| AD |
Associated-dissolved (natural gas)
|
| AEO |
Annual Energy Outlook
|
| AGA |
American Gas Association
|
| ANWR |
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
|
| BEA |
Bureau of Economic Analysis (U.S. Department of Commerce)
|
| BRP |
Blue Ribbon Panel
|
| Btu |
British thermal unit
|
| CAAA90 |
Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990
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| CARB |
California Air Resources Board
|
| CBECS |
EIA’s 1995 Commercial Buildings
Energy Consumption Survey
|
| CCAP |
Climate Change Action Plan
|
| CCTI |
Climate Change Technology Initiative
|
| CDM |
Clean Development Mechanism
|
| CO |
Carbon monoxide
|
| DBAB |
Deutsche Banc Alex. Brown
|
| DOE |
U.S. Department of Energy
|
| DRI |
Standard & Poor’s DRI
|
| E85 |
Motor fuel containing 85 percent
ethanol
|
| EIA |
Energy Information Administration
|
| EOR |
Enhanced oil recovery
|
| EPACT |
Energy Policy Act of 1992
|
| ETBE |
Ethyl tertiary butyl ether
|
| EU |
European Union
|
| FERC |
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
|
| GDP |
Gross domestic product
|
| GRI |
Gas Research Institute
|
| HERS |
Home energy rating system
|
| ICAP |
NEPOOL Installed Capacity market
|
| IEA |
International Energy Agency
|
| IPAA |
Independent Petroleum Association of America
|
| ISO |
Independent system operator
|
| LDC |
Local distribution company
|
| LEV |
Low-emission vehicle
|
| LEVP |
Low-Emission Vehicle Program
|
| LNG |
Liquefied natural gas
|
| LPGs |
Liquefied petroleum gases
|
| M85 |
Motor fuel containing 85 percent methanol
|
| MMS |
Minerals Management Service
|
| MSATs |
Mobile source air toxics
|
| MSW |
Municipal solid waste
|
| MTBE |
Methyl tertiary butyl ether
|
| NA |
Nonassociated (natural gas)
|
| NAAQS |
National Ambient Air Quality Standards
|
| NAECA |
National Appliance Energy Conservation Act
|
| NEMS |
National Energy Modeling System
|
| NERC |
North American Electric Reliability Council
|
| NGPA |
Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978
|
| NIPA |
National Income and Product Accounts
|
| NLEV |
National Low Emission Vehicles Program
|
|
NOx
|
Nitrogen oxides
|
| NPC |
National Petroleum Council
|
| NPRM |
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
|
| NRCan |
Natural Resources Canada
|
| OBD |
On-board diagnostics
|
| OECD |
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
|
| OPEC |
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
|
| OTR |
Ozone Transport Rule
|
| PEL |
Petroleum Economics Ltd.
|
| PIRA |
Petroleum Industry Research Associates, Inc.
|
| ppm |
Parts per million
|
| RFG |
Reformulated gasoline
|
| RPS |
Renewable Portfolio Standard
|
| RTO |
Regional transmission organization
|
|
SO2
|
Sulfur dioxide
|
| SPR |
Strategic Petroleum Reserve
|
| SULEV |
Super-ultra-low-emission vehicle
|
| SUV |
Sport utility vehicle
|
| ULEV |
Ultra-low-emission vehicle
|
| USGS |
U.S. Geological Survey
|
| VMT |
Vehicle-miles traveled
|
| VOCs |
Volatile organic compounds
|
| WEFA |
The WEFA Group
|
| ZEV |
Zero-emission
vehicle |
