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AVoided Emissions and geneRation Tool (AVERT) Acronyms

AEO: Energy Information Administration’s Annual Energy Outlook report
AVERT: AVoided Emissions and geneRation Tool
CAMD: EPA Clean Air Markets Division
CO2: carbon dioxide
EE: energy efficiency
EGU: electric generating unit
EIA: Energy Information Administration
EPA: Environmental Protection Agency
EV: electric vehicle
GW: gigawatt
GWh: gigawatt-hour
MW: megawatt
MWh: megawatt-hour
NAAQS: National Ambient Air Quality Standards
NOx: nitrogen oxides
PV: photovoltaics
RE: renewable energy
SMOKE: Sparse Matrix Operator Kernel Emissions modeling system
SO2: sulfur dioxide

AVoided Emissions and geneRation Tool (AVERT) Acronyms

Avoided Emissions and Generation Tool AVERT