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AFUDC: allowance for funds used during construction
ANSI: American National Standards Institute
API: American Petroleum Institute
ARA: Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Antwerp
ASTM: American Society for Testing and Materials
bbl/sd: barrel(s) per stream day
BLS: Bureau of Labor Statistics within the U.S. Department of Labor
BOE: barrels of oil equivalent (used internationally)
BTX: benzene, toluene, and xylene
CAFE: corporate average fuel economy
CARB: California Air Resources Board
CBOB: conventional gasoline blendstock for oxygenate blending
CERCLA: Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
CIF: cargo, insurance and freight; cost, insurance, freight
CMSA: cosmopolitan metropolitan statistical area
CWIP: construction work in progress
DRB: demonstrated reserve base
E85: A fuel containing a mixture of 85 percent ethanol and 15 percent gasoline
E95: A fuel containing a mixture of 95 percent ethanol and 5 percent gasoline
EAR: estimated additional resources
EIA: Energy Information Administration
EIS: Environmental Impact Statement
EPA: Environmental Protection Agency
EPACT: Energy Policy Act of 1992
ETBE: ethyl tertiary butyl ether
EWG: exempt wholesale generator
FASB: Financial Accounting Standards Board
FERC: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
FRS: Financial Reporting System
HVAC: heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning
HTGR: high temperature gas-cooled reactor
IEA: International Energy Agency
IPP: independent power producer
ISO: independent system operator
LDC: local distribution company
LEVP: Low Emissions Vehicle Program
LIHEAP: Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program
LPG: liquefied petroleum gases
MECS: Manufacturing Energy Consumption Survey
MMbbl/d: one million barrels of oil per day
MMBtu: one million British thermal units
MMgal/d: one million gallons per day
MSA: metropolitan statistical area
MSHA: Mine Safety and Health Administration
MTBE: methyl tertiary butyl ether
NAAQS: National Ambient Air Quality Standards
NAICS: North American Industry Classification System
NARUC: National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners
NERC: North American Electric Reliability Council
NGPA: Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978
NGPL: natural gas plant liquids
NOAA: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NOPR: Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
NRECA: National Rural Electric Cooperative Association
NURE: National Uranium Resource Evaluation
NYMEX: New York Mercantile Exchange
O&M: operation and maintenance
OECD: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
OEM: original equipment manufacturers
OPEC: Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
OPRG: oxygenated fuels program reformulated gasoline
OTEC: ocean thermal energy conversion
PADD: Petroleum Administration for Defense Districts
PUHCA: Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935
PURPA: Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978:
PVC: photovoltaic cell; polyvinyl chloride
PWR: pressurized-water reactor
QUAD: quadrillion Btu: 1015 Btu.
RAC: refiners' acquisition cost
RAR: reasonable assured resources
RBOB: Reformulated Gasoline Blendstock for Oxygenate Blending
REA: Rural Electrification Administration
RECS: Residential Energy Consumption Survey
SEER: seasonal energy efficiency ratio
SI: International System of Units (Système international d'unités)
SIC: Standard Industrial Classification
SPR: Strategic Petroleum Reserve
TAME: tertiary amyl methyl ether
TVA: Tennessee Valley Authority
ULCC: ultra large crude carrier
UMTRA: Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act of 1978
USBR: United States Bureau of Reclamation
USACE (sometimes shortened to USCE in EIA tables): U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
VIN: vehicle identification number
VAWT: vertical-axis wind turbine
VLCC: very large crude carrier
VOC: volatile organic compound
W: Withheld to avoid disclosure of individual company data.
WACOG: weighted average cost of gas
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