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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

**Office of Energy Assurance**

**ENERGY ASSURANCE DAILY**

**February 4, 2005**

**Electricity**

**Cross-Sound cable work completed**

The Cross Sound Cable Co. has completed work to rebury sections of its
cable along the Long Island Sound seabed, meeting Connecticut
requirements that will allow the power line to continue operating. The
330-megawatt cable was activated in June under an agreement between
Connecticut and New York energy environmental regulators. Power had been
shut off for the last several months as the company worked to rebury
sections of the cable that did not meet the depth requirements.
According to a company representative, work was completed Monday January
31, a day before the February 1 deadline. Cross Sound Cable must now
submit reports on the installation for review by the state Department of
Environmental Protection and the Army Corps of Engineers, said Michael
Grzywinski, an analyst with the DEP.\
<http://www.stamfordadvocate.com/news/local/state/hc-03174945.apds.m0655.bc-ct--crosfeb03,0,5339398.story?coll=hc-headlines-local-wire>

**PSEG Power Halts Development of 500MW Cross Hudson Project**

PSEG Power said today it is halting further development of its proposed
Cross Hudson Project and has notified the New York Power Authority of
its intention to withdraw its bid submitted in response to the
Authority\'s Request for Proposals (RFP) for 500 megawatts (MW) of new
energy and capacity. The Cross Hudson project had the potential to
deliver more than 500 MWs of energy and capacity into New York City
Frank Cassidy, PSEG Power president said, \"We\'ve been exposed to
significantly increased development costs as well as ongoing
uncertainties. We regret, therefore, we can no longer justify pursuing
the project.\"

<http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050204/nyf044_1.html>

**San Onofre Reactor Shuts Down After Electrical Fault**

Edison International\'s 1,070 MW unit 2 at its San Onofre nuclear
generating station in Southern California automatically shut down
yesterday after an electrical fault caused a generator to trip. The
cause of the fault is being investigated, said Ray Golden, a spokesman
for Rosemead, California-based Edison.

Bloomberg 12:05, February 4, 2005.

## Dominion\'s Surry 1 Reactor in Virginia Is Shut Down for Repairs

Dominion Resources Inc.\'s 810 MW Unit 1 at its Surry nuclear generating
station in Virginia was shut down late yesterday to repair a water leak
in a heat exchanger. The shutdown will be \`\`brief,\'\' Richard
Zuercher, a spokesman for the Richmond, Virginia-based company, said in
an interview Friday.

Bloomberg 09:33, February 4, 2005.

**Con Ed completes work on fire-damaged NYC power line**

Consolidated Edison Co. of New York Inc. completed repairs on a
fire-damaged power cable in Manhattan and will soon start upgrading
another cable, the utility reported to the state grid operator this
week. On December 8, a fire damaged a transmission line and related
equipment at a substation at Con Edison\'s East 13th Street station in
Manhattan. The outage curtailed the flow of electricity within the city
by about 800 megawatts, and delayed the company\'s planned two and a
half month upgrade of another power line.

Reuters 13:48, February 4, 2005.

**Dominion Va. Surry 1 nuke shut for brief outage**

Dominion Resources Inc. shut the 810-megawatt Unit 1 at its Surry
nuclear generating station in Virginia for a brief outage by early
Friday to repair a water leak in one of the heat exchangers in the
plant\'s turbine building. Meanwhile, the 815 MW unit 2continued to
operate at full power.

Reuters 09:33, February 4, 2005.

## TXU\'s Comanche Peak 1 Reactor Resumes Operation After Repair

TXU Corp. resumed operation at Unit 1 of its Comanche Peak nuclear
generating station after shutting it on Thursday to repair a steam
valve, said Rand LaVonn, a spokesman for the company. The unit is
located about 75 miles southeast of Dallas, was operating at 21 percent
of capacity this morning, according to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission\'s daily reactor status report.

Reuters 13:39, February 4, 2005.

**Exeo's 1,110 Mw Unit 2 At Its Peach Bottom Nuclear Generating Station
Shut Down, February 3.**

Reuters 13:39, February 4, 2005.

**OPG's 490 MW Coal-Fired Unit 6 At Its Nanticoke Plant Shut Down,
February 3.**

Reuters 13:39, February 4, 2005.

**Petroleum**

**Norway to Focus on Barents Sea in Issuing New Oil, Gas Licenses**

When Norway awards new licenses for oil and gas drilling this summer, it
will focus on the South Barents Sea, where one-third of Norway\'s
undiscovered petroleum resources are estimated to lie, energy ministry
officials said Friday. The new licensing round \-- scheduled for June
\-- should jump-start regional development in the frontier petroleum
province, and provide the United States \-- the world\'s biggest gas
consumer \-- with a new source of stable supplies. The Barents lies due
north of Scandinavia. Norway\'s portion of the sea is its final frontier
province on a maturing Norwegian shelf. Statoil ASA, Norway\'s
state-owned oil and gas company estimated the Norwegian side of the
Barents holds around 8 billion barrels of oil equivalent. The Norwegian
Petroleum Directorate\'s estimate is 6 billion barrels, with gas
resources of about 26.8 trillion cubic feet and untapped oil at 2
billion barrels.

Yahoo Financial News (Oil & Gas Integrated), February 4, 2005\
<http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/050204/norway_oil_3.html>

**Suncor Says Ruptured Line Likely Caused Fire**

A corroded pipe likely caused a fire at Suncor Energy Inc.\'s oil sands
plant in January that has forced production to be cut in half for at
least six months, the company said on Thursday. Suncor said a recycle
line that filters heavy oil from a fractionation unit ruptured and
released hydrocarbon vapor, which ignited, preliminary findings of its
investigation into the Jan. 4 incident indicate. The operation is
Canada\'s second-largest oil-sands mining and synthetic-crude venture,
is expected to pump about 110,000 barrels a day until the third quarter
with only one of its two upgrading trains working, it said.

Reuters 17:52, February 3, 2005.

**Natural Gas**

**Peoples Energy Resources COB Energy Facility Receives Final Approval
from Oregon\'s Energy Facility Siting Council**\
Peoples Energy Resources Power Generation group announced Thursday
afternoon that it received final approval for the COB Energy Facility
from the State of Oregon\'s Energy Facility Siting Council.

The COB Energy Facility is a 1,150 MW natural gas fueled electric
generating plant located strategically near the Oregon-California
border. The project site was selected to serve both the Pacific
Northwest and northern California. The proposed development will
interconnect into the California-Oregon Border (COB) trading hub. The
project is permitted to provide up to 1,150 MW and also allows for
\"phased\" construction.

<http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/050203/35905_1.html>

## Dominion Removes Limits on New York Gas Pipeline Use 

Dominion Resources Inc. has removed usage limits on its New York state
gas pipelines as milder weather pared demand for the heating fuel. The
company\'s Dominion Transmission unit repealed the restrictions, which
took effect on January 18, in a notice on its Web site late Thursday.

Bloomberg 14:47, February 4, 2005.

**Other News**

Nothing to report.

**Energy Prices**

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| **CRUDE OIL**                 | 46.45     | 47.15     | 33.06      |
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| **NATURAL GAS**               | 6.12      | 6.43      | 5.74       |
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