![](media/image1.jpeg){width="8.5in" height="3.5027777777777778in"}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>

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######## 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**](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**](http://powermarketers.netcontentinc.net/newsreader.asp?ppa=8knpp^ZmpotuwsTTmj!6C)bfek\!)

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 

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|                               | **Latest  | **Week    | **Year     |
|                               | (05       | Ago**     | Ago**      |
|                               | /19/05)** |           |            |
+-------------------------------+-----------+-----------+------------+
| **CRUDE OIL**                 | 47.00     | 48.83     | 41.61      |
|                               |           |           |            |
| **West Texas Intermediate     |           |           |            |
| US**                          |           |           |            |
|                               |           |           |            |
| \$/Barrel                     |           |           |            |
+-------------------------------+-----------+-----------+------------+
| **NATURAL GAS**               | 6.39      | 6.62      | 6.18       |
|                               |           |           |            |
| **Henry Hub**                 |           |           |            |
|                               |           |           |            |
| \$/Million Btu                |           |           |            |
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> Source: Reuters

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