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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Office of Electricity and Energy Assurance ENERGY ASSURANCE DAILY

May 19, 2005

Electricity

CDWR’s 289 MW Hyatt Hydro Plant Shut The plant shut May 19 for unknown reasons. Reuters, 14:04 May 19, 2005

DTE’s 231 MW Gas Fired La Paloma Unit 3 Shut The unit shut for unknown reasons on May 19. Reuters, 14:04 May 19, 2005

Mirant’s 482 MW Gas Fired Pittsburg Unit 7 Shut The unit shut May 19 for unknown reasons. Reuters, 14:04 May 19, 2005

Update -- 14,800 Customers Lose Power in Oakland, California 8,000 Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) passengers were also affected by the PG&E power outage yesterday. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/05/19/BAGGNCRBAO1.DTL&feed=rss.bayarea

Bruce Power’s 849 MW Bruce 6 Nuke Unit Shut May 19 Bruce Power's 840-megawatt unit 6 at the Bruce B nuclear power station in Ontario shut early Thursday, the Ontario Independent Electricity System Operator said in a report. At the time of the shutdown, the unit was increasing power after exiting an outage on May 14 following the replacement of its main output transformer. http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=Q4GN4JI14ARVSCRBAE0CFEY? type=topNews&storyID=8543627

California Files Power Lawsuit, May Lose Key Supplier Powerex, a key Canadian supplier of power to California on Wednesday raised the possibility that it may stop doing business with the state ahead of an expected supply crunch this summer after getting hit with another lawsuit. http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=Q4GN4JI14ARVSCRBAE0CFEY? type=topNews&storyID=8536209 Petroleum

Colonial Pipeline Sets Sulfur Limits The biggest oil products pipeline in the U.S. said Thursday it is setting a sulfur requirement of no more than eight parts per million through its lines beginning June 2006. That specification is about half the government’s limit for on-road diesel vehicles. Reuters, 14:40 May 19, 2005

California Refinery Restarts FCC Unit BP restarted a fluidic catalytic cracking unit at its 260,000 barrel per day refinery in Carson, California on Thursday. The unit was shut over the weekend for unplanned reasons. Reuters, 14:18 May 19, 2005

Natural Gas

U.S. House Keeps Drilling Ban House lawmakers on Thursday voted against lifting an oil and gas drilling ban in waters off the Atlantic Coast, Florida, and the Pacific Coast. Reuters, 15:30 May 19, 2005

Governor Opposes LNG Terminals off Louisiana Coast Louisiana Governor Kathleen Blanco sent a letter to the Maritime Administration expressing her opposition to open-loop LNG systems in the Gulf citing possible damage to fisheries in the region. Three open-loop systems have already been approved in the Gulf. Gov. Blanco has the power to veto LNG terminals off the coast of Louisiana. http://www.sunherald.com/mld/thesunherald/11687290.htm

Long Island LNG Facility Unsound According to Senator Schumer Sen. Chuck Schumer vowed yesterday to "do everything I can to stop" a proposed liquid natural gas facility in the Long Island Sound. http://powermarketers.netcontentinc.net/newsreader.asp?ppa=8knpp %5EZmpotuwsTTmj%216C%29bfek%5C%21

Other News

Double Derailment Disrupts Coal Traffic Two separate train derailments that occurred last weekend in Converse County, WY, disrupted coal train traffic in northeast area of the state. As many as 100 trains a day ship coal from mines in northeast Wyoming's Powder River Basin. Source: http://www.casperstartribune.net/news/wyoming/4bf0b1635a3fec7787257005005897cf.txt Energy Prices

Latest Week Ago Year Ago (05/19/05) CRUDE OIL West Texas Intermediate US 47.00 48.83 41.61 $/Barrel NATURAL GAS Henry Hub 6.39 6.62 6.18 $/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

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