The technology choices being made by electric generators are certain to have a significant impact. Gas will not go unchallenged, however. Coal and renewables, and perhaps even conservation and nuclear life extension, can be expected to challenge the growth in gas demand. These projections are largely from the Annual Energy Outlook 1999 and from our report on the Impacts of the Kyoto Protocol on U.S. Energy Markets, both released last year . Both documents are a product of the Energy Information Administration, which is an independent statistical and analytical agency within the Department of Energy.
Assumptions are critical to any forecast.
These projections are not statements of what will happen but of what might happen, given certain assumptions. EIA does not propose, advocate, or speculate on changes in laws and regulations. So, one of our key assumptions is that all current laws and regulations remain as enacted.