U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Office of Electricity and Energy Assurance ENERGY ASSURANCE DAILY
May 2, 2005
Highlights / Major Developments
Update – Sabine Ship Channel Reopens The Coast Guard Captain of the Port, Capt. Sharon Richey, opened the Sabine Ship Channel to all ship traffic at 10 p.m. on Saturday April 30th. The Sabine Ship Channel was closed Thursday April 28th at approximately 11:30 a.m. following the collision between the 784-foot tanker Genmar Strength and the 101-foot crew boat Rene I. As a result of the collision, the Rene I capsized and sank with four crewmembers aboard. As of 10 a.m. April 30th there were 11 ships waiting to enter the ship channel from the Gulf of Mexico and nine waiting to depart. Press Release, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, United States Coast Guard, April 30, 2005 http://www.d8publicaffairs.com/external/index.cfm? cid=425&fuseaction=EXTERNAL.docview&documentID=70323
Electricity
Dominion Integrates Into PJM Dominion successfully integrated at 12:01 a.m. Sunday into PJM Interconnection, the nation's largest regional transmission organization. Dominion received approval to integrate into PJM from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Oct. 5, 2004, the Virginia State Corporation Commission on Nov. 10, 2004, and the North Carolina Utilities Commission on April 19. http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050501/nysu013.html?.v=8 http://www.energycentral.com/centers/news/daily/article.cfm?aid=5636581
PPL’s Susquehanna 1,140MW Unit 2 Restarts April 30 Operators restarted unit 2 at the Susquehanna nuclear power plant and reconnected to the electrical transmission network Saturday after repairing the cooling system on the unit's main transformer. A worn motor for one of the transformer's cooling system fans caused the unit to be shut down Thursday. http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050430/nysa010.html?.v=11
Dominion’s 1,030MW Millstone Unit 3 Nuke at 66 Percent The unit tripped on April 17th after a malfunctioning circuit falsely indicated low steam pressure. Reuters 1443, May 2, 2005
Progress Energy’s 900MW Harris Nuke Back Online The unit shut on Sunday to repair a pump. Reuters 1443, May 2, 2005 Progress Energy’s 811MW Brunswick 2 Nuke at 94 Percent, NC The unit was up to 94 percent from 67 percent early Monday. The unit was reduced briefly on Friday to repair a pump. Reuters 0740, May 2, 2005
Petroleum
OPEC Reaches Record Output OPEC-10 production is now 29.7 mil b/d, up from 27.7 mil b/d, according to president Sheikh Ahmed Fahed al-Sabah. According to Reuters this level of production is a 25-year high. http://www.platts.com/Oil/News/3645375.xml?S=n http://story.news.yahoo.com/news? tmpl=story&cid=568&ncid=568&e=14&u=/nm/20050502/bs_nm/energy_kuwait_opec_dc_2
Natural Gas
A Guide to LNG What All Citizen’s Should Know The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission released a new Guide for citizens concerning LNG. The Guide provides facts in a question and answer format. The Guide then explains the review process for new facilities. http://www.ferc.gov/for-citizens/my-rights/citizen-guides/citz-guide-lng.pdf
Transwestern's San Juan Lateral Approved from NGI's Daily Gas Price Index May 02, 2005 After being approved by coalbed methane producers and the Navajo Nation, Transwestern's 375,000 MMcf/d San Juan Lateral expansion will go into service this weekend ahead of schedule. NGI, daily Gas Price Index, May 2, 2005 http://intelligencepress.com/
Other News
Nothing to report.
Energy Prices
Latest Week Ago Year Ago (05/02/05) CRUDE OIL West Texas Intermediate US 50.94 53.24 37.31 $/Barrel NATURAL GAS Henry Hub 6.50 7.27 5.81 $/Million Btu Source: Reuters This Week in Petroleum from the Energy Information Administration (EIA) http://tonto.eia.doe.gov/oog/info/twip/twip.asp Updated on Wednesdays
Weekly Petroleum Status Report from EIA http://www.eia.doe.gov/oil_gas/petroleum/data_publications/weekly_petroleum_status_report/wpsr.html Updated after 1:00pm (Eastern time) on Wednesdays
Natural Gas Weekly Update from EIA http://tonto.eia.doe.gov/oog/info/ngw/ngupdate.asp Updated after 2:00 pm (Eastern time) on Thursdays
ENSEC threat awareness blog site from Energy Assurance http://ensec.blogspot.com