Effect of Increased Natural Gas 

Exports on Domestic Energy 

Markets

as requested by the Office of Fossil Energy

January 2012
This report was prepared by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), the statistical and 

analytical agency within the U.S. Department of Energy. By law, EIA’s data, analyses, and forecasts are 

independent of approval by any other officer or employee of the United States Government. The views 

in this report therefore should not be construed as representing those of the U.S. Department of Energy 

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Contacts

The Office of Energy Analysis prepared this report under the guidance of John Conti, Assistant 

Administrator for Energy Analysis. General questions concerning the report can be directed to Michael 

Schaal (michael.schaal@eia.gov, 202/586-5590), Director, Office of Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels 

Analysis; and Angelina LaRose, Team Lead, Natural Gas Markets Team (angelina.larose@eia.gov, 

202/586-6135).

Technical information concerning the content of the report may be obtained from Joe Benneche 

(joseph.benneche@eia.gov, 202/586-6132).
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Preface

The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) is the statistical and analytical agency within the U.S. 

Department of Energy. EIA collects, analyzes, and disseminates independent and impartial energy 

information to promote sound policymaking, efficient markets, and public understanding of energy and 

its interaction with the economy and the environment. By law, EIA’s data, analyses, and forecasts are 

independent of approval by any other officer or employee of the U.S. Government. The views in this 

report, therefore, should not be construed as representing those of the Department of Energy or other 

Federal agencies.

The projections in this report are not statements of what will happen but of what might happen, given 

the assumptions and methodologies used. The Reference case in this report is a business-as-usual trend 

estimate, reflecting known technology and technological and demographic trends, and current laws and 

regulations. Thus, it provides a policy-neutral starting point that can be used to analyze policy initiatives. 

EIA does not propose, advocate, or speculate on future legislative and regulatory changes. 
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Contents

Contacts......................................................................................................................................................... i

Preface .......................................................................................................................................................... ii

Contents....................................................................................................................................................... iii

Tables........................................................................................................................................................... iv

Figures........................................................................................................................................................... v

Introduction ..................................................................................................................................................1

Analysis approach....................................................................................................................................2

Caveats regarding interpretation of the analysis results.........................................................................3

Representation of natural gas markets.............................................................................................3

Macroeconomic considerations related to energy exports and global competition in energyintensive industries...........................................................................................................................5

Summary of Results......................................................................................................................................6

Impacts overview.....................................................................................................................................6

Natural gas prices....................................................................................................................................6

Wellhead natural gas prices in the baseline cases (no additional exports)......................................6

Export scenarios—relationship between wellhead and delivered natural gas prices......................7

Export scenarios – wellhead price changes under the Reference case. ...........................................8

Export scenarios—wellhead price changes under alternative baseline cases..................................9

Natural gas supply and consumption ....................................................................................................10

Supply..............................................................................................................................................11

Consumption by sector...................................................................................................................11

End-use energy expenditures................................................................................................................14

Natural gas expenditures................................................................................................................14

Electricity expenditures...................................................................................................................16

Natural gas producer revenues .............................................................................................................16

Impacts beyond the natural gas industry ..............................................................................................17

Total energy use and energy-related carbon dioxide emissions...........................................................17

Appendix A. Request Letter........................................................................................................................20

Appendix B. Summary Tables .....................................................................................................................28
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Tables

Table 1. Change in natural gas expenditures by end use consumers from AEO2011 Reference case with 

different additional export levels imposed.................................................................................................15

Table 2. Cumulative CO2 emissions from 2015 to 2035 associated with additional natural gas export 

levels imposed (million metric tons CO2 and percentage)..........................................................................19
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Figures

Figure 1. Four scenarios of increased natural gas exports specified in the analysis request.......................2

Figure 2. Natural gas wellhead prices in the baseline cases (no additional exports)...................................7

Figure 3. Natural gas wellhead price difference from AEO2011 Reference case with different additional 

export levels imposed...................................................................................................................................8

Figure 4. Natural gas wellhead price difference from indicated baseline case (no additional exports) with 

different additional export levels imposed...................................................................................................9

Figure 5. Average change in annual natural gas delivered, produced, and imported from AEO2011

Reference case with different additional export levels imposed ...............................................................11

Figure 6. Average change in annual electric generation from AEO2011 Reference case with different 

additional export levels imposed................................................................................................................13

Figure 7. Average change in annual end-use energy expenditures from AEO2011 Reference case as a 

result of additional natural gas exports......................................................................................................14

Figure 8. Average annual increase in domestic natural gas export revenues from indicated baseline case 

(no additional exports) with different additional export levels imposed, 2015-2035 ...............................17

Figure 9. Average annual change from indicated baseline case (no additional exports) in total primary 

energy consumed with different additional export levels imposed, 2015-2035........................................18

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Introduction

This report responds to an August 2011 request from the Department of Energy’s Office of Fossil Energy 

(DOE/FE) for an analysis of “the impact of increased domestic natural gas demand, as exports.” 

Appendix A provides a copy of the DOE/FE request letter. Specifically, DOE/FE asked the U.S. Energy 

Information Administration (EIA) to assess how specified scenarios of increased natural gas exports 

could affect domestic energy markets, focusing on consumption, production, and prices. 

DOE/FE provided four scenarios of export-related increases in natural gas demand (Figure 1) to be 

considered:

• 6 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d), phased in at a rate of 1 Bcf/d per year (low/slow scenario),

• 6 Bcf/d phased in at a rate of 3 Bcf/d per year (low/rapid scenario), 

• 12 Bcf/d phased in at a rate of 1 Bcf/d per year (high/slow scenario), and 

• 12 Bcf/d phased in at a rate of 3 Bcf/d per year (high/rapid scenario).

Total marketed natural gas production in 2011 was about 66 Bcf/d. The two ultimate levels of increased 

natural gas demand due to additional exports in the DOE/FE scenarios represent roughly 9 percent or 18 

percent of current production.

DOE/FE requested that EIA consider the four scenarios of increased natural gas exports in the context of 

four cases from the EIA’s 2011 Annual Energy Outlook (AEO2011) that reflect varying perspectives on 

the domestic natural gas supply situation and the growth rate of the U.S. economy. These are:

• the AEO2011 Reference case, 

• the High Shale Estimated Ultimate Recovery (EUR) case (reflecting more optimistic assumptions 

about domestic natural gas supply prospects, with the EUR per shale gas well for new, undrilled 

wells assumed to be 50 percent higher than in the Reference case),

• the Low Shale EUR case (reflecting less optimistic assumptions about domestic natural gas 

supply prospects, with the EUR per shale gas well for new, undrilled wells assumed to be 50 

percent lower than in the Reference case), and 

• the High Economic Growth case (assuming the U.S. gross domestic product will grow at an 

average annual rate of 3.2 percent from 2009 to 2035, compared to 2.7 percent in the 

Reference case, which increases domestic energy demand). 

DOE/FE requested this study as one input to their assessment of the potential impact of current and 

possible future applications to export domestically produced natural gas. Under Section 3 of the Natural 

Gas Act (NGA) (15 U.S.C. § 717b), DOE must evaluate applications to import and export natural gas and 

liquefied natural gas (LNG) to or from the United States. The NGA requires DOE to grant a permit unless 

it finds that such action is not consistent with the public interest. As a practical matter, the need for DOE 

to make a public interest judgment applies only to trade involving countries that have not entered into a 

free trade agreement (FTA) with the United States requiring the national treatment for trade in natural 

gas and LNG. The NGA provides that applications involving imports from or exports to an FTA country 
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are deemed to be in the public interest and shall be granted without modification or delay. Key 

countries with FTAs include Canada and Mexico, which engage in significant natural gas trade with the 

United States via pipeline. A FTA with South Korea, currently the world’s second largest importer of LNG, 

which does not currently receive domestically produced natural gas from the United States, has been 

ratified by both the U.S. and South Korean legislatures, but had not yet entered into force as of the 

writing of this report.

Figure 1. Four scenarios of increased natural gas exports specified in the analysis request

Analysis approach

EIA used the AEO2011 Reference case issued in April 2011 as the starting point for its analysis and made 

several changes to the model to accommodate increased exports. EIA exogenously specified additional 

natural gas exports from the United States in the National Energy Modeling System (NEMS), as the

current version of NEMS does not generate an endogenous projection of LNG exports. EIA assigned 

these additional exports to the West South Central Census Division.1

Other changes in modeled flows of gas into and out of the lower-48 United States were necessary to 

analyze the increased export scenarios. U.S. natural gas exports to Canada and U.S. natural gas imports 

from Mexico are exogenously specified in all of the AEO2011 cases. U.S. imports of natural gas from 

Any additional natural gas 

consumed during the liquefaction process is counted within the total additional export volumes 

specified in the DOE/FE scenarios. Therefore the net volumes of LNG produced for export are roughly 10 

percent below the gross volumes considered in each export scenario.

 1 This effectively assumes that incremental LNG exports would be shipped out of the Gulf Coast States of Texas or 

Louisiana.

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Canada are endogenously set in the model and continue to be so for this study. However, U.S. natural 

gas exports to Mexico and U.S. LNG imports that are normally determined endogenously within the 

model were set to the levels projected in the associated AEO2011 cases for this study. Additionally, EIA 

assumed that an Alaska pipeline, which would transport Alaskan produced natural gas into the lower-48 

United States, would not be built during the forecast period in any of the cases in order to isolate the 

lower-48 United States supply response. Due to this restriction, both the AEO2011 High Economic 

Growth and Low Shale EUR cases were rerun, as those cases had the Alaska pipeline entering service 

during the projection period in the published AEO2011.

Caveats regarding interpretation of the analysis results

EIA recognizes that projections of energy markets over a 25-year period are highly uncertain and subject 

to many events that cannot be foreseen, such as supply disruptions, policy changes, and technological 

breakthroughs. This is particularly true in projecting the effects of exporting significant natural gas 

volumes from the United States due to the following factors:

• NEMS is not a world energy model and does not address the interaction between the potential 

for additional U.S. natural gas exports and developments in world natural gas markets. 

• Global natural gas markets are not integrated and their nature could change substantially in 

response to significant changes in natural gas trading patterns. Future opportunities to 

profitably export natural gas from the United States depend on the future of global natural gas 

markets, the inclusion of relevant terms in specific contracts to export natural gas, as well as on 

the assumptions in the various cases analyzed.

• Macroeconomic results have not been included in the analysis because the links between the 

energy and macroeconomic modules in NEMS do not include energy exports.

• NEMS domestic focus makes it unable to account for all interactions between energy prices and 

supply/demand in energy-intensive industries that are globally competitive. Most of the 

domestic industrial activity impacts in NEMS are due to changes in the composition of final 

demands rather than changes in energy prices. Given its domestic focus, NEMS does not 

account for the impact of energy price changes on the global utilization pattern for existing 

capacity or the siting of new capacity inside or outside of the United States in energy-intensive 

industries.

Representation of natural gas markets

Unlike the oil market, current natural gas markets are not integrated globally. In today’s markets, 

natural gas prices span a range from $0.75 per million British thermal units (MMBtu) in Saudi Arabia to 

$4 per MMBtu in the United States and $16 per MMBtu in Asian markets that rely on LNG imports. 

Prices in European markets, which reflect a mix of spot prices and contract prices with some indexation 

to oil, fall between U.S and Asian prices. Spot market prices at the U.K. National Balancing Point 

averaged $9.21 per MMBtu during November 2011.

Liquefaction projects typically take four or more years to permit and build and are planned to run for at 

least 20 years. As a result, expectations of future competitive conditions over the lifetime of a project 

play a critical role in investment decisions. The current large disparity in natural gas prices across major 
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world regions, a major driver of U.S. producers’ interest in possible liquefaction projects to increase 

natural gas exports, is likely to narrow as natural gas markets become more globally integrated. Key 

questions remain regarding how quickly convergence might occur and to what extent it will involve all or 

only some global regions. In particular, it is unclear how far converged prices may reflect purely “gas on 

gas” competition, a continuing relationship between natural gas and oil prices as in Asia (and to a lesser 

extent in Europe), or some intermediate outcome. As an example of the dynamic quality of global gas 

markets, recent regulatory changes combined with abundant supplies and muted demands appear to 

have put pressure on Europe’s oil-linked contract gas prices. 

U.S. market conditions are also quite variable, as monthly average Henry Hub spot prices have ranged 

from over $12 to under $3 per MMBtu over the past five years. Furthermore, while projected Henry Hub 

prices in the AEO2011 Reference case reach $7.07 per MMBtu in 2035, in the High and Low Shale EUR 

cases prices in 2035 range from $5.35 per MMBtu to $9.26 per MMBtu.

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The prospects for U.S. LNG exports depend greatly on the cost-competitiveness of liquefaction projects 

in the United States relative to those at other locations. The investment to add liquefaction capacity to 

an existing regasification terminal in the United States is significant, typically several times the original 

cost of a regasification-only terminal. However, the ability to make use of existing infrastructure, 

including natural gas processing plants, pipelines, and storage and loading facilities means that U.S. 

regasification terminals can reduce costs relative to those that would be incurred by a “greenfield” LNG 

facility. Many of the currently proposed LNG supply projects elsewhere in the world are integrated 

standalone projects that would produce, liquefy, and export stranded natural gas. These projects would 

require much more new infrastructure, entailing not only the construction of the liquefaction plant from 

the ground up, but also storage, loading, and production facilities, as well pipelines and natural gas 

processing facilities. 

For purposes of this study, the 

scenarios of additional exports posited by DOE/FE in their request do not vary across the different 

baseline cases that are considered. In reality, given available prices in export markets, lower or higher 

U.S. natural gas prices would tend to make any given volume of additional exports more or less likely. 

While the additional infrastructure for integrated standalone projects adds considerably to their cost, 

such projects can be sited at locations where they can make use of inexpensive or stranded natural gas 

resources that would have minimal value independent of the project. Also, while these projects may 

require processing facilities to remove impurities and liquids from the gas, the value of the separated 

liquids can improve the overall project economics. On the other hand, liquefaction projects proposed for 

the lower-48 United States plan to use pipeline gas drawn from the largest and most liquid natural gas 

market in the world. Natural gas in the U.S. pipeline system has a much greater inherent value than 

stranded natural gas, and most of the valuable natural gas liquids have already been removed.

Future exports of U.S. LNG depend on other factors as well. Potential buyers may place additional value 

on the greater diversity of supply that North American liquefaction projects provide. Also, the degree of 

regulatory and other risks are much lower for projects proposed in countries like the United States, 

 2 All prices in this report are in 2009 dollars unless otherwise noted. For the Low Shale EUR case used in this study 

the Henry Hub price in 2035 is $9.75 per MMBtu, slightly higher than in the AEO2011 case with the Alaska pipeline 

projected to be built towards the end of the projection period.
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Canada, and Australia than for those proposed in countries like Iran, Venezuela, and Nigeria. However, 

due to relatively high shipping costs, LNG from the United States may have an added cost disadvantage 

in competing against countries closer to key markets, such as in Asia. Finally, LNG projects in the United 

States would frequently compete not just against other LNG projects, but against other natural gas 

supply projects aimed at similar markets, such as pipeline projects from traditional natural gas sources 

or projects to develop shale gas in Asia or Europe.

Macroeconomic considerations related to energy exports and global competition in energy-intensive 

industries

Macroeconomic results have not been included in the analysis because energy exports are not explicitly 

represented in the NEMS macroeconomic module. 3

The macroeconomic module takes energy prices, 

energy production, and energy consumption as inputs (or assumptions) from NEMS energy modules. 

The macroeconomic module then calculates economic drivers that are passed back as inputs to the 

NEMS energy modules. Each energy module in NEMS uses different economic inputs; however these 

economic concepts are encompassed by U.S. gross domestic product (GDP), a summary measure 

describing the value of goods and services produced in the economy.4

The net exports component of GDP in the macroeconomic module, however, does not specifically 

account for energy exports. As a result, increases in energy exports generated in the NEMS energy 

modules are not reflected as increases in net exports of goods and services in the macroeconomic 

module. This results in an underestimation of GDP, all else equal. The components of GDP are 

calculated based on this underestimated amount as well, and do not reflect the increases in energy 

exports. This is particularly important in the industrial sector, where the value of its output will not 

reflect the increased energy exports either.

The value of output in the domestic industrial sector in NEMS depends in general on both domestic and 

global demand for its products, and on the price of inputs. Differences in these factors between 

countries will also influence where available production capacity is utilized and where new production 

capacity is built in globally competitive industries. For energy-intensive industries, the price of energy is 

particularly important to utilization decisions for existing plants and siting decisions for new ones. Given 

its domestic focus, however, NEMS does not account for the impact of energy price changes on global 

utilization pattern of existing capacity or the siting of new capacity inside or outside of the United States 

in energy-intensive industries. Capturing these linkages requires an international model of the particular 

industry in question, paired with a global macroeconomic model. 

 3 In the macroeconomic model, energy exports are used in two places: estimating exports of industrial supplies and 

materials and estimating energy’s impact on the overall production of the economy. To assess their impact on 

overall production, energy exports are included in the residual between energy supply (domestic production plus 

imports) and energy demand. This residual also includes changes in inventory.

4 GDP is defined as the sum of consumption, investment, government expenditure and net exports (equal to 

exports minus imports).
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Summary of Results

Increased natural gas exports lead to higher domestic natural gas prices, increased domestic natural gas 

production, reduced domestic natural gas consumption, and increased natural gas imports from Canada 

via pipeline. 

Impacts overview

• Increased natural gas exports lead to increased natural gas prices. Larger export levels lead to 

larger domestic price increases, while rapid increases in export levels lead to large initial price 

increases that moderate somewhat in a few years. Slower increases in export levels lead to 

more gradual price increases but eventually produce higher average prices during the decade 

between 2025 and 2035. 

• Natural gas markets in the United States balance in response to increased natural gas exports 

largely through increased natural gas production. Increased natural gas production satisfies 

about 60 to 70 percent of the increase in natural gas exports, with a minor additional 

contribution from increased imports from Canada. Across most cases, about three-quarters of 

this increased production is from shale sources.

• The remaining portion is supplied by natural gas that would have been consumed 

domestically if not for the higher prices. The electric power sector accounts for the majority of 

the decrease in delivered natural gas. Due to higher prices, the electric power sector primarily 

shifts to coal-fired generation, and secondarily to renewable sources, though there is some 

decrease in total generation due to the higher price of natural gas. There is also a small 

reduction in natural gas use in all sectors from efficiency improvements and conservation.

• Even while consuming less, on average, consumers will see an increase in their natural gas and 

electricity expenditures. On average, from 2015 to 2035, natural gas bills paid by end-use 

consumers in the residential, commercial, and industrial sectors combined increase 3 to 9

percent over a comparable baseline case with no exports, depending on the export scenario and 

case, while increases in electricity bills paid by end-use customers range from 1 to 3 percent. In 

the rapid growth cases, the increase is notably greater in the early years relative to the later 

years. The slower export growth cases tend to show natural gas bills increasing more towards 

the end of the projection period.

Natural gas prices

Wellhead natural gas prices in the baseline cases (no additional exports) 

EIA projects that U.S. natural gas prices are projected to rise over the long run, even before considering 

the possibility of additional exports (Figure 2). The projected price increase varies considerably, 

depending on the assumptions one makes about future gas supplies and economic growth. Under the 

Reference case, domestic wellhead prices rise by about 57 percent between 2010 and 2035. But 

different assumptions produce different results. Under the more optimistic resource assumptions of the 

High Shale EUR case, prices actually fall at first and rise by only 36 percent by 2035. In contrast, under 

the more pessimistic resource assumptions of the Low Shale EUR case, prices nearly double by 2035. 
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While natural gas prices rise across all four baseline cases (no additional exports) considered in this 

report, it should be noted that natural gas prices in all of the cases are far lower than the price of crude 

oil when considered on an energy-equivalent basis. Projected natural gas prices in 2020 range from 

$3.46 to $6.37 per thousand cubic feet (Mcf) across the four baseline cases, which roughly corresponds 

to an oil price range of $20 to $36 per barrel in energy-equivalent terms. In 2030, projected baseline 

natural gas prices range from $4.47 to $8.23 per Mcf in the four baseline cases, which roughly 

corresponds to an oil price range of $25 to $47 per barrel in energy-equivalent terms.

Figure 2. Natural gas wellhead prices in the baseline cases (no additional exports) 

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, National Energy Modeling System 

Export scenarios—relationship between wellhead and delivered natural gas prices

Increases in natural gas prices at the wellhead translate to similar absolute increases in delivered prices

to customers under all export scenarios and baseline cases. However, delivered prices include 

transportation charges (for most customers) and distribution charges (especially for residential and 

commercial customers). These charges change to much less of a degree than the wellhead price does 

under different export scenarios. As a result, the percentage change in prices that industrial and electric 

customers pay tends to be somewhat lower than the change in the wellhead price. The percentage 

change in prices that residential and commercial customers pay is significantly lower. Summary statistics 

on delivered prices are provided in Appendix B. More detailed results on delivered prices and other 

report results can be found in the standard NEMS output tables that are posted online.

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Export scenarios – wellhead price changes under the Reference case. 

Increased exports of natural gas lead to increased wellhead prices in all cases and scenarios. The basic 

pattern is evident in considering how prices would change under the Reference case (Figure 3):

• The pattern of price increases reflects both the ultimate level of exports and the rate at which 

increased exports are phased in. In the low/slow scenario (which phases in 6 Bcf/d of exports 

over six years), wellhead price impacts peak at about 14% ($0.70/Mcf) in 2022. However, the 

wellhead price differential falls below 10 percent by about 2026.

• In contrast, rapid increases in export levels lead to large initial price increases that would 

moderate somewhat in a few years. In the high/rapid scenario (which phases in 12 Bcf/d of 

exports over four years), wellhead prices are about 36 percent higher ($1.58/Mcf) in 2018 than 

in the no-additional-exports scenario. But the differential falls below 20 percent by about 2026. 

The sharp projected price increases during the phase-in period reflect what would be needed to 

balance the market through changes in production, consumption, and import levels in a 

compressed timeframe.

• Slower increases in export levels lead to more gradual price increases but eventually produce 

higher average prices, especially during the decade between 2025 and 2035. The differential 

between wellhead prices in the high/slow scenario and the no-additional-exports scenario peaks

in 2026 at about 28 percent ($1.53/Mcf), and prices remain higher than in the high/rapid 

scenario. The lower prices in the early years of the scenarios with slow export growth leads to 

more domestic investment in additional natural gas burning equipment, which increases

demand somewhat in later years, relative to rapid export growth scenarios. 

Figure 3. Natural gas wellhead price difference from AEO2011 Reference case with different additional 

export levels imposed

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, National Energy Modeling System

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Export scenarios—wellhead price changes under alternative baseline cases 

The effect of increasing exports on natural gas prices varies somewhat under alternative baseline case 

assumptions about resource availability and economic growth. However, the basic patterns remain the 

same: higher export levels would lead to higher prices, rapid increases in exports would lead to sharp 

price increases, and slower export increases would lead to slower but more lasting price increases. But 

the relative size of the price increases changes with changing assumptions (Figure 4).

Figure 4. Natural gas wellhead price difference from indicated baseline case (no additional exports) 

with different additional export levels imposed

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, National Energy Modeling System

In particular, with more pessimistic assumptions about the Nation’s natural gas resource base (the Low 

Shale EUR case), wellhead prices in all export scenarios initially increase more in percentage terms over 

the baseline case (no additional exports) than occurs under Reference case conditions. For example, in 

the Low Shale EUR case the rapid introduction of 12 Bcf/d of exports results in a 54 percent ($3.23/Mcf) 

increase in the wellhead price in 2018; whereas under Reference case conditions with the same export 

scenario the price increases in 2018 by only 36 percent ($1.58/Mcf).5

 5 The percentage rise in prices for the low EUR case also represents a larger absolute price increase because it is 

calculated on the higher baseline price under the same pessimistic resource assumptions.

But the percentage price increase 

falls in later years under the Low Shale EUR case, even below the price response under Reference case

conditions. Under Low Shale EUR conditions, the addition of exports ultimately results in wellhead prices 

exceeding the $9 per Mcf threshold, with this occurring as early as 2018 in the high/rapid scenario.

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More robust economic growth shows a similar pattern – higher initial percentage price increases and 

lower percentage increases in later years. On the other hand, with more optimistic resource 

assumptions (the High Shale EUR case), the percentage price rise would be slightly smaller than under 

Reference case conditions, and result in wellhead prices never exceeding the $6 per Mcf threshold.

Natural gas supply and consumption

In the AEO2011 Reference case, total domestic natural gas production grows from 22.4 trillion cubic feet 

(Tcf) in 2015 to 26.3 Tcf in 2035, averaging 24.2 Tcf for the 2015-2035 period. U.S. net imports of 

natural gas decline from 11 percent of total supply in 2015 to 1 percent in 2035, with lower net imports 

from Canada and higher net exports to Mexico. The industrial sector consumes an average of 8.1 Tcf of 

natural gas (34.2% of delivered volumes) between 2015 and 2035, with 7.1 Tcf, 4.8 Tcf, and 3.6 Tcf

consumed in the electric power, residential, and commercial sectors respectively.

Under the scenarios specified for this analysis, increased natural gas exports lead to higher domestic 

natural gas prices, which lead to reduced domestic consumption, and increased domestic production 

and pipeline imports from Canada (Figure 5). Lower domestic consumption dampens the degree to 

which supplies must increase to satisfy the additional natural gas exports. Accordingly, in order to 

accommodate the increased exports in each of the four export scenarios, the mix of production, 

consumption, and imports changes relative to the associated baseline case. In all of the export scenarios

across all four baseline cases, a majority of the additional natural gas needed for export is provided by

increased domestic production, with a minor contribution from increased pipeline imports from Canada. 

The remaining portion of the increased export volumes is offset by decreases in consumption resulting 

from the higher prices associated with the increased exports. 

The absolute value of the sum of changes in consumption (delivered volumes), production, and imports 

(represented by the total bar in Figure 5) approximately6 equals the average change in exports. Under 

Reference case conditions, about 63 percent, on average, of the increase in exports in each of the four 

scenarios is accounted for by increased production, with most of the remainder from decreased 

consumption from 2015 to 2035. The percentage of exports accounted for by increased production is 

slightly lower in the earlier years and slightly higher in the later years. While this same basic relationship 

between added exports and increased production is similar under the other cases, the percentage of 

added exports accounted for by increased production is somewhat less under a Low Shale EUR 

environment and more under a High Economic Growth environment.

 6 The figure displays the changes in delivered volumes of natural gas to residential, commercial, industrial, vehicle 

transportation, and electric generation customers. There are also some minor differences in natural gas used for 

lease, plant, and pipeline fuel use which are not included.
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Figure 5. Average change in annual natural gas delivered, produced, and imported from AEO2011

Reference case with different additional export levels imposed

One seeming anomaly that can be seen in Figure 5 is in the 2025 to 2035 timeframe: the decrease in 

consumption is somewhat lower in the rapid export penetration relative to the slow export penetration 

scenarios. This is largely attributed to slightly lower prices in the later years of the rapid export 

penetration scenarios relative to the slow penetration scenarios. 

Supply

Increases in natural gas production that contribute to additional natural gas exports from the relative 

baseline scenario come predominately from shale sources. On average, across all cases and export 

scenarios, the shares of the increase in total domestic production coming from shale gas, tight gas, 

coalbed, and other sources are 72 percent, 13 percent, 8 percent, and 7 percent, respectively. Most of 

the export scenarios are also accompanied by a slight increase in pipeline imports from Canada. Under 

the Low Shale EUR case (which just applies to domestic shale), imports from Canada contribute to a 

greater degree than in other cases.

Consumption by sector

In general, greater export levels lead to higher domestic prices and larger decreases in consumption, 

although the price and consumption differences across the scenarios narrow in the later part of the 

projection period.

Electric power generation

In the AEO2011 Reference case, electric power generation averages 4,692 billion kilowatthours (bkWh)

over the 2015-2035 period. Natural gas generation averages 23 percent of total power generation, 

increasing from 1,000 bkWh in 2015 to 1,288 bkWh in 2035. Coal, nuclear, and renewables provide an 

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Export scenarios

trillion cubic feet

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, National Energy Modeling System
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average of 43 percent, 19 percent, and 14 percent of generation, respectively, with a minimal 

contribution from liquids. 

In scenarios with increased natural gas exports, most of the decrease in natural gas consumption occurs 

in the electric power sector (Figure 5). Most of the tradeoff in electric generators’ natural gas use is 

between natural gas and coal, especially in the early years (Figure 6), when there is excess coal-fired 

capacity to allow for additional generation. Over the projection period, excess coal capacity 

progressively declines, along with the degree by which coal-fired generation can be increased in 

response to higher natural gas prices.7

The increased use of coal for power generation results in an average increase in coal production from 

2015 to 2035 over Reference case levels of between 2 and 4 percent across export scenarios. 

Accordingly, coal prices also increase slightly which, along with higher gas prices, drive up electricity 

prices. The resulting increase in electricity prices reduces total electricity demand, also offsetting some 

of the drop in natural gas-fired generation. The decline in total electricity demand tends to be less in the 

earlier years.

Increased coal-fired generation accounts for about 65 percent of 

the decrease in natural gas-fired generation under Reference case conditions. 

In addition, small increases in renewable generation contribute to reduced natural gas-fired generation.

Relatively speaking, the role of renewables is greater in a higher-gas-price environment (i.e., the Low 

Shale EUR case), when they can more successfully compete with coal, and in a higher-generation 

environment (i.e., the High Economic Growth case), particularly in the later years.

Industrial sector

Reductions in industrial natural gas consumption in scenarios with increased natural gas exports tend to 

grow over time. In general, higher gas prices earlier in the projection period in these scenarios provide 

some disincentive for natural gas-fired equipment purchases (such as natural gas-fired combined heat 

and power (CHP) capacity) by industrial consumers, which has a lasting impact on their projected use of 

natural gas.

 7 The degree to which coal might be used in lieu of natural gas depends on what regulations are in-place that might 

restrict coal use. These scenarios reflect current laws and regulations in place at the time the AEO2011 was 

produced. 
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Figure 6. Average change in annual electric generation from AEO2011 Reference case with different 

additional export levels imposed

As noted in the discussion of caveats in the first section of this report, the NEMS model does not 

explicitly address the linkage between energy prices and the supply/demand of industrial commodities 

in global industries. To the extent that the location of production is very sensitive to changes in natural 

gas prices, industrial natural gas demand would be more responsive than shown in this analysis.

Other sectors

Natural gas consumption in the other sectors (residential, commercial, and compressed natural gas 

vehicles) also decreases in response to the higher gas prices associated with increased exports, although 

less significantly than in the electric and industrial sectors. Even so, under Reference case conditions 

residential and commercial consumption decreases from 1 to 2 percent and from 2 to 3 percent, 

respectively, across the export scenarios, on average from 2015 to 2035. Their use of electricity also 

declines marginally in response to higher electricity prices. In response to higher natural gas and 

electricity prices, residential and commercial customers directly cut back their energy usage and/or 

purchase more efficient equipment.

Exports to Canada and Mexico

If exports to Canada and Mexico were allowed to vary under these additional export scenarios, they 

would likely respond similarly to domestic consumption and decrease in response to higher natural gas 

prices.

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Export scenarios

billion kilowatthours

Average over 

2015-2025

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Average over 

2015-2035

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, National Energy Modeling System 

Note: Nucleargeneration levels do not change in the Reference case scenarios.
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End-use energy expenditures

The AEO2011 Reference case projects annual average end-use energy expenditures of $1,490 billion 

over the 2015-2035 period. Of that, $975 billion per year is spent on liquids, $368 billion on electricity 

bills, $140 billion on natural gas bills, and $7 billion on coal expenditures. 

From an end-user perspective in the scenarios with additional gas exports, consumers will consume less 

and pay more on both their natural gas and electricity bill, and generally a little less for liquid fuels 

(Figure 7). Under Reference case conditions, increased end-use expenditures on natural gas as a result 

of additional exports average about 56 percent of the total additional expenditures for natural gas and 

electricity combined. For example, under Reference case conditions in the low/slow scenario, end-use 

consumers together are expected to increase their total energy expenditures by $9 billion per year, or 

0.6 percent on average from 2015 to 2035. Under the high/rapid scenarios, consumed total energy 

expenditures increase by $20 billion per year, or 1.4 percent on average, between 2015 and 2035.

Figure 7. Average change in annual end-use energy expenditures from AEO2011 Reference case as a 

result of additional natural gas exports

Natural gas expenditures

As discussed earlier, given the lower consumption levels in response to the higher prices from increased 

exports, the percentage change in the dollars expended by customers for natural gas is less than the 

percentage change in the delivered prices. In general, the relative pattern of total end-use expenditures 

across time, export scenarios, and cases, is similar to the relative pattern shown in the wellhead prices in 

Figures 3 and 4. The higher export volume scenarios result in greater increases in expenditures, while 

those with rapid export penetration show increases peaking earlier and at higher levels than their slow 

export penetration counterpart, which show bills increasing more towards the end of the projection 

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period. Under Reference case conditions, the greatest single year increase in total end-use consumer 

bills is 16 percent, while the lowest single year increase is less than 1 percent. In all but three export 

scenarios and cases, the higher average increase over the comparable baseline scenario in natural gas 

bills paid by end-use consumers occurred during the early years. The greatest percentage increase in 

end-use expenditures over the comparable baseline level in a single year (26 percent) occurs in the 

high/rapid scenario under the Low Shale EUR case. 

On average between 2015 and 2035, total U.S. end-use natural gas expenditures as a result of added 

exports, under Reference case conditions, increase between $6 billion to $13 billion (between 3 to 9

percent), depending on the export scenario. The Low Shale EUR case shows the greatest average annual 

increase in end-use natural gas expenditures over the same time period, with increases over the 

baseline (no additional exports) scenario ranging from $7 billion to $15 billion.

At the sector level, since the natural gas commodity charge represents significantly different portions of 

each natural gas consuming sector’s bill, the degree to which each sector is projected to see their total 

bill change with added exports varies significantly (Table 1). Natural gas expenditures increase at the 

highest percentages in the industrial sector, where low transmission and distribution charges constitute 

a relatively small part of the delivered natural gas price.

Table 1. Change in natural gas expenditures by end use consumers from AEO2011 Reference case with 

different additional export levels imposed

Sector Scenario

Average

2015-2025

Average

2025-2035

Average

2015-2035

Maximum

Annual 

Change

Minimum 

Annual

Change

Residential low/slow 3.2% 3.3% 3.2% 4.7% 0.5%

Residential low/rapid 4.2% 2.9% 3.6% 5.4% 2.2%

Residential high/slow 4.4% 7.1% 5.6% 8.9% 0.9%

Residential high/rapid 8.3% 5.7% 7.0% 10.9% 2.5%

Commercial low/slow 3.2% 3.2% 3.2% 4.8% 0.6%

Commercial low/rapid 4.3% 2.7% 3.5% 5.8% 2.0%

Commercial high/slow 4.6% 6.9% 5.6% 8.9% 0.9%

Commercial high/rapid 8.3% 5.4% 6.9% 11.4% 2.7%

Industrial low/slow 7.2% 5.8% 6.4% 11.1% 1.2%

Industrial low/rapid 9.4% 4.6% 7.1% 14.0% 3.5%

Industrial high/slow 10.2% 14.7% 12.2% 19.3% 2.0%

Industrial high/rapid 18.7% 10.4% 14.6% 26.9% 5.2%

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, National Energy Modeling System 

The results in Table 1 do not reflect changes in natural gas expenditures in the electric power sector. The 

projected overall decrease in natural gas use by generators is significant enough to result in a decrease 

in natural gas expenditures for that sector, largely during 2015-2025. However, electric generators will 

see an increase in their overall costs of power generation that will be reflected in higher electricity bills 

for consumers.
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Electricity expenditures

On average across the projection period, electricity prices under Reference case conditions increase by 

between 0.14 and 0.29 cents per kilowatthour (kWh) (between 2 and 3 percent) when gas exports are 

added. The greatest increase in the electricity price occurs in 2019 under the Low Shale EUR case for the 

high export/rapid growth export scenario, with an increase of 0.85 cents per kWh (9 percent).

Similar to natural gas, higher electricity prices due to the increased exports reduce end-use consumption 

making the percentage change in end-use electricity expenditures less than the percentage change in 

delivered electricity prices; additionally, the percentage increase in end-use electricity expenditures will 

be lower for the residential and commercial sectors and higher for the industrial sector. Under 

Reference case conditions, the greatest single year increase in total end-use consumer electricity bills is 

4 percent, while the lowest single year increase is negligible. The greatest percentage increase in enduse electricity expenditures over the comparable baseline level in a single year (7 percent) occurs in the 

high/rapid scenario under the Low Shale EUR case. 

On average between 2015 and 2035, total U.S. end-use electricity expenditures as a result of added 

exports, under Reference case conditions, increase between $5 billion to $10 billion (between 1 to 3 

percent), depending on the export scenario. The High Macroeconomic Growth case shows the greatest 

average annual increase in natural gas expenditures over the same time period, with increases over the 

baseline (no additional exports) scenario ranging from $6 billion to $12 billion.

Natural gas producer revenues 

Total additional natural gas revenues to producers from exports increase on an average annual basis 

from 2015 to 2035 between $14 billion and $32 billion over the AEO2011 Reference case, depending on 

the export scenario (Figure 8). These revenues largely come from the added exports defining the 

scenarios, as well as other exports to Canada and Mexico in the model that see higher prices under the 

additional export scenarios, even though the volumes are assumed not to vary. Revenues associated 

with the added exports reflect dollars spent to purchase and move the natural gas to the export facility, 

but do not include any revenues associated with the liquefaction and shipping process. The Low Shale 

EUR case shows the greatest average annual increase in revenues over the 2015 to 2035 time period, 

with revenues ranging from over $19 billion to $43 billion, due to the relatively high natural gas 

wellhead prices in that case. These figures represent increased revenues, not profits. A large portion of 

the additional export revenues will cover the increased costs associated with supplying the increased 

level of production required when natural gas exports are increased, such as for equipment (e.g., drilling 

rigs) and labor. In contrast, the additional revenues resulting from the higher price of natural gas that

would have been produced and sold to largely domestic customers even in the absence of the additional 

exports posited in the analysis scenarios would preponderantly reflect increased profits for producers 

and resource owners.
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Figure 8. Average annual increase in domestic natural gas export revenues from indicated baseline 

case (no additional exports) with different additional export levels imposed, 2015-2035

Impacts beyond the natural gas industry

While the natural gas industry would be directly impacted by increased exports, there are indirect 

impacts on other energy sectors. The electric generation industry shows the largest impact, followed by 

the coal industry. 

As discussed earlier, higher natural gas prices lead electric generators to burn more coal and less natural 

gas. Coal producers benefit from the increased coal demand. On average, from 2015 to 2035, coal 

minemouth prices, production, and revenues increase by at most 1.1, 5.5, and 6.2 percent, respectively, 

across the increased export scenarios applied to all cases. 

Domestic petroleum production in the form of lease condensate and natural gas plant liquids also rises 

due to increased natural gas drilling. For example, under Reference case conditions, in the scenario with 

the greatest overall response (high/rapid exports), total domestic energy production is 4.13 quadrillion 

British thermal units (Btu) per year (4.7 percent), which is greater on average from 2015 to 2035 than in 

the baseline scenario, while total domestic energy consumption is only 0.12 quadrillion Btu (0.1 percent) 

lower. 

Effects on non-energy sectors, other than impacts on their energy expenditures, are generally beyond 

the scope of this report for reasons described previously. 

Total energy use and energy-related carbon dioxide emissions

Annual primary energy consumption in the AEO2011 Reference case, measured in Btu, averages 108

quadrillion Btu between 2015 and 2035, with a growth rate of 0.6 percent. Cumulative carbon dioxide 

(CO2) emissions total 125,000 million metric tons for that twenty-year period. 

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Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, National Energy Modeling System 
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The changes in overall energy consumption across scenarios and cases are largely reflective of what 

occurs in the electric power sector. While additional exports result in decreased natural gas 

consumption, changes in overall energy consumption are relatively minor as much of the decrease in 

natural gas consumption is replaced with increased coal consumption (Figure 9). In fact, in some of the 

earlier years total energy consumption increases with added exports since directly replacing natural gas 

with coal in electricity generation requires more Btu, as the heat rates (Btu per kWh) for coal generators

exceed those for natural gas generators. 

On average from 2015 to 2035 under Reference case conditions, decreased natural gas consumption as 

a result of added exports are countered proportionately by increased coal consumption (72 percent), 

increased liquid fuel consumption (8 percent), other increased consumption, such as from renewable 

generation sources (9 percent), and decreases in total consumption (11 percent). In the earlier years, 

the amount of natural gas to coal switching is greater, and coal plays a more dominant role in replacing 

the decreased levels of natural gas consumption, which also tend to be greater in the earlier years. 

Switching from natural gas to coal is less significant in later years, partially as a result of a greater 

proportion of switching into renewable generation. As a result decreased natural gas consumption from 

added exports more directly results in decreased total energy consumption via the end-use consumer 

cutting back energy use in response to higher prices. This basic pattern similarly occurs under the Low 

Shale EUR and High Economic Growth cases – less switching from natural gas into coal and more into 

renewable than under Reference case conditions, as well as greater decreases in total energy 

consumption as a result of added exports.

Figure 9. Average annual change from indicated baseline case (no additional exports) in total primary 

energy consumed with different additional export levels imposed, 2015-2035

While lower domestic natural gas deliveries resulting from added exports reduce natural gas related CO2

emissions, the increased use of coal in the electric sector generally results in a net increase in overall 

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Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, National Energy Modeling System 

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CO2 emissions. The exceptions occur in environments when renewables are better able to compete 

against natural gas and coal. However, when also accounting for emissions related to natural gas used in 

the liquefaction process, additional exports increase CO2 levels under all cases and export scenarios, 

particularly in the earlier years of the projection period. Table 2 displays the cumulative CO2 emissions 

levels from 2015 to 2035 in all cases and scenarios, with the change relative to the associated baseline 

case. 

Table 2. Cumulative CO2 emissions from 2015 to 2035 associated with additional natural gas export 

levels imposed (million metric tons CO2 and percentage)

 Case

no added 

exports low/slow low/rapid high/slow high/rapid

Reference

 Cumulative carbon dioxide emissions 125,056 125,699 125,707 126,038 126,283

 Change from baseline 643 651 982 1,227

 Percentage change from baseline 0.5% 0.5% 0.8% 1.0%

High Shale EUR

 Cumulative carbon dioxide emissions 124,230 124,888 124,883 125,531 125,817

 Change from baseline 658 653 1,301 1,587

 Percentage change from baseline 0.5% 0.5% 1.0% 1.3%

Low Shale EUR

 Cumulative carbon dioxide emissions 125,162 125,606 125,556 125,497 125,670

 Change from baseline 444 394 335 508

 Percentage change from baseline 0.4% 0.3% 0.3% 0.4%

High Economic Growth

 Cumulative carbon dioxide emissions 131,675 131,862 132,016 131,957 132,095

 Change from baseline 187 341 282 420

 Percentage change from baseline 0.1% 0.3% 0.2% 0.3%

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, National Energy Modeling System, with emissions related to 

natural gas assumed to be consumed in the liquefaction process included. 
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Appendix B. Summary Tables
Table B1. U.S. Annual Average Values from 2015 to 2025

low/ low/ high/ high/ low/ low/ high/ high/ low/ low/ high/ high/ low/ low/ high/ high/

baseline slow rapid slow rapid baseline slow rapid slow rapid baseline slow rapid slow rapid baseline slow rapid slow rapid

NATURAL GAS VOLUMES (Tcf)

 Net Exports (1.90) (0.29) 0.11 0.17 1.74 (1.32) 0.32 0.70 0.79 2.35 (2.72) (1.17) (0.88) (0.73) 0.66 (2.00) (0.38) 0.01 0.07 1.64

 gross imports 3.62 3.70 3.70 3.74 3.76 3.19 3.25 3.26 3.27 3.31 4.27 4.42 4.53 4.48 4.68 3.70 3.78 3.79 3.82 3.85

 gross exports 1.72 3.41 3.81 3.91 5.50 1.87 3.56 3.96 4.06 5.65 1.56 3.25 3.65 3.75 5.34 1.70 3.39 3.79 3.89 5.49

 Dry Production 23.27 24.15 24.37 24.42 25.33 26.24 27.28 27.51 27.57 28.41 19.80 20.72 20.78 20.99 21.83 23.85 24.90 25.10 25.22 26.20

 shale gas 8.34 8.96 9.17 9.13 9.90 11.90 12.66 12.87 12.89 13.64 3.88 4.42 4.63 4.53 5.22 8.73 9.49 9.70 9.69 10.51

 other 14.93 15.18 15.20 15.29 15.43 14.34 14.61 14.65 14.68 14.77 15.91 16.30 16.15 16.45 16.62 15.12 15.41 15.39 15.53 15.70

 Delivered Volumes (1) 23.34 22.57 22.38 22.37 21.68 25.58 24.94 24.79 24.75 24.00 20.82 20.13 19.90 19.94 19.35 23.99 23.37 23.17 23.22 22.60

 electric generators 6.81 6.25 6.16 6.11 5.67 8.35 7.94 7.88 7.80 7.30 5.07 4.66 4.55 4.54 4.23 6.99 6.63 6.53 6.54 6.21

 industrial 8.14 8.01 7.95 7.98 7.83 8.55 8.40 8.34 8.37 8.19 7.74 7.58 7.51 7.56 7.38 8.50 8.34 8.27 8.30 8.12

 residential 4.83 4.80 4.79 4.79 4.75 4.94 4.92 4.90 4.91 4.87 4.68 4.63 4.61 4.62 4.57 4.90 4.86 4.85 4.85 4.81

 commercial 3.48 3.44 3.42 3.42 3.37 3.65 3.61 3.59 3.60 3.55 3.27 3.20 3.17 3.18 3.11 3.52 3.46 3.45 3.45 3.39

NATURAL GAS END-USE PRICES (2009$/Mcf)

 residential 11.19 11.63 11.77 11.81 12.33 9.92 10.24 10.37 10.36 10.72 13.23 14.05 14.27 14.42 15.10 11.56 12.09 12.21 12.29 12.87

 commercial 9.23 9.66 9.79 9.83 10.34 7.97 8.28 8.40 8.39 8.74 11.27 12.09 12.31 12.46 13.16 9.60 10.12 10.24 10.31 10.88

 industrial 5.59 6.10 6.25 6.32 6.91 4.41 4.80 4.95 4.94 5.41 7.50 8.40 8.62 8.83 9.59 5.89 6.49 6.63 6.73 7.41

OTHER PRICES

 Natural Gas Wellhead Price (2009$/Mcf) 4.70 5.17 5.30 5.37 5.91 3.56 3.90 4.02 4.03 4.42 6.52 7.41 7.63 7.84 8.64 4.99 5.54 5.66 5.77 6.39

 Henry Hub Price (2009$/MMBtu) 5.17 5.69 5.83 5.91 6.51 3.92 4.29 4.43 4.43 4.87 7.18 8.16 8.41 8.64 9.51 5.49 6.10 6.23 6.35 7.04

 Coal Minemouth Price (2009$/short-ton) 32.67 32.76 32.89 32.89 32.89 32.33 32.69 32.52 32.59 32.77 32.91 33.15 33.10 32.97 33.04 33.23 33.18 33.06 33.33 33.28

 End-Use Electricity Price (2009 cents/KWh) 8.85 8.98 9.00 9.02 9.17 8.56 8.62 8.67 8.64 8.70 9.44 9.64 9.71 9.78 9.97 9.08 9.26 9.27 9.32 9.46

NATURAL GAS REVENUES (B 2009$)

 Export Revenues (2) 9.47 20.64 23.25 25.10 37.74 7.51 16.01 18.17 19.27 28.89 12.83 29.03 32.72 36.09 53.91 10.04 22.11 24.82 26.97 40.81

 Domestic Supply Revenues (3) 160.19 175.25 179.33 181.70 199.21 147.33 159.55 163.65 164.23 177.50 177.88 201.92 206.65 213.21 236.34 171.34 190.13 193.88 197.79 218.78

 production revenues (4) 109.53 125.29 129.41 132.23 150.47 93.68 106.70 111.00 111.90 126.30 129.24 154.00 158.75 165.84 189.27 119.39 138.71 142.53 146.83 168.64

 delivery revenues (5) 50.65 49.97 49.92 49.46 48.74 53.65 52.85 52.65 52.33 51.20 48.64 47.92 47.91 47.37 47.07 51.94 51.41 51.36 50.96 50.14

 Import Revenues (6) 17.44 19.22 19.72 19.92 21.97 12.09 13.35 13.86 13.83 15.35 28.00 31.62 33.03 33.32 36.58 18.96 21.07 21.66 21.94 24.19

END-USE ENERGY EXPENDITURES (B 2009$) 1,398.11 1,409.25 1,410.59 1,414.03 1,424.75 1,368.25 1,375.50 1,377.65 1,379.69 1,386.87 1,448.36 1,465.24 1,469.02 1,473.83 1,482.50 1,485.34 1,498.28 1,499.67 1,504.03 1,514.65

 liquids 913.43 914.55 913.66 915.34 915.15 908.98 909.65 908.67 911.23 911.57 920.92 921.56 921.21 920.98 916.83 971.80 971.63 971.22 972.09 970.98

 natural gas 128.00 133.77 135.27 136.30 142.58 113.26 117.51 119.11 119.24 123.94 151.16 161.03 163.24 165.90 173.42 136.49 143.47 144.71 146.37 153.61

 electricity 349.77 354.03 354.76 355.46 360.10 339.21 341.51 343.06 342.39 344.53 369.28 375.68 377.60 379.98 385.31 369.58 375.70 376.28 378.08 382.59

 coal 6.90 6.91 6.91 6.93 6.92 6.80 6.82 6.81 6.83 6.83 6.99 6.98 6.97 6.97 6.94 7.47 7.49 7.46 7.49 7.46

END-USE ENERGY CONSUMPTION (quadrillion 

Btu) 67.88 67.68 67.59 67.67 67.37 68.58 68.40 68.28 68.37 68.11 66.93 66.63 66.49 66.54 66.20 70.23 70.02 69.89 69.98 69.64

 liquids 36.71 36.74 36.74 36.78 36.78 36.67 36.71 36.71 36.74 36.75 36.71 36.72 36.71 36.74 36.73 38.13 38.18 38.16 38.20 38.20

 natural gas 16.04 15.85 15.76 15.81 15.55 16.76 16.55 16.45 16.49 16.23 15.22 14.97 14.86 14.91 14.65 16.49 16.26 16.16 16.21 15.92

 electricity 13.44 13.41 13.41 13.41 13.37 13.48 13.47 13.46 13.48 13.47 13.32 13.26 13.24 13.22 13.16 13.84 13.81 13.80 13.79 13.75

 coal 1.68 1.68 1.68 1.68 1.67 1.67 1.67 1.67 1.67 1.67 1.68 1.68 1.68 1.68 1.67 1.77 1.77 1.77 1.77 1.76

ELECTRIC GENERATION (billion kWh) 4,456.38 4,441.98 4,437.47 4,441.10 4,422.62 4,492.78 4,484.65 4,477.63 4,483.35 4,471.75 4,391.20 4,369.32 4,360.19 4,356.29 4,329.07 4,594.62 4,577.41 4,572.19 4,572.39 4,552.42

 coal 1,921.25 1,982.85 1,995.33 1,999.09 2,044.09 1,756.51 1,808.90 1,813.78 1,828.74 1,885.58 2,093.76 2,132.35 2,134.49 2,123.82 2,139.82 2,004.09 2,036.83 2,052.54 2,043.09 2,073.78

 gas 999.19 918.42 902.15 898.01 829.83 1,232.25 1,170.15 1,158.31 1,147.99 1,070.38 733.83 671.33 653.23 655.42 608.52 1,036.47 978.19 959.84 964.71 909.63

 nuclear 866.34 866.34 866.34 866.34 866.34 850.50 850.50 850.50 851.17 855.05 866.34 866.34 866.34 866.34 866.34 866.34 866.34 866.34 866.34 866.34

 renewables 610.16 614.27 613.17 617.16 621.29 593.01 594.47 595.24 594.57 599.35 636.27 638.25 645.09 648.70 651.89 626.90 634.74 632.26 636.59 641.06

 other 59.43 60.11 60.48 60.50 61.08 60.51 60.63 59.80 60.87 61.39 61.00 61.04 61.03 62.00 62.50 60.83 61.30 61.21 61.65 61.61

PRIMARY ENERGY (quadrillion Btu)

 Consumption 104.89 104.90 104.87 104.98 104.91 105.24 105.25 105.14 105.32 105.27 104.34 104.16 104.07 104.06 103.75 108.35 108.31 108.25 108.36 108.12

 Imports 28.62 28.75 28.72 28.78 28.90 27.69 27.73 27.77 27.87 27.94 29.78 29.83 29.92 29.98 30.08 30.06 30.22 30.21 30.24 30.28

 Exports 7.06 8.76 9.15 9.26 10.86 7.20 8.92 9.32 9.43 11.03 6.85 8.54 8.93 9.01 10.60 7.10 8.80 9.20 9.30 10.90

 Production 83.14 84.73 85.12 85.28 86.71 84.63 86.34 86.60 86.79 88.26 81.15 82.63 82.84 82.86 84.05 85.16 86.66 87.01 87.18 88.52

ENERGY RELATED CO2 EMISSIONS (including 

liquefaction)(million metric tons) 5,793.73 5,832.23 5,837.67 5,846.39 5,869.62 5,754.36 5,787.50 5,787.31 5,804.76 5,833.35 5,832.09 5,853.23 5,846.94 5,841.58 5,843.35 6,017.09 6,037.23 6,043.12 6,043.12 6,055.08

Reference High Shale EUR Low Shale EUR High Macroeconomic Growth
Table B2. Differential from Base in U.S. Average Annual Values from 2015 to 2025 when Exports are Added

low/ low/ high/ high/ low/ low/ high/ high/ low/ low/ high/ high/ low/ low/ high/ high/

slow rapid slow rapid slow rapid slow rapid slow rapid slow rapid slow rapid slow rapid

NATURAL GAS VOLUMES (Tcf)

 Net Exports 1.61 2.00 2.07 3.64 1.64 2.02 2.11 3.67 1.55 1.84 1.99 3.38 1.62 2.01 2.07 3.64

 gross imports 0.08 0.09 0.12 0.15 0.05 0.07 0.08 0.12 0.14 0.25 0.20 0.41 0.07 0.08 0.12 0.14

 gross exports 1.69 2.09 2.19 3.78 1.69 2.09 2.19 3.78 1.69 2.09 2.19 3.78 1.69 2.09 2.19 3.78

 Dry Production 0.87 1.09 1.15 2.05 1.04 1.28 1.33 2.17 0.92 0.98 1.19 2.04 1.05 1.24 1.37 2.35

 shale gas 0.62 0.82 0.79 1.55 0.77 0.97 0.99 1.74 0.53 0.75 0.65 1.33 0.76 0.97 0.96 1.78

 other 0.25 0.27 0.36 0.50 0.27 0.31 0.34 0.43 0.39 0.24 0.54 0.71 0.29 0.27 0.41 0.57

 Delivered Volumes (1) (0.77) (0.95) (0.97) (1.66) (0.64) (0.80) (0.84) (1.59) (0.69) (0.91) (0.88) (1.46) (0.62) (0.82) (0.77) (1.39)

 electric generators (0.57) (0.66) (0.71) (1.15) (0.42) (0.47) (0.55) (1.05) (0.41) (0.52) (0.53) (0.84) (0.36) (0.46) (0.45) (0.78)

 industrial (0.13) (0.19) (0.16) (0.32) (0.15) (0.22) (0.19) (0.36) (0.15) (0.23) (0.18) (0.35) (0.16) (0.23) (0.20) (0.38)

 residential (0.03) (0.04) (0.04) (0.08) (0.03) (0.04) (0.04) (0.07) (0.05) (0.07) (0.07) (0.11) (0.04) (0.05) (0.05) (0.09)

 commercial (0.05) (0.06) (0.06) (0.11) (0.04) (0.06) (0.05) (0.10) (0.07) (0.09) (0.09) (0.15) (0.05) (0.07) (0.07) (0.13)

NATURAL GAS END-USE PRICES (2009$/Mcf)

 residential 0.44 0.58 0.62 1.14 0.32 0.45 0.44 0.80 0.81 1.03 1.18 1.87 0.53 0.65 0.72 1.31

 commercial 0.43 0.57 0.61 1.12 0.31 0.43 0.42 0.76 0.82 1.04 1.19 1.89 0.52 0.64 0.71 1.28

 industrial 0.51 0.66 0.73 1.32 0.39 0.54 0.54 1.00 0.90 1.13 1.33 2.09 0.61 0.74 0.85 1.52

OTHER PRICES

 Natural Gas Wellhead Price (2009$/Mcf) 0.47 0.60 0.68 1.21 0.33 0.46 0.47 0.86 0.88 1.11 1.32 2.11 0.55 0.67 0.77 1.40

 Henry Hub Price (2009$/MMBtu) 0.52 0.66 0.74 1.34 0.37 0.51 0.51 0.95 0.97 1.22 1.46 2.33 0.60 0.74 0.85 1.54

 Coal Minemouth Price (2009$/short-ton) 0.09 0.21 0.22 0.22 0.36 0.19 0.26 0.44 0.24 0.19 0.06 0.13 (0.05) (0.17) 0.11 0.06

 End-Use Electricity Price (2009 cents/KWh) 0.13 0.15 0.17 0.31 0.06 0.11 0.08 0.14 0.20 0.27 0.34 0.53 0.17 0.19 0.24 0.38

NATURAL GAS REVENUES (B 2009$)

 Export Revenues (2) 11.17 13.77 15.63 28.26 8.50 10.65 11.75 21.38 16.20 19.89 23.25 41.08 12.07 14.79 16.93 30.78

 Domestic Supply Revenues (3) 15.07 19.14 21.51 39.02 12.22 16.32 16.91 30.17 24.04 28.77 35.33 58.46 18.79 22.55 26.46 47.44

 production revenues (4) 15.75 19.88 22.70 40.93 13.02 17.31 18.22 32.62 24.76 29.51 36.60 60.03 19.32 23.13 27.44 49.24

 delivery revenues (5) (0.68) (0.74) (1.19) (1.91) (0.80) (0.99) (1.32) (2.45) (0.72) (0.74) (1.28) (1.58) (0.53) (0.59) (0.98) (1.80)

 Import Revenues (6) 1.78 2.28 2.48 4.53 1.26 1.77 1.74 3.26 3.62 5.03 5.32 8.58 2.12 2.70 2.99 5.24

END-USE ENERGY EXPENDITURES (B 2009$) 11.15 12.49 15.92 26.65 7.26 9.40 11.44 18.63 16.89 20.67 25.47 34.14 12.94 14.33 18.69 29.31

 liquids 1.12 0.22 1.91 1.72 0.68 (0.30) 2.26 2.60 0.64 0.29 0.05 (4.09) (0.18) (0.59) 0.29 (0.82)

 natural gas 5.76 7.26 8.30 14.58 4.26 5.85 5.98 10.68 9.86 12.07 14.73 22.25 6.98 8.22 9.88 17.12

 electricity 4.26 4.99 5.69 10.32 2.31 3.85 3.18 5.32 6.39 8.31 10.70 16.02 6.12 6.70 8.50 13.01

 coal 0.01 0.01 0.03 0.02 0.02 0.00 0.03 0.03 (0.00) (0.01) (0.01) (0.04) 0.02 (0.01) 0.02 (0.00)

END-USE ENERGY CONSUMPTION (quadrillion 

Btu) (0.20) (0.29) (0.21) (0.50) (0.18) (0.30) (0.21) (0.47) (0.30) (0.44) (0.38) (0.73) (0.22) (0.34) (0.26) (0.60)

 liquids 0.03 0.03 0.06 0.06 0.04 0.04 0.07 0.08 0.01 (0.00) 0.03 0.02 0.05 0.03 0.07 0.07

 natural gas (0.19) (0.28) (0.23) (0.49) (0.22) (0.32) (0.27) (0.53) (0.25) (0.36) (0.31) (0.57) (0.24) (0.34) (0.28) (0.57)

 electricity (0.03) (0.04) (0.04) (0.08) (0.00) (0.02) (0.00) (0.01) (0.06) (0.08) (0.09) (0.16) (0.03) (0.04) (0.05) (0.09)

 coal (0.00) (0.00) 0.00 (0.00) (0.00) (0.00) 0.00 (0.00) (0.00) (0.01) (0.00) (0.01) (0.00) (0.00) 0.00 (0.01)

ELECTRIC GENERATION (billion kWh) (14.39) (18.91) (15.27) (33.75) (8.13) (15.15) (9.43) (21.02) (21.89) (31.02) (34.92) (62.13) (17.21) (22.43) (22.23) (42.20)

 coal 61.59 74.07 77.84 122.84 52.39 57.26 72.23 129.07 38.59 40.73 30.06 46.06 32.74 48.46 39.01 69.70

 gas (80.76) (97.03) (101.17) (169.36) (62.10) (73.94) (84.25) (161.86) (62.50) (80.59) (78.41) (125.31) (58.28) (76.63) (71.76) (126.84)

 nuclear - - - - 0.00 0.00 0.67 4.55 (0.00) - - (0.00) - - - -

 renewables 4.10 3.00 7.00 11.12 1.46 2.24 1.57 6.35 1.98 8.82 12.43 15.61 7.85 5.36 9.70 14.17

 other 0.67 1.04 1.07 1.64 0.11 (0.71) 0.36 0.88 0.04 0.03 1.00 1.50 0.47 0.38 0.82 0.78

PRIMARY ENERGY (quadrillion Btu)

 Consumption 0.02 (0.02) 0.09 0.02 0.01 (0.09) 0.08 0.03 (0.18) (0.27) (0.28) (0.59) (0.03) (0.10) 0.01 (0.23)

 Imports 0.13 0.10 0.16 0.28 0.04 0.08 0.18 0.26 0.05 0.14 0.20 0.30 0.16 0.15 0.18 0.22

 Exports 1.70 2.09 2.20 3.79 1.72 2.12 2.23 3.83 1.69 2.08 2.16 3.75 1.70 2.10 2.20 3.80

 Production 1.59 1.98 2.14 3.58 1.71 1.96 2.16 3.63 1.47 1.69 1.71 2.90 1.50 1.85 2.02 3.36

ENERGY RELATED CO2 EMISSIONS (including 

liquefaction)(million metric tons) 38.50 43.94 52.67 75.90 33.14 32.94 50.39 78.99 21.14 14.85 9.48 11.26 20.14 26.03 26.03 37.99

Reference High Shale EUR Low Shale EUR High Macroeconomic Growth
Table B3. U.S. Annual Average Values from 2025 to 2035

low/ low/ high/ high/ low/ low/ high/ high/ low/ low/ high/ high/ low/ low/ high/ high/

baseline slow rapid slow rapid baseline slow rapid slow rapid baseline slow rapid slow rapid baseline slow rapid slow rapid

NATURAL GAS VOLUMES (Tcf)

 Net Exports (0.71) 1.48 1.48 3.52 3.57 0.10 2.16 2.15 4.19 4.20 (2.09) (0.21) (0.33) 1.83 1.76 (0.88) 1.29 1.29 3.21 3.38

 gross imports 2.98 2.99 2.98 3.10 3.09 2.47 2.60 2.61 2.73 2.75 3.99 4.30 4.42 4.41 4.52 3.09 3.11 3.11 3.35 3.21

 gross exports 2.28 4.47 4.47 6.62 6.66 2.57 4.76 4.76 6.91 6.95 1.90 4.09 4.09 6.25 6.28 2.21 4.40 4.40 6.56 6.59

 Dry Production 25.07 26.58 26.66 28.08 28.23 28.73 30.16 30.21 31.50 31.51 20.98 22.22 22.24 23.61 23.89 26.84 28.59 28.55 29.99 30.31

 shale gas 10.96 12.08 12.10 13.10 13.27 15.51 16.70 16.75 17.75 17.74 5.22 6.06 6.13 6.78 6.97 12.19 13.49 13.47 14.49 14.75

 other 14.12 14.49 14.56 14.98 14.96 13.21 13.46 13.47 13.75 13.77 15.76 16.16 16.11 16.83 16.91 14.65 15.10 15.08 15.50 15.56

 Delivered Volumes (1) 23.96 23.22 23.29 22.60 22.70 26.63 25.94 26.00 25.19 25.19 21.41 20.69 20.82 19.97 20.27 25.80 25.29 25.26 24.72 24.85

 electric generators 7.27 6.87 6.95 6.56 6.66 8.89 8.55 8.65 8.11 8.20 5.78 5.28 5.41 4.82 5.08 8.21 8.04 8.03 7.77 7.93

 industrial 8.06 7.82 7.81 7.62 7.60 8.68 8.45 8.42 8.25 8.16 7.47 7.34 7.32 7.20 7.19 8.68 8.43 8.40 8.22 8.18

 residential 4.82 4.78 4.78 4.73 4.74 4.95 4.91 4.91 4.88 4.88 4.64 4.61 4.61 4.56 4.58 5.01 4.97 4.97 4.93 4.94

 commercial 3.68 3.62 3.62 3.56 3.57 3.91 3.85 3.85 3.80 3.80 3.40 3.36 3.37 3.29 3.32 3.75 3.70 3.71 3.66 3.66

NATURAL GAS END-USE PRICES (2009$/Mcf)

 residential 12.90 13.45 13.39 14.05 13.85 11.31 11.66 11.68 12.10 11.98 15.49 15.96 15.83 16.76 16.27 13.70 14.13 14.06 14.67 14.51

 commercial 10.61 11.15 11.09 11.73 11.54 9.01 9.34 9.36 9.75 9.63 13.24 13.71 13.58 14.53 14.02 11.39 11.80 11.73 12.32 12.15

 industrial 6.82 7.43 7.36 8.26 7.98 5.39 5.86 5.88 6.46 6.32 9.30 9.79 9.66 10.69 10.09 7.50 8.05 7.96 8.82 8.59

OTHER PRICES

 Natural Gas Wellhead Price (2009$/Mcf) 5.88 6.42 6.35 7.14 6.88 4.45 4.82 4.83 5.31 5.17 8.25 8.77 8.68 9.69 9.10 6.52 6.98 6.90 7.67 7.43

 Henry Hub Price (2009$/MMBtu) 6.47 7.06 6.99 7.86 7.58 4.90 5.30 5.31 5.85 5.69 9.08 9.66 9.56 10.67 10.02 7.18 7.68 7.60 8.45 8.18

 Coal Minemouth Price (2009$/short-ton) 33.46 33.51 33.43 33.68 33.43 33.20 33.45 33.21 33.42 33.25 33.77 34.11 33.89 33.76 33.85 34.30 34.01 33.95 33.99 34.16

 End-Use Electricity Price (2009 cents/KWh) 9.02 9.17 9.15 9.36 9.28 8.57 8.65 8.67 8.75 8.69 9.86 9.98 9.94 10.25 10.06 9.50 9.67 9.63 9.90 9.78

NATURAL GAS REVENUES (B 2009$)

 Export Revenues (2) 12.81 29.82 29.50 50.58 48.98 10.46 23.42 23.49 38.88 38.06 17.38 39.57 38.98 66.69 62.90 14.21 32.48 32.11 54.16 52.87

 Domestic Supply Revenues (3) 199.45 221.98 220.95 249.66 244.39 184.30 200.41 201.19 220.08 216.08 222.71 243.85 242.19 276.77 266.61 230.96 254.64 252.33 282.66 278.95

 production revenues (4) 147.54 170.77 169.47 200.63 194.52 128.09 145.41 146.06 167.45 162.93 173.25 194.92 193.13 228.66 217.47 175.63 199.91 197.44 230.19 225.48

 delivery revenues (5) 51.91 51.21 51.48 49.03 49.87 56.21 55.00 55.13 52.63 53.14 49.47 48.94 49.06 48.11 49.13 55.33 54.74 54.89 52.47 53.47

 Import Revenues (6) 18.06 19.89 19.65 22.97 22.09 11.69 13.64 13.75 16.04 15.80 33.87 37.50 37.30 41.19 39.73 20.96 22.75 22.52 26.35 24.99

END-USE ENERGY EXPENDITURES (B 2009$) 1,582.70 1,589.93 1,589.52 1,602.94 1,596.44 1,543.37 1,552.01 1,553.43 1,559.62 1,552.40 1,648.34 1,658.55 1,651.04 1,673.64 1,651.53 1,766.94 1,773.78 1,770.57 1,786.74 1,777.53

 liquids 1,036.91 1,032.47 1,033.91 1,030.97 1,030.61 1,032.78 1,033.84 1,034.44 1,031.39 1,028.44 1,044.39 1,046.22 1,041.53 1,044.12 1,034.65 1,156.40 1,151.96 1,151.22 1,149.05 1,147.03

 natural gas 152.47 158.71 157.65 166.94 163.18 136.00 140.12 140.18 146.00 143.37 180.36 184.84 183.01 194.25 187.01 172.16 177.27 175.86 185.15 181.63

 electricity 386.65 392.12 391.36 398.45 396.09 368.01 371.51 372.27 375.68 374.08 416.91 420.84 419.85 428.68 423.29 430.75 436.99 435.94 445.06 441.40

 coal 6.67 6.62 6.61 6.59 6.56 6.57 6.54 6.53 6.54 6.51 6.68 6.64 6.65 6.59 6.58 7.63 7.55 7.54 7.48 7.46

END-USE ENERGY CONSUMPTION (quadrillion 

Btu) 70.29 69.92 69.90 69.59 69.57 71.26 70.89 70.87 70.66 70.61 68.84 68.56 68.64 68.25 68.43 74.98 74.60 74.59 74.25 74.26

 liquids 37.85 37.84 37.82 37.84 37.83 37.75 37.74 37.75 37.81 37.80 37.74 37.71 37.77 37.73 37.81 40.67 40.66 40.65 40.64 40.64

 natural gas 16.26 15.95 15.94 15.69 15.66 17.32 16.97 16.93 16.66 16.58 15.13 14.92 14.92 14.71 14.73 17.13 16.83 16.81 16.58 16.53

 electricity 14.59 14.55 14.56 14.48 14.52 14.61 14.62 14.62 14.61 14.66 14.39 14.35 14.38 14.25 14.32 15.43 15.39 15.41 15.31 15.37

 coal 1.59 1.58 1.58 1.57 1.57 1.58 1.57 1.57 1.57 1.57 1.58 1.57 1.57 1.56 1.56 1.74 1.73 1.73 1.72 1.72

ELECTRIC GENERATION (billion kWh) 4,926.27 4,899.77 4,902.00 4,877.85 4,883.87 4,985.61 4,970.39 4,968.96 4,955.47 4,962.16 4,805.29 4,785.02 4,792.39 4,749.29 4,771.60 5,218.96 5,192.01 5,194.85 5,161.80 5,172.17

 coal 2,142.71 2,177.86 2,173.08 2,205.23 2,199.91 1,965.65 2,017.08 2,010.40 2,076.04 2,072.01 2,250.96 2,299.95 2,288.43 2,318.37 2,307.93 2,230.53 2,234.24 2,247.81 2,248.95 2,243.60

 gas 1,143.09 1,075.44 1,084.20 1,020.61 1,029.93 1,418.58 1,349.39 1,356.51 1,272.85 1,275.05 878.08 797.50 812.65 731.17 762.84 1,317.28 1,273.98 1,266.15 1,220.40 1,234.87

 nuclear 876.67 876.67 876.67 876.67 876.67 858.29 858.29 858.29 858.29 863.83 876.67 878.22 878.27 879.99 878.26 876.67 877.25 876.67 877.38 876.67

 renewables 702.87 707.59 705.79 711.29 713.75 681.48 683.24 681.93 685.54 688.71 734.07 743.56 747.72 752.68 756.76 730.61 742.46 740.48 748.18 750.94

 other 60.93 62.21 62.25 64.05 63.60 61.62 62.40 61.82 62.74 62.56 65.51 65.81 65.32 67.09 65.81 63.87 64.07 63.73 66.89 66.09

PRIMARY ENERGY (quadrillion Btu)

 Consumption 111.05 110.88 110.85 110.69 110.76 111.50 111.37 111.37 111.45 111.46 109.71 109.57 109.69 109.18 109.59 117.72 117.47 117.54 117.22 117.23

 Imports 27.93 27.63 27.67 27.60 27.46 26.80 26.78 26.86 27.04 26.99 29.22 29.38 29.42 29.45 29.40 30.26 30.04 29.97 30.09 29.72

 Exports 7.91 10.13 10.13 12.29 12.32 8.18 10.39 10.40 12.58 12.62 7.54 9.74 9.72 11.88 11.94 7.97 10.17 10.18 12.32 12.36

 Production 90.96 93.37 93.26 95.38 95.65 92.89 95.05 94.99 97.21 97.27 87.86 89.79 89.86 91.50 92.04 95.31 97.52 97.67 99.38 99.80

ENERGY RELATED CO2 EMISSIONS (including 

liquefaction)(million metric tons) 6,114.82 6,136.49 6,131.49 6,155.61 6,152.88 6,074.00 6,103.94 6,102.31 6,151.52 6,146.61 6,084.64 6,103.94 6,106.49 6,104.89 6,120.61 6,521.09 6,517.76 6,525.31 6,521.52 6,520.16

Reference High Shale EUR Low Shale EUR High Macroeconomic Growth
Table B4. Differential from Base in U.S. Average Annual Values from 2025 to 2035 when Exports are Added

low/ low/ high/ high/ low/ low/ high/ high/ low/ low/ high/ high/ low/ low/ high/ high/

slow rapid slow rapid slow rapid slow rapid slow rapid slow rapid slow rapid slow rapid

NATURAL GAS VOLUMES (Tcf)

 Net Exports 2.18 2.19 4.23 4.28 2.06 2.05 4.09 4.10 1.88 1.76 3.93 3.85 2.17 2.17 4.09 4.26

 gross imports 0.01 0.00 0.12 0.10 0.13 0.14 0.26 0.28 0.31 0.43 0.42 0.53 0.02 0.02 0.26 0.12

 gross exports 2.19 2.19 4.35 4.38 2.19 2.19 4.35 4.38 2.19 2.19 4.35 4.38 2.19 2.19 4.35 4.38

 Dry Production 1.51 1.59 3.00 3.15 1.43 1.49 2.77 2.78 1.24 1.25 2.62 2.90 1.74 1.71 3.15 3.47

 shale gas 1.13 1.15 2.14 2.31 1.18 1.23 2.24 2.23 0.84 0.91 1.55 1.75 1.29 1.28 2.30 2.56

 other 0.38 0.44 0.86 0.84 0.25 0.25 0.53 0.55 0.40 0.35 1.07 1.16 0.45 0.43 0.85 0.91

 Delivered Volumes (1) (0.75) (0.67) (1.36) (1.26) (0.69) (0.63) (1.43) (1.43) (0.72) (0.59) (1.44) (1.13) (0.51) (0.54) (1.08) (0.95)

 electric generators (0.40) (0.32) (0.71) (0.61) (0.35) (0.25) (0.79) (0.70) (0.50) (0.37) (0.96) (0.69) (0.17) (0.19) (0.45) (0.28)

 industrial (0.24) (0.25) (0.44) (0.46) (0.24) (0.27) (0.43) (0.53) (0.13) (0.15) (0.27) (0.28) (0.25) (0.27) (0.46) (0.49)

 residential (0.04) (0.04) (0.08) (0.08) (0.03) (0.03) (0.07) (0.06) (0.03) (0.03) (0.08) (0.06) (0.04) (0.03) (0.07) (0.07)

 commercial (0.06) (0.06) (0.12) (0.11) (0.05) (0.06) (0.11) (0.10) (0.05) (0.04) (0.11) (0.08) (0.05) (0.04) (0.10) (0.09)

NATURAL GAS END-USE PRICES (2009$/Mcf)

 residential 0.55 0.48 1.15 0.95 0.35 0.37 0.79 0.67 0.46 0.33 1.27 0.78 0.43 0.35 0.97 0.81

 commercial 0.54 0.48 1.12 0.92 0.33 0.34 0.73 0.61 0.47 0.34 1.29 0.78 0.41 0.34 0.93 0.76

 industrial 0.62 0.54 1.44 1.16 0.46 0.48 1.07 0.92 0.49 0.36 1.39 0.78 0.55 0.46 1.32 1.09

OTHER PRICES

 Natural Gas Wellhead Price (2009$/Mcf) 0.54 0.47 1.27 1.01 0.36 0.38 0.86 0.71 0.52 0.43 1.44 0.85 0.45 0.38 1.15 0.90

 Henry Hub Price (2009$/MMBtu) 0.60 0.52 1.39 1.11 0.40 0.41 0.95 0.79 0.57 0.47 1.59 0.94 0.50 0.42 1.26 1.00

 Coal Minemouth Price (2009$/short-ton) 0.05 (0.03) 0.22 (0.03) 0.25 0.01 0.22 0.05 0.34 0.12 (0.01) 0.08 (0.29) (0.35) (0.30) (0.14)

 End-Use Electricity Price (2009 cents/KWh) 0.16 0.13 0.35 0.27 0.08 0.10 0.18 0.12 0.12 0.08 0.38 0.20 0.17 0.13 0.40 0.28

NATURAL GAS REVENUES (B 2009$)

 Export Revenues (2) 17.01 16.69 37.77 36.17 12.96 13.03 28.42 27.60 22.19 21.60 49.31 45.52 18.27 17.90 39.95 38.66

 Domestic Supply Revenues (3) 22.53 21.50 50.21 44.94 16.11 16.89 35.77 31.78 21.14 19.48 54.05 43.89 23.68 21.37 51.70 47.99

 production revenues (4) 23.23 21.93 53.09 46.98 17.31 17.97 39.36 34.84 21.67 19.88 55.41 44.23 24.28 21.81 54.56 49.85

 delivery revenues (5) (0.71) (0.44) (2.88) (2.04) (1.21) (1.08) (3.58) (3.06) (0.53) (0.40) (1.36) (0.33) (0.60) (0.44) (2.86) (1.87)

 Import Revenues (6) 1.82 1.59 4.91 4.02 1.95 2.06 4.35 4.11 3.63 3.43 7.32 5.87 1.79 1.56 5.39 4.03

END-USE ENERGY EXPENDITURES (B 2009$) 7.22 6.81 20.24 13.73 8.64 10.06 16.25 9.03 10.21 2.71 25.31 3.19 6.84 3.63 19.81 10.59

 liquids (4.45) (3.01) (5.94) (6.31) 1.05 1.66 (1.39) (4.34) 1.83 (2.86) (0.27) (9.74) (4.43) (5.17) (7.34) (9.37)

 natural gas 6.25 5.18 14.47 10.71 4.12 4.18 10.00 7.37 4.49 2.65 13.90 6.65 5.12 3.70 12.99 9.47

 electricity 5.47 4.71 11.80 9.44 3.50 4.26 7.68 6.07 3.94 2.94 11.78 6.39 6.24 5.19 14.31 10.65

 coal (0.05) (0.07) (0.08) (0.11) (0.03) (0.04) (0.03) (0.06) (0.04) (0.03) (0.09) (0.11) (0.08) (0.09) (0.15) (0.16)

END-USE ENERGY CONSUMPTION (quadrillion 

Btu) (0.37) (0.38) (0.70) (0.71) (0.37) (0.39) (0.60) (0.65) (0.28) (0.20) (0.60) (0.42) (0.38) (0.39) (0.73) (0.72)

 liquids (0.00) (0.02) (0.01) (0.02) (0.01) 0.00 0.06 0.06 (0.03) 0.03 (0.01) 0.07 (0.02) (0.03) (0.03) (0.03)

 natural gas (0.31) (0.32) (0.57) (0.60) (0.35) (0.39) (0.65) (0.74) (0.21) (0.21) (0.42) (0.40) (0.30) (0.32) (0.54) (0.60)

 electricity (0.04) (0.03) (0.11) (0.07) 0.00 0.01 (0.00) 0.04 (0.04) (0.01) (0.14) (0.07) (0.05) (0.02) (0.13) (0.07)

 coal (0.01) (0.01) (0.02) (0.02) (0.01) (0.01) (0.01) (0.01) (0.01) (0.01) (0.02) (0.02) (0.01) (0.01) (0.02) (0.03)

ELECTRIC GENERATION (billion kWh) (26.50) (24.27) (48.42) (42.40) (15.22) (16.66) (30.14) (23.45) (20.26) (12.90) (55.99) (33.69) (26.95) (24.11) (57.15) (46.78)

 coal 35.15 30.37 62.53 57.20 51.43 44.76 110.39 106.36 48.98 37.46 67.41 56.97 3.71 17.28 18.42 13.07

 gas (67.65) (58.89) (122.48) (113.16) (69.19) (62.06) (145.72) (143.53) (80.58) (65.43) (146.91) (115.24) (43.30) (51.13) (96.88) (82.41)

 nuclear - (0.00) - - 0.00 0.00 0.00 5.55 1.54 1.60 3.32 1.59 0.58 0.00 0.71 0.00

 renewables 4.72 2.92 8.41 10.87 1.76 0.46 4.07 7.23 9.49 13.65 18.61 22.69 11.85 9.87 17.57 20.33

 other 1.28 1.33 3.12 2.68 0.77 0.19 1.12 0.94 0.30 (0.19) 1.58 0.31 0.20 (0.13) 3.02 2.22

PRIMARY ENERGY (quadrillion Btu)

 Consumption (0.16) (0.20) (0.35) (0.29) (0.13) (0.13) (0.05) (0.04) (0.13) (0.02) (0.53) (0.12) (0.25) (0.18) (0.50) (0.49)

 Imports (0.30) (0.26) (0.33) (0.47) (0.03) 0.05 0.23 0.19 0.16 0.20 0.23 0.18 (0.22) (0.30) (0.17) (0.54)

 Exports 2.21 2.21 4.37 4.41 2.21 2.22 4.40 4.43 2.20 2.19 4.35 4.41 2.20 2.21 4.35 4.39

 Production 2.41 2.30 4.42 4.69 2.16 2.10 4.32 4.38 1.93 2.00 3.65 4.18 2.20 2.36 4.07 4.49

ENERGY RELATED CO2 EMISSIONS (including 

liquefaction)(million metric tons) 21.67 16.67 40.79 38.07 29.94 28.31 77.52 72.61 19.31 21.85 20.25 35.98 (3.33) 4.21 0.43 (0.93)

Reference High Shale EUR Low Shale EUR High Macroeconomic Growth
Table B5. U.S. Annual Average Values from 2015 to 2035

low/ low/ high/ high/ low/ low/ high/ high/ low/ low/ high/ high/ low/ low/ high/ high/

baseline slow rapid slow rapid baseline slow rapid slow rapid baseline slow rapid slow rapid baseline slow rapid slow rapid

NATURAL GAS VOLUMES (Tcf)

 Net Exports (1.31) 0.57 0.78 1.81 2.63 (0.63) 1.21 1.41 2.44 3.24 (2.40) (0.70) (0.60) 0.52 1.21 (1.45) 0.44 0.64 1.60 2.49

 gross imports 3.31 3.35 3.35 3.42 3.43 2.84 2.94 2.95 3.01 3.04 4.13 4.36 4.46 4.44 4.59 3.40 3.45 3.45 3.59 3.53

 gross exports 2.00 3.93 4.13 5.23 6.06 2.22 4.15 4.35 5.45 6.28 1.73 3.66 3.86 4.96 5.79 1.95 3.88 4.09 5.19 6.02

 Dry Production 24.18 25.37 25.52 26.24 26.78 27.48 28.71 28.86 29.52 29.95 20.40 21.47 21.51 22.28 22.86 25.37 26.75 26.83 27.60 28.26

 shale gas 9.65 10.51 10.63 11.10 11.56 13.70 14.67 14.79 15.30 15.67 4.56 5.23 5.37 5.64 6.08 10.47 11.48 11.58 12.08 12.62

 other 14.54 14.85 14.89 15.15 15.21 13.78 14.04 14.06 14.22 14.28 15.84 16.24 16.14 16.64 16.78 14.90 15.27 15.25 15.53 15.65

 Delivered Volumes (1) 23.67 22.91 22.85 22.52 22.20 26.12 25.46 25.41 25.00 24.61 21.12 20.42 20.36 19.97 19.81 24.92 24.35 24.23 24.01 23.75

 electric generators 7.06 6.58 6.57 6.36 6.18 8.64 8.26 8.28 7.98 7.77 5.44 4.97 4.98 4.69 4.66 7.63 7.36 7.29 7.18 7.09

 industrial 8.10 7.92 7.88 7.81 7.72 8.62 8.42 8.38 8.31 8.18 7.60 7.46 7.42 7.38 7.29 8.59 8.39 8.34 8.27 8.16

 residential 4.82 4.79 4.78 4.76 4.75 4.94 4.91 4.91 4.89 4.88 4.66 4.62 4.61 4.59 4.57 4.95 4.92 4.91 4.90 4.87

 commercial 3.58 3.53 3.52 3.49 3.47 3.78 3.73 3.72 3.70 3.68 3.34 3.28 3.27 3.24 3.22 3.64 3.59 3.58 3.56 3.53

NATURAL GAS END-USE PRICES (2009$/Mcf)

 residential 12.04 12.53 12.57 12.91 13.08 10.61 10.95 11.02 11.22 11.35 14.35 14.98 15.06 15.55 15.69 12.63 13.10 13.13 13.45 13.68

 commercial 9.91 10.39 10.44 10.76 10.93 8.49 8.80 8.88 9.06 9.18 12.24 12.88 12.95 13.46 13.60 10.49 10.95 10.98 11.29 11.50

 industrial 6.20 6.76 6.80 7.26 7.44 4.90 5.32 5.41 5.69 5.86 8.38 9.07 9.15 9.71 9.84 6.69 7.26 7.29 7.75 7.99

OTHER PRICES

 Natural Gas Wellhead Price (2009$/Mcf) 5.28 5.78 5.82 6.23 6.39 4.01 4.35 4.42 4.66 4.79 7.37 8.06 8.16 8.71 8.87 5.75 6.25 6.28 6.69 6.90

 Henry Hub Price (2009$/MMBtu) 5.81 6.36 6.41 6.86 7.03 4.41 4.79 4.87 5.12 5.27 8.12 8.88 8.98 9.60 9.77 6.33 6.88 6.91 7.36 7.60

 Coal Minemouth Price (2009$/short-ton) 33.06 33.12 33.15 33.29 33.18 32.77 33.07 32.87 32.99 33.00 33.34 33.64 33.50 33.38 33.46 33.74 33.60 33.52 33.66 33.72

 End-Use Electricity Price (2009 cents/KWh) 8.94 9.08 9.08 9.19 9.22 8.56 8.63 8.67 8.70 8.70 9.65 9.81 9.83 10.00 10.02 9.29 9.46 9.45 9.60 9.62

NATURAL GAS REVENUES (B 2009$)

 Export Revenues (2) 11.13 25.11 26.34 37.49 43.23 8.98 19.64 20.80 28.85 33.39 15.07 34.12 35.85 50.80 58.30 12.11 27.19 28.43 40.19 46.69

 Domestic Supply Revenues (3) 179.79 198.43 200.12 215.08 221.64 165.83 179.88 182.38 191.82 196.70 200.15 222.46 224.55 243.87 251.43 201.24 222.30 223.13 239.62 248.66

 production revenues (4) 128.46 147.79 149.40 165.76 172.31 110.87 125.92 128.47 139.27 144.50 151.06 173.98 176.05 196.01 203.32 147.54 169.19 169.97 187.82 196.82

 delivery revenues (5) 51.32 50.64 50.72 49.32 49.33 54.96 53.96 53.92 52.55 52.21 49.09 48.48 48.50 47.86 48.12 53.70 53.12 53.16 51.79 51.84

 Import Revenues (6) 17.77 19.53 19.69 21.37 22.03 11.92 13.52 13.84 14.94 15.61 30.84 34.49 35.15 37.10 38.16 19.97 21.90 22.09 24.07 24.58

END-USE ENERGY EXPENDITURES (B 2009$) 1,489.93 1,499.04 1,499.79 1,507.51 1,510.31 1,455.15 1,463.17 1,465.18 1,469.08 1,469.35 1,547.09 1,561.08 1,559.57 1,572.52 1,567.30 1,625.45 1,635.66 1,634.71 1,644.67 1,646.03

 liquids 974.71 973.09 973.49 972.64 972.64 970.30 971.23 971.23 970.91 969.68 981.60 983.31 980.57 982.05 975.74 1,063.35 1,061.47 1,060.75 1,060.30 1,058.97

 natural gas 140.16 146.09 146.41 151.27 152.79 124.61 128.76 129.62 132.45 133.62 165.55 172.70 173.21 179.55 180.30 154.27 160.27 160.24 165.41 167.51

 electricity 368.28 373.10 373.13 376.85 378.14 353.56 356.51 357.67 359.05 359.38 393.11 398.26 398.98 404.14 404.50 400.29 406.41 406.21 411.48 412.09

 coal 6.78 6.76 6.75 6.75 6.74 6.68 6.68 6.67 6.68 6.67 6.83 6.81 6.81 6.78 6.76 7.54 7.51 7.50 7.48 7.46

END-USE ENERGY CONSUMPTION (quadrillion 

Btu) 69.09 68.81 68.75 68.64 68.49 69.93 69.65 69.59 69.52 69.37 67.90 67.61 67.58 67.42 67.33 72.62 72.33 72.26 72.14 71.97

 liquids 37.29 37.30 37.29 37.31 37.31 37.21 37.23 37.24 37.28 37.28 37.24 37.23 37.25 37.25 37.28 39.42 39.43 39.42 39.43 39.44

 natural gas 16.15 15.90 15.85 15.76 15.61 17.04 16.76 16.69 16.58 16.41 15.18 14.95 14.89 14.82 14.69 16.81 16.55 16.49 16.41 16.23

 electricity 14.02 13.98 13.98 13.95 13.95 14.05 14.05 14.04 14.04 14.06 13.85 13.81 13.81 13.74 13.74 14.64 14.60 14.61 14.55 14.56

 coal 1.63 1.63 1.63 1.63 1.62 1.62 1.62 1.62 1.62 1.62 1.63 1.62 1.62 1.62 1.61 1.76 1.75 1.75 1.74 1.74

ELECTRIC GENERATION (billion kWh) 4,691.78 4,671.70 4,670.36 4,660.47 4,654.31 4,740.10 4,728.42 4,724.32 4,720.03 4,717.90 4,599.04 4,578.46 4,576.69 4,554.90 4,551.26 4,907.86 4,886.10 4,884.89 4,868.85 4,864.09

 coal 2,030.24 2,078.96 2,083.33 2,100.15 2,121.75 1,860.54 1,912.06 1,912.09 1,949.35 1,977.66 2,171.63 2,216.91 2,212.07 2,221.68 2,224.94 2,114.85 2,134.13 2,149.63 2,144.11 2,158.39

 gas 1,074.40 1,000.10 995.54 963.40 932.18 1,328.06 1,262.83 1,259.57 1,215.21 1,175.80 808.02 735.39 733.01 695.09 685.68 1,181.25 1,129.59 1,115.49 1,096.96 1,074.83

 nuclear 871.23 871.23 871.23 871.23 871.23 854.18 854.18 854.18 854.53 859.21 871.23 872.04 872.07 872.97 872.07 871.23 871.54 871.23 871.61 871.23

 renewables 655.74 660.26 658.89 663.43 666.81 636.24 637.87 637.72 639.17 643.29 684.94 690.77 696.38 700.70 704.42 678.14 688.13 686.04 691.94 695.77

 other 60.17 61.15 61.37 62.26 62.34 61.08 61.49 60.76 61.77 61.93 63.21 63.35 63.16 64.47 64.16 62.38 62.71 62.50 64.24 63.86

PRIMARY ENERGY (quadrillion Btu)

 Consumption 107.97 107.90 107.87 107.85 107.85 108.38 108.31 108.27 108.38 108.37 107.04 106.89 106.89 106.66 106.70 113.05 112.91 112.92 112.81 112.71

 Imports 28.28 28.20 28.21 28.18 28.19 27.27 27.28 27.34 27.47 27.49 29.50 29.62 29.68 29.71 29.75 30.17 30.14 30.09 30.17 30.02

 Exports 7.48 9.43 9.63 10.73 11.57 7.69 9.64 9.86 10.96 11.81 7.19 9.12 9.32 10.41 11.25 7.53 9.47 9.68 10.77 11.61

 Production 87.04 89.04 89.18 90.30 91.17 88.73 90.66 90.77 91.94 92.73 84.52 86.20 86.35 87.18 88.04 90.24 92.09 92.35 93.26 94.16

ENERGY RELATED CO2 EMISSIONS (including 

liquefaction)(million metric tons) 5,955.05 5,985.66 5,986.04 6,001.82 6,013.46 5,915.71 5,947.04 5,946.80 5,977.68 5,991.27 5,960.10 5,981.23 5,978.85 5,976.06 5,984.27 6,270.24 6,279.14 6,286.47 6,283.68 6,290.23

Reference High Shale EUR Low Shale EUR High Macroeconomic Growth
Table B6. Differential from Base in U.S. Average Annual Values from 2015 to 2035 when Exports are Added

low/ low/ high/ high/ low/ low/ high/ high/ low/ low/ high/ high/ low/ low/ high/ high/

slow rapid slow rapid slow rapid slow rapid slow rapid slow rapid slow rapid slow rapid

NATURAL GAS VOLUMES (Tcf)

 Net Exports 1.89 2.10 3.12 3.95 1.84 2.03 3.06 3.87 1.70 1.81 2.92 3.61 1.89 2.09 3.05 3.94

 gross imports 0.04 0.04 0.11 0.12 0.09 0.10 0.17 0.20 0.23 0.33 0.31 0.46 0.04 0.05 0.19 0.13

 gross exports 1.93 2.14 3.23 4.07 1.93 2.14 3.23 4.07 1.93 2.14 3.23 4.07 1.93 2.14 3.23 4.07

 Dry Production 1.18 1.33 2.06 2.59 1.23 1.38 2.04 2.47 1.06 1.11 1.88 2.45 1.38 1.46 2.23 2.89

 shale gas 0.86 0.98 1.45 1.91 0.97 1.09 1.60 1.97 0.67 0.81 1.08 1.52 1.01 1.11 1.61 2.15

 other 0.32 0.35 0.61 0.68 0.26 0.28 0.44 0.50 0.40 0.30 0.80 0.93 0.37 0.35 0.62 0.74

 Delivered Volumes (1) (0.76) (0.82) (1.15) (1.47) (0.66) (0.71) (1.12) (1.51) (0.71) (0.77) (1.15) (1.31) (0.57) (0.69) (0.91) (1.17)

 electric generators (0.48) (0.49) (0.70) (0.88) (0.38) (0.36) (0.66) (0.87) (0.46) (0.46) (0.75) (0.78) (0.27) (0.34) (0.45) (0.54)

 industrial (0.18) (0.22) (0.29) (0.38) (0.19) (0.24) (0.31) (0.44) (0.14) (0.19) (0.22) (0.32) (0.20) (0.25) (0.32) (0.43)

 residential (0.04) (0.04) (0.06) (0.08) (0.03) (0.04) (0.05) (0.06) (0.04) (0.05) (0.07) (0.09) (0.04) (0.04) (0.06) (0.08)

 commercial (0.05) (0.06) (0.09) (0.11) (0.05) (0.06) (0.08) (0.10) (0.06) (0.07) (0.10) (0.12) (0.05) (0.06) (0.08) (0.11)

NATURAL GAS END-USE PRICES (2009$/Mcf)

 residential 0.49 0.53 0.87 1.04 0.33 0.41 0.60 0.73 0.64 0.71 1.20 1.34 0.47 0.50 0.82 1.05

 commercial 0.48 0.52 0.84 1.02 0.31 0.39 0.57 0.69 0.64 0.71 1.22 1.35 0.46 0.49 0.80 1.02

 industrial 0.56 0.60 1.07 1.24 0.42 0.51 0.79 0.96 0.69 0.77 1.33 1.46 0.57 0.60 1.06 1.30

OTHER PRICES

 Natural Gas Wellhead Price (2009$/Mcf) 0.50 0.54 0.95 1.11 0.34 0.42 0.65 0.79 0.69 0.79 1.34 1.50 0.50 0.52 0.94 1.15

 Henry Hub Price (2009$/MMBtu) 0.55 0.59 1.05 1.22 0.38 0.46 0.72 0.87 0.77 0.87 1.48 1.65 0.55 0.58 1.03 1.26

 Coal Minemouth Price (2009$/short-ton) 0.06 0.09 0.22 0.12 0.30 0.11 0.22 0.24 0.29 0.16 0.04 0.12 (0.14) (0.22) (0.08) (0.02)

 End-Use Electricity Price (2009 cents/KWh) 0.14 0.14 0.25 0.29 0.07 0.10 0.13 0.13 0.16 0.18 0.35 0.37 0.17 0.16 0.31 0.33

NATURAL GAS REVENUES (B 2009$)

 Export Revenues (2) 13.99 15.22 26.36 32.10 10.66 11.82 19.87 24.41 19.05 20.78 35.73 43.23 15.08 16.32 28.08 34.57

 Domestic Supply Revenues (3) 18.64 20.34 35.29 41.85 14.05 16.55 25.99 30.88 22.30 24.39 43.72 51.28 21.06 21.88 38.37 47.42

 production revenues (4) 19.33 20.94 37.29 43.84 15.05 17.60 28.40 33.63 22.92 24.98 44.95 52.25 21.64 22.43 40.28 49.28

 delivery revenues (5) (0.69) (0.60) (2.00) (1.99) (1.00) (1.04) (2.41) (2.75) (0.61) (0.59) (1.23) (0.97) (0.58) (0.54) (1.91) (1.86)

 Import Revenues (6) 1.76 1.93 3.60 4.26 1.60 1.92 3.02 3.69 3.65 4.31 6.26 7.31 1.93 2.12 4.11 4.61

END-USE ENERGY EXPENDITURES (B 2009$) 9.11 9.86 17.59 20.39 8.02 10.03 13.93 14.19 13.98 12.47 25.42 20.21 10.22 9.26 19.22 20.58

 liquids (1.63) (1.22) (2.07) (2.07) 0.92 0.92 0.61 (0.62) 1.70 (1.04) 0.45 (5.86) (1.88) (2.60) (3.05) (4.38)

 natural gas 5.94 6.26 11.12 12.63 4.15 5.01 7.84 9.01 7.15 7.66 14.00 14.75 6.00 5.98 11.14 13.24

 electricity 4.82 4.86 8.57 9.87 2.95 4.11 5.49 5.82 5.15 5.87 11.03 11.39 6.12 5.92 11.19 11.80

 coal (0.02) (0.03) (0.03) (0.04) (0.01) (0.02) (0.00) (0.02) (0.02) (0.02) (0.05) (0.07) (0.03) (0.04) (0.06) (0.08)

END-USE ENERGY CONSUMPTION (quadrillion 

Btu) (0.28) (0.34) (0.45) (0.60) (0.27) (0.34) (0.41) (0.55) (0.29) (0.32) (0.48) (0.57) (0.30) (0.36) (0.49) (0.65)

 liquids 0.01 0.00 0.03 0.03 0.02 0.02 0.06 0.07 (0.01) 0.02 0.01 0.04 0.02 0.00 0.02 0.02

 natural gas (0.25) (0.30) (0.40) (0.54) (0.28) (0.35) (0.46) (0.63) (0.23) (0.29) (0.36) (0.49) (0.27) (0.33) (0.41) (0.58)

 electricity (0.04) (0.03) (0.07) (0.07) (0.00) (0.00) (0.00) 0.02 (0.05) (0.05) (0.11) (0.11) (0.04) (0.03) (0.09) (0.08)

 coal (0.00) (0.01) (0.01) (0.01) (0.00) (0.01) (0.01) (0.01) (0.01) (0.01) (0.01) (0.02) (0.01) (0.01) (0.01) (0.02)

ELECTRIC GENERATION (billion kWh) (20.08) (21.43) (31.31) (37.47) (11.67) (15.77) (20.07) (22.20) (20.58) (22.35) (44.13) (47.78) (21.76) (22.98) (39.01) (43.78)

 coal 48.72 53.09 69.91 91.51 51.52 51.55 88.82 117.12 45.28 40.44 50.04 53.31 19.28 34.78 29.25 43.53

 gas (74.30) (78.86) (111.00) (142.22) (65.24) (68.49) (112.86) (152.26) (72.63) (75.01) (112.93) (122.34) (51.66) (65.76) (84.29) (106.42)

 nuclear - (0.00) - - 0.00 0.00 0.35 5.02 0.81 0.84 1.74 0.83 0.30 0.00 0.37 0.00

 renewables 4.52 3.15 7.69 11.07 1.63 1.48 2.94 7.06 5.84 11.44 15.76 19.48 9.99 7.89 13.80 17.63

 other 0.98 1.20 2.09 2.17 0.41 (0.32) 0.69 0.86 0.13 (0.06) 1.25 0.94 0.33 0.11 1.86 1.48

PRIMARY ENERGY (quadrillion Btu)

 Consumption (0.07) (0.10) (0.12) (0.12) (0.06) (0.11) 0.01 (0.00) (0.15) (0.15) (0.38) (0.34) (0.13) (0.13) (0.24) (0.34)

 Imports (0.09) (0.08) (0.10) (0.10) 0.01 0.07 0.20 0.22 0.12 0.18 0.21 0.25 (0.03) (0.07) 0.00 (0.15)

 Exports 1.94 2.15 3.25 4.09 1.96 2.17 3.28 4.12 1.93 2.13 3.22 4.06 1.94 2.15 3.24 4.08

 Production 2.00 2.14 3.26 4.13 1.93 2.03 3.20 4.00 1.68 1.83 2.66 3.52 1.85 2.11 3.02 3.92

ENERGY RELATED CO2 EMISSIONS (including 

liquefaction)(million metric tons) 30.62 30.99 46.77 58.42 31.33 31.09 61.96 75.56 21.14 18.75 15.96 24.18 8.90 16.23 13.44 19.99

Reference High Shale EUR Low Shale EUR High Macroeconomic Growth
FOOTNOTES

(1) total includes components below plus deliveries to the transportation sector

(2) export volumes added for this study times the Henry Hub price plus an assumed transport fee to the liquefaction facility of 20 cents per Mcf, plus sum of all other 

export volumes (i.e., to Canada and Mexico) times the associated price at the border 

(3) represents producer revenues at the wellhead plus other revenues extracted before final gas delivery.

(4) dry gas production times average wellhead or first-purchase price

(5) represented revenues extracted as gas moves from the first-purchase wellhead price to final delivery

(6) import volumes times the associated price at the border

Projections: EIA, Annual Energy Outlook 2011 National Energy Modeling system runs ref2011.d020911a, rflexslw.d090911a, rflexrpd.d090911a, rfhexslw.d090911a, 

rfhesrpd.d090911a, hshleur.d020911a, helexslw.d090911a, helexrpd.d090911a, hehexslw.d090911a, hehexrpd.d090911a, feleur.d090811a, lelexslw.d090911a, 

lelexrpd.d090911a, lehexslw.d090911a, lehexrpd.d090911a, fehdem.d090811a, hmlexslw.d090911a, hmlexrpd.d090911a, hmhexslw.d090911a, hmhexrpd.d090911a