AEO (Annual Energy Outlook)

EIA’s long-term power plant projections trade off the cost and value of new capacity

March 7, 2020

EIA A supplemental report to the U.S. Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) Annual Energy Outlook 2020 (AEO2020) describes two simple measures of cost and value that, when used together, largely explain the economic competitiveness of electricity generating technologies and, in turn, the types of power plants most likely to be built in EIA’s long-term model for the U.S. energy sector. Cost: The levelized cost of

Alternative policies cases explore effects of potential legislative and regulatory changes

March 5, 2020

EIA To explore the uncertainty associated with the assumption of current laws and regulations in its Reference case, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) will release an Issue in Focus article to its Annual Energy Outlook 2020 (AEO2020) later today. The AEO2020 Reference case generally assumes existing laws and regulations remain as enacted. However, policies that target emissions reductions have changed significantly over

EIA projects U.S. energy intensity to continue declining, but at a slower rate

February 20, 2020

EIA Although growth of energy consumption in the United States is closely tied to growth in GDP and other economic assumptions, it is partially offset by improvements in energy efficiency and other changes in the economy that result in lower energy use per unit of economic output. EIA’s recently released Annual Energy Outlook 2020 (AEO2020) projects that U.S. energy consumption will grow

EIA’s Annual Energy Outlook 2020 projects consumption growing more slowly than production

January 29, 2020

EIA The AEO2020 Reference case projects domestic energy demand to grow 0.3% per year on average through 2050, slower than the average annual growth of 1.9% in U.S. gross domestic product. This projection is largely driven by continued increases in energy efficiency in the end-use sectors The AEO2020 Reference case, which serves as a baseline for exploring the effects of

AEO (Annual Energy Outlook)

EIA’s long-term power plant projections trade off the cost and value of new capacity

Alternative policies cases explore effects of potential legislative and regulatory changes

EIA projects U.S. energy intensity to continue declining, but at a slower rate

EIA’s Annual Energy Outlook 2020 projects consumption growing more slowly than production

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