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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

**Office of Energy Assurance**

**ENERGY ASSURANCE DAILY**

###### March 19, 2004

**Electricity**

**Texas East DC Tie Line Trips off Line Friday**

The East high-voltage tie line running between Texas and the adjacent
Southwest Power Pool knocked out of service early Friday, but is
expected back in service March 28, the Texas grid operator said. The
line which was slated to be reduced to 50 megawatts from its normal 600
MW from March 18-21 will now remain shut until 7 p.m. Central time on
March 28, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas said in a posting on
its Web site.

Reuters, March 19, 2004, 0800

**PSEG's Conemaugh** in MAAC tripped midday Thursday but has since
partially recovered and is running near 1470 MW early Friday.

Genscape Overnight Report, March 19, 2004

**UPDATE \-- Millstone 2 Nuclear-Power Plant Reaches Full Power,
Company**

The 870 MW Milestone 2 nuclear-power plant in Waterford, Connecticut,
increased electricity production back to 100%, up from 70% yesterday
according to a Dominion Resources official. Unit 2 is back to full
capacity following repairs to a feed-water pump.

Bloomberg, March 19, 2004, 1130

**Petroleum**

**Sunoco's 100,000 Bpd FCC at Marcus Hook Back In Service: Sources**

A 100,000 bpd fluid catalytic cracker unit at Sunoco's 175,000 bpd
Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania, refinery has been brought back on-line,
market sources said Friday. The unit had been taken down late Wednesday
due to a power outage, sources added. The FCC unit converts heavy
distillate, such as vacuum gas oil, to lighter products. A Sunoco
spokesman said late Thursday that the company does not comment on
refinery operations. Sources did not see Sunoco in the market buying
unleaded gasoline either Thursday or Friday.

Platts, March 19, 2004

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Nothing to report

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**UN Urges Quicker Sea Anti-Terror Law Compliance**

The United Nations said on Friday it was concerned that governments were
not acting quickly enough to prepare for a maritime anti-terror law due
to be enforced on July 1, raising fears that delay could harm world
trade. The U.N.'s International Maritime Organization (IMO) said the
pace of compliance with the comprehensive set of security measures,
devised to protect the industry against terrorism, was accelerating
after a relatively sluggish start. But, with less than 100 days left to
go before the deadline kicks-in, Director of Maritime Security Hartmut
Hesse told Reuters he was concerned that the uptake by the industry was
still too slow. Asked whether he was worried about the speed of
implementation he replied: "Yes. IMO has issued circulars to its members
urging them to act in a timely fashion and avoid bottlenecks caused by
hasty, last minute-action, and the Secretary-General has repeatedly
urged member states to treat the implementation of the security measures
with utmost urgency." The tough new security rules, known as the
International Ship and Port Facility Security (ISPS) code, are mandatory
for all the world's ports, oil and gas terminals, and merchant ships
that engage in international trade.

Reuters, March 19, 1141

<http://biz.yahoo.com/rm/040319/security_shipping_2.html>

**Energy Prices**

+-------------------------------+-----------+-----------+------------+
|                               | **Latest  | **Week    | **Year     |
|                               | (3        | Ago**     | Ago**      |
|                               | /19/04)** |           |            |
+-------------------------------+-----------+-----------+------------+
| **CRUDE OIL**                 | 38.09     | 36.23     | 30.01      |
|                               |           |           |            |
| **West Texas Intermediate     |           |           |            |
| US**                          |           |           |            |
|                               |           |           |            |
| \$/Barrel                     |           |           |            |
+-------------------------------+-----------+-----------+------------+
| **NATURAL GAS**               | 5.49      | 5.52      | 5.20       |
|                               |           |           |            |
| **Henry Hub**                 |           |           |            |
|                               |           |           |            |
| \$/Million Btu                |           |           |            |
+-------------------------------+-----------+-----------+------------+

> Source: Reuters

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