world oil prices, growth of global LNG supply, international 2021–26 and more rapidly thereafter as growing LNG exports
natural gas production, and international demand for natural from the United States cause natural gas prices to decrease in
gas, particularly in China and other key markets. the rest of the world.
Natural gas pipeline exports from the United States to Mexico Exports of LNG from the United States vary significantly among
continue to increase in the near term in the Reference case, the AEO2016 cases. In the High Oil Price case, both global LNG
from 1.0 Tcf in 2015 to 1.8 Tcf in 2020. Although Mexico’s demand and LNG prices are higher than in the Reference case,
domestic natural gas production is declining, its consumption and LNG exports from the United States increase to 10.5 Tcf in
is increasing, particularly in the electric power sector. Several 2035 and remain near that level through 2040 (Figure MT-48).
pipeline projects currently under construction in Mexico are In the Low Oil Price case, gross LNG exports from the United
expected to come online between 2016 and 2018, opening new States increase to 2.2 Tcf in 2021, remain above the export
regional markets for natural gas use. After 2020, U.S. natural levels in the Low Oil and Gas Resource and Technology case
gas pipeline exports to Mexico decrease gradually to 1.5 Tcf in through 2034, and then increase to 4.3 Tcf in 2040. In general,
2040, reflecting new oil and natural gas production projects low oil prices reduce the incentive for expanding natural gas
and increases in the use of renewable energy for electric power markets and result in decreasing global LNG prices; however,
generation in Mexico. rising oil prices in the Low Oil Price case contribute to an
eventual increase in LNG exports.
Net imports from Canada to the United States continue to
decline in the Reference case, from 1.9 Tcf in 2015 to 0.6 Tcf in In the High Oil and Gas Resource and Technology case, large
2040. The United States maintains its current export volume production increases at low costs result in decreasing U.S.
of 0.7 Tcf, largely into eastern Canada, through 2040. Natural natural gas prices, and LNG exports grow to 10.3 Tcf in 2035.

Natural gas and oil supply
In the Low Oil and Gas Resource and Technology case, limited case, which assumes lower tight oil, tight gas, and shale gas
technology improvement results in lower natural gas production estimated ultimate recoveries (EURs) per well and lower rates
and higher domestic natural gas prices. Gross LNG exports of technology improvement than in the Reference case, total
increase to 2.3 Tcf in 2020 in the Low Oil and Gas Resource production of dry natural gas remains between 25 and 27 Tcf
and Technology case but remain below export levels in the Low per year through 2040, while shale gas production increases
Oil Price case until 2035. to 15 Tcf in 2040 from 13.3 Tcf in 2015, and cumulative shale
gas production is 383 Tcf over the 2015–40 period.
Natural gas production rates depend on
resource availability and production costs Crude oil and natural gas supply reflects new
Figure MT-49. U.S. dry natural gas production in three representation of technology advancement
cases, 1990–2040 (trillion cubic feet per year) Figure MT-50. Crude oil and natural gas resources
History 2015 Projections and cumulative production by Annual Energy Outlook
60 year (trillion cubic feet of natural gas, billion barrels of
crude oil)
50 Crude oil (billion barrels)
2000
Proved reserves
40 2005
Reference
Cumulative production from 1900
2010
30
Unproved resources
2015
20 0 100 200 300 400 500
Natural gas (trillion cubic feet)
10 2000
Proved reserves
2005
0 Cumulative production from 1900
1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 2020 2025 2030 2035 2040 2010
Unproved resources
Prospects for natural gas production from tight oil and shale gas 2015
resources are uncertain because large portions of the formations
0 700 1,400 2,100 2,800 3,500
have little or no production history and because future
Note: U.S. technically recoverable resources and cumulative production
technology could increase well productivity while reducing are, as of January 1, two years before the “edition year” of the AEO
costs. The High and Low Oil and Gas Resource and Technology (e.g., AEO2015 is as of 1/1/2013).
cases illustrate potential impacts of changes in Reference case
assumptions about technology advances and resource size and The AEO2016 Reference case uses a simplified approach to
quality on natural gas demand, imports, and prices. These cases model the impacts of technology advances on U.S. oil and natural
do not represent lower or upper bounds for production and do gas production. The Reference case includes assumptions
not have associated probabilities of occurrence. about ongoing innovation in upstream technologies and
The High Oil and Gas Resource and Technology case assumes reflects the average annual growth rate between AEO2000 and
higher estimates of unproved Alaska resources, offshore AEO2015 in natural gas and oil resources and the cumulative
lower 48 resources, and onshore lower 48 tight oil, tight gas, production from 1900 (Figure MT-50). The new representation
and shale gas resources than in the Reference case. These of technology advances divides areas in tight oil, tight gas, and
assumptions are based on higher initial estimated ultimate shale gas plays into two tiers with different technology change
recovery per well, larger volumes of onshore lower 48 tight rate assumptions. Tier 1 encompasses areas within these plays
oil and shale gas resources, and higher rates of long-term that are under active development. The EUR per well for Tier 1
technology improvement that lead to reductions in drilling areas have a 1% annual growth rate. Tier 2 encompasses areas
and operating costs and higher production levels. Higher not yet developed and includes, for example, large areas of the
well productivity reduces development and production costs Utica Shale in the Northeast. The EUR per well in Tier 2 areas
per unit, resulting in more resource development than in the has a 3% annual growth rate until development begins. Once
Reference case. With more abundant shale gas resources development begins, the Tier 2 areas revert to a 1% annual EUR
at lower costs, cumulative dry gas production is 1,115 trillion growth rate. These assumptions reflect the combined effects
cubic feet (Tcf) from 2015–40, compared with 920 Tcf in of diminishing returns per well from decreasing well spacing as
the Reference case. In the High Oil and Gas Resource and development progresses, market penetration of technologies,
Technology case, dry natural gas production is nearly 56 Tcf and application of industry practices and technologies at the
in 2040, compared with 42 Tcf in the Reference case (Figure time of development.
MT-49). In the Low Oil and Gas Resource and Technology
Liquid fuels consumption
Annual EUR growth rates for conventional, enhanced oil Fuel consumption shares shift from motor
recovery, and coalbed methane sources are 0.25%. Technology gasoline toward diesel fuel in the Reference case
improvements also affect drilling and operating costs. Both Tier
1 and Tier 2 areas are assumed to have 1% annual declines in Figure MT-52. Consumption and gross exports of motor
drilling costs and 0.5% annual declines in operating costs as gasoline and diesel fuel in the Reference and Extended
a result of advances in technology and industry practices. Policies cases, 2005–40 (million barrels per day)
Conventional oil recovery, enhanced oil recovery, and coalbed History 2015 Projections
methane sources are assumed to have 0.25% annual declines 10
Motor gasoline and E85 consumption
in drilling costs and operating costs.
8
Petroleum and other liquids consumption is Reference
relatively level through 2040
Extended Policies
Figure MT-51. U.S. consumption of petroleum and 6
other liquids by sector in two cases, 1990–2040 (million Reference
barrels per day) Diesel fuel consumption
4
History 2015 Projections Extended Policies
25
2
Total Reference Diesel fuel exports
20
Extended Policies Motor gasoline exports
0
Transportation 2005 2010 2015 2020 2025 2030 2035 2040
15
Reference With corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) and greenhouse
Extended Policies
gas (GHG) emissions standards included in the Reference case,
10 new light-duty vehicles (LDV) average 47 miles per gallon in
2025. The improvement in vehicle efficiency more than offsets
Industrial an increase in total LDV vehicle miles traveled (VMT), which
5 leads to a decline in motor gasoline consumption. In contrast,
Electric power diesel fuel consumption continues to grow as VMT increases
Residential and commercial
because of a smaller fuel efficiency improvement in freight
0 trucks than in LDVs. Consumption of diesel fuel grows by about
1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 2020 2025 2030 2035 2040
0.7 million barrels per day (b/d) from 2015–40, while motor
Total consumption of petroleum and other liquids in the gasoline consumption falls by 2.3 million b/d (Figure MT-52).
AEO2016 Reference case remains relatively level through With motor gasoline and diesel fuel consumption trending in
2040, with decreases in transportation consumption offsetting opposite directions, new refinery investment projects focus
increases in industrial consumption. The transportation sector on shifting production from gasoline to distillate fuels. The
continues to account for the largest share of total liquids Extended Policies case, which extends the CAFE and GHG
consumption (Figure MT-51). However, with improvements emissions standards through 2040, results in higher average
in vehicle efficiency following incorporation of corporate fuel efficiency for new LDVs and freight trucks, lower domestic
average fuel economy standards for both light-duty vehicles consumption of motor gasoline and diesel fuel, and higher
and heavy-duty vehicles, the transportation share declines demand for electric and hybrid vehicles in 2040 compared with
from 72% in 2015 to 63% in 2040. In the industrial sector, the Reference case.
consumption of light chemical feedstocks—natural gas liquids As a result of refinery economics and slower growth in
and refinery olefins—increases by 1.5 million barrels/day domestic demand, no new U.S. petroleum refinery crude-unit
(b/d) from 2015–40, largely as a result of increased supplies capacity is built in the Reference case, except for plants already
of hydrocarbon gas liquids from natural gas and crude oil under construction in 2015. Refineries continue to export
production [14]. Transportation fuels—primarily motor finished products to international markets. Gross exports of
gasoline, ultra-low-sulfur diesel fuel, and jet fuel—can also total finished petroleum products, excluding hydrocarbon gas
include biofuels in their compositions. liquids, increase from 3.2 million b/d in 2015 to 5.2 million b/d
Total motor gasoline consumption decreases by approximately in 2040 in the Reference case. Gasoline and diesel exports
2.3 million b/d from 2015–40 in the Reference case, while constitute about 74% of the increase. The United States
total diesel fuel consumption grows by 0.7 million b/d from became a net exporter of finished petroleum products in 2011
2015–40. Ethanol consumption in both low-blend and high- and remains a net exporter through 2040 in the Reference
blend gasoline is essentially flat throughout the projection, as case. In the Extended Policies case, gross exports of total
gasoline consumption declines and the penetration of flex-fuel finished petroleum products remain near the same level as in
vehicles is limited. the Reference case. However, in response to reduced domestic
Crude oil supply
consumption of motor gasoline and diesel fuel, U.S. refinery In the Low Oil Price case, production falls to 7.0 million b/d in
utilization drops to 85% (reflected in a reduction of gross 2028 and then increases to 8.6 million b/d in 2040. Cumulative
imports of crude oil). production from 2015–40 is 74 billion barrels in the Low Oil
Price case.
U.S. crude oil production depends on market
prices, resource availability, and production costs Lower 48 states onshore tight oil development
Figure MT-53. Total U.S. crude oil production in five increases U.S. crude oil production
cases, 1990–2040 (million barrels per day) Figure MT-54. Domestic crude oil production by
History 2015 Projections source in the Reference case, 1990–2040 (million
20 barrels per day)
High Oil and Gas Resource and Technology History 2015 Projections
12
15
Total
High Oil Price 9
10
Reference
Lower 48 onshore
6
Low Oil Price
5
3
Lower 48 offshore
0
1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 2020 2025 2030 2035 2040 Alaska
0
Projections of U.S. tight oil production are uncertain because
1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 2020 2025 2030 2035 2040
large portions of the known formations have little or no
production history and because technology improvements could In the Reference case, total U.S. crude oil production declines
increase well productivity while reducing drilling, completion, from 9.4 million barrels per day (b/d) in 2015 to 8.6 million
and production costs. The High and Low Oil and Gas Resource b/d in 2017, then increases steadily to 11.3 million b/d in 2040
and Technology cases apply different assumptions regarding (Figure MT-54). With the average wellhead price of oil below
technology advances, prices, and resource size and quality than $50 per barrel from 2015–17, lower 48 onshore production
used in the Reference case to examine the effects of higher and declines to 6.2 million b/d in 2017. After 2017, as crude oil
lower domestic supply on energy demand, imports, and prices. prices rise, onshore crude oil production in the Lower 48 states
In the High Oil and Gas Resource and Technology case, higher increases to about 9.5 million b/d in 2040. The trend in Lower
well productivity and rates of technological progress reduce 48 states onshore crude oil production reflects the continued
development and production costs per unit. The lower costs development of tight oil resources in the Bakken, the Western
result in more and earlier development of oil and natural gas Gulf Basin (including the Eagle Ford play), and the Permian
resources than in the Reference case (Figure MT-53), even Basin. Tight oil production decreases to 4.2 million b/d in
after considering the effects that additional production would 2017 before increasing to 7.1 million b/d in 2040. The increase
have on world markets for crude oil. U.S. crude oil production is primarily a result of higher oil prices and exploration and
in this case increases to 17.7 million barrels per day (b/d) development programs that expand operator knowledge about
in 2040, compared with 11.3 million b/d in the Reference producing reservoirs and lead to the identification of additional
case, and cumulative production from 2015–40 is 126 billion tight oil resources and development of new technologies that
barrels—about 32 billion barrels more than in the Reference reduce costs and increase recovery.
case. In the Low Oil and Gas Resource and Technology case, Offshore production in the Lower 48 states is less sensitive
U.S. crude oil production declines from 9.4 million b/d in 2015 than onshore production to short-term price movements.
to 7.0 million b/d in 2040, compared with 11.3 million b/d in the With the startup and development of deepwater projects
Reference case. Cumulative crude oil production from 2015–40 in the Gulf of Mexico—including the Heidelberg and
is 73 billion barrels, or about 21 billion barrels less than in the Appomattox fields starting in 2016 and 2017—lower 48
Reference case. offshore crude oil production increases to 2.0 million b/d in
In the High Oil Price case, domestic crude oil production 2021 in the Reference case, declines to 1.6 million b/d in 2030,
declines from 12.3 million b/d in 2027 to 11.0 million b/d in and continues at about the 2030 level through 2040, as
2040. Cumulative production from 2015–40 is 109 billion production from newly developed fields is offset by declines
barrels, compared with 94 billion barrels in the Reference case. in production from legacy fields.

Crude oil supply
Lower 48 onshore crude oil production that uses carbon In the High Oil Price case, domestic light crude oil production
dioxide-enhanced oil recovery increases from 0.3 million is higher than in the Reference case. With increased supplies
b/d in 2017 to 0.7 million b/d in 2040, as oil prices rise and of light crude oil available in domestic markets, light crude
affordable anthropogenic sources of carbon dioxide become oil imports decline, and heavier crude oil imports become
available. In Alaska, production (both onshore and offshore) a larger share of total crude oil imports. As a result of the
declines from nearly 0.5 million b/d in 2015 to less than 0.2 greater heavy crude oil share of total imports, the API gravity
million b/d in 2040. of crude oil imports is lower in the High Oil Price case than in
the Reference case.
Domestic production of tight oil reduces
imports of light sweet crude oil Increasing U.S. oil supply reduces net imports
Figure MT-55. Average API gravity of U.S. domestic of petroleum and other liquid fuels
and imported crude oil supplies in two cases, 1990– Figure MT-56. Net import share of U.S. petroleum
2040 (degrees API) and other liquid fuels consumption in five cases,
History 2015 Projections 1990–2040 (percent)
40
Reference High Oil Price 60
Domestic
30 45 Low Oil and Gas Resource

Imported and Technology
Reference
30
Low Oil Price
High Oil Price
20
15 Reference
10 0
High Oil Price
-15
0 High Oil and Gas Resource

and Technology
1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 2020 2025 2030 2035 2040 -30
1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 2020 2025 2030 2035 2040
API gravity, as defined by the American Petroleum Institute
(API), is a measure of the specific gravity, or relative density, of From the mid-1980s to 2005, the net crude oil and product
a liquid, expressed in degrees, with higher numbers indicating imports share of U.S. petroleum and other liquid fuels
lower densities. Refineries generally process a mix of crude oils consumption grew, and then from 2005–15 it fell steadily
with a range of API gravities to optimize refinery operations. (Figure MT-56). In the Reference case, as tight oil production
Over the past 15 years, the API gravity of crude oil processed in declines from 2015–17, the net import share of U.S. petroleum
U.S. refineries has averaged between 30 and 32 degrees. As U.S. and other liquids consumption increases before resuming its
refiners run more domestic light crude oil produced from tight decline to 7.4% in 2040, when U.S. net imports total 1.4 million
formations, they need less imported light crude to maintain an barrels per day (b/d).
optimal API gravity. With increasing U.S. production of light The outlook for net petroleum and other liquid fuel imports
crude oil in the AEO2016 Reference case, the average API in the High and Low Oil Price and High and Low Oil and Gas
gravity of crude oil imports declines from 24.6 degrees in 2015 Resource and Technology cases depends on U.S. oil production
to 22.3 degrees in 2040 (Figure MT-55). levels. Higher oil prices reduce consumption and encourage
With total crude oil imports declining in the Reference case, development of oil resources. In the High Oil Price case, with
imports of light crude oil are reduced further, resulting in domestic liquids production rising and consumption declining,
a heavier slate of imported crude oil. The share of heavier the United States becomes a net exporter of petroleum and
crude oil imports grows through 2030 before stabilizing. The other liquids. Total net exports in the High Oil Price case
increase in demand for diesel fuel in the Reference case, from reach 2.4 million b/d in 2033 before declining to 1.7 million
3.8 million barrels/day (b/d) in 2015 to 4.4 million b/d in 2040, b/d in 2040. In the Low Oil Price case, the net import share of
combined with a steady increase in exports of distillate fuel oil, domestic consumption rises to 33.8% (6.0 million b/d) in 2028
from 1.2 million b/d in 2015 to 1.8 million b/d in 2040, strains before declining to 28.3% (6.1 million b/d) in 2040.
the ability of refiners to switch from gasoline to distillate. As In the High Oil and Gas Resource and Technology case, with
a result, distillate prices remain higher than gasoline prices improvements in oil production technology beyond those in the
through 2040. Reference case and estimated ultimate recovery (EUR) 50%
higher than in the Reference case, U.S. crude oil production

Coal production
increases to 17.7 million b/d in 2040. The United States three barrels of gasoline and two barrels of distillate, is more
transitions from a net importer of crude oil and petroleum representative of the trend toward higher distillate production
products to a net exporter of 5.6 million b/d in 2040 in the to meet market demands.
High Oil and Gas Resource and Technology case. In the Low Oil
and Gas Resource and Technology case, which assumes slower Western coal supply shows largest decline
advances in production technology and a 50% lower EUR than
among regions with Clean Power Plan in effect
in the Reference case, the net import share of U.S. crude oil and
petroleum product consumption falls to 27.6% (5.5 million b/d) Figure MT-58. Coal production by region in the
in 2022 before beginning a steady increase to 37.3% (7.4 million Reference and No CPP cases, 1970–2040 (million
b/d) in 2040. short tons)
Petroleum refinery yields and crack spreads 700
shift with changes in liquid fuels demand 600

West
Figure MT-57. U.S. refinery gasoline-to-diesel No CPP

production ratio and crack spreads (dollars per barrel) 500
in the Reference case, 2000–2040
History 2015 Projections 400
4
Reference
300
3
No CPP
Interior
Ratio of gasoline to diesel refinery production 200 No CPP
2
Appalachia Reference
Reference
1 100
0 0
20
1970 1980 1990 2000 2015 2030 2040
15
5-3-2 crack spread
In the AEO2016 Reference case, total coal production decreases
10 from 873 million short tons (MMst) in 2015 to 827 MMst in
3-2-1 crack spread
2022 when the Clean Power Plan (CPP) takes effect, and to 643
5 MMst in 2040. The CPP affects coal supply differently in the
West, Interior, and Appalachia regions because of differences
0 in coal quality and markets served (Figure MT-58). Compared
2000 2005 2010 2015 2020 2025 2030 2035 2040
with the No CPP case, the West region accounts for the largest
The transition to lower gasoline and higher diesel fuel share of the decline in total coal production in the Reference
production has a significant effect on petroleum refinery case because its share of total domestic coal production is
operations in the AEO2016 Reference case, with the ratio larger than in the other regions (about 55% in 2015), and most
of gasoline to diesel production declining from 1.8 in 2015 western coal is consumed in the electric power sector, which
to below 1.3 in 2040 (Figure MT-57, top). In response to the is subject to the CPP. The strongest markets for western coal
drop in gasoline demand, refinery utilization of fluid catalytic (about 75% from the Wyoming Powder River basin) are in states
cracking (FCC) units falls. In contrast, with diesel production where it was more economical to switch to low-sulfur western
increasing, installed distillate and gas oil hydrocracking coal than to retrofit power plants to control sulfur emissions. In
calendar day capacity grows from 2.1 million barrels per day both the Reference and No CPP cases, competition from natural
(b/d) in 2015 to 2.6 million b/d in 2040, indicating a shift from gas and renewables, coal plant retirements, and equipment
FCC to hydrocrackers to maximize diesel production. retrofits early in the projection reduce consumption of western
Refinery profitability is affected by crude oil input costs, coal in those states.
processing costs, and market prices for the end products. Reduced coal demand in the Reference case delays expansion
Profitability often is estimated from the crack spread, which of coal production in the Interior region, with production in
is the difference between the price of crude oil and the price the Interior region declining by 0.7%/year from 2015–30.
of finished products—typically, gasoline and distillate fuel. The Starting in 2030, coal production in the Interior region grows
3-2-1 crack spread estimates the profitability of processing before flattening out from 2033–40. In the No CPP case,
three barrels of crude oil to produce two barrels of gasoline coal production increases throughout the projection period,
and one barrel of distillate. In the Reference case, the 3-2-1 by 2.0%/year from 2015–30 and 1.2%/year from 2030–40,
crack spread (based on Brent crude oil prices) declines from because power plants that were recently retrofitted with sulfur
$16/barrel in 2015 to $8/barrel in 2040 (2015 dollars) (Figure emission control equipment to comply with the Mercury and
MT-57, bottom). A 5-3-2 crack spread, which estimates the Air Toxics Standards (MATS) that took effect in 2015–16 can
profitability of processing five barrels of crude oil to produce use higher sulfur Interior coal.
Coal production
In the Appalachian region, the effects of the CPP in 2040 are In the High Oil Price case, coal production in 2040 is 105
less pronounced than in other regions because major cuts in MMst higher than in the Reference case. In the High Oil Price
coal production occurred over the past decade, and further cuts case, beginning in 2025, rising demand at coal-to-liquids
are expected to result from MATS and from fuel competition. facilities contributes to higher levels of coal production. In
In addition, exports and domestic metallurgical coal use, the Low Oil Price case, coal production in 2040 varies little
which together represented about 34% of Appalachia’s coal from the Reference case because electric power plants have
production in 2015, are not directly affected by the CPP. As limited ability to substitute oil for coal in electric power
U.S. steam coal use declines, Appalachia’s coal producers production. In the High and Low Economic Growth cases, coal
depend increasingly on exports and on domestic demand for production in 2020 is higher and lower, respectively, than in
metallurgical coal, which together account for 50% of the the Reference case. However, after implementation of the CPP,
region’s total coal production in 2040 in the Reference case. coal production in the Low Economic Growth case is nearly
the same as in the Reference case because lower electricity
Coal production falls in all AEO2016 cases sales deter investment in new generating capacity fueled by
other energy sources, and existing coal plants in some regions
except No CPP
are used to meet relatively low growth in demand for electric
Figure MT-59. U.S. coal production in eight cases, power. As a result, coal production in 2040 is slightly higher
2015, 2020, and 2040 (million short tons) in both the High and Low Economic Growth cases than in the
1,000 Reference case.
Reference
With declines in mining productivity, average

No CPP
Low Oil and Gas
Resource and Technology
800
High Oil Price minemouth coal prices increase
Low Economic Growth Figure MT-60. Average annual minemouth coal prices
Low Oil Price
600
by region in the Reference case, 1990–2040 (2015
High Oil and Gas dollars per million Btu)
Resource and
Technology History 2015 Projections
4
400
200 3 Appalachia
0 Interior
2015 2020 2040 2
The No CPP case is the only AEO2016 case in which coal U.S. Average
production in 2040 is higher than it was in 2015. Competition
from natural gas and renewables, compliance with the Mercury 1 West
Air Toxics Standard [15], and declining worldwide demand
for coal contribute to lower production. In the No CPP case,
as natural gas prices, electricity demand, and global coal
demand rise, coal production increases from 873 million short 0
1990 2000 2010 2015 2020 2030 2040
tons (MMst) in 2015 to 890 MMst in 2020. After 2020, coal
production stabilizes but declines slightly to 877 MMst in Average U.S. minemouth coal prices decline in the Reference
2040 (compared with 643 MMst in 2040 in the Reference case from 2015–17 as demand declines and less efficient
case). Production in the other cases varies between 192 MMst higher-cost mines are closed. From 2017–30, the average
lower and 175 MMst higher in 2040 than in the Reference case. minemouth coal price increases by 0.5%/year, as declines in
Among the cases shown in Figure MT-59, the Low Oil and Gas coal mine productivity, which increase production costs, more
Resource and Technology case has the second-highest coal than offset declines in coal demand, which reduce prices. Most
production in 2040 (818 MMst) because of higher natural of the production decline occurs before 2030, with domestic
gas prices. Before the Clean Power Plan (CPP) is implemented coal demand falling by 1.9%/year from 2015–30, and a smaller
in 2022, coal production in the Low Oil and Gas Resource 0.7%/year from 2030–40. From 2030–40, the average
and Technology case is higher than in the No CPP case. After minemouth coal price rises by 1.1%/year as average mine
2022, production declines, but it is still 175 MMst higher in productivity continues to decline (Figure MT-60).
2040 than in the AEO2016 Reference case. The lowest level In the Appalachian region, average minemouth coal prices
of coal production in 2040, at 450 MMst (about 52% of 2015 increase by 0.5%/year from 2015–40 as mine productivity
production), is in the High Oil and Gas Resource and Technology declines. Appalachia’s high-value coking coal continues to
case, which has the lowest natural gas prices. account for most of the coal supplied to U.S. steelmakers and
Emissions from energy use
exporters of coking coal. Coking coal is priced significantly No CPP case represents the upper end of the range of CO2
higher than steam coal, and the price increases over the emissions (5,468 million metric tons) in 2040, but the range of
projection period. Appalachian coking coal provides 36% of the projected energy-related CO2 emissions in 2040 is more than
region’s total production volume in 2040, compared with 29% 800 million metric tons across the alternative cases included in
in 2015, which contributes to a higher average coal price for the AEO2016 (Figure MT-61). Projected emissions vary, depending
entire Appalachian region. on assumptions about economic growth, energy prices, and
In the Interior region, previously unmarketable, but geologically policies. In the High Economic Growth case, emissions in 2040
favorable, high-sulfur coal reserves often can be mined with are close to emissions in the No CPP case—even though the High
highly productive longwall equipment. While Interior region Economic Growth case includes the CPP—because emissions
coal production and prices increase slowly from 2015 to about increase outside the electric power sector in response to higher
2025 in the Reference case, Interior region coal production economic growth.
remains relatively constant over the entire projection period The Extended Policies case represents the lower end of the
from 2015–40, and prices increase by an average of only 0.2%/ emissions range, with CO2 emissions falling to 4,623 million
year from 2015–40. metric tons in 2040, 23% below the 2005 level. The Extended
The West region has higher productivity improvement and lower Policies case assumes that existing policies and regulations
mine costs than the other regions, but its productivity declines remain in effect, or are extended beyond sunset dates specified
as Powder River Basin producers move to more westward in current regulation, and that existing tax credits that have
reserves with thinner seams and thicker overburdens. As a scheduled reductions and sunset dates remain unchanged
result, the region’s average minemouth coal price increases through 2040. Efficiency policies, including corporate average
by an average of 1.3%/year from 2030–40 (compared with fuel economy standards, appliance standards, and building
0.1%/year from 2015–30). Powder River Basin coal production codes, are expanded beyond current provisions, and the CPP
accounts for about 40% of total U.S. coal production over the regulations that reduce CO2 emissions from electric power
2030–40 period. generation are tightened after 2030. The result is that, by 2040,
energy-related CO2 emissions are 846 million metric tons lower
in the Extended Policies case than in the No CPP case.
Energy-related carbon dioxide emissions
Variations in natural gas prices have less impact than the CPP
projections depend on assumptions about
requirements on total CO2 emissions. Because the limit that
economic growth, energy prices, resource the CPP imposes on CO2 emissions in the electric power sector
availability, and policies is met in all cases, differences in energy-related emissions
Figure MT-61. Energy-related carbon dioxide emissions occur only in the end-use sectors. As a result, CO2 emissions
in seven cases, 2000–2040 (million metric tons) in 2040 in the Low Oil Price and High Oil Price cases fall within
the range of emissions created by the No CPP and Extended
History 2015 Projections Policies cases.
7,000
No CPP
6,000 High Economic Growth
Low Oil Price
5,000
Reference
High Oil Price
Extended Policies
Low Economic Growth
4,000
0
2000 2005 2010 2015 2020 2025 2030 2035 2040
The AEO2016 Reference case assumes that current laws

and regulations remain in effect through 2040. However, the
status of the Clean Power Plan (CPP), which is on hold pending
judicial review, is uncertain. The Reference case assumes
implementation of the CPP as scheduled and uses mass-based
standards that impose limits on carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
from fossil fuel-fired generators. The No CPP case assumes
that no federal carbon reduction program is implemented. The

Market trends
Endnotes for market trends

1. Labor productivity is measured as output per hour in private, nonfarm business.
2. As determined by the Business Cycle Dating Committee of the National Bureau of Economic Research, the most recent U.S.
business contraction was from December 2007 to June 2009, the previous business expansion was from November 2001 to
December 2007, and the current business expansion began in June 2009. See National Bureau of Economic Research, “US
Business Cycle Expansions and Contractions,” http://www.nber.org/cycles.html.
3. See U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, “Multifactor Productivity Trends News Release” (Washington, DC: June
23, 2015), http://www.bls.gov/news.release/archives/prod3_06232015.htm.
4. Modified for EIA’s energy prices and other key assumptions.
5. The industrial sector includes manufacturing, agriculture, construction, and mining. The energy-intensive manufacturing sectors
include food, paper, bulk chemicals, petroleum refining, glass, cement, steel, and aluminum.
6. Value of shipments includes both final and intermediate products.
7. Drop-in fuels are those renewable fuels which can be blended with petroleum products, such as gasoline, and utilized in the
current infrastructure of pumps, pipelines, and other existing equipment.
8. U.S. Senate and House of Representatives, “H.R. 6, Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007” (Washington, DC: January
4, 2007), https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-110hr6enr/pdf/BILLS-110hr6enr.pdf, p. 86.
Generating Units” (Washington, DC: October 23, 2015), https://www.federalregister.gov/articles/2015/10/23/2015-22842/
carbon-pollution-emission-guidelines-for-existing-stationary-sources-electric-utility-generating.
10. The AEO2016 Reference case includes only existing and announced standards and codes.
11. The NEMS Electricity Market Model regions are designed to replicate the power trading patterns in each market (see map in
Appendix F).
12. Independent power producers are also known as nongovernment utilities and merchant generators. In 1978, the U.S. Congress
passed the U.S. Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act, which established a class of nonutility generators called Qualifying Facilities
permitted to produce power for resale.
13. W. Barber, “More nuclear power plant retirements forecast,” Electric Light and Power (September 28, 2015), http://www.elp.
com/articles/2015/09/more-nuclear-power-plant-retirements-forecast.html.
14. Hydrocarbon gas liquids include liquids produced from natural gas processing plants and fractionators and liquefied gases from
crude oil refineries.
15. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, “Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS)” (Washington, DC: June 8, 2016), https://
www.epa.gov/mats.

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Figure sources for market trends

Figure MT-1. Growth of real gross domestic product and hours worked in the Reference case, 1985–2040: AEO2016 National
Figure MT-2. Average annual growth rates for real gross domestic product and its major components in three cases, 2015–40:
History: Bureau of Economic Analysis. Projections: AEO2016 National Energy Modeling System, runs REF2016.D032416A,
LOWMACRO.D032516A, and HIGHMACRO.D032516A.
Figure MT-3. Average annual growth rates of shipments from the U.S. industrial sector and its components in three cases,
2015–40: Projections: AEO2016 National Energy Modeling System, runs REF2016.D032416A, LOWMACRO.D032516A, and
HIGHMACRO.D032516A.
Figure MT-4. North Sea Brent crude oil spot prices in three cases, 1990–2040: History: U.S. Energy Information
Administration, Petroleum & Other Liquids, Europe Bent Spot Price FOB, http://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/hist/LeafHandler.
ashx?n=PET&s=RBRTE&f=D. Projections: AEO2016 National Energy Modeling System, runs REF2016.D032416A, LOWPRICE.
D041916A, and HIGHPRICE.D041916A.
Figure MT-5. World petroleum and other liquids consumption by region in three cases, 2015 and 2040: AEO2016 National Energy
Modeling System, runs REF2016.D032416A, LOWPRICE.D041916A, and HIGHPRICE.D041916A.
Figure MT-6. World production of nonpetroleum liquids by type in the Reference case, 2015 and 2040: AEO2016 National Energy
Figure MT-7. Energy use per capita and per dollar of gross domestic product and carbon dioxide emissions per dollar of gross
domestic product in two cases, 1980–2040: History: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Monthly Energy Review, February
2016, DOE/EIA-0035(2016/02). Projections: AEO2016 National Energy Modeling System, runs REF2016.D032416A and REF_
NO_CPP.D032316A.
Figure MT-8. Primary energy consumption by end-use sector in two cases, 2015–40: AEO2016 National Energy Modeling System,
runs REF2016.D032416A and REF_NO_CPP.D032316A.
Figure MT-9. Primary energy use by fuel in two cases, 2015, 2020, 2030, and 2040: AEO2016 National Energy Modeling System,
runs REF2016.D032416A and REF_NO_CPP.D032316A.
Figure MT-10. Residential delivered energy intensity in three cases, 2009–40: History: U.S. Energy Information Administration,
REF2016.D032416A, REF_NO_CPP.D032316A, and TAXTENDED.D050216A.
Figure MT-11. Change in residential electricity consumption for selected end uses in the Reference case, 2015–40: AEO2016
Figure MT-12. Residential sector delivered energy consumption by fuel in the Reference case, 2004–40: History: U.S. Energy
Figure MT-13. Residential distributed electricity generation in two cases, 2010–40: AEO2016 National Energy Modeling System,
runs REF2016.D032416A and TAXTENDED.D050216A.
Figure MT-14. Commercial delivered energy intensity in the Reference case, 2005–40: AEO2016 National Energy Modeling
Figure MT-15. Energy intensity of selected commercial end uses in the Reference case, 2015 and 2040: AEO2016 National Energy
Figure MT-16. Efficiency gains for selected commercial equipment in two cases, 2015–40: AEO2016 National Energy Modeling
System, runs REF2016.D032416A and REF_NO_CPP.D032316A.
Figure MT-17. Additions to commercial sector electricity generation capacity in two cases, 2015–40: AEO2016 National Energy
Modeling System, runs REF2016.D032416A and TAXTENDED.D050216A.
Figure MT-18. Industrial energy consumption by application in the Reference case, 2010–40: AEO2016 National Energy Modeling
Figure MT-19. Industrial sector energy consumption by fuel in the Reference case, 2010–40: History: U.S. Energy Information
Administration, Monthly Energy Review, February 2016, DOE/EIA-0035(2016/02). Projections: AEO2016 National Energy
Figure MT-20. Industrial consumption of petroleum and other energy in three cases, 2015, 2025, and 2040: AEO2016 National
Energy Modeling System, runs REF2016.D032416A, LOWPRICE.D041916A, and HIGHPRICE.D041916A.

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Figure MT-21. Energy Consumption for pulp and paper production in three cases, 2015, 2025, and 2040: AEO2016 National
Energy Modeling System, runs REF2016.D032416A, LOWMACRO.D032516A, and HIGHMACRO.D032516A.
Figure MT-22. Delivered energy consumption for transportation by mode in the Reference case, 2015 and 2040: AEO2016
Figure MT-23. Average fuel economy of new light-duty vehicles in the Reference case, 1980–2040: History: U.S. Department of
Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Summary of Fuel Economy Performance (Washington, DC: January
2016), http://www.nhtsa.gov/CAFE_PIC/CAFE_PIC_fleet_LIVE.html. Projections: AEO2016 National Energy Modeling System,
run REF2016.D032416A.
Figure MT-24. Vehicle miles traveled per licensed driver in the Reference case, 1995–2040: History: U.S. Department of
Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Highway Statistics 2014 (Washington, DC: 2015), http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/
policyinformation/statistics/2014/. Projections: AEO2016 National Energy Modeling System, run REF2016.D032416A.
Figure MT-25. Sales of light-duty vehicles capable of using nongasoline technologies by type in the Reference case, 2015, 2025,
and 2040: AEO2016 National Energy Modeling System, run REF2016.D032416A.
Figure MT-26. Transportation sector natural gas consumption by vehicle type in the Reference case, 1995–2040: Projections:
Figure MT-27. U.S. gross domestic product growth and electricity demand growth rates, 1950–2040: History: U.S. Energy
Energy Modeling System, runs REF2016.D032416A and REF_NO_CPP.D032316A.
Figure MT-28. Net electricity generation by fuel in the Reference case, 2000–2040: History: U.S. Energy Information Administration,
Monthly Energy Review, February 2016, DOE/EIA-0035(2016/02). Projections: AEO2016 National Energy Modeling System, run
REF2016.D032416A.
Figure MT-29. Net electricity generation by fuel in the No CPP case, 2000–2040: History: U.S. Energy Information Administration,
Monthly Energy Review, February 2016, DOE/EIA-0035(2016/02). Projections: AEO2016 National Energy Modeling System, run
REF_NO_CPP.D032316A.
Figure MT-30. Additions to electricity generation capacity by fuel in the Reference case, 2000–2040: History: Energy Information
Administration, Form-860, “Annual Electric Generator Report.” Projections: AEO2016 National Energy Modeling System, run
REF2016.D032416A.
Figure MT-31. Cumulative additions to electricity generation capacity by fuel in the No CPP case by period: AEO2016 National
Energy Modeling System, run REF_NO_CPP.D032316A.
Figure MT-32. Electricity prices and natural gas prices to electricity generators in four cases, 2015–40: AEO2016 National Energy
Modeling System, runs REF2016.D032416A, REF_NO_CPP.D032316A, LOWRT.D032516A, and HIGHRT.D032516A.
Figure MT-33. Electricity generation by fuel in three cases, 2015, 2020, 2030 and 2040: AEO2016 National Energy Modeling
System, runs REF2016.D032416A, LOWRT.D032516A, and HIGHRT.D032516A.
Figure MT-34. Natural gas-fired electricity generation in four cases, 2000–2040: History: U.S. Energy Information Administration,
REF2016.D032416A, REF_NO_CPP.D032316A, LOWRT.D032516A, and HIGHRT.D032516A.
Figure MT-35. Cumulative nuclear generation capacity additions and retirements, 2016–20: AEO2016 National Energy Modeling
Figure MT-36. Wind and solar electricity generation capacity additions in all sectors by energy source in two cases, 2016–20,
2021–30, and 2031–40: AEO2016 National Energy Modeling System, runs REF2016.D032416A and REF_NO_CPP.D032316A.
Figure MT-37. Renewable electricity generation by fuel type in all sectors in five cases, 2015 and 2040: AEO2016 National Energy
Modeling System, runs REF2016.D032416A, REF_NO_CPP.D032316A, LOWRT.D032516A, HIGHRT.D032516A, and LOWPRICE.
D041916A.
Figure MT-38. Nonhydropower renewable electricity generation in all sectors in two cases, 2020 and 2040: AEO2016 National
Figure MT-39. Levelized electricity costs with tax credits for new power plants in the Reference case, 2022 and 2040: AEO2016
Figure MT-40. Coal consumption and sulfur dioxide emissions in the Reference and No CPP cases, 2005–40: History: U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, Clean Air Markets Database, http://ampd.epa.gov/ampd/. Projections: AEO2016 National

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Figure MT-41. Natural gas consumption by sector in the Reference case, 1990–2040: History: U.S. Energy Information
Figure MT-42. Annual average Henry Hub natural gas spot market prices in five cases, 1990–2040: History: U.S. Energy
Information Administration, Natural Gas Annual 2014, DOE/EIA-0131(2014) (Washington, DC: September 2015). Projections:
AEO2016 National Energy Modeling System, runs REF2016.D032416A, LOWRT.D032516A, HIGHRT.D032516A, LOWPRICE.
D041916A, and HIGHPRICE.D041916A.
Figure MT-43. Natural gas production, consumption, and net imports and exports in the Reference case, 1990–2040: History,
1990–2014: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Natural Gas Annual 2014, DOE/EIA-0131(2014) (Washington, DC: September
2015). Projections: AEO2016 National Energy Modeling System, run REF2016.D032416A.
Figure MT-44. U.S. natural gas production in three cases, 1990–2040: History, 1990–2014: U.S. Energy Information Administration,
Natural Gas Annual 2014, DOE/EIA-0131(2014) (Washington, DC: September 2015). Projections: AEO2016 National Energy
Modeling System, runs REF2016.D032416A, LOWPRICE.D041916A, and HIGHPRICE.D041916A.
Figure MT-45. Ratio of crude oil prices to U.S. natural gas prices on an energy-equivalent basis in three cases, 1990–2040:
History, 1990–2014: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Natural Gas Annual 2014, DOE/EIA-0131(2014) (Washington, DC:
September 2015). Projections: AEO2016 National Energy Modeling System, runs REF2016.D032416A, LOWPRICE.D041916A, and
HIGHPRICE.D041916A.
Figure MT-46. U.S. dry natural gas production by source in the Reference case, 1990–2040: History: U.S. Energy Information
Figure MT-47. U.S. net imports of natural gas by source in the Reference case, 1990–2040: History: U.S. Energy Information
Figure MT-48. U.S. exports of liquefied natural gas in five cases, 2005–40: History: 2005–14, U.S. Energy Information
Administration, Natural Gas Annual 2014, DOE/EIA-0131(2014) (Washington, DC: September 2015). Projections: AEO2016
Figure MT-49. U.S. dry natural gas production in three cases, 1990–2040: History: U.S. Energy Information Administration,
REF2016.D032416A, LOWRT.D032516A, and HIGHRT.D032516A.
Figure MT-50. Crude oil and natural gas resources and cumulative production by Annual Energy Outlook year: Projections:
AEO2000 National Energy Modeling System, run REF2K.D100199A; AEO2005 National Energy Modeling System, run REF2005.
D102004A; AEO2010 National Energy Modeling System, run REF2010.D111809A; and AEO2016 National Energy Modeling
Figure MT-51. U.S. consumption of petroleum and other liquids by sector in two cases, 1990–2040: History: U.S. Energy
Figure MT-52. Consumption and gross exports of motor gasoline and diesel fuel in the Reference case and Extended Policies cases,
2005–40: History: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Monthly Energy Review, February 2016, DOE/EIA-0035(2016/02).
Projections: AEO2016 National Energy Modeling System, runs REF2016.D032416A and TAXTENDED.D050216A.
Figure MT-53. Total U.S. crude oil production in five cases, 1990–2040: History: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Monthly
Energy Review, February 2016, DOE/EIA-0035(2016/02). Projections: AEO2016 National Energy Modeling System, runs REF2016.
D032416A, LOWRT.D032516A, HIGHRT.D032516A, LOWPRICE.D041916A, and HIGHPRICE.D041916A.
Figure MT-54. Domestic crude oil production by source in the Reference case, 1990–2040: History: U.S. Energy Information
Figure MT-55. Average API gravity of U.S. domestic and imported crude oil supplies in two cases, 1990–2040: History: U.S.
Energy Information Administration, Crude Oil Input Qualities and Company Level Imports Archives, http://www.eia.gov/
petroleum/imports/companylevel/archive/. Projections: AEO2016 National Energy Modeling System, runs REF2016.D032416A
Figure MT-56. Net import share of U.S. petroleum and other liquid fuels consumption in five cases, 1990–2040: History: U.S.
Energy Information Administration, Monthly Energy Review, February 2016, DOE/EIA-0035(2016/02). Projections: AEO2016
Market trends
Figure MT-57. U.S. refinery gasoline-to-diesel production ratio and crack spreads in the Reference case, 2000–2040: History: Crack
spread calculated from national average New York Harbor (NYH) RBOB prices and ULSD spot prices (2006–15) and No. 2 heating oil
spot prices (2000–05), http://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/pet_pri_spt_s1_d.htm. Gasoline and diesel refinery production calculated from
finished gasoline, motor gasoline blend components (net), and distillate fuel oil (15 ppm and 15–500 ppm), http://www.eia.gov/dnav/
pet/pet_pnp_refp2_dc_nus_mbblpd_a.htm and http://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/pet_pnp_intp2_dc_nus_mbblpd_a.htm. Projections:
Figure MT-58. Coal production by region in the Reference and No CPP cases, 1970–2040: History: 1970–90: U.S. Energy Information
Administration, The U.S. Coal Industry, 1970–1990: Two Decades of Change, DOE/EIA-0559 (Washington, DC: November 2002).
1991–2000: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Coal Industry Annual, DOE/EIA-0584 (various years). 2001–14: U.S. Energy
Information Administration, Annual Coal Report 2014, DOE/EIA-0584(2014) (Washington, DC: March 2016) and previous issues.
Projections: AEO2016 National Energy Modeling System, runs REF2016.D032416A and REF_NO_CPP.D032316A. Note: For 1989–
2040, coal production includes waste coal.
Figure MT-59. U.S. coal production in eight cases, 2015, 2020, and 2040: AEO2016 National Energy Modeling System, runs REF2016.
D032416A, REF_NO_CPP.D032316A, LOWRT.D032516A, HIGHPRICE.D041916A, HIGHMACRO.D032516A, LOWMACRO.
D032516A, LOWPRICE.D041916A, and HIGHRT.D032516A. Note: Coal production includes waste coal.
Figure MT-60. Average annual minemouth coal prices by region in the Reference case, 1990–2040: History (dollars per short ton):
1990–2000: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Coal Industry Annual, DOE/EIA-0584 (various years). 2001–14: U.S. Energy
Information Administration, Annual Coal Report 2014, DOE/EIA-0584(2014) (Washington, DC: March 2016), and previous issues.
History (conversion to dollars per million Btu): 1970–2014: Estimation Procedure: Estimates of average heat content by region and year
based on coal quality data collected through various energy surveys (see sources) and national-level estimates of U.S. coal production
by year in units of quadrillion Btu published in EIA’s Monthly Energy Review. Sources: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Monthly
Energy Review, February 2016, DOE/EIA-0035(2016/02), Table 1.2; Form EIA-3, “Quarterly Coal Consumption and Quality Report,
Manufacturing and Transformation/Processing Coal Plants and Commercial and Institutional Coal Users”; Form EIA-5, “Quarterly
Coal Consumption and Quality Report, Coke Plants”; Form EIA-6A, “Coal Distribution Report”; Form EIA-7A, “Coal Production and
Preparation Report”; Form EIA-423, “Monthly Cost and Quality of Fuels for Electric Plants Report”; Form EIA-906, “Power Plant
Report”; Form EIA-920, “Combined Heat and Power Plant Report”; Form EIA-923, “Power Plant Operations Report”; U.S. Department
of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, “Monthly Report EM 545”; and Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Form 423, “Monthly
Report of Cost and Quality of Fuels for Electric Plants.” Projections: AEO2016 National Energy Modeling System, run REF2016.
D032416A. Note: Includes reported prices for both open-market and captive mines.
Figure MT-61. Energy-related carbon dioxide emissions in seven cases, 2000–2040: History: U.S. Energy Information Administration,
Monthly Energy Review, February 2016, DOE/EIA-0035(2016/02). Projections: AEO2016 National Energy Modeling System,
runs REF2016.D032416A, REF_NO_CPP.D032316A, LOWPRICE.D041916A, HIGHPRICE.D041916A, LOWMACRO.D032516A,
HIGHMACRO.D032516A, and TAXTENDED.D050216A.

Comparison with
other projections
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Comparison with other projections
Few organizations produce energy projections with details and time horizons comparable with those in the Annual Energy Outlook
2016 (AEO2016). Other organizations do, however, address one or more aspects of the U.S. energy market. Projections from other
organizations, which tend to focus on selected areas—such as economic growth, international oil prices, energy consumption,
electricity, natural gas, petroleum, and coal—are compared with the AEO2016 Reference case in the following sections.
CP1. Economic growth

The range of projected economic growth rates in the outlooks included in this comparison tends to be wider over the first 3 years
of the projection than over longer periods because the group of variables that influence long-run economic growth—such as
population, productivity, and labor force growth—is smaller than the group of variables that affect projections of short-run growth.
The 5-year average annual growth rate of real gross domestic product (GDP) from 2015–20 ranges from 2.0% to 3.1% (Table CP1),
and the 11-year average annual growth rate from 2015–26 ranges from 1.9% to 2.7%.
From 2015–20, real GDP growth averages 2.6%/year in the AEO2016 Reference case, lower than projected by the Social Security
Administration (SSA) in The 2015 Annual Report of the Board of Trustees of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance and Federal
Disability Insurance Trust Funds and by ExxonMobil, but higher than projected by IHS Global Insight (IHSGI), the Congressional
Budget Office (CBO), the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), the Interindustry Forecasting Project at the University of
Maryland (INFORUM), Energy Ventures Analysis (EVA), the International Energy Agency (IEA) in its November 2015 World Energy
Outlook Current Policies Scenario, and the Oxford Economics Group (OEG).
The average annual GDP growth of 2.4% in the AEO2016 Reference case from 2015–26 is identical to the mid-range of the
outlooks, with IHSGI and CBO projecting 2.4% average growth; SSA and Exxon Mobil projecting higher average growth (2.7%/
year and 2.6%/year, respectively); and OEG, OMB, INFORUM, and EVA projecting lower average growth (2.0%/year, 2.1%/year,
2.2%/year, and 1.9%/year, respectively).
There are few public or private projections of GDP growth for the United States that extend to 2040. The AEO2016 Reference case
projects 2.2% average annual GDP growth from 2015–2040, consistent with trends in labor force and productivity growth. OEG,
IEA, INFORUM, and EVA project lower GDP growth than in the AEO2016 Reference case, averaging 1.9%/year, 2.1%/year, 2.1%/
year, and 2.0%/year, respectively. Exxon Mobil and SSA project higher GDP growth from 2015–40, both averaging 2.4%/year.
IHSGI projects the same growth rate, at 2.2%/year, as in the AEO2016 Reference case.
CP2. Oil prices

In the AEO2016 Reference case, crude oil prices are represented by spot prices for North Sea Brent (Brent) crude oil and West
Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil price, and by the imported U.S. refiner acquisition cost for crude oil (IRAC). The WTI price
generally is lower than the North Sea Brent price. The historical record shows substantial variability in crude oil prices, and there is
arguably even more uncertainty about prices in the long term. AEO2016 considers three crude oil price cases (Reference, Low Oil
Price, and High Oil Price) to allow assessment of alternative views on the future course of crude oil prices (Table CP2).
In AEO2016, the North Sea Brent spot crude oil price is tracked as the main benchmark for world crude oil prices, because it
better reflects the marginal price paid by refineries for imported light, sweet crude oil (used to produce petroleum products for
Table CP1. Comparisons of average annual economic growth projections, 2015–40

Average annual percentage growth
Projection 2015–20 2015–26 2026–40 2015–40
AEO2015 (Reference case) 2.6 2.5 2.3 2.4
AEO2016 (Reference case) 2.6 2.4 2.1 2.2
IHSGI (February 2016) 2.5 2.4 2.2 2.2
a
OMB (January 2016) 2.2 2.1 -- --
CBO (January 2016)a 2.5 2.4 -- --
INFORUM (Spring 2016) 2.3 2.2 2.1 2.1
Social Security Administration (August 2015) 3.1 2.7 2.1 2.4
b
IEA (2015) 2.5 -- 2.0 2.1
Oxford Economics Group (February 2016) 2.2 2.0 1.9 1.9
ExxonMobil (growth calculated from 2014)c 2.7 2.6 2.3 2.4
c
EVA (growth calculated from 2014) 2.0 1.9 2.0 2.0
-- = not reported or not applicable.
a
OMB and CBO projections end in 2026, and growth rates cited are for 2015–26. AEO projections end in 2040.
b
IEA publishes U.S. growth rates for certain intervals: 2013–20 growth is 2.5%, 2020–40 growth is 2.0%, and 2013–40 growth is 2.1%.
c
ExxonMobil and EVA projections are calculated from 2014–20, 2014–25, 2025–40, and 2014–40.
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consumers) than the West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil price does. The WTI price has continued to trade at a discount
relative to other world crude oil prices. In 2015, the WTI and North Sea Brent crude oil prices differed by $4 per barrel ($4/b). In
the AEO2016 Reference case, the discount grows to $7/ b in 2040.
Spot crude oil prices in the other outlooks used in the comparison are based on either Brent, WTI, or IRAC prices, except for
prices from the IEA, which are based on the average of crude oil import prices paid by members of the Organization for Economic
Cooperation and Development (OECD) and prices from the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), which reflect
the average price of a basket of crude oil sold by OPEC member countries.
The range of oil price projections in both the near term and the long term reflects current market conditions, including low prices
due to crude oversupply in the near term and different assumptions about the future of the world economy. The wide range of the
projections underscores the inherent uncertainty associated with future crude oil prices. With the exception of Strategic Energy
& Economic Research (SEER)—which projects Brent prices remaining between $40/b and $45/b (2015 dollars)—the projections
show crude oil prices rising over the entire projection period. On the other hand, the spread of the projections (again with the
exception of SEER) is encompassed by the AEO2016 Low and High Oil Price cases, ranging from $49/b to $207/b for Brent in 2030
and from $73/b to $230/b in 2040. However, except for IEA (in 2030 and 2040) and IHSGI (in 2025), all the other projections in
this comparison show lower crude oil prices than those in the AEO2016 Reference case for every year of the projection.
CP3. Total energy consumption

Three other organizations—ExxonMobil, BP, and IEA—provide projections of energy consumption by sector. IHSGI provides a
projection of total primary energy consumption (but not consumption by sector) and projections of electricity sales, petroleum,
and natural gas demand by end-use sector. To allow comparisons with the BP and IEA projections, AEO2016 Reference case
projections for the residential and commercial sectors have been combined to produce a buildings sector projection (Table CP3).
The IEA projections have a base year of 2013. ExxonMobil did not provide data for a base year. The BP projection extends through
2035, with a base year of 2014. The AEO2016 Reference case includes an unspecified sector, which has been combined with
transportation for this comparison, in order to make it comparable with other projections.
Both IEA and ExxonMobil account for electricity generation from renewable energy sources at a conversion rate of 3,412 British
thermal units (Btu) per kilowatthour (kWh) rather than a heat rate for displaced fossil fuel, as is used in the AEO2016 and other
projections. As a result, their estimates for total energy consumption are lower. The BP projection appears to include the Clean
Power Plan (CPP), with coal use for electricity generation showing the largest drop from 2020–25, as well as smaller declines in
all other 5-year periods. The ExxonMobil projection does not include the CPP but assumes the implementation of unspecified
environmental regulations related to carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, which reduce demand for coal, particularly after 2030,
whereas the CPP has a larger impact before 2030. Although the IEA New Policies Scenario includes the CPP, it is not included in
Table CP2. Comparisons of oil price projections, 2025, 2030, 2035, and 2040 (2015 dollars per barrel)
Projections
2015 2025 2030 2035 2040
WTI Brent WTI Brent WTI Brent WTI Brent WTI Brent
AEO2016 (Reference case) 48.67 52.32 85.41 91.59 97.06 104.00 112.45 119.64 129.11 136.21
AEO2016 (Low Oil Price case) 48.67 52.32 36.57 43.09 42.38 48.94 53.02 59.23 67.00 72.99
AEO2016 (High Oil Price case) 48.67 52.32 180.49 187.69 197.83 206.75 211.77 220.71 222.27 229.91
AEO2015 (Reference case) 54.58 57.58 88.02 94.34 102.98 109.37 120.34 126.51 140.45 146.26
ArrowHead Economics 58.00 58.00 66.00 66.00 68.00 69.00 71.00 73.00 75.00 77.00
Strategic Energy & Economic
Research (SEER)a -- -- -- 40.40 -- 40.40 -- 43.44 -- 45.46
Energy Security Analysis (ESAI) -- 52.45 -- 80.00 -- 80.00 -- 87.10 -- 94.10
b
IHS Global Insight (GI) 48.83 - 95.41 -- 96.26 - 95.62 -- 95.15 --
a
ICF -- -- -- 75.61 -- 75.76 -- 75.76 -- --
a
Energy Ventures Analysis (EVA) -- -- -- 64.59 -- 65.84 -- 67.09 -- --
c
IEA (Current Policies Scenario) -- -- -- -- -- 130.00 -- -- -- 150.00
d
OPEC Reference Basket -- -- -- -- -- 88.41 -- -- -- 95.00
-- = No data reported.
a
Inflated from 2014 to 2015 dollars using GDP chain-type price index from the AEO2016 Reference case.
b
Deflated from nominal dollars using IHS Global Insight deflator.
c
IEA mixed crude oil import prices are based on OECD member country reporting.
d
OPEC uses a basket of crudes reflecting the mix of the crude markers of its member exporting countries.
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this comparison because it assumes other new policies that are difficult to compare with the AEO2016 Reference case. IEA also
includes scenarios that do not anticipate policies. The IEA Current Policies Scenario, which does not include the CPP and assumes
that no new policies are added to those in place in mid-2015, is used for this comparison.
For all the years shown, ExxonMobil and IEA project lower total energy consumption than in the AEO2016 Reference case. Total
energy consumption is higher in all years of the IHSGI projection than in the AEO2016 Reference case. IHSGI projects significantly
higher total electricity sales than in the AEO2016 Reference case, which helps to explain much of the difference in total energy
consumption between the two projections.
The use of unspecified CO2 emissions regulations instead of the CPP in the ExxonMobil projections results in a different path for
energy use and lower total energy use in 2040 in the electric power sector than in the other projections. The AEO2016 Reference
case shows switching from coal to natural gas and renewables in the electric power sector from 2020–25, with the CPP beginning in
2022. With the assumption of more general CO2 emissions regulations in the ExxonMobil projection, the transition away from coal
begins in the 2030s and occurs more gradually. Both the AEO2016 Reference case and ExxonMobil projections show residential
energy consumption slightly lower in 2040, commercial consumption growing slowly, and transportation consumption lower
in 2040. Industrial consumption increases through 2040 in the AEO2016 Reference case, while ExxonMobil shows industrial
consumption declining from 2030–40. The direction of the trends is relatively consistent, if not the timing, even with different
assumptions for the timing of environmental regulations.
Table CP3. Comparisons of energy consumption projections by sector, 2015, 2020, 2030, 2035, and 2040
(quadrillion Btu)
AEO2016
Sector Reference ExxonMobil BPa IHSGI IEAa
2015 (except where noted)
Residential 10.9 -- -- -- --
Commercial 8.8 -- -- -- --
Buildings Sector 19.7 -- 21.2b -- 19.3c
Industrial 24.3 -- 23.8b -- 23.0c
Transportation and unspecifiedd 27.6 -- 23.8b -- 24.1c
Electric Power 37.8 -- 37.5b -- 35.6c
Less: electricity demande 12.7 -- 15.1b -- 14.8c
Total primary energy 96.7 -- 91.2b 99.1 86.7c
2020
Residential 10.9 10.6 -- -- --
Commercial 9.0 8.7 -- -- --
Buildings sector 19.9 19.3 20.9 -- 20.2
Industrial 27.1 26.6 26.0 -- 25.6
Transportation and unspecifiedd 27.7 27.8 24.5 -- 24.4
Electric power 38.9 36.1 39.0 -- 37.1
e
Less: electricity demand 13.1 14.2 16.1 -- 16.1
Total primary energy 100.5 95.6 94.3 105.5 90.7
2030
Residential 10.7 10.4 -- -- --
Commercial 9.5 8.9 -- -- --
Buildings sector 20.2 19.3 21.4 -- 21.5
Industrial 30.1 29.2 26.9 -- 25.9
d
Transportation and unspecified 25.8 26.3 23.0 -- 23.7
Electric power 39.4 36.5 39.6 -- 39.0
e
Less: electricity demand 14.0 15.5 16.7 -- 17.5
Total primary energy 101.5 95.9 94.1 109.8 92.2
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The base year consumption figures used by BP are lower than the AEO2016 base year data, with most of the difference
in transportation consumption. Part of the difference is that AEO2016 uses 2015 as a base year and BP uses 2014, but that
does not account for all the difference. Base year consumption in the BP projection is about 7 quadrillion Btu less than in the
AEO2016 Reference case, and the BP projections are about 10 quadrillion Btu lower in 2035. The gap widens in the 2030–35
period, due mainly to transportation consumption (which declines by a little more than 1 quadrillion Btu in the BP projection) and
electric power consumption. Over the same period, transportation consumption remains relatively constant, and electric power
consumption increase by about 1 quadrillion Btu, in the AEO2016 Reference case. The difference in accounting for renewable
electricity generation could explain the variation in the electric power sector.
Total energy consumption in the IEA projection is higher in 2040 than in 2013 as a result of an increase of 3.5 quadrillion Btu in
buildings sector energy consumption, including a 3.0 quadrillion Btu increase in buildings electricity use. IEA projects a small
increase in energy use in the industrial sector of 0.4 quadrillion Btu from 2020–40 after a 10% increase from 2013–20. The
increase through 2020 is similar to that in the AEO2016 Reference case, and it continues to grow through 2040 but at a slower
rate than in the AEO2016 Reference case.
CP4. Electricity
Table CP4 compares AEO2016 Reference case projections for electricity with those from IEA, NREL, and EVA. The IEA and NREL
projections for total electricity generation are similar to the AEO2016 Reference case projections for 2025, 2035, and 2040,
whereas the EVA projections for total electricity generation are significantly higher than those of the other projections across
all years. The AEO2016 Reference case projects total U.S. generation of 4,420 billion kWh in 2025, as compared with the EVA
projection of 5,361 billion kWh, which is about 20% higher than AEO2016 and the highest among all of the projections compared.
The EVA projection appears to be based on policy assumptions that are similar to those in the AEO2016 Reference case, including
the CPP.
In the AEO2016 Reference case, as a result of the CPP, total generation from coal-fired power plants in 2025 is 217 billion kWh
lower than generation from natural gas-fired plants. In the NREL projection, total coal-fired generation is 558 billion kWh higher
Table CP3. Comparisons of energy consumption projections by sector, 2015, 2020, 2030, 2035, and 2040
(quadrillion Btu) (continued)
AEO2016
Sector Reference ExxonMobil BPa IHSGI IEAa
2035
Residential 10.8 10.3 -- -- --
Commercial 9.9 8.9 -- -- --
Buildings sector 20.6 19.2 21.5 -- --
Industrial 31.4 28.9 27.6 -- --
d
Transportation and unspecified 25.7 25.2 21.7 -- --
Electric power 40.6 36.4 39.6 -- --
e
Less: electricity demand 14.5 15.9 16.9 -- --
Total primary energy 103.9 93.9 93.4 111.2 --
2040
Residential 10.9 10.2 -- -- --
Commercial 10.3 9.0 -- -- --
Buildings sector 21.2 19.2 -- -- 22.7
Industrial 32.9 28.2 -- -- 26.1
d
Transportation and unspecified 26.2 24.5 -- -- 23.6
Electric power 42.0 36.1 -- -- 40.5
Less: electricity demande 15.2 16.2 -- -- 18.8
Total primary energy 107.1 91.8 -- 112.5 93.8
a
Converted from million tons oil equivalent (mtoe), assuming 1 mtoe equals 0.03968 quadrillion Btu.
b
BP data are for 2014.
c
IEA data are for 2013.
d
Unspecified sector consumption is that not attributed to the sectors listed.
e
Energy consumption in the sectors includes electricity demand purchases from the electric power sector, which are subtracted to avoid double
counting in deriving total primary energy consumption.

than natural gas-fired generation in 2025, even with the assumed implementation of both carbon taxes and carbon pollution
standards for new power plants. The NREL projection shows a decline in total electricity generation from natural gas-fired power
plants over the projection. In IEA’s Current Policies scenario, which is based on current laws and regulations (excluding the CPP),
electricity generation from natural gas-fired power plants does not surpass generation from coal-fired power plants until the
later part of the 2030s. The EVA projection shows total natural gas-fired generation surpassing coal-fired generation in the early
2030s. One possible cause for the variation in projected timing of the transition (although no cause was suggested) may be
differences in the IEA and EVA trends for natural gas and coal prices.
Electricity generation from U.S. nuclear power plants varies widely among the projections. In the AEO2016 Reference and No
CPP cases, nuclear generation declines from 798 billion kWh in 2015 to 770 billion kWh in 2019 before rebounding to 789 billion
kWh/year from 2022–40. In the IEA projection, nuclear generation grows by 5% (39 billion kWh) from 2013–20 and remains
nearly constant through 2040. In the NREL projection, nuclear generation falls steadily, with an accelerated decline after 2025.
Table CP4. Comparisons of electricity projections, 2025, 2035, and 2040 (billion kilowatthours,
except where noted)
AEO2016 AEO2016
Sector 2015 Reference No CPP IEAh NREL EVA
2025
Average end-use price
(2015 cents per kilowatthour)a 10.3 10.7 10.6 -- -- --
Residential 12.4 13.2 13.1 -- -- --
Commercial 10.5 10.9 10.8 -- -- --
Industrial 6.9 7.3 7.2 -- -- --
Total generation plus net imports 4,090 4,420 4,461 4,665 4,217 5,361
Coal 1,355 1,179 1,432 1,692 1,425 1,433
Petroleum 26 13 14 24 0 0
b 1,348 1,396 1,307 1,361 1,183
Natural gas 867
Nuclear 798 789 789 861 780 839
c
Hydroelectric/other 336 419 417 413 431 325
Solar 38 170 113 68 163 71
Wind 190 453 388 247 551 372
Electricity sales 3,729 3,986 4,025 -- -- --
Residential 1,402 1,393 1,406 -- -- --
d 1,368 1,448 1,462
Commercial/other -- -- --
Industrial 959 1,145 1,156 -- -- --
e
Capacity, including CHP (gigawatts) 1,082 1,144 1,112 1,192 1,151 --
Coal 284 196 215 281 249 --
Oil and natural gas 477 485 479 539 433 --
Nuclear 100 99 99 107 99 --
f
Hydroelectric/other 120 124 124 130 122 --
Solar 25 96 70 44 96 --
Wind 76 144 125 91 151 --
Cumulative capacity retirements from 2016 -- 145 116 -- -- --
(gigawatts)g
Coal -- 80 60 -- -- --
Oil and natural gas -- 60 50 -- -- --
Nuclear -- 5 5 -- -- --
f
Hydroelectric/other -- 0 0 -- -- --

EVA projects rising nuclear generation through 2025, followed by a decline. Across the projections, nuclear electricity generation
in 2025 ranges from a low of 789 billion kWh in the AEO2016 Reference case to a high of 861 billion kWh in the IEA projection.
Generation from nonhydroelectric renewable resources accounts for a significant portion of the total increase in electricity
generation, but its share of total generation varies across the projections. In the AEO2016 Reference case, wind and solar provide
10% and 4%, respectively, of total generation in 2025, compared with 9% and 3%, respectively, in the No CPP case. In the EVA
projection, wind and solar energy provide the smallest share of total generation in 2025, 2035, and 2040. In the NREL projection,
wind and solar have the largest shares of total generation in 2025, 2035, and 2040 of the projections compared. Differences among
the projections may result from different assumptions about technology costs and performance or from different treatments of
federal and state policies for renewable electricity generation (i.e., production tax credits, investment tax credits, renewable fuel
standards, etc.).
except where noted) (continued)
AEO2016 AEO2016
Sector 2015 Reference No CPP IEAh NREL EVA
2035
(2015 cents per kilowatthour)a 10.3 10.6 10.3 -- -- --
Residential 12.4 13.2 12.8 -- -- --
Commercial 10.5 10.7 10.4 -- -- --
Industrial 6.9 7.3 7.1 -- -- --
Coal 1,355 962 1,398 1,769 1,292 1,396
Petroleum 26 10 12 20 0 0
b 1,348 1,768 1,599 1,496 1,500
Natural gas 820
Nuclear 798 789 789 864 581 704
c
Solar 38 364 281 117 486 128
Wind 190 460 394 328 856 472
Residential 1,402 1,457 1,494 -- -- --
d 1,368 1,601 1,657
Industrial 959 1,197 1,218 -- -- --
e
Coal 284 179 215 281 205 --
Nuclear 100 99 99 107 74 --
f
Solar 25 192 152 74 288 --
Wind 76 145 126 118 210 --
(gigawatts)g
Coal -- 97 60 -- -- --
Nuclear -- 5 5 -- -- --
f

Total generating capacity (including combined heat and power) is similar across the projections, ranging from 1,112 gigawatts
(GW) in 2025 in the AEO2016 No CPP case to 1,144 GW in the AEO2016 Reference case and 1,192 GW in the IEA projection.
NREL projects slightly more growth in total generating capacity, corresponding to a higher projection of total generation from
nonhydroelectric renewables, despite having the lowest projections for total generation in 2025, 2035, and 2040.
except where noted) (continued)
AEO2016 AEO2016
Sector 2015 Reference No CPP IEAa NREL EVA
2040
(2015 cents per kilowatthour)b 10.3 10.5 10.2 -- -- --
Residential 12.4 13.0 12.7 -- -- --
Commercial 10.5 10.5 10.2 -- -- --
Industrial 6.9 7.2 7.1 -- -- --
Coal 1,355 919 1,364 1,710 1,318 1,236
Petroleum 26 9 11 10 0 0
c 1,348 1,942 1,784 1,752 1,785
Natural gas 763
Nuclear 798 789 789 865 461 679
d
Solar 38 477 389 169 635 168
Wind 190 473 399 409 1,019 530
Residential 1,402 1,523 1,557 -- -- --
e 1,368 1,692 1,761
Industrial 959 1,249 1,269 -- -- --
f
Coal 284 176 215 271 192 --
Nuclear 100 99 99 107 58 --
g
Solar 25 246 203 100 379 --
Wind 76 149 128 138 247 --
(gigawatts)h
Coal -- 100 60 -- -- --
Nuclear -- 5 5 -- -- --
g
a
Projections from IEA in the 2025 and 2035 comparison tables are in fact for 2020 and 2030 respectively. Since projections for year 2025 and 2035
under IEA WEO 2015 Current Policies Scenario (CPS) are not provided, projections from the closest years, 2020 and 2030, were used instead.
b
Average end-use price includes the transportation sector.
c
Includes supplemental gaseous fuels. For EVA, represents total oil and natural gas.
d
Other includes conventional hydroelectric, pumped storage, geothermal, wood, wood waste, municipal waste, other biomass, batteries,
chemicals, hydrogen, pitch, purchased steam, sulfur, petroleum coke, and miscellaneous technologies.
e
Other includes sales of electricity to government and other transportation services.
f
EIA capacity is net summer capability, including CHP plants and end-use generators.
g
Other includes conventional hydroelectric, geothermal, wood, wood waste, all municipal waste, landfill gas, other biomass, pumped storage,
other gaseous fuels, refinery gas, still gas, and fuel cells.
h
Retirements for AEO2016 reflect the electric power sector only.

The implied capacity utilization rate for coal-fired power plants in the AEO2016 Reference case (calculated from total coal-fired
capacity and generation) is about 60% in both 2035 and 2040, which is lower than for any other projection. In comparison, IEA
and NREL project more than 70% utilization of total U.S. coal-fired capacity in 2035 and 2040. For oil/natural gas, hydroelectric/
other, and solar energy, however, the AEO2016 Reference case has the highest utilization rates among the projections, at about
38% for oil/natural gas, 40% for hydroelectric/other, and 22% for solar in 2035 and 2040. NREL projects the highest utilization
rate for wind capacity in 2035 and 2040 (47%) and the lowest utilization rates for oil, natural gas, and nuclear capacity in the
same years. IEA projects the highest utilization rate for nuclear capacity in 2035 and 2040 (92%) and the lowest for wind in
both years. IEA also has the lowest utilization rates for hydroelectric/other and solar capacity in 2035, but the utilization rates for
hydroelectric/other in 2040 are similar in all of the projections. IEA’s utilization rate for solar in 2040 is lower than in the AEO2016
Reference case but similar to NREL’s projection.
CP5. Natural gas

Projections for natural gas consumption, production, imports, and prices (Table CP5) differ significantly, largely as a result of
different assumptions. For example, the AEO2016 Reference case assumes that current laws and regulations generally remain
unchanged from 2015–40, whereas other projections may include assumptions about policy developments over the period. In
particular, the AEO2016 Reference case does not incorporate any future changes in policies affecting carbon emissions or other
environmental issues.
Production
All the outlooks shown in Table CP5 (with the exception of IHSGI, which did not provide production data) project increases in
natural gas production from 2015, when production totaled 27.2 trillion cubic feet (Tcf). BP projects the largest production increase,
to 42.0 Tcf in 2035, or 54% more than the 2015 level. BP is followed closely by ExxonMobil, which projects 40.8 Tcf of natural gas
production in 2035 and 41.4 Tcf in 2040, or 50% and 53% above 2015 levels, respectively.
The AEO2016 Reference case, ICF, BP, and ExxonMobil all project larger increases in natural gas production before 2025 than in
the later years. In the AEO2016 Reference case, natural gas production increases by 28% from 2015–25 and by 15% from 2025–35.
ICF, BP, and ExxonMobil project production increases of more than 30% from 2015–25 and less than 20% from 2025–35. EVA
projects roughly equal growth rates for natural gas production from 2015–25 and 2025–35. EVA projects production increases of
23% (to 33.4 Tcf) from 2015–25 and 22% (to 40.6 Tcf) from 2025–35.
Net imports/exports
The AEO2016 Reference case projection for growth in U.S. natural gas exports from 2015–40 is the largest among those reviewed
here, from net imports of 1.0 Tcf in 2015 to net exports in 2018. U.S. export growth to 7.6 Tcf in 2040 consists mostly of liquefied
natural gas (LNG) exports, along with a smaller increase in net pipeline exports to Mexico through 2020 and a reduction in net
pipeline imports from Canada through 2040, which offsets a gradual decline in net pipeline exports to Mexico after 2020.
EVA, ICF, and BP also provide projections for net imports of natural gas that show the United States becoming a net exporter
by 2020, but they differ from the AEO2016 Reference case in terms of export levels. ICF shows net exports growing early in the
projection but declining through 2035, when net exports of 3.4 Tcf are less than one-half of those in the AEO2016 Reference case
(7.2 Tcf). The decline of net natural gas exports in the ICF projection results from a decrease in net LNG exports, from 3.2 Tcf in
2025 to 2.6 Tcf in 2035. EVA and BP show continued growth in net exports, to 4.7 Tcf and 7.6 Tcf in 2035, respectively. The BP
projection of 7.6 Tcf of net natural gas exports in 2035 is fairly close to the AEO2016 Reference case projection of 7.2 Tcf in 2035.
EVA projects net pipeline imports of natural gas into the United States after 2020, rather than net pipeline exports, with U.S. gross
pipeline imports of natural gas more than doubling from 2025–35.
Consumption
In the AEO2016 Reference case, total domestic natural gas consumption increases by 19% from 2015–35 and by 25% from 2015–
40 to a total of 34.4 Tcf in 2040. The 5.1 Tcf increase in total domestic consumption in the AEO2016 Reference case from 2020–35
is 0.8 Tcf larger than the projected increase in net natural gas exports (4.3 Tcf). The domestic consumption share of total U.S.
natural gas production declines in the Reference case from 90% in 2020 to 82% in 2035 and 2040. From 2015–35, natural gas
consumption in the electric power sector grows by 16%, to a total of 11.1 Tcf, as compared with a 22% increase in the industrial
sector, to 9.2 Tcf, and a 10% increase in the commercial sector, to 3.6 Tcf in 2035. In the residential sector, natural gas consumption
remains constant at 4.6 Tcf from 2015 to 2035 in the Reference case.
EVA, ICF, BP, and ExxonMobil provided outlooks for domestic natural gas consumption at different levels of detail, with the ICF
projections being the most comprehensive. BP provided separate projections for consumption in the industrial and electric power
sectors—projections of residential and commercial sector consumption are included with projections of consumption in the
transportation sector, for lease and plant operations, for liquefaction to LNG for export and for pipeline fuel. BP consistently shows
higher projections than those in the AEO2016 Reference case for total natural gas consumption. BP shows increasing consumption
of natural gas in all domestic sectors, led by consumption in the electric power sector, with ICF showing a greater increase than BP
in electric power sector consumption from 2020–35. ICF projects 63% growth in power sector natural gas use, to 16.3 Tcf in 2035,

which is higher than projected in the AEO2016 Reference case and the other outlooks. The AEO2016 projection for natural gas
consumption in the electric power sector is lower than the others, and its projection for industrial sector natural gas consumption
in 2035 is lower than the EVA, BP, and ExxonMobil projections.
Table CP5. Comparisons of natural gas projections, 2025, 2035, and 2040 (trillion cubic feet, except where noted)
AEO2016
Projection 2015 Reference IHSGI EVA ICF BP ExxonMobil
2025
Dry gas production 27.19 34.81 -- 33.37 35.70 36.18 35.51
Net imports 0.95 -5.32 -- -2.86 -3.55 -4.42 --
Pipeline 0.89 -0.76 -- 0.16 -0.37 -- --
LNG 0.06 -4.56 -- -3.02 -3.18 -- --
Consumption 27.47 29.35 -- 28.19 31.70 31.75 --
Residential 4.62 4.67 -- 4.68 5.15 -- 6.82a
Commercial 3.22 3.35 -- 3.53 3.36 -- --
b
Industrial 7.51 8.65 -- 10.15 8.08 11.25 10.72
c
Electricity generation 9.61 9.33 -- 9.74 12.06 12.17 10.72
d
Other 2.51 3.34 -- 0.08 e
3.04 8.34 --
Henry Hub spot market price
(2012 dollars per million Btu) 2.62 5.12 4.40f 4.70g 4.19g -- --
End-use prices
(2012 dollars per thousand cubic feet)
Residential 10.40 11.99 -- -- -- -- --
Commercial 7.92 10.39 -- -- -- -- --
Industrial 3.84 6.15 -- -- -- -- --
Electricity generation 3.35 5.55 -- -- -- -- --
2035
Dry gas production 27.19 39.92 -- 40.65 39.89 42.02 40.84
Net imports 0.95 -7.18 -- -4.70 -3.38 -7.61 --
Pipeline 0.89 -0.99 -- 0.51 -0.77 -- --
LNG 0.06 -6.19 -- -5.22 -2.61 -- --
Consumption 27.47 32.59 -- 31.02 36.15 34.41 --
Residential 4.62 4.62 -- 4.67 5.16 -- 6.82a
Commercial 3.22 3.55 -- 3.58 3.17 -- --
b
Industrial 7.51 9.19 -- 10.81 8.24 11.76 10.72
c
Electricity generation 9.61 11.13 -- 11.86 16.29 13.32 13.65
d
Other 2.51 4.09 -- 0.10 e
3.28 9.33 1.00
(2012 dollars per million Btu) 2.62 4.91 5.73f 5.93g 5.20g -- --
End-use prices
Residential 10.40 12.50 -- -- -- -- --
Commercial 7.92 10.66 -- -- -- -- --
Industrial 3.84 5.95 -- -- -- -- --

ICF shows the U.S. domestic sector consuming a steady share of U.S. natural gas production from 2020–35, varying from 89%
to 92%. BP shows the share of production consumed in the United States declining from 88% in 2020 to 82% to 2035. In the
AEO2016 Reference case, the share of production consumed in domestic markets falls from 90% in 2020 to 82% in 2035.
Although the EVA and ExxonMobil projections show lower volumes of natural gas consumption, they are not comparable with
the other outlooks. EVA does not include natural gas consumed for lease and plant operations, liquefaction for export, or pipeline
fuel. ExxonMobil does not include natural gas consumed in the commercial sector for transportation, lease and plant operations,
liquefaction for export, and pipeline fuel. Also, ExxonMobil provides a combined projection for residential and commercial
natural gas consumption. EVA differs from ExxonMobil in that it shows industrial consumption growing to 10.8 Tcf in 2035 (the
second highest level among the projections), whereas ExxonMobil shows relatively flat consumption in the industrial sector. The
ExxonMobil projections for total domestic consumption of natural gas through 2035 are higher than the EVA projections but lower
than the AEO2016 Reference case projections.
Prices
Only IHSGI, EVA, and ICF provide projections for Henry Hub natural gas spot prices. All the price projections, including those
in the AEO2016 Reference case, are in real 2015 dollars. Prices in the IHSGI, EVA, and ICF outlooks are lower than those in the
AEO2016 Reference case from 2015–30. After 2030, the EVA, IHSGI, and ICF prices are above $5.00, in million British thermal unit
(MMBtu), while, with the exception of 2031 and 2032, the price in the AEO2016 Reference case remains below $5.00/MMBtu
throughout the projection period. EVA projects the highest Henry Hub prices through 2035, followed closely by IHSGI, with EVA
having a projected 2035 spot natural gas price of $5.93/MMBtu, IHGSI $5.73/MMBtu, and ICF $5.20/MMBtu, all in real 2015
Table CP5. Comparisons of natural gas projections, 2025, 2035, and 2040 (trillion cubic feet, except where noted)
(continued)
AEO2016
Projection 2015 Reference IHSGI EVA ICF BP ExxonMobil
2040
Dry gas production 27.19 42.12 -- -- -- -- 41.39
Net imports 0.95 -7.55 -- -- -- -- --
Pipeline 0.89 -0.89 -- -- -- -- --
LNG 0.06 -6.66 -- -- -- -- --
Consumption 27.47 34.42 -- -- -- -- --
Residential 4.62 4.58 -- -- -- -- 6.82a
Commercial 3.22 3.69 -- -- -- -- --
b
Industrial 7.51 9.58 -- -- -- -- 9.75
c
Electricity generation 9.61 11.96 -- -- -- -- 13.65
Otherd 2.51 4.60 -- -- -- -- --
(2012 dollars per million Btu) 2.62 4.86 6.82f -- -- -- --
End-use prices
Residential 10.40 12.74 -- -- -- -- --
Commercial 7.92 10.73 -- -- -- -- --
Industrial 3.84 5.89 -- -- -- -- --
a
Natural gas consumed in the residential and commercial sectors.
b
Includes consumption for industrial CHP plants and a small number of industrial electricity-only plants, and natural gas-to-liquids heat/power
and production; excludes consumption by nonutility generators.
c
Includes consumption of energy by electricity-only and CHP plants whose primary business is to sell electricity, or electricity and heat, to the
public. Includes electric utilities, small power producers, and exempt wholesale generators.
d
Includes lease, plant, and pipeline fuel, fuel consumed in natural gas vehicles, and fuel consumed in liquefaction for export.
e
Does not include lease, plant, and pipeline fuel, and fuel consumed in liquefaction for export.
f
Converted to 2015 dollars using IHS’s GDP deflator for the IHS Reference case.
g
Converted to 2015 dollars using EIA’s GDP deflator.

dollars. IHSGI is the only other outlook that provides a projection in 2040, with a projected spot price of $6.82/MMBtu in 2040,
40% higher than projected in the AEO2016 Reference case.
In the AEO2016 Reference case, residential natural gas prices rise to $12.74/thousand cubic feet (Mcf) in real 2015 dollars in 2040.
Commercial natural gas prices rise to $10.72/Mcf in 2030, and remain between $10.66 and $10.73/Mcf through 2040. Electric
power and industrial natural gas prices rise to $6.15/Mcf in 2025 and $5.74/Mcf in 2030 in real 2015 dollars, respectively, before
gradually declining to $5.52/Mcf and $5.89/Mcf, respectively, in 2040. EVA, and ICF did not project natural gas prices by sector.
Table CP6. Comparisons of petroleum and other liquids projections, 2025, 2035, and 2040
(million barrels per day, except where noted)
AEO2016
Projection 2015 Reference BP EVA ICF IEA ExxonMobila IHSGIb
2025
U.S. refiner imported acquisition cost 46.42 83.45 -- -- 75.63 -- -- 87.35
of crude oil (2015 dollars per barrel)
Brent spot price 52.32 91.59 -- 64.59 -- -- -- --
(2015 dollars per barrel)
U.S. WTI crude oil price 48.67 85.41 -- 64.61 -- -- -- 95.41
Domestic production 12.68 14.20 15.90 -- 13.96 -- 18.70 --
Crude oil 9.42 9.43 10.20 -- 8.88 12.00 -- --
Alaska 0.48 0.32 -- -- 0.40 -- -- --
Natural gas liquids 3.25 4.77 5.70 -- 5.08 -- 11.00 --
Total net imports 4.64 3.27 1.20 -- -- -- -- --
Crude oil 6.88 6.95 -- -- -- -- -- --
Products -2.24 -3.69 -- -- -- -- -- --
Petroleum and other liquids 19.42 19.90 19.50 -- -- 16.50 20.02 --
consumption
Net petroleum import share of 24.00 16.50 6.00 -- -- -- -- --
liquids supplied (percent)
Biofuel production 1.01 1.02 1.20 -- -- -- -- --
2035
U.S. refiner imported acquisition cost 46.42 109.70 -- -- 75.78 -- -- 91.00
Brent spot price 52.32 119.64 -- 67.09 -- -- -- --
U.S. WTI crude oil price 48.67 112.45 -- 67.29 -- -- -- 95.62
Domestic production 12.68 15.62 17.30 -- 13.99 -- 19.10 --
Crude oil 9.42 10.66 10.50 -- 8.52 11.40 -- --
Alaska 0.48 0.19 -- -- 0.38 -- -- --
Natural gas liquids 3.25 4.95 6.90 -- 5.47 -- -- --
Total net imports 4.64 1.72 -1.90 -- -- -- -- --
Crude oil 6.88 6.24 -- -- -- -- -- --
Products -2.24 -4.52 -- -- -- -- -- --
Petroleum and other liquids 19.42 19.69 18.10 -- -- 14.20 19.09 --
consumption
Net petroleum import share of 24.00 9.00 -9.00 -- -- -- -- --
Biofuel production 1.01 1.03 1.40 -- -- -- -- --

CP6. Petroleum and other liquid fuels

In the AEO2016 Reference case, the North Sea Brent spot crude oil price (in 2015 dollars) increases from about $52/barrel (b)
in 2015 to $92/b in 2025 and then continues rising to $120/b in 2035 and $136/b in 2040 (Table CP6). North Sea Brent spot
crude oil prices are relatively flat in the Energy Ventures Analysis (EVA) projection, rising from $65/b in 2025 to $67/b in 2035. In
the AEO2016 projection, the U.S. imported refiner acquisition cost (IRAC) of crude oil (in 2015 dollars) increases from $46/b in
2015 to about $83/b in 2025, and then increases to $110/b in 2035 and $126/b in 2040. IRAC prices in the International Energy
Agency (IEA) projection are similar but rise faster, increasing from $46/b in 2015 to $152/b in 2040, while IHS-Global Insight
(IHSGI) project that IRAC prices will increase from $46/b in 2015 to $87/b in 2025 and then gradually to $91/b in 2035 and $93/b
in 2040. IRAC prices in the ICF projection are relatively flat after increasing from 2015 levels, averaging $76/b in both 2025 and
2035. BP and ExxonMobil did not report projections of North Sea Brent or IRAC crude oil prices.
In the AEO2016 Reference Case, domestic crude oil production decreases from about 9.4 million barrels/day (b/d) in 2015 to 8.6
million b/d in 2017, before growing to 9.4 million b/d in 2025, 10.7 million b/d in 2035, and 11.3 million b/d by 2040. Overall, the
production level in 2040 is about 20% higher than in 2015. Production in the BP projection grows from 9.4 million b/d in 2015 to
10.2 million b/d in 2025 and then grows modestly to 10.5 million b/d in 2035. The ICF projection shows production falling from the
9.4 million b/d produced in 2015 to 8.9 million b/d in 2025 and to 8.5 million b/d in 2035. Production increases from 2015 levels
in the IEA projection to 12.0 million b/d in 2025 before falling to 10.6 million b/d in 2040. The ExxonMobil projection includes
only total domestic production of crude oil and natural gas liquids, which is higher than in the AEO2016 Reference Case. Total
production in the ExxonMobil projection increases from 2015 levels of 12.7 million b/d to 18.7 million b/d in 2025 before increasing
to 19.1 million b/d in 2035, and then falling again to 18.0 million b/d in 2040. These levels are all higher than in the AEO2016
projection where production falls to 14.2 million b/d in 2025 before rising to 15.6 million b/d in 2035 and 16.3 million b/d in 2040.
With rapid growth in U.S. crude oil production, net imports fall in the AEO2016 Reference case and other projections. In the
Reference case, total net imports of crude oil and products fall from 4.6 million b/d in 2015 to 3.3 million b/d in 2025, 1.7 million b/d
in 2035, and 1.4 million b/d in 2040. In the BP projection, total net imports are even lower than in the AEO2016 Reference Case,
falling to 1.2 million b/d in 2025. By 2035, the United States is a net exporter of 1.9 million b/d of crude oil and products.
Biofuel production increases to about 1.0 million b/d in 2025 and remains at roughly that level through 2040 in the AEO2016
Reference case. In the BP projection, biofuel production on an energy-equivalent basis increases to 1.2 million b/d in 2025 and 1.4
million b/d in 2035. Biofuels production is not explicitly included in the EVA, ICF, IEA, ExxonMobil, and IHSGI projections.
Table CP6. Comparisons of petroleum and other liquids projections, 2025, 2035, and 2040
(million barrels per day, except where noted) (continued)
AEO2016
Projection 2015 Reference BP EVA ICF IEA ExxonMobila IHSGIb
2040
U.S. refiner imported acquisition cost 46.42 125.93 -- -- -- 151.57 -- 92.53
Brent spot price 52.32 136.21 -- -- -- -- -- --
U.S. WTI crude oil price 48.67 129.11 -- -- -- -- -- 95.15
Domestic production 12.68 16.25 -- -- -- -- 18.00 --
Crude oil 9.42 11.26 -- -- -- 10.60 -- --
Alaska 0.48 0.15 -- -- -- -- -- --
Natural gas liquids 3.25 4.99 -- -- -- -- -- --
Total net imports 4.64 1.44 -- -- -- -- -- --
Crude oil 6.88 6.10 -- -- -- -- -- --
Products -2.24 -4.66 -- -- -- -- -- --
Petroleum and other liquids 19.42 20.14 -- -- -- 17.30 18.43 --
consumption
Net petroleum import share of 24.00 7.00 -- -- -- -- -- --
Biofuel production 1.01 1.06 -- -- -- -- -- --
a
ExxonMobil liquids demand data converted from quadrillion Btu to barrels assuming 187.9 million barrels per quadrillion Btu.
b
Deflated from nominal dollars using IHS Global Insight deflator.
Note: 2014 dollars per barrel converted to 2015 dollars per barrel using the AEO2016 Reference case GDP Chain-type price deflator.

CP7. Coal
Projections for U.S. coal production, consumption, exports, and prices vary widely in the AEO2016 Reference case and the
projections from EVA, Wood Mackenzie (WoodMac), SNL Energy, IEA, and BP (Table CP7). The range of projections implies
significant differences in analysts’ views on how CO2 emissions and other environmental regulations will be implemented and
how U.S. coal mining regions will compete with each other, with alternative energy sources, and with coal from other parts of the
world. Most of the projections point to an overall downward trend for total coal consumption and production; however, the size
and pace of the expected declines in coal consumption and production, as well as expectations for coal imports, vary even among
projections with similar regulatory assumptions.
The projections generally noted the environmental regulations or programs considered; however, the respondents did not provide
details for how the environmental regulations and programs were implemented in the projections, such as the assumed start
dates for rules currently in litigation. WoodMac incorporated the CPP, Carbon Pollution Standards for new plants, regional carbon
programs that constrain CO2 emissions, and rules that limit conventional air emissions. EVA and SNL Energy excluded the CPP
but included everything else mentioned above, including CO2 emissions standards for new coal-fired power plants. IEA’s Current
Policies Scenario took into account only policies formally enacted as of mid-2015, implying that it excludes regulations that would
limit coal use the most, such as the CPP [1].
Collectively, the projections demonstrate the profound impact of the CPP on coal consumption in the electricity sector. Compared
with 2015, coal consumption is projected to decline by 13% in 2025 and 30% in 2035 in the AEO2016 Reference case, as compared
with 17% in 2025 and 42% in 2035 in the WoodMac projection [2]. BP projects the most significant drop from 2015 levels with
Table CP7. Comparisons of coal projections, 2025, 2035, and 2040 (million short tons, except where noted)
AEO2016 Reference case Other projections
Wood SNL
(million (quadrillion EVAa Mackenzieb Energyc IEAd BPe
Projection 2015 short tons) Btu) (million short tons) (quadrillion Btu)
2025
Production 873 766 15.35 921 713 857 -- 16.37
Appalachia 223 165 -- 232 104 173 -- --
Interior 165 193 -- 200 143 194 -- --
West 484 408 -- 489 465 490 -- --
Consumption
Electric power 739 643 12.12 812 612 742 -- 10.90
Coke plants 19 16 0.45 15 -- 16 -- --
Coal-to-liquids -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Other industrial/buildings 40 44 1.37 f
40 -- 34 -- --
Total consumption
(quadrillion Btu) 15.48 -- 13.49 -- -- -- -- 12.00
Total consumption
(million short tons) 801 705 -- 867 -- 792 -- --
Net coal exports
(million short tons) 63 70 1.80 72 103 65 -- 4.37g
Exports 75 h
70 -- 82 105 72 -- --
Imports 11 0 -- 10 2 7 -- --
Minemouth price
2015 dollars per ton 33.80 33.99 -- -- -- 26.95i -- --
2015 dollars per Btu 1.69 1.71 -- -- -- 1.32i -- --
Average delivered price
to electricity generators
2015 dollars per ton 41.62 42.69 -- -- -- 40.43i -- --
2015 dollars per Btu 2.19 2.26 -- -- -- 1.98 i
-- --

coal consumption falling by 7.4 quadrillion Btu by 2035, compared with a 4.3 quadrillion Btu decline in the AEO2016 Reference
case [3]. In the EVA projection, consumption declines between 2014 and 2020, recovers in the following five years, and then drops
by 12% from 2025–40 [4]. Coal consumption for electricity generation in 2025 is slightly higher in the SNL Energy projection and
remains nearly constant before 2030 in the IEA Current Policies Scenario. The EVA, SNL Energy, and IEA projections do not include
the CPP.
The key difference among the projections for end-use (residential, commercial, industrial, and transportation sectors) coal use
is in the other industrial/buildings sector. In the AEO2016 Reference case, the largest share of coal use in the other industrial/
buildings sector is in combined heat and power plants and small on-site generating plants. Coal consumption in those applications
increases throughout the 2015–40 projection period in the AEO2016 Reference case. Coking plants account for the remaining coal
consumption. Only EVA and SNL Energy provide projections for coal consumption at coking plants, and both projections are largely
in line with the AEO2016 Reference case, with coal use at coking plants declining steadily throughout the projection. Total end-use
coal consumption, including coal use in the other industrial/buildings sector and at coking plants, remains largely constant through
2040 in the AEO2016 Reference case, while all the other projections show steady declines in end-use coal consumption resulting
from declines in both the other industrial/building sector and at coking plants. The decline in total domestic coal consumption
through 2040 significantly outweighs the impact of any changes in net coal exports, resulting in declines in total coal production
in all of the projections. From 2015–35, the reductions in coal production range from 24% (EIA) to 31% (WoodMac), based on
tonnage, and from 22% (EIA) to 34% (BP), based on energy content.
(continued)
Wood SNL
2035
Production 873 661 13.44 890 606 -- -- 12.10
Appalachia 223 154 -- 226 83 -- -- --
Interior 165 172 -- 195 150 -- -- --
West 484 335 -- 469 373 -- -- --
Consumption
Electric power 739 520 9.82 787 432 -- -- 7.65
Coke plants 19 15 0 14 -- -- -- --
Coal-to-liquids -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Other industrial/buildings 40 45 1.38 37 -- -- -- --
Total consumption
(quadrillion Btu) 15.48 -- 11.21 -- -- -- -- 8.60
Total consumption
(million short tons) 801 583 -- 838 -- -- -- --
Net coal exports
(million short tons) 63 87 2.19 69 189 -- -- 3.50g
Exports 75 h
87 -- 79 191 -- -- --
Imports 11 0 -- 10 2 -- -- --
Minemouth price
2015 dollars per ton 33.80 37.58 -- -- -- -- -- --
2015 dollars per Btu 1.69 1.86 -- -- -- -- -- --
2015 dollars per ton 41.62 43.79 -- -- -- -- -- --
2015 dollars per Btu 2.19 2.32 -- -- -- -- -- --

(continued)
Wood SNL
2040
Production 873 643 13.11 814 -- -- -- --
Appalachia 223 144 -- 187 -- -- -- --
Interior 165 170 -- 182 -- -- -- --
West 484 329 -- 445 -- -- -- --
Consumption
Electric power 739 494 9.36 711 -- -- 14.64 --
Coke plants 19 14 0.40 14 -- -- -- --
Coal-to-liquids -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Other industrial/buildings 40 47 1.38f 36 -- -- 0.74 --
Total consumption
(quadrillion Btu) 15.48 -- 10.75 -- -- -- 16.30 --
Total consumption
(million short tons) 801 557 -- 761 -- -- -- --
Net coal exports
(million short tons) 63 94 2.32 69 -- -- -- --
Exports 75h 94 -- 78 -- -- -- --
Imports 11 0 -- 9 -- -- -- --
Minemouth price
2015 dollars per ton 33.80 38.68 -- -- -- -- -- --
2015 dollars per Btu 1.69 1.91 -- -- -- -- -- --
2015 dollars per ton 41.62 45.17 -- -- -- -- -- --
2015 dollars per Btu 2.19 2.38 -- -- -- -- -- --
a
Regulations known to be accounted for in the EVA projections include the Carbon Pollution Standard for new plants, Regional Greenhouse Gas
Initiative (RGGI), California carbon tax (California AB32), Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR, with allowances reaching zero between the mid-
and late 2020s), regulations for cooling water intake structures under Section 316(b) of the Clean Water Act (all plants must achieve compliance
by 2018), regulations for coal combustion residuals under authority of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (compliance by 2022),
Regional Haze Program, and Effluent Limitation Guidelines (compliance by 2022).
b
Regulations known to be accounted for in the Wood Mackenzie projections include interconnect-level, mass-based CPP with new source
complement, Carbon Pollution Standards for new plants, RGGI, California AB32, CSAPR, MATS, regulations for cooling water intake structures
under Section 316(b) of the Clean Water Act, and regulations for coal combustion residuals under authority of the Resource Conservation and
Recovery Act and the Regional Haze Program.
c
Regulations known to be accounted for in the SNL Energy projections include RGGI, California AB32, Carbon Pollution Standards for new plants,
CSAPR (with Phase I budgets applied through the end of 2016 and Phase II budgets starting in 2017), MATS, California cooling water regulations
and ban on once-through cooling, and Regional Haze Program.
d
International Energy Agency, World Energy Outlook 2015, Current Policies Scenario.
e
BP generally assumes continued evolution of policies and regulations that constrain CO2 emissions and support renewables (the CPP is included
in the BP Energy Outlook, 2016 edition). Values were converted from million metric tons oil equivalent to quadrillion Btu, using a conversion factor
of 39.653 million Btu per metric ton oil equivalent.
f
Represents coal consumed in both the other industrial/buildings sector and at coke plants, to facilitate comparison of the AEO2016 and IEA
projections, because IEA provided projections for total end-use coal consumption with no breakout for coke plants.
g
Net coal exports in the BP projection are calculated as production minus consumption.
h
Preliminary estimate. Finalized as 74 million tons in EIA’s Quarterly Coal Report – October-December 2015, https://www.eia.gov/coal/production/
quarterly/pdf/t7p01p1.pdf.
i
Converted from 2014 dollars to 2015 dollars using an inflator of 1.0322.

There are also differences among the projections of coal production by region, especially for the Appalachian and West regions.
All of the projections suggest that Appalachian coal production will be lower in 2040 than in 2015. In the AEO2016 Reference
case and WoodMac projections most of the decline occurs before 2030, compared with after 2035 in the EVA projection. The
projections also disagree on how much the Appalachian region’s production will shrink, with WoodMac projecting a decline to 83
million tons in 2035, compared with 154 million tons in the AEO2016 Reference case. Coal production in the West region declines
rapidly in the AEO2016 Reference case, beginning in 2020, and falls to 335 million tons in 2035. In the WoodMac projection,
coal production declines rapidly from 2025–2030 before leveling off at about 373 million tons through 2040. EVA projects only
moderate declines before 2035, with 2040 production at approximately 445 million tons. Compared with Appalachia and the
West, production in the Interior region is relatively flat in all of the projections, ranging from about 150 million tons (WoodMac) to
200 million tons (EVA). Production in the AEO2016 Reference case falls within that range.
Coal exports increase from 75 million tons in 2015 to 94 million tons in 2040 in the AEO2016 Reference case. In comparison,
WoodMac projects a more substantial increase in coal exports, to 191 million tons in 2035. EVA projects an increase to 82 million
tons in 2025, followed by a decline to 78 million tons in 2040. BP does not project coal exports and imports separately, but the
difference between its projections for production and consumption suggests a significant increase in net exports from 2015–25,
by 2.1 quadrillion Btu, compared with an increase of 0.1 quadrillion Btu over the same period in the AEO2016 Reference case. Net
exports decline in the BP projection by 0.9 quadrillion Btu from 2025–35, as compared with an increase of 0.4 quadrillion Btu from
2025–35 in the AEO2016 Reference case.
All the projections show coal imports declining over time. The largest reduction is in the AEO2016 Reference case, with imports
declining from 11 million tons in 2015 to 55,000 tons in 2020 and remaining at that level through 2040. EVA projects that imports
will remain at a level of about 10 million tons through 2040, and SNL projects that imports will remain at about 7 million tons from
2020–25. In the WoodMac projection, imports decline to 6 million tons in 2020, then drop to 2 million tons in 2025 and remain
at that level through 2040.
The only projection for coal prices that can be compared with the EIA projections is from SNL Energy, which shows coal prices
declining from 2015–20 and remaining relatively flat from 2020–25. In the AEO2016 Reference case, both minemouth prices and
delivered prices to power plants increase moderately from 2015–40.
Endnotes for comparisons with other projections

1. International Energy Agency, World Energy Outlook 2015, http://www.worldenergyoutlook.org/weo2015/.
2. The ranges of percentages are based on the tonnage of coal.
3. BP, Energy Outlook 2016, http://www.bp.com/en/global/corporate/energy-economics/energy-outlook-2035/energy-outlook-
downloads.html.
4. All changes over time in this section are calculated based on projections provided to EIA starting 2020 and in 5-year increments.
Values for 2020 and 2030 are not shown in Table CP7. When values for 2015 are available in a projection provided to EIA, they
are used in calculations for the projection but not shown in Table CP7; when they are not available, EIA data for 2015 are used to
calculation changes from 2015.
Table sources for comparisons with other projections

Table CP1. Comparisons of average annual economic growth projections, 2015–40: AEO2016 (Reference case): AEO2016 National
Energy Modeling System, run REF2016.D032416A. AEO2015 (Reference case): AEO2015 National Energy Modeling System, run
REF2015.D021915A. IHSGI: IHS Global Insight, 30-year U.S. Economic Forecast (Lexington, MA: February 2016), http://www.ihs.
com/products/global-insight/index.aspx (subscription site). OMB: Office of Management and Budget, Fiscal Year 2017 Budget
of the U.S. Government (Washington, DC: January 2016), http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/omb/budget/fy2017/
assets/budget.pdf. CBO: Congressional Budget Office, The Budget and Economic Outlook: Fiscal Years 2016 to 2026 (Washington,
DC: February 2016), http://www.cbo.gov/publication/51129. INFORUM: “INFORUM Spring 2016 Reference Case, Lift (Long-term
Interindustry Forecasting Tool) Model” (College Park, MD: February 2016), http://inforumweb.umd.edu/services/models/lift.html.
SSA: Social Security Administration, The 2015 Annual Report of the Board of Trustees of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance
and Federal Disability Insurance Trust Funds (Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, August 2015), http://www.ssa.gov/
oact/tr/2015/2015_Long-Range_Economic_Assumptions.pdf. IEA (New Policies Scenario): International Energy Agency, World
Energy Outlook 2015 (Paris, France: November 2015), http://www.worldenergyoutlook.org/weo2015/. Oxford Economics Group:
Oxford Economics, Ltd., 2016 Long Term Forecast (Oxford, United Kingdom: February 2016), http://www.OxfordEconomics.com
(subscription site). ExxonMobil: ExxonMobil Corporation, The Outlook for Energy: A View to 2040 (Irving, TX: 2016), http://www.
exxonmobil.com/Corporate/energy_outlook.aspx. EVA: Energy Ventures Analysis, Inc., email from Wes Mitchell (April 12, 2016).

Table CP2. Comparisons of oil price projections, 2025, 2030, 2035, and 2040: AEO2016 (Reference case): AEO2016 National
Energy Modeling System, run REF2016.D032416A. AEO2016 (Low Oil Price case): AEO2016 National Energy Modeling System, run
LOWPRICE.D041916A. AEO2016 (High Oil Price case): AEO2016 National Energy Modeling System, run HIGHPRICE.D041916A.
AEO2015 (Reference case): AEO2015 National Energy Modeling System, run REF2015.D021915A. Arrowhead: ArrowHead
Economics LLC, email from Dale Nesbitt (March 17, 2016). SEER: Strategic Energy & Economic Research, email from Michael Lynch
(March 14, 2016). ESAI: Energy Security Analysis, Inc., “ESAI Energy 2016 Long Term Crude Price Forecast,” email from Sarah
Emerson (March 17, 2016). IHSGI: IHS Global Insight, 30-year U.S. Economic Forecast (Lexington, MA: February 2016), http://
www.ihs.com/products/global-insight/index.aspx (subscription site). ICF: ICForecast Natural Gas Strategic Outlook (Fairfax, VA:
1st Quarter 2016), email from Hua Fang (March 28, 2016). EVA: Energy Ventures Analysis, Inc., email from Wes Mitchell (April
12, 2016). IEA (New Policies Scenario): International Energy Agency, World Energy Outlook 2015 (Paris, France: November 2015),
http://www.worldenergyoutlook.org/weo2015/. OPEC: Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, 2015 World Oil Outlook
(Vienna, Austria: October 2015), http://woo.opec.org/images/woo/WOO_2015.pdf.
Table CP3. Comparisons of energy consumption projections by sector, 2015, 2020, 2035, and 2040: AEO2016 (Reference case):
AEO2016 National Energy Modeling System, run REF2016.D032416A.AEO2016. AEO2016 (No CPP case): AEO2016 National
Energy Modeling System, run REF_NO_CPP.D032316A. ExxonMobil: ExxonMobil Corporation, The Outlook for Energy: A View
to 2040 (Irving, TX: 2016), http://www.exxonmobil.com/Corporate/energy_outlook.aspx. BP: BP p.l.c., BP Energy Outlook 2035
(London, United Kingdom: February 2015), http://www.bp.com/content/dam/bp/pdf/energy-economics/energy-outlook-2015/
bp-energy-outlook-2035-booklet.pdf. IHSGI: IHS Global Insight, “30-year U.S. Economic Forecast” (Lexington, MA: February
2016), http://www.ihs.com/products/global-insight/index.aspx (subscription site). IEA: International Energy Agency, World
Energy Outlook 2015 (Paris, France: November 2015), http://www.worldenergyoutlook.org/weo2015/.
Table CP4. Comparisons of electricity projections, 2025, 2035, and 2040: AEO2016 (Reference case): AEO2016 National Energy
Modeling System, run REF2016.D032416A. AEO2016 (No CPP case): AEO2016 National Energy Modeling System, run REF_NO_
CPP.D032316A. IEA (New Policies Scenario): International Energy Agency, World Energy Outlook 2015 (Paris, France: November
2015), http://www.worldenergyoutlook.org/weo2015/. NREL (Regional Energy Deployment System model reference case): T.
Mai, W. Cole, E. Lantz, C. Marcy, and B. Sigrin, Impacts of Federal Tax Credit Extensions on Renewable Deployment and Power Sector
Emissions, NREL/TP-6A20-65571 (Golden, CO: National Renewable Energy Laboratory, February 2016), http://www.nrel.gov/
docs/fy16osti/65571.pdf. EVA: Energy Ventures Analysis, Inc., email from Wes Mitchell (April 12, 2016).
Table CP5. Comparisons of natural gas projections, 2025, 2035, and 2040: AEO2016 National Energy Modeling System, run
REF2016.D032416A. IHSGI: IHS Global Insight, “30-year U.S. Economic Forecast” (Lexington, MA: February 2016), http://www.
ihs.com/products/global-insight/index.aspx (subscription site). EVA: Energy Ventures Analysis, Inc., email from Wes Mitchell
(April 12, 2016). ICF: ICForecast Natural Gas Strategic Outlook (Fairfax, VA: 1st Quarter 2016), email from Hua Fang (March 28,
2016). ExxonMobil: ExxonMobil Corporation, The Outlook for Energy: A View to 2040 (Irving, TX: 2016), http://www.exxonmobil.
com/Corporate/energy_outlook.aspx.
Table CP6. Comparisons of petroleum and other liquids projections, 2025, 2035, and 2040: AEO2016 National Energy Modeling
System, run REF2016.D032416A. BP: BP p.l.c., BP Energy Outlook 2035 (London, United Kingdom: February 2015), http://www.
bp.com/content/dam/bp/pdf/energy-economics/energy-outlook-2015/bp-energy-outlook-2035-booklet.pdf. EVA: Energy
Ventures Analysis, Inc., email from Wes Mitchell (April 12, 2016). ICF: ICForecast Natural Gas Strategic Outlook (Fairfax, VA:
1st Quarter 2016), email from Hua Fang (March 28, 2016). IEA (New Policies Scenario): International Energy Agency, World
Energy Outlook 2015 (Paris, France: November 2015), http://www.worldenergyoutlook.org/weo2015/. ExxonMobil: ExxonMobil
Corporation, The Outlook for Energy: A View to 2040 (Irving, TX: 2016), http://www.exxonmobil.com/Corporate/energy_outlook.
aspx. IHSGI: IHS Global Insight, “30-year U.S. Economic Forecast” (Lexington, MA: February 2016), http://www.ihs.com/
products/global-insight/index.aspx (subscription site).
Table CP7. Comparisons of coal projections, 2025, 2035, and 2040: AEO2016 National Energy Modeling System, run REF2016.
D032416A. EVA: Energy Ventures Analysis, Inc., email from Wes Mitchell (April 12, 2016). Wood Mackenzie: Wood Mackenzie,
Inc., email from Shane Mathers (April 22, 2016). SNL Energy: S&P Global Market Intelligence, email from Steve Piper (March
29, 2016). IEA (New Policies Scenario): International Energy Agency, World Energy Outlook 2015 (Paris, France: November 2015),
http://www.worldenergyoutlook.org/weo2015/. BP: BP p.l.c., BP Energy Outlook 2035 (London, United Kingdom: February 2015),
http://www.bp.com/content/dam/bp/pdf/energy-economics/energy-outlook-2015/bp-energy-outlook-2035-booklet.pdf.

List of acronyms
AB 32 California Assembly Bill 32, the Global Warming EE energy efficiency
Solutions Act of 2006 EEPS energy efficiency portfolio standard
ACEEE American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy EERS energy efficiency resource standard
ACP alternative compliance payment EFD Electricity Fuel Dispatch
AEO Annual Energy Outlook EG Steam Electric Power Generating Effluent Guidelines and
AEO2016 Annual Energy Outlook 2016 Standards
ACU atmospheric cracking unit EGUs electric generating units
API American Petroleum Institute EIA U.S. Energy Information Administration
ARRA American Recovery and Reinvestment Act EIEA2008 Energy Improvement and Extension Act of 2008
ASHRAE American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air- EISA Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007
Conditioning Engineers EMM Electricity Market Module
ATPZEV advanced technology partial zero-emission vehicle EM&V energy measurement and verification
b barrel EPA U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
b/d barrels per day EPACT2005 Energy Policy Act of 2005
BAT best available technology ERCOT Electric Reliability Council of Texas
Bcf billion cubic feet EUR estimated ultimate recovery
Bcf/d billion cubic feet per day FCC fluid catalytic cracking
BF blast furnace FHWA Federal Highway Administration
BOF basic oxygen furnace GDP gross domestic product
BSER best system of emission reduction GEM Greenhouse Gas Emissions Model
BTL biomass-to-liquids GHG greenhouse gas
Btu British thermal unit GTL gas-to-liquids
Btu/scf Btu per standard cubic foot GVWR gross vehicle weight rating
CAA Clean Air Act GW gigawatt
CAFE Corporate Average Fuel Economy HB2001 West Virginia House Bill 2001
CAIR Clean Air Interstate Rule HB40 Vermont House Bill 40
CARB California Air Resource Board HB623 Hawaii House Bill 623
CBTL coal-and-biomass-to-liquids HD heavy-duty
CCR Coal Combustion Residual rule HDV heavy-duty vehicle
CCS carbon capture and storage HGL hydrocarbon gas liquids
CHP combined heat and power HVAC heating, ventilation, and air conditioning
CMM Coal Market Module IDM Industrial Demand Module
CNG compressed natural gas IEM International Energy Module
CO2 carbon dioxide IMO International Maritime Organization
CPP Clean Power Plan IOU investor-owned utility
CSAPR Cross State Air Pollution Rule ITC investment tax credit
CT combustion turbine kWh kilowatthour
CTL coal-to-liquids LACE levelized avoided cost of electricity
CWA Clean Water Act LADWP Los Angeles Department of Water and Power
DG distributed generation LCFS Low Carbon Fuel Standard
DOE U.S. Department of Energy LCOE levelized cost of electricity
DOI U.S. Department of Interior LDV light-duty vehicle
DOT U.S. Department of Transportation LFG landfill gas
DRI direct reduced iron LFMM Liquid Fuels Market Module
DSI dry sorbent injection LIPA Long Island Power Authority
DSIRE Database of State Incentives for Renewables & Efficiency LNG liquefied natural gas
EAER equivalent all-electric range LPG liquefied petroleum gas
EAF electric arc furnace MAM Macroeconomic Activity Module
ECAs U.S. Emission Control Areas MARPOL International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution
ECP Electricity Capacity Planning from Ships
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MATS Mercury Air Toxics Standard POU publicly owned utility
MDV medium-duty vehicle PRB Wyoming Powder River Basin
MECS Manufacturing Energy Consumption Survey PTC production tax credit
MGO marine gas oil PUC public utility commission
MMST million metric short tons PV solar photovoltaic
MMT million metric tons PZEV partial zero-emission vehicle
MOU memorandum of understanding RECs Renewable Energy Certificates
mpg miles per gallon RFM Renewable Fuels Module
MSW municipal solid waste RFS Renewable Fuels Standard
MT metric ton RGGI Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative
MW megawatt RPS Renewable Portfolio Standards
MWh megawatthour SB91 Kansas Senate Bill 91
MY model year SB310 Ohio Senate Bill 310
NAICS North American Industry Classification System SB350 California Senate Bill 350
NEEP Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships SEU Sustainable Energy Utility
NEMS National Energy Modeling System SOx sulfur oxide
NGPL natural gas plant liquids SO2 sulfur dioxide
NGTDM Natural Gas Transmission and Distribution Module SPR Strategic Petroleum Reserve
NHTSA U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration SPR Stream Protection Rule
NOx nitrogen oxide STEO Short-Term Energy Outlook
NPDES National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Tcf trillion cubic feet
NSPS new source performance standards TZEV transitional zero-emission vehicle
NYPA New York Power Authority VIUS Vehicle Inventory and Use Survey
OECD Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development VMT vehicle miles traveled
OPEC Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries WTI West Texas Intermediate
PADD Petroleum Administration for Defense District ZEV zero-emission vehicle
PM2.5 fine particulate matter
Appendix A
Reference case
Table A1. Total energy supply, disposition, and price summary
Table A1. Total energy supply, disposition, and price summary
(quadrillion BtuBtu
(quadrillion perper
year, unless
year, otherwise
unless noted)
otherwise noted)
Reference case Annual
growth
Supply, disposition, and prices
2015-2040
2014 2015 2020 2025 2030 2035 2040 (percent)
Production
Crude oil and lease condensate ........................... 18.4 19.7 19.6 19.7 21.0 22.3 23.5 0.7%
Natural gas plant liquids ....................................... 4.1 4.4 6.1 6.4 6.5 6.6 6.7 1.6%
Dry natural gas ..................................................... 26.5 28.0 31.4 35.9 38.9 41.2 43.4 1.8%
Coal1 ..................................................................... 20.6 17.2 17.5 15.4 13.3 13.4 13.1 -1.1%
Nuclear / uranium2 ................................................ 8.3 8.3 8.1 8.2 8.2 8.2 8.2 0.0%
Conventional hydroelectric power ......................... 2.5 2.3 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.8 0.8%
Biomass3............................................................... 4.4 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.4 4.6 0.4%
Other renewable energy4 ...................................... 2.5 2.6 4.6 6.1 6.6 7.8 8.8 5.0%
Other5 ................................................................... 1.0 0.5 0.9 1.0 0.9 0.9 1.0 2.8%
Total .................................................................. 88.4 87.3 95.4 99.8 102.7 107.7 112.2 1.0%
Imports
Crude oil ............................................................... 16.3 16.1 16.8 16.8 16.0 15.8 15.9 -0.1%
Petroleum and other liquids6 ................................. 3.9 3.9 4.5 4.5 4.3 4.2 4.3 0.4%
Natural gas7 .......................................................... 2.8 2.8 2.1 1.8 1.6 1.4 1.4 -2.6%
Other imports8....................................................... 0.4 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 -3.9%
Total .................................................................. 23.3 23.2 23.6 23.2 22.0 21.5 21.8 -0.3%
Exports
Petroleum and other liquids9 ................................. 8.2 9.0 11.6 12.5 13.5 14.4 15.2 2.1%
Natural gas10 ......................................................... 1.5 1.8 5.0 7.1 7.6 8.6 9.0 6.7%
Coal ...................................................................... 2.5 2.0 1.9 1.8 1.9 2.2 2.3 0.7%
Total .................................................................. 12.2 12.8 18.5 21.4 23.0 25.2 26.6 3.0%
Discrepancy11 ......................................................... 1.4 1.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.3 --
Consumption
Petroleum and other liquids12 ............................... 36.0 36.5 37.8 37.3 36.6 36.8 37.5 0.1%
Natural gas ........................................................... 27.5 28.3 28.3 30.2 32.5 33.5 35.4 0.9%
Coal13.................................................................... 17.9 15.5 15.6 13.5 11.3 11.2 10.7 -1.4%
Nuclear / uranium2 ................................................ 8.3 8.3 8.1 8.2 8.2 8.2 8.2 0.0%
Conventional hydroelectric power ......................... 2.5 2.3 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.8 0.8%
Biomass14 ............................................................. 3.0 2.8 2.8 2.9 3.0 3.0 3.1 0.5%
Other renewable energy4 ...................................... 2.5 2.6 4.6 6.1 6.6 7.8 8.8 5.0%
Other15 .................................................................. 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.1%
Total .................................................................. 98.1 96.7 100.5 101.6 101.5 103.9 107.1 0.4%
Prices (2015 dollars per unit)

Crude oil spot prices (dollars per barrel)
Brent .................................................................. 100 52 77 92 104 120 136 3.9%
West Texas Intermediate ................................... 94 49 71 85 97 112 129 4.0%
Natural gas at Henry Hub (dollars per million Btu) 4.44 2.62 4.43 5.12 5.06 4.91 4.86 2.5%
Coal (dollars per ton)
at the minemouth16 ............................................ 35.2 33.8 33.6 34.0 33.8 37.6 38.7 0.5%
Coal (dollars per million Btu)
at the minemouth16 ............................................ 1.73 1.69 1.68 1.71 1.71 1.86 1.91 0.5%
Average end-use17 ............................................. 2.52 2.37 2.43 2.49 2.55 2.61 2.68 0.5%
Average electricity (cents per kilowatthour) .......... 10.5 10.3 10.5 10.7 10.9 10.6 10.5 0.1%
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Appendix A
Table A1. Total energy supply, disposition, and price summary (continued)
Table A1. (quadrillion
Total energy supply,
Btu per year, disposition, and noted)
unless otherwise price summary (continued)
(quadrillion Btu per year, unless otherwise noted)
growth
2015-2040
2014 2015 2020 2025 2030 2035 2040 (percent)
Prices (nominal dollars per unit)

Brent .................................................................. 99 52 85 112 141 181 229 6.1%
West Texas Intermediate ................................... 93 49 79 105 131 170 217 6.2%
Natural gas at Henry Hub (dollars per million Btu) 4.39 2.62 4.90 6.27 6.84 7.42 8.17 4.7%
at the minemouth16 ............................................ 34.9 33.8 37.1 41.6 45.8 56.8 65.1 2.7%
at the minemouth16 ............................................ 1.71 1.69 1.86 2.09 2.31 2.81 3.21 2.6%
Average end-use17 ............................................. 2.49 2.37 2.69 3.05 3.45 3.94 4.50 2.6%
Average electricity (cents per kilowatthour) .......... 10.4 10.3 11.6 13.1 14.7 16.1 17.6 2.2%
1
Includes waste coal.
2
These values represent the energy obtained from uranium when it is used in light water reactors. The total energy content of uranium is much larger, but
alternative processes are required to take advantage of it.
3
Includes grid-connected electricity from wood and wood waste; biomass, such as corn, used for liquid fuels production; and non-electric energy demand from
wood. Refer to Table A17 for details.
4
Includes grid-connected electricity from landfill gas; biogenic municipal waste; wind; photovoltaic and solar thermal sources; and non-electric energy from
renewable sources, such as active and passive solar systems. Excludes electricity imports using renewable sources and nonmarketed renewable energy. See
Table A17 for selected nonmarketed residential and commercial renewable energy data.
5
Includes non-biogenic municipal waste, liquid hydrogen, methanol, and some domestic inputs to refineries.
6
Includes imports of finished petroleum products, unfinished oils, alcohols, ethers, blending components, and renewable fuels such as ethanol.
7
Includes imports of liquefied natural gas that are later re-exported.
8
Includes coal, coal coke (net), and electricity (net). Excludes imports of fuel used in nuclear power plants.
9
Includes crude oil, petroleum products, ethanol, and biodiesel.
10
Includes re-exported liquefied natural gas.
11
Balancing item. Includes unaccounted for supply, losses, gains, and net storage withdrawals.
12
Estimated consumption. Includes petroleum-derived fuels and non-petroleum derived fuels, such as ethanol and biodiesel, and coal-based synthetic liquids.
Petroleum coke, which is a solid, is included. Also included are hydrocarbon gas liquids and crude oil consumed as a fuel. Refer to Table A17 for detailed renewable
liquid fuels consumption.
13
Excludes coal converted to coal-based synthetic liquids and natural gas.
14
Includes grid-connected electricity from wood and wood waste, non-electric energy from wood, and biofuels heat and coproducts used in the production of liquid
fuels, but excludes the energy content of the liquid fuels.
15
Includes non-biogenic municipal waste, liquid hydrogen, and net electricity imports.
16
Includes reported prices for both open market and captive mines. Prices weighted by production, which differs from average minemouth prices published in EIA
data reports where it is weighted by reported sales.
17
Prices weighted by consumption; weighted average excludes export free-alongside-ship (f.a.s.) prices.
Btu = British thermal unit.
- - = Not applicable.
Note: Totals may not equal sum of components due to independent rounding. Data for 2014 are model results and may differ from official EIA data reports.
Sources: 2014 natural gas supply values: EIA, Natural Gas Monthly, July 2015. 2014 coal minemouth and delivered coal prices: EIA, Annual Coal Report
2013. 2014 petroleum supply values: EIA, Petroleum Supply Annual 2014. 2014 crude oil spot prices and natural gas spot price at Henry Hub: Thomson Reuters.
Other 2014 coal values: Quarterly Coal Report, October-December 2014. Other 2014: EIA, Monthly Energy Review, February 2016. 2015: EIA, Short-Term
Energy Outlook, February 2016 and EIA, AEO2016 National Energy Modeling System run ref2016.d032416a. Projections: EIA, AEO2016 National Energy
Modeling System run ref2016.d032416a.
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Reference case projections
Table A2. Energy consumption by sector and source
Energy consumption by sector
Btu per year, unless and source
otherwise noted)
growth
Sector and source
2015-2040
2014 2015 2020 2025 2030 2035 2040 (percent)
Energy consumption
Residential
Propane .............................................................. 0.50 0.43 0.42 0.40 0.38 0.36 0.34 -0.9%
Kerosene ............................................................ 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.00 0.00 -2.6%
Distillate fuel oil ................................................... 0.55 0.50 0.43 0.38 0.34 0.30 0.27 -2.4%
Petroleum and other liquids subtotal................. 1.05 0.93 0.86 0.78 0.72 0.66 0.61 -1.7%
Natural gas ......................................................... 5.25 4.77 4.87 4.82 4.80 4.77 4.73 0.0%
Renewable energy1 ............................................ 0.59 0.44 0.42 0.41 0.39 0.38 0.37 -0.7%
Electricity ............................................................ 4.80 4.78 4.76 4.75 4.83 4.97 5.20 0.3%
Delivered energy ............................................. 11.70 10.92 10.90 10.77 10.74 10.78 10.91 0.0%
Electricity related losses ..................................... 9.72 9.44 9.37 9.03 8.77 8.93 9.15 -0.1%
Total ................................................................. 21.42 20.37 20.27 19.79 19.50 19.71 20.05 -0.1%
Commercial
Propane .............................................................. 0.15 0.17 0.18 0.19 0.19 0.20 0.20 0.7%
Motor gasoline2 ................................................... 0.04 0.04 0.06 0.06 0.06 0.07 0.07 2.1%
Kerosene ............................................................ 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.01 5.0%
Residual fuel oil .................................................. 0.02 0.07 0.11 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 1.2%
Petroleum and other liquids subtotal................. 0.57 0.66 0.70 0.69 0.68 0.67 0.67 0.1%
Natural gas ......................................................... 3.58 3.32 3.45 3.46 3.53 3.66 3.81 0.5%
Coal .................................................................... 0.05 0.06 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 -0.4%
Renewable energy3 ............................................ 0.14 0.14 0.14 0.14 0.14 0.14 0.14 0.0%
Electricity ............................................................ 4.61 4.64 4.69 4.86 5.09 5.33 5.62 0.8%
Electricity related losses ..................................... 9.34 9.16 9.23 9.23 9.23 9.57 9.89 0.3%
Total ................................................................. 18.29 17.97 18.26 18.43 18.72 19.43 20.17 0.5%
Industrial4
Liquefied petroleum gases and other5 ................ 2.44 2.38 3.10 3.50 3.66 3.92 4.22 2.3%
Motor gasoline2 ................................................... 0.27 0.27 0.28 0.27 0.27 0.27 0.27 0.0%
Distillate fuel oil ................................................... 1.36 1.34 1.44 1.45 1.44 1.45 1.47 0.4%
Petrochemical feedstocks ................................... 0.70 0.66 0.96 1.21 1.31 1.47 1.66 3.8%
Other petroleum6 ................................................ 3.19 3.38 3.59 3.71 3.82 3.95 4.15 0.8%
Natural gas ......................................................... 7.84 7.75 8.55 8.93 9.13 9.49 9.89 1.0%
Natural-gas-to-liquids heat and power ................ 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 --
Lease and plant fuel7 .......................................... 1.55 1.63 1.76 1.94 2.06 2.19 2.31 1.4%
Natural gas liquefaction for export8 ..................... 0.00 0.00 0.26 0.48 0.53 0.64 0.69 --
Natural gas subtotal .......................................... 9.40 9.38 10.57 11.34 11.72 12.32 12.89 1.3%
Metallurgical coal ................................................ 0.58 0.54 0.41 0.45 0.47 0.43 0.40 -1.2%
Other industrial coal ............................................ 0.87 0.82 0.82 0.86 0.88 0.89 0.93 0.5%
Coal-to-liquids heat and power ........................... 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 --
Net coal coke imports ......................................... -0.02 -0.02 -0.01 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.01 --
Coal subtotal ..................................................... 1.43 1.34 1.23 1.31 1.35 1.33 1.34 0.0%
Biofuels heat and coproducts ............................. 0.75 0.78 0.83 0.80 0.81 0.81 0.84 0.3%
Renewable energy9 ............................................ 1.52 1.48 1.48 1.59 1.67 1.70 1.79 0.8%
Electricity ............................................................ 3.40 3.27 3.61 3.91 3.98 4.08 4.26 1.1%
Total ................................................................. 31.38 30.79 34.22 36.56 37.29 38.72 40.44 1.1%

Appendix A
Table A2. Energy consumption by sector and source (continued)
otherwise noted) (continued)
growth
Sector and source
2015-2040
2014 2015 2020 2025 2030 2035 2040 (percent)
Transportation
Propane .............................................................. 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.02 3.3%
Motor gasoline2 ................................................... 16.78 17.01 16.79 15.05 13.62 12.84 12.55 -1.2%
of which: E8510................................................ 0.03 0.05 0.04 0.12 0.22 0.27 0.28 7.3%
Jet fuel11 ............................................................. 2.82 2.84 2.99 3.14 3.32 3.46 3.56 0.9%
Distillate fuel oil12 ................................................ 6.40 6.67 6.99 7.28 7.49 7.77 8.01 0.7%
Other petroleum13 ............................................... 0.15 0.16 0.16 0.16 0.16 0.16 0.16 0.1%
Pipeline fuel natural gas ..................................... 0.87 0.89 0.83 0.89 0.94 1.00 1.07 0.7%
Compressed / liquefied natural gas .................... 0.06 0.07 0.08 0.10 0.17 0.31 0.59 9.2%
Liquid hydrogen .................................................. 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.03 0.04 0.05 0.06 22.9%
Electricity ............................................................ 0.03 0.03 0.05 0.08 0.11 0.14 0.15 6.7%
Delivered energy ............................................. 27.56 28.13 28.29 27.13 26.28 26.18 26.63 -0.2%
Total ................................................................. 27.61 28.19 28.38 27.28 26.48 26.42 26.90 -0.2%
Unspecified sector14 ........................................... -0.57 -0.58 -0.58 -0.52 -0.46 -0.43 -0.42 -1.3%
Delivered energy consumption for all sectors

Motor gasoline2 ................................................... 16.51 16.96 16.55 14.87 13.49 12.74 12.47 -1.2%
of which: E8510................................................ 0.03 0.05 0.04 0.12 0.22 0.27 0.28 7.3%
Jet fuel11 ............................................................. 3.04 3.18 3.22 3.38 3.58 3.72 3.83 0.7%
Kerosene ............................................................ 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.3%
Other petroleum15 ............................................... 3.35 3.54 3.75 3.87 3.98 4.12 4.31 0.8%
Natural gas ......................................................... 16.73 15.90 16.95 17.31 17.63 18.23 19.02 0.7%
Other coal ........................................................... 0.92 0.88 0.88 0.92 0.93 0.95 0.98 0.5%
Coal subtotal ..................................................... 1.48 1.40 1.28 1.36 1.40 1.39 1.39 0.0%
Renewable energy16 ........................................... 2.24 2.06 2.03 2.13 2.19 2.22 2.29 0.4%
Liquid hydrogen .................................................. 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.03 0.04 0.05 0.06 22.9%
Electricity ............................................................ 12.84 12.72 13.11 13.60 14.01 14.52 15.23 0.7%
Total ................................................................. 98.13 96.74 100.55 101.56 101.54 103.85 107.15 0.4%
Electric power17
Residual fuel oil .................................................. 0.22 0.17 0.06 0.05 0.04 0.04 0.03 -6.6%
Natural gas ......................................................... 8.38 9.89 8.50 9.60 11.34 11.46 12.31 0.9%
Steam coal .......................................................... 16.42 14.08 14.34 12.12 9.92 9.82 9.36 -1.6%
Nuclear / uranium18 ............................................. 8.33 8.34 8.12 8.25 8.25 8.25 8.25 0.0%
Non-biogenic municipal waste ............................ 0.23 0.23 0.23 0.23 0.23 0.23 0.23 0.0%
Electricity imports................................................ 0.18 0.19 0.19 0.20 0.17 0.16 0.15 -1.1%
Total ................................................................. 38.86 37.85 38.90 39.43 39.42 40.61 42.04 0.4%

Table A2. Energy consumption by sector and source (continued)
otherwise noted)(continued)
growth
Sector and source
2015-2040
2014 2015 2020 2025 2030 2035 2040 (percent)
Total energy consumption

Motor gasoline2 ................................................... 16.51 16.96 16.55 14.87 13.49 12.74 12.47 -1.2%
of which: E8510................................................ 0.03 0.05 0.04 0.12 0.22 0.27 0.28 7.3%
Jet fuel11 ............................................................. 3.04 3.18 3.22 3.38 3.58 3.72 3.83 0.7%
Kerosene ............................................................ 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.3%
Residual fuel oil .................................................. 0.72 0.73 0.58 0.61 0.62 0.63 0.64 -0.5%
Other petroleum15 ............................................... 3.35 3.54 3.75 3.87 3.98 4.12 4.31 0.8%
Natural gas ......................................................... 25.11 25.79 25.45 26.91 28.97 29.69 31.33 0.8%
Other coal ........................................................... 17.34 14.96 15.22 13.04 10.86 10.77 10.34 -1.5%
Coal subtotal ..................................................... 17.90 15.48 15.62 13.49 11.32 11.21 10.75 -1.4%
Nuclear / uranium18 ............................................. 8.33 8.34 8.12 8.25 8.25 8.25 8.25 0.0%
Liquid hydrogen .................................................. 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.03 0.04 0.05 0.06 22.9%
Non-biogenic municipal waste ............................ 0.23 0.23 0.23 0.23 0.23 0.23 0.23 0.0%
Electricity imports................................................ 0.18 0.19 0.19 0.20 0.17 0.16 0.15 -1.1%
Total ................................................................. 98.13 96.74 100.55 101.56 101.54 103.85 107.15 0.4%
Energy use and related statistics

Delivered energy use ............................................ 72.12 71.62 74.75 75.73 76.12 77.77 80.34 0.5%
Total energy use ................................................... 98.13 96.74 100.55 101.56 101.54 103.85 107.15 0.4%
Ethanol consumed in motor gasoline and E85 ..... 1.14 1.18 1.19 1.13 1.12 1.14 1.24 0.2%
Population (millions) ............................................. 319 322 335 348 360 371 381 0.7%
Gross domestic product (billion 2009 dollars) ....... 15,962 16,349 18,555 20,765 23,113 25,598 28,397 2.2%
Carbon dioxide emissions (million metric tons) ..... 5,406 5,273 5,289 5,115 4,961 4,980 5,044 -0.2%
1
Includes wood used for residential heating. See Table A4 and/or Table A17 for estimates of nonmarketed renewable energy consumption for geothermal heat
pumps, solar thermal water heating, and electricity generation from wind and solar photovoltaic sources.
2
Includes ethanol and ethers blended into gasoline.
3
Excludes ethanol. Includes commercial sector consumption of wood and wood waste, landfill gas, municipal waste, and other biomass for combined heat and
power. See Table A5 and/or Table A17 for estimates of nonmarketed renewable energy consumption for solar thermal water heating and electricity generation from
wind and solar photovoltaic sources.
4
Includes energy for combined heat and power plants that have a non-regulatory status, and small on-site generating systems.
5
Includes ethane, natural gasoline, and refinery olefins.
6
Includes petroleum coke, asphalt, road oil, lubricants, still gas, and miscellaneous petroleum products.
7
Represents natural gas used in well, field, and lease operations, and in natural gas processing plant machinery.
8
Fuel used in facilities that liquefy natural gas for export.
9
Includes consumption of energy produced from hydroelectric, wood and wood waste, municipal waste, and other biomass sources. Excludes ethanol in motor
gasoline.
10
E85 refers to a blend of 85 percent ethanol (renewable) and 15 percent motor gasoline (nonrenewable). To address cold starting issues, the percentage of
ethanol varies seasonally. The annual average ethanol content of 74 percent is used for this forecast.
11
Includes only kerosene type.
12
Diesel fuel for on- and off- road use.
13
Includes aviation gasoline and lubricants.
14
Represents consumption unattributed to the sectors above.
15
Includes aviation gasoline, petroleum coke, asphalt, road oil, lubricants, still gas, and miscellaneous petroleum products.
16
Includes electricity generated for sale to the grid and for own use from renewable sources, and non-electric energy from renewable sources. Excludes ethanol
and nonmarketed renewable energy consumption for geothermal heat pumps, buildings photovoltaic systems, and solar thermal water heaters.
17
Includes consumption of energy by electricity-only and combined heat and power plants that have a regulatory status.
18
These values represent the energy obtained from uranium when it is used in light water reactors. The total energy content of uranium is much larger, but
alternative processes are required to take advantage of it.
19
Includes conventional hydroelectric, geothermal, wood and wood waste, biogenic municipal waste, other biomass, wind, photovoltaic, and solar thermal sources.
Excludes net electricity imports.
20
Excludes ethanol, net electricity imports, and nonmarketed renewable energy consumption for geothermal heat pumps, buildings photovoltaic systems, and solar
thermal water heaters.
Note: Includes estimated consumption for petroleum and other liquids. Totals may not equal sum of components due to independent rounding. Data for 2014
are model results and may differ from official EIA data reports.
Sources: 2014 consumption, carbon dioxide emissions, and emission factors based on: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), Monthly Energy Review,
February 2016. 2014 population and gross domestic product: IHS Economics, Industry and Employment models, November 2015. 2015: EIA, Short-Term Energy
Outlook, February 2016 and EIA, AEO2016 National Energy Modeling System run ref2016.d032416a. Projections: EIA, AEO2016 National Energy Modeling
System run ref2016.d032416a.

Appendix A
Table A3. Energy prices by sector and source
Table A3. (2015
Energy
dollarsprices by sector
per million Btu, and source
unless otherwise noted)
(2015 dollars per million Btu, unless otherwise noted)
growth
Sector and source
2015-2040
2014 2015 2020 2025 2030 2035 2040 (percent)
Residential
Propane ................................................................ 23.3 16.9 20.2 21.4 22.4 24.0 25.6 1.7%
Distillate fuel oil ..................................................... 26.9 19.3 22.4 25.5 27.8 30.8 33.8 2.3%
Natural gas ........................................................... 10.7 10.1 10.7 11.6 12.0 12.1 12.3 0.8%
Electricity .............................................................. 37.1 36.3 37.7 38.8 39.4 38.7 38.1 0.2%
Commercial
Propane ................................................................ 20.6 15.1 17.9 18.9 19.8 21.2 22.5 1.6%
Residual fuel oil .................................................... 16.7 6.9 11.0 13.5 15.3 17.6 19.9 4.3%
Natural gas ........................................................... 9.0 7.7 9.3 10.1 10.4 10.3 10.4 1.2%
Electricity .............................................................. 31.8 30.6 31.5 32.0 32.3 31.4 30.7 0.0%
Industrial1
Propane ................................................................ 18.8 12.2 15.6 16.8 17.8 19.5 21.1 2.2%
Natural gas2 .......................................................... 5.4 3.7 5.4 6.0 6.0 5.8 5.7 1.7%
Metallurgical coal .................................................. 5.3 5.4 6.0 6.5 7.0 7.2 7.3 1.2%
Other industrial coal .............................................. 3.2 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.5 3.6 0.2%
Coal to liquids ....................................................... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Electricity .............................................................. 21.0 20.3 20.9 21.5 22.1 21.5 21.2 0.2%
Transportation
Propane ................................................................ 24.4 18.0 21.2 22.4 23.4 25.0 26.6 1.6%
E853 ...................................................................... 33.3 23.3 32.0 31.2 30.8 32.3 35.0 1.6%
Motor gasoline4 ..................................................... 28.4 20.9 22.7 24.7 26.5 28.9 31.8 1.7%
Jet fuel5 ................................................................. 20.8 12.0 16.2 19.0 21.3 24.5 27.7 3.4%
Diesel fuel (distillate fuel oil)6 ................................ 27.8 19.8 23.1 25.8 28.0 31.0 34.1 2.2%
Natural gas7 .......................................................... 18.4 16.6 16.6 16.4 15.5 15.4 15.9 -0.2%
Electricity .............................................................. 32.2 29.5 33.0 36.0 37.4 36.4 35.5 0.7%
Electric power8
Natural gas ........................................................... 5.1 3.3 4.7 5.4 5.6 5.4 5.4 2.0%
Steam coal ............................................................ 2.4 2.2 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.4 0.3%
Average price to all users9

Propane ................................................................ 21.2 14.9 18.0 19.2 20.1 21.6 23.2 1.8%
E853 ...................................................................... 33.3 23.3 32.0 31.2 30.8 32.3 35.0 1.6%
Motor gasoline4 ..................................................... 28.4 20.9 22.7 24.7 26.5 28.9 31.8 1.7%
Jet fuel5 ................................................................. 20.8 12.0 16.2 19.0 21.3 24.5 27.7 3.4%
Natural gas ........................................................... 6.9 5.3 6.7 7.4 7.4 7.3 7.4 1.4%
Other coal ............................................................. 2.4 2.3 2.3 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.5 0.4%
Coal to liquids ....................................................... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Electricity .............................................................. 30.9 30.1 30.8 31.4 31.9 31.2 30.6 0.1%
Non-renewable energy expenditures by

sector (billion 2015 dollars)
Residential ............................................................ 261 239 250 259 266 268 274 0.6%
Commercial .......................................................... 193 178 193 205 216 221 230 1.0%
Industrial1 .............................................................. 231 168 232 276 301 330 369 3.2%
Transportation....................................................... 707 514 586 615 640 698 777 1.7%
Total non-renewable expenditures...................... 1,391 1,099 1,260 1,355 1,423 1,517 1,650 1.6%
Transportation renewable expenditures................ 1 1 1 4 7 9 10 9.1%
Total expenditures ............................................ 1,393 1,100 1,262 1,359 1,430 1,526 1,660 1.7%

Table A3. Energy prices by sector and source (continued)
Table A3. (nominal
Energy prices
dollars perbymillion
sectorBtu,
andunless
source (continued)
otherwise noted)
(nominal dollars per million Btu, unless otherwise noted)
growth
Sector and source
2015-2040
2014 2015 2020 2025 2030 2035 2040 (percent)
Residential
Propane ................................................................ 23.1 16.9 22.3 26.2 30.3 36.2 43.0 3.8%
Natural gas ........................................................... 10.6 10.1 11.9 14.2 16.3 18.3 20.8 2.9%
Electricity .............................................................. 36.7 36.3 41.7 47.5 53.3 58.4 64.2 2.3%
Commercial
Propane ................................................................ 20.4 15.1 19.8 23.2 26.8 31.9 37.9 3.8%
Natural gas ........................................................... 8.9 7.7 10.3 12.3 14.1 15.6 17.5 3.4%
Electricity .............................................................. 31.5 30.6 34.8 39.2 43.7 47.4 51.7 2.1%
Industrial1
Propane ................................................................ 18.7 12.2 17.2 20.6 24.1 29.4 35.6 4.4%
Natural gas2 .......................................................... 5.3 3.7 5.9 7.3 8.1 8.7 9.6 3.9%
Other industrial coal .............................................. 3.2 3.4 3.7 4.2 4.6 5.2 6.0 2.4%
Coal to liquids ....................................................... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Electricity .............................................................. 20.8 20.3 23.1 26.3 29.9 32.5 35.7 2.3%
Transportation
Propane ................................................................ 24.1 18.0 23.4 27.5 31.7 37.8 44.8 3.7%
E853 ...................................................................... 32.9 23.3 35.4 38.2 41.7 48.8 58.8 3.8%
Motor gasoline4 ..................................................... 28.1 20.9 25.1 30.2 35.9 43.7 53.6 3.8%
Jet fuel5 ................................................................. 20.6 12.0 17.9 23.2 28.8 37.0 46.6 5.6%
Diesel fuel (distillate fuel oil)6 ................................ 27.5 19.8 25.5 31.6 37.9 46.7 57.3 4.3%
Natural gas7 .......................................................... 18.2 16.6 18.4 20.0 21.0 23.2 26.7 1.9%
Electricity .............................................................. 31.8 29.5 36.5 44.1 50.5 55.0 59.8 2.9%
Electric power8
Natural gas ........................................................... 5.0 3.3 5.2 6.6 7.5 8.1 9.0 4.2%
Steam coal ............................................................ 2.4 2.2 2.5 2.8 3.1 3.5 4.0 2.5%

Appendix A
Table A3. Energy prices by sector and source (continued)
Table A3. (nominal
Energydollars
pricesperbymillion
sector Btu,
and unless
sourceotherwise
(continued)
noted)
growth
Sector and source
2015-2040
2014 2015 2020 2025 2030 2035 2040 (percent)

Propane ................................................................ 21.0 14.9 19.9 23.5 27.2 32.6 39.0 3.9%
E853 ...................................................................... 32.9 23.3 35.4 38.2 41.7 48.8 58.8 3.8%
Motor gasoline4 ..................................................... 28.1 20.9 25.1 30.2 35.9 43.7 53.6 3.8%
Jet fuel5 ................................................................. 20.6 12.0 17.9 23.2 28.8 37.0 46.6 5.6%
Natural gas ........................................................... 6.9 5.3 7.4 9.0 10.0 11.1 12.4 3.5%
Other coal ............................................................. 2.4 2.3 2.6 2.9 3.2 3.7 4.2 2.5%
Coal to liquids ....................................................... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Electricity .............................................................. 30.6 30.1 34.1 38.4 43.1 47.0 51.6 2.2%

sector (billion nominal dollars)
Residential ............................................................ 258 239 276 317 360 405 462 2.7%
Commercial .......................................................... 191 178 213 251 292 334 387 3.2%
Industrial1 .............................................................. 229 168 256 338 407 498 620 5.4%
Transportation....................................................... 699 514 647 753 866 1,054 1,307 3.8%
Total non-renewable expenditures...................... 1,377 1,099 1,392 1,659 1,925 2,291 2,776 3.8%
Transportation renewable expenditures................ 1 1 1 5 9 13 17 11.4%
Total expenditures ............................................ 1,378 1,100 1,394 1,663 1,934 2,304 2,793 3.8%
1
2
Excludes use for lease and plant fuel.
3
4
Sales weighted-average price for all grades. Includes Federal, State, and local taxes.
5
Kerosene-type jet fuel. Includes Federal and State taxes while excluding county and local taxes.
6
Diesel fuel for on-road use. Includes Federal and State taxes while excluding county and local taxes.
7
Natural gas used as fuel in motor vehicles, trains, and ships. Includes estimated motor vehicle fuel taxes and estimated dispensing costs or charges.
8
Includes electricity-only and combined heat and power plants that have a regulatory status.
9
Weighted averages of end-use fuel prices are derived from the prices shown in each sector and the corresponding sectoral consumption.
Note: Data for 2014 are model results and may differ from official EIA data reports.
Sources: 2014 prices for motor gasoline, distillate fuel oil, and jet fuel are based on prices in the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), Petroleum
Marketing Monthly, January 2105-December 2015. 2014 residential, commercial, and industrial natural gas delivered prices: EIA, Natural Gas Monthly, July 2015.
2015 transportation sector natural gas delivered prices derived from: U.S. Department of Energy, Clean Cities Alternative Fuel Price Report. 2014 electric power
sector distillate and residual fuel oil prices: EIA, Monthly Energy Review, February 2016. 2014 electric power sector natural gas prices: EIA, Electric Power Monthly,
April 2014 and April 2015, Table 4.2, and EIA, State Energy Data Report 2013. 2014 coal prices based on: EIA, Quarterly Coal Report, October-December 2014
and EIA, AEO2016 National Energy Modeling System run ref2016.d032416a. 2014 electricity prices: EIA, Monthly Energy Review, February 2016. 2014 E85 prices
derived from: U.S. Department of Energy, Clean Cities Alternative Fuel Price Report. 2015: EIA, Short-Term Energy Outlook, February 2016 and EIA, AEO2016
National Energy Modeling System run ref2016.d032416a. Projections: EIA, AEO2016 National Energy Modeling System run ref2016.d032416a.

Table A4. Residential sector key indicators and consumption
Residential
Btu sector key
per year, indicators
unless andnoted)
otherwise consumption
growth
Key indicators and consumption
2015-2040
2014 2015 2020 2025 2030 2035 2040 (percent)
Key indicators
Households (millions)
Single-family ....................................................... 80.1 80.6 84.4 88.5 92.2 95.5 99.0 0.8%
Multifamily ........................................................... 28.6 28.9 30.5 32.3 34.0 35.8 37.5 1.1%
Mobile homes ..................................................... 6.1 6.0 5.5 5.3 5.1 4.9 4.8 -0.9%
Total ................................................................. 114.8 115.4 120.4 126.0 131.3 136.3 141.4 0.8%
Average house square footage ......................... 1,686 1,694 1,733 1,768 1,799 1,828 1,857 0.4%
Energy intensity
(million Btu per household)
Delivered energy consumption ........................... 101.9 94.6 90.5 85.4 81.8 79.1 77.1 -0.8%
Total energy consumption .................................. 186.6 176.5 168.3 157.1 148.5 144.6 141.8 -0.9%
(thousand Btu per square foot)
Delivered energy consumption by fuel

Purchased electricity
Space heating ..................................................... 0.43 0.33 0.36 0.35 0.34 0.34 0.33 0.0%
Space cooling ..................................................... 0.65 0.80 0.74 0.75 0.79 0.84 0.89 0.4%
Water heating ..................................................... 0.45 0.45 0.46 0.47 0.47 0.48 0.48 0.2%
Refrigeration ....................................................... 0.36 0.36 0.34 0.33 0.33 0.34 0.36 0.0%
Cooking .............................................................. 0.11 0.11 0.11 0.12 0.13 0.14 0.14 1.1%
Clothes dryers..................................................... 0.20 0.21 0.21 0.22 0.23 0.24 0.26 0.9%
Freezers ............................................................. 0.08 0.08 0.07 0.07 0.07 0.06 0.06 -0.7%
Lighting ............................................................... 0.51 0.50 0.43 0.37 0.30 0.25 0.23 -3.0%
Clothes washers1 ................................................ 0.03 0.03 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 -2.0%
Dishwashers1 ...................................................... 0.09 0.09 0.10 0.10 0.11 0.12 0.13 1.2%
Televisions and related equipment2 .................... 0.30 0.29 0.26 0.25 0.26 0.29 0.32 0.4%
Computers and related equipment3 .................... 0.11 0.11 0.09 0.08 0.07 0.06 0.05 -3.0%
Furnace fans and boiler circulation pumps ......... 0.14 0.11 0.12 0.12 0.11 0.11 0.10 -0.5%
Other uses4 ......................................................... 1.34 1.32 1.43 1.50 1.60 1.70 1.82 1.3%
Natural gas
Space heating ..................................................... 3.52 3.03 3.11 3.04 3.01 2.98 2.95 -0.1%
Space cooling ..................................................... 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 -0.9%
Water heating ..................................................... 1.21 1.21 1.23 1.25 1.27 1.27 1.25 0.1%
Cooking .............................................................. 0.21 0.21 0.21 0.21 0.22 0.22 0.22 0.3%
Clothes dryers..................................................... 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.06 0.06 0.06 0.7%
Other uses5 ......................................................... 0.25 0.25 0.24 0.24 0.23 0.23 0.22 -0.5%
Distillate fuel oil

Space heating ..................................................... 0.49 0.45 0.40 0.35 0.31 0.28 0.25 -2.3%
Water heating ..................................................... 0.05 0.04 0.03 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.01 -4.7%
Other uses6 ......................................................... 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 -0.6%
Propane
Space heating ..................................................... 0.37 0.29 0.30 0.27 0.26 0.24 0.22 -1.1%
Water heating ..................................................... 0.06 0.06 0.05 0.05 0.04 0.03 0.03 -2.7%
Cooking .............................................................. 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.02 0.02 0.02 -0.8%
Other uses6 ......................................................... 0.04 0.04 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.06 0.06 1.4%
Marketed renewables (wood)7 .............................. 0.59 0.44 0.42 0.41 0.39 0.38 0.37 -0.7%
Kerosene .............................................................. 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.00 0.00 -2.6%

Appendix A
Table A4. Residential sector key indicators and consumption (continued)
ResidentialBtusector key
per year, indicators
unless and noted)
otherwise consumption (continued)
growth
2015-2040
2014 2015 2020 2025 2030 2035 2040 (percent)
Delivered energy consumption by end use

Space heating ..................................................... 5.40 4.55 4.58 4.43 4.31 4.22 4.13 -0.4%
Space cooling ..................................................... 0.67 0.83 0.76 0.77 0.81 0.86 0.91 0.4%
Water heating ..................................................... 1.76 1.77 1.78 1.79 1.81 1.79 1.78 0.0%
Refrigeration ....................................................... 0.36 0.36 0.34 0.33 0.33 0.34 0.36 0.0%
Cooking .............................................................. 0.34 0.34 0.35 0.36 0.37 0.38 0.39 0.5%
Clothes dryers..................................................... 0.25 0.26 0.27 0.28 0.29 0.30 0.32 0.9%
Freezers ............................................................. 0.08 0.08 0.07 0.07 0.07 0.06 0.06 -0.7%
Lighting ............................................................... 0.51 0.50 0.43 0.37 0.30 0.25 0.23 -3.0%
Clothes washers1 ................................................ 0.03 0.03 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 -2.0%
Dishwashers1 ...................................................... 0.09 0.09 0.10 0.10 0.11 0.12 0.13 1.2%
Other uses8 ......................................................... 1.64 1.62 1.73 1.80 1.89 1.99 2.11 1.1%
Electricity related losses ...................................... 9.72 9.44 9.37 9.03 8.77 8.93 9.15 -0.1%
Total energy consumption by end use

Space heating ..................................................... 6.27 5.20 5.29 5.10 4.94 4.83 4.72 -0.4%
Space cooling ..................................................... 1.98 2.41 2.21 2.20 2.24 2.36 2.48 0.1%
Water heating ..................................................... 2.67 2.66 2.69 2.69 2.67 2.65 2.62 -0.1%
Refrigeration ....................................................... 1.09 1.06 1.01 0.96 0.93 0.95 0.98 -0.3%
Cooking .............................................................. 0.56 0.56 0.58 0.59 0.60 0.62 0.64 0.5%
Clothes dryers..................................................... 0.67 0.66 0.69 0.70 0.71 0.74 0.77 0.6%
Freezers ............................................................. 0.23 0.22 0.21 0.20 0.18 0.18 0.18 -1.0%
Lighting ............................................................... 1.54 1.47 1.29 1.07 0.85 0.69 0.64 -3.3%
Clothes washers1 ................................................ 0.08 0.08 0.07 0.05 0.05 0.04 0.05 -2.3%
Dishwashers1 ...................................................... 0.29 0.28 0.29 0.29 0.31 0.33 0.35 0.9%
Other uses8 ......................................................... 4.36 4.23 4.55 4.65 4.79 5.05 5.32 0.9%
Total ................................................................. 21.42 20.37 20.27 19.79 19.50 19.71 20.05 -0.1%
Nonmarketed renewables9
Geothermal heat pumps ..................................... 0.01 0.01 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 2.8%
Solar hot water heating ....................................... 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 3.4%
Solar photovoltaic ............................................... 0.05 0.08 0.30 0.43 0.57 0.71 0.86 10.2%
Wind ................................................................... 0.01 0.02 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.03 2.0%
Total ................................................................. 0.08 0.11 0.35 0.50 0.63 0.78 0.94 8.8%
Heating degree days10 ........................................... 4,549 4,084 4,173 4,106 4,041 3,977 3,914 -0.2%
Cooling degree days10 ........................................... 1,299 1,488 1,456 1,503 1,551 1,599 1,648 0.4%
1
Does not include water heating portion of load.
2
Includes televisions, set-top boxes, home theater systems, DVD players, and video game consoles.
3
Includes desktop and laptop computers, monitors, and networking equipment.
4
Includes small electric devices, heating elements, and motors not listed above. Electric vehicles are included in the transportation sector.
5
Includes such appliances as outdoor grills, exterior lights, pool heaters, spa heaters, and backup electricity generators.
6
Includes such appliances as pool heaters, spa heaters, and backup electricity generators.
7
Includes wood used for primary and secondary heating in wood stoves or fireplaces as reported in the Residential Energy Consumption Survey 2009.
8
Includes small electric devices, heating elements, outdoor grills, exterior lights, pool heaters, spa heaters, backup electricity generators, and motors not listed
above. Electric vehicles are included in the transportation sector.
9
Consumption determined by using the fossil fuel equivalent of 9,541 Btu per kilowatthour.
10
See Table A5 for regional detail.
Sources: 2014 consumption based on: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), Monthly Energy Review, February 2016. 2014 degree days based on
state-level data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Climatic Data Center and Climate Prediction Center. 2015: EIA, Short-Term Energy

Table A5. Commercial sector key indicators and consumption
Commercial sector
Btu per year,key indicators
unless andnoted)
otherwise consumption
growth
2015-2040
2014 2015 2020 2025 2030 2035 2040 (percent)
Key indicators
Total floorspace (billion square feet)

Surviving ............................................................. 81.6 82.2 86.7 91.9 97.1 102.3 107.5 1.1%
New additions ..................................................... 1.5 1.7 2.1 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.3 1.4%
Total ................................................................. 83.1 83.8 88.7 94.0 99.3 104.6 109.8 1.1%
Energy consumption intensity

(thousand Btu per square foot)
Delivered energy consumption by fuel
Purchased electricity
Space heating1 ................................................... 0.16 0.14 0.14 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.13 -0.4%
Space cooling1 .................................................... 0.48 0.55 0.52 0.52 0.53 0.55 0.57 0.1%
Water heating1 .................................................... 0.09 0.09 0.09 0.09 0.09 0.08 0.08 -0.3%
Ventilation ........................................................... 0.51 0.52 0.54 0.56 0.57 0.58 0.61 0.6%
Cooking .............................................................. 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 -0.1%
Lighting ............................................................... 0.89 0.88 0.87 0.83 0.81 0.76 0.74 -0.7%
Refrigeration ....................................................... 0.37 0.36 0.33 0.31 0.30 0.30 0.31 -0.6%
Office equipment (PC) ........................................ 0.09 0.08 0.06 0.05 0.04 0.03 0.02 -4.8%
Office equipment (non-PC) ................................. 0.22 0.22 0.24 0.26 0.30 0.34 0.38 2.2%
Other uses2 ......................................................... 1.79 1.76 1.88 2.08 2.30 2.53 2.76 1.8%
Natural gas
Space heating1 ................................................... 1.92 1.74 1.75 1.70 1.66 1.64 1.62 -0.3%
Space cooling1 .................................................... 0.03 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.04 -0.6%
Water heating1 .................................................... 0.54 0.55 0.56 0.57 0.60 0.63 0.66 0.8%
Cooking .............................................................. 0.20 0.21 0.22 0.22 0.23 0.25 0.26 0.9%
Other uses3 ......................................................... 0.89 0.79 0.89 0.93 1.01 1.11 1.22 1.8%
Distillate fuel oil

Space heating1 ................................................... 0.16 0.16 0.15 0.14 0.13 0.11 0.10 -1.6%
Water heating1 .................................................... 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 -0.1%
Other uses4 ......................................................... 0.18 0.19 0.18 0.18 0.18 0.17 0.17 -0.6%
Marketed renewables (biomass) ........................... 0.14 0.14 0.14 0.14 0.14 0.14 0.14 0.0%
Other fuels5 ........................................................... 0.26 0.34 0.40 0.41 0.42 0.42 0.43 0.9%
Delivered energy consumption by end use

Space heating1 ................................................... 2.24 2.03 2.04 1.97 1.92 1.89 1.85 -0.4%
Space cooling1 .................................................... 0.51 0.60 0.56 0.56 0.57 0.58 0.60 0.0%
Water heating1 .................................................... 0.64 0.66 0.67 0.68 0.70 0.73 0.77 0.6%
Ventilation ........................................................... 0.51 0.52 0.54 0.56 0.57 0.58 0.61 0.6%
Cooking .............................................................. 0.23 0.23 0.24 0.25 0.26 0.27 0.28 0.8%
Lighting ............................................................... 0.89 0.88 0.87 0.83 0.81 0.76 0.74 -0.7%
Refrigeration ....................................................... 0.37 0.36 0.33 0.31 0.30 0.30 0.31 -0.6%
Other uses6 ......................................................... 3.26 3.23 3.49 3.74 4.03 4.36 4.72 1.5%

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Table A5. Commercial sector key indicators and consumption (continued)
Commercial sector
Btu per year,key indicators
unless andnoted)
otherwise consumption (continued)
growth
2015-2040
2014 2015 2020 2025 2030 2035 2040 (percent)
Electricity related losses....................................... 9.34 9.16 9.23 9.23 9.23 9.57 9.89 0.3%
Total energy consumption by end use

Space heating1 ................................................... 2.57 2.32 2.32 2.22 2.16 2.12 2.08 -0.4%
Space cooling1 .................................................... 1.47 1.69 1.59 1.56 1.53 1.57 1.60 -0.2%
Water heating1 .................................................... 0.83 0.83 0.84 0.84 0.86 0.89 0.91 0.4%
Ventilation ........................................................... 1.55 1.54 1.61 1.62 1.60 1.63 1.67 0.3%
Cooking .............................................................. 0.27 0.28 0.28 0.29 0.30 0.31 0.32 0.6%
Lighting ............................................................... 2.68 2.62 2.58 2.41 2.27 2.12 2.04 -1.0%
Refrigeration ....................................................... 1.11 1.08 0.97 0.89 0.84 0.85 0.85 -0.9%
Other uses6 ......................................................... 6.88 6.71 7.19 7.70 8.20 8.90 9.57 1.4%
Total ................................................................. 18.29 17.97 18.26 18.43 18.72 19.43 20.17 0.5%
Nonmarketed renewable fuels7

Solar thermal ........................................................ 0.08 0.09 0.09 0.10 0.10 0.11 0.11 1.0%
Solar photovoltaic ................................................. 0.06 0.07 0.09 0.12 0.19 0.27 0.35 6.5%
Wind ..................................................................... 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.01 9.0%
Total .................................................................. 0.15 0.16 0.18 0.22 0.29 0.38 0.47 4.4%
Heating degree days

New England ........................................................ 6,674 6,526 6,099 6,004 5,909 5,813 5,716 -0.5%
Middle Atlantic ...................................................... 6,203 5,781 5,533 5,459 5,385 5,312 5,240 -0.4%
East North Central ................................................ 7,194 6,168 6,207 6,182 6,158 6,133 6,109 0.0%
West North Central ............................................... 7,304 6,090 6,521 6,508 6,492 6,476 6,459 0.2%
South Atlantic........................................................ 2,952 2,492 2,628 2,593 2,559 2,526 2,494 0.0%
East South Central................................................ 3,931 3,227 3,440 3,433 3,426 3,419 3,411 0.2%
West South Central............................................... 2,422 2,087 2,031 1,995 1,959 1,923 1,888 -0.4%
Mountain ............................................................... 4,742 4,593 4,877 4,819 4,757 4,691 4,622 0.0%
Pacific ................................................................... 2,772 2,867 3,366 3,334 3,302 3,271 3,240 0.5%
United States .................................................... 4,549 4,084 4,173 4,106 4,041 3,977 3,914 -0.2%
Cooling degree days

New England ........................................................ 419 557 561 589 618 647 676 0.8%
Middle Atlantic ...................................................... 596 799 778 810 843 875 906 0.5%
East North Central ................................................ 610 728 790 804 818 832 846 0.6%
West North Central ............................................... 814 942 985 999 1,014 1,028 1,043 0.4%
South Atlantic........................................................ 2,008 2,390 2,169 2,205 2,241 2,278 2,313 -0.1%
East South Central................................................ 1,493 1,717 1,686 1,709 1,731 1,754 1,777 0.1%
West South Central............................................... 2,474 2,741 2,809 2,875 2,941 3,007 3,073 0.5%
Mountain ............................................................... 1,432 1,484 1,547 1,594 1,644 1,697 1,751 0.7%
Pacific ................................................................... 1,068 1,095 956 994 1,032 1,069 1,107 0.0%
United States .................................................... 1,299 1,488 1,456 1,503 1,551 1,599 1,648 0.4%
1
Includes fuel consumption for district services.
2
Includes (but is not limited to) miscellaneous uses such as transformers, medical imaging and other medical equipment, elevators, escalators, off-road electric
vehicles, laboratory fume hoods, laundry equipment, coffee brewers, and water services.
3
Includes miscellaneous uses, such as emergency generators, combined heat and power in commercial buildings, and manufacturing performed in commercial
buildings.
4
Includes miscellaneous uses, such as cooking, emergency generators, and combined heat and power in commercial buildings.
5
Includes residual fuel oil, propane, coal, motor gasoline, and kerosene.
6
Includes (but is not limited to) miscellaneous uses such as transformers, medical imaging and other medical equipment, elevators, escalators, off-road electric
vehicles, laboratory fume hoods, laundry equipment, coffee brewers, water services, emergency generators, combined heat and power in commercial buildings,
manufacturing performed in commercial buildings, and cooking (distillate), plus residual fuel oil, propane, coal, motor gasoline, kerosene, and marketed renewable
fuels (biomass).
7
Consumption determined by using the fossil fuel equivalent of 9,541 Btu per kilowatthour.
PC = Personal computer.
Sources: 2014 consumption based on: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), Monthly Energy Review, February 2016. 2014 degree days based on
state-level data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Climatic Data Center and Climate Prediction Center. 2015: EIA, Short-Term Energy

Table A6. Industrial sector key indicators and consumption
Table A6. Industrial sector key indicators and consumption
growth
Shipments, prices, and consumption
2015-2040
2014 2015 2020 2025 2030 2035 2040 (percent)
Key indicators
Value of shipments (billion 2009 dollars)
Manufacturing ..................................................... 5,208 5,299 5,858 6,527 7,066 7,734 8,528 1.9%
Agriculture, mining, and construction .................. 1,957 1,931 2,493 2,620 2,710 2,828 2,955 1.7%
Total ................................................................. 7,165 7,229 8,351 9,146 9,776 10,562 11,483 1.9%
Energy prices
(2015 dollars per million Btu)
Propane .............................................................. 18.8 12.2 15.6 16.8 17.8 19.5 21.1 2.2%
Motor gasoline .................................................... 27.5 20.4 22.5 24.7 26.6 28.9 31.8 1.8%
Asphalt and road oil ............................................ 9.0 3.3 7.7 10.3 11.7 13.5 15.3 6.3%
Natural gas heat and power ................................ 5.2 3.5 5.2 5.8 5.8 5.6 5.6 1.8%
Natural gas feedstocks ....................................... 5.6 3.9 5.5 6.1 6.1 5.9 5.8 1.6%
Metallurgical coal ................................................ 5.3 5.4 6.0 6.5 7.0 7.2 7.3 1.2%
Coal to liquids ..................................................... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Electricity ............................................................ 21.0 20.3 20.9 21.5 22.1 21.5 21.2 0.2%
(nominal dollars per million Btu)
Propane .............................................................. 18.7 12.2 17.2 20.6 24.1 29.4 35.6 4.4%
Motor gasoline .................................................... 27.2 20.4 24.9 30.2 35.9 43.7 53.6 3.9%
Metallurgical coal ................................................ 5.3 5.4 6.7 8.0 9.4 10.9 12.2 3.3%
Coal to liquids ..................................................... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Electricity ............................................................ 20.8 20.3 23.1 26.3 29.9 32.5 35.7 2.3%
Energy consumption (quadrillion Btu)1

Industrial consumption excluding refining
Propane heat and power .................................... 0.42 0.35 0.37 0.38 0.37 0.37 0.38 0.3%
Liquefied petroleum gas and other feedstocks2 .. 2.00 2.02 2.73 3.13 3.29 3.55 3.85 2.6%
Motor gasoline .................................................... 0.27 0.27 0.28 0.27 0.27 0.27 0.27 0.0%
Petroleum coke ................................................... 0.12 0.16 0.22 0.23 0.23 0.23 0.23 1.4%
Miscellaneous petroleum3 ................................... 0.30 0.40 0.42 0.50 0.52 0.53 0.55 1.3%
Petroleum and other liquids subtotal................ 5.99 6.08 7.34 8.15 8.53 9.11 9.76 1.9%
Natural gas subtotal ......................................... 7.92 7.92 9.17 10.01 10.38 10.94 11.45 1.5%
Metallurgical coal and coke6 ............................... 0.56 0.52 0.40 0.45 0.47 0.44 0.41 -1.0%
Coal subtotal .................................................... 1.41 1.31 1.23 1.31 1.35 1.33 1.34 0.1%
Renewables7....................................................... 1.52 1.48 1.48 1.59 1.67 1.70 1.79 0.8%
Purchased electricity........................................... 3.21 3.07 3.42 3.73 3.81 3.91 4.08 1.1%
Delivered energy ............................................ 20.04 19.87 22.65 24.79 25.73 26.99 28.42 1.4%
Total ................................................................ 26.53 25.94 29.38 31.87 32.64 34.02 35.60 1.3%
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Table A6. Industrial sector key indicators and consumption (continued)
growth
Shipments, prices, and consumption
2015-2040
2014 2015 2020 2025 2030 2035 2040 (percent)
Refining consumption
Liquefied petroleum gas heat and power2 .......... 0.01 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 --
Distillate fuel oil ................................................... 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 --
Residual fuel oil .................................................. 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 --
Petroleum coke ................................................... 0.53 0.50 0.36 0.36 0.35 0.35 0.36 -1.3%
Still gas ............................................................... 1.45 1.48 1.70 1.68 1.67 1.67 1.69 0.6%
Natural gas heat and power ................................ 1.29 1.25 1.09 1.04 1.04 1.06 1.10 -0.5%
Natural gas subtotal ......................................... 1.48 1.46 1.39 1.33 1.35 1.39 1.44 -0.1%
Other industrial coal ............................................ 0.02 0.02 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 --
Coal subtotal .................................................... 0.02 0.02 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 --
Purchased electricity........................................... 0.20 0.20 0.19 0.18 0.17 0.17 0.18 -0.4%
Total ................................................................ 4.85 4.86 4.84 4.69 4.65 4.70 4.84 0.0%
Total industrial sector consumption

Liquefied petroleum gas heat and power2 .......... 0.43 0.36 0.37 0.38 0.37 0.37 0.38 0.2%
Liquefied petroleum gas and other feedstocks2 .. 2.00 2.02 2.73 3.13 3.29 3.55 3.85 2.6%
Motor gasoline .................................................... 0.27 0.27 0.28 0.27 0.27 0.27 0.27 0.0%
Petroleum coke ................................................... 0.65 0.67 0.57 0.59 0.58 0.58 0.59 -0.5%
Still gas ............................................................... 1.45 1.48 1.70 1.68 1.67 1.67 1.69 0.6%
Natural gas subtotal ......................................... 9.40 9.38 10.57 11.34 11.72 12.32 12.89 1.3%
Metallurgical coal and coke6 ............................... 0.56 0.52 0.40 0.45 0.47 0.44 0.41 -1.0%
Coal subtotal .................................................... 1.43 1.34 1.23 1.31 1.35 1.33 1.34 0.0%
Renewables7....................................................... 1.52 1.48 1.48 1.59 1.67 1.70 1.79 0.8%
Purchased electricity........................................... 3.40 3.27 3.61 3.91 3.98 4.08 4.26 1.1%
Total ................................................................ 31.38 30.79 34.22 36.56 37.29 38.72 40.44 1.1%
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Energy consumption per dollar of

shipments (thousand Btu per 2009 dollar)
Petroleum and other liquids ................................ 1.12 1.12 1.13 1.11 1.08 1.05 1.03 -0.3%
Natural gas ......................................................... 1.31 1.30 1.27 1.24 1.20 1.17 1.12 -0.6%
Coal .................................................................... 0.20 0.19 0.15 0.14 0.14 0.13 0.12 -1.8%
Renewable fuels7 ................................................ 0.32 0.31 0.28 0.26 0.25 0.24 0.23 -1.2%
Purchased electricity........................................... 0.48 0.45 0.43 0.43 0.41 0.39 0.37 -0.8%
Delivered energy ............................................ 3.42 3.37 3.25 3.19 3.08 2.97 2.87 -0.6%
Industrial combined heat and power1

Capacity (gigawatts) ............................................. 25.7 25.8 27.0 28.9 31.5 34.3 36.0 1.3%
Generation (billion kilowatthours).......................... 138 139 158 168 182 196 206 1.6%
1
Includes combined heat and power plants that have a non-regulatory status, and small on-site generating systems.
2
3
Includes lubricants and miscellaneous petroleum products.
4
5
6
Includes net coal coke imports.
7
Includes consumption of energy produced from hydroelectric, wood and wood waste, municipal waste, and other biomass sources.
Note: Includes estimated consumption for petroleum and other liquids. Totals may not equal sum of components due to independent rounding. Data for 2014
are model results and may differ from official EIA data reports.
Sources: 2014 prices for motor gasoline and distillate fuel oil are based on: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), Petroleum Marketing Monthly, January
2105-December 2015. 2014 petrochemical feedstock and asphalt and road oil prices are based on: EIA, State Energy Data Report 2013. 2014 coal prices are
based on: EIA, Quarterly Coal Report, October-December 2014 and EIA, AEO2016 National Energy Modeling System run ref2016.d032416a. 2014 electricity
prices: EIA, Monthly Energy Review, February 2016. 2014 natural gas prices: Natural Gas Monthly, July 2015. 2014 refining consumption based on: Petroleum
Supply Annual 2014. Other 2014 consumption values are based on: EIA, Monthly Energy Review, February 2016. 2014 shipments: IHS Economics, Industry
model, November 2015. 2015: EIA, Short-Term Energy Outlook, February 2016 and EIA, AEO2016 National Energy Modeling System run ref2016.d032416a.
Projections: EIA, AEO2016 National Energy Modeling System run ref2016.d032416a.
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Table A7. Transportation sector key indicators and delivered energy consumption
Table A7. Transportation sector key indicators and delivered energy consumption
growth
2015-2040
2014 2015 2020 2025 2030 2035 2040 (percent)
Key indicators
Travel indicators
(billion vehicle miles traveled)
Light-duty vehicles less than 8,501 pounds .... 2,665 2,752 3,031 3,126 3,232 3,336 3,438 0.9%
Commercial light trucks1 ................................. 94 96 110 118 125 133 143 1.6%
Freight trucks greater than 10,000 pounds ..... 270 280 304 329 349 375 407 1.5%
(billion seat miles available)
Air ................................................................... 1,053 1,070 1,168 1,261 1,364 1,452 1,531 1.4%
(billion ton miles traveled)
Rail ................................................................. 1,690 1,690 1,810 1,956 2,006 2,054 2,128 0.9%
Domestic shipping .......................................... 497 482 453 423 404 402 407 -0.7%
Energy efficiency indicators

(miles per gallon)
New light-duty vehicle CAFE standard2 .......... 30.9 31.5 36.2 46.1 46.4 46.6 46.9 1.6%
New car2 ...................................................... 34.9 36.0 43.7 54.3 54.3 54.3 54.3 1.7%
New light truck2 ............................................ 26.9 27.9 30.9 39.5 39.5 39.5 39.5 1.4%
Compliance new light-duty vehicle3 ................ 31.6 31.7 37.0 46.5 47.2 47.6 47.8 1.7%
New car3 ...................................................... 36.0 36.3 44.2 54.6 55.1 55.2 55.1 1.7%
New light truck3 ............................................ 27.3 28.0 31.8 40.1 40.4 40.5 40.4 1.5%
Tested new light-duty vehicle4 ........................ 30.8 30.9 36.9 46.5 47.2 47.6 47.8 1.8%
New car4 ...................................................... 35.6 35.9 44.2 54.6 55.1 55.2 55.1 1.7%
New light truck4 ............................................ 26.1 27.0 31.7 40.0 40.4 40.5 40.4 1.6%
On-road new light-duty vehicle5 ...................... 24.9 25.0 29.8 37.6 38.2 38.5 38.6 1.8%
New car5 ...................................................... 29.1 29.3 36.1 44.6 45.0 45.1 45.0 1.7%
New light truck5 ............................................ 20.9 21.6 25.4 32.1 32.3 32.4 32.3 1.6%
Light-duty stock6 ............................................. 21.4 21.7 24.1 27.6 31.5 34.4 36.3 2.1%
New commercial light truck1............................ 17.0 17.3 19.5 23.7 24.0 24.1 24.0 1.3%
Stock commercial light truck1 .......................... 14.8 15.0 16.6 18.7 20.8 22.2 23.2 1.7%
Freight truck .................................................... 6.9 6.9 7.3 7.6 7.8 7.9 8.0 0.6%
(seat miles per gallon)
Aircraft ............................................................ 65.9 66.1 67.5 68.7 70.1 71.9 74.1 0.5%
(ton miles per thousand Btu)
Rail ................................................................. 3.5 3.5 3.6 3.8 3.9 4.1 4.2 0.7%
Domestic shipping .......................................... 4.8 4.8 5.0 5.2 5.4 5.6 5.8 0.8%
Energy use by mode

(quadrillion Btu)
Light-duty vehicles ................................................ 15.60 15.86 15.73 14.12 12.82 12.10 11.83 -1.2%
Commercial light trucks1 ....................................... 0.80 0.80 0.82 0.79 0.75 0.75 0.77 -0.1%
Bus transportation................................................. 0.26 0.26 0.27 0.28 0.29 0.30 0.31 0.6%
Freight trucks ........................................................ 5.39 5.57 5.76 5.96 6.16 6.52 6.98 0.9%
Rail, passenger ..................................................... 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.06 0.06 0.06 0.06 0.9%
Rail, freight ........................................................... 0.49 0.48 0.50 0.52 0.51 0.51 0.51 0.2%
Shipping, domestic ............................................... 0.11 0.10 0.09 0.08 0.08 0.07 0.07 -1.4%
Shipping, international .......................................... 0.64 0.73 0.64 0.68 0.70 0.73 0.74 0.1%
Recreational boats ................................................ 0.24 0.25 0.27 0.28 0.29 0.29 0.30 0.8%
Air ......................................................................... 2.35 2.37 2.52 2.66 2.82 2.93 3.00 0.9%
Military use ........................................................... 0.65 0.65 0.65 0.66 0.69 0.73 0.78 0.8%
Lubricants ............................................................. 0.13 0.13 0.14 0.14 0.14 0.14 0.14 0.2%
Pipeline fuel .......................................................... 0.87 0.89 0.83 0.89 0.94 1.00 1.07 0.7%
Total .................................................................. 27.56 28.14 28.28 27.11 26.24 26.13 26.57 -0.2%
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Table A7. Transportation sector key indicators and delivered energy consumption (continued)
Table A7. Transportation sector key indicators and delivered energy consumption (continued)
growth
2015-2040
2014 2015 2020 2025 2030 2035 2040 (percent)
Energy use by mode

(million barrels per day oil equivalent)
Light-duty vehicles ................................................ 8.45 8.60 8.52 7.66 6.98 6.60 6.47 -1.1%
Commercial light trucks1 ....................................... 0.42 0.42 0.43 0.41 0.39 0.39 0.40 -0.2%
Bus transportation................................................. 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.14 0.14 0.14 0.15 0.6%
Freight trucks ........................................................ 2.59 2.67 2.77 2.87 2.96 3.14 3.36 0.9%
Rail, passenger ..................................................... 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.9%
Rail, freight ........................................................... 0.23 0.23 0.24 0.25 0.24 0.24 0.24 0.2%
Shipping, domestic ............................................... 0.05 0.05 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.03 0.03 -1.4%
Shipping, international .......................................... 0.29 0.33 0.29 0.31 0.31 0.33 0.34 0.1%
Recreational boats ................................................ 0.13 0.13 0.14 0.15 0.16 0.16 0.16 0.8%
Air ......................................................................... 1.14 1.15 1.22 1.29 1.36 1.42 1.45 0.9%
Military use ........................................................... 0.31 0.31 0.31 0.31 0.33 0.35 0.38 0.8%
Lubricants ............................................................. 0.06 0.06 0.07 0.06 0.07 0.07 0.07 0.2%
Pipeline fuel .......................................................... 0.41 0.42 0.39 0.42 0.44 0.47 0.51 0.7%
Total .................................................................. 14.23 14.52 14.57 13.92 13.45 13.36 13.58 -0.3%
1
Commercial trucks 8,501 to 10,000 pounds gross vehicle weight rating.
2
CAFE standard based on projected new vehicle sales.
3
Includes CAFE credits for alternative fueled vehicle sales and credit banking.
4
Environmental Protection Agency rated miles per gallon.
5
Tested new vehicle efficiency revised for on-road performance.
6
Combined”on-the-road” estimate for all cars and light trucks.
CAFE = Corporate average fuel economy.
Sources: 2014: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), Monthly Energy Review, February 2016; EIA, Alternatives to Traditional Transportation Fuels
2009 (Part II - User and Fuel Data), April 2011; Federal Highway Administration, Highway Statistics 2012; Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Transportation Energy
Data Book: Edition 34; National Highway Traffic and Safety Administration, Summary of Fuel Economy Performance June 2015; U.S. Department of Commerce,
Bureau of the Census, “Vehicle Inventory and Use Survey,” EC02TV; EIA, U.S. Department of Transportation, Research and Special Programs Administration, Air
Carrier Statistics Monthly, December 2010/2009; and United States Department of Defense, Defense Fuel Supply Center, Factbook January, 2010. 2015: EIA,
Short-Term Energy Outlook, February 2016 and EIA, AEO2016 National Energy Modeling System run ref2016.d032416a. Projections: EIA, AEO2016 National
Energy Modeling System run ref2016.d032416a.
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Appendix A
Table A8. Electricity supply, disposition, prices, and emissions
Table A8. (billion
Electricity supply, unless
kilowatthours, disposition, prices,
otherwise and emissions
noted)
(billion kilowatthours, unless otherwise noted)
growth
Supply, disposition, prices, and emissions
2015-2040
2014 2015 2020 2025 2030 2035 2040 (percent)
Net generation by fuel type

Electric power sector1
Power only2
Coal ................................................................. 1,549 1,320 1,355 1,145 938 928 884 -1.6%
Petroleum ........................................................ 26 23 13 11 9 8 7 -4.6%
Natural gas3 ..................................................... 911 1,114 947 1,129 1,412 1,460 1,618 1.5%
Nuclear power.................................................. 797 798 777 789 789 789 789 0.0%
Pumped storage/other4 .................................... 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 0.1%
Renewable sources5 ........................................ 505 493 757 918 969 1,094 1,205 3.6%
Distributed generation (natural gas)................. 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 --
Total ............................................................. 3,790 3,751 3,853 3,996 4,121 4,284 4,508 0.7%
Combined heat and power6
Coal ................................................................. 20 23 21 21 21 21 21 -0.4%
Petroleum ........................................................ 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 0.0%
Natural gas ...................................................... 120 136 143 143 147 142 139 0.1%
Renewable sources ......................................... 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 0.1%
Total ............................................................. 150 164 168 169 173 169 165 0.0%
Total net electric power sector generation ..... 3,939 3,915 4,021 4,165 4,294 4,452 4,673 0.7%
Less direct use.................................................... 16 18 18 17 17 17 17 -0.1%
Net available to the grid ..................................... 3,924 3,897 4,004 4,148 4,276 4,435 4,656 0.7%
End-use sector7
Coal ................................................................... 12 12 12 13 13 13 14 0.6%
Petroleum .......................................................... 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 -0.4%
Natural gas ........................................................ 97 99 111 124 143 165 183 2.5%
Other gaseous fuels8 ......................................... 11 11 21 21 21 21 21 2.5%
Renewable sources9 .......................................... 45 49 75 93 115 139 165 5.0%
Other10 ............................................................... 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 0.0%
Total end-use sector net generation ........... 170 176 223 255 296 343 387 3.2%
Less direct use................................................... 121 127 181 210 246 286 324 3.8%
Total sales to the grid ................................... 49 49 42 45 51 57 63 1.0%
Total net electricity generation by fuel

Coal ................................................................... 1,582 1,355 1,388 1,179 972 962 919 -1.5%
Petroleum .......................................................... 30 26 15 13 11 10 9 -4.0%
Natural gas ........................................................ 1,129 1,348 1,201 1,396 1,702 1,768 1,942 1.5%
Nuclear power.................................................... 797 798 777 789 789 789 789 0.0%
Renewable sources5,9 ........................................ 554 546 836 1,015 1,088 1,238 1,374 3.8%
Other11 ............................................................... 18 17 27 27 27 27 27 1.8%
Total net electricity generation .................... 4,109 4,090 4,244 4,420 4,590 4,795 5,060 0.9%
Net generation to the grid .................................. 3,972 3,946 4,046 4,193 4,327 4,492 4,719 0.7%
Net imports ............................................................. 52 57 57 58 50 46 43 -1.1%
Electricity sales by sector

Residential ............................................................ 1,407 1,402 1,395 1,393 1,416 1,457 1,523 0.3%
Commercial .......................................................... 1,352 1,360 1,374 1,425 1,491 1,562 1,647 0.8%
Industrial ............................................................... 998 959 1,059 1,145 1,166 1,197 1,249 1.1%
Transportation....................................................... 8 9 13 23 32 40 45 6.7%
Total ................................................................... 3,765 3,729 3,841 3,986 4,105 4,256 4,464 0.7%
Direct use ............................................................. 137 144 199 227 263 303 341 3.5%
Total electricity use .......................................... 3,902 3,873 4,039 4,213 4,368 4,559 4,805 0.9%

Table A8. Electricity supply, disposition, prices, and emissions (continued)
Table A8. (billion
Electricity supply, unless
kilowatthours, disposition, prices,
otherwise and emissions (continued)
noted)
growth
Supply, disposition, prices, and emissions
2015-2040
2014 2015 2020 2025 2030 2035 2040 (percent)
End-use prices
(2015 cents per kilowatthour)
Residential ............................................................ 12.7 12.4 12.9 13.2 13.4 13.2 13.0 0.2%
Commercial .......................................................... 10.9 10.5 10.7 10.9 11.0 10.7 10.5 0.0%
Industrial ............................................................... 7.2 6.9 7.1 7.3 7.5 7.3 7.2 0.2%
Transportation....................................................... 11.0 10.1 11.3 12.3 12.7 12.4 12.1 0.7%
All sectors average ........................................... 10.5 10.3 10.5 10.7 10.9 10.6 10.5 0.1%
(nominal cents per kilowatthour)
Residential ............................................................ 12.5 12.4 14.2 16.2 18.2 19.9 21.9 2.3%
Commercial .......................................................... 10.7 10.5 11.9 13.4 14.9 16.2 17.6 2.1%
Industrial ............................................................... 7.1 6.9 7.9 9.0 10.2 11.1 12.2 2.3%
Transportation....................................................... 10.9 10.1 12.5 15.1 17.2 18.8 20.4 2.9%
All sectors average ........................................... 10.4 10.3 11.6 13.1 14.7 16.1 17.6 2.2%
Prices by service category

(2015 cents per kilowatthour)
Generation ............................................................ 6.8 6.4 6.4 6.8 7.3 6.8 6.6 0.1%
Transmission ........................................................ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.3 0.7%
Distribution ............................................................ 2.7 2.8 3.0 2.7 2.3 2.6 2.6 -0.3%
(nominal cents per kilowatthour)
Generation ............................................................ 6.7 6.4 7.0 8.4 9.9 10.3 11.1 2.2%
Transmission ........................................................ 1.0 1.1 1.3 1.5 1.7 1.9 2.2 2.8%
Distribution ............................................................ 2.7 2.8 3.3 3.3 3.2 3.9 4.4 1.8%
Electric power sector emissions1

Sulfur dioxide (million short tons) .......................... 4.05 3.57 1.20 1.07 0.77 0.84 0.79 -5.9%
Nitrogen oxide (million short tons) ........................ 1.63 1.41 1.16 1.00 0.91 0.90 0.88 -1.9%
Mercury (short tons).............................................. 26.77 23.74 5.55 4.62 3.76 3.82 3.57 -7.3%
1
2
Includes plants that only produce electricity and that have a regulatory status.
3
Includes electricity generation from fuel cells.
4
Includes non-biogenic municipal waste. The U.S. Energy Information Administration estimates that in 2015 approximately 7 billion kilowatthours of electricity
were generated from a municipal waste stream containing petroleum-derived plastics and other non-renewable sources. See U.S. Energy Information Administration,
Methodology for Allocating Municipal Solid Waste to Biogenic and Non-Biogenic Energy, (Washington, DC, May 2007).
5
Includes conventional hydroelectric, geothermal, wood, wood waste, biogenic municipal waste, landfill gas, other biomass, solar, and wind power.
6
Includes combined heat and power plants whose primary business is to sell electricity and heat to the public (i.e., those that report North American Industry
Classification System code 22 or that have a regulatory status).
7
Includes combined heat and power plants and electricity-only plants in the commercial and industrial sectors that have a non-regulatory status; and small on-site
generating systems in the residential, commercial, and industrial sectors used primarily for own-use generation, but which may also sell some power to the grid.
8
Includes refinery gas and still gas.
9
Includes conventional hydroelectric, geothermal, wood, wood waste, all municipal waste, landfill gas, other biomass, solar, and wind power.
10
Includes batteries, chemicals, hydrogen, pitch, purchased steam, sulfur, and miscellaneous technologies.
11
Includes pumped storage, non-biogenic municipal waste, refinery gas, still gas, batteries, chemicals, hydrogen, pitch, purchased steam, sulfur, and
miscellaneous technologies.
Sources: 2014 electric power sector generation; sales to the grid; net imports; electricity sales; and electricity end-use prices: U.S. Energy Information
Administration (EIA), Monthly Energy Review, February 2016, and supporting databases. 2014 emissions: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Clean Air Markets
Database. 2014 electricity prices by service category: EIA, AEO2016 National Energy Modeling System run ref2016.d032416a. 2015: EIA, Short-Term Energy

Appendix A
Table A9. Electricity generating capacity
Table A9. (gigawatts)
Electricity generating capacity
(gigawatts)
growth
Net summer capacity1
2015-2040
2014 2015 2020 2025 2030 2035 2040 (percent)

Power only3
Coal4 ................................................................... 290.8 277.7 208.4 189.3 177.0 172.2 169.5 -2.0%
Oil and natural gas steam4,5 ................................ 91.9 91.0 89.9 65.6 54.0 52.4 52.4 -2.2%
Combined cycle................................................... 198.1 202.3 220.6 231.5 267.7 287.9 318.7 1.8%
Combustion turbine/diesel ................................... 138.7 138.3 140.1 137.4 134.2 136.8 141.8 0.1%
Nuclear power6 .................................................... 99.1 99.8 99.1 99.1 99.1 99.1 99.1 0.0%
Pumped storage .................................................. 22.6 22.6 22.6 22.6 22.6 22.6 22.6 0.0%
Fuel cells ............................................................. 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0%
Renewable sources7 ........................................... 162.1 176.2 237.7 287.3 304.3 356.1 398.4 3.3%
Distributed generation (natural gas)8 ................... 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.5 1.0 1.8 2.9 --
Total ............................................................... 1,003.4 1,007.8 1,018.7 1,033.4 1,060.0 1,128.9 1,205.3 0.7%
Combined heat and power9
Coal..................................................................... 3.8 3.7 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.3 -0.4%
Oil and natural gas steam5 .................................. 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.0%
Combined cycle................................................... 25.1 25.0 26.8 26.7 26.7 26.7 26.7 0.3%
Combustion turbine/diesel ................................... 2.9 2.9 2.9 2.9 2.9 2.9 2.9 0.0%
Renewable sources7 ........................................... 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.0%
Total ............................................................... 33.1 32.9 34.4 34.3 34.3 34.3 34.3 0.2%
Cumulative planned additions10

Coal..................................................................... -- -- 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 --
Oil and natural gas steam5 .................................. -- -- 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --
Combined cycle................................................... -- -- 21.5 21.5 21.5 21.5 21.5 --
Combustion turbine/diesel ................................... -- -- 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 --
Nuclear power ..................................................... -- -- 4.4 4.4 4.4 4.4 4.4 --
Pumped storage .................................................. -- -- 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --
Fuel cells ............................................................. -- -- 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --
Renewable sources7 ........................................... -- -- 19.7 19.7 19.7 19.7 19.7 --
Distributed generation8 ........................................ -- -- 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --
Total ............................................................... -- -- 50.8 50.8 50.8 50.8 50.8 --
Cumulative unplanned additions10
Coal..................................................................... -- -- 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 --
Combined cycle................................................... -- -- 5.2 26.0 63.4 85.1 117.2 --
Nuclear power ..................................................... -- -- 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --
Pumped storage .................................................. -- -- 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --
Fuel cells ............................................................. -- -- 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --
Distributed generation8 ........................................ -- -- 0.2 0.5 1.0 1.8 2.9 --
Total ............................................................... -- -- 50.3 121.0 176.6 254.8 337.8 --
Cumulative electric power sector additions10 .. -- -- 101.1 171.8 227.4 305.6 388.6 --
Cumulative retirements11
Coal..................................................................... -- -- 61.6 79.7 92.1 96.9 99.6 --
Combined cycle................................................... -- -- 6.5 16.5 17.7 19.2 20.5 --
Nuclear power ..................................................... -- -- 5.2 5.2 5.2 5.2 5.2 --
Pumped storage .................................................. -- -- 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --
Fuel cells ............................................................. -- -- 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --
Total ............................................................... -- -- 88.9 144.9 174.0 183.3 189.8 --
Total electric power sector capacity .................... 1,037 1,041 1,053 1,068 1,094 1,163 1,240 0.7%

Table A9. Electricity generating capacity (continued)
Table A9. (gigawatts)
Electricity generating capacity (continued)
(gigawatts)
growth
Net summer capacity1
2015-2040
2014 2015 2020 2025 2030 2035 2040 (percent)
End-use generators12
Coal ...................................................................... 2.9 2.9 2.9 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 0.5%
Petroleum ............................................................. 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.0%
Natural gas ........................................................... 16.2 16.5 17.4 19.7 22.9 26.6 29.5 2.4%
Other gaseous fuels13 ........................................... 2.4 2.4 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 1.0%
Renewable sources7 ............................................. 15.0 18.4 36.6 49.1 63.6 80.3 97.4 6.9%
Other14 .................................................................. 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.0%
Total .................................................................. 37.8 41.3 61.1 76.0 93.9 114.4 134.5 4.8%
Cumulative capacity additions10 ....................... -- -- 21.0 35.9 53.8 74.2 94.3 --
1
Net summer capacity is the steady hourly output that generating equipment is expected to supply to system load (exclusive of auxiliary power), as demonstrated
by tests during summer peak demand.
2
3
Includes plants that only produce electricity and that have a regulatory status. Includes capacity increases (uprates) at existing units.
4
Total coal and oil and natural gas steam capacity account for the conversion of coal capacity to gas steam capacity, but the conversions are not included explicitly
as additions or retirements. The totals reflect 8.8 gigawatts of planned conversions as well as additional model-projected conversions.
5
Includes oil-, gas-, and dual-fired capacity.
6
Nuclear capacity includes 0.1 gigawatts of uprates.
7
Includes conventional hydroelectric, geothermal, wood, wood waste, all municipal waste, landfill gas, other biomass, solar, and wind power. Facilities co-firing
biomass and coal are classified as coal.
8
Primarily peak load capacity fueled by natural gas.
9
Includes combined heat and power plants whose primary business is to sell electricity and heat to the public (i.e., those that report North American Industry
Classification System code 22 or that have a regulatory status).
10
Cumulative additions after December 31, 2015.
11
Cumulative retirements after December 31, 2015.
12
Includes combined heat and power plants and electricity-only plants in the commercial and industrial sectors that have a non-regulatory status; and small on-
site generating systems in the residential, commercial, and industrial sectors used primarily for own-use generation, but which may also sell some power to the grid.
13
Includes refinery gas and still gas.
14
Includes batteries, chemicals, hydrogen, pitch, purchased steam, sulfur, and miscellaneous technologies.
Sources: 2014 capacity and projected planned additions: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), Form EIA-860, "Annual Electric Generator Report”
(preliminary). 2015: EIA, Short-Term Energy Outlook, February 2016 and EIA, AEO2016 National Energy Modeling System run ref2016.d032416a. Projections:
EIA, AEO2016 National Energy Modeling System run ref2016.d032416a.

Appendix A
Table A10. Electricity trade
Table A10. (billion
Electricity trade
kilowatthours, unless otherwise noted)
growth
Electricity trade
2015-2040
2014 2015 2020 2025 2030 2035 2040 (percent)
Interregional electricity trade
Gross domestic sales

Firm power .......................................................... 105 102 95 92 73 53 49 -2.9%
Economy ............................................................. 165 233 216 257 239 226 222 -0.2%
Total ................................................................ 271 336 311 349 312 278 270 -0.9%
Gross domestic sales (million 2015 dollars)

Firm power .......................................................... 6,761 6,568 6,088 5,871 4,683 3,375 3,120 -2.9%
Economy ............................................................. 8,385 7,704 9,139 12,921 13,756 11,896 11,460 1.6%
Total ................................................................ 15,147 14,273 15,227 18,792 18,439 15,270 14,580 0.1%
International electricity trade
Imports from Canada and Mexico

Firm power .......................................................... 20.3 28.3 29.5 28.5 26.6 23.2 20.2 -1.4%
Economy ............................................................. 45.3 37.5 41.0 43.8 37.6 36.0 35.9 -0.2%
Total ................................................................ 65.6 65.9 70.5 72.4 64.2 59.2 56.1 -0.6%
Exports to Canada and Mexico

Firm power .......................................................... 2.6 1.8 1.8 1.8 0.9 0.0 0.0 --
Economy ............................................................. 10.6 7.5 11.9 12.7 13.0 13.2 13.2 2.3%
Total ................................................................ 13.3 9.3 13.7 14.5 13.9 13.2 13.2 1.4%
Note: Totals may not equal sum of components due to independent rounding. Data for 2014 are model results and may differ from official EIA data reports. Firm
power sales are capacity sales, meaning the delivery of the power is scheduled as part of the normal operating conditions of the affected electric systems. Economy
sales are subject to curtailment or cessation of delivery by the supplier in accordance with prior agreements or under specified conditions.
Sources: 2014 interregional firm electricity trade data: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Form 1, “Electric Utility Annual Report”, and 2014 seasonal
reliability assessments from North American Electric Reliability Council regional entities and Independent System Operators, and Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, Form 1. 2014 interregional economy electricity trade are model results. 2014 Mexican electricity trade data: U.S. Energy Information Administration
(EIA), Electric Power Annual 2014. 2014 Canadian international electricity trade data: National Energy Board, Electricity Exports and Imports Statistics, 2014. 2015:
EIA, Short-Term Energy Outlook, February 2016 and EIA, AEO2016 National Energy Modeling System run ref2016.d032416a. Projections: EIA, AEO2016 National

Table A11. Petroleum and other liquids supply and disposition
Table A11. (million
Petroleum and
barrels perother liquidsotherwise
day, unless supply and disposition
noted)
(million barrels per day, unless otherwise noted)
growth
Supply and disposition
2015-2040
2014 2015 2020 2025 2030 2035 2040 (percent)
Crude oil
Domestic crude production1 .................................. 8.71 9.42 9.38 9.43 10.06 10.66 11.26 0.7%
Alaska ................................................................ 0.50 0.48 0.41 0.32 0.24 0.19 0.15 -4.7%
Lower 48 states ................................................. 8.21 8.94 8.96 9.12 9.82 10.48 11.11 0.9%
Net imports ........................................................... 6.99 6.88 6.97 6.95 6.57 6.24 6.10 -0.5%
Gross imports .................................................... 7.35 7.28 7.60 7.58 7.20 7.07 7.12 -0.1%
Exports .............................................................. 0.35 0.40 0.63 0.63 0.63 0.83 1.02 3.8%
Other crude supply2 .............................................. 0.15 -0.11 0.01 0.07 0.00 0.00 0.00 --
Total crude supply ................................................. 15.85 16.19 16.36 16.46 16.63 16.91 17.36 0.3%
Net product imports ................................................. -1.90 -2.24 -3.26 -3.69 -4.32 -4.52 -4.66 3.0%
Gross refined product imports3 ............................. 0.78 0.66 1.11 1.24 1.30 1.44 1.63 3.7%
Unfinished oil imports ........................................... 0.55 0.55 0.53 0.50 0.46 0.43 0.39 -1.4%
Blending component imports ................................ 0.55 0.67 0.58 0.52 0.45 0.35 0.30 -3.2%
Exports ................................................................. 3.76 4.12 5.48 5.95 6.52 6.74 6.98 2.1%
Refinery processing gain4 ........................................ 1.08 1.03 1.05 1.01 0.98 0.97 0.99 -0.2%
Product stock withdrawal ......................................... -0.18 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 --
Natural gas plant liquids .......................................... 3.02 3.25 4.57 4.77 4.90 4.95 4.99 1.7%
Supply from renewable sources .............................. 0.96 1.01 1.08 1.03 1.03 1.05 1.12 0.4%
Ethanol ................................................................. 0.86 0.89 0.89 0.85 0.84 0.86 0.93 0.2%
Domestic production .......................................... 0.91 0.94 0.90 0.87 0.87 0.88 0.91 -0.1%
Net imports ........................................................ -0.05 -0.05 -0.01 -0.03 -0.03 -0.03 0.02 --
Stock withdrawal ................................................ 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 --
Biodiesel ............................................................... 0.10 0.11 0.15 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 -0.5%
Domestic production .......................................... 0.08 0.08 0.11 0.06 0.06 0.06 0.06 -1.6%
Net imports ........................................................ 0.02 0.03 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.04 1.7%
Other biomass-derived liquids5 ............................. 0.00 0.00 0.04 0.09 0.09 0.09 0.09 18.1%
Domestic production .......................................... 0.00 0.00 0.04 0.09 0.09 0.09 0.09 18.1%
Net imports ........................................................ 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 --
Liquids from gas ...................................................... 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 --
Liquids from coal...................................................... 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 --
Other6 ...................................................................... 0.21 0.21 0.28 0.28 0.30 0.31 0.32 1.7%
Total primary supply7 ............................................ 19.04 19.46 20.08 19.87 19.52 19.66 20.12 0.1%
Product supplied
by fuel
Liquefied petroleum gases and other8 ............... 2.45 2.46 2.90 3.22 3.34 3.55 3.80 1.8%
Motor gasoline9 .................................................. 8.94 9.18 8.97 8.08 7.35 6.96 6.84 -1.2%
of which: E8510 .............................................. 0.02 0.03 0.03 0.09 0.15 0.18 0.19 7.3%
Jet fuel11 ............................................................ 1.47 1.54 1.56 1.64 1.73 1.80 1.86 0.8%
Distillate fuel oil12 ............................................... 4.04 3.96 4.31 4.40 4.46 4.57 4.67 0.7%
of which: Diesel.............................................. 3.83 3.76 3.97 4.10 4.19 4.32 4.43 0.7%
Residual fuel oil ................................................. 0.26 0.26 0.25 0.27 0.27 0.28 0.28 0.2%
Other13 ............................................................... 2.01 2.02 2.11 2.29 2.39 2.53 2.70 1.2%
by sector
Residential and commercial ............................... 0.93 0.90 0.89 0.84 0.80 0.77 0.74 -0.8%
Industrial14 ......................................................... 4.46 4.47 5.35 5.88 6.10 6.46 6.89 1.8%
Transportation.................................................... 13.76 14.04 14.11 13.40 12.84 12.65 12.69 -0.4%
Electric power15 ................................................. 0.14 0.12 0.07 0.06 0.05 0.04 0.04 -4.3%
Unspecified sector16........................................... -0.31 -0.30 -0.31 -0.28 -0.25 -0.23 -0.23 -1.1%
Total product supplied .......................................... 19.16 19.42 20.11 19.90 19.54 19.69 20.14 0.1%
Discrepancy17 .......................................................... -0.12 0.04 -0.03 -0.03 -0.03 -0.03 -0.03 --

Appendix A
Table A11. Petroleum and other liquids supply and disposition (continued)
Table A11. (million
Petroleum and
barrels perother liquidsotherwise
day, unless supply and disposition (continued)
noted)
growth
Supply and disposition
2015-2040
2014 2015 2020 2025 2030 2035 2040 (percent)
Domestic refinery distillation capacity18 ................... 17.9 18.0 19.0 19.0 19.0 19.0 19.0 0.2%
Capacity utilization rate (percent)19 .......................... 90.4 91.1 87.7 88.2 88.9 90.2 92.5 0.1%
Net import share of product supplied (percent) ........ 26.6 23.7 18.6 16.5 11.6 8.8 7.4 -4.5%
Net expenditures for imported crude oil and
petroleum products (billion 2015 dollars) .............. 262 128 207 250 268 303 348 4.1%
1
Includes lease condensate.
2
Strategic petroleum reserve stock additions plus unaccounted for crude oil and crude oil stock withdrawals.
3
Includes other hydrocarbons and alcohols.
4
The volumetric amount by which total output is greater than input due to the processing of crude oil into products which, in total, have a lower specific gravity
than the crude oil processed.
5
Includes pyrolysis oils, biomass-derived Fischer-Tropsch liquids, biobutanol, and renewable feedstocks used for the on-site production of diesel and gasoline.
6
Includes domestic sources of other blending components, other hydrocarbons, and ethers.
7
Total crude supply, net product imports, refinery processing gain, product stock withdrawal, natural gas plant liquids, supply from renewable sources, liquids
from gas, liquids from coal, and other supply.
8
9
10
11
12
Includes distillate fuel oil from petroleum and biomass feedstocks.
13
Includes kerosene, aviation gasoline, petrochemical feedstocks, lubricants, waxes, asphalt, road oil, still gas, special naphthas, petroleum coke, crude oil product
supplied, methanol, and miscellaneous petroleum products.
14
15
16
17
Balancing item. Includes unaccounted for supply, losses, and gains.
18
End-of-year operable capacity.
19
Rate is calculated by dividing the gross annual input to atmospheric crude oil distillation units by their operable refining capacity in barrels per calendar day.
Sources: 2014 product supplied based on: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), Monthly Energy Review, February 2016. Other 2014 data: EIA,
Petroleum Supply Annual 2014. 2015: EIA, Short-Term Energy Outlook, February 2016 and EIA, AEO2016 National Energy Modeling System run
ref2016.d032416a. Projections: EIA, AEO2016 National Energy Modeling System run ref2016.d032416a.

Table A12. Petroleum and other liquids prices
Table A12. (2015
Petroleum andgallon,
dollars per other unless
liquidsotherwise
prices noted)
(2015 dollars per gallon, unless otherwise noted)
growth
Sector and fuel
2015-2040
2014 2015 2020 2025 2030 2035 2040 (percent)
Crude oil prices (2015 dollars per barrel)

Brent spot ............................................................. 100 52 77 92 104 120 136 3.9%
West Texas Intermediate spot .............................. 94 49 71 85 97 112 129 4.0%
Average imported refiners acquisition cost1 .......... 91 46 69 83 95 110 126 4.1%
Brent / West Texas Intermediate spread .............. 5.8 3.7 5.4 6.2 6.9 7.2 7.1 2.7%
Delivered sector product prices
Residential
Propane ............................................................. 2.13 1.55 1.84 1.95 2.04 2.19 2.33 1.7%
Distillate fuel oil .................................................. 3.71 2.66 3.08 3.51 3.82 4.23 4.65 2.3%
Commercial
Residual fuel oil (2015 dollars per barrel) .......... 105 44 69 85 96 110 125 4.3%
Industrial2
Propane ............................................................. 1.72 1.12 1.42 1.54 1.63 1.78 1.93 2.2%
Transportation
Propane ............................................................. 2.23 1.64 1.94 2.05 2.14 2.28 2.43 1.6%
E853 ................................................................... 3.15 2.21 3.05 2.97 2.93 3.08 3.33 1.6%
Ethanol wholesale price ..................................... 2.25 2.22 2.77 2.38 2.28 2.39 2.60 0.6%
Motor gasoline4 .................................................. 3.42 2.52 2.74 2.97 3.19 3.47 3.81 1.7%
Jet fuel5 .............................................................. 2.81 1.62 2.18 2.56 2.87 3.30 3.74 3.4%
Diesel fuel (distillate fuel oil)6 ............................. 3.82 2.72 3.18 3.55 3.85 4.25 4.68 2.2%
Electric power7
Average prices, all sectors8

Propane ............................................................. 1.94 1.36 1.65 1.75 1.83 1.97 2.12 1.8%
Motor gasoline4 .................................................. 3.42 2.52 2.74 2.97 3.19 3.47 3.81 1.7%
Jet fuel5 .............................................................. 2.81 1.62 2.18 2.56 2.87 3.30 3.74 3.4%
Average ......................................................... 3.12 2.18 2.44 2.65 2.85 3.13 3.42 1.8%

Appendix A
Table A12. Petroleum and other liquids prices (continued)
Table A12. (nominal
Petroleum andper
dollars other liquids
gallon, prices
unless (continued)
otherwise noted)
(nominal dollars per gallon, unless otherwise noted)
growth
Sector and fuel
2015-2040
2014 2015 2020 2025 2030 2035 2040 (percent)
Crude oil prices (nominal dollars per barrel)

Brent spot ............................................................. 99 52 85 112 141 181 229 6.1%
West Texas Intermediate spot .............................. 93 49 79 105 131 170 217 6.2%
Average imported refiners acquisition cost1 .......... 90 46 76 102 128 166 212 6.3%
Residential
Propane ............................................................. 2.11 1.55 2.03 2.39 2.76 3.30 3.93 3.8%
Commercial
Residual fuel oil (nominal dollars per barrel) ...... 104 44 76 104 130 167 211 6.5%
Industrial2
Propane ............................................................. 1.70 1.12 1.57 1.88 2.20 2.69 3.25 4.4%
Transportation
Propane ............................................................. 2.21 1.64 2.14 2.51 2.89 3.45 4.09 3.7%
E853 ................................................................... 3.12 2.21 3.37 3.63 3.97 4.65 5.60 3.8%
Ethanol wholesale price ..................................... 2.23 2.22 3.06 2.91 3.09 3.62 4.38 2.8%
Motor gasoline4 .................................................. 3.38 2.52 3.02 3.64 4.32 5.25 6.40 3.8%
Jet fuel5 .............................................................. 2.78 1.62 2.41 3.14 3.89 4.99 6.29 5.6%
Diesel fuel (distillate fuel oil)6 ............................. 3.78 2.72 3.51 4.34 5.21 6.43 7.88 4.3%
Electric power7

Propane ............................................................. 1.92 1.36 1.82 2.14 2.48 2.98 3.56 3.9%
Motor gasoline4 .................................................. 3.38 2.52 3.02 3.64 4.32 5.24 6.40 3.8%
Jet fuel5 .............................................................. 2.78 1.62 2.41 3.14 3.89 4.99 6.29 5.6%
Average ......................................................... 3.09 2.18 2.70 3.25 3.86 4.72 5.76 4.0%
1
Weighted average price delivered to U.S. refiners.
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Weighted averages of end-use fuel prices are derived from the prices in each sector and the corresponding sectoral consumption.
Sources: 2014 Brent and West Texas Intermediate crude oil spot prices: Thomson Reuters. 2014 average imported crude oil price: U.S. Energy Information
Administration (EIA), Monthly Energy Review, February 2016. 2014 prices for motor gasoline, distillate fuel oil, and jet fuel are based on: EIA, Petroleum Marketing
Monthly, January 2105-December 2015. 2014 residential, commercial, industrial, and transportation sector petroleum product prices are derived from: EIA, Form
EIA-782A, “Refiners’/Gas Plant Operators’ Monthly Petroleum Product Sales Report.” 2014 electric power prices based on: EIA, Monthly Energy Review, February
2016. 2014 E85 prices derived from: U.S. Department of Energy, Clean Cities Alternative Fuel Price Report. 2014 wholesale ethanol prices derived from Bloomberg
U.S. average rack price. 2015: EIA, Short-Term Energy Outlook, February 2016 and EIA, AEO2016 National Energy Modeling System run ref2016.d032416a.
Projections: EIA, AEO2016 National Energy Modeling System run ref2016.d032416a.

Table A13. Natural gas supply, disposition, and prices
Table A13. (trillion
Natural gasfeet,
cubic supply, disposition,
unless and prices
otherwise noted)
(trillion cubic feet, unless otherwise noted)
growth
2015-2040
2014 2015 2020 2025 2030 2035 2040 (percent)
Supply
Dry gas production1 .............................................. 25.73 27.19 30.50 34.81 37.76 39.92 42.12 1.8%
Supplemental natural gas2 .................................... 0.06 0.06 0.06 0.06 0.06 0.06 0.06 0.3%
Net imports ........................................................... 1.18 0.95 -2.89 -5.32 -6.02 -7.18 -7.55 --
Pipeline3............................................................. 1.14 0.89 -0.48 -0.76 -0.97 -0.99 -0.89 --
Liquefied natural gas ......................................... 0.04 0.06 -2.42 -4.56 -5.06 -6.19 -6.66 --
Total supply ........................................................... 26.97 28.20 27.67 29.55 31.80 32.80 34.63 0.8%
Consumption by sector
Residential ............................................................ 5.09 4.62 4.71 4.67 4.65 4.62 4.58 0.0%
Commercial .......................................................... 3.47 3.22 3.34 3.35 3.42 3.55 3.69 0.5%
Industrial4 .............................................................. 7.60 7.51 8.29 8.65 8.85 9.19 9.58 1.0%
Natural-gas-to-liquids heat and power5 ................. 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 --
Natural gas to liquids production6 ......................... 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 --
Electric power7 ...................................................... 8.14 9.61 8.26 9.33 11.02 11.13 11.96 0.9%
Transportation8 ..................................................... 0.06 0.06 0.09 0.14 0.22 0.38 0.66 9.8%
Pipeline fuel .......................................................... 0.84 0.86 0.81 0.86 0.91 0.97 1.04 0.7%
Lease and plant fuel9 ............................................ 1.50 1.58 1.71 1.88 2.00 2.12 2.24 1.4%
Liquefaction for export10........................................ 0.00 0.00 0.25 0.46 0.51 0.63 0.67 --
Total consumption................................................. 26.70 27.47 27.46 29.35 31.59 32.59 34.42 0.9%
Discrepancy11 ......................................................... 0.27 0.73 0.21 0.21 0.21 0.21 0.21 --
Natural gas spot price at Henry Hub

(2015 dollars per million Btu) ................................ 4.44 2.62 4.43 5.12 5.06 4.91 4.86 2.5%
(nominal dollars per million Btu)............................ 4.39 2.62 4.90 6.27 6.84 7.42 8.17 4.7%
Delivered prices
Residential ......................................................... 11.08 10.40 11.08 11.99 12.41 12.50 12.74 0.8%
Commercial........................................................ 9.24 7.92 9.58 10.39 10.72 10.66 10.73 1.2%
Industrial4 ........................................................... 5.57 3.84 5.53 6.15 6.14 5.95 5.89 1.7%
Electric power7 ................................................... 5.20 3.35 4.83 5.55 5.74 5.54 5.52 2.0%
Transportation12 ................................................. 19.03 17.18 17.18 16.90 16.05 15.87 16.37 -0.2%
Average13 ....................................................... 7.15 5.42 6.95 7.58 7.65 7.55 7.59 1.4%
(nominal dollars per thousand cubic feet)
Residential ......................................................... 10.96 10.40 12.24 14.67 16.78 18.87 21.44 2.9%
Commercial........................................................ 9.15 7.92 10.59 12.72 14.51 16.09 18.05 3.4%
Industrial4 ........................................................... 5.51 3.84 6.11 7.53 8.31 8.98 9.91 3.9%
Electric power7 ................................................... 5.15 3.35 5.33 6.80 7.76 8.36 9.29 4.2%
Transportation12 ................................................. 18.83 17.18 18.98 20.68 21.71 23.96 27.54 1.9%
Average13 ....................................................... 7.08 5.42 7.67 9.28 10.35 11.40 12.77 3.5%
1
Marketed production (wet) minus extraction losses.
2
Synthetic natural gas, propane air, coke oven gas, refinery gas, biomass gas, air injected for Btu stabilization, and manufactured gas commingled and distributed
with natural gas.
3
Includes any natural gas regasified in the Bahamas and transported via pipeline to Florida, as well as gas from Canada and Mexico.
4
Includes energy for combined heat and power plants that have a non-regulatory status, and small on-site generating systems. Excludes use for lease and plant
fuel.
5
Includes any natural gas used in the process of converting natural gas to liquid fuel that is not actually converted.
6
Includes any natural gas converted into liquid fuel.
7
8
Natural gas used as fuel in motor vehicles, trains, and ships.
9
10
11
Balancing item. Natural gas lost as a result of converting flow data measured at varying temperatures and pressures to a standard temperature and pressure
and the merger of different data reporting systems which vary in scope, format, definition, and respondent type. In addition, 2014 and 2015 values include net
storage injections.
12
Natural gas used as fuel in motor vehicles, trains, and ships. Price includes estimated motor vehicle fuel taxes and estimated dispensing costs or charges.
13
Weighted average prices. Weights used are the sectoral consumption values excluding lease, plant, and pipeline fuel.
Sources: 2014 supply values; lease, plant, and pipeline fuel consumption; and residential, commercial, and industrial delivered prices: U.S. Energy Information
Administration (EIA), Natural Gas Monthly, July 2015. Other 2014 consumption based on: EIA, Monthly Energy Review, February 2016. 2014 natural gas spot
price at Henry Hub: Thomson Reuters. 2014 electric power prices: EIA, Electric Power Monthly, April 2014 and April 2015, Table 4.2, and EIA, State Energy Data
Report 2013. 2014 transportation sector delivered prices derived from: U.S. Department of Energy, Clean Cities Alternative Fuel Price Report. 2015: EIA, Short-
Term Energy Outlook, February 2016 and EIA, AEO2016 National Energy Modeling System run ref2016.d032416a. Projections: EIA, AEO2016 National Energy

Appendix A
Table A14. Oil and gas supply
Table A14. Oil and gas supply
Production and supply growth
2014 2015 2020 2025 2030 2035 2040 2015-2040
(percent)
Crude oil
Lower 48 average wellhead price1
(2015 dollars per barrel) ..................................... 88 49 74 88 99 114 130 4.0%
Production (million barrels per day)2

United States total .............................................. 8.71 9.42 9.38 9.43 10.06 10.66 11.26 0.7%
Lower 48 onshore ............................................ 6.71 7.30 6.99 7.38 8.22 8.85 9.53 1.1%
Tight oil3 ........................................................ 4.28 4.89 5.08 5.51 6.25 6.72 7.08 1.5%
Carbon dioxide enhanced oil recovery .......... 0.28 0.28 0.32 0.43 0.55 0.63 0.72 3.8%
Other ............................................................. 2.15 2.13 1.59 1.44 1.41 1.50 1.73 -0.8%
Lower 48 offshore ............................................ 1.50 1.64 1.98 1.74 1.60 1.63 1.58 -0.2%
State ............................................................. 0.07 0.07 0.05 0.04 0.04 0.03 0.03 -3.6%
Federal ......................................................... 1.43 1.57 1.92 1.69 1.57 1.60 1.55 0.0%
Alaska .............................................................. 0.50 0.48 0.41 0.32 0.24 0.19 0.15 -4.7%
Onshore ........................................................ 0.40 0.41 0.28 0.22 0.17 0.14 0.11 -5.0%
State offshore ............................................... 0.10 0.07 0.13 0.10 0.07 0.05 0.03 -3.2%
Federal offshore............................................ 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 -10.7%
Natural gas plant liquids production

(million barrels per day)
United States total ................................................ 3.02 3.25 4.57 4.77 4.90 4.96 4.99 1.7%
Lower 48 onshore .............................................. 2.65 2.86 4.15 4.39 4.50 4.51 4.54 1.9%
Lower 48 offshore .............................................. 0.34 0.37 0.40 0.36 0.39 0.44 0.44 0.8%
Alaska ................................................................ 0.03 0.03 0.02 0.02 0.01 0.01 0.01 -4.9%
Natural gas
Natural gas spot price at Henry Hub
(2015 dollars per million Btu)............................. 4.44 2.62 4.43 5.12 5.06 4.91 4.86 2.5%
Dry production (trillion cubic feet)4

United States total .............................................. 25.73 27.19 30.50 34.81 37.76 39.92 42.12 1.8%
Lower 48 onshore ............................................ 24.05 25.20 28.82 33.31 36.15 37.99 40.18 1.9%
Tight gas ....................................................... 4.81 5.00 4.92 5.43 6.08 6.30 6.55 1.1%
Shale gas and tight oil plays3 ........................ 12.29 13.64 17.96 22.50 25.16 27.04 29.00 3.1%
Coalbed methane ......................................... 1.16 1.24 1.04 1.02 0.94 0.85 0.78 -1.9%
Other ............................................................. 5.79 5.32 4.90 4.36 3.97 3.79 3.85 -1.3%
Lower 48 offshore ............................................ 1.36 1.70 1.39 1.21 1.33 1.65 1.67 -0.1%
State ............................................................. 0.10 0.14 0.07 0.04 0.03 0.02 0.02 -7.3%
Federal ......................................................... 1.25 1.56 1.32 1.17 1.30 1.63 1.64 0.2%
Alaska .............................................................. 0.32 0.29 0.29 0.29 0.28 0.28 0.28 -0.2%
Onshore ........................................................ 0.32 0.29 0.29 0.29 0.28 0.28 0.28 -0.2%
State offshore ............................................... 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 --
Federal offshore............................................ 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 --
Supplemental gas supplies (trillion cubic feet)5 0.06 0.06 0.06 0.06 0.06 0.06 0.06 0.3%
Total lower 48 wells drilled (thousands) .............. 47.4 32.3 32.3 36.8 41.8 44.6 47.4 1.5%
1
Represents lower 48 onshore and offshore supplies.
2
3
Tight oil represents resources in low-permeability reservoirs, including shale and chalk formations. The specific plays included in the tight oil category are
Bakken/Three Forks/Sanish, Eagle Ford, Woodford, Austin Chalk, Spraberry, Niobrara, Avalon/Bone Springs, and Monterey.
4
5
Synthetic natural gas, propane air, coke oven gas, refinery gas, biomass gas, air injected for Btu stabilization, and manufactured gas commingled and distributed
with natural gas.
Sources: 2014 crude oil lower 48 average wellhead price: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), Petroleum Marketing Monthly, January 2105-December
2015. 2014 lower 48 onshore, lower 48 offshore, and Alaska crude oil production: EIA, Petroleum Supply Annual 2014. 2014 natural gas spot price at Henry Hub:
Thomson Reuters. 2014 Alaska and total natural gas production, and supplemental gas supplies: EIA, Natural Gas Monthly, July 2015. Other 2014: EIA, Office of
Energy Analysis. 2015: EIA, Short-Term Energy Outlook, February 2016 and EIA, AEO2016 National Energy Modeling System run ref2016.d032416a. Projections:
EIA, AEO2016 National Energy Modeling System run ref2016.d032416a.
A-28 U.S. Energy

/ Annual Energy
Energy Outlook
Outlook 2016 2016
Table A15. Coal supply, disposition, and prices
Table A15. (million
Coal supply, disposition,
short tons, and prices
unless otherwise noted)
(million short tons, unless otherwise noted)
growth
2015-2040
2014 2015 2020 2025 2030 2035 2040 (percent)
Production1
Appalachia ............................................................ 270 223 202 165 138 154 144 -1.7%
Interior .................................................................. 190 165 197 193 148 172 170 0.1%
West ..................................................................... 542 484 473 408 378 335 329 -1.5%
East of the Mississippi .......................................... 413 346 351 307 243 281 276 -0.9%
West of the Mississippi ......................................... 590 526 521 460 422 380 367 -1.4%
Total .................................................................. 1,002 873 872 766 664 661 643 -1.2%
Waste coal supplied2 ............................................. 9 9 11 9 9 8 9 -0.3%
Net imports
Imports3 ................................................................ 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 -19.2%
Exports ................................................................. 97 75 70 70 74 87 94 0.9%
Total .................................................................. -86 -63 -70 -70 -74 -87 -94 1.6%
Total supply4 .......................................................... 925 819 813 705 599 583 557 -1.5%
Commercial and institutional ................................. 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 -0.4%
Coke plants ........................................................... 20 19 14 16 16 15 14 -1.2%
Other industrial5 .................................................... 43 40 42 44 45 45 47 0.6%
Coal-to-liquids heat and power ............................. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 --
Coal to liquids production ..................................... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 --
Electric power6 ...................................................... 852 739 754 643 536 520 494 -1.6%
Total .................................................................. 917 801 813 705 599 583 557 -1.4%
Discrepancy and stock change7 ........................... 8 17 0 0 0 0 0 --
Average minemouth price8

(2015 dollars per short ton) ................................... 35.2 33.8 33.6 34.0 33.8 37.6 38.7 0.5%
(2015 dollars per million Btu) ................................ 1.73 1.69 1.68 1.71 1.71 1.86 1.91 0.5%
Delivered prices9
(2015 dollars per short ton)
Commercial and institutional ................................. 91.2 85.6 85.0 86.0 85.7 87.2 89.2 0.2%
Coke plants ........................................................... 153.0 153.7 173.4 186.8 200.2 207.3 208.1 1.2%
Other industrial5 .................................................... 68.9 69.7 70.6 71.5 71.2 72.3 74.9 0.3%
Coal to liquids ....................................................... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Electric power6
(2015 dollars per short ton) ................................ 46.1 41.6 43.1 42.7 41.8 43.8 45.2 0.3%
(2015 dollars per million Btu) ............................. 2.38 2.19 2.26 2.26 2.26 2.32 2.38 0.3%
Average........................................................ 49.7 45.8 47.0 47.8 48.5 50.4 51.9 0.5%
Exports10 ............................................................... 85.3 86.7 84.0 81.7 81.2 84.8 83.9 -0.1%

Appendix A
Table A15. Coal supply, disposition, and prices (continued)
Table A15. (million
Coal supply, disposition,
short tons, and prices
unless otherwise (continued)
noted)
(million short tons, unless otherwise noted)
growth
2015-2040
2014 2015 2020 2025 2030 2035 2040 (percent)
Average minemouth price8

(nominal dollars per short ton) .............................. 34.9 33.8 37.1 41.6 45.8 56.8 65.1 2.7%
(nominal dollars per million Btu)............................ 1.71 1.69 1.86 2.09 2.31 2.81 3.21 2.6%
Delivered prices9
(nominal dollars per short ton)
Commercial and institutional ................................. 90.3 85.6 93.9 105.2 116.0 131.6 150.0 2.3%
Coke plants ........................................................... 151.4 153.7 191.6 228.7 270.9 313.1 350.2 3.3%
Other industrial5 .................................................... 68.2 69.7 78.0 87.5 96.3 109.2 126.0 2.4%
Coal to liquids ....................................................... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Electric power6
(nominal dollars per short ton) ........................... 45.7 41.6 47.6 52.3 56.5 66.1 76.0 2.4%
(nominal dollars per million Btu)......................... 2.35 2.19 2.50 2.77 3.05 3.50 4.01 2.5%
Average........................................................ 49.2 45.8 51.9 58.6 65.5 76.1 87.3 2.6%
Exports10 ............................................................... 84.4 86.7 92.8 100.0 109.8 128.0 141.2 2.0%
1
Includes anthracite, bituminous coal, subbituminous coal, and lignite.
2
Includes waste coal consumed by the electric power and industrial sectors. Waste coal supplied is counted as a supply-side item to balance the same amount
of waste coal included in the consumption data.
3
Excludes imports to Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
4
Production plus waste coal supplied plus net imports.
5
Includes consumption for combined heat and power plants that have a non-regulatory status, and small on-site generating systems. Excludes all coal use in the
coal-to-liquids process.
6
Includes all electricity-only and combined heat and power plants that have a regulatory status.
7
Balancing item: the sum of production, net imports, and waste coal supplied minus total consumption.
8
Includes reported prices for both open market and captive mines. Prices weighted by production, which differs from average minemouth prices published in EIA
data reports where it is weighted by reported sales.
9
Prices weighted by consumption; weighted average excludes commercial and institutional prices, and export free-alongside-ship prices.
10
Free-alongside-ship price at U.S. port of exit.
Sources: 2014 data based on: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), Annual Coal Report 2013; EIA, Quarterly Coal Report, October-December 2014;
and EIA, AEO2016 National Energy Modeling System run ref2016.d032416a. 2015: EIA, Short-Term Energy Outlook, February 2016 and EIA, AEO2016 National
Energy Modeling System run ref2016.d032416a. Projections: EIA, AEO2016 National Energy Modeling System run ref2016.d032416a.

Table A16. Renewable energy generating capacity and generation
Table A16. (gigawatts,
Renewable energy
unless generating
otherwise noted)capacity and generation
(gigawatts, unless otherwise noted)
growth
Net summer capacity and generation
2015-2040
2014 2015 2020 2025 2030 2035 2040 (percent)

Net summer capacity
Conventional hydroelectric power ...................... 79.0 79.2 79.8 80.0 80.1 80.1 80.4 0.1%
Geothermal2....................................................... 2.5 2.5 3.1 4.5 5.6 6.7 7.2 4.3%
Municipal waste3 ................................................ 3.7 3.8 3.9 3.9 3.9 3.9 3.9 0.0%
Wood and other biomass4.................................. 3.4 3.4 3.6 3.6 3.6 3.7 4.1 0.7%
Solar thermal ..................................................... 1.9 2.0 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 0.8%
Solar photovoltaic5 ............................................. 8.4 11.7 25.5 52.5 67.6 117.6 155.6 10.9%
Wind .................................................................. 64.1 74.4 120.4 141.3 142.0 142.6 145.7 2.7%
Offshore wind..................................................... 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --
Total electric power sector capacity ........... 163.0 177.1 238.7 288.2 305.2 357.0 399.4 3.3%
Generation (billion kilowatthours)

Geothermal2....................................................... 15.9 16.7 21.5 32.6 42.3 51.4 55.5 4.9%
Biogenic municipal waste6 ................................. 17.6 19.4 20.9 20.8 20.8 21.7 21.9 0.5%
Wood and other biomass ................................... 15.1 6.2 9.4 13.1 14.8 13.8 17.7 4.3%
Dedicated plants ............................................. 14.0 5.4 8.7 12.4 14.1 13.1 17.0 4.7%
Cofiring ........................................................... 1.1 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 -0.3%
Solar thermal ..................................................... 2.5 3.3 4.5 4.6 4.6 4.7 4.8 1.5%
Solar photovoltaic5 ............................................. 15.0 18.8 47.8 107.5 143.5 256.2 345.0 12.3%
Wind .................................................................. 180.9 187.5 364.5 449.9 453.1 456.0 468.3 3.7%
Offshore wind..................................................... 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 --
Total electric power sector generation ....... 509.2 497.4 761.4 922.2 973.4 1,098.6 1,209.5 3.6%
End-use sectors7
Net summer capacity
Conventional hydroelectric power ................... 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.0%
Geothermal ..................................................... 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --
Municipal waste8 ............................................. 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.0%
Biomass .......................................................... 4.7 4.7 4.7 4.9 5.0 5.0 5.0 0.3%
Solar photovoltaic5 .......................................... 8.6 11.2 28.7 41.0 55.1 71.5 88.3 8.6%
Wind ............................................................... 0.9 1.6 2.3 2.4 2.6 2.9 3.2 2.8%
Total end-use sector capacity .................. 15.0 18.4 36.6 49.1 63.6 80.3 97.4 6.9%

Conventional hydroelectric power ................... 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 0.0%
Geothermal ..................................................... 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --
Municipal waste8 ............................................. 4.1 4.1 4.1 4.1 4.1 4.1 4.1 0.0%
Biomass .......................................................... 26.1 26.0 25.9 26.6 27.4 27.4 27.6 0.2%
Solar photovoltaic5 .......................................... 11.8 15.5 40.2 58.1 78.7 102.7 127.2 8.8%
Wind ............................................................... 1.2 2.1 3.1 3.1 3.5 3.9 4.3 3.0%
Total end-use sector generation .............. 44.5 49.0 74.6 93.2 115.0 139.4 164.6 5.0%

Appendix A
Table A16. Renewable energy generating capacity and generation (continued)
Table A16. (gigawatts,
Renewable energy
unless generating
otherwise noted)capacity and generation (continued)
(gigawatts, unless otherwise noted)
growth
Net summer capacity and generation
2015-2040
2014 2015 2020 2025 2030 2035 2040 (percent)
Total, all sectors

Net summer capacity
Geothermal ........................................................ 2.5 2.5 3.1 4.5 5.6 6.7 7.2 4.3%
Municipal waste ................................................. 4.3 4.4 4.4 4.4 4.4 4.4 4.4 0.0%
Wood and other biomass4.................................. 8.1 8.1 8.3 8.4 8.6 8.7 9.1 0.5%
Solar5 ................................................................. 18.9 24.9 56.6 95.9 125.3 191.6 246.4 9.6%
Wind .................................................................. 65.0 76.0 122.7 143.7 144.6 145.5 149.0 2.7%
Total capacity, all sectors ............................ 178.1 195.4 275.3 337.3 368.8 437.3 496.8 3.8%

Geothermal ........................................................ 15.9 16.7 21.5 32.6 42.3 51.4 55.5 4.9%
Municipal waste ................................................. 21.7 23.5 25.0 24.9 24.9 25.8 26.0 0.4%
Wood and other biomass ................................... 41.2 32.1 35.3 39.7 42.2 41.2 45.2 1.4%
Solar5 ................................................................. 29.3 37.6 92.5 170.1 226.8 363.6 477.1 10.7%
Wind .................................................................. 182.1 189.6 367.6 453.2 456.7 459.9 472.8 3.7%
Total generation, all sectors ........................ 553.7 546.4 836.0 1,015.5 1,088.4 1,238.1 1,374.1 3.8%
1
2
Includes both hydrothermal resources (hot water and steam) and near-field enhanced geothermal systems (EGS). Near-field EGS potential occurs on known
hydrothermal sites, however this potential requires the addition of external fluids for electricity generation and is only available after 2025.
3
Includes municipal waste, landfill gas, and municipal sewage sludge. Incremental growth is assumed to be for landfill gas facilities. All municipal waste is
included, although a portion of the municipal waste stream contains petroleum-derived plastics and other non-renewable sources.
4
Facilities co-firing biomass and coal are classified as coal.
5
Does not include off-grid photovoltaics (PV). Based on annual PV shipments from 1989 through 2015, EIA estimates that as much as 274 megawatts of remote
electricity generation PV applications (i.e., off-grid power systems) were in service in 2015, plus an additional 573 megawatts in communications, transportation, and
assorted other non-grid-connected, specialized applications. See U.S. Energy Information Administration, Annual Energy Review 2011, DOE/EIA-0384(2011)
(Washington, DC, September 2012), Table 10.9 (annual PV shipments, 1989-2010), and Table 12 (U.S. photovoltaic module shipments by end use, sector, and
type) in U.S. Energy Information Administration, Solar Photovoltaic Cell/Module Shipments Report, 2011 (Washington, DC, September 2012) and U.S. Energy
Information Administration, Solar Photovoltaic Cell/Module Shipments Report, 2012 (Washington, DC, December 2013). The approach used to develop the estimate,
based on shipment data, provides an upper estimate of the size of the PV stock, including both grid-based and off-grid PV. It will overestimate the size of the stock,
because shipments include a substantial number of units that are exported, and each year some of the PV units installed earlier will be retired from service or
abandoned.
6
Includes biogenic municipal waste, landfill gas, and municipal sewage sludge. Incremental growth is assumed to be for landfill gas facilities. Only biogenic
municipal waste is included. The U.S. Energy Information Administration estimates that in 2015 approximately 7 billion kilowatthours of electricity were generated
from a municipal waste stream containing petroleum-derived plastics and other non-renewable sources. See U.S. Energy Information Administration, Methodology
for Allocating Municipal Solid Waste to Biogenic and Non-Biogenic Energy (Washington, DC, May 2007).
7
Includes combined heat and power plants and electricity-only plants in the commercial and industrial sectors that have a non-regulatory status; and small on-site
generating systems in the residential, commercial, and industrial sectors used primarily for own-use generation, but which may also sell some power to the grid.
8
Includes municipal waste, landfill gas, and municipal sewage sludge. All municipal waste is included, although a portion of the municipal waste stream contains
petroleum-derived plastics and other non-renewable sources.
Sources: 2014 capacity: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), Form EIA-860, "Annual Electric Generator Report" (preliminary). 2014 generation: EIA,
Monthly Energy Review, February 2016. 2015: EIA, Short-Term Energy Outlook, February 2016 and EIA, AEO2016 National Energy Modeling System run
ref2016.d032416a. Projections: EIA, AEO2016 National Energy Modeling System run ref2016.d032416a.

Table A17. Renewable energy consumption by sector and source
Renewable Btuenergy consumption by sector and source
per year)
(quadrillion Btu per year)
growth
Sector and source
2015-2040
2014 2015 2020 2025 2030 2035 2040 (percent)
Marketed renewable energy1
Residential (wood) .............................................. 0.59 0.44 0.42 0.41 0.39 0.38 0.37 -0.7%
Commercial (biomass) ....................................... 0.14 0.14 0.14 0.14 0.14 0.14 0.14 0.0%
Industrial2 ............................................................ 2.26 2.26 2.30 2.39 2.47 2.52 2.63 0.6%
Municipal waste3 ................................................ 0.19 0.20 0.22 0.23 0.23 0.24 0.26 1.1%
Biomass ............................................................. 1.32 1.29 1.25 1.35 1.43 1.46 1.53 0.7%
Biofuels heat and coproducts ............................ 0.75 0.78 0.83 0.80 0.81 0.81 0.84 0.3%
Transportation .................................................... 1.30 1.38 1.53 1.48 1.47 1.50 1.59 0.6%
Ethanol used in E854 ......................................... 0.02 0.03 0.03 0.08 0.14 0.18 0.18 7.3%
Ethanol used in gasoline blending ..................... 1.09 1.12 1.12 1.01 0.94 0.93 1.01 -0.4%
Biodiesel used in distillate blending ................... 0.19 0.22 0.30 0.19 0.19 0.19 0.19 -0.5%
Biobutanol .......................................................... 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 --
Liquids from biomass ......................................... 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.01 --
Renewable diesel and gasoline5 ........................ 0.00 0.00 0.08 0.19 0.19 0.19 0.19 17.9%
Electric power6 .................................................... 5.01 4.86 7.37 8.91 9.41 10.60 11.67 3.6%
Geothermal ........................................................ 0.15 0.16 0.21 0.31 0.41 0.49 0.53 4.9%
Biogenic municipal waste7 ................................. 0.24 0.25 0.28 0.28 0.28 0.29 0.29 0.6%
Biomass ............................................................. 0.23 0.10 0.15 0.21 0.24 0.22 0.27 3.9%
Dedicated plants ............................................. 0.15 0.06 0.09 0.13 0.15 0.14 0.18 4.7%
Cofiring ........................................................... 0.08 0.05 0.06 0.08 0.09 0.08 0.09 2.7%
Solar thermal ..................................................... 0.02 0.03 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.05 1.5%
Solar photovoltaic .............................................. 0.14 0.18 0.46 1.03 1.37 2.44 3.29 12.3%
Wind .................................................................. 1.73 1.79 3.43 4.24 4.27 4.30 4.41 3.7%
Total marketed renewable energy ........................ 9.31 9.08 11.76 13.32 13.88 15.13 16.40 2.4%
Sources of ethanol
from corn and other starch .................................... 1.18 1.21 1.16 1.12 1.12 1.13 1.17 -0.1%
from cellulose........................................................ 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 6.4%
Net imports ........................................................... -0.07 -0.06 -0.01 -0.04 -0.04 -0.03 0.02 --
Total .................................................................. 1.11 1.15 1.15 1.09 1.09 1.11 1.20 0.2%

Appendix A
Table A17. Renewable energy consumption by sector and source (continued)
Renewable Btuenergy consumption by sector and source (continued)
per year)
(quadrillion Btu per year)
growth
Sector and source
2015-2040
2014 2015 2020 2025 2030 2035 2040 (percent)
Nonmarketed renewable energy8

Selected consumption
Residential .......................................................... 0.08 0.11 0.35 0.50 0.63 0.78 0.94 8.8%
Solar hot water heating ...................................... 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 3.4%
Geothermal heat pumps .................................... 0.01 0.01 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 2.8%
Wind .................................................................. 0.01 0.02 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.03 2.0%
Commercial ........................................................ 0.15 0.16 0.18 0.22 0.29 0.38 0.47 4.4%
Solar thermal ..................................................... 0.08 0.09 0.09 0.10 0.10 0.11 0.11 1.0%
Wind .................................................................. 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.01 9.0%
1
Includes nonelectric renewable energy groups for which the energy source is bought and sold in the marketplace, although all transactions may not necessarily
be marketed, and marketed renewable energy inputs for electricity entering the marketplace on the electric power grid. Excludes electricity imports; see Table A2.
Actual heat rates used to determine fuel consumption for all renewable fuels except hydroelectric, geothermal, solar, and wind. Consumption at hydroelectric, solar,
and wind facilities is determined by using the fossil fuel equivalent of 9,541 Btu per kilowatthour.
2
3
Includes municipal waste, landfill gas, and municipal sewage sludge. All municipal waste is included, although a portion of the municipal waste stream contains
petroleum-derived plastics and other non-renewable sources.
4
Excludes motor gasoline component of E85.
5
Renewable feedstocks for the on-site production of diesel and gasoline.
6
7
Includes biogenic municipal waste, landfill gas, and municipal sewage sludge. Incremental growth is assumed to be for landfill gas facilities. Only biogenic
municipal waste is included. The U.S. Energy Information Administration estimates that in 2015 approximately 0.3 quadrillion Btus were consumed from a municipal
waste stream containing petroleum-derived plastics and other non-renewable sources. See U.S. Energy Information Administration, Methodology for Allocating
Municipal Solid Waste to Biogenic and Non-Biogenic Energy (Washington, DC, May 2007).
8
Includes selected renewable energy consumption data for which the energy is not bought or sold, either directly or indirectly as an input to marketed energy. The
U.S. Energy Information Administration does not estimate or project total consumption of nonmarketed renewable energy.
Sources: 2014 ethanol: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), Monthly Energy Review, February 2016. 2014 electric power sector: EIA, Form EIA-860,
"Annual Electric Generator Report” (preliminary). Other 2014 values: EIA, Office of Energy Analysis. 2015: EIA, Short-Term Energy Outlook, February 2016 and
EIA, AEO2016 National Energy Modeling System run ref2016.d032416a. Projections: EIA, AEO2016 National Energy Modeling System run ref2016.d032416a.

Table A18. Energy-related carbon dioxide emissions by sector and source
Table A18. (million
Energy-related carbon
metric tons, unlessdioxide emissions
otherwise noted) by sector and source
(million metric tons, unless otherwise noted)
growth
Sector and source
2015-2040
2014 2015 2020 2025 2030 2035 2040 (percent)
Residential
Petroleum ............................................................. 69 64 59 53 49 45 41 -1.7%
Natural gas ........................................................... 278 253 258 256 255 253 251 0.0%
Electricity1 ............................................................. 765 711 664 586 538 531 529 -1.2%
Total residential ............................................... 1,112 1,028 981 895 841 829 821 -0.9%
Commercial
Petroleum ............................................................. 39 47 50 49 49 48 47 0.0%
Natural gas ........................................................... 189 176 183 184 188 194 202 0.5%
Coal ...................................................................... 5 6 5 5 5 5 5 -0.4%
Electricity1 ............................................................. 735 690 654 599 566 569 572 -0.7%
Total commercial ............................................. 968 918 893 836 807 817 826 -0.4%
Industrial2
Petroleum ............................................................. 341 378 410 431 434 443 458 0.8%
Natural gas3 .......................................................... 476 478 524 560 579 609 636 1.2%
Coal ...................................................................... 138 130 120 128 131 130 131 0.0%
Electricity1 ............................................................. 542 486 504 481 443 436 434 -0.5%
Total industrial ................................................. 1,497 1,472 1,558 1,600 1,587 1,618 1,660 0.5%
Transportation
Petroleum4 ............................................................ 1,777 1,800 1,802 1,720 1,652 1,629 1,628 -0.4%
Natural gas5 .......................................................... 48 51 49 55 62 74 93 2.4%
Electricity1 ............................................................. 4 5 6 10 12 15 16 5.1%
Total transportation ......................................... 1,829 1,855 1,857 1,784 1,726 1,717 1,737 -0.3%
Electric power6
Petroleum ............................................................. 26 20 11 10 8 7 6 -4.4%
Natural gas ........................................................... 444 524 451 509 602 608 653 0.9%
Coal ...................................................................... 1,570 1,340 1,360 1,150 943 930 885 -1.6%
Other7 ................................................................... 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 0.0%
Total electric power ......................................... 2,046 1,891 1,829 1,675 1,559 1,551 1,551 -0.8%
Total by fuel
Petroleum4 ............................................................ 2,252 2,309 2,332 2,262 2,191 2,171 2,181 -0.2%
Natural gas ........................................................... 1,434 1,482 1,466 1,563 1,685 1,737 1,835 0.9%
Coal ...................................................................... 1,713 1,476 1,485 1,283 1,079 1,065 1,021 -1.5%
Other7 ................................................................... 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 0.0%
Total .................................................................. 5,406 5,273 5,289 5,115 4,961 4,980 5,044 -0.2%
Carbon dioxide emissions

(tons per person) .................................................. 16.9 16.4 15.8 14.7 13.8 13.4 13.3 -0.8%
1
Emissions from the electric power sector are distributed to the end-use sectors.
2
3
Includes lease and plant fuel.
4
This includes carbon dioxide from international bunker fuels, both civilian and military, which are excluded from the accounting of carbon dioxide emissions under
the United Nations convention. From 1990 through 2015, international bunker fuels accounted for 90 to 126 million metric tons annually.
5
Includes pipeline fuel natural gas and natural gas used as fuel in motor vehicles, trains, and ships.
6
7
Includes emissions from geothermal power and nonbiogenic emissions from municipal waste.
Note: By convention, the direct emissions from biogenic energy sources are excluded from energy-related carbon dioxide emissions. The release of carbon from
these sources is assumed to be balanced by the uptake of carbon when the feedstock is grown, resulting in zero net emissions over some period of time. If, however,
increased use of biomass energy results in a decline in terrestrial carbon stocks, a net positive release of carbon may occur. See Table A19, "Energy-Related
Carbon Dioxide Emissions by End Use", for the emissions from biogenic energy sources as an indication of the potential net release of carbon dioxide in the absence
of offsetting sequestration. Totals may not equal sum of components due to independent rounding. Data for 2014 are model results and may differ from official EIA
data reports.
Sources: 2014 emissions and emission factors: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), Monthly Energy Review, February 2016. 2015: EIA, Short-Term

Appendix A
Table A19. Energy-related carbon dioxide emissions by end use
Table A19. (million
Energy-related carbon dioxide emissions by end use
metric tons)
growth
Sector and end use
2015-2040
2014 2015 2020 2025 2030 2035 2040 (percent)
Residential
Space heating ....................................................... 314 262 263 248 237 230 223 -0.6%
Space cooling ....................................................... 104 120 104 94 89 90 92 -1.1%
Water heating ....................................................... 143 139 136 129 124 121 118 -0.6%
Refrigeration ......................................................... 57 53 47 41 37 36 36 -1.5%
Cooking ................................................................ 30 29 29 28 27 28 28 -0.1%
Clothes dryers....................................................... 35 33 33 30 29 29 29 -0.5%
Freezers ............................................................... 12 11 10 8 7 7 6 -2.2%
Lighting ................................................................. 81 74 60 45 33 26 24 -4.4%
Clothes washers1 .................................................. 4 4 3 2 2 2 2 -3.4%
Dishwashers1 ........................................................ 15 14 13 12 12 13 13 -0.3%
Televisions and related equipment2 ...................... 48 42 36 31 29 31 32 -1.1%
Computers and related equipment3 ...................... 18 17 13 10 8 7 5 -4.4%
Furnace fans and boiler circulation pumps ........... 23 17 17 14 12 11 10 -2.0%
Other uses4 ........................................................... 230 213 216 201 194 198 202 -0.2%
Discrepancy5......................................................... -3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.9%
Total residential ............................................... 1,112 1,028 981 895 841 829 821 -0.9%
Commercial
Space heating6 ..................................................... 139 125 124 117 112 109 107 -0.6%
Space cooling6 ...................................................... 78 85 75 67 61 60 60 -1.4%
Water heating6 ...................................................... 44 44 43 42 43 44 45 0.1%
Ventilation ............................................................. 82 77 76 69 63 62 62 -0.9%
Cooking ................................................................ 14 14 15 15 15 16 16 0.5%
Lighting ................................................................. 141 131 121 103 90 81 75 -2.2%
Refrigeration ......................................................... 58 54 46 38 33 32 32 -2.1%
Office equipment (PC) .......................................... 14 12 9 6 4 3 2 -6.3%
Office equipment (non-PC) ................................... 34 33 33 32 34 37 39 0.7%
Other uses7 ........................................................... 362 343 352 349 352 372 389 0.5%
Total commercial ............................................. 968 918 893 836 807 817 826 -0.4%
Industrial8
Manufacturing
Refining ............................................................. 261 257 247 238 233 235 241 -0.3%
Food products .................................................... 99 94 97 96 97 100 104 0.4%
Paper products .................................................. 79 72 65 65 64 61 60 -0.7%
Bulk chemicals ................................................... 249 238 300 326 325 338 351 1.6%
Glass ................................................................. 15 16 17 17 17 17 17 0.1%
Cement and lime................................................ 24 24 30 32 32 34 38 1.8%
Iron and steel ..................................................... 115 108 94 106 105 104 107 0.0%
Aluminum ........................................................... 42 40 44 42 40 38 35 -0.5%
Fabricated metal products ................................. 33 33 31 29 27 28 29 -0.5%
Machinery .......................................................... 19 19 19 21 20 21 22 0.6%
Computers and electronics ................................ 19 18 18 17 17 18 19 0.3%
Transportation equipment .................................. 40 40 38 36 34 35 36 -0.4%
Electrical equipment .......................................... 9 9 10 11 11 11 11 1.0%
Wood products................................................... 14 13 15 15 14 14 15 0.5%
Plastics .............................................................. 34 33 34 33 31 32 32 0.0%
Balance of manufacturing .................................. 137 131 127 122 117 116 116 -0.5%
Total manufacturing ........................................ 1,190 1,144 1,186 1,205 1,186 1,202 1,233 0.3%
Nonmanufacturing
Agriculture ......................................................... 86 85 82 79 76 74 72 -0.7%
Construction....................................................... 69 64 83 83 81 82 82 1.0%
Mining ................................................................ 123 111 115 115 114 117 120 0.3%
Total nonmanufacturing .................................. 277 261 281 277 271 272 274 0.2%
Discrepancy5......................................................... 29 67 92 117 130 144 153 3.3%
Total industrial ................................................. 1,497 1,472 1,558 1,600 1,587 1,618 1,660 0.5%

Table A19. Energy-related carbon dioxide emissions by end use (continued)
Table A19. (million
Energy-related carbon dioxide emissions by end use (continued)
metric tons)
growth
Sector and end use
2015-2040
2014 2015 2020 2025 2030 2035 2040 (percent)
Transportation
Light-duty vehicles ................................................ 1,043 1,050 1,040 929 837 785 759 -1.3%
Commercial light trucks9 ....................................... 54 54 55 53 51 51 52 -0.2%
Bus transportation................................................. 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 0.1%
Freight trucks ........................................................ 379 389 396 410 424 448 477 0.8%
Rail, passenger ..................................................... 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 0.0%
Rail, freight ........................................................... 34 34 34 36 35 33 33 -0.2%
Shipping, domestic ............................................... 8 7 6 6 5 5 5 -1.5%
Shipping, international .......................................... 49 55 48 50 52 54 56 0.1%
Recreational boats ................................................ 16 17 18 19 19 20 20 0.7%
Air ......................................................................... 166 168 178 189 200 207 212 0.9%
Military use ........................................................... 46 46 46 46 49 52 56 0.8%
Lubricants ............................................................. 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 0.2%
Pipeline fuel .......................................................... 46 47 44 47 50 53 57 0.7%
Discrepancy5......................................................... -40 -40 -37 -30 -24 -20 -17 -3.4%
Total transportation ......................................... 1,829 1,855 1,857 1,784 1,726 1,717 1,737 -0.3%
Biogenic energy combustion10

Biomass ................................................................ 214 185 184 198 206 205 216 0.6%
Electric power sector ......................................... 21 10 14 19 22 20 25 3.9%
Other sectors ..................................................... 193 175 169 178 184 185 191 0.3%
Biogenic waste...................................................... 22 23 25 25 25 26 27 0.6%
Biofuels heat and coproducts ............................... 70 73 77 75 76 76 79 0.3%
Ethanol ................................................................. 76 79 79 75 74 76 82 0.2%
Biodiesel ............................................................... 14 16 22 14 14 14 14 -0.5%
Liquids from biomass ............................................ 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 --
Renewable diesel and gasoline ............................ 0 0 6 14 14 14 14 17.9%
Total .................................................................. 396 376 393 401 409 413 432 0.6%
1
Does not include water heating portion of load.
2
Includes televisions, set-top boxes, home theater systems, DVD players, and video game consoles.
3
Includes desktop and laptop computers, monitors, and networking equipment.
4
Includes small electric devices, heating elements, outdoor grills, exterior lights, pool heaters, spa heaters, backup electricity generators, and motors not listed
above. Electric vehicles are included in the transportation sector.
5
Represents differences between total emissions by end-use and total emissions by fuel as reported in Table A18. Emissions by fuel may reflect benchmarking
and other modeling adjustments to energy use and the associated emissions that are not assigned to specific end uses.
6
Includes emissions related to fuel consumption for district services.
7
Includes emissions related to (but not limited to) miscellaneous uses such as transformers, medical imaging and other medical equipment, elevators, escalators,
off-road electric vehicles, laboratory fume hoods, laundry equipment, coffee brewers, water services, emergency generators, combined heat and power in commercial
buildings, manufacturing performed in commercial buildings, and cooking (distillate), plus residual fuel oil, propane, coal, motor gasoline, kerosene, and marketed
renewable fuels (biomass).
8
9
10
By convention, the direct emissions from biogenic energy sources are excluded from energy-related carbon dioxide emissions. The release of carbon from
these sources is assumed to be balanced by the uptake of carbon when the feedstock is grown, resulting in zero net emissions over some period of time. If, however,
increased use of biomass energy results in a decline in terrestrial carbon stocks, a net positive release of carbon may occur. Accordingly, the emissions from
biogenic energy sources are reported here as an indication of the potential net release of carbon dioxide in the absence of offsetting sequestration.
Sources: 2014 emissions and emission factors: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), Monthly Energy Review, February 2016. 2015: EIA, Short-Term

Appendix A
Table A20. Macroeconomic indicators
Table A20. (billion
Macroeconomic indicatorsdollars, unless otherwise noted)
2009 chain-weighted
(billion 2009 chain-weighted dollars, unless otherwise noted)
growth
Indicators
2015-2040
2014 2015 2020 2025 2030 2035 2040 (percent)
Real gross domestic product ................................ 15,962 16,349 18,555 20,765 23,113 25,598 28,397 2.2%
Components of real gross domestic product
Real consumption .................................................. 10,876 11,221 12,861 14,348 16,092 17,881 19,870 2.3%
Real investment ..................................................... 2,718 2,842 3,513 4,068 4,520 5,051 5,661 2.8%
Real government spending .................................... 2,838 2,860 2,967 3,056 3,222 3,396 3,602 0.9%
Real exports .......................................................... 2,086 2,119 2,615 3,374 4,178 5,105 6,113 4.3%
Real imports .......................................................... 2,529 2,662 3,374 4,032 4,824 5,721 6,683 3.8%
Energy intensity
(thousand Btu per 2009 dollar of GDP)
Delivered energy.................................................... 4.52 4.38 4.03 3.65 3.29 3.04 2.83 -1.7%
Total energy ........................................................... 6.15 5.92 5.42 4.89 4.39 4.06 3.77 -1.8%
Price indices
GDP chain-type price index (2009=1.000) ............. 1.09 1.10 1.21 1.34 1.49 1.66 1.85 2.1%
Consumer price index (1982-4=1.00)
All-urban ............................................................. 2.37 2.37 2.65 2.99 3.35 3.78 4.27 2.4%
Energy commodities and services ...................... 2.43 2.02 2.41 2.87 3.34 3.92 4.61 3.4%
Wholesale price index (1982=1.00)
All commodities................................................... 2.05 1.91 2.14 2.37 2.59 2.87 3.16 2.0%
Fuel and power ................................................... 2.10 1.60 2.10 2.53 2.91 3.39 3.92 3.7%
Metals and metal products .................................. 2.15 2.01 2.15 2.35 2.55 2.80 3.06 1.7%
Industrial commodities excluding energy ............ 1.98 1.94 2.13 2.33 2.53 2.76 3.01 1.8%
Interest rates (percent, nominal)

Federal funds rate.................................................. 0.09 0.13 3.32 3.22 3.24 3.23 3.08 --
10-year treasury note............................................. 2.54 2.14 3.83 3.66 3.77 3.82 3.72 --
AA utility bond rate................................................. 4.19 4.01 5.87 5.41 5.73 5.85 5.71 --

Non-industrial and service sectors ......................... 23,338 24,085 26,750 29,265 32,042 34,833 37,701 1.8%
Total industrial ....................................................... 7,165 7,229 8,351 9,146 9,776 10,562 11,483 1.9%
Agriculture, mining, and construction .................. 1,957 1,931 2,493 2,620 2,710 2,828 2,955 1.7%
Manufacturing ..................................................... 5,208 5,299 5,858 6,527 7,066 7,734 8,528 1.9%
Energy-intensive .............................................. 1,718 1,704 1,892 2,046 2,147 2,267 2,417 1.4%
Non-energy-intensive ....................................... 3,490 3,594 3,967 4,481 4,920 5,467 6,111 2.1%
Total shipments ...................................................... 30,504 31,314 35,101 38,411 41,818 45,396 49,184 1.8%
Population and employment (millions)

Population, with armed forces overseas ................ 319 322 335 348 360 371 381 0.7%
Population, aged 16 and over ................................ 254 257 269 281 292 302 311 0.8%
Population, aged 65 and over ................................ 46 48 57 66 74 79 82 2.2%
Employment, nonfarm............................................ 138 142 150 156 161 165 170 0.7%
Employment, manufacturing .................................. 12.2 12.5 13.1 13.4 13.0 12.6 12.3 -0.1%
Key labor indicators

Labor force (millions) ............................................. 156 157 167 171 177 183 188 0.7%
Nonfarm labor productivity (2009=1.00)................. 1.05 1.06 1.15 1.25 1.37 1.50 1.63 1.7%
Unemployment rate (percent) ................................ 6.15 5.31 4.72 4.90 4.78 4.76 4.78 --
Key indicators for energy demand

Real disposable personal income .......................... 11,836 12,225 14,197 15,888 17,826 19,689 21,789 2.3%
Housing starts (millions) ........................................ 1.06 1.18 1.74 1.71 1.66 1.66 1.65 1.3%
Commercial floorspace (billion square feet) ........... 83.1 83.8 88.7 94.0 99.3 104.6 109.8 1.1%
Unit sales of light-duty vehicles (millions) .............. 16.4 17.4 17.1 17.3 17.7 18.2 19.0 0.4%
GDP = Gross domestic product.

Sources: 2014 and 2015: IHS Economics, Industry and Employment models, November 2015. Projections: U.S. Energy Information Administration, AEO2016
National Energy Modeling System run ref2016.d032416a.

Table A21. International petroleum and other liquids supply, disposition, and prices
Table A21. (million
International petroleum
barrels per andotherwise
day, unless other liquids supply, disposition, and prices
noted)
growth
2015-2040
2014 2015 2020 2025 2030 2035 2040 (percent)
Crude oil spot prices

Brent ..................................................................... 100 52 77 92 104 120 136 3.9%
West Texas Intermediate ...................................... 94 49 71 85 97 112 129 4.0%
(nominal dollars per barrel)
Brent ..................................................................... 99 52 85 112 141 181 229 6.1%
West Texas Intermediate ...................................... 93 49 79 105 131 170 217 6.2%
Petroleum and other liquids consumption1

OECD
United States (50 states) ................................... 19.16 19.42 20.11 19.90 19.54 19.69 20.14 0.1%
United States territories ..................................... 0.30 0.30 0.31 0.32 0.34 0.36 0.38 1.0%
Canada .............................................................. 2.41 2.39 2.39 2.38 2.39 2.44 2.51 0.2%
Mexico and Chile ............................................... 2.29 2.30 2.38 2.36 2.50 2.67 2.87 0.9%
OECD Europe2 .................................................. 13.66 13.83 13.70 13.57 13.65 13.79 13.98 0.0%
Japan ................................................................. 4.30 4.14 3.91 3.75 3.66 3.56 3.40 -0.8%
South Korea ....................................................... 2.35 2.38 2.41 2.42 2.44 2.48 2.55 0.3%
Australia and New Zealand ................................ 1.24 1.28 1.35 1.39 1.41 1.45 1.53 0.7%
Total OECD consumption ............................ 45.71 46.03 46.56 46.08 45.93 46.44 47.35 0.1%
Non-OECD
Russia ................................................................ 3.56 3.35 3.65 3.79 3.75 3.73 3.59 0.3%
Other Europe and Eurasia3 ................................ 2.04 2.07 2.18 2.34 2.43 2.48 2.53 0.8%
China ................................................................. 10.85 11.18 12.71 13.81 14.81 15.65 16.36 1.5%
India ................................................................... 3.78 3.97 4.54 5.19 5.94 6.97 8.26 3.0%
Other Asia4 ........................................................ 8.04 8.15 9.40 10.35 11.42 12.73 14.29 2.3%
Middle East ........................................................ 8.13 8.29 9.96 10.42 11.28 12.31 13.23 1.9%
Africa ................................................................. 3.71 3.86 4.54 5.06 5.50 6.08 6.93 2.4%
Brazil.................................................................. 3.15 3.15 3.41 3.74 4.06 4.39 4.71 1.6%
Other Central and South America ...................... 3.83 3.85 4.11 4.28 4.41 4.60 4.89 1.0%
Total non-OECD consumption..................... 47.08 47.87 54.49 58.99 63.60 68.93 74.79 1.8%
Total consumption................................................. 92.79 93.90 101.05 105.06 109.52 115.37 122.14 1.1%
Petroleum and other liquids production

OPEC5
Middle East ..................................................... 26.66 27.76 30.87 32.33 34.29 36.87 39.38 1.4%
North Africa ..................................................... 2.24 2.13 1.99 2.12 2.32 2.58 2.94 1.3%
West Africa ..................................................... 4.18 4.21 4.35 4.41 4.58 4.72 5.07 0.8%
South America ................................................ 3.24 3.24 2.96 3.10 3.33 3.60 3.88 0.7%
Total OPEC production ............................. 36.33 37.33 40.17 41.96 44.52 47.75 51.28 1.3%
Non-OPEC
OECD
United States (50 states) ................................ 14.01 14.95 16.33 16.52 17.26 17.93 18.62 0.9%
Canada ........................................................... 4.39 4.54 5.43 5.39 5.55 5.73 6.01 1.1%
Mexico and Chile ............................................ 2.84 2.64 2.46 2.56 2.58 2.83 3.24 0.8%
OECD Europe2 ............................................... 3.66 3.79 3.44 3.32 3.10 2.92 2.78 -1.2%
Japan and South Korea .................................. 0.22 0.22 0.20 0.21 0.21 0.22 0.22 0.0%
Australia and New Zealand ............................. 0.52 0.51 0.66 0.63 0.61 0.69 0.76 1.7%
Total OECD production ............................. 25.63 26.65 28.51 28.63 29.31 30.32 31.63 0.7%
Non-OECD
Russia ............................................................. 10.85 10.95 10.62 10.99 11.22 11.51 12.21 0.4%
Other Europe and Eurasia3 ............................. 3.21 3.23 3.69 4.34 4.63 4.68 4.50 1.3%
China .............................................................. 4.60 4.69 4.90 5.23 5.44 5.91 6.24 1.1%
Other Asia4 ..................................................... 3.94 4.03 3.92 3.75 3.65 3.61 3.62 -0.4%
Middle East ..................................................... 1.17 1.14 1.02 0.91 0.83 0.76 0.69 -2.0%
Africa .............................................................. 2.33 2.33 2.48 2.58 2.73 2.79 2.83 0.8%
Brazil ............................................................... 2.97 3.15 3.59 4.59 5.00 5.46 6.15 2.7%
Other Central and South America ................... 2.18 2.18 2.15 2.10 2.19 2.58 2.99 1.3%
Total non-OECD production ..................... 31.25 31.70 32.37 34.48 35.69 37.30 39.23 0.9%
Total petroleum and other liquids production .... 93.21 95.68 101.05 105.06 109.52 115.37 122.14 1.0%
OPEC market share (percent) ................................. 39.0 39.0 39.8 39.9 40.7 41.4 42.0 --

Appendix A
Table A21. International petroleum and other liquids supply, disposition, and prices (continued)
Table A21. (million
barrels per andotherwise
day, unless other liquids supply, disposition, and prices (continued)
noted)
growth
2015-2040
2014 2015 2020 2025 2030 2035 2040 (percent)
Selected world production subtotals:

Crude oil and equivalents6 .................................... 77.98 80.13 82.77 85.71 89.12 93.95 99.74 0.9%
Tight oil .............................................................. 4.69 5.34 5.44 5.85 6.96 8.50 10.35 2.7%
Bitumen7 ............................................................ 2.25 2.32 3.08 3.12 3.18 3.24 3.31 1.4%
Refinery processing gain8 ..................................... 2.50 2.45 2.53 2.62 2.73 2.84 2.94 0.7%
Natural gas plant liquids ....................................... 10.07 10.37 12.32 12.88 13.24 13.58 13.88 1.2%
Liquids from renewable sources9 .......................... 2.26 2.32 2.54 2.88 3.31 3.71 4.11 2.3%
Liquids from coal10 ................................................ 0.20 0.25 0.27 0.16 0.26 0.36 0.50 2.8%
Liquids from natural gas11 ..................................... 0.27 0.29 0.32 0.52 0.57 0.62 0.65 3.3%
Liquids from kerogen12.......................................... 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.7%
Crude oil production6

OPEC5
Middle East ..................................................... 23.32 24.38 27.07 28.31 30.10 32.42 34.74 1.4%
North Africa ..................................................... 1.89 1.78 1.61 1.71 1.82 1.97 2.20 0.9%
West Africa ..................................................... 4.16 4.19 4.28 4.34 4.51 4.64 4.99 0.7%
South America ................................................ 3.06 3.05 2.75 2.85 3.09 3.35 3.64 0.7%
Total OPEC production ............................. 32.43 33.40 35.72 37.22 39.52 42.38 45.57 1.3%
Non-OPEC
OECD
United States (50 states) ................................ 8.71 9.42 9.38 9.43 10.06 10.66 11.26 0.7%
Canada ........................................................... 3.61 3.72 4.57 4.42 4.53 4.69 4.96 1.2%
Mexico and Chile ............................................ 2.48 2.31 2.16 2.27 2.29 2.55 2.96 1.0%
OECD Europe2 ............................................... 2.82 2.95 2.31 2.15 1.88 1.65 1.47 -2.7%
Japan and South Korea .................................. 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 -1.2%
Australia and New Zealand ............................. 0.39 0.39 0.53 0.51 0.49 0.56 0.64 1.9%
Total OECD production ............................. 18.01 18.81 18.96 18.78 19.24 20.12 21.29 0.5%
Non-OECD
Russia ............................................................. 10.11 10.17 9.84 10.23 10.49 10.81 11.53 0.5%
Other Europe and Eurasia3 ............................. 2.99 3.00 3.43 4.07 4.36 4.40 4.23 1.4%
China .............................................................. 4.20 4.28 4.34 4.46 4.40 4.63 4.67 0.3%
Other Asia4 ..................................................... 3.10 3.18 2.98 2.73 2.52 2.38 2.25 -1.4%
Middle East ..................................................... 1.14 1.11 1.00 0.89 0.81 0.74 0.67 -2.0%
Africa .............................................................. 1.94 1.94 2.01 2.10 2.25 2.30 2.34 0.8%
Brazil ............................................................... 2.25 2.43 2.77 3.58 3.78 4.07 4.67 2.7%
Other Central and South America ................... 1.80 1.81 1.72 1.65 1.75 2.12 2.52 1.3%
Total non-OECD production ..................... 27.54 27.92 28.09 29.72 30.36 31.45 32.87 0.7%
Total crude oil production6 ................................... 77.98 80.13 82.77 85.71 89.12 93.95 99.74 0.9%
OPEC market share (percent) ................................. 41.6 41.7 43.2 43.4 44.3 45.1 45.7 --
1
Estimated consumption. Includes both OPEC and non-OPEC consumers in the regional breakdown.
2
OECD Europe = Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Luxembourg,
the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, and the United Kingdom.
3
Other Europe and Eurasia = Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan,
Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan.
4
Other Asia = Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia (Kampuchea), Fiji, French Polynesia, Guam, Hong Kong, India (for production), Indonesia,
Kiribati, Laos, Malaysia, Macau, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar (Burma), Nauru, Nepal, New Caledonia, Niue, North Korea, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Philippines,
Samoa, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Tonga, Vanuatu, and Vietnam.
5
OPEC = Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries = Algeria, Angola, Ecuador, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Libya, Nigeria, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab
Emirates, and Venezuela.
6
Includes crude oil, lease condensate, tight oil (shale oil), extra-heavy oil, and bitumen (oil sands).
7
Includes diluted and upgraded/synthetic bitumen (syncrude).
8
The volumetric amount by which total output is greater than input due to the processing of crude oil into products which, in total, have a lower specific gravity
than the crude oil processed.
9
Includes liquids produced from energy crops.
10
Includes liquids converted from coal via the Fischer-Tropsch coal-to-liquids process.
11
Includes liquids converted from natural gas via the Fischer-Tropsch gas-to-liquids process.
12
Includes liquids produced from kerogen (oil shale, not to be confused with tight oil (shale oil)).
OECD = Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.
Sources: 2014 Brent and West Texas Intermediate crude oil spot prices: Thomson Reuters. 2015: EIA, Short-Term Energy Outlook, February 2016 and EIA,
AEO2016 National Energy Modeling System run ref2016.d032416a. Projections: EIA, AEO2016 National Energy Modeling System run ref2016.d032416a and
EIA, Generate World Oil Balance application.

Appendix B
Economic growth case comparisons
Table B1. Total energy supply, disposition, and price summary
Table B1. Total energy supply, disposition, and price summary
(quadrillion BtuBtu
(quadrillion perper
year, unless
year, otherwise
unless noted)
otherwise noted)
Projections
2020 2030 2040
Supply, disposition, and prices 2015
Low High Low High Low High
economic Reference economic economic Reference economic economic Reference economic
growth growth growth growth growth growth
Production
Crude oil and lease condensate .................... 19.7 19.5 19.6 19.6 20.8 21.0 21.2 23.3 23.5 23.8
Natural gas plant liquids ................................ 4.4 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.4 6.5 6.5 6.5 6.7 6.7
Dry natural gas .............................................. 28.0 30.9 31.4 31.7 37.9 38.9 38.8 42.5 43.4 44.0
Coal1 ............................................................. 17.2 16.6 17.5 18.5 13.6 13.3 13.7 13.3 13.1 13.8
Nuclear / uranium2 ........................................ 8.3 8.1 8.1 8.1 8.2 8.2 8.2 8.2 8.2 8.2
Conventional hydroelectric power ................. 2.3 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.9
Biomass3 ....................................................... 4.1 4.2 4.2 4.4 4.3 4.4 4.7 4.1 4.6 5.4
Other renewable energy4 .............................. 2.6 4.9 4.6 4.9 5.6 6.6 9.6 6.4 8.8 13.3
Other5 ............................................................ 0.5 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 1.0 1.1
Total ........................................................ 87.3 93.9 95.4 97.0 100.4 102.7 106.5 107.9 112.2 119.1
Imports
Crude oil........................................................ 16.1 16.0 16.8 17.7 14.0 16.0 18.0 12.5 15.9 18.5
Petroleum and other liquids6 ......................... 3.9 4.5 4.5 4.6 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.1 4.3 4.7
Natural gas7 .................................................. 2.8 2.1 2.1 2.2 1.5 1.6 1.6 1.4 1.4 1.5
Other imports8 ............................................... 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2
Total ........................................................ 23.2 22.7 23.6 24.7 19.8 22.0 24.2 18.1 21.8 24.9
Exports
Natural gas10 ................................................. 1.8 5.0 5.0 5.0 8.1 7.6 7.2 9.7 9.0 8.3
Coal............................................................... 2.0 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.8 2.3 2.3 2.3
Total ........................................................ 12.8 18.5 18.5 18.4 23.4 23.0 22.5 27.1 26.6 25.8
Discrepancy11 ................................................... 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3
Consumption
Petroleum and other liquids12 ........................ 36.5 36.8 37.8 39.0 34.2 36.6 39.0 33.5 37.5 41.1
Natural gas.................................................... 28.3 27.7 28.3 28.6 31.0 32.5 32.8 33.7 35.4 36.8
Coal13 ............................................................ 15.5 14.6 15.6 16.5 11.7 11.3 11.9 10.9 10.7 11.4
Nuclear / uranium2 ........................................ 8.3 8.1 8.1 8.1 8.2 8.2 8.2 8.2 8.2 8.2
Biomass14...................................................... 2.8 2.7 2.8 2.9 2.8 3.0 3.3 2.8 3.1 3.8
Other15 .......................................................... 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
Total ........................................................ 96.7 98.1 100.5 103.3 96.7 101.5 108.0 98.7 107.1 117.9

Brent ......................................................... 52 76 77 77 102 104 106 133 136 139
West Texas Intermediate ......................... 49 70 71 72 96 97 99 125 129 132
Natural gas at Henry Hub
(dollars per million Btu) ................................. 2.62 4.24 4.43 4.58 4.70 5.06 4.96 4.54 4.86 5.04
at the minemouth16 ................................... 33.8 33.9 33.6 33.9 34.1 33.8 34.0 39.7 38.7 40.0
at the minemouth16 ................................... 1.69 1.70 1.68 1.69 1.73 1.71 1.71 1.95 1.91 1.96
Average end-use17 ................................... 2.37 2.42 2.43 2.48 2.58 2.55 2.62 2.70 2.68 2.79
Average electricity (cents per kilowatthour)... 10.3 10.7 10.5 10.5 10.9 10.9 10.8 10.5 10.5 10.5
U.S. Energy Information Administration | Annual Energy Outlook 2016 B-1
1
Appendix B
Table B1. Total energy supply, disposition, and price summary (continued)
Table B1. (quadrillion
Btu per disposition,
year, unless andnoted)
otherwise price summary (continued)
Projections
2020 2030 2040

Brent ......................................................... 52 86 85 84 160 141 140 294 229 230
at the minemouth16 ................................... 33.8 38.5 37.1 37.0 53.4 45.8 45.0 87.4 65.1 66.1
at the minemouth16 ................................... 1.69 1.93 1.86 1.85 2.70 2.31 2.27 4.30 3.21 3.24
Average end-use17 ................................... 2.37 2.75 2.69 2.70 4.04 3.45 3.47 5.95 4.50 4.62
1
2
These values represent the energy obtained from uranium when it is used in light water reactors. The total energy content of uranium is much larger, but alternative
processes are required to take advantage of it.
3
Includes grid-connected electricity from wood and wood waste; biomass, such as corn, used for liquid fuels production; and non-electric energy demand from wood. Refer
to Table A17 for details.
4
Includes grid-connected electricity from landfill gas; biogenic municipal waste; wind; photovoltaic and solar thermal sources; and non-electric energy from renewable
sources, such as active and passive solar systems. Excludes electricity imports using renewable sources and nonmarketed renewable energy. See Table A17 for selected
nonmarketed residential and commercial renewable energy data.
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Estimated consumption. Includes petroleum-derived fuels and non-petroleum derived fuels, such as ethanol and biodiesel, and coal-based synthetic liquids. Petroleum
coke, which is a solid, is included. Also included are hydrocarbon gas liquids and crude oil consumed as a fuel. Refer to Table A17 for detailed renewable liquid fuels
consumption.
13
14
Includes grid-connected electricity from wood and wood waste, non-electric energy from wood, and biofuels heat and coproducts used in the production of liquid fuels, but
excludes the energy content of the liquid fuels.
15
16
Includes reported prices for both open market and captive mines. Prices weighted by production, which differs from average minemouth prices published in EIA data
reports where it is weighted by reported sales.
17
Sources: 2015: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), Short-Term Energy Outlook, February 2016 and EIA, AEO2016 National Energy Modeling System run
ref2016.d032416a. Projections: EIA, AEO2016 National Energy Modeling System runs lowmacro.d032516a, ref2016.d032416a, and highmacro.d032516a.

B-2 U.S. Energy Information Administration | Annual Energy Outlook 2016
Table B2. Energy consumption by sector and source
Table B2.(quadrillion
Energy Btu
consumption by sector
per year, unless and source
otherwise noted)
Projections
2020 2030 2040
Sector and source 2015
Energy consumption
Residential
Propane ..................................................... 0.43 0.42 0.42 0.43 0.37 0.38 0.39 0.32 0.34 0.36
Kerosene ................................................... 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00
Distillate fuel oil .......................................... 0.50 0.43 0.43 0.43 0.34 0.34 0.34 0.27 0.27 0.27
Petroleum and other liquids subtotal....... 0.93 0.86 0.86 0.87 0.71 0.72 0.73 0.59 0.61 0.64
Natural gas ................................................ 4.77 4.80 4.87 4.92 4.57 4.80 5.08 4.30 4.73 5.20
Renewable energy1 .................................... 0.44 0.41 0.42 0.42 0.38 0.39 0.40 0.35 0.37 0.38
Electricity ................................................... 4.78 4.64 4.76 4.85 4.53 4.83 5.21 4.66 5.20 5.90
Delivered energy .................................. 10.92 10.72 10.90 11.05 10.18 10.74 11.42 9.91 10.91 12.12
Electricity related losses ............................ 9.44 9.14 9.37 9.56 8.44 8.77 9.50 8.38 9.15 10.44
Total ...................................................... 20.37 19.85 20.27 20.62 18.62 19.50 20.92 18.28 20.05 22.56
Commercial
Propane ..................................................... 0.17 0.18 0.18 0.18 0.19 0.19 0.20 0.19 0.20 0.21
Motor gasoline2 .......................................... 0.04 0.06 0.06 0.06 0.06 0.06 0.07 0.07 0.07 0.07
Kerosene ................................................... 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01
Residual fuel oil.......................................... 0.07 0.11 0.11 0.11 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10
Natural gas ................................................ 3.32 3.45 3.45 3.45 3.51 3.53 3.60 3.77 3.81 3.87
Coal ........................................................... 0.06 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05
Electricity ................................................... 4.64 4.65 4.69 4.71 4.96 5.09 5.19 5.41 5.62 5.80
Total ...................................................... 17.97 18.14 18.26 18.34 18.58 18.72 19.13 19.74 20.17 20.82
Industrial4
Liquefied petroleum gases and other5 ....... 2.38 3.00 3.10 3.21 3.46 3.66 3.80 3.96 4.22 4.22
Motor gasoline2 .......................................... 0.27 0.27 0.28 0.28 0.26 0.27 0.28 0.26 0.27 0.29
Petrochemical feedstocks .......................... 0.66 0.94 0.96 1.00 1.24 1.31 1.36 1.55 1.66 1.64
Other petroleum6 ........................................ 3.38 3.39 3.59 3.78 3.45 3.82 4.15 3.59 4.15 4.63
Natural gas ................................................ 7.75 8.35 8.55 8.84 8.67 9.13 9.78 9.16 9.89 10.93
Natural-gas-to-liquids heat and power ....... 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Lease and plant fuel7 ................................. 1.63 1.73 1.76 1.77 2.02 2.06 2.06 2.26 2.31 2.33
Natural gas liquefaction for export8 ............ 0.00 0.26 0.26 0.26 0.57 0.53 0.49 0.75 0.69 0.62
Natural gas subtotal ................................ 9.38 10.34 10.57 10.87 11.25 11.72 12.33 12.16 12.89 13.89
Metallurgical coal ....................................... 0.54 0.39 0.41 0.52 0.47 0.47 0.60 0.37 0.40 0.59
Other industrial coal ................................... 0.82 0.79 0.82 0.87 0.81 0.88 1.00 0.82 0.93 1.16
Coal-to-liquids heat and power .................. 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Net coal coke imports ................................ -0.02 -0.03 -0.01 -0.03 -0.02 0.00 -0.01 0.00 0.01 0.02
Coal subtotal ........................................... 1.34 1.16 1.23 1.36 1.26 1.35 1.59 1.19 1.34 1.78
Biofuels heat and coproducts ..................... 0.78 0.81 0.83 0.83 0.81 0.81 0.82 0.74 0.84 0.90
Electricity ................................................... 3.27 3.45 3.61 3.82 3.69 3.98 4.36 3.86 4.26 4.90
Total ...................................................... 30.79 32.95 34.22 35.80 35.19 37.29 40.21 37.17 40.44 44.95

Appendix B
Table B2. Energy consumption by sector and source (continued)
Table B2.(quadrillion
Energy Btu
consumption by sector
per year, unless and source
Projections
2020 2030 2040
Transportation
Propane ..................................................... 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.02 0.02 0.03
Motor gasoline2 .......................................... 17.01 16.52 16.79 17.05 12.65 13.62 14.35 10.57 12.55 13.77
of which: E8510 .................................... 0.05 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.33 0.22 0.19 0.36 0.28 0.30
Jet fuel11..................................................... 2.84 2.92 2.99 3.06 3.18 3.32 3.49 3.40 3.56 3.74
Distillate fuel oil12 ....................................... 6.67 6.66 6.99 7.38 6.93 7.49 8.28 7.21 8.01 9.54
Other petroleum13 ...................................... 0.16 0.16 0.16 0.16 0.16 0.16 0.16 0.15 0.16 0.17
Pipeline fuel natural gas............................. 0.89 0.82 0.83 0.84 0.91 0.94 0.95 1.04 1.07 1.10
Compressed / liquefied natural gas............ 0.07 0.08 0.08 0.09 0.16 0.17 0.18 0.57 0.59 0.73
Liquid hydrogen ......................................... 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.04 0.04 0.05 0.05 0.06 0.07
Electricity ................................................... 0.03 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.10 0.11 0.12 0.13 0.15 0.17
Total ...................................................... 28.19 27.68 28.38 29.11 24.74 26.48 28.23 23.80 26.90 30.08
Unspecified sector14 ................................... -0.58 -0.57 -0.58 -0.60 -0.41 -0.46 -0.50 -0.33 -0.42 -0.50
Delivered energy consumption for all

sectors
Motor gasoline2 .......................................... 16.96 16.28 16.55 16.80 12.55 13.49 14.21 10.54 12.47 13.66
of which: E8510 .................................... 0.05 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.33 0.22 0.19 0.36 0.28 0.30
Jet fuel11..................................................... 3.18 3.15 3.22 3.30 3.43 3.58 3.76 3.66 3.83 4.03
Kerosene ................................................... 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01
Other petroleum15 ...................................... 3.54 3.55 3.75 3.94 3.61 3.98 4.32 3.74 4.31 4.80
Natural gas ................................................ 15.90 16.68 16.95 17.29 16.91 17.63 18.64 17.79 19.02 20.73
Pipeline natural gas ................................... 0.00 0.26 0.26 0.26 0.57 0.53 0.49 0.75 0.69 0.62
Other coal .................................................. 0.88 0.84 0.88 0.93 0.86 0.93 1.05 0.88 0.98 1.22
Net coal coke imports ................................ -0.02 -0.03 -0.01 -0.03 -0.02 0.00 -0.01 0.00 0.01 0.02
Coal subtotal ........................................... 1.40 1.21 1.28 1.42 1.32 1.40 1.65 1.24 1.39 1.83
Renewable energy16 .................................. 2.06 1.95 2.03 2.13 2.01 2.19 2.48 2.01 2.29 2.86
Liquid hydrogen ......................................... 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.04 0.04 0.05 0.05 0.06 0.07
Electricity ................................................... 12.72 12.78 13.11 13.42 13.28 14.01 14.88 14.07 15.23 16.77
Total ...................................................... 96.74 98.06 100.55 103.27 96.72 101.54 107.99 98.66 107.15 117.91
Electric power17
Natural gas ................................................ 9.89 8.18 8.50 8.44 10.56 11.34 10.70 11.85 12.31 12.01
Steam coal ................................................. 14.08 13.42 14.34 15.13 10.33 9.92 10.22 9.64 9.36 9.56
Nuclear / uranium18 .................................... 8.34 8.12 8.12 8.12 8.25 8.25 8.25 8.25 8.25 8.25
Non-biogenic municipal waste ................... 0.23 0.23 0.23 0.23 0.23 0.23 0.23 0.23 0.23 0.23
Electricity imports ....................................... 0.19 0.19 0.19 0.20 0.17 0.17 0.17 0.15 0.15 0.15
Total ...................................................... 37.85 37.95 38.90 39.89 38.04 39.42 42.02 39.35 42.04 46.47

Table B2. Energy consumption by sector and source (continued)
Table B2. (quadrillion
Projections
2020 2030 2040

Liquefied petroleum gases and other5 ........ 2.99 3.61 3.71 3.83 4.03 4.24 4.40 4.49 4.79 4.82
Motor gasoline2 .......................................... 16.96 16.28 16.55 16.80 12.55 13.49 14.21 10.54 12.47 13.66
of which: E8510 .................................... 0.05 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.33 0.22 0.19 0.36 0.28 0.30
Jet fuel11 ..................................................... 3.18 3.15 3.22 3.30 3.43 3.58 3.76 3.66 3.83 4.03
Kerosene .................................................... 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01
Residual fuel oil .......................................... 0.73 0.57 0.58 0.59 0.59 0.62 0.64 0.59 0.64 0.68
Other petroleum15 ....................................... 3.54 3.55 3.75 3.94 3.61 3.98 4.32 3.74 4.31 4.80
Petroleum and other liquids subtotal ....... 36.49 36.77 37.85 38.99 34.21 36.62 38.96 33.51 37.52 41.09
Natural gas ................................................. 25.79 24.87 25.45 25.73 27.47 28.97 29.33 29.64 31.33 32.74
Natural-gas-to-liquids heat and power........ 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Lease and plant fuel7 .................................. 1.63 1.73 1.76 1.77 2.02 2.06 2.06 2.26 2.31 2.33
Pipeline natural gas .................................... 0.89 0.82 0.83 0.84 0.91 0.94 0.95 1.04 1.07 1.10
Metallurgical coal........................................ 0.54 0.39 0.41 0.52 0.47 0.47 0.60 0.37 0.40 0.59
Other coal ................................................... 14.96 14.26 15.22 16.06 11.20 10.86 11.28 10.52 10.34 10.78
Coal-to-liquids heat and power ................... 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Net coal coke imports ................................. -0.02 -0.03 -0.01 -0.03 -0.02 0.00 -0.01 0.00 0.01 0.02
Coal subtotal ........................................... 15.48 14.63 15.62 16.54 11.65 11.32 11.87 10.89 10.75 11.39
Nuclear / uranium18 .................................... 8.34 8.12 8.12 8.12 8.25 8.25 8.25 8.25 8.25 8.25
Renewable energy20 ................................... 6.92 9.62 9.40 9.75 10.41 11.60 14.82 11.17 13.96 19.05
Liquid hydrogen .......................................... 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.04 0.04 0.05 0.05 0.06 0.07
Non-biogenic municipal waste .................... 0.23 0.23 0.23 0.23 0.23 0.23 0.23 0.23 0.23 0.23
Total....................................................... 96.74 98.06 100.55 103.27 96.72 101.54 107.99 98.66 107.15 117.91

Delivered energy use ........................................ 71.62 72.89 74.75 76.81 71.96 76.12 80.85 73.38 80.34 88.21
Total energy use ............................................... 96.74 98.06 100.55 103.27 96.72 101.54 107.99 98.66 107.15 117.91
Ethanol consumed in motor gasoline and E85 . 1.18 1.17 1.19 1.20 1.12 1.12 1.16 1.12 1.24 1.35
Population (millions) ......................................... 322 334 335 336 355 360 364 371 381 391
Gross domestic product (billion 2009 dollars) ... 16,349 17,576 18,555 19,499 20,749 23,113 25,606 24,511 28,397 32,967
Carbon dioxide emissions (million metric tons). 5,273 5,098 5,289 5,458 4,762 4,961 5,176 4,720 5,044 5,417
1
Includes wood used for residential heating. See Table A4 and/or Table A17 for estimates of nonmarketed renewable energy consumption for geothermal heat pumps, solar
thermal water heating, and electricity generation from wind and solar photovoltaic sources.
2
3
Excludes ethanol. Includes commercial sector consumption of wood and wood waste, landfill gas, municipal waste, and other biomass for combined heat and power.
See Table A5 and/or Table A17 for estimates of nonmarketed renewable energy consumption for solar thermal water heating and electricity generation from wind and solar
photovoltaic sources.
4
5
6
7
8
9
Includes consumption of energy produced from hydroelectric, wood and wood waste, municipal waste, and other biomass sources. Excludes ethanol in motor gasoline.
10
E85 refers to a blend of 85 percent ethanol (renewable) and 15 percent motor gasoline (nonrenewable). To address cold starting issues, the percentage of ethanol varies
seasonally. The annual average ethanol content of 74 percent is used for this forecast.
11
12
13
14
15
16
Includes electricity generated for sale to the grid and for own use from renewable sources, and non-electric energy from renewable sources. Excludes ethanol and
nonmarketed renewable energy consumption for geothermal heat pumps, buildings photovoltaic systems, and solar thermal water heaters.
17
18
19
20
Excludes ethanol, net electricity imports, and nonmarketed renewable energy consumption for geothermal heat pumps, buildings photovoltaic systems, and solar thermal water
heaters.
Note: Includes estimated consumption for petroleum and other liquids. Totals may not equal sum of components due to independent rounding. Data for 2015 are model
results and may differ from official EIA data reports.

Appendix B
Table B3. Energy prices by sector and source
Table B3. (2015
Energy
per million and source
Btu, unless otherwise noted)
Projections
2020 2030 2040
Residential
Propane ........................................................ 16.9 20.1 20.2 20.3 22.2 22.4 22.6 25.5 25.6 26.1
Distillate fuel oil ............................................. 19.3 22.2 22.4 22.6 27.3 27.8 28.3 33.0 33.8 34.6
Natural gas.................................................... 10.1 10.5 10.7 11.0 11.5 12.0 12.2 11.7 12.3 13.0
Electricity....................................................... 36.3 38.5 37.7 37.7 40.0 39.4 39.0 38.9 38.1 37.8
Commercial
Propane ........................................................ 15.1 17.9 17.9 18.0 19.7 19.8 20.0 22.5 22.5 23.0
Residual fuel oil ............................................. 6.9 10.8 11.0 11.1 15.0 15.3 15.6 19.4 19.9 20.4
Natural gas.................................................... 7.7 9.1 9.3 9.5 10.0 10.4 10.4 9.9 10.4 10.8
Electricity....................................................... 30.6 31.7 31.5 31.7 32.3 32.3 32.4 30.8 30.7 31.1
Industrial1
Propane ........................................................ 12.2 15.5 15.6 15.7 17.7 17.8 18.1 21.1 21.1 21.7
Natural gas2 .................................................. 3.7 5.2 5.4 5.5 5.6 6.0 5.9 5.4 5.7 5.9
Metallurgical coal .......................................... 5.4 6.0 6.0 6.1 7.0 7.0 7.0 7.2 7.3 7.3
Other industrial coal ...................................... 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.6 3.6 3.7
Coal to liquids ............................................... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Electricity....................................................... 20.3 21.0 20.9 21.0 21.7 22.1 22.1 21.0 21.2 21.6
Transportation
Propane ........................................................ 18.0 21.2 21.2 21.4 23.3 23.4 23.7 26.6 26.6 27.2
E853 .............................................................. 23.3 31.7 32.0 31.6 27.4 30.8 31.7 30.1 35.0 36.0
Motor gasoline4 ............................................. 20.9 22.5 22.7 22.8 26.1 26.5 26.9 30.4 31.8 32.6
Jet fuel5 ......................................................... 12.0 16.0 16.2 16.4 20.9 21.3 21.9 27.2 27.7 28.4
Diesel fuel (distillate fuel oil)6 ........................ 19.8 22.9 23.1 23.3 27.8 28.0 28.5 33.4 34.1 34.8
Natural gas7 .................................................. 16.6 16.4 16.6 16.9 15.0 15.5 15.6 15.3 15.9 16.3
Electricity....................................................... 29.5 33.3 33.0 33.2 37.1 37.4 37.0 35.4 35.5 35.6
Electric power8
Natural gas.................................................... 3.3 4.5 4.7 4.8 5.2 5.6 5.4 5.1 5.4 5.5
Steam coal .................................................... 2.2 2.2 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.4 2.4 2.4

Propane ........................................................ 14.9 18.0 18.0 18.1 20.0 20.1 20.3 23.1 23.2 23.7
E853 .............................................................. 23.3 31.7 32.0 31.6 27.4 30.8 31.7 30.1 35.0 36.0
Motor gasoline4 ............................................. 20.9 22.5 22.7 22.8 26.1 26.5 26.9 30.4 31.8 32.6
Jet fuel5 ......................................................... 12.0 16.0 16.2 16.4 20.9 21.3 21.9 27.2 27.7 28.4
Natural gas.................................................... 5.3 6.6 6.7 6.9 7.1 7.4 7.4 7.0 7.4 7.7
Other coal ..................................................... 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.5 2.5 2.6
Coal to liquids ............................................... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Electricity....................................................... 30.1 31.3 30.8 30.8 32.0 31.9 31.7 30.8 30.6 30.7

Residential .................................................... 239 247 250 256 251 266 284 249 274 309
Commercial ................................................... 178 192 193 195 210 216 221 221 230 241
Industrial1 ...................................................... 168 220 232 247 275 301 325 332 369 411
Transportation ............................................... 514 566 586 605 585 640 697 660 777 894
Total non-renewable expenditures ............. 1,099 1,225 1,260 1,302 1,321 1,423 1,526 1,462 1,650 1,855
Transportation renewable expenditures ........ 1 1 1 1 9 7 6 11 10 11
Total expenditures .................................. 1,100 1,226 1,262 1,303 1,330 1,430 1,532 1,472 1,660 1,866

Table B3. Energy prices by sector and source (continued)
Table B3. (nominal
Energy prices
dollars perby sectorBtu,
million andunless
source (continued)
otherwise noted)
Projections
2020 2030 2040
Residential
Propane ........................................................ 16.9 22.8 22.3 22.2 34.8 30.3 30.0 56.3 43.0 43.1
Natural gas.................................................... 10.1 12.0 11.9 12.0 18.0 16.3 16.1 25.7 20.8 21.4
Electricity....................................................... 36.3 43.7 41.7 41.1 62.5 53.3 51.7 85.8 64.2 62.4
Commercial
Propane ........................................................ 15.1 20.3 19.8 19.7 30.8 26.8 26.5 49.6 37.9 38.0
Natural gas.................................................... 7.7 10.4 10.3 10.4 15.6 14.1 13.8 21.9 17.5 17.8
Electricity....................................................... 30.6 36.0 34.8 34.5 50.5 43.7 42.9 67.8 51.7 51.4
Industrial1
Propane ........................................................ 12.2 17.6 17.2 17.2 27.7 24.1 24.0 46.5 35.6 35.8
Natural gas2 .................................................. 3.7 5.9 5.9 6.1 8.8 8.1 7.8 11.9 9.6 9.7
Coal to liquids ............................................... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Electricity....................................................... 20.3 23.8 23.1 23.0 34.0 29.9 29.3 46.2 35.7 35.7
Transportation
Propane ........................................................ 18.0 24.0 23.4 23.3 36.4 31.7 31.3 58.6 44.8 44.9
E853 .............................................................. 23.3 36.0 35.4 34.4 42.9 41.7 42.0 66.3 58.8 59.5
Motor gasoline4 ............................................. 20.9 25.6 25.1 24.8 40.8 35.9 35.6 67.1 53.6 53.9
Jet fuel5 ......................................................... 12.0 18.2 17.9 17.9 32.7 28.8 29.0 59.9 46.6 46.9
Natural gas7 .................................................. 16.6 18.6 18.4 18.5 23.5 21.0 20.6 33.7 26.7 26.9
Electricity....................................................... 29.5 37.9 36.5 36.2 58.1 50.5 49.0 78.0 59.8 58.7
Electric power8
Natural gas.................................................... 3.3 5.1 5.2 5.3 8.1 7.5 7.2 11.2 9.0 9.2
Steam coal .................................................... 2.2 2.6 2.5 2.5 3.6 3.1 3.0 5.4 4.0 4.0

Appendix B
Table B3. Energy prices by sector and source (continued)
Table B3. (nominal
Energy prices
million andunless
source (continued)
otherwise noted)
Projections
2020 2030 2040

Propane ........................................................ 14.9 20.5 19.9 19.8 31.3 27.2 26.9 51.0 39.0 39.1
E853 .............................................................. 23.3 36.0 35.4 34.4 42.9 41.7 42.0 66.3 58.8 59.5
Motor gasoline4 ............................................. 20.9 25.6 25.1 24.8 40.8 35.9 35.6 67.1 53.6 53.8
Jet fuel5 ......................................................... 12.0 18.2 17.9 17.9 32.7 28.8 29.0 59.9 46.6 46.9
Natural gas.................................................... 5.3 7.4 7.4 7.6 11.1 10.0 9.8 15.4 12.4 12.7
Other coal ..................................................... 2.3 2.6 2.6 2.6 3.8 3.2 3.2 5.6 4.2 4.2
Coal to liquids ............................................... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Electricity....................................................... 30.1 35.5 34.1 33.6 50.1 43.1 42.0 67.9 51.6 50.7

Residential .................................................... 239 281 276 279 393 360 376 548 462 510
Commercial ................................................... 178 217 213 213 328 292 293 487 387 398
Industrial1 ...................................................... 168 250 256 269 431 407 430 732 620 678
Transportation ............................................... 514 643 647 659 915 866 923 1,455 1,307 1,477
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9

Table B4. Macroeconomic indicators
Table B4.(billion
Macroeconomic indicators
2009 chain-weighted dollars, unless otherwise noted)
(billion 2009 chain-weighted dollars, unless otherwise noted)
Projections
2020 2030 2040
Indicators 2015
Real gross domestic product ........................... 16,349 17,576 18,555 19,499 20,749 23,113 25,606 24,511 28,397 32,967
Components of real gross domestic product
Real consumption ........................................... 11,221 12,197 12,861 13,436 14,356 16,092 17,863 16,827 19,870 22,954
Real investment .............................................. 2,842 3,094 3,513 3,939 3,758 4,520 5,283 4,591 5,661 6,935
Real government spending ............................. 2,860 2,906 2,967 3,026 3,079 3,222 3,369 3,360 3,602 3,899
Real exports .................................................... 2,119 2,475 2,615 2,733 3,635 4,178 4,692 4,954 6,113 7,595
Real imports .................................................... 2,662 3,069 3,374 3,602 4,013 4,824 5,499 5,070 6,683 8,171
Energy intensity
(thousand Btu per 2009 dollar of GDP)
Delivered energy ............................................. 4.38 4.15 4.03 3.94 3.47 3.29 3.16 2.99 2.83 2.68
Total energy .................................................... 5.92 5.58 5.42 5.30 4.66 4.39 4.22 4.02 3.77 3.58
Price indices
GDP chain-type price index (2009=1.000) ...... 1.10 1.25 1.21 1.20 1.72 1.49 1.45 2.42 1.85 1.81
Consumer price index (1982-4=1.00)
All-urban ..................................................... 2.37 2.73 2.65 2.62 3.88 3.35 3.27 5.62 4.27 4.18
Energy commodities and services .............. 2.02 2.48 2.41 2.39 3.83 3.34 3.29 5.93 4.61 4.61
Wholesale price index (1982=1.00)
All commodities .......................................... 1.91 2.20 2.14 2.13 3.02 2.59 2.54 4.19 3.16 3.15
Fuel and power .......................................... 1.60 2.14 2.10 2.10 3.30 2.91 2.87 5.04 3.92 3.96
Metals and metal products ......................... 2.01 2.20 2.15 2.18 2.93 2.55 2.55 3.92 3.06 3.24
Industrial commodities excluding energy.... 1.94 2.20 2.13 2.12 2.97 2.53 2.48 4.03 3.01 2.99
Interest rates (percent, nominal)

Federal funds rate ........................................... 0.13 4.91 3.32 2.88 6.10 3.24 2.97 6.20 3.08 3.12
10-year treasury note ...................................... 2.14 5.55 3.83 3.44 6.66 3.77 3.50 6.87 3.72 3.53
AA utility bond rate .......................................... 4.01 7.94 5.87 5.07 9.14 5.73 5.02 9.48 5.71 4.67

Non-industrial and service sectors .................. 24,085 25,327 26,750 28,025 28,651 32,042 35,673 32,130 37,701 44,520
Total industrial................................................. 7,229 7,861 8,351 8,889 8,969 9,776 10,707 10,365 11,483 13,187
Agriculture, mining, and construction ......... 1,931 2,270 2,493 2,715 2,408 2,710 2,970 2,604 2,955 3,320
Manufacturing ............................................ 5,299 5,591 5,858 6,174 6,561 7,066 7,736 7,761 8,528 9,868
Energy-intensive .................................... 1,704 1,829 1,892 1,965 2,018 2,147 2,315 2,222 2,417 2,682
Non-energy-intensive ............................ 3,594 3,763 3,967 4,208 4,543 4,920 5,421 5,539 6,111 7,186
Total shipments ................................................. 31,314 33,188 35,101 36,914 37,620 41,818 46,380 42,494 49,184 57,707
Population and employment (millions)

Population, with armed forces overseas ......... 322 334 335 336 355 360 364 371 381 391
Population, aged 16 and over ......................... 257 269 269 270 288 292 295 304 311 319
Population, aged 65 and over ......................... 48 57 57 57 74 74 75 83 82 84
Employment, nonfarm ..................................... 142 146 150 154 154 161 168 163 170 180
Employment, manufacturing ........................... 12.5 13.0 13.1 13.5 12.2 13.0 13.2 11.2 12.3 12.7
Key labor indicators

Labor force (millions) ...................................... 157 166 167 167 174 177 180 182 188 194
Non-farm labor productivity (2009=1.00)......... 1.06 1.11 1.15 1.18 1.28 1.37 1.43 1.46 1.63 1.74
Unemployment rate (percent) ......................... 5.31 5.12 4.72 4.66 4.98 4.78 4.53 5.01 4.78 4.33
Key indicators for energy demand

Real disposable personal income ................... 12,225 13,577 14,197 14,748 16,684 17,826 19,420 20,033 21,789 24,273
Housing starts (millions) .................................. 1.18 1.24 1.74 2.34 0.97 1.66 2.50 0.85 1.65 2.77
Commercial floorspace (billion square feet) .... 83.8 88.1 88.7 89.3 96.8 99.3 101.4 105.5 109.8 113.6
Unit sales of light-duty vehicles (millions) ....... 17.4 15.7 17.1 18.3 15.5 17.7 18.7 14.8 19.0 21.3
GDP = Gross domestic product.

Sources: 2015: IHS Economics, Industry and Employment models, November 2015. Projections: EIA, AEO2016 National Energy Modeling System runs
lowmacro.d032516a, ref2016.d032416a, and highmacro.d032516a.

Appendix C
Price case comparisons
Table C1. Total energy supply, disposition, and price summary
Table C1. Total energy supply, disposition, and price summary
(quadrillion BtuBtu
(quadrillion perper
year, unless
year, otherwise
unless noted)
otherwise noted)
Projections
2020 2030 2040
Low oil High oil Low oil High oil Low oil High oil
Reference Reference Reference
price price price price price price
Production
Crude oil and lease condensate .................... 19.7 17.0 19.6 23.3 14.8 21.0 25.4 18.0 23.5 23.1
Dry natural gas .............................................. 28.0 30.1 31.4 31.8 35.6 38.9 41.8 40.0 43.4 48.0
Coal1 ............................................................. 17.2 17.4 17.5 17.0 13.2 13.3 15.7 13.0 13.1 15.2
Nuclear / uranium2 ........................................ 8.3 8.1 8.1 8.1 8.2 8.2 8.2 8.2 8.2 8.2
Biomass3 ....................................................... 4.1 4.2 4.2 4.4 4.2 4.4 4.6 4.3 4.6 4.9
Other5 ............................................................ 0.5 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.9 1.0 1.0
Total ........................................................ 87.3 90.6 95.4 100.2 91.7 102.7 115.2 101.9 112.2 121.2
Imports
Crude oil........................................................ 16.1 15.8 16.8 15.8 17.3 16.0 13.5 18.9 15.9 16.7
Natural gas7 .................................................. 2.8 2.0 2.1 2.1 1.5 1.6 1.8 1.3 1.4 2.1
Other imports8 ............................................... 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.5
Total ........................................................ 23.2 23.1 23.6 22.2 24.6 22.0 19.0 26.2 21.8 22.7
Exports
Natural gas10 ................................................. 1.8 4.2 5.0 5.0 5.5 7.6 10.8 6.9 9.0 12.7
Coal............................................................... 2.0 1.9 1.9 1.7 2.1 1.9 1.7 2.4 2.3 1.9
Total ........................................................ 12.8 13.1 18.5 22.7 14.7 23.0 32.0 19.8 26.6 35.6
Discrepancy11 ................................................... 1.0 0.1 0.0 -0.1 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3
Consumption
Petroleum and other liquids12 ........................ 36.5 38.8 37.8 36.3 38.4 36.6 33.7 40.5 37.5 33.9
Natural gas.................................................... 28.3 27.7 28.3 28.6 31.3 32.5 31.5 34.0 35.4 35.3
Coal13 ............................................................ 15.5 15.5 15.6 15.1 11.1 11.3 13.5 10.5 10.7 13.1
Nuclear / uranium2 ........................................ 8.3 8.1 8.1 8.1 8.2 8.2 8.2 8.2 8.2 8.2
Biomass14...................................................... 2.8 2.7 2.8 2.9 2.8 3.0 3.2 2.9 3.1 3.4
Other15 .......................................................... 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
Total ........................................................ 96.7 100.5 100.5 99.7 101.4 101.5 102.0 108.1 107.1 108.0

Brent ......................................................... 52 38 77 152 49 104 207 73 136 230
at the minemouth16 ................................... 33.8 30.8 33.6 36.7 32.3 33.8 36.8 36.3 38.7 42.0
at the minemouth16 ................................... 1.69 1.57 1.68 1.82 1.63 1.71 1.86 1.80 1.91 2.08
Average end-use17 ................................... 2.37 2.31 2.43 2.62 2.34 2.55 2.78 2.45 2.68 2.85
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Appendix C
Table C1. Total energy supply, disposition, and price summary (continued)
Table C1. (quadrillion
Btu per disposition,
year, unless andnoted)
otherwise price summary (continued)
Projections
2020 2030 2040

Brent ......................................................... 52 42 85 166 66 141 284 121 229 397
at the minemouth16 ................................... 33.8 34.0 37.1 40.3 43.8 45.8 50.6 60.2 65.1 72.5
at the minemouth16 ................................... 1.69 1.73 1.86 1.99 2.21 2.31 2.55 2.99 3.21 3.59
Average end-use17 ................................... 2.37 2.55 2.69 2.87 3.18 3.45 3.82 4.06 4.50 4.92
1
2
3
Includes grid-connected electricity from wood and wood waste; biomass, such as corn, used for liquid fuels production; and non-electric energy demand from wood. Refer
to Table A17 for details.
4
Includes grid-connected electricity from landfill gas; biogenic municipal waste; wind; photovoltaic and solar thermal sources; and non-electric energy from renewable
sources, such as active and passive solar systems. Excludes electricity imports using renewable sources and nonmarketed renewable energy. See Table A17 for selected
nonmarketed residential and commercial renewable energy data.
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Estimated consumption. Includes petroleum-derived fuels and non-petroleum derived fuels, such as ethanol and biodiesel, and coal-based synthetic liquids. Petroleum
coke, which is a solid, is included. Also included are hydrocarbon gas liquids and crude oil consumed as a fuel. Refer to Table A17 for detailed renewable liquid fuels
consumption.
13
14
Includes grid-connected electricity from wood and wood waste, non-electric energy from wood, and biofuels heat and coproducts used in the production of liquid fuels, but
excludes the energy content of the liquid fuels.
15
16
Includes reported prices for both open market and captive mines. Prices weighted by production, which differs from average minemouth prices published in EIA data
reports where it is weighted by reported sales.
17
ref2016.d032416a. Projections: EIA, AEO2016 National Energy Modeling System runs lowprice.d041916a, ref2016.d032416a, and highprice.d041916a.

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Table C2. Energy consumption by sector and source
otherwise noted)
Projections
2020 2030 2040
Energy consumption
Residential
Propane ..................................................... 0.43 0.44 0.42 0.39 0.41 0.38 0.33 0.37 0.34 0.29
Kerosene ................................................... 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Natural gas ................................................ 4.77 4.90 4.87 4.87 4.83 4.80 4.72 4.76 4.73 4.62
Electricity ................................................... 4.78 4.80 4.76 4.70 4.89 4.83 4.72 5.26 5.20 5.04
Total ...................................................... 20.37 20.37 20.27 20.17 19.66 19.50 19.50 20.24 20.05 19.97
Commercial
Propane ..................................................... 0.17 0.20 0.18 0.15 0.22 0.19 0.16 0.23 0.20 0.18
Motor gasoline2 .......................................... 0.04 0.07 0.06 0.05 0.08 0.06 0.05 0.08 0.07 0.06
Kerosene ................................................... 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.00
Natural gas ................................................ 3.32 3.49 3.45 3.47 3.59 3.53 3.41 3.85 3.81 3.60
Coal ........................................................... 0.06 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05
Electricity ................................................... 4.64 4.71 4.69 4.66 5.13 5.09 4.99 5.67 5.62 5.50
Total ...................................................... 17.97 18.48 18.26 18.09 19.03 18.72 18.58 20.48 20.17 20.01
Industrial4
Motor gasoline2 .......................................... 0.27 0.27 0.28 0.28 0.26 0.27 0.26 0.27 0.27 0.26
Other petroleum6 ........................................ 3.38 3.64 3.59 3.73 3.75 3.82 3.71 4.23 4.15 3.97
Natural gas ................................................ 7.75 7.84 8.55 8.71 8.50 9.13 9.17 9.47 9.89 9.72
Other industrial coal ................................... 0.82 0.80 0.82 0.86 0.81 0.88 0.91 0.84 0.93 0.97
Net coal coke imports ................................ -0.02 -0.03 -0.01 -0.03 -0.02 0.00 -0.01 -0.01 0.01 0.00
Coal subtotal ........................................... 1.34 1.17 1.23 1.34 1.13 1.35 2.05 1.13 1.34 2.04
Electricity ................................................... 3.27 3.54 3.61 3.71 3.77 3.98 4.05 4.08 4.26 4.28
Total ...................................................... 30.79 33.12 34.22 34.94 35.13 37.29 39.65 38.67 40.44 43.28

Appendix C
Table C2. Energy consumption by sector and source (continued)
Projections
2020 2030 2040
Transportation
Propane ..................................................... 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.02 0.02 0.02
Motor gasoline2 .......................................... 17.01 17.51 16.79 15.39 15.55 13.62 11.48 15.18 12.55 10.19
of which: E8510 .................................... 0.05 0.04 0.04 0.18 0.08 0.22 0.56 0.14 0.28 0.63
Jet fuel11..................................................... 2.84 3.02 2.99 2.95 3.34 3.32 3.28 3.58 3.56 3.53
Distillate fuel oil12 ....................................... 6.67 6.97 6.99 7.04 7.30 7.49 7.10 8.24 8.01 7.28
Other petroleum13 ...................................... 0.16 0.16 0.16 0.16 0.16 0.16 0.16 0.16 0.16 0.16
Pipeline fuel natural gas............................. 0.89 0.80 0.83 0.85 0.86 0.94 1.07 0.94 1.07 1.27
Compressed / liquefied natural gas............ 0.07 0.08 0.08 0.13 0.07 0.17 0.75 0.09 0.59 1.58
Liquid hydrogen ......................................... 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.05 0.04 0.04 0.07 0.06 0.05
Electricity ................................................... 0.03 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.11 0.11 0.11 0.16 0.15 0.15
Total ...................................................... 28.19 29.07 28.38 27.04 28.07 26.48 24.64 29.19 26.90 25.00
Unspecified sector14 ................................... -0.58 -0.60 -0.58 -0.53 -0.52 -0.46 -0.36 -0.52 -0.42 -0.30
Delivered energy consumption for all

Sectors
Motor gasoline2 .......................................... 16.96 17.25 16.55 15.20 15.35 13.49 11.42 15.01 12.47 10.18
of which: E8510 .................................... 0.05 0.04 0.04 0.18 0.08 0.22 0.56 0.14 0.28 0.63
Jet fuel11..................................................... 3.18 3.26 3.22 3.17 3.60 3.58 3.53 3.85 3.83 3.80
Kerosene ................................................... 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01
Other petroleum15 ...................................... 3.54 3.81 3.75 3.88 3.91 3.98 3.87 4.39 4.31 4.13
Natural gas ................................................ 15.90 16.30 16.95 17.19 16.99 17.63 18.04 18.18 19.02 19.51
Other coal .................................................. 0.88 0.85 0.88 0.91 0.86 0.93 0.97 0.90 0.98 1.02
Coal subtotal ........................................... 1.40 1.23 1.28 1.39 1.18 1.40 2.11 1.19 1.39 2.10
Liquid hydrogen ......................................... 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.05 0.04 0.04 0.07 0.06 0.05
Electricity ................................................... 12.72 13.10 13.11 13.12 13.90 14.01 13.87 15.18 15.23 14.97
Total ...................................................... 96.74 100.45 100.55 99.72 101.38 101.54 102.01 108.05 107.15 107.96
Electric power17
Natural gas ................................................ 9.89 8.76 8.50 8.40 11.33 11.34 8.44 12.30 12.31 9.28
Steam coal ................................................. 14.08 14.25 14.34 13.74 9.94 9.92 11.36 9.36 9.36 10.97
Nuclear / uranium18 .................................... 8.34 8.12 8.12 8.12 8.25 8.25 8.25 8.25 8.25 8.25
Total ...................................................... 37.85 38.83 38.90 39.00 39.08 39.42 40.10 41.84 42.04 42.65

Table C2. Energy consumption by sector and source (continued)
Projections
2020 2030 2040

Motor gasoline2 .......................................... 16.96 17.25 16.55 15.20 15.35 13.49 11.42 15.01 12.47 10.18
of which: E8510 .................................... 0.05 0.04 0.04 0.18 0.08 0.22 0.56 0.14 0.28 0.63
Jet fuel11..................................................... 3.18 3.26 3.22 3.17 3.60 3.58 3.53 3.85 3.83 3.80
Kerosene ................................................... 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01
Other petroleum15 ...................................... 3.54 3.81 3.75 3.88 3.91 3.98 3.87 4.39 4.31 4.13
Natural gas ................................................ 25.79 25.06 25.45 25.59 28.32 28.97 26.47 30.48 31.33 28.79
Other coal .................................................. 14.96 15.10 15.22 14.65 10.81 10.86 12.33 10.26 10.34 11.99
Coal subtotal ........................................... 15.48 15.48 15.62 15.13 11.13 11.32 13.47 10.55 10.75 13.06
Nuclear / uranium18 .................................... 8.34 8.12 8.12 8.12 8.25 8.25 8.25 8.25 8.25 8.25
Liquid hydrogen ......................................... 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.05 0.04 0.04 0.07 0.06 0.05
Total ...................................................... 96.74 100.45 100.55 99.72 101.38 101.54 102.01 108.05 107.15 107.96

Delivered energy use ....................................... 71.62 74.73 74.75 73.85 76.20 76.12 75.77 81.40 80.34 80.28
Total energy use .............................................. 96.74 100.45 100.55 99.72 101.38 101.54 102.01 108.05 107.15 107.96
Ethanol consumed in motor gasoline and E85 . 1.18 1.22 1.19 1.18 1.13 1.12 1.17 1.14 1.24 1.06
Population (millions) ......................................... 322 335 335 335 360 360 360 381 381 381
Gross domestic product (billion 2009 dollars) .. 16,349 18,768 18,555 18,420 23,076 23,113 23,021 28,506 28,397 28,246
Carbon dioxide emissions (million metric tons) 5,273 5,327 5,289 5,145 5,018 4,961 4,888 5,181 5,044 5,001
1
Includes wood used for residential heating. See Table A4 and/or Table A17 for estimates of nonmarketed renewable energy consumption for geothermal heat pumps, solar
thermal water heating, and electricity generation from wind and solar photovoltaic sources.
2
3
Excludes ethanol. Includes commercial sector consumption of wood and wood waste, landfill gas, municipal waste, and other biomass for combined heat and power.
See Table A5 and/or Table A17 for estimates of nonmarketed renewable energy consumption for solar thermal water heating and electricity generation from wind and solar
photovoltaic sources.
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
Excludes ethanol, net electricity imports, and nonmarketed renewable energy consumption for geothermal heat pumps, buildings photovoltaic systems, and solar thermal water
heaters.
Note: Includes estimated consumption for petroleum and other liquids. Totals may not equal sum of components due to independent rounding. Data for 2015 are model
results and may differ from official EIA data reports.

Appendix C
Table C3. Energy prices by sector and source
Table C3.(2012
Energy
per million and source
Btu, unless otherwise noted)
Projections
2020 2030 2040
price price price price Price price
Residential
Propane ........................................................ 16.9 16.1 20.2 29.2 17.0 22.4 33.6 19.4 25.6 34.5
Natural gas.................................................... 10.1 10.3 10.7 10.6 11.6 12.0 13.6 11.9 12.3 14.4
Electricity....................................................... 36.3 36.9 37.7 38.4 38.2 39.4 42.1 37.3 38.1 40.9
Commercial
Propane ........................................................ 15.1 14.4 17.9 25.6 15.1 19.8 29.5 17.2 22.5 30.3
Natural gas.................................................... 7.7 8.9 9.3 9.1 9.9 10.4 12.0 10.0 10.4 12.4
Electricity....................................................... 30.6 30.9 31.5 31.8 31.3 32.3 34.7 30.0 30.7 33.4
Industrial1
Propane ........................................................ 12.2 11.4 15.6 24.8 12.3 17.8 29.4 14.8 21.1 30.3
Natural gas2 .................................................. 3.7 5.0 5.4 5.2 5.6 6.0 7.7 5.4 5.7 7.5
Coal to liquids ............................................... -- -- -- -- -- -- 2.0 -- -- 2.1
Electricity....................................................... 20.3 20.5 20.9 21.1 21.4 22.1 24.0 20.8 21.2 23.5
Transportation
Propane ........................................................ 18.0 17.1 21.2 30.2 18.0 23.4 34.7 20.4 26.6 35.6
E853 .............................................................. 23.3 24.1 32.0 38.1 25.4 30.8 39.3 28.5 35.0 42.2
Motor gasoline4 ............................................. 20.9 16.1 22.7 35.6 16.9 26.5 43.0 21.0 31.8 47.0
Jet fuel5 ......................................................... 12.0 8.6 16.2 29.6 10.9 21.3 40.1 16.0 27.7 44.7
Natural gas7 .................................................. 16.6 16.4 16.6 16.4 16.1 15.5 18.8 15.5 15.9 18.5
Electricity....................................................... 29.5 32.5 33.0 33.5 36.5 37.4 39.5 35.0 35.5 37.9
Electric power8
Natural gas.................................................... 3.3 4.4 4.7 4.5 5.2 5.6 7.1 5.0 5.4 7.1
Steam coal .................................................... 2.2 2.1 2.3 2.4 2.1 2.3 2.6 2.2 2.4 2.7

Propane ........................................................ 14.9 13.9 18.0 26.9 14.8 20.1 31.1 17.1 23.2 31.9
E853 .............................................................. 23.3 24.1 32.0 38.1 25.4 30.8 39.3 28.5 35.0 42.2
Motor gasoline4 ............................................. 20.9 16.1 22.7 35.6 16.9 26.5 43.0 21.0 31.8 47.0
Jet fuel5 ......................................................... 12.0 8.6 16.2 29.6 10.9 21.3 40.1 16.0 27.7 44.7
Natural gas.................................................... 5.3 6.4 6.7 6.6 7.0 7.4 9.4 6.9 7.4 9.6
Other coal ..................................................... 2.3 2.2 2.3 2.5 2.2 2.4 2.7 2.3 2.5 2.8
Coal to liquids ............................................... -- -- -- -- -- -- 2.0 -- -- 2.1
Electricity....................................................... 30.1 30.3 30.8 31.1 31.1 31.9 34.1 30.1 30.6 33.1

Residential .................................................... 239 242 250 258 256 266 288 267 274 296
Commercial ................................................... 178 186 193 198 208 216 235 223 230 251
Industrial1 ...................................................... 168 184 232 309 222 301 444 275 369 509
Transportation ............................................... 514 411 586 885 426 640 956 559 777 1,023

Table C3. Energy prices by sector and source (continued)
Table C3. (nominal
Energy prices
million andunless
source (continued)
otherwise noted)
Projections
2020 2030 2040
Residential
Propane ........................................................ 16.9 17.8 22.3 32.0 23.1 30.3 46.3 32.2 43.0 59.6
Natural gas.................................................... 10.1 11.4 11.9 11.6 15.7 16.3 18.8 19.8 20.8 24.9
Electricity....................................................... 36.3 40.7 41.7 42.1 51.8 53.3 57.9 61.9 64.2 70.7
Commercial
Propane ........................................................ 15.1 15.9 19.8 28.1 20.6 26.8 40.6 28.6 37.9 52.3
Natural gas.................................................... 7.7 9.8 10.3 10.0 13.5 14.1 16.5 16.6 17.5 21.4
Electricity....................................................... 30.6 34.1 34.8 34.9 42.5 43.7 47.7 49.9 51.7 57.6
Industrial1
Propane ........................................................ 12.2 12.6 17.2 27.2 16.7 24.1 40.5 24.6 35.6 52.4
Natural gas2 .................................................. 3.7 5.5 5.9 5.7 7.6 8.1 10.6 9.0 9.6 13.0
Coal to liquids ............................................... -- -- -- -- -- -- 2.8 -- -- 3.6
Electricity....................................................... 20.3 22.7 23.1 23.2 29.1 29.9 33.0 34.6 35.7 40.5
Transportation
Propane ........................................................ 18.0 18.9 23.4 33.2 24.5 31.7 47.7 34.0 44.8 61.4
E853 .............................................................. 23.3 26.6 35.4 41.8 34.5 41.7 54.0 47.3 58.8 72.8
Motor gasoline4 ............................................. 20.9 17.8 25.1 39.0 23.0 35.9 59.2 34.9 53.6 81.1
Jet fuel5 ......................................................... 12.0 9.5 17.9 32.5 14.8 28.8 55.1 26.5 46.6 77.2
Natural gas7 .................................................. 16.6 18.1 18.4 18.0 21.9 21.0 25.8 25.7 26.7 31.9
Electricity....................................................... 29.5 35.9 36.5 36.8 49.6 50.5 54.4 58.2 59.8 65.5
Electric power8
Natural gas.................................................... 3.3 4.8 5.2 4.9 7.0 7.5 9.7 8.3 9.0 12.2
Steam coal .................................................... 2.2 2.4 2.5 2.7 2.8 3.1 3.5 3.7 4.0 4.7

Appendix C
Table C3. Energy prices by sector and source (continued)
Table C3. (nominal
Energy prices
million andunless
source (continued)
otherwise noted)
Projections
2020 2030 2040

Propane ........................................................ 14.9 15.4 19.9 29.5 20.1 27.2 42.8 28.4 39.0 55.1
E853 .............................................................. 23.3 26.6 35.4 41.8 34.5 41.7 54.0 47.3 58.8 72.8
Motor gasoline4 ............................................. 20.9 17.8 25.1 39.0 23.0 35.9 59.2 34.9 53.6 81.1
Jet fuel5 ......................................................... 12.0 9.5 17.9 32.5 14.8 28.8 55.1 26.5 46.6 77.2
Natural gas.................................................... 5.3 7.0 7.4 7.2 9.6 10.0 12.9 11.5 12.4 16.6
Other coal ..................................................... 2.3 2.4 2.6 2.7 3.0 3.2 3.7 3.8 4.2 4.8
Coal to liquids ............................................... -- -- -- -- -- -- 2.8 -- -- 3.6
Electricity....................................................... 30.1 33.4 34.1 34.2 42.2 43.1 47.0 50.0 51.6 57.2

Residential .................................................... 239 267 276 283 347 360 396 443 462 510
Commercial ................................................... 178 206 213 217 282 292 323 370 387 434
Industrial1 ...................................................... 168 203 256 340 301 407 611 457 620 879
Transportation ............................................... 514 454 647 972 579 866 1,315 929 1,307 1,767
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9

Table C4. Petroleum and other liquids supply and disposition
Table C4. (million
Petroleum
barrels and other
per day, liquids
unless supplynoted)
otherwise and disposition
Projections
2020 2030 2040
Supply and disposition 2015
Crude oil
Domestic crude production1 .......................... 9.42 8.13 9.38 11.16 7.10 10.06 12.14 8.62 11.26 11.02
Alaska ...................................................... 0.48 0.41 0.41 0.41 0.00 0.24 0.24 0.00 0.15 0.15
Lower 48 states ........................................ 8.94 7.72 8.96 10.75 7.09 9.82 11.90 8.61 11.11 10.88
Net imports.................................................... 6.88 6.51 6.97 6.49 7.13 6.57 4.47 7.86 6.10 5.54
Gross imports ........................................... 7.28 7.14 7.60 7.12 7.76 7.20 6.04 8.49 7.12 7.47
Exports ..................................................... 0.40 0.63 0.63 0.63 0.63 0.63 1.57 0.63 1.02 1.93
Other crude supply2 ...................................... -0.11 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Total crude supply ........................................... 16.19 14.65 16.36 17.66 14.23 16.63 16.61 16.48 17.36 16.56
Net product imports ........................................... -2.24 -0.71 -3.26 -5.83 -0.28 -4.32 -6.83 -1.76 -4.66 -7.24
Gross refined product imports3...................... 0.66 1.13 1.11 0.79 1.71 1.30 0.82 1.91 1.63 1.10
Unfinished oil imports .................................... 0.55 0.64 0.53 0.54 0.65 0.46 0.45 0.66 0.39 0.35
Blending component imports ......................... 0.67 0.72 0.58 0.62 0.63 0.45 0.45 0.53 0.30 0.32
Exports .......................................................... 4.12 3.21 5.48 7.78 3.28 6.52 8.56 4.86 6.98 9.01
Refinery processing gain4 .................................. 1.03 0.97 1.05 1.14 0.92 0.98 0.95 1.03 0.99 0.94
Product stock withdrawal ................................... 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Natural gas plant liquids..................................... 3.25 4.33 4.57 4.82 4.32 4.90 5.17 4.53 4.99 5.25
Supply from renewable sources......................... 1.01 1.11 1.08 1.08 1.03 1.03 1.08 1.04 1.12 1.22
Ethanol .......................................................... 0.89 0.92 0.89 0.89 0.84 0.84 0.88 0.85 0.93 0.79
Domestic production................................. 0.94 0.93 0.90 0.89 0.88 0.87 0.89 0.89 0.91 0.69
Net imports ............................................... -0.05 -0.01 -0.01 0.00 -0.04 -0.03 -0.01 -0.03 0.02 0.11
Stock withdrawal ...................................... 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Biodiesel ....................................................... 0.11 0.15 0.15 0.16 0.04 0.10 0.16 0.04 0.10 0.16
Net imports ............................................... 0.03 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.04
Other biomass-derived liquids5 ..................... 0.00 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.14 0.09 0.04 0.14 0.09 0.27
Net imports ............................................... 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Liquids from gas ................................................ 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.04 0.00 0.00 0.45 0.00 0.00 0.85
Liquids from coal................................................ 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.24 0.00 0.00 0.28
Other6 ................................................................ 0.21 0.22 0.28 0.30 0.24 0.30 0.32 0.28 0.32 0.35
Total primary supply7 ...................................... 19.46 20.56 20.08 19.22 20.45 19.52 17.98 21.60 20.12 18.21
Product supplied
by fuel
Liquefied petroleum gases and other8 ...... 2.46 2.88 2.90 2.80 3.32 3.34 3.22 3.76 3.80 3.61
Motor gasoline9 ........................................ 9.18 9.35 8.97 8.26 8.33 7.35 6.28 8.15 6.84 5.65
of which: E8510 .................................. 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.12 0.06 0.15 0.39 0.10 0.19 0.43
Jet fuel11 ................................................... 1.54 1.58 1.56 1.54 1.74 1.73 1.71 1.87 1.86 1.84
Distillate fuel oil12 ...................................... 3.96 4.36 4.31 4.26 4.43 4.46 4.22 4.82 4.67 4.27
of which: Diesel ................................. 3.76 3.99 3.97 3.96 4.13 4.19 3.98 4.56 4.43 4.06
Residual fuel oil ........................................ 0.26 0.30 0.25 0.23 0.31 0.27 0.26 0.30 0.28 0.27
Other13...................................................... 2.02 2.12 2.11 2.16 2.34 2.39 2.33 2.73 2.70 2.59
by sector
Residential and commercial ..................... 0.90 0.98 0.89 0.78 0.92 0.80 0.68 0.84 0.74 0.64
Industrial14 ................................................ 4.47 5.36 5.35 5.33 6.01 6.10 5.94 6.85 6.89 6.60
Transportation .......................................... 14.04 14.51 14.11 13.37 13.78 12.84 11.53 14.18 12.69 11.11
Electric power15 ........................................ 0.12 0.07 0.07 0.07 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.04 0.04 0.04
Unspecified sector16 ................................. -0.30 -0.32 -0.31 -0.29 -0.28 -0.25 -0.19 -0.28 -0.23 -0.16
Total product supplied .................................... 19.42 20.59 20.11 19.26 20.47 19.54 18.01 21.63 20.14 18.24
Discrepancy17 .................................................... 0.04 -0.03 -0.03 -0.03 -0.02 -0.03 -0.03 -0.03 -0.03 -0.03

Appendix C
Table C4. Petroleum and other liquids supply and disposition (continued)
Table C4. (million
Petroleum
barrelsand
per other liquids
day, unless supply noted)
otherwise and disposition (continued)
Projections
2020 2030 2040
Supply and disposition 2015
Domestic refinery distillation capacity18 ............. 18.0 19.0 19.0 19.2 19.0 19.0 19.3 19.0 19.0 19.3
Capacity utilization rate (percent)19 .................... 91.1 79.2 87.7 93.8 77.0 88.9 87.5 88.8 92.5 86.9
Net import share of product supplied (percent) .. 23.7 28.3 18.6 3.6 33.5 11.6 -13.0 28.3 7.4 -8.5
Net expenditures for imported crude oil and
petroleum products (billion 2015 dollars) ...... 128 88 207 399 126 268 455 221 348 609
1
2
Strategic petroleum reserve stock additions plus unaccounted for crude oil and crude oil stock withdrawals.
3
Includes other hydrocarbons and alcohols.
4
The volumetric amount by which total output is greater than input due to the processing of crude oil into products which, in total, have a lower specific gravity than the
crude oil processed.
5
6
7
Total crude supply, net product imports, refinery processing gain, product stock withdrawal, natural gas plant liquids, supply from renewable sources, liquids from gas,
liquids from coal, and other supply.
8
9
10
11
12
Includes distillate fuel oil from petroleum and biomass feedstocks.
13
Includes kerosene, aviation gasoline, petrochemical feedstocks, lubricants, waxes, asphalt, road oil, still gas, special naphthas, petroleum coke, crude oil product supplied,
methanol, and miscellaneous petroleum products.
14
15
16
17
Balancing item. Includes unaccounted for supply, losses, and gains.
18
End-of-year operable capacity.
19
Rate is calculated by dividing the gross annual input to atmospheric crude oil distillation units by their operable refining capacity in barrels per calendar day.

Table C5. Petroleum and other liquids prices
Table C5. (2015
Petroleum
dollars perand otherunless
gallon, liquids prices noted)
otherwise
(2015 dollars per gallon, unless otherwise noted)
Projections
2020 2030 2040
Sector and fuel 2015
Crude oil prices (2015 dollars per barrel)

Brent spot ................................................................. 52 38 77 152 49 104 207 73 136 230
West Texas Intermediate spot .................................. 49 32 71 145 42 97 198 67 129 222
Average imported refiners acquisition cost1 .............. 46 30 69 142 40 95 191 66 126 213
Brent / West Texas Intermediate spread................... 3.7 6.1 5.4 7.1 6.6 6.9 8.9 6.0 7.1 7.6
Residential
Propane................................................................ 1.55 1.47 1.84 2.66 1.55 2.04 3.07 1.77 2.33 3.15
Distillate fuel oil .................................................... 2.66 2.05 3.08 5.00 2.35 3.82 6.42 2.99 4.65 7.00
Commercial
Residual fuel oil .................................................... 1.04 0.69 1.64 3.26 0.99 2.29 4.51 1.63 2.98 5.01
Residual fuel oil (2015 dollars per barrel) ............. 44 29 69 137 41 96 189 68 125 210
Industrial2
Propane................................................................ 1.12 1.04 1.42 2.27 1.12 1.63 2.69 1.35 1.93 2.77
Transportation
Propane................................................................ 1.64 1.57 1.94 2.76 1.65 2.14 3.17 1.87 2.43 3.25
E853 ..................................................................... 2.21 2.30 3.05 3.62 2.42 2.93 3.74 2.71 3.33 4.01
Ethanol wholesale price ....................................... 2.22 2.74 2.77 2.78 2.11 2.28 2.55 2.29 2.60 2.93
Motor gasoline4 .................................................... 2.52 1.94 2.74 4.28 2.04 3.19 5.17 2.53 3.81 5.61
Jet fuel5 ................................................................ 1.62 1.16 2.18 3.99 1.47 2.87 5.41 2.15 3.74 6.04
Diesel fuel (distillate fuel oil)6 ............................... 2.72 2.15 3.18 5.09 2.40 3.85 6.45 3.03 4.68 7.04
Electric power7

Propane................................................................ 1.36 1.27 1.65 2.46 1.35 1.83 2.84 1.56 2.12 2.91
Motor gasoline4 .................................................... 2.52 1.94 2.74 4.28 2.04 3.19 5.17 2.53 3.81 5.61
Jet fuel5 ................................................................ 1.62 1.16 2.18 3.99 1.47 2.87 5.41 2.15 3.74 6.04
Average ......................................................... 2.18 1.65 2.44 3.97 1.75 2.85 4.82 2.21 3.42 5.16

Appendix C
Table C5. Petroleum and other liquids prices (continued)
Table C5. (nominal
Petroleum and
dollars perother liquids
gallon, unlessprices (continued)
otherwise noted)
(nominal dollars per gallon, unless otherwise noted)
Projections
2020 2030 2040
Sector and fuel 2015
Crude oil prices (nominal dollars per barrel)

Brent spot ................................................................. 52 42 85 166 66 141 284 121 229 397
West Texas Intermediate spot .................................. 49 35 79 159 58 131 272 111 217 384
Average imported refiners acquisition cost1 .............. 46 33 76 156 55 128 263 109 212 369
Residential
Propane................................................................ 1.55 1.62 2.03 2.92 2.11 2.76 4.22 2.94 3.93 5.44
Commercial
Industrial2
Propane................................................................ 1.12 1.15 1.57 2.49 1.53 2.20 3.69 2.24 3.25 4.78
Transportation
Propane................................................................ 1.64 1.73 2.14 3.03 2.24 2.89 4.36 3.10 4.09 5.61
E853 ..................................................................... 2.21 2.53 3.37 3.98 3.28 3.97 5.14 4.51 5.60 6.93
Ethanol wholesale price ....................................... 2.22 3.02 3.06 3.05 2.86 3.09 3.50 3.80 4.38 5.06
Motor gasoline4 .................................................... 2.52 2.14 3.02 4.70 2.77 4.32 7.11 4.20 6.40 9.68
Jet fuel5 ................................................................ 1.62 1.28 2.41 4.38 2.00 3.89 7.44 3.58 6.29 10.42
Diesel fuel (distillate fuel oil)6 ............................... 2.72 2.38 3.51 5.59 3.26 5.21 8.88 5.03 7.88 12.15
Electric power7

Propane................................................................ 1.36 1.40 1.82 2.70 1.83 2.48 3.91 2.60 3.56 5.03
Motor gasoline4 .................................................... 2.52 2.14 3.02 4.70 2.77 4.32 7.11 4.20 6.40 9.68
Jet fuel5 ................................................................ 1.62 1.28 2.41 4.38 2.00 3.89 7.44 3.58 6.29 10.42
Residual fuel oil (nominal dollars per barrel) ........ 53 35 81 152 54 131 251 116 207 347
Average ......................................................... 2.18 1.82 2.70 4.35 2.37 3.86 6.64 3.68 5.76 8.91
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Weighted averages of end-use fuel prices are derived from the prices in each sector and the corresponding sectoral consumption.

Table C6. International petroleum and other liquids supply, disposition, and prices
Table C6. (million
barrels per and
day, unless other liquids
otherwise noted)supply, disposition, and prices
Projections
2020 2030 2040
Crude oil spot prices

Brent ............................................................. 52 38 77 152 49 104 207 73 136 230
West Texas Intermediate .............................. 49 32 71 145 42 97 198 67 129 222
(nominal dollars per barrel)
Brent ............................................................. 52 42 85 166 66 141 284 121 229 397
West Texas Intermediate .............................. 49 35 79 159 58 131 272 111 217 384
Petroleum and other liquids consumption1

OECD
United States (50 states) .......................... 19.42 20.59 20.11 19.26 20.47 19.54 18.01 21.63 20.14 18.24
United States territories ............................ 0.30 0.31 0.31 0.31 0.34 0.34 0.34 0.38 0.38 0.38
Canada ..................................................... 2.39 2.45 2.39 2.32 2.48 2.39 2.39 2.64 2.51 2.57
Mexico and Chile ...................................... 2.30 2.48 2.38 2.27 2.61 2.50 2.44 3.05 2.87 2.84
OECD Europe2 ......................................... 13.83 13.98 13.70 13.28 13.98 13.65 13.36 14.43 13.98 13.60
Japan ....................................................... 4.14 4.02 3.91 3.69 3.80 3.66 3.48 3.60 3.40 3.33
South Korea ............................................. 2.38 2.50 2.41 2.25 2.54 2.44 2.32 2.67 2.55 2.49
Australia and New Zealand ...................... 1.28 1.37 1.35 1.32 1.43 1.41 1.40 1.55 1.53 1.55
Total OECD consumption ................ 46.03 47.70 46.56 44.69 47.65 45.93 43.73 49.94 47.35 45.01
Non-OECD
Russia ...................................................... 3.35 3.68 3.65 3.51 3.77 3.75 3.68 3.58 3.59 3.58
Other Europe and Eurasia3 ...................... 2.07 2.22 2.18 2.11 2.46 2.43 2.39 2.56 2.53 2.53
China ........................................................ 11.18 12.87 12.71 12.43 14.65 14.81 14.95 15.53 16.36 17.15
India ......................................................... 3.97 4.67 4.54 4.32 6.07 5.94 5.59 8.35 8.26 7.41
Other Asia4 ............................................... 8.15 9.67 9.40 9.01 11.74 11.42 10.76 14.41 14.29 13.46
Middle East............................................... 8.29 10.31 9.96 9.76 11.42 11.28 11.47 13.21 13.23 14.09
Africa ........................................................ 3.86 4.64 4.54 4.40 5.62 5.50 5.43 7.03 6.93 6.99
Brazil ........................................................ 3.15 3.52 3.41 3.24 4.14 4.06 3.93 4.80 4.71 4.58
Other Central and South America ............ 3.85 4.23 4.11 3.98 4.57 4.41 4.18 5.00 4.89 4.65
Total non-OECD consumption ........ 47.87 55.82 54.49 52.77 64.43 63.60 62.38 74.45 74.79 74.44
Total consumption ........................................... 93.90 103.51 101.05 97.46 112.08 109.52 106.11 124.39 122.14 119.44
Petroleum and other liquids production

OPEC5
Middle East .......................................... 27.76 32.44 30.87 27.42 36.70 34.29 29.33 41.63 39.38 31.71
North Africa.......................................... 2.13 3.51 1.99 2.12 3.73 2.32 2.11 4.03 2.94 2.28
West Africa .......................................... 4.21 4.51 4.35 4.08 5.04 4.58 3.53 6.21 5.07 3.57
South America ..................................... 3.24 4.17 2.96 2.59 5.46 3.33 2.85 6.76 3.88 3.21
Total OPEC production ................ 37.33 44.63 40.17 36.21 50.93 44.52 37.81 58.63 51.28 40.77
Non-OPEC
OECD
United States (50 states) ..................... 14.95 14.73 16.33 18.51 13.60 17.26 20.32 15.49 18.62 19.76
Canada ................................................ 4.54 5.11 5.43 5.14 4.68 5.55 6.16 4.63 6.01 8.25
Mexico and Chile ................................. 2.64 2.54 2.46 2.75 2.69 2.58 3.35 3.11 3.24 5.06
OECD Europe2 .................................... 3.79 3.47 3.44 3.40 3.11 3.10 3.03 2.86 2.78 2.80
Japan and South Korea ....................... 0.22 0.17 0.20 0.16 0.19 0.21 0.17 0.20 0.22 0.18
Australia and New Zealand.................. 0.51 0.67 0.66 0.75 0.60 0.61 1.08 0.56 0.76 1.53
Total OECD production ................ 26.65 26.68 28.51 30.71 24.87 29.31 34.12 26.84 31.63 37.58
Non-OECD
Russia.................................................. 10.95 10.44 10.62 9.68 11.75 11.22 9.80 12.56 12.21 11.17
Other Europe and Eurasia3.................. 3.23 3.78 3.69 3.18 4.93 4.63 4.03 5.12 4.50 5.75
China ................................................... 4.69 4.91 4.90 4.86 5.36 5.44 5.65 5.70 6.24 6.78
Other Asia4 .......................................... 4.03 3.91 3.92 3.88 3.63 3.65 3.65 3.60 3.62 3.68
Middle East .......................................... 1.14 1.04 1.02 1.02 0.84 0.83 0.83 0.70 0.69 0.70
Africa ................................................... 2.33 2.42 2.48 2.46 2.46 2.73 2.56 2.56 2.83 2.75
Brazil.................................................... 3.15 3.57 3.59 3.21 5.25 5.00 4.73 6.45 6.15 6.03
Other Central and South America........ 2.18 2.14 2.15 2.25 2.06 2.19 2.93 2.22 2.99 4.24
Total non-OECD production ........ 31.70 32.20 32.37 30.55 36.28 35.69 34.18 38.92 39.23 41.09
Total petroleum and other liquids production 95.68 103.51 101.05 97.46 112.08 109.52 106.11 124.39 122.14 119.44
OPEC market share (percent) ........................... 39.0 43.1 39.8 37.2 45.4 40.7 35.6 47.1 42.0 34.1

Appendix C
Table C6. International petroleum and other liquids supply, disposition, and prices (continued)
Table C6. (million
barrels per and
day, unless other liquids
otherwise noted)supply, disposition, and prices (continued)
Projections
2020 2030 2040
Selected world production subtotals:

Crude oil and equivalents6 ............................ 80.13 86.11 82.77 78.52 93.24 89.12 83.45 103.39 99.74 92.92
Tight oil ..................................................... 5.34 4.19 5.44 7.73 4.17 6.96 10.17 5.55 10.35 12.84
Bitumen7 ................................................... 2.32 2.99 3.08 3.08 2.88 3.18 3.68 2.99 3.31 4.80
Refinery processing gain8 ............................. 2.45 2.46 2.53 2.55 2.78 2.73 2.67 3.23 2.94 2.95
Liquids from renewable sources9 .................. 2.32 2.42 2.54 2.54 2.99 3.31 3.35 3.55 4.11 4.13
Liquids from coal10 ........................................ 0.25 0.25 0.27 0.31 0.04 0.26 0.88 0.00 0.50 1.48
Liquids from natural gas11 ............................. 0.29 0.31 0.32 0.37 0.11 0.57 1.10 0.12 0.65 1.92
Liquids from kerogen12 .................................. 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01
Crude oil production6

OPEC5
Middle East .......................................... 24.38 29.14 27.07 23.60 33.28 30.10 25.10 38.06 34.74 27.03
North Africa.......................................... 1.78 2.95 1.61 1.63 3.03 1.82 1.46 3.18 2.20 1.46
West Africa .......................................... 4.19 4.37 4.28 3.93 4.91 4.51 3.36 6.09 4.99 3.37
South America ..................................... 3.05 3.88 2.75 2.38 5.11 3.09 2.60 6.42 3.64 2.96
Total OPEC production ................ 33.40 40.34 35.72 31.54 46.33 39.52 32.51 53.75 45.57 34.83
Non-OPEC
OECD
United States (50 states) ..................... 9.42 8.13 9.38 11.16 7.10 10.06 12.14 8.62 11.26 11.02
Canada ................................................ 3.72 4.42 4.57 4.34 3.95 4.53 5.33 3.89 4.96 7.40
Mexico and Chile ................................. 2.31 2.19 2.16 2.46 2.35 2.29 3.07 2.77 2.96 4.78
OECD Europe2 .................................... 2.95 2.36 2.31 2.29 1.90 1.88 1.81 1.51 1.47 1.44
Japan and South Korea ....................... 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Australia and New Zealand.................. 0.39 0.53 0.53 0.62 0.46 0.49 0.96 0.41 0.64 1.39
Total OECD production ................ 18.81 17.63 18.96 20.88 15.77 19.24 23.30 17.20 21.29 26.04
Non-OECD
Russia.................................................. 10.17 9.84 9.84 8.79 10.90 10.49 8.51 11.28 11.53 9.21
Other Europe and Eurasia3.................. 3.00 3.48 3.43 2.90 4.49 4.36 3.62 4.46 4.23 5.11
China ................................................... 4.28 4.38 4.34 4.27 4.57 4.40 4.23 4.68 4.67 4.49
Other Asia4 .......................................... 3.18 3.01 2.98 2.95 2.57 2.52 2.52 2.28 2.25 2.25
Middle East .......................................... 1.11 0.99 1.00 0.99 0.80 0.81 0.81 0.67 0.67 0.67
Africa ................................................... 1.94 1.94 2.01 1.99 2.15 2.25 2.02 2.26 2.34 2.05
Brazil.................................................... 2.43 2.80 2.77 2.39 4.07 3.78 3.46 5.08 4.67 4.52
Other Central and South America........ 1.81 1.69 1.72 1.80 1.58 1.75 2.46 1.73 2.52 3.75
Total non-OECD production ........ 27.92 28.15 28.09 26.10 31.14 30.36 27.64 32.44 32.87 32.05
Total crude oil production6 ............................. 80.13 86.11 82.77 78.52 93.24 89.12 83.45 103.39 99.74 92.92
OPEC market share (percent) ........................... 41.7 46.8 43.2 40.2 49.7 44.3 39.0 52.0 45.7 37.5
1
Estimated consumption. Includes both OPEC and non-OPEC consumers in the regional breakdown.
2
OECD Europe = Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Luxembourg, the
Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, and the United Kingdom.
3
Other Europe and Eurasia = Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania,
Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan.
4
Other Asia = Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia (Kampuchea), Fiji, French Polynesia, Guam, Hong Kong, India (for production), Indonesia, Kiribati, Laos,
Malaysia, Macau, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar (Burma), Nauru, Nepal, New Caledonia, Niue, North Korea, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Samoa, Singapore,
Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Tonga, Vanuatu, and Vietnam.
5
OPEC = Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries = Algeria, Angola, Ecuador, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Libya, Nigeria, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates,
and Venezuela.
6
Includes crude oil, lease condensate, tight oil (shale oil), extra-heavy oil, and bitumen (oil sands).
7
Includes diluted and upgraded/synthetic bitumen (syncrude).
8
The volumetric amount by which total output is greater than input due to the processing of crude oil into products which, in total, have a lower specific gravity than the crude
oil processed.
9
Includes liquids produced from energy crops.
10
Includes liquids converted from coal via the Fischer-Tropsch coal-to-liquids process.
11
Includes liquids converted from natural gas via the Fischer-Tropsch natural-gas-to-liquids process.
12
Includes liquids produced from kerogen (oil shale, not to be confused with tight oil (shale oil)).
OECD = Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.
ref2016.d032416a. Projections: Energy Information Administration (EIA), AEO2016 National Energy Modeling System runs lowprice.d041916a, ref2016.d032416a, and
highprice.d041916a; and EIA, Generate World Oil Balance application.

Appendix D
Results from side cases
Table D1. Key results for Clean Power Plan cases
Table D1. Key results for Clean Power Plan cases
2020
Capacity, generation, prices, consumption, and emissions 2015 CPP CPP

Reference CPP Rate Interregional CPP Hybrid Allocation to CPP Extended
Trading Generators
Net summer capacity (gigawatts)1

Capacity
Electric power sector2 ................................................... 1,040.8 1,053.0 1,053.2 1,054.4 1,052.6 1,054.8 1,048.5
Coal3 .......................................................................... 281.4 211.7 211.7 212.1 211.8 212.3 205.9
Oil and natural gas steam3,4 ...................................... 91.4 90.3 90.3 91.2 90.5 91.0 90.9
Combined cycle ......................................................... 227.3 247.5 247.1 247.5 246.4 247.4 248.5
Combustion turbine/diesel ......................................... 141.2 142.9 143.4 142.9 143.2 143.3 143.1
Nuclear power ........................................................... 99.8 99.1 99.1 99.1 99.1 99.1 99.1
Solar5 ......................................................................... 13.8 28.0 28.1 28.0 28.1 28.1 27.5
Wind .......................................................................... 74.4 120.4 120.4 120.4 120.4 120.4 120.4
Other renewable energy6 ........................................... 89.0 90.3 90.3 90.3 90.3 90.3 90.3
Other7 ........................................................................ 22.6 22.9 22.9 22.9 22.9 22.9 22.9
End-use sector8 ............................................................ 41.3 61.1 61.1 61.2 61.1 61.2 62.0
Total capacity................................................................. 1,082.1 1,114.2 1,114.4 1,115.5 1,113.8 1,115.9 1,110.6
Capacity additions (gigawatts)9

Electric power sector2 ................................................... -- 101.1 101.0 101.3 101.0 101.3 102.4
Coal3 .......................................................................... -- 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
Combined cycle ......................................................... -- 26.7 26.3 26.8 26.3 26.7 28.1
Combustion turbine/diesel ......................................... -- 7.3 7.4 7.3 7.4 7.3 7.7
Nuclear power ........................................................... -- 4.4 4.4 4.4 4.4 4.4 4.4
Solar5 ......................................................................... -- 14.2 14.4 14.2 14.4 14.4 13.8
Wind .......................................................................... -- 46.1 46.1 46.1 46.1 46.1 46.1
Other renewable energy6 ........................................... -- 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.7
Other7 ........................................................................ -- 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.2
End-use sector8 ............................................................ -- 21.0 21.0 21.0 21.0 21.0 21.1
Total capacity additions ................................................ -- 122.1 122.1 122.3 122.1 122.3 123.5
Capacity retirements (gigawatts)9

Electric power sector2 ................................................... -- 88.9 88.6 87.7 89.2 87.4 94.7
Coal3 .......................................................................... -- 61.6 61.6 61.2 61.5 61.0 67.4
Oil and natural gas steam3,4 ...................................... -- 9.7 9.7 8.8 9.5 9.0 9.1
Combined cycle ......................................................... -- 6.5 6.5 6.6 7.2 6.6 6.9
Combustion turbine/diesel ......................................... -- 5.5 5.3 5.6 5.4 5.2 5.8
Nuclear power ........................................................... -- 5.2 5.2 5.2 5.2 5.2 5.2
Renewable energy10 .................................................. -- 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
Fuel cells ................................................................... -- 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
End-use sector8 ............................................................ -- 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 0.4
Total capacity retirements ............................................ -- 90.1 89.9 89.0 90.5 88.6 95.1
Total net electricity generation by fuel

Coal ................................................................................. 1,355 1,388 1,389 1,389 1,389 1,388 1,366
Petroleum ........................................................................ 26 15 15 15 15 15 15
Natural gas ...................................................................... 1,348 1,201 1,199 1,199 1,199 1,201 1,220
Nuclear power.................................................................. 798 777 777 777 777 777 777
Solar5 ............................................................................... 38 93 93 93 93 93 92
Wind ................................................................................ 190 368 368 368 367 368 368
Other renewable energy6 ................................................. 319 376 375 376 375 376 376
Other11 ............................................................................. 17 27 27 27 27 27 27
Total net electricity generation ........................................ 4,090 4,244 4,243 4,244 4,243 4,245 4,240
Fuel prices to the electric power sector2

(2015 dollars per million Btu)
Natural gas ...................................................................... 3.26 4.69 4.69 4.68 4.69 4.68 4.76
Steam coal ....................................................................... 2.19 2.26 2.26 2.26 2.26 2.26 2.27
Electricity prices (2015 cents per kilowatthour)

Residential ....................................................................... 12.4 12.9 12.9 12.9 12.9 12.9 12.9
Commercial...................................................................... 10.5 10.7 10.7 10.7 10.7 10.7 10.8
Industrial .......................................................................... 6.9 7.1 7.1 7.1 7.1 7.1 7.2
Transportation.................................................................. 10.1 11.3 11.3 11.3 11.3 11.3 11.3
All sectors average price ................................................. 10.3 10.5 10.5 10.5 10.5 10.5 10.6
D-2 U.S. Energy Information Administration | Annual Energy Outlook 2016

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CPP CPP CPP CPP
Reference CPP Rate Interregional CPP Hybrid Allocation to CPP Extended Reference CPP Rate Interregional CPP Hybrid Allocation to CPP Extended
Trading Generators Trading Generators
1,094.2 1,139.1 1,107.1 1,138.9 1,088.9 1,107.9 1,239.6 1,252.2 1,259.0 1,251.4 1,242.6 1,250.4
180.3 186.6 185.6 188.2 179.4 174.9 172.8 186.6 178.9 188.2 172.3 152.7
54.5 66.0 52.7 62.8 53.4 52.1 52.8 63.3 50.0 60.7 49.8 49.6
294.5 259.0 280.1 258.6 290.9 294.9 345.4 303.5 331.4 302.0 340.5 352.9
137.0 137.1 139.9 136.2 138.2 135.1 144.6 147.9 145.5 146.8 146.3 141.5
99.1 99.1 99.1 99.1 99.1 99.1 99.1 99.1 99.1 99.1 99.1 99.1
70.1 109.6 90.2 112.2 69.0 90.2 158.1 164.0 189.0 166.9 166.9 184.5
142.0 164.6 142.9 164.6 142.1 144.6 145.8 167.2 144.3 167.2 146.9 149.4
93.1 93.7 92.9 93.6 93.1 93.3 95.5 95.6 95.4 95.5 95.4 95.7
23.7 23.5 23.6 23.5 23.6 23.6 25.5 25.1 25.4 25.1 25.4 25.0
93.9 94.0 94.0 93.9 95.0 94.6 134.5 135.0 134.3 135.0 136.6 136.3
1,188.1 1,233.1 1,201.0 1,232.8 1,184.0 1,202.5 1,374.1 1,387.2 1,393.2 1,386.4 1,379.2 1,386.6
227.4 249.2 234.5 252.4 223.9 252.9 388.6 367.7 402.5 369.6 393.8 432.4
0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
84.9 44.3 70.2 44.6 82.4 86.1 138.6 89.8 123.6 89.1 133.6 150.4
8.0 8.0 9.1 8.2 8.0 9.5 19.5 20.3 19.2 20.3 19.9 21.6
4.4 4.4 4.4 4.4 4.4 4.4 4.4 4.4 4.4 4.4 4.4 4.4
56.4 95.8 76.4 98.5 55.3 76.5 144.3 150.3 175.2 153.2 153.1 170.7
67.7 90.3 68.6 90.3 67.8 70.3 71.5 92.9 70.1 92.9 72.7 75.2
4.5 5.0 4.3 5.0 4.5 4.7 6.9 7.0 6.8 6.9 6.8 7.1
1.0 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 1.0 2.9 2.5 2.8 2.4 2.7 2.4
53.8 53.9 53.8 53.8 54.9 53.7 94.3 94.9 94.1 94.9 96.5 95.3
281.1 303.1 288.3 306.2 278.8 306.5 482.9 462.6 496.6 464.6 490.2 527.7
174.0 151.0 168.3 154.4 175.8 185.9 189.8 156.3 184.4 159.1 192.0 222.9
92.1 85.8 86.7 84.2 92.9 97.4 99.6 85.8 93.5 84.2 100.1 119.7
46.4 34.9 48.2 38.1 47.5 48.8 48.1 37.6 50.9 40.2 51.1 51.3
17.7 12.5 17.4 13.3 18.8 18.5 20.5 13.6 19.5 14.4 20.4 24.9
12.2 12.2 10.4 13.2 11.0 15.6 16.0 13.7 14.8 14.6 14.8 21.3
5.2 5.2 5.2 5.2 5.2 5.2 5.2 5.2 5.2 5.2 5.2 5.2
0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 0.4 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 0.4
175.2 152.2 169.5 155.6 177.0 186.2 191.0 157.6 185.6 160.3 193.2 223.2
972 995 1,029 997 979 987 919 1,080 980 1,081 931 653
11 11 12 11 11 11 9 10 10 10 9 8
1,702 1,531 1,607 1,524 1,680 1,650 1,942 1,723 1,829 1,712 1,896 2,097
789 789 789 789 789 789 789 789 789 789 789 789
227 302 267 306 226 266 477 482 546 491 498 538
457 528 459 528 457 466 473 541 467 540 477 487
405 407 404 407 405 405 424 422 423 421 422 427
27 27 27 27 27 27 27 27 27 27 27 27
4,590 4,591 4,594 4,591 4,574 4,601 5,060 5,074 5,071 5,071 5,050 5,025
5.57 5.32 5.42 5.31 5.57 5.33 5.36 5.07 5.14 5.07 5.35 5.58
2.26 2.29 2.27 2.29 2.28 2.26 2.38 2.46 2.37 2.46 2.40 2.26
13.4 13.5 13.4 13.4 13.6 13.3 13.0 13.0 12.9 13.0 13.1 13.4
11.0 11.0 11.0 11.0 11.2 10.9 10.5 10.5 10.4 10.5 10.6 10.8
7.5 7.6 7.5 7.5 7.7 7.4 7.2 7.2 7.2 7.2 7.3 7.5
12.7 12.7 12.7 12.6 13.0 12.6 12.1 12.0 12.0 12.0 12.2 12.5
10.9 10.9 10.9 10.9 11.1 10.8 10.5 10.5 10.4 10.4 10.6 10.8
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Appendix D
Table D1. Key results for Clean Power Plan cases (continued)
2020

Trading Generators
Energy consumption (quadrillion Btu)

Residential
Petroleum and other liquids12 ...................................... 0.93 0.86 0.86 0.86 0.86 0.86 0.86
Natural gas .................................................................. 4.77 4.87 4.87 4.87 4.87 4.87 4.86
Renewable energy13 .................................................... 0.44 0.42 0.42 0.42 0.42 0.42 0.42
Electricity ..................................................................... 4.78 4.76 4.76 4.76 4.76 4.76 4.76
Total residential ............................................................ 10.92 10.90 10.90 10.90 10.90 10.90 10.89
Nonmarketed residential renewable energy14 ................. 0.11 0.35 0.35 0.35 0.35 0.35 0.35
Commercial
Natural gas .................................................................. 3.32 3.45 3.45 3.45 3.45 3.45 3.45
Coal ............................................................................. 0.06 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05
Electricity ..................................................................... 4.64 4.69 4.69 4.69 4.69 4.69 4.68
Total commercial .......................................................... 8.81 9.03 9.03 9.03 9.03 9.03 9.03
Nonmarketed commercial renewable energy14 ............... 0.16 0.18 0.18 0.18 0.18 0.18 0.18
Industrial8
Natural gas .................................................................. 9.38 10.57 10.57 10.57 10.57 10.57 10.56
Coal ............................................................................. 1.34 1.23 1.23 1.23 1.23 1.23 1.22
Electricity ..................................................................... 3.27 3.61 3.61 3.61 3.61 3.61 3.61
Total industrial .............................................................. 24.33 27.11 27.11 27.10 27.10 27.11 27.08
Transportation
Pipeline fuel natural gas .............................................. 0.89 0.83 0.83 0.83 0.83 0.83 0.83
Compressed / liquefied natural gas ............................. 0.07 0.08 0.08 0.08 0.08 0.08 0.08
Liquid hydrogen ........................................................... 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01
Electricity ..................................................................... 0.03 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05
Total transportation ...................................................... 28.13 28.29 28.29 28.29 28.29 28.29 28.28
Unspecified sector20........................................................ -0.58 -0.58 -0.58 -0.58 -0.58 -0.58 -0.58
Electric power2
Natural gas .................................................................. 9.89 8.50 8.49 8.49 8.49 8.50 8.59
Steam coal................................................................... 14.08 14.34 14.36 14.36 14.37 14.35 14.09
Nuclear / uranium22 ...................................................... 8.34 8.12 8.12 8.12 8.12 8.12 8.12
Non-biogenic municipal waste ..................................... 0.23 0.23 0.23 0.23 0.23 0.23 0.23
Net electricity imports .................................................. 0.19 0.19 0.20 0.20 0.20 0.19 0.20
Total electric power ...................................................... 37.85 38.90 38.89 38.91 38.91 38.91 38.73
Total marketed energy consumption...............................

Petroleum and other liquids ......................................... 36.49 37.85 37.85 37.85 37.85 37.85 37.83
Natural gas .................................................................. 28.31 28.30 28.29 28.29 28.29 28.30 28.38
Coal ............................................................................. 15.48 15.62 15.64 15.64 15.65 15.63 15.36
Nuclear / uranium22 ...................................................... 8.34 8.12 8.12 8.12 8.12 8.12 8.12
Other25 ......................................................................... 0.42 0.43 0.43 0.43 0.43 0.43 0.43
Total marketed energy consumption .......................... 96.74 100.55 100.54 100.56 100.55 100.55 100.34
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2030 2040
CPP CPP CPP CPP
0.72 0.72 0.72 0.72 0.72 0.72 0.61 0.61 0.61 0.61 0.61 0.61
4.80 4.81 4.81 4.81 4.80 4.81 4.73 4.75 4.74 4.75 4.73 4.72
0.39 0.39 0.39 0.39 0.39 0.39 0.37 0.37 0.37 0.37 0.37 0.37
4.83 4.82 4.83 4.83 4.81 4.84 5.20 5.19 5.21 5.20 5.18 5.16
10.74 10.74 10.75 10.75 10.72 10.76 10.91 10.92 10.93 10.93 10.89 10.86
0.63 0.63 0.63 0.63 0.64 0.63 0.94 0.94 0.93 0.94 0.95 0.94
0.68 0.68 0.68 0.68 0.68 0.68 0.67 0.67 0.67 0.67 0.67 0.67
3.53 3.55 3.55 3.55 3.54 3.56 3.81 3.84 3.83 3.84 3.83 3.81
0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05
0.14 0.14 0.14 0.14 0.14 0.14 0.14 0.14 0.14 0.14 0.14 0.14
5.09 5.08 5.08 5.08 5.06 5.09 5.62 5.62 5.63 5.62 5.60 5.58
9.49 9.50 9.51 9.51 9.48 9.53 10.28 10.31 10.32 10.32 10.28 10.25
0.29 0.29 0.29 0.29 0.29 0.29 0.47 0.47 0.47 0.47 0.48 0.47
10.55 10.61 10.59 10.62 10.56 10.57 11.82 11.96 11.90 11.97 11.85 11.68
11.72 11.82 11.77 11.81 11.74 11.74 12.89 13.02 12.96 13.03 12.93 12.79
1.35 1.34 1.35 1.33 1.40 1.32 1.34 1.33 1.35 1.33 1.38 1.31
2.47 2.47 2.47 2.47 2.47 2.47 2.63 2.64 2.63 2.64 2.63 2.61
3.98 3.99 3.99 3.99 3.97 3.99 4.26 4.30 4.28 4.30 4.25 4.21
30.07 30.23 30.18 30.23 30.13 30.11 32.94 33.26 33.13 33.28 33.04 32.60
25.01 25.03 25.04 25.03 25.01 25.01 24.75 24.81 24.77 24.81 24.77 24.66
0.94 0.93 0.93 0.92 0.94 0.93 1.07 1.05 1.05 1.05 1.07 1.08
0.17 0.17 0.17 0.17 0.17 0.17 0.59 0.61 0.61 0.61 0.59 0.59
0.04 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.06 0.06 0.06 0.06 0.06 0.06
0.11 0.11 0.11 0.11 0.11 0.11 0.15 0.15 0.15 0.15 0.15 0.15
26.28 26.28 26.29 26.28 26.28 26.27 26.63 26.69 26.65 26.70 26.64 26.54
-0.46 -0.46 -0.46 -0.46 -0.46 -0.46 -0.42 -0.42 -0.42 -0.42 -0.42 -0.41
0.11 0.11 0.11 0.11 0.11 0.11 0.09 0.09 0.09 0.09 0.09 0.07
11.34 10.52 10.76 10.46 11.18 10.89 12.31 11.20 11.60 11.12 11.98 13.27
9.92 10.12 10.56 10.14 9.99 10.07 9.36 11.03 10.06 11.04 9.48 6.60
8.25 8.25 8.25 8.25 8.25 8.25 8.25 8.25 8.25 8.25 8.25 8.25
9.41 10.74 9.81 10.79 9.39 9.85 11.67 12.25 12.29 12.34 11.86 12.36
0.23 0.23 0.23 0.23 0.23 0.23 0.23 0.23 0.23 0.23 0.23 0.23
0.17 0.17 0.17 0.17 0.17 0.17 0.15 0.15 0.15 0.15 0.15 0.15
39.42 40.13 39.89 40.15 39.31 39.56 42.04 43.19 42.65 43.20 42.03 40.93
36.62 36.69 36.69 36.70 36.63 36.64 37.52 37.73 37.63 37.73 37.56 37.28
32.51 31.79 31.99 31.73 32.37 32.10 35.39 34.47 34.79 34.41 35.12 36.25
11.32 11.51 11.97 11.53 11.44 11.45 10.75 12.41 11.46 12.42 10.91 7.97
8.25 8.25 8.25 8.25 8.25 8.25 8.25 8.25 8.25 8.25 8.25 8.25
12.41 13.74 12.81 13.79 12.39 12.85 14.80 15.40 15.42 15.48 14.99 15.47
0.44 0.44 0.44 0.44 0.44 0.44 0.43 0.43 0.43 0.43 0.43 0.43
101.54 102.42 102.14 102.44 101.51 101.73 107.15 108.69 107.98 108.73 107.27 105.65

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Appendix D
2020

Trading Generators
Carbon dioxide emissions (million metric tons)

by sector
Residential ................................................................... 1,028 981 982 982 982 981 974
Commercial ................................................................. 918 893 893 893 893 893 885
Industrial8 ..................................................................... 1,472 1,558 1,559 1,558 1,559 1,558 1,551
Transportation ............................................................. 1,855 1,857 1,858 1,857 1,857 1,857 1,857
Total carbon dioxide emissions ........................... 5,273 5,289 5,291 5,290 5,291 5,290 5,267
Electric power sector

Petroleum ................................................................. 20 11 11 11 11 11 11
Natural gas ............................................................... 524 451 450 450 450 451 456
Coal .......................................................................... 1,340 1,360 1,362 1,362 1,363 1,361 1,336
Other26 ...................................................................... 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
Total electric power sector ....................................... 1,891 1,829 1,830 1,830 1,831 1,829 1,809
1
Net summer capacity is the steady hourly output that generating equipment is expected to supply to system load (exclusive of auxiliary power) as demonstrated by tests
during summer peak demand.
2
3
Total coal and oil and natural gas steam capacity account for the conversion of coal capacity to gas steam capacity but the conversions are not included explicitly as additions
or retirements.
4
Includes oil-, gas-, and dual-fired capacity.
5
Does not include off-grid photovoltaics.
6
Includes conventional hydroelectric, geothermal, wood, wood waste, municipal waste, landfill gas, and other biomass. Facilities co-firing biomass and coal are classified as
coal.
7
Includes pumped storage, fuel cells, and distributed generation.
8
9
Cumulative after December 31, 2015.
10
Includes conventional hydroelectric, geothermal, wood, wood waste, municipal waste, landfill gas, other biomass, solar, and wind power. Facilities co-firing biomass and
coal are classified as coal.
11
Includes pumped storage, non-biogenic municipal waste, refinery gas, still gas, batteries, chemicals, hydrogen, pitch, purchased steam, sulfur, and miscellaneous
technologies.
12
Includes propane, kerosene, and distillate fuel oil.
13
Includes wood used for residential heating. Excludes nonmarketed renewable energy consumption for geothermal heat pumps, buildings photovoltaic systems, and solar
14
Includes selected renewable energy consumption data for which the energy is not bought or sold, either directly or indirectly as an input to marketed energy.
15
Includes propane, motor gasoline (including ethanol and ethers), kerosene, distillate fuel oil, and residual fuel oil.
16
Includes commercial sector consumption of wood and wood waste, landfill gas, municipal waste, and other biomass for combined heat and power. Excludes nonmarketed
renewable energy consumption for geothermal heat pumps, buildings photovoltaic systems, and solar thermal water heaters.
17
Includes ethane, propane, butane, isobutane, natural gasoline, refinery olefins, motor gasoline (including ethanol and ethers), distillate fuel oil, residual fuel oil, petroleum
coke, asphalt, road oil, lubricants, still gas, and miscellaneous petroleum products.
18
Includes consumption of energy produced from hydroelectric, wood and wood waste, municipal waste, and other biomass sources, and all biomass input to liquid fuel
conversion processes net of the liquid fuel produced.
19
Includes propane, motor gasoline (including ethanol and ethers), jet fuel, distillate fuel oil, residual fuel oil, lubricants, and aviation gasoline.
20
21
Includes distillate fuel oil and residual fuel oil.
22
23
Includes conventional hydroelectric, geothermal, wood and wood waste, biogenic municipal waste, other biomass, wind, photovoltaic, and solar thermal sources. Excludes
net electricity imports.
24
Includes conventional hydroelectric, geothermal, wood and wood waste, biogenic municipal waste, other biomass, wind, photovoltaic, and solar thermal sources, and all
biomass input to liquid fuel conversion processes net of the liquid fuel produced. Excludes net electricity imports and nonmarketed renewable energy consumption for geothermal
heat pumps, buildings photovoltaic systems, and solar thermal water heaters.
25
26
Includes emissions from geothermal power and non-biogenic emissions from municipal waste.
CPP = Clean Power Plan.
Source: 2015: U.S. Energy Information Administration, (EIA), Short-Term Energy Outlook, February 2016 and EIA, AEO2016 National Energy Modeling System run
ref2016.d032416a. Projections: EIA, AEO2016 National Energy Modeling System, runs ref2016.d032416a, ref_rate.d032416A, ref_trade.d032416a, ref_hybrid.d032416a,
ref_allow_gen.d032416a, and ref_extend.d050416a.

2030 2040
CPP CPP CPP CPP
841 833 850 832 840 838 821 855 831 854 820 750
807 799 817 799 806 805 826 864 837 863 825 749
1,587 1,586 1,599 1,585 1,593 1,583 1,660 1,700 1,674 1,700 1,665 1,586
1,726 1,726 1,728 1,726 1,726 1,726 1,737 1,742 1,738 1,742 1,738 1,728
4,961 4,944 4,994 4,943 4,966 4,952 5,044 5,162 5,080 5,159 5,047 4,813
8 8 8 8 8 8 6 7 7 7 6 6
602 558 571 555 593 578 653 594 615 590 636 704
943 962 1,000 965 949 958 885 1,045 949 1,045 897 623
6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
1,559 1,535 1,585 1,534 1,557 1,550 1,551 1,652 1,578 1,649 1,545 1,339

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Appendix D
Table D2. Key transportation results for the Phase 2 Standards case
Table D2. Key transportation results for the Phase 2 Standards case
2020 2030 2040
Key indicators, consumption, and emissions 2015 Phase 2 Phase 2 Phase 2
Standards Standards Standards
Average fuel efficiency of new trucks

(miles per gallon)
Light medium
Diesel ............................................................................... 14.3 15.5 15.6 15.6 19.0 15.7 19.2
Motor gasoline .................................................................. 10.4 10.8 11.5 10.8 14.3 10.9 14.7
Propane ............................................................................ 10.0 10.3 12.3 10.9 16.2 11.0 16.3
Compressed / liquefied natural gas .................................. 9.3 9.9 11.5 10.6 15.0 10.6 14.8
Light medium average ................................................... 13.4 14.4 14.7 14.5 18.0 14.5 18.3
Medium
Diesel ............................................................................... 8.9 9.2 10.0 9.2 12.9 9.2 13.1
Motor gasoline .................................................................. 6.4 6.5 7.3 6.6 9.1 6.7 9.3
Propane ............................................................................ 6.6 6.7 6.9 7.0 8.6 7.0 8.8
Medium average............................................................ 8.3 8.5 9.3 8.6 12.0 8.7 12.2
Heavy
Diesel ............................................................................... 6.3 6.8 7.2 6.9 8.8 7.0 9.1
Motor gasoline .................................................................. 5.7 5.9 6.5 5.9 7.8 6.1 8.0
Propane ............................................................................ 5.2 5.4 5.5 5.5 6.7 5.8 6.9
Heavy average .............................................................. 6.3 6.8 7.2 6.9 8.8 6.9 9.0
Average new truck fuel efficiency ....................................... 7.1 7.7 8.2 7.9 10.3 8.0 10.6
New truck sales (thousands)

Light medium
Diesel ............................................................................... 136 148 148 157 157 185 186
Motor gasoline .................................................................. 52 54 54 54 54 63 63
Propane ............................................................................ 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Compressed / liquefied natural gas .................................. 0 0 0 1 1 5 4
Light medium subtotal ................................................... 188 202 202 212 212 253 253
Medium
Diesel ............................................................................... 133 165 165 181 181 200 201
Motor gasoline .................................................................. 51 60 60 62 62 67 67
Propane ............................................................................ 0 0 0 1 0 2 2
Medium subtotal ............................................................ 184 225 225 244 244 269 270
Heavy
Diesel ............................................................................... 261 242 243 226 229 219 245
Motor gasoline .................................................................. 11 10 10 10 10 10 11
Propane ............................................................................ 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Heavy subtotal............................................................... 275 254 255 241 241 265 266
Total new truck sales............................................................ 647 681 682 697 698 787 790
Freight truck stock (millions)

Light medium ....................................................................... 3.17 3.91 3.91 5.02 5.02 5.83 5.84
Medium ................................................................................ 3.19 3.68 3.68 4.68 4.68 5.46 5.47
Heavy .................................................................................. 4.58 5.19 5.19 5.60 5.60 5.91 5.92
Total freight truck stock ....................................................... 10.93 12.77 12.77 15.29 15.30 17.20 17.22
Freight truck vehicle miles traveled (billion miles)

Light medium ....................................................................... 49.4 52.7 52.7 64.2 64.0 78.9 78.6
Medium ................................................................................ 47.8 54.3 54.3 75.2 75.1 91.3 91.0
Heavy .................................................................................. 182.6 197.2 197.3 209.5 209.1 236.6 235.6
Total freight truck vehicle miles traveled ........................... 279.8 304.2 304.4 348.9 348.2 406.8 405.1
Freight truck fuel efficiency (miles per gallon)

Light medium ....................................................................... 12.3 12.9 12.9 13.8 15.3 14.1 17.2
Medium ................................................................................ 7.8 8.1 8.2 8.4 10.1 8.5 11.3
Heavy .................................................................................. 6.0 6.3 6.4 6.7 7.7 6.8 8.6
Total freight truck fuel efficiency ........................................ 6.9 7.3 7.4 7.8 9.0 8.0 10.2
Freight truck fuel consumption (quadrillion Btu)

Light medium ....................................................................... 0.54 0.55 0.55 0.63 0.56 0.75 0.62
Medium ................................................................................ 0.82 0.90 0.88 1.21 1.00 1.46 1.08
Heavy .................................................................................. 4.20 4.31 4.24 4.32 3.74 4.78 3.77
Total freight truck fuel consumption................................... 5.57 5.76 5.67 6.16 5.30 6.98 5.46

Table D2. Key transportation results for the Phase 2 Standards case (continued)
Table D2. Key transportation results, vehicle miles traveled cases (continued)
2020 2030 2040
Key indicators, consumption, and emissions 2015 Phase 2 Phase 2 Phase 2
Standards Standards Standards
Fuel consumption
(quadrillion Btu)
Transportation sector ....................................................... 28.13 28.29 28.21 26.28 25.43 26.63 25.08
Propane ............................................................................ 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.02 0.02
Motor gasoline .................................................................. 17.01 16.79 16.79 13.62 13.55 12.55 12.40
of which: ethanol ......................................................... 1.18 1.19 1.19 1.12 1.12 1.24 1.23
Jet fuel1 ............................................................................ 2.84 2.99 2.99 3.32 3.32 3.56 3.56
Distillate fuel oil2 ............................................................... 6.67 6.99 6.91 7.49 6.73 8.01 6.92
Other petroleum3 .............................................................. 0.60 0.53 0.53 0.58 0.58 0.62 0.62
Petroleum and other liquids subtotal ............................. 27.14 27.32 27.24 25.01 24.18 24.75 23.52
Pipeline fuel natural gas ................................................... 0.89 0.83 0.83 0.94 0.94 1.07 1.03
Liquid hydrogen ................................................................ 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.04 0.04 0.06 0.06
Electricity .......................................................................... 0.03 0.05 0.05 0.11 0.11 0.15 0.15
Total energy consumption................................................ 96.7 100.5 100.5 101.5 100.5 107.1 105.2
Petroleum and other liquids .............................................. 36.5 37.8 37.8 36.6 35.6 37.5 36.0
Natural gas ....................................................................... 28.3 28.3 28.2 32.5 32.4 35.4 34.9
Coal .................................................................................. 15.5 15.6 15.8 11.3 11.4 10.7 10.8
Nuclear / uranium4 ............................................................ 8.3 8.1 8.1 8.2 8.2 8.2 8.2
Renewable energy5 .......................................................... 7.7 10.2 10.1 12.4 12.4 14.8 14.8
Other6 ............................................................................... 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4

Transportation sector ....................................................... 1,851 1,851 1,845 1,714 1,655 1,721 1,618
Petroleum7 ........................................................................ 1,800 1,802 1,796 1,652 1,594 1,628 1,542
Natural gas8 ...................................................................... 51 49 49 62 61 93 76
Total carbon dioxide emissions ....................................... 5,273 5,289 5,295 4,961 4,894 5,044 4,929
Petroleum7 ........................................................................ 2,309 2,332 2,325 2,191 2,127 2,181 2,085
Natural gas ....................................................................... 1,482 1,466 1,463 1,685 1,677 1,835 1,809
Coal .................................................................................. 1,476 1,485 1,501 1,079 1,083 1,021 1,028
Other9 ............................................................................... 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
1
2
3
Includes residual fuel oil, aviation gasoline and lubricants.
4
These values represent the energy obtained from uranium when it is used in light water reactors. The total energy content of uranium is much larger, but alternative processes
are required to take advantage of it.
5
Includes conventional hydroelectric, geothermal, wood and wood waste, biogenic municipal waste, other biomass, wind, solar photovoltaic, and solar thermal sources, and
all biomass input to liquid fuel conversion processes net of the liquid fuel produced. Excludes ethanol, net electricity imports, and nonmarketed renewable energy consumption
for geothermal heat pumps, buildings photovoltaic systems, and solar thermal water heaters.
6
7
This includes carbon dioxide from international bunker fuels, both civilian and military, which are excluded from the accounting of carbon dioxide emissions under the United
Nations convention. From 1990 through 2015, international bunker fuels accounted for 90 to 126 million metric tons annually.
8
Includes emissions from pipeline fuel natural gas and from natural gas used as fuel in motor vehicles, trains, and ships.
9
Includes emissions from geothermal power and non-biogenic emissions from municipal waste.
ref2016.d032416a. Projections: EIA, AEO2016 National Energy Modeling System runs ref2016.d032416a, and phaseii.d041316a.
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Table D3. Key results for extended policies case
Table D3. Key results for extended policies case
2020 2030 2040
Consumption, emissions, electricity generating capacity and
2015 Extended Extended Extended
generation, and prices Reference Reference Reference
Policies Policies Policies
Energy consumption (quadrillion Btu)

Residential
Liquid fuels and other petroleum1 ................................... 0.93 0.86 0.86 0.72 0.70 0.61 0.59
Natural gas ..................................................................... 4.77 4.87 4.85 4.80 4.63 4.73 4.43
Renewable energy2 ........................................................ 0.44 0.42 0.41 0.39 0.39 0.37 0.36
Electricity ........................................................................ 4.78 4.76 4.73 4.83 4.45 5.20 4.60
Total residential ....................................................... 10.92 10.90 10.86 10.74 10.17 10.91 9.98
Commercial
Natural gas ..................................................................... 3.32 3.45 3.44 3.53 3.56 3.81 3.79
Coal ................................................................................ 0.06 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05
Electricity ........................................................................ 4.64 4.69 4.68 5.09 4.98 5.62 5.42
Total commercial ..................................................... 8.81 9.03 9.01 9.49 9.41 10.28 10.07
Industrial5
Natural gas ..................................................................... 9.38 10.57 10.57 11.72 11.90 12.89 13.06
Coal ................................................................................ 1.34 1.23 1.21 1.35 1.36 1.34 1.33
Electricity ........................................................................ 3.27 3.61 3.60 3.98 3.99 4.26 4.22
Total industrial ......................................................... 24.33 27.11 27.04 30.07 30.15 32.94 32.63
Transportation
Pipeline fuel natural gas ................................................. 0.89 0.83 0.84 0.94 0.91 1.07 1.01
Compressed / liquefied natural gas ................................ 0.07 0.08 0.08 0.17 0.14 0.59 0.32
Liquid hydrogen.............................................................. 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.04 0.04 0.06 0.06
Electricity ........................................................................ 0.03 0.05 0.05 0.11 0.12 0.15 0.22
Total transportation................................................. 28.13 28.29 28.20 26.28 25.26 26.63 24.16
Unspecified sector9 ......................................................... -0.58 -0.58 -0.58 -0.46 -0.42 -0.42 -0.34
Electric power10
Distillate and residual fuel oil .......................................... 0.26 0.15 0.15 0.11 0.11 0.09 0.08
Natural gas ..................................................................... 9.89 8.50 8.86 11.34 9.77 12.31 10.75
Steam coal ..................................................................... 14.08 14.34 14.27 9.92 10.62 9.36 7.88
Nuclear / uranium11 ........................................................ 8.34 8.12 8.12 8.25 8.25 8.25 8.25
Renewable energy12 ....................................................... 4.86 7.37 6.82 9.41 9.78 11.67 13.32
Non-biogenic municipal waste........................................ 0.23 0.23 0.23 0.23 0.23 0.23 0.23
Net electricity imports ..................................................... 0.19 0.19 0.20 0.17 0.17 0.15 0.15
Total electric power ................................................. 37.85 38.90 38.64 39.42 38.92 42.04 40.64

Liquid fuels and other petroleum .................................... 36.49 37.85 37.73 36.62 35.54 37.52 34.97
Natural gas ..................................................................... 28.31 28.30 28.64 32.51 30.91 35.39 33.35
Steam coal ..................................................................... 15.48 15.62 15.54 11.32 12.03 10.75 9.26
Nuclear / uranium11 ........................................................ 8.34 8.12 8.12 8.25 8.25 8.25 8.25
Renewable energy13 ....................................................... 7.71 10.22 9.67 12.41 12.78 14.80 16.42
Other14 ........................................................................... 0.42 0.43 0.43 0.44 0.44 0.43 0.43
Total energy consumption ...................................... 96.74 100.55 100.13 101.54 99.95 107.15 102.67

by sector
Residential ..................................................................... 317 317 316 303 293 292 275
Commercial .................................................................... 228 238 238 241 242 254 253
Industrial5 ....................................................................... 986 1,054 1,052 1,144 1,145 1,226 1,210
Transportation ................................................................ 1,851 1,851 1,845 1,714 1,643 1,721 1,557
Electric power10 .............................................................. 1,891 1,829 1,841 1,559 1,542 1,551 1,327
by fuel
Petroleum15 .................................................................... 2,309 2,332 2,325 2,191 2,115 2,181 2,011
Natural gas ..................................................................... 1,482 1,466 1,484 1,685 1,599 1,835 1,725
Coal ................................................................................ 1,476 1,485 1,477 1,079 1,146 1,021 879
Other16 ........................................................................... 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
Total carbon dioxide emissions ............................. 5,273 5,289 5,292 4,961 4,867 5,044 4,623

Table D3. Key results for extended policies case (continued)
Table D3. Key results for extended policies case (continued)
2020 2030 2040
Consumption, emissions, electricity generating capacity and
2015 Extended Extended Extended
generation, and prices Reference Reference Reference
Policies Policies Policies
Electricity generating capacity (gigawatts) .................... 1,082.1 1,114.2 1,093.9 1,188.1 1,207.0 1,374.1 1,410.3
Electric power sector10 ................................................... 1,040.8 1,053.0 1,029.1 1,094.2 1,069.4 1,239.6 1,188.6
Coal ........................................................................... 281.4 211.7 206.0 180.3 183.2 172.8 166.6
Oil and natural gas steam.......................................... 91.4 90.3 91.9 54.5 47.7 52.8 39.2
Combined-cycle ......................................................... 227.3 247.5 246.4 294.5 260.0 345.4 280.1
Combustion turbine / diesel ....................................... 141.2 142.9 141.8 137.0 127.5 144.6 121.5
Nuclear / uranium ...................................................... 99.8 99.1 99.1 99.1 99.1 99.1 99.1
Pumped storage ........................................................ 22.6 22.6 22.6 22.6 22.6 22.6 22.6
Renewable sources ................................................... 177.1 238.7 221.1 305.2 328.8 399.4 458.2
of which: Solar .................................................... 13.8 28.0 31.2 70.1 101.3 158.1 181.1
of which: Wind .................................................... 74.4 120.4 99.9 142.0 134.5 145.8 181.2
Distributed generation ............................................... 0.0 0.2 0.2 1.0 0.4 2.9 1.2
Residential and commercial sectors ............................... 15.2 33.8 37.1 62.0 104.0 98.2 182.6
of which: Natural gas ............................................... 1.8 2.2 2.5 3.6 4.1 6.0 6.8
of which: Solar photovoltaic ..................................... 11.2 28.7 28.8 55.1 84.9 88.3 149.5
of which: Wind ......................................................... 1.6 2.3 5.1 2.6 14.3 3.2 25.7
Industrial sector5............................................................. 26.1 27.3 27.8 31.8 33.6 36.3 39.1
of which: Natural gas ............................................... 14.7 15.2 15.7 19.2 20.9 23.5 26.2
Cumulative capacity additions (gigawatts)17 ....................... -- 122.1 108.3 281.1 311.7 482.9 557.7
Cumulative capacity retirements (gigawatts) 17 ................... -- 90.1 96.6 175.2 186.9 191.0 229.5
Generation by fuel (billion kilowatthours) ...................... 4,090 4,244 4,234 4,590 4,511 5,060 4,943
Electric power sector10 ................................................... 3,915 4,021 4,003 4,294 4,144 4,673 4,418
Coal ........................................................................... 1,343 1,376 1,371 959 1,027 905 764
Petroleum .................................................................. 24 14 14 10 10 8 7
Natural gas ................................................................ 1,250 1,090 1,137 1,558 1,304 1,757 1,474
Nuclear / uranium ...................................................... 798 777 777 789 789 789 789
Pumped storage / other ............................................. 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
Renewable sources ................................................... 497 761 700 973 1,011 1,210 1,381
of which: Solar .................................................... 22 52 59 148 213 350 400
of which: Wind .................................................... 188 365 296 453 428 468 587
Distributed generation ............................................... 0 0 0 1 0 2 1
Residential and commercial sectors ............................... 35 64 70 113 175 180 303
of which: Natural gas ............................................... 13 16 18 27 30 44 49
of which: Solar photovoltaic ..................................... 15 40 40 79 121 127 215
of which: Wind ......................................................... 2 3 7 3 19 4 34
Industrial sector5............................................................. 140 159 161 183 192 207 222
of which: Natural gas ............................................... 86 96 98 116 125 139 154
Delivered natural gas prices

Residential ..................................................................... 10.40 11.08 11.37 12.41 12.12 12.74 12.75
Commercial .................................................................... 7.92 9.58 9.86 10.72 10.28 10.73 10.47
Industrial5 ....................................................................... 3.84 5.53 5.81 6.14 5.71 5.89 5.64
Electric power10 .............................................................. 3.35 4.83 5.10 5.74 5.23 5.52 5.23
Average electricity price (2015 cents per kilowatthour) ....... 10.3 10.5 10.6 10.9 10.8 10.5 10.4
Includes propane, kerosene, and distillate fuel oil.

1
Includes wood used for residential heating. Excludes nonmarketed renewable energy consumption for geothermal heat pumps, buildings photovoltaic systems, and solar
2

3
Includes propane, motor gasoline (including ethanol and ethers), kerosene, distillate fuel oil, and residual fuel oil.
4
Includes commercial sector consumption of wood and wood waste, landfill gas, municipal waste, and other biomass for combined heat and power. Excludes nonmarketed
renewable energy consumption for geothermal heat pumps, buildings photovoltaic systems, and solar thermal water heaters.
5
6
Includes motor gasoline (including ethanol and ethers), residual fuel oil, petroleum coke, asphalt, road oil, lubricants, still gas, and miscellaneous petroleum products.
7
Includes consumption of energy produced from hydroelectric, wood and wood waste, municipal waste, and other biomass sources. Excludes ethanol.
8
Includes propane, motor gasoline, ethanol and ethers, jet fuel, distillate fuel oil, residual fuel oil, aviation gasoline, and lubricants.
9
10
11
12
13
Includes conventional hydroelectric, geothermal, wood and wood waste, biogenic municipal waste, other biomass, wind, photovoltaic, and solar thermal sources. Excludes
ethanol, net electricity imports, and nonmarketed renewable energy consumption for geothermal heat pumps, buildings photovoltaic systems, and solar thermal water heaters.
14
15
This includes carbon dioxide from international bunker fuels, both civilian and military, which are excluded from the accounting of carbon dioxide emissions under the United
Nations convention. From 1990 through 2012, international bunker fuels accounted for 90 to 126 million metric tons annually.
16
Includes emissions from geothermal power and emissions from non-biogenic municipal waste.
17
Cumulative after December 31, 2015.
ref2016.d032416a. Projections: EIA, AEO2016 National Energy Modeling System, runs ref2016.d032416a, and extended.d051216a.
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Appendix D
Table D4. Natural gas supply and disposition, oil and gas resource and technology cases
Table D4. (trillion
Natural gasfeet
cubic supply andunless
per year, disposition, oil and
otherwise gas resource and technology cases
noted)
(trillion cubic feet per year, unless otherwise noted)
2020 2030 2040
Low Oil and High Oil Low Oil and High Oil Low Oil and High Oil
Supply, disposition, and prices 2015 Gas and Gas Gas and Gas Gas and Gas
Resource Reference Resource Resource Reference Resource Resource Reference Resource
and and and and and and
Technology Technology Technology Technology Technology Technology
Henry Hub spot price
(2015 dollars per million Btu) .................. 2.62 6.27 4.43 2.89 7.61 5.06 3.50 9.17 4.86 2.43
(nominal dollars per million Btu) .............. 2.62 6.97 4.90 3.18 10.60 6.84 4.64 16.15 8.17 3.95
Dry gas production1 .............................. 27.19 27.35 30.50 34.19 25.50 37.76 47.14 26.68 42.12 55.53
Lower 48 onshore ................................ 25.20 25.82 28.82 32.41 24.29 36.15 45.44 24.30 40.18 53.35
Tight gas ........................................... 5.00 4.81 4.92 5.11 4.37 6.08 7.02 4.50 6.55 8.00
Shale gas and tight oil plays2 ............ 13.64 14.91 17.96 21.57 14.84 25.16 33.66 15.03 29.00 41.02
Coalbed methane ............................. 1.24 1.18 1.04 0.96 1.10 0.94 0.82 0.97 0.78 0.63
Other................................................. 5.32 4.92 4.90 4.78 3.98 3.97 3.95 3.80 3.85 3.70
Lower 48 offshore ................................ 1.70 1.23 1.39 1.48 0.93 1.33 1.39 1.15 1.67 1.84
Alaska .................................................. 0.29 0.29 0.29 0.29 0.28 0.28 0.31 1.23 0.28 0.34
Supplemental natural gas3 ...................... 0.06 0.06 0.06 0.06 0.06 0.06 0.06 0.06 0.06 0.06
Net imports ............................................ 0.95 -2.37 -2.89 -3.22 -1.59 -6.02 -10.21 -1.90 -7.55 -13.00
Pipeline4 ............................................. 0.89 -0.14 -0.48 -0.80 0.25 -0.97 -2.02 1.62 -0.89 -2.81
Liquefied natural gas .......................... 0.06 -2.22 -2.42 -2.42 -1.84 -5.06 -8.19 -3.52 -6.66 -10.19
Total supply ........................................... 28.20 25.04 27.67 31.03 23.98 31.80 36.99 24.84 34.63 42.59
Residential ........................................... 4.62 4.62 4.71 4.80 4.44 4.65 4.79 4.30 4.58 4.76
Commercial.......................................... 3.22 3.20 3.34 3.47 3.14 3.42 3.65 3.23 3.69 4.02
Industrial5 ............................................. 7.51 8.14 8.29 8.33 8.62 8.85 9.12 9.26 9.58 9.89
Electric power6 ..................................... 9.61 6.29 8.26 11.10 5.12 11.02 14.60 4.76 11.96 17.94
Transportation7 .................................... 0.06 0.09 0.09 0.09 0.16 0.22 0.23 0.47 0.66 0.52
Pipeline fuel ......................................... 0.86 0.75 0.81 0.90 0.68 0.91 1.10 0.74 1.04 1.28
Lease and plant fuel8 ........................... 1.58 1.57 1.71 1.88 1.46 2.00 2.47 1.51 2.24 2.94
Liquefaction for export9 ........................ 0.00 0.23 0.25 0.25 0.19 0.51 0.83 0.36 0.67 1.03
Total ................................................. 27.47 24.89 27.46 30.83 23.81 31.59 36.78 24.64 34.42 42.38
Discrepancy10 ......................................... 0.73 0.16 0.21 0.21 0.17 0.21 0.21 0.20 0.21 0.21
1
2
Tight oil represents resources in low-permeability reservoirs, including shale and chalk formations. The specific plays included in the tight oil category are Bakken/Three
Forks/Sanish, Eagle Ford, Woodford, Austin Chalk, Spraberry, Niobrara, Avalon/Bone Springs, and Monterey.
3
Synthetic natural gas, propane air, coke oven gas, refinery gas, biomass gas, air injected for Btu stabilization, and manufactured gas commingled and distributed with natural
gas.
4
Natural gas imported from Canada and Mexico.
5
Includes energy for combined heat and power plants that have a non-regulatory status, and small on-site generating systems. Excludes use for lease and plant fuel.
6
7
Natural gas used as fuel in motor vehicles, trains, and ships.
8
9
10
Balancing item. Natural gas lost as a result of converting flow data measured at varying temperatures and pressures to a standard temperature and pressure and the
merger of different data reporting systems which vary in scope, format, definition, and respondent type. In addition, 2015 values include net storage injections.
Sources: 2015: U.S. Energy Information Administration, (EIA), Short-Term Energy Outlook, February 2016 and EIA, AEO2016 National Energy Modeling System run
ref2016.d032416a. Projections: EIA, AEO2016 National Energy Modeling System runs lowresource.d032516a, ref2016.d032416a, and highresource.d032516a.
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Table D5. Liquid fuels supply and disposition, oil and gas resource and technology cases
Table D5. (million
Liquid fuels per
barrels supply
day, and disposition,
unless oil and gas resource and technology cases
otherwise noted)
2020 2030 2040
Supply, disposition, and prices 2015 Gas and Gas Gas and Gas Gas and Gas
Crude oil prices

Brent spot .............................................. 52 79 77 71 112 104 85 152 136 110
West Texas Intermediate spot ............... 49 74 71 65 106 97 77 147 129 99
Imported crude oil1 ................................ 46 71 69 63 101 95 76 139 126 95
Crude oil supply

Domestic production2............................. 9.42 8.08 9.38 11.25 7.55 10.06 13.89 7.02 11.26 17.68
Alaska ............................................... 0.48 0.41 0.41 0.41 0.24 0.24 0.44 0.15 0.15 0.67
Lower 48 States ................................ 8.94 7.66 8.96 10.83 7.31 9.82 13.46 6.87 11.11 17.01
Net imports ............................................ 6.88 7.19 6.97 6.48 6.92 6.57 4.15 6.81 6.10 -0.02
Gross imports ................................... 7.28 7.82 7.60 7.11 7.56 7.20 6.02 7.68 7.12 6.17
Exports.............................................. 0.40 0.63 0.63 0.63 0.63 0.63 1.87 0.86 1.02 6.18
Other crude oil supply3 .......................... -0.11 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Total crude oil supply ..................... 16.19 15.28 16.36 17.74 14.47 16.63 18.04 13.83 17.36 17.67
Net product imports .................................... -2.24 -1.61 -3.26 -5.25 -0.71 -4.32 -6.26 0.54 -4.66 -5.59
Gross refined product imports4 .............. 0.66 1.18 1.11 1.07 1.46 1.30 1.11 1.96 1.63 1.27
Unfinished oil imports ............................ 0.55 0.53 0.53 0.54 0.46 0.46 0.46 0.39 0.39 0.39
Blending component imports ................. 0.67 0.58 0.58 0.61 0.44 0.45 0.44 0.29 0.30 0.28
Exports .................................................. 4.12 3.91 5.48 7.46 3.07 6.52 8.27 2.11 6.98 7.52
Refinery processing gain5 .......................... 1.03 1.05 1.05 1.11 0.94 0.98 0.99 0.93 0.99 0.91
Natural gas plant liquids ............................. 3.25 4.01 4.57 5.09 3.45 4.90 5.72 3.21 4.99 6.24
Supply from renewable sources ................. 1.01 1.08 1.08 1.08 1.03 1.03 1.02 1.12 1.12 1.10
Ethanol .................................................. 0.89 0.89 0.89 0.89 0.84 0.84 0.84 0.92 0.93 0.91
Domestic production ......................... 0.94 0.89 0.90 0.90 0.87 0.87 0.87 0.89 0.91 0.92
Net imports ....................................... -0.05 0.00 -0.01 -0.01 -0.03 -0.03 -0.04 0.04 0.02 -0.01
Biodiesel ................................................ 0.11 0.15 0.15 0.15 0.12 0.10 0.05 0.12 0.10 0.05
Domestic production ......................... 0.08 0.12 0.11 0.11 0.08 0.06 0.01 0.08 0.06 0.01
Net imports ....................................... 0.03 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.04
Other biomass-derived liquids6 .............. 0.00 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.08 0.09 0.14 0.08 0.09 0.14
Other7 ......................................................... 0.21 0.28 0.28 0.27 0.29 0.30 0.29 0.30 0.32 0.30
Total primary supply8 ............................... 19.46 20.08 20.08 20.03 19.46 19.52 19.80 19.93 20.12 20.63
Net import share of product supplied.......... 23.7 28.0 18.6 6.2 32.0 11.6 -10.7 37.3 7.4 -27.0
Net expenditures for imports of crude oil &
petroleum products (billion 2015 dollars).... 128 220 207 179 300 268 182 412 348 231
Refined petroleum product prices to

the transportation sector
(2015 dollars per gallon)
Propane ................................................ 1.64 1.97 1.94 1.88 2.20 2.14 2.04 2.54 2.43 2.32
Ethanol (E85)9 ....................................... 2.21 3.09 3.05 2.96 3.02 2.93 2.71 3.45 3.33 3.01
Ethanol wholesale price ........................ 2.22 2.80 2.77 2.72 2.33 2.28 2.28 2.64 2.60 2.48
Motor gasoline10 .................................... 2.52 2.81 2.74 2.64 3.37 3.19 2.78 4.10 3.81 3.13
Jet fuel11 ................................................ 1.62 2.26 2.18 2.05 3.08 2.87 2.44 4.09 3.74 2.91
Distillate fuel oil12 .................................. 2.72 3.24 3.18 3.05 4.03 3.85 3.42 5.01 4.68 3.87
Residual fuel oil ..................................... 1.21 1.77 1.75 1.64 2.40 2.25 1.80 3.13 2.87 2.14

1
2
Strategic petroleum reserve stock additions plus unaccounted for crude oil and crude stock withdrawals minus crude product supplied.
3
4
Includes other hydrocarbons and alcohol.
5
The volumetric amount by which total output is greater than input due to the processing of crude oil into products which, in total, have a lower specific gravity than the crude
oil processed.
6
7
8
Total crude supply, net product imports, refinery processing gain, natural gas plant liquids, supply from renewable sources, and other supply..
9
E85 refers to a blend of 85 pecent ethanol (renewable) and 15 percent motor gasoline (nonrenewable). To address cold starting issues, the percentage of ethanol varies
10
11
Includes only kerosene-type.
12
Sources: 2015: U.S. Energy Information Administration, (EIA), Short-Term Energy Outlook, February 2016 and EIA, AEO2016 National Energy Modeling System run
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Appendix D
Table D6. Key transportation results, oil and gas resource and technology cases
Table D6. Key transportation results, oil and gas resource and technology cases
2020 2030 2040
Key indicators and consumption 2015 Gas and Gas Gas and Gas Gas and Gas
Level of travel
(billion vehicle miles traveled)
Light-duty vehicles less than 8,501 lbs 2,752 3,019 3,031 3,043 3,191 3,232 3,332 3,364 3,438 3,656
Commercial light trucks1 ...................... 96 110 110 109 124 125 127 140 143 146
Freight trucks greater than 10,000 lbs . 280 303 304 304 343 349 356 395 407 417
(billion seat miles available)
Air ........................................................ 1,070 1,166 1,168 1,170 1,360 1,364 1,373 1,529 1,531 1,536
(billion ton miles traveled)
Rail ...................................................... 1,690 1,805 1,810 1,811 1,983 2,006 2,037 2,085 2,128 2,171
Domestic shipping ............................... 482 448 453 455 387 404 420 378 407 431
Energy efficiency indicators

(miles per gallon)
Tested new light-duty vehicle2............... 30.9 37.0 36.9 36.8 47.5 47.2 46.7 48.1 47.8 47.1
New car2 ............................................ 35.9 44.2 44.2 44.2 55.2 55.1 54.9 55.3 55.1 54.9
New light truck2 .................................. 27.0 31.8 31.7 31.7 40.5 40.4 40.3 40.5 40.4 40.4
On-road new light-duty vehicle3 ............ 25.0 29.9 29.8 29.7 38.4 38.2 37.7 38.9 38.6 38.0
New car3 ............................................ 29.3 36.1 36.1 36.1 45.1 45.0 44.9 45.1 45.0 44.8
New light truck3 .................................. 21.6 25.4 25.4 25.4 32.4 32.3 32.3 32.4 32.3 32.3
Light-duty stock4 .................................... 21.7 24.1 24.1 24.1 31.5 31.5 31.4 36.5 36.3 36.0
New commercial light truck1 .................. 17.3 19.6 19.5 19.5 24.0 24.0 23.9 24.1 24.0 24.0
Stock commercial light truck1 ................ 15.0 16.6 16.6 16.6 20.8 20.8 20.9 23.2 23.2 23.2
Freight truck .......................................... 6.9 7.3 7.3 7.3 7.8 7.8 7.8 8.0 8.0 7.9
Energy use by mode (quadrillion Btu)

Light-duty vehicles ................................ 15.86 15.66 15.73 15.80 12.63 12.82 13.26 11.52 11.83 12.71
Commercial light trucks1........................ 0.80 0.82 0.82 0.82 0.74 0.75 0.76 0.76 0.77 0.79
Bus transportation ................................. 0.26 0.27 0.27 0.27 0.29 0.29 0.29 0.31 0.31 0.31
Freight trucks ........................................ 5.57 5.74 5.76 5.75 6.06 6.16 6.30 6.77 6.98 7.20
Rail, passenger ..................................... 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.06 0.06 0.06 0.06 0.06 0.06
Rail, freight ............................................ 0.48 0.50 0.50 0.50 0.51 0.51 0.52 0.50 0.51 0.52
Shipping, domestic and international .... 0.83 0.73 0.73 0.73 0.74 0.77 0.84 0.77 0.82 0.89
Air.......................................................... 2.37 2.51 2.52 2.52 2.81 2.82 2.84 2.99 3.00 3.01
Other uses4 ........................................... 1.03 1.06 1.06 1.06 1.11 1.12 1.12 1.22 1.22 1.24
Pipeline fuel........................................... 0.89 0.77 0.83 0.93 0.71 0.94 1.13 0.76 1.07 1.32
Total .................................................. 28.14 28.12 28.28 28.44 25.66 26.24 27.12 25.65 26.57 28.04
Energy use by fuel (quadrillion Btu)

Propane ................................................ 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.02 0.02 0.02
Motor gasoline5 ..................................... 17.01 16.72 16.79 16.85 13.41 13.62 14.07 12.20 12.55 13.44
of which: E856 .................................. 0.05 0.04 0.04 0.03 0.24 0.22 0.16 0.32 0.28 0.20
Jet fuel7 ................................................. 2.84 2.99 2.99 3.00 3.31 3.32 3.34 3.55 3.56 3.57
Distillate fuel oil8 .................................... 6.67 6.97 6.99 6.99 7.44 7.49 7.65 7.97 8.01 8.41
Residual fuel oil ..................................... 0.45 0.37 0.37 0.37 0.39 0.42 0.47 0.42 0.45 0.52
Other petroleum9 ................................... 0.16 0.16 0.16 0.16 0.16 0.16 0.16 0.16 0.16 0.16
Liquid fuels and other petroleum ........ 27.14 27.22 27.32 27.38 24.73 25.01 25.70 24.32 24.75 26.13
Pipeline fuel natural gas ........................ 0.89 0.77 0.83 0.93 0.71 0.94 1.13 0.76 1.07 1.32
Compressed/liquefied natural gas ......... 0.07 0.08 0.08 0.09 0.10 0.17 0.18 0.40 0.59 0.44
Liquid hydrogen..................................... 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.06 0.06 0.06
Electricity ............................................... 0.03 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.11 0.11 0.11 0.15 0.15 0.16
Delivered energy use ....................... 28.13 28.13 28.29 28.45 25.69 26.28 27.17 25.70 26.63 28.12
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2
Tested new vehicle efficiency revised for on-road performance.
3
Combined “on-the-road” estimate for all cars and light trucks.
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Includes recreational boats, military use, and lubricants.
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Table D7. Key results for industrial energy efficiency cases
Table D7. (quadrillion
Key results
Btu for
perindustrial energy
year, unless efficiency
otherwise noted) cases
2025 2040
Consumption and emissions 2015 Energy Low High Energy Low High
Reference Reference
Efficiency Incentive Incentive Efficiency Incentive Incentive
Energy consumption
Industrial1
Cement and lime
Petroleum and other liquids................. 0.04 0.09 0.10 0.09 0.09 0.14 0.13 0.14 0.14
Natural gas .......................................... 0.01 0.02 0.01 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02
Coal ..................................................... 0.14 0.17 0.15 0.17 0.17 0.19 0.16 0.19 0.19
Renewable energy2 ............................. 0.09 0.13 0.12 0.13 0.13 0.16 0.14 0.16 0.16
Electricity ............................................. 0.05 0.06 0.05 0.06 0.06 0.07 0.06 0.07 0.07
Total cement and lime ......................... 0.33 0.47 0.43 0.47 0.45 0.58 0.51 0.57 0.57
Aluminum
Natural gas .......................................... 0.11 0.13 0.11 0.14 0.15 0.13 0.11 0.14 0.14
Electricity ............................................. 0.20 0.23 0.20 0.23 0.22 0.21 0.19 0.21 0.20
Total aluminum .................................... 0.34 0.42 0.38 0.42 0.42 0.40 0.36 0.40 0.37
Glass
Natural gas .......................................... 0.17 0.19 0.19 0.19 0.18 0.19 0.16 0.17 0.16
Electricity ............................................. 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.04
Total glass ............................................ 0.24 0.27 0.26 0.27 0.26 0.27 0.24 0.25 0.23
Iron and steel
Natural gas .......................................... 0.40 0.43 0.37 0.42 0.39 0.45 0.40 0.48 0.49
Coal ..................................................... 0.56 0.50 0.47 0.45 0.33 0.47 0.44 0.43 0.41
Electricity ............................................. 0.18 0.23 0.23 0.23 0.20 0.29 0.29 0.30 0.30
Total iron and steel .............................. 1.21 1.26 1.17 1.20 1.00 1.34 1.25 1.34 1.34
Paper
Natural gas .......................................... 0.39 0.37 0.30 0.37 0.36 0.37 0.30 0.38 0.37
Coal ..................................................... 0.20 0.21 0.18 0.21 0.20 0.24 0.21 0.25 0.24
Electricity ............................................. 0.20 0.18 0.14 0.17 0.16 0.15 0.13 0.14 0.13
Total paper ........................................... 1.81 1.79 1.64 1.77 1.71 1.87 1.75 1.88 1.84
Other industries
Natural gas .......................................... 8.30 10.20 10.22 10.14 9.85 11.73 11.75 11.57 11.40
Coal ..................................................... 0.44 0.43 0.43 0.43 0.42 0.45 0.45 0.44 0.44
Electricity ............................................. 2.62 3.17 3.17 3.11 2.97 3.51 3.50 3.40 3.28
Total other industries .......................... 20.40 24.94 24.95 24.67 23.87 28.49 28.50 27.89 27.27
Total industrial sector
Natural gas .......................................... 9.38 11.34 11.21 11.28 10.94 12.89 12.74 12.75 12.58
Coal ..................................................... 1.34 1.31 1.23 1.26 1.12 1.34 1.26 1.31 1.28
Electricity ............................................. 3.27 3.91 3.83 3.83 3.65 4.26 4.21 4.15 4.01
Total industrial sector ......................... 24.33 29.14 28.83 28.80 27.71 32.94 32.62 32.34 31.63
Total delivered energy consumption

Petroleum and other liquids .................... 36.23 37.18 37.19 36.84 35.99 37.44 37.42 36.67 35.70
Natural gas ............................................. 18.43 20.61 20.48 20.47 19.91 23.09 22.95 22.77 22.26
Coal ........................................................ 1.40 1.36 1.28 1.31 1.17 1.39 1.31 1.36 1.34
Renewable energy3 ................................ 2.84 2.94 2.92 2.93 2.90 3.13 3.11 3.13 3.13
Electricity ................................................ 12.72 13.60 13.53 13.37 12.95 15.23 15.19 14.82 14.38
Total ................................................... 71.62 75.73 75.44 74.94 72.95 80.34 80.04 78.81 76.87
Electricity related losses ......................... 25.12 25.83 25.70 24.94 22.61 26.81 26.80 25.08 24.92
Total energy consumption ......................... 96.74 101.56 101.14 99.89 95.56 107.15 106.84 103.88 101.79
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Table D7. Key results for industrial energy efficiency cases (continued)
Table D7. (quadrillion
Key resultsBtufor
perindustrial energy
year, unless efficiency
otherwise noted)cases (continued)
2025 2040
Consumption and emissions 2015 Energy Low High Energy Low High
Reference Reference
Efficiency Incentive Incentive Efficiency Incentive Incentive
Carbon dioxide emissions4

Residential ................................................. 1,028 895 895 817 617 821 825 642 477
Commercial ............................................... 918 836 837 756 550 826 830 632 450
Industrial1................................................... 1,472 1,600 1,575 1,523 1,316 1,660 1,637 1,498 1,341
Cement and lime .................................... 24 32 30 31 28 38 33 35 34
Aluminum ............................................... 40 42 38 40 30 35 32 29 19
Glass ...................................................... 16 17 17 17 15 17 15 15 12
Iron and steel.......................................... 108 106 101 98 72 107 101 97 88
Paper ...................................................... 72 65 53 62 52 60 52 56 51
Other industries ...................................... 1,212 1,337 1,337 1,276 1,120 1,403 1,404 1,266 1,138
Transportation ........................................... 1,855 1,784 1,785 1,770 1,735 1,737 1,737 1,703 1,657
Total carbon dioxide emissions ................ 5,273 5,115 5,092 4,865 4,217 5,044 5,029 4,475 3,925
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3
4
Emissions from the electric power sector are distributed to the end-use sectors.
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highinnovate.D032516a.
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NEMS overview and brief description of cases
The National Energy Modeling System
Projections in the Annual Energy Outlook 2016 (AEO2016) are generated using the National Energy Modeling System (NEMS)
[1], developed and maintained by the Office of Energy Analysis of the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). In addition
to its use in developing the Annual Energy Outlook (AEO) projections, NEMS is used to complete analytical studies for the U.S.
Congress, the Executive Office of the President, other offices within the U.S. Department of Energy, and other federal agencies.
NEMS is also used by nongovernment groups, such as the Electric Power Research Institute, Duke University, and Georgia
Institute of Technology. In addition, AEO projections are used by analysts and planners in other government agencies and
nongovernmental organizations.
The projections in NEMS are developed with the use of a market-based approach, subject to regulations and standards. For each fuel
and consuming sector, NEMS balances energy supply and demand, accounting for economic competition across the various energy
fuels and sources. The time horizon of NEMS extends to 2040. To represent regional differences in energy markets, the component
modules of NEMS function at the regional level: the 9 Census divisions for the end-use demand modules; production regions specific
to oil, natural gas, and coal supply and distribution; 22 regions and subregions of the North American Electric Reliability Corporation
for electricity; and 9 refining regions that are a subset of the 5 Petroleum Administration for Defense Districts.
NEMS is organized and implemented as a modular system. The modules represent each of the fuel supply markets, conversion
sectors, and end-use consumption sectors of the energy system. The modular design also permits the use of the methodology
and level of detail most appropriate for each energy sector. NEMS executes each of the component modules to solve for prices of
energy delivered to end users and the quantities consumed, by product, region, and sector. The delivered fuel prices encompass
all activities necessary to produce, import, and transport fuels to end users. The information flows also include such areas as
economic activity, domestic production, and international petroleum supply. NEMS calls each supply, conversion, and end-use
demand module in sequence until the delivered prices of energy and the quantities demanded have converged within tolerance,
thereby achieving an economic equilibrium of supply and demand in the consuming sectors. A solution is reached for each year
from 2015 through 2040. Other variables, such as petroleum product imports, crude oil imports, and several macroeconomic
indicators, also are evaluated for convergence.
Each NEMS component represents the effects and costs of legislation and environmental regulations that affect each sector. NEMS
accounts for all energy-related carbon dioxide emissions, as well as emissions of sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, and mercury from
the electricity generation sector.
The version of NEMS used for AEO2016 generally represents current legislation and environmental regulations, including recent
government actions for which implementing regulations were available as of February 29, 2016, as discussed in the AEO2016
Legislation and Regulations section. The potential effects of proposed federal and state legislation, regulations, or standards—or
of sections of legislation that have been enacted but require funds or implementing regulations that have not been provided or
specified—are not reflected in NEMS. Many of the pending provisions are examined, however, in alternative cases included in
AEO2016 or in other analysis completed by EIA.
In general, the historical data presented with AEO2016 projections are based on various EIA publications [2]; however, data also
were taken from multiple non-EIA sources. Historical numbers through the year 2015 are presented for comparison only and may
be estimates. Source documents should be consulted for the official data values. Footnotes to AEO2016 appendix tables indicate
the definitions and sources of historical data.
Where possible, AEO2016, which was developed during the winter of 2015–16, presents information for 2015, 2016, and 2017
that is consistent with the short-term projections from EIA’s February 2016 Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO) [3]. EIA’s views
regarding energy use over the 2016 through 2017 period are reported in monthly STEO updates, which should be considered to
supersede information reported for those years in AEO2016.
Component modules
The component modules of NEMS represent the individual supply, demand, and conversion sectors of domestic energy markets
and also include international and macroeconomic modules. In general, the modules interact through values representing prices or
expenditures for energy delivered to the consuming sectors, and the quantities of end-use energy consumption.
Macroeconomic Activity Module

The Macroeconomic Activity Module (MAM) provides a set of macroeconomic drivers to the energy modules and receives
energy-related indicators from the NEMS energy components as part of the macroeconomic feedback mechanism within NEMS.
Key macroeconomic variables used in the energy modules include gross domestic product, disposable income, values of industrial
shipments, new housing starts, sales of new light-duty vehicles (LDVs), interest rates, and employment. Key energy indicators fed
back to the MAM include aggregate energy prices and quantities. The MAM uses the following models from IHS Global Insight:
Macroeconomic Model of the U.S. Economy, National Industrial Output Model, and National Employment by Industry Model.
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In addition, EIA has constructed a Regional Economic, Industrial Output and Employment by Industry model to project regional
economic drivers, and a Commercial Floorspace model to project growth rates in 13 floorspace types in the nine Census divisions.
The accounting framework for industrial value of shipments uses the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS).
International Energy Module
The International Energy Module (IEM) uses assumptions about economic growth and expectations of future U.S. and world
petroleum and other liquids production and consumption, by year, to project the interaction of U.S. and international petroleum
and other liquids markets. The IEM module provides a supply curve for world crude-like liquids and generates a worldwide oil
supply/demand balance for each year of the projection period. The supply-curve calculations are based on historical market data
and a world oil supply/demand balance, which is developed from reduced-form models of international petroleum and other liquids
supply and demand, current investment trends in exploration and development, and long-term resource economics by country
and territory. The oil production estimates include both petroleum and other liquids supply recovery technologies. The IEM also
provides, for each year of the projection period, endogenous assumptions about petroleum products for import and export in the
United States. The IEM, through interaction with the rest of NEMS, changes North Sea Brent and West Texas Intermediate prices
in response to changes in expected production and consumption of crude-like liquids and petroleum products in the United States.
Residential and Commercial Demand Modules

The Residential Demand Module projects energy consumption in the residential sector by Census division, housing type, and
end use, based on delivered energy prices, the menu of equipment available, the availability of renewable sources of energy, and
changes in the housing stock. The Commercial Demand Module projects energy consumption in the commercial sector by Census
division, building type, and category of end use, based on delivered prices of energy, the menu of available equipment, availability
of renewable sources of energy, and changes in commercial floorspace.
Both modules estimate the equipment stock for the major end-use services, incorporating assessments of advanced technologies,
representations of renewable energy technologies, and the effects of both building shell and appliance standards. The modules
also include projections of distributed generation. The Commercial Demand Module also incorporates combined heat and power
technology. Both modules incorporate projections of heating and cooling degree-days by Census division, based on a 30-year
historical trend and on state-level population projections. The Residential Demand Module projects an increase in the average
square footage of both new construction and existing structures, based on trends in new construction and remodeling.
The investment tax credit (ITC) for renewable fuels, fuel cells, and combined heat and power systems is incorporated, as currently
enacted, including a phaseout of the credit for solar energy technologies, followed by a permanent 10% ITC for business investment
in solar energy (thermal nonpower uses as well as power uses). The module reflects the recently extended deadline and change
in eligibility for the 30% ITC for eligible projects under construction before January 1, 2020. The module additionally captures
the ITC phaseout—decreasing the credit for solar projects starting construction in 2020 and 2021 to 26% and 22%, respectively.
Commercial projects under construction after 2021 receive a credit equivalent to 10% of capital costs. Tax credits for solar systems
purchased by individual homeowners are phased out completely by 2022.
Industrial Demand Module

The Industrial Demand Module (IDM) projects the consumption of energy for heat and power, as well as the consumption
of feedstocks and raw materials in each of 21 industry groups, subject to the delivered prices of energy and macroeconomic
estimates of employment and the value of shipments for each industry. As noted in the description of the Macroeconomic Activity
Module, the representation of industrial activity in NEMS is based on the NAICS. The industries are classified into three groups—
energy-intensive manufacturing, nonenergy-intensive manufacturing, and nonmanufacturing. Seven of eight energy-intensive
manufacturing industries are modeled in the IDM, including energy-consuming components for boiler/steam/cogeneration,
buildings, and process/assembly use of energy. Energy demand for petroleum and other liquids refining (the other energy-intensive
manufacturing industry) is modeled in the Liquid Fuels Market Module as described below, but the projected consumption is
reported under the industrial totals.
There are several AEO2016 updates and upgrades in the representations of selected industries, including upgraded representations
for the iron and steel and paper industries. Instead of assuming that technological development for a particular process occurs
on a predetermined or exogenous path based on engineering judgment, these upgrades allow technological change in the iron
and steel and paper industries to be modeled endogenously, using a more detailed representation of technology choices. The
upgrade allows for explicit technological change, and therefore energy intensity, to respond to economic, regulatory, and other
conditions. To model technology choices more accurately, the paper industry shipments have been broken out into pulp and paper
mills, paperboard containers, and other paper. For iron and steel and for paper, steam use is modeled in the process/assembly
step. All manufacturing industries except cement and lime, aluminum, and glass are benchmarked to the Manufacturing Energy
Consumption Survey 2010. The combined cement and lime industries, aluminum industry, and glass industry were upgraded to
technology choice models in previous editions of the Annual Energy Outlook.
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Transportation Demand Module
The Transportation Demand Module projects consumption of energy by mode and fuel—including petroleum products, electricity,
methanol, ethanol, compressed natural gas, liquefied natural gas, and hydrogen—in the transportation sector, subject to delivered
energy prices, macroeconomic variables such as gross domestic product, and other factors such as technology adoption and
consumer behavior. The Transportation Demand Module includes legislation and regulations—such as the Energy Policy Act of
2005 (EPACT2005), the Energy Improvement and Extension Act of 2008, and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
of 2009—which contain tax credits for the purchase of alternatively fueled vehicles. Representations of corporate average fuel
economy and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions standards for LDVs, heavy-duty vehicle (HDV) fuel consumption and GHG
emissions standards, and biofuels consumption reflect standards enacted by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
(NHTSA) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), as well as provisions in the Energy Independence and Security Act
of 2007 and the California Air Resources Board Zero Emissions Vehicle Program.
The air transportation component of the Transportation Demand Module represents air travel in domestic and foreign markets
and includes the industry practice of parking aircraft in both domestic and international markets to reduce operating costs, as well
as the movement of aging aircraft from passenger to cargo markets. For passenger travel and air freight shipments, the module
represents regional fuel use and travel demand for three aircraft types: regional, narrow-body, and wide-body. An infrastructure
constraint, which is also modeled, can potentially limit overall growth in passenger and freight air travel to levels commensurate
with industry-projected infrastructure expansion and capacity growth.
The Transportation Demand Module also projects energy consumption for freight and passenger rail and marine vessels by
mode and fuel, subject to macroeconomic variables such as the value and type of industrial shipments. Freight ton-miles and
efficiency also are projected in the model. Legislation such as the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from
Ships is also included.
Electricity Market Module

There are three primary submodules of the Electricity Market Module (EMM)—capacity planning, fuel dispatching, and finance and
pricing. The capacity expansion submodule uses the stock of existing generation capacity, known environmental regulations, the
expected cost and performance of future generation capacity, expected fuel prices, expected financial parameters, and expected
electricity demand to project the optimal mix of new generation capacity that should be added in future years. The fuel dispatching
submodule uses the existing stock of generation equipment types, their operation and maintenance costs and performance, fuel
prices to the electricity sector, electricity demand, and all applicable environmental regulations to determine the least-cost way
to meet that demand. This submodule also determines interregional trading and costs of electricity generation. The finance and
pricing submodule uses capital costs, fuel and operating costs, macroeconomic parameters, environmental regulations, and load
shapes to estimate retail prices by sector for generation, transmission, and distribution services.
All specifically identified options promulgated by EPA for compliance with the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 are explicitly
represented in the capacity expansion and dispatch decisions. All financial incentives for power generation expansion and
dispatch specifically identified in EPACT2005 have been implemented. Several states, primarily in the Northeast, have enacted air
emission regulations for carbon dioxide (CO2) that affect the electricity generation sector, and those regulations are represented in
AEO2016. The AEO2016 Reference case also imposes a limit on CO2 emissions for specific covered sectors, including the electric
power sector in California as represented in California Assembly Bill 32, the Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 (AB 32). The
AEO2016 Reference case includes the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR), using the original emissions budgets and revised
implementation schedule, after the rule was reinstated in late 2014. CSAPR is intended to reduce emissions of sulfur dioxide (SO2)
and nitrogen oxides (NOx) from power plants in the eastern half of the United States by imposing state-level caps on emissions
and facilitating a limited interstate cap-and-trade program. Reductions in hazardous air pollutant emissions from coal- and oil-fired
steam electric power plants also are reflected through the inclusion of the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards for power plants,
finalized by EPA in December 2011.
In August 2015, EPA released final rules under the Clean Air Act Sections 111(b) and 111(d) setting carbon pollution standards
for new, modified, and reconstructed power plants and for existing fossil-fired plants. The requirements for new power plants
are represented in the Reference case by allowing new technologies to be built only if they can meet the standards of 1,000
pounds CO2 per megawatthour (MWh) for natural gas combined cycle plants, and 1,400 pounds CO2/MWh for coal-fired plants,
based on adjusted gross generation. EPA’s Clean Power Plan (CPP) establishes emissions standards for existing power plants and
provides many alternative ways for states to demonstrate compliance, as discussed in the AEO2016 Legislation and Regulations
section. The Reference case assumes that the CPP is met through regional mass-based goals, implemented at the 22 EMM region
level. The Supreme Court has stayed enforcement of the CPP pending resolution of ongoing litigation, but as of this writing no
lower court has either affirmed or vacated the rule. The AEO2016 also includes a case that assumes no CPP rule is in force.
Because regulators and the investment community have continued to push energy companies to invest in technologies that
are less GHG-intensive, there is considerable financial risk associated with major investments in long-lived power plants with
relatively higher rates of carbon dioxide emissions. The trend is captured in the AEO2016 Reference case through a 3-percentage-
point increase in the cost of capital when evaluating investments in new coal-fired power plants, new coal-to-liquids (CTL) plants

Appendix E
without carbon capture and storage (CCS), and pollution control retrofits. Although any new coal-fired plants are assumed to be
compliant with CAA 111(b), they would capture only 30% of CO2 emissions; thus, they still would be considered high emitters
relative to other sources and would face potential financial risk.
Renewable Fuels Module
The Renewable Fuels Module (RFM) includes submodules representing renewable resource supply and technology input information
for central-station, grid-connected electricity generation technologies, including conventional hydroelectricity, biomass (dedicated
biomass plants and co-firing in existing coal plants), geothermal, landfill gas, solar thermal electricity, solar photovoltaics, and both
onshore and offshore wind energy. The RFM includes renewable resource supply estimates representing the regional opportunities
for renewable energy development.
The ITC for renewable fuels, as currently enacted, is incorporated in the RFM and reflect the recently extended deadline and
change in eligibility for the 30% ITC for qualified projects under construction before January 1, 2020. The module additionally
captures the ITC phaseout—decreasing to 26% and then 22%—for projects starting construction in 2020 and 2021, respectively.
After 2021, all solar (thermal nonpower uses as well as power uses) receive a permanent credit equivalent to 10% of capital costs,
regardless of the year in which their construction commenced. Tax credits pertaining to individual homeowners and businesses are
reflected separately in the Residential and Commercial Demand Modules.
The recently enacted production tax credit (PTC) for wind, geothermal, biomass-fueled (open-loop biomass is assumed to be the
dominant source), landfill gas, and certain types of hydroelectric plants also are represented in the RFM. For wind projects, the tax
credit retains its full value of 2.3 cents/kilowatthour (kWh) through 2016. The PTC phaseout begins in January 2017 with a step-
down schedule as follows:
• Wind projects under construction after 2016, but before the end of 2017, receive a credit equal to 80% of the current PTC value.
• Wind projects under construction in 2018 receive a credit equal to 60% of the current value.
• Wind projects under construction after 2018, but before the end of 2019, receive a credit equal to 40% of the current value.
Eligibility is extended for 2 years, until January 1, 2017, with no phase-down in value for other PTC-eligible technologies. Geothermal
facilities receive the full 2.3 cents/kWh, while other technologies (including open-loop biomass, certain waste energy facilities,
incremental hydroelectric, marine, and tidal) receive a half-value credit of 1.2 cents/kWh. The credits are adjusted annually for
inflation and are claimed during the first 10 years of a plant’s operation. In addition, new geothermal facilities continue to receive a
10% ITC after the PTC expires because they were previously eligible for the 10% ITC.
While current legislation allows-PTC eligible technologies the option to claim the ITC in lieu of the PTC (subject to the same PTC
phaseout schedule), EIA assigns the most economically beneficial tax credit option, based on analyst judgment. AEO2016 also
accounts for new renewable energy capacity resulting from state renewable portfolio standard programs, mandates, and goals, as
described in Assumptions to the Annual Energy Outlook 2016 [4].
Oil and Gas Supply Module
The Oil and Gas Supply Module represents domestic crude oil and natural gas supply within an integrated framework that captures
the interrelationships among the various sources of supply—onshore, offshore, and Alaska—by all production techniques, including
natural gas recovery from coalbeds and low-permeability geologic formations. The framework analyzes cash flow and profitability
to compute investment and drilling for each of the supply sources, based on the prices for crude oil and natural gas, the domestic
recoverable resource base, and the state of technology. Oil and natural gas production activities are modeled for 12 supply regions,
including six onshore, three offshore, and in three Alaska regions.
The Onshore Lower 48 Oil and Gas Supply Submodule evaluates the economics of future exploration and development projects for
crude oil and natural gas plays. Crude oil resources include structurally reservoired resources (i.e., conventional) as well as highly
fractured continuous zones, such as the Austin Chalk and Bakken shale formations. Production potential from advanced secondary
recovery techniques (such as infill drilling, horizontal continuity, and horizontal profile) and enhanced oil recovery (such as CO2
flooding, steam flooding, polymer flooding, and profile modification) are explicitly represented. Natural gas resources include high-
permeability carbonate and sandstone, tight gas, shale gas, and coalbed methane.
Domestic crude oil production volumes are used as inputs to the Liquid Fuels Market Module (LFMM) for conversion and blending
into refined petroleum products. Supply curves for natural gas are used as inputs to the Natural Gas Transmission and Distribution
Module (NGTDM) for determining natural gas wellhead prices and domestic production.
Natural Gas Transmission and Distribution Module

The Natural Gas Transmission and Distribution Module (NGTDM) models the transmission, distribution, and pricing of natural
gas, subject to end-use demand for natural gas, the availability of domestic natural gas, and natural gas traded on the international
market. The module balances natural gas supply and demand, tracks the flows of natural gas, and determines the associated
capacity expansion requirements in an aggregate pipeline network, connecting domestic and limited foreign supply sources with 12
regions in the Lower 48 states. The 12 regions align with the 9 Census divisions (with 3 subdivided). Alaska is handled separately.

The flow of natural gas is determined for both a peak and an off-peak period in the year, assuming a historically based seasonal
distribution of natural gas demand. Key components of pipeline and distributor tariffs are included in separate pricing algorithms.
The primary outputs of the module are delivered natural gas prices by region and sector, supply prices, and realized domestic
natural gas production. The module also projects natural gas pipeline imports and exports to Canada and Mexico, as well as
liquefied natural gas imports and exports.
Liquid Fuels Market Module
The Liquid Fuels Market Module (LFMM) projects prices of petroleum products, crude oil and product import/export activity, and
domestic refinery operations, subject to demand for petroleum products, availability and price of imported petroleum, environmental
regulations, and domestic production of crude oil, natural gas liquids, and biofuels—ethanol, biodiesel, biomass-to-liquids (BTL),
CTL, gas-to-liquids (GTL), and coal-and-biomass-to-liquids (CBTL). Costs, performance, and first dates of commercial availability
for the advanced liquid fuels technologies [5] are reviewed and updated annually.
The module represents refining activities in eight U.S. regions and a Maritime Canada/Caribbean refining region (created to
represent short-haul international refineries that predominantly serve U.S. markets). For better representation of policy, import/
export patterns, and biofuels production, the eight U.S. regions are defined by subdividing three of the five U.S. Petroleum
Administration for Defense Districts. The nine refining regions are defined below:
Region 1. PADD I – East Coast
Region 2. PADD II – Midwest - inland
Region 3. PADD II – Midwest - lakes
Region 4. PADD III – Gulf Coast - gulf
Region 5. PADD III – Gulf Coast - inland
Region 6. PADD IV – Rocky Mountain
Region 7. PADD V – West Coast - California
Region 8. PADD V – West Coast - other
Region 9. Maritime Canada/Caribbean.
The LFMM models the costs of producing automotive fuels, such as conventional and reformulated gasoline, and includes
production of biofuels for blending in gasoline and diesel. Fuel ethanol and biodiesel are included in the LFMM because they
are commonly blended into petroleum products. The module allows ethanol blending into gasoline at 10% by volume, 15% by
volume in states that lack explicit language capping ethanol volume or oxygen content, and up to 85% by volume for use in flex-
fuel vehicles. The module also includes a 16% (by volume) biobutanol/gasoline blend. Crude oil and refinery product imports are
represented by supply curves defined by the NEMS IEM. Products also can be imported from refining Region 9 (Maritime Canada/
Caribbean). Refinery product exports are represented by demand curves, also provided by the IEM. Crude exports from the United
States also are represented.
Capacity expansion of refinery process units and nonpetroleum liquid fuels production facilities is also modeled in the LFMM. The
model uses current liquid fuels production capacity, the cost and performance of each production unit, expected fuel and feedstock
costs, expected financial parameters, expected liquid fuels demand, and relevant environmental policies to project the optimal mix
of new capacity that should be added in the future.
The LFMM includes representation of the Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS) specified in the Energy Independence and Security
Act of 2007, which mandates the use of 36 billion gallons of ethanol equivalent renewable fuel by 2022. Both domestic and
imported biofuels count toward the RFS. Domestic ethanol production is modeled for three feedstock categories: corn, cellulosic
plant materials, and advanced feedstock materials. Corn ethanol plants, which are numerous (responsible for 98% of total ethanol
produced in the U.S.), are based on a well-known technology that converts starch and sugar into ethanol. Ethanol from cellulosic
sources is a new technology with only a few small pilot plants in operation. Ethanol from advanced feedstocks, which are produced
at ethanol refineries that ferment and distill grains other than corn and reduce greenhouse gas emissions by at least 50%, is
another new technology modeled in the LFMM. The LFMM also has the capability to model production of biobutanol from a
retrofitted corn ethanol facility, if economically competitive.
Fuels produced by Fischer-Tropsch synthesis or through a pyrolysis process also are modeled in the LFMM, based on their economics
in comparison with competing feedstocks and products. The five processes modeled are CTL, CBTL, GTL, BTL, and pyrolysis.
Two California-specific policies also are represented in the LFMM: the Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) and the Assembly Bill 32,
the Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 (AB 32), cap-and-trade program. The LCFS requires the carbon intensity of transportation
fuels sold for use in California (the amount of greenhouse gases emitted per unit of energy) to decrease according to a schedule
published by the California Air Resources Board. California’s AB 32 cap-and-trade program is established to help California achieve
its goal of reducing CO2 emissions to 1990 levels by 2020. Working with other NEMS modules (Industrial Demand Module, EMM,

Appendix E
and Emissions Policy Module), the LFMM provides emissions allowances and actual emissions of CO2 from California refineries,
and NEMS provides the mechanism (carbon price) to trade allowances such that the total CO2 emissions cap is met.
Coal Market Module

The Coal Market Module (CMM) simulates mining, transportation, and pricing of coal, subject to end-use demand for coal
differentiated by heat and sulfur content. U.S. coal production is represented in the CMM by 41 separate supply curves—differentiated
by region, mine type, coal rank, and sulfur content. The coal supply curves respond to mining capacity, capacity utilization of
mines, labor productivity, and factor input costs (mining equipment, mining labor, and fuel requirements). Projections of U.S. coal
distribution are determined by minimizing the cost of coal supplied, given coal demands by region and sector; environmental
restrictions; and accounting for minemouth prices, transportation costs, and coal supply contracts. Over the projection horizon,
coal transportation costs in the CMM vary in response to changes in the cost of rail investments.
The CMM produces projections of U.S. steam and metallurgical coal exports and imports in the context of world coal trade,
determining the pattern of world coal trade flows that minimizes production and transportation costs while meeting a specified
set of regional coal import demands, subject to constraints on export capacities and trade flows. The international coal market
component of the module computes trade in two types of coal (steam and metallurgical) for 17 export regions and 20 import
regions. U.S. coal production and distribution are computed for 14 supply regions and 16 demand regions.
Annual Energy Outlook 2016 cases

Table E1 provides a summary of the cases produced as part of AEO2016. For each case, the table gives the name used in AEO2016,
a brief description of the major assumptions underlying the projections, and a reference to the pages in the body of the report and
in this appendix where the case is discussed. The text sections following Table E1 describe the various cases in more detail. The
Reference case assumptions for each sector are described in Assumptions to the Annual Energy Outlook 2016. Regional results and
other details of the projections are available at http://www.eia.gov/forecasts/aeo/tables_ref.cfm#supplement.
Macroeconomic growth cases

In addition to the AEO2016 Reference case, Low Economic Growth and High Economic Growth cases were developed to reflect
the uncertainty in projections of economic growth. The alternative cases are intended to show the effects of alternative growth
assumptions on energy market projections. The cases are described as follows:
• In the Reference case, population grows by 0.7%/year, nonfarm employment by 0.7%/year, and productivity by 1.7%/ year
from 2015 to 2040. Economic output as measured by real GDP increases by 2.2%/year from 2015 through 2040, and growth
in real disposable income per capita averages 1.7%/year.
• The Low Economic Growth case assumes lower growth rates for population (0.6%/year) and productivity (1.3%/year),
resulting in lower growth in nonfarm employment (0.6%/year), higher prices and interest rates, and lower growth in industrial
output. In the Low Economic Growth case, economic output as measured by real GDP increases by 1.6%/year from 2015
through 2040, and growth in real disposable income per capita averages 1.4%/year.
• The High Economic Growth case assumes higher growth rates for population (0.8%/year) and productivity (2.0%/year),
resulting in higher nonfarm employment (1.0%/year). With higher productivity gains and employment growth, inflation and
interest rates are lower than in the Reference case, and consequently economic output grows at a higher rate (2.8%/year) than
in the Reference case (2.2%/year). Real disposable income per capita grows by 2.0%/year.
Oil price cases

The benchmark oil price in AEO2016 is based on spot prices for North Sea Brent crude oil, which is an international standard for
light sweet crude oil. The West Texas Intermediate (WTI) spot price is generally lower than the North Sea Brent price. EIA expects
the price spread between Brent and WTI in the Reference, Low Oil Price, and High Oil Price cases to range between $0/b and $10/b
and will continue to report WTI prices—a critical reference point for the value of growing production in the U.S. Midcontinent—as
well as the imported refiner acquisition cost for crude oil. The December 2015 decision by the U.S. Congress to remove restrictions
on U.S. crude oil exports also has the potential to narrow the spread between the Brent price and the price of domestic production
streams under certain cases involving high levels of U.S. crude oil production [6].
The historical record shows substantial variability in oil prices, and there is arguably even more uncertainty about future prices in
the long term. AEO2016 considers three oil price cases (Reference, Low Oil Price, and High Oil Price) to allow an assessment of
alternative views on the future course of oil prices.
The Low and High Oil Price cases reflect a wide range of potential price paths, resulting from variation in global demand and supply
of petroleum and other liquid fuels. The Low Oil Price case assumes conditions under which global liquids demand is low and
supply is high; the High Oil Price case assumes the opposite. Both cases illustrate situations in which the shifts in global supply and
demand are offsetting, so that liquids consumption is close to Reference case levels, but prices are substantially different.
• In the Reference case, real oil prices (2015 dollars) fall from $52/b in 2015 to a low of $37/b in 2016, before rising steadily to
$136/b in 2040. The Reference case represents a trend projection for both oil supply and demand. Global supply increases

Table E1. Summary of AEO2016 cases
Reference Reference in
Case name Description in text Appendix E
Reference Real gross domestic product (GDP) grows at an average annual rate of 2.2%
from 2015 to 2040. Brent crude oil prices rise to about $136/barrel (b) (2015
dollars) in 2040. Complete projection tables in Appendix A. -- --
Low Economic Growth Real GDP grows at an average annual rate of 1.6% from 2015 to 2040. Other
energy market assumptions are the same as in the Reference case. Partial
projection tables in Appendix B. p. MT-2 p. E-6
High Economic Growth Real GDP grows at an average annual rate of 2.8% from 2015 to 2040. Other
energy market assumptions are the same as in the Reference case. Partial
projection tables in Appendix B. p. MT-2 p. E-6
Low Oil Price Low prices result from a combination of relatively low demand for petroleum
and other liquids in the non-Organization for Economic Cooperative
Development (non-OECD) nations and higher global supply. Lower demand
occurs as a result of several factors: economic growth that is relatively slow
compared with history; reduced consumption from the adoption of more
efficient technologies, extension of the corporate average fuel economy
(CAFE) standards, less travel demand, and increased natural gas or electricity
use; efficiency improvement in nonmanufacturing in non-OECD countries;
and industrial fuel switching from liquid to natural gas feedstocks for
producing methanol and ammonia. On the supply side, both Organization of
the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and non-OPEC producers face
lower costs of production for both crude oil and other liquids production
technologies. However, lower-cost supply from OPEC producers eventually
begins to crowd out supply from relatively more expensive non-OPEC sources.
OPEC’s market share of liquids production rises steadily from 39% in 2015 to
43% in 2020 and 47% in 2040. Light, sweet crude oil prices fall to an average
of $35/b (2015 dollars) in 2016, remain below $50/b through 2030, and stay
below $75/b through 2040. Partial projection tables in Appendix C. p. MT-3 p. E-8
High Oil Price High prices result from a lack of global investment in the oil sector, eventually
inducing higher production from non-OPEC producers relative to the
Reference case. Higher prices stimulate increased supply from resource that
are more expensive to produce—such as tight oil and bitumen, as well as
increased production of renewable and synthetic fuels, compared with the
Reference case. Increased non-OPEC production crowds out OPEC oil, and
OPEC’s share of world liquids production decreases, never exceeding the 41%
reached in 2012 and dropping to 34% by the end of the projection. On the
demand side, higher economic growth than in the Reference case, particularly
in non-OECD countries, leads to increased demand: non-OECD consumers
demand greater personal mobility and consumption of goods. There are also
fewer efficiency gains throughout the industrial sector, and growing fuel needs
in the nonmanufacturing sector continue to be met with liquid fuels, especially
in response to policy shifts that force liquids to replace coal for chemical
feedstock. Crude oil prices are about $230/b (2015 dollars) in 2040. Partial
projection tables in Appendix C. p. MT-3 p. E-9
Extended Policies The Extended Policies case begins with the Reference case and assumes
extension of all existing tax credits (full credit values prior to phaseout are
extended where phaseouts are scheduled) and policies that contain sunset
provisions, except those requiring additional funding (e.g., loan guarantee
programs). It also assumes an increase in capacity limitations on the
investment tax credit (ITC) for combined heat and power, and extension of
the program. The case includes an additional round of efficiency standards for
residential and commercial products, as well as new standards for products
not yet covered; adds multiple rounds of national building codes by 2034; and
increases LDV and HDV fuel economy standards in the transportation sector.
This case also includes the extension of EPA’s Clean Power Plan regulations
that reduce carbon dioxide emissions from electric power generation after
2030. Partial projection tables in Appendix D. p. IF-22 p. E-9

Appendix E
Table E1. Summary of AEO2016 cases (continued)
Reference Reference in
Case name Description in text Appendix E
Oil and Gas: Estimated ultimate recovery per shale gas, tight gas, and tight oil well in the
Low Oil and Gas Resource United States and undiscovered resources in Alaska and the offshore lower
and Technology 48 states are 50% lower than in the Reference case. Rates of technological
improvement that reduce costs and increase productivity in the United States
are also 50% lower than in the Reference case. All other assumptions remain
the same as in the Reference case. Partial projection tables in Appendix D. p. MT-29 p. E-11
Oil and Gas: Estimated ultimate recovery per shale gas, tight gas, and tight oil well in the
High Oil and Gas United States, and undiscovered resources in Alaska and the offshore lower
Resource and Technology 48 states, are 50% higher than in the Reference case. Rates of technological
improvement that reduce costs and increase productivity in the United States
are also 50% higher than in the Reference case. In addition, tight oil and
shale gas resources are added to reflect new plays or the expansion of known
plays. All other assumptions remain the same as in the Reference case. Partial
projection tables in Appendix D. p. MT-29 p. E-11
Electricity: No CPP Assumes that the Clean Power Plan (CPP) is not enforced, and that no federal
requirements are in place to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from existing
power plants. p. IF-3 p. E-10
Electricity: CPP Rate Assumes that CPP compliance is met through regional rate-based (pounds/
MWh) standards that, on average, affect all generation within the region. p. IF-3 p. E-10
Electricity: CPP Assumes that CPP compliance is met through regional mass-based caps,
Interregional Trading including new sources, and allows trading of carbon allowances between
regions within the Eastern Interconnect and within the Western Interconnect. p. IF-3 p. E-10
Electricity: CPP Extended Assumes that the CPP CO2 emissions targets continue to decline after 2030,
reaching a 45% reduction below 2005 levels in 2040. p. IF-4 p. E-10
Electricity: CPP Hybrid Assumes that regions can vary their CPP compliance method, with the
Northeast and CA regions choosing mass-based caps and the remaining
regions using average rate-based standards. p. IF-4 p. E-10
Electricity: CPP Allocation Assumes the same CPP compliance as in the Reference case, except that the
to Generators carbon allowances are allocated to generators instead of being allocated to
load entities, resulting in higher retail price impacts. p. IF-4 p. E-10
Energy Efficiency Case for Assuming Reference case prices and economic conditions, examines the
Manufacturing Industries effects of more aggressive adoption of energy-efficient technologies and rapid
with Technology Choice improvement in energy intensity on manufacturers in five industries (cement
and lime, aluminum, glass, iron and steel, and paper). p. IF-36 p. E-9
Industrial Efficiency Low Uses a price on CO2 emissions as a proxy for higher energy costs, as a way
Incentive to increase energy efficiency in all industries except refining. A CO2 price is
phased in gradually, starting in 2018, reaches $12.50/metric ton in 2023, and
increases by 5% per year thereafter. p. IF-35 p. E-9
Industrial Efficiency High As in the Industrial Efficiency Low Incentive case, with the only difference
Incentive being that the CO2 price is $35.00/metric ton in 2023. p. IF-35 p. E-9
Phase 2 Standards Assumes improvements to medium- and heavy-duty vehicle technologies
while increasing the number of technologies from 37 to 70. Restructures
the current 13 vehicle size classes and incorporates an additional size class,
bringing the total to 14 size classes. p. IF-16 p. E-10
through the medium-term (although it does slow from 2020–25) and is limited by geopolitical constraints rather than by
resource availability. Global petroleum and other liquids consumption increases steadily throughout the Reference case, in part
because of an increase in the number of vehicles across the world, which is offset somewhat by improvements in LDV and HDV
fuel economy in developing countries, as well as increased natural gas use for transportation in most regions. Economic growth
is steady over the projection period, and there is some substitution away from liquids fuels in the industrial sector.
• In the Low Oil Price case, crude oil prices fall to an average of $35/b (2015 dollars) in 2016, remain below $50/b through 2030,
and stay below $75/b through 2040. Relatively low demand compared to the Reference case occurs as a result of several
factors: economic growth that is relatively slow compared to history; reduced consumption in developed countries resulting
from the adoption of more efficient technologies, extended CAFE standards, less travel demand, and increased use of natural

gas or electricity; efficiency improvement in nonmanufacturing industries in the non-OECD countries; and industrial fuel
switching from liquids to natural gas feedstocks for production of methanol and ammonia. Low oil prices also result from lower
costs of production and relatively abundant supply from both OPEC and non-OPEC producers. However, lower-cost supply
from OPEC producers eventually begins to crowd out supply from relatively more expensive non-OPEC sources. In the Low Oil
Price case, OPEC’s market share of liquids production rises steadily from 39% in 2015 to 43% in 2020 and to 47% in 2040.
• In the High Oil Price case, oil prices average about $230/b (2015 dollars) in 2040. A lack of global investment in the oil sector
is the primary cause of higher prices, which eventually lead to higher production from non-OPEC producers relative to the
Reference case. Higher prices stimulate increased supply of more costly resources, including tight oil and bitumen, and also
lead to significant increases in production of renewable liquid fuels as well as GTL and CTL compared with the Reference
case. Increased non-OPEC production crowds out OPEC oil, and OPEC’s share of world liquids production decreases, never
exceeding the 41% share reached in 2012 and dropping to 34% in 2040. The main reason for increased demand in the High
Oil Price case is higher economic growth, particularly in developing countries, than in the Reference case. In the developing
countries, consumers demand greater personal mobility and more consumption of goods. There are fewer efficiency gains in
the industrial sector, while growing demand for fuel in the non-manufacturing sector continues to be met with liquid fuels, and
policy shifts result in the replacement of chemical feedstocks by coal.
Buildings sector cases
The Extended Policies case includes assumptions in the NEMS Residential and Commercial Demand Modules. The Extended
Policies case extends federal incentives that have a specific sunset date in current law and adds an additional round of appliance
standards and multiple rounds of building codes, as described below.
• The Extended Policies case assumes that selected federal policies with sunset provisions are extended indefinitely at current levels
rather than being allowed to sunset as the law currently prescribes. For the residential sector, personal tax credits are extended
at the 30% level through 2040 for solar photovoltaics installations, solar water heaters, small wind turbines, and geothermal
heat pumps. For residential solar equipment, tax credits are extended at the 30% level instead of being phased out completely
as specified by current law. For the commercial sector, the ITC for solar technologies, small wind turbines, geothermal heat
pumps, and combined heat and power is extended at the 30% level through 2040. The business tax credit for solar technologies
remains at the 30% level through 2040 instead of being phased down to 10%. The Extended Policies case includes updates to
federal appliance standards, as prescribed by the timeline in the Department of Energy’s (DOE) multiyear plan, and introduces
new standards for products currently not covered by DOE. Efficiency levels for the updated residential appliance standards are
based on current ENERGY STAR guidelines or “mid-level” efficiencies where ENERGY STAR guidelines are not available. End-
use technologies eligible for extended incentives are not subject to new standards. Efficiency levels for updated commercial
equipment standards are based on the technology menu from the AEO2016 Reference case and purchasing specifications for
federal agencies designated by the Federal Energy Management Program. The Extended Policies case also adds two additional
rounds of improved national building codes with implementation beginning in 2025 and 2034, each phased in over nine years.
Industrial sector cases

In addition to the AEO2016 Reference case, three technology-focused cases were developed, using the Industrial Demand Module
(IDM) to examine the effects of less rapid and more rapid technology change and adoption in the industrial sector. The energy
intensity changes discussed in this section exclude the refining industry, which is modeled separately from the IDM in the Liquid
Fuels Market Module. The technology cases are described as follows:
• The Energy Efficiency Case for Manufacturing Industries with Technology Choice case examines the effects of efficiency
improvements made over time by manufacturers in the five process flow industries (cement and lime, aluminum, glass, iron
and steel, and paper), which can change the mix of technologies chosen relative to the Reference Case. Prices and economic
conditions are the same as in the Reference case. The energy efficiency increases are based on research by Lawrence Berkeley
National Laboratory related to best practice energy intensity [7], and on Bandwidth Analysis by DOE [8]. This case includes
more aggressive adoption of energy-efficient technologies and more rapid improvement in the energy intensity of some future
technology choices that currently are not being used.
• The Industrial Efficiency Low Incentive case examines the effects of a price on carbon emissions on energy efficiency in the
industrial sector. This case includes all industries in the industrial sector except refining. It assumes a price on CO2 emissions,
as a proxy for higher energy costs, stimulating an increase in energy efficiency. The CO2 price is phased in gradually, starting
in 2018, rises to $12.50/metric ton in 2023, and thereafter increases by 5%/year through 2040. The higher energy costs
create an incentive to reduce fuel costs by increasing the efficiencies of existing technologies, adopting more energy efficient
technologies, and switching to less carbon-intensive fuels.
• The Industrial Efficiency High Incentive case uses the same approach as the Industrial Efficiency Low Incentive case but
assumes a higher price on CO2 emissions, starting in 2018, increasing gradually to $35.00/metric ton in 2023, and increasing
thereafter increases by 5%/year. The higher energy costs increase the incentive to increase efficiency and use less carbon-
intensive fuels, leading to greater efficiency improvement than in the Reference and Industrial Efficiency Low Incentive cases.

Appendix E
• The Extended Policies case described below is a cross-cutting integrated case that involves making changes in a number of
NEMS models. The Extended Policies case modifies selected industrial assumptions from the Reference case, assuming that
the existing 10% Investment Tax Credit (ITC) for industrial CHP is extended through 2040, modifying capacity limitations on
the ITC by increasing the cap on CHP equipment from 15 MW to 25 MW, and eliminating the system-wide cap of 50 MW.
These assumptions are based on the proposals made in H.R. 2750 and H.R. 2784 of the 112th Congress.
Transportation sector cases
In addition to the AEO2016 Reference case, the NEMS Transportation Demand Module was used as part of two AEO2016
alternative cases.
In the Extended Policies case, the Transportation Demand Module was used to examine the effects of extending LDV GHG emissions
and CAFE standards beyond 2025, with the joint EPA/NHTSA CAFE Standards increasing after 2025, at an average annual rate of
1.3% through 2040, to a combined average LDV fuel economy compliance of 56.8 mpg in 2040. As part of the Extended Policies
case, the Transportation Demand Module was also used to examine the effects of extending the HDV fuel efficiency and GHG
emissions standards to reflect requirements under the Phase 2 Standards proposal. The regulations are currently specified for
model years 2014 through 2018. The Extended Policies case includes a modest increase in fuel consumption and GHG emissions
standards for 13 HDV size classes.
Assumptions in the NEMS Transportation Demand Module were modified for the Phase 2 Standards case, which examines the
effects of the EPA/NHTSA jointly proposed GHG emissions and fuel efficiency standards for medium- and heavy-duty vehicles.
The Phase 2 Standards case includes assumptions of improved technology options for medium- and heavy-duty vehicles by
replacing and increasing the number of technologies from 37 to 70. The Phase 2 Standards case also includes restructured and
updated vehicle size classes that increase the size classes from 13 to 14.
Electricity sector cases

While the Reference case includes one potential implementation of the CPP, there are uncertainties related to the options that
states will use to comply with the rule. The rule is also being challenged in court, and the Supreme Court has stayed enforcement of
the rule until legal challenges are resolved. To date, the rule has not been vacated or affirmed by any lower court ruling. Therefore,
several integrated cases assuming alternate paths to meeting the CPP were developed to support discussions in the Market Trends
and Issues in Focus section of AEO2016. A case was also developed assuming that the CPP is not implemented. The Issues in
Focus article, “Effects of the Clean Power Plan,” discusses the impacts of the CPP under different implementations relative to the
mass-based standards assumed in the Reference case, and relative to the case without any CPP enforcement.
Clean Power Plan cases

• The No CPP case assumes that the CPP is completely vacated and is not enforced, implying that states have no federal requirement
to reduce CO2 emissions from existing power plants. There are no constraints imposed in the electricity model to reach regional
rate-based or mass-based carbon dioxide targets (other than programs already in place, such as the Regional Greenhouse Gas
Initiative (RGGI) and AB 32. There is no incentive for incremental energy efficiency in the end-use demand modules.
• The CPP Rate case assumes that all regions choose to comply with the CPP by meeting average rate-based emissions goals
(pounds/MWh) within each Electricity Market Module region, without cooperation across regions. That is, each region has a
specific average emission rate that must be met by the affected generation in the region.
• The CPP Interregional Trading case assumes that all regions choose to meet mass-based goals, covering existing and new
sources (as in the Reference case), but with trading of carbon allowances between regions within the Eastern and Western
Interconnects. In this case, regions that reduce emissions more than needed to meet their own regional caps may trade their
excess allowances with other regions, allowing those regions to emit more than their caps.
• The CPP Extended case further reduces the CO2 targets after 2030 instead of maintaining a constant standard. This case
assumes that the mass-based limits in 2030, which will result in power sector CO2 emissions that are about 35% below 2005
levels, continue to decline linearly to achieve a 45% reduction below 2005 levels in 2040. The post-2030 reductions are
applied using the same rate of decline for each state.
• The CPP Hybrid case assumes that regions in which programs enforcing carbon caps are already in place (RGGI in the Northeast
[9] and AB 32 in California) comply with the CPP through a mass-based goal, but that states in other regions implement the
CPP using a rate-based approach. This case assumes no interregional trading for CPP compliance.
• The CPP Allocation to Generators case assumes that all regions meet mass-based caps including new sources (as in the
Reference case), but that the carbon allowances are freely allocated to generators, rather than to load-serving entities. In this
case, it is assumed that generators in competitive regions will continue to include the value of allowances in their operating
costs and, as a result, that marginal generation costs will reflect the costs of allowances. The Reference case assumes that the
allowances are allocated to load-serving entities, which then refund the revenue from the allowance sales to consumers through
lower distribution prices. The CPP Allocation to Generators case assumes no reduction in distribution costs, resulting in prices
that are higher than those in the Reference case and showing the impact of allowance allocation alternatives on retail prices.

The Reference case includes the CPP, which under current regulations is phased in over the 2022–30 period, and assumes that states
comply by setting mass-based compliance strategies that cover both existing and new electric generators. The Extended Policies
case assumes a further reduction in CO2 targets after 2030. The mass-based limits, which in the Reference case result in power
sector CO2 emissions that are 35% below 2005 levels in 2030, are assumed to continue declining linearly to 45% below 2005 levels
in 2040.
Renewable fuels cases

AEO2016 also includes an Extended Policies case to examine the effects of indefinite extension of expiring federal tax credits for
renewable electricity generation plants. In the Extended Policies case, the full tax credit of 2.3 cents/kWh (adjusted annually for
inflation) is extended permanently beyond 2017 for new wind and geothermal generators and is available for the first 10 years of
production. A tax credit of 1.1 cents/kWh, also available for the first 10 years of production, is extended indefinitely to new generators
using landfill gas, certain hydroelectric technologies, and biomass fuels. (Open-loop biomass is assumed to be the predominant
source of biomass fuel over the projection period.) Furthermore, this case maintains the permanent availability of the 30% ITC (the
ITC’s value prior to phaseout) for new generators using solar energy.
Oil and natural gas supply cases
The sensitivity of the AEO2016 projections to changes in assumptions regarding technically recoverable domestic crude oil and
natural gas resources is examined in two cases. These cases do not represent a confidence interval for future domestic oil and natural
gas supply, but rather provide a framework to examine the effects of higher and lower domestic supply on energy demand, imports,
and prices. Assumptions associated with the two cases are described below.
• In the Low Oil and Gas Resource and Technology case, the estimated ultimate recovery per tight oil, tight gas, or shale gas well in
the United States and undiscovered resources in Alaska and the offshore lower 48 states are assumed to be 50% lower than in
the Reference case. Rates of technology improvement that reduce costs and increase productivity in the United States also are
50% lower than in the Reference case. These assumptions increase the per-unit cost of crude oil and natural gas development
in the United States. The total unproved technically recoverable resource of crude oil is decreased to 150 billion barrels, and the
natural gas resource is decreased to 1,303 trillion cubic feet (Tcf), as compared with unproved resource estimates of 238 billion
barrels of crude oil and 2,136 Tcf of natural gas as of January 1, 2014, in the Reference case.
• In the High Oil and Gas Resource and Technology case, the resource assumptions are adjusted to allow a continued increase in
domestic crude oil production through 2040, to 18 million barrels per day (b/d) compared with 11 million b/d in the Reference
case. This case includes: (1) 50% higher estimated ultimate recovery per tight oil, tight gas, or shale gas well, as well as additional
unidentified tight oil and shale gas resources to reflect the possibility that additional layers or new areas of low-permeability
zones will be identified and developed; (2) diminishing returns on the estimated ultimate recovery once drilling levels in a county
exceed the number of potential wells assumed in the Reference case, to reflect well interference at greater drilling density;
(3) 50% higher assumed rates of technological improvement that reduce costs and increase productivity in the United States
relative to the Reference case; and (4) 50% higher technically recoverable undiscovered resources in Alaska and the offshore
lower 48 states than in the Reference case. The total unproved technically recoverable resource of crude oil increases to 385
billion barrels, and the natural gas resource increases to 3,109 Tcf as compared with unproved resource estimates of 238 billion
barrels of crude oil and 2,136 Tcf of natural gas in the Reference case as of the start of 2014.

In addition to the AEO2016 Reference case, the AEO2016 Extended Policies case assumes the extension of all existing tax credits and
policies that contain sunset provisions at current levels, except those requiring additional funding (e.g., loan guarantee programs).
The Extended Policies case also assumes an increase in the capacity limitations on the ITC for CHP, and extension of the program.
It includes an additional round of federal efficiency standards for residential and commercial products, as well as new standards
for products not yet covered; adds multiple rounds of national building codes by 2034; and increases LDV and HDV fuel economy
standards in the transportation sector. The Extended Policies case also assumes continued tightening of EPA’s Clean Power Plan
regulations that reduce carbon dioxide emissions from electric power generation after 2030. Specific assumptions for each end-use
sector and for renewables are described in the sector-specific sections above.

Appendix E
Endnotes for Appendix E

1. U.S. Energy Information Administration, The National Energy Modeling System: An Overview 2009, DOE/EIA-0581(2009)
(Washington, DC: October 2009), http://www.eia.gov/oiaf/aeo/overview.
2. Selected EIA publications used for data sources include: Short-Term Energy Outlook, Monthly Energy Review, Natural Gas Annual,
Natural Gas Monthly, Electric Power Monthly, Electric Power Annual, Annual Coal Report, Petroleum Supply Annual, and Quarterly
Coal Report, as well as EIA surveys.
3. U.S. Energy Information Administration, Short-Term Energy Outlook (Washington, DC: February 2016), http://www.eia.gov/
forecasts/steo/outlook.cfm.
4. U.S. Energy Information Administration, Assumptions to the Annual Energy Outlook 2016, DOE/EIA-0554(2016) (Washington,
DC: forthcoming Fall 2016), http://www.eia.gov/forecasts/aeo/assumptions.
5. U.S. Energy Information Administration, Effects of Removing Restrictions on U.S. Crude Oil Exports (Washington, DC: September
2015), http://www.eia.gov/analysis/requests/crude-exports/.
6. U.S. Energy Information Administration, Effects of Removing Restrictions on U.S. Crude Oil Exports (Washington, DC: September
2015), http://www.eia.gov/analysis/requests/crude-exports/.
7. E. Worrell, L. Price, M. Neelis, C. Galitsky, and Z. Nan, World Best Practice Energy Intensity Values for Selected Industrial Sectors,
LBNL-62806, Rev. 2 (Ernest Orlando Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA: February 2008), https://eaei.lbl.
gov/sites/all/files/industrial_best_practice_en.pdf.
8. D.M. Rue, J. Servaites, and W. Wolfe, Final Report: Industrial Glass Bandwidth Analysis (Gas Technology Institute, Des Plains, IL:
August 2007, http://www.energy.gov/sites/prod/files/2013/11/f4/industrial_bandwidth.pdf.
9. The CPP Hybrid case assumes that the New York and New England electricity regions use mass-based compliance. Delaware
and Maryland are also members of RGGI; however, those states are part of a larger electricity modeling region including states
that are not part of RGGI, and they represent a relatively small share of the overall region’s emissions. Because CPP compliance
is modeled by electricity model region, not by state, the CPP Hybrid case assumes that the region that includes Delaware and
Maryland complies by using a rate-based approach.

Appendix F
Regional Maps
Appendix F
Regional Maps
Figure F1. United States Census Divisions
Figure F1. United States Census Divisions
AK
West
North East
Mountain Central
WA
North
MT ND MN Central
VT ME New
OR England
WI
SD NH
NY MA
ID WY MI
CA IA RI
NE CT
NV
Pacific PA
UT OH NJ
IN
CO KS MO
IL
Middle
Atlantic
DE
WV VA
AZ
NM East South Central KY MD
NC
OK TN
AR SC
TX
South Atlantic
HI AL GA
LA MS
West
South FL
Central
Pacific Middle Atlantic

West South Central New England
East South Central East North Central
South Atlantic West North Central
Mountain
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Office of Integrated Analysis and Forecasting.
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Office of Energy Analysis.
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Appendix F
Figure F1. United States Census Divisions (continued)
Division 1 Division 3 Division 5 Division 7 Division 9

New England East North South Atlantic West South Pacific
Central Central
Connecticut Delaware Alaska
Maine Illinois District of Arkansas California
Massachusetts Indiana Columbia Louisiana Hawaii
New Hampshire Michigan Florida Oklahoma Oregon
Rhode Island Ohio Georgia Texas Washington
Vermont Wisconsin Maryland
North Carolina Division 8
Division 2 Division 4 South Carolina Mountain
Middle Atlantic West North Virginia
Central West Virginia Arizona
New Jersey Colorado
New York Iowa Division 6 Idaho
Pennsylvania Kansas East South Montana
Minnesota Central Nevada
Missouri New Mexico
Nebraska Alabama Utah
North Dakota Kentucky Wyoming
South Dakota Mississippi
Tennessee
F-2 U.S. Energy Information Administration | Annual Energy Outlook 2016

Regional maps
Figure F2. Electricity market module regions
8 5
3 10
21
4
7
9
6
11
22 13
20 17
15
16
18
19
12
14
1. ERCT TRE All 12. SRDA SERC Delta

2. FRCC FRCC All 13. SRGW SERC Gateway
3. MROE MRO East 14. SRSE SERC Southeastern
4. MROW MRO West 15. SRCE SERC Central
5. NEWE NPCC New England 16. SRVC SERC VACAR
6. NYCW NPCC NYC/Westchester 17. SPNO SPP North
7. NYLI NPCC Long Island 18. SPSO SPP South
8. NYUP NPCC Upstate NY 19. AZNM WECC Southwest
9. RFCE RFC East 20. CAMX WECC California
10. RFCM RFC Michigan 21. NWPP WECC Northwest
11. RFCW RFC West 22. RMPA WECC Rockies

Appendix F
Figure F3. North American Electric Reliability Corporation regions

Western Interconnection
Eastern Interconnection
Northeast
Northwest
Northern Plains
Midwest/Mid-Atlantic
California
Southern Plains
Southwest/Rockies
Southeast
Texas
ERCOT Interconnection
Mapping for aggregated electricity regions

Aggregate region EMM regions included in aggregate region
Figure IF1-5
Northeast 5 NEWE Northeast Power Coordinating Council (NPCC) / New England
Northeast 6 NYCW NPCC / New York City-Westchester
Northeast 7 NYLI NPCC/ Long Island
Northeast 8 NYUP NPCC/ Upstate New York
Midwest/Mid-Atlantic 9 RFCE ReliabilityFirst Corporation–East
Midwest/Mid-Atlantic 10 RFCM ReliabilityFirst Corporation–Michigan
Midwest/Mid-Atlantic 11 RFCW ReliabilityFirst Corporation–West
Southeast 2 FRCC Florida Reliability Coordinating Council
Southeast 14 SRSE SERC Reliability Corporation (SERC)/Southeastern
Southeast 15 SRCE SERC/ Central
Southeast 16 SRVC SERC/ Virginia-Carolina
Southern Plains 12 SRDA SERC/ Delta
Southern Plains 18 SPSO Southwest Power Pool Regional Entity / South
Texas 1 ERCT Texas Reliability Entity
Southwest/Rockies 19 AZNM Western Electricity Coordinating Council (WECC)/Arizona New Mexico
Southwest/Rockies 22 RMPA WECC/ Rockies
California 20 CAMX WECC/ California
Northwest 21 NWPP WECC/ Northwest Power Pool Area
Northern Plains 3 MROE Midwest Reliability Organization–East
Northern Plains 4 MROW Midwest Reliability Organization–West
Northern Plains 13 SRGW SERC/ Gateway
Northern Plains 17 SPNO Southwest Power Pool Regional Entity / North
correspond to state borders or to other regional naming conventions. Aggregate region data are summed or averaged over the electricity model
regions listed.

Regional maps
Figure F4. Liquid fuels market module regions
PADD IV
PADD II
lakes
PADD V -
other
PADD II -
inland PADD I
Maritime Canada
PADD V -
California PADD III - New
inland Brunswick
PADD V - PADD III - Nova

other Scotia
Gulf
Newfoundland
Trinidad
& Tobago Puerto Rico
Caribbean
PADD boundary
LFMM regions
PADD I PADD III Gulf PADD V California

PADD II inland PADD III inland PADD V other
PADD II lakes PADD IV Maritime Canada; Caribbean

Appendix F
Figure
Figure F4.
F5. Oil andOil and Gas
gas supply Supply
model regions Model Regions
WA MT ME
ND MN VT
OR
NH
WI
West Coast (6) SD NY MA
ID WY
MI RI
NV IA CT
NE PA NJ
IN OH
Rocky Mountain (5) Northeast (1) DE
CA KS MO
Pacific WV VA
UT CO IL MD
Midcontinent (3) KY
NC
NM TN
AZ TX SC
Atlantic
NM OK AR AL
MS
Southwest (4) GA
LA
TX
TX Gulf Coast (2)
TX
FL
Gulf of Mexico
Offshore
North Slope
Onshore
North Slope
AK
Other
Alaska
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Office of Integrated Analysis and Foreca

Regional maps
FigureFigure F5. gas
F6. Natural Natural Gas and
transmission Transmission andregions
distribution model Distribution Model Regions
Primary Flows
Secondary Flows
Pipeline Border Crossing
MacKenzie
LNG Imports
Alaska
Canada
W. Canada Offshore
and LNG
E. Canada
Pacific New
(9) Engl.
(1)
Mountain
Mid.
(8)
Atlantic
W. North Central (2)
(4) E. North
Central
CA (3)
(12)
AZ/NM
(11) S. Atlantic
E. South
(5)
Central
W. South Central (6)
(7)
Mexico FL
(10)
Bahamas
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Office of Integrated Analysis and Forecasting.
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Appendix F
Figure F7. Coal supply regions
ME
WA MT
ND
VT
MI NY NH
WI
MA
SD
CT
RI
OR ID MN
CA IA MI
IL PA NJ
NE OH
UT IN DE
WY MD
NV
CO
WV
KS KY
VA
KY
NC
AZ MO
OK TN
AR SC
TX
GA
AL
NM
MS
FL
LA
500 0
SCALE IN MILES
AK
1000 0
SCALE IN MILES
NORTHERN GREAT PLAINS

Dakota Lignite
APPALACHIA Western Montana
Northern Appalachia Wyoming, Northern Powder River Basin
Central Appalachia Wyoming, Southern Powder River Basin
Southern Appalachia Western Wyoming
INTERIOR OTHER WEST

Eastern Interior Rocky Mountain
Western Interior Southwest
Gulf Lignite Northwest

Regional maps
Figure F7. Coal Demand Regions
Figure F8. Coal demand regions
10. C1 1. NE
2. YP
13. MT
11. C2
6. OH
7. EN
14. CU 3. S1
16. PC 8. KT
4. S2
15. ZN
9. AM 5. GF
12. WS
Region Code Region Content Region Code Region Content
1. NE CT,MA,ME,NH,RI,VT 9. AM AL,MS
2. YP NY,PA,NJ 10. C1 MN,ND,SD
3. S1 WV,MD,DC,DE 11. C2 IA,NE,MO,KS
4. S2 VA,NC,SC 12. WS TX,LA,OK,AR
5. GF GA,FL 13. MT MT,WY,ID
6. OH OH 14. CU CO,UT,NV
7. EN IN,IL,MI,WI 15. ZN AZ,NM
8. KT KY,TN 16. PC AK,HI,WA,OR,CA
urce: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Office of Integrated Analysis and Forecas
Appendix G
Conversion factors
Table G1. Heat contents
Table G1. Heat contents
Approximate
Fuel Units
heat content
Coal1
Production .................................................. million Btu per short ton 20.02
Consumption .............................................. million Btu per short ton 19.49
Coke plants ............................................. million Btu per short ton 28.69
Industrial2................................................. million Btu per short ton 20.73
Commercial and institutional ................... million Btu per short ton 23.11
Electric power sector3 .............................. million Btu per short ton 19.04
Imports........................................................ million Btu per short ton 22.73
Exports ....................................................... million Btu per short ton 26.21
Coal coke ...................................................... million Btu per short ton 24.80
Crude oil1
Production .................................................. million Btu per barrel 5.719
Imports........................................................ million Btu per barrel 6.063
Petroleum products and other liquids

Consumption1 ............................................. million Btu per barrel 5.148
Motor gasoline1........................................ million Btu per barrel 5.057
Jet fuel ..................................................... million Btu per barrel 5.670
Distillate fuel oil1 ...................................... million Btu per barrel 5.778
Diesel fuel1 .............................................. million Btu per barrel 5.778
Residual fuel oil ....................................... million Btu per barrel 6.287
Liquefied petroleum gases and other1,4 ... million Btu per barrel 3.559
Kerosene ................................................. million Btu per barrel 5.670
Petrochemical feedstocks1 ...................... million Btu per barrel 5.441
Unfinished oils1 ........................................ million Btu per barrel 6.111
Imports1 ...................................................... million Btu per barrel 5.518
Exports1 ...................................................... million Btu per barrel 5.398
Ethanol, including denaturant ..................... million Btu per barrel 3.558
Biodiesel ..................................................... million Btu per barrel 5.359
Natural gas plant liquids1

Production .................................................. million Btu per barrel 3.745
Natural gas1
Production, dry ........................................... Btu per cubic foot 1,031
Consumption .............................................. Btu per cubic foot 1,031
End-use sectors....................................... Btu per cubic foot 1,032
Electric power sector3 .............................. Btu per cubic foot 1,029
Imports........................................................ Btu per cubic foot 1,025
Exports ....................................................... Btu per cubic foot 1,009
Electricity consumption .............................. Btu per kilowatthour 3,412
Conversion factor varies from year to year. The value shown is for 2015.
1
2
Includes all electricity-only and combined heat and power plants that have a regulatory status.
3
4
Sources: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Short-Term Energy Outlook, February 2016 and EIA, AEO2016 National
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1,500 Coal 1,500 Coal

Natural gas Natural gas

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Appalachia Electricity demand growth slows as more on-site generation

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After 2017, U.S. oil production increases as prices rise

High Oil Price

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High Economic Growth

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Endnotes for executive summary

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1. CO2 performance standards for new power plants

Regulatory background: legal basis for CPP/NSPS rules

Representing new source CO2 emission standards: Sec 111(b) rules

Representing existing-source CO2 emissions standards: Section 111(d) rules

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LR2. Other rules affecting the power sector

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LR3. Impact of a Renewable Energy Tax Credit extension and phaseout

Energy Investment Tax Credit (26 U.S.C. 48 and 26 U.S.C. 25D)

PTC and ITC provisions in the 2016 Consolidated Appropriation Act

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LR4. Recent federal energy efficiency standards for appliances

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LR6. State RPS programs

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