Table ES3. Summary of Impacts for Proposed Efficiency Standards, 2010

CCTI Initiative Reductiona
in
Energy Use
(Trillion Btu)
Reductiona in
Carbon Emissionsb
(Million Metric Tons)
Annual Energy Fuel Expenditure Savingsa
(Million 1998 Dollars)
Accelerated Efficiency Standards 143.9 5.4 2,335
aReductions are relative to the CCTI reference case which is similar to that in Energy Information Administration, Annual Energy Outlook 1999, DOE/EIA-0383(99) (Washington, DC, December 1998).
bReductions in carbon emissions from electricity are calculated by displacing marginal generating plants.