Presents midterm forecasts of of energy supply, demand, and prices through 2020. Includes: legislation and regulations (electricity deregulation, various standards, and new Acts), issues in focus (electricity pricing, stimulating renewables, carbon emissions), market trends (energy demand, electricity, oil and natural gas, coal, emissions), forecast comparisons, list of acronyms. Key issues for the forecast extension to 2020 are: trends in energy efficiency improvements, effects of increasing production and productivity improvements on energy prices, and reduction in nuclear generating capacity. More than 125 tables and figures.

Presents forecasts of energy supply, demand, and prices through 2020. The report begins with an "Overview". The next section, "Legislation and Regulations," describes the assumptions made with regard to laws that affect energy markets and discusses evolving legislative and regulatory issues. "Issues in Focus" discusses current energy issues -- appliance standards, gasoline and diesel fuel standards, natural gas industry expansion, competitive electricity pricing, renewable portfolio standards, and carbon emissions. It is followed by the analysis of energy market trends. Extensive charts, tables, and graphs.

This publication provides industry data on electric power, including generating capability, generation, fuel consumption, cost of fuels, and retail sales and revenue.