Table ES7.  Summary of Projected Impacts for Accelerated 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

468.3

7.1

3,036

aEstimated reductions are relative to the CCTI reference case which is similar to that in Energy Information Administration, Annual Energy Outlook 2000, DOE/EIA-0383(2000) (Washington, DC, December 1999).
bReductions in carbon emissions from electricity are calculated from the estimated emissions of marginal generating plants.

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