introduction 1 macroeconomic activity module 11 international energy 13 residential demand 19 commercial 27 industrial 37 transportation 49 electricity market 65 oil and gas supply 83 natural transmission distribution 99 petroleum 105 coal 117 renewable fuels 129 appendix a handling of federal selected state legislation regulation in the annual outlook 143 information administration assumptions to 2005 i contents this report presents major national modeling system nems used togenerate projections 20051 aeo2005 including general features model structure concerning markets key input data parameters that are most significant formulating results detailed documentation is available series reports 2 synopsis components interrelationships modules presented an overview3 which updated once every two years were produced with