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

**Office of Electricity Delivery and\
Energy Reliability**

**ENERGY ASSURANCE DAILY**

**November 7, 2005**

## Highlights/Major Developments

**Update: Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, and Wilma**

For the latest damage assessment and restoration efforts concerning
hurricanes, see the latest Gulf Coast Hurricanes situation report from
the Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability (OE) of the
U.S. Department of Energy @
[https://www.oe.netl.doe.gov](https://www.oe.netl.doe.gov/). For the
statistics on shut-in oil and gas production in the Gulf of Mexico,
please click on the following link:
[[http://www.mms.gov/]{.underline}](http://www.mms.gov/). For statistics
on shut-in oil and gas production and pipeline status in Louisiana,
please click on the following link:
<http://dnr.louisiana.gov/sec/execdiv/pubinfo/daily-onshore-prod.ssi>

######## Electricity

**127,000 DTE Customers Lose Power in Michigan**

Crews continued to work to restore power to more than 127,00 customers
in the 17 county service territory of DTE who lost power following a
severe wind storm on Sunday, November 6. By Sunday evening, some 78,000
customers remained without power.
<http://www.macombdaily.com/stories/110705/loc_winds001.shtml>

## Storm Knocks Out Power to More than 31,000 Niagara Mohawk Customers 

A severe thunderstorm that swept through the Ohio valley knocked out
power to at least 31,000 customers of Niagara Mohawk (National Grid) in
New York on November 7. National Grid anticipates that power will be
fully restored by sometime during the afternoon of November 7.

## [**http://www.uticaod.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051107/NEWS/511070310/1001**](http://www.uticaod.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051107/NEWS/511070310/1001)

<http://www.wivb.com/Global/story.asp?S=4081608&nav=0Rae>

<http://www.rny.com/archive/localnews/2005/november/07fiercethunderstormdropst.html>

####### Severe Storm Knocks Out Power to Thousands in Indiana

A fast moving storm with high winds caused widespread damage and knocked
out power to some 21,000 to 25,000 customers in the Evansville, Ft.
Wayne area, and some 25,000 in the Decatur area.

Sources:
<http://www.decaturdailydemocrat.com/articles/2005/11/07/news/news/news04.txt>

<http://www.wane.com/Global/story.asp?S=4080461&nav=0RYb>

<http://www.southernillinoisan.com/articles/2005/11/07/top/14249479.txt>

http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051106/
NEWS01/511060524

27,000 Lose Power in Western Pennsylvania

Wind gusts of up to 50 mph caused widespread outages in Western PA on
Sunday. About 21,000 Allegheny Power customers lost power, and some
could be without electricity until tonight. About 6,000 Duquesne Light
Co customers also lost power.

<http://pittsburghlive.com/x/tribune-review/s_391860.html>

Nearly 20,000 Lose Power in the Ohio Valley

Wind gusts caused nearly 12,000 American Electric Power Customers in
Belmont and Jefferson counties to lose power. An additional 4,000
customers in Ohio and Marshall Counties were also without power, as well
as 3,000 Allegheny Power customers in Hancock and Brooke counties.

<http://www.statejournal.com/story.cfm?func=viewstory&storyid=6450>

**About 100,000 Lose Power in Ontario Sunday**\
High winds caused about 100,000 customers across Ontario to lose power.
Hardest hit was the Georgian Bay Region.

<http://www.durhamregion.com/dr/regions/top_stories/story/3146649p-3647226c.html>

### Entergy Obtains Federal Okay to Expand Vermont Yankee

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff has recommended that Entergy be
allowed to expand the capacity of its Vermont Yankee nuclear generating
station by 100 MW. Although the permit was granted some two weeks
earlier, the news was made public only on November 3.

<http://pro.energycentral.com/professional/news/power/news_article.cfm?id=6071684>

**Energy Northwest's 1,108 MW Columbia Nuke in Washington Reduced to 60
Percent November 7**

According to a Nuclear Regulatory Commission report, the unit was
reduced for maintenance over the weekend.

Reuters, 15:19 November 7, 2005

Reuters, 7:43 November 7, 2005

### SCE's 790 MW Mohave 2 Coal-fired Unit in Nevada Back on Line November 6

The unit went down on Friday for unplanned maintenance because of an
equipment failure.

Reuters, 15:19 November 7, 2005

Reuters, 9:37 November 7, 2005

Progress Energy Starts New 500 MW Natural Gas-fired Unit at Hines Power
Station in FL

According to a company release, a third 500 MW unit at Progress Energy's
Hines power station entered commercial service by November 7. The
combined-cycle unit consists of two combustion turbine generators and a
system for recovering exhaust heat from the combustion turbines to
produce steam. The combined-cycle system is very efficient, increasing
electricity generation by up to 50%.

Reuters, 14:49 November 7, 2005

**Duke Energy Corp's 1,100 MW McGuire 2 Nuke in NC Back to Full Power
November 7**

The unit was reduced to 50 percent last week due to a problem with the
cooling for one of the transformers.

Reuters, 14:28 November 7, 2005

Reuters, 7:25 November 7, 2005

**Exelon's 850 MW Dresden 3 Nuke in IL Shut November 7**

The unit was shut to work on a service water system.

Reuters, 14:28 November 7, 2005

**OPG's Coal-Fired Unit 6 in Ontario Shut November 7**

The unit shut for a short term forced outage.

Reuters, 14:28 November 7, 2005

For information on damage and restoration efforts to the electricity
infrastructure and the number of power outages due to Hurricanes
Katrina, Rita, and Wilma, please see the Gulf Coast Hurricanes situation
report from the Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability
(OE) of the U.S. Department of Energy at the following link:
[http://www.oe.netl.doe.gov](http://www.oe.netl.doe.gov/)

######## Petroleum

**New Diesel Technology Could Restrict EPA's Ability to Issue Waivers if
Fuel Shortages Arise**

Next year, new diesel vehicles that come equipped with sulfur-sensitive
particulate filters designed to meet a tougher sulfur standard may
preclude the EPA from issuing diesel waivers should the need arise as it
did in the wake of shortages that developed following Hurricanes Katrina
and Rita. If diesel fuel with a higher sulfur content is used, it could
damage the filtering system.

<http://www.platts.com/Oil/News/102555.xml?S=n>

**Fatal Accident at Valero's Delaware City Refinery**

Two workers were killed on November 6 when they entered a unit with a
"nitrogen atmosphere" at the Delaware City refinery of Valero. The
refinery was undergoing extensive maintenance at the time; an
investigation is underway as to why the men were in a location where
they were not scheduled to be working.

Reuters 18:02, November 6, 2005

**EnCana Announces Plan to Spend \$5 Billion on Oil Sands Expansion**

On November 7, EnCana announced a plan to massively expand its oil
production from the oil sands. The company will spend \$5 billion to
boost capacity from 30,000 b/d to 500,000 b/d in a series of 30,000 b/d
increments.

Reuters 14:27, November 7, 2005.

**Chevron Begins Construction of U.S. Gulf of Mexico Energy Project\
**Chevron Corporation today announced that it has begun construction of
the floating production facility to be installed in the Tahiti Field
which is expected to achieve first production by mid-2008. Tahiti is
designed to have a daily production capacity of 125,000 barrels of crude
oil and 70 million cubic feet of natural gas, and will be developed in
phases. The first phase of development was fully sanctioned in August
2005. <http://www.chevron.com/news/press/2005/2005-11-07_1.asp>\
<http://intelligencepress.com/>\
<http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/051107/sfm105.html?.v=23>

**World Energy Demand Cannot be Sustained \-- IEA**

The International Energy Agency argued that unless soaring oil demand is
curbed, oil prices will continue to climb and pollution will soar. The
IEA said that the "projected trends have important implications and lead
to a future that is not sustainable,\"

Reuters 10:38, November 7, 2005.

For information on damage and restoration efforts to the electricity
infrastructure and the number of power outages due to Hurricanes
Katrina, Rita, and Wilma, please see the Gulf Coast Hurricanes situation
report from the Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability
(OE) of the U.S. Department of Energy at the following link:
[http://www.oe.netl.doe.gov](http://www.oe.netl.doe.gov/)

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######## Natural Gas

**Transportation Agreement for Chevron's Sabine LNG Facility Announced**

Chevron announced on November 7, that it has reached an agreement with
Kinder Morgan for up to 1.0 bcf per day of capacity on a new pipeline
and for an additional 600 mcf per day on an existing line of Kinder
Morgan's. The new pipeline will be in service by 2009.

Reuters 8:03, November 7, 2005.

<http://www.chevron.com/news/press/2005/2005-11-07.asp>

<http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=93621&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=779284&highlight>=

<http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/051107/dam019.html?.v=31>

######## For information on damage and restoration efforts to the electricity infrastructure and the number of power outages due to Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, and Wilma, please see the Gulf Coast Hurricanes situation report from the Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability (OE) of the U.S. Department of Energy at the following link: [**http://www.oe.netl.doe.gov**](http://www.oe.netl.doe.gov/) 

######## Other News

# Ohio River Reopens to Traffic

The Ohio River was reopened to shipping on the afternoon of November 6
following a failure to a lock mechanism that occurred on November 1.
More than 500 barges were backed up awaiting passage through the
Hannibal Locks. The Ohio is the busiest waterway for transporting coal
in the U.S.

Source: Associate Press, November 6, 2005; WTRF Channel 7, Wheeling, VW
Stubenville, OH.

<http://www.wtrf.com/story.cfm?func=viewstory&storyid=6451>

######## Energy Prices 

+-------------------------------+-----------+-----------+------------+
|                               | **Latest  | **Week    | **Year     |
|                               | (11       | Ago**     | Ago**      |
|                               | /07/05)** |           |            |
+-------------------------------+-----------+-----------+------------+
| **CRUDE OIL**                 | 59.40     | 59.80     | 49.10      |
|                               |           |           |            |
| **West Texas Intermediate     |           |           |            |
| US**                          |           |           |            |
|                               |           |           |            |
| \$/Barrel                     |           |           |            |
+-------------------------------+-----------+-----------+------------+
| **NATURAL GAS**               | 8.77      | 12.18     | 6.62       |
|                               |           |           |            |
| **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*