omponents of increased US energy independence: Net increase in domestic production: we have modeled an increase of 1.8 mm bpd. For context, the 2012 Energy Information Administration (EIA) outlook has a variety of crude oil production scenarios for 2025 ranging from no increase to an increase of 2.8 mm bpd (the “tech

capacity generated in 2010 and percent of total generation; its capacity factor; and its long-term levelized cost for new construction, estimated by the Energy Information Agency. Capacity factors are important since they measure the intermittency of each source (capacity factor = actual generation relative to potential