![](media/image1.jpeg){width="8.5in" height="3.5027777777777778in"}U.S.
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

**Office of Electricity and\
Energy Assurance**

**ENERGY ASSURANCE DAILY**

**May 12, 2005**

######### Electricity

Bomb Found One Month after Being Placed at Indiana Substation

An employee found a pipe bomb May 10, at a Decatur County Rural Electric
Membership Cooperative substation in Greensburg, IN. Authorities believe
the bomb was put there over one month ago. A similar device was found
April 7 at another electric substation in the city.

<http://www.southbendtribune.com/breakingnews/posts/3248.html>

**36,500 Customers Lose Power in South Carolina May 11**

Santee Power and Horry Electric Cooperative customers lost power about
9:00 AM Wednesday. The outage lasted about two hours. The exact cause is
unknown but there were problems in a transmission line and in a
substation.

<http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/mld/myrtlebeachonline/news/local/11627867.htm>

**DC Pacific Intertie to Cut Power 1,086 MW on Saturday**\
Southbound capacity on the DC Pacific Intertie is to be cut, reducing
the

ability to export power from the Northwest to California.

Reuters, 14:00 May 12, 2005

Texas Gen's 610 MW Coal-fired WA Parish 8 Unit in Texas Returned to
Service May 11

Reuters, 14:00 May 12, 2005

**Duke's 1,129 MW Catawba 2 Nuke in SC Cuts Power to 9 Percent**\
The unit shut for a short term outage to fix a problem with the turbine
control system.

Reuters, 07:35 and 13:54 May 12, 2005

### Excelon's 1,112 MW Peach Bottom 2 Nuke in PA Cuts Power to 80 Percent

Reuters, 07:11 May 12, 2005

**Alliant\'s Duane 561 MW Arnold Nuke in Iowa Ramps Up to 93 Capacity
May 12**\
The plant was reduced earlier on Wednesday to work on the condensate
pump motor.

### Reuters, 13:54 May 12, 2005

### 

### Transmission Line Dispute Delays \$1B Coal-fired Power Plant in WV

Longview Power's plans to build a huge coal-fired power plant is being
held up over access rights (and costs) to connect to the local
substation owned by Allegheny Energy.

<http://pro.energycentral.com/professional/news/power/news_article.cfm?id=5659439>

**Final Rule Issued by EPA Concerning Reductions in Particulate Matter,
Ozone, NO~x~, and SO~2~**

Here is a quote from the Federal Register Notice issued today: "Today,
EPA takes final action requiring 28 States and the District of Columbia
to adopt and submit revisions to their State implementation plans
(SIPs), under the requirements of CAA section 110(a)(2)(D), that would
eliminate specified amounts of SO2 and/or NOX emissions. Each State may
independently determine which emissions sources to subject to controls,
and which control measures to adopt. The EPA's analysis indicates that
emissions reductions from electric generating units (EGUs) are highly
cost effective, and EPA encourages States to adopt controls for EGUs."
(Page, 25165)

<http://www.smartpdf.com/register/2005/May/12/25162A.pdf>

######## Petroleum

**Tesoro Plans Coker at Washington Refinery**\
Tesoro Corp. plans to add a 15,000 barrel per day (bpd) coking unit at
its refinery in Anacortes, Washington.\
Reuters, 21:04 May 11, 2005

**Oil Prices Slide for Second Straight Day** \-- **Crude Futures Lowest
in Three Months**\
Oil prices dropped sharply for the second straight day on Thursday,
dipping below \$49. The two-day slide of more than \$3 a barrel caused
the stock prices of major oil producers and refiners to tumble.
<http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/050512/oil_prices.html?.v=11>

######## Natural Gas

Pipeline Breaks in Oklahoma

El Paso Corp. was not sure Wednesday whether its ANR pipeline or another
pipeline broke near its compressor station on Tuesday. The fire that
broke out after the rupture was out by yesterday afternoon.

[**http://intelligencepress.com/**](http://intelligencepress.com/)

**Pipeline Explodes in Oklahoma\
**A fireball blasted into the Custer County sky after an explosion
Tuesday afternoon at a gas plant near Butler. Fires continued through
Tuesday and several pipelines had to be shutdown to allow firefighters
to battle the blaze.\
<http://pro.energycentral.com/professional/news/gas/news_article.cfm?id=5659382>

Canada-Mass Pipeline to Triple Capacity\
Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline LLC plans to triple the capacity of its
850-mile pipe system that transports natural gas from Canada to
Massachusetts.
[**http://pro.energycentral.com/professional/news/gas/news_article.cfm?id=5659911**](http://pro.energycentral.com/professional/news/gas/news_article.cfm?id=5659911)

Other News

Nothing to Report.

######## Energy Prices 

+-------------------------------+-----------+-----------+------------+
|                               | **Latest  | **Week    | **Year     |
|                               | (05       | Ago**     | Ago**      |
|                               | /12/05)** |           |            |
+-------------------------------+-----------+-----------+------------+
| **CRUDE OIL**                 | 48.83     | 51.12     | 40.30      |
|                               |           |           |            |
| **West Texas Intermediate     |           |           |            |
| US**                          |           |           |            |
|                               |           |           |            |
| \$/Barrel                     |           |           |            |
+-------------------------------+-----------+-----------+------------+
| **NATURAL GAS**               | 6.62      | 6.65      | 6.41       |
|                               |           |           |            |
| **Henry Hub**                 |           |           |            |
|                               |           |           |            |
| \$/Million Btu                |           |           |            |
+-------------------------------+-----------+-----------+------------+

> Source: Reuters

**This Week in Petroleum** from the Energy Information Administration
(EIA)

[*http://tonto.eia.doe.gov/oog/info/twip/twip.asp*](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*](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*](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*](http://ensec.blogspot.com/)