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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

**Office of Energy Assurance**

**ENERGY ASSURANCE DAILY**

###### January 31, 2005

**Highlights/Major Development**

**Georgia Power Continues Restoration Efforts**\
As of 4:00 am Sunday morning, Georgia Power had approximately 235,000
customers without power across the state, 170,000 in the metro Atlanta
area and 65,000 else where in the state including hard-hit areas near
Columbus, Macon and Athens who lost power during the winter storm that
swept through Georgia this weekend. Georgia Power began with only 250
customers without power statewide Saturday morning. By late Saturday
evening, that number had grown to 178,000 statewide. Ice began to stick
to trees and limbs and they began falling onto power lines causing most
of the outages. Even as linemen worked all day Saturday to restore power
to thousands of customers, more customers lost power as the winter
weather passed through the state. As of 10:00 a.m. Monday, there were
25,000 outages statewide, 15,000 in metro Atlanta and 10,000 outside
metro. Georgia Power's goal is to restore power to the greater majority
of our customers by Monday night.\
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**Georgia\'s Electric Cooperatives Repairing Power Outages 80,000 EMC
Customers Out of Power Due to Ice Storm**

Georgia\'s 42 electric membership cooperatives (EMCs) are continuing to
repair storm-related power outages that have approximately 80,000 EMC
customers without power as of 9 a.m. Sunday, according to the Georgia
Electric Membership Corporation. Of the 80,000 customers without power,
about 39,000 are in the Atlanta metro area and about 41,000 are
primarily in middle and south-central Georgia. Service for most EMC
customers was expected to be restored by midnight Sunday, however,
scattered outages in areas that received a half an inch of ice or more
could extend into Monday.

<http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050130/nysu009_1.html>

**Electricity**

**FirstEnergy\'s Perry Nuclear Plant in Ohio Resumes Operation**

FirstEnergy Corp.\'s 1,235-megawatt Perry nuclear plant near Cleveland,
Ohio, resumed operation Sunday night after shutting almost four weeks
ago when two pumps malfunctioned. The reactor, currently operating at 3
percent of capacity, will connect to the grid Monday night and reach
full power by February 6, said Todd Schneider, a spokesman for the
Akron, Ohio-based company.

Bloomberg 13:18, January 31, 2005.

**Con Ed Tests New N.Y. East River Power Plant Units**

Consolidated Edison Co. of New York Inc. started to test some new units
at its East River cogeneration station in Manhattan, a spokesman for the
energy company said January 31. The new units, which cost about \$700
million and will only burn natural gas, will likely enter service by the
summer and add 288 megawatts of generating capacity to the existing 300
MW oil/gas-fired station.

Reuters 13:07, January 31, 2005

**San Antonio Texas JK Spruce Power Plant Shut**

San Antonio\'s City Public Service shut the 585-megawatt JK Spruce
coal-fired power station in Texas January 28-31 to repair a boiler tube
leak, the municipal energy company told Texas regulators in a report.
The JK Spruce plant is located at the Calaveras Lake plant site in San
Antonio in Bexar County.

Reuters 07:55, January 31, 2005

**TXU Texas Monticello 3 Power Unit Shut**

TXU Corp. shut the 750-megawatt unit 3 at its Monticello coal-fired
station in Texas on January 30 to repair a leak in the expansion joint
of the air preheater, the energy company told Texas regulators in a
report. The 1,880 MW Monticello station is located in the town of Mount
Pleasant in Titus County about 250 miles north of Houston.

Reuters 07:41, January 31, 2005

**FPL Florida Turkey Point Unit 3 Nuke Dips To 58 Pct Power**

FPL Group Inc.\'s 693-megawatt unit 3 at the Turkey Point nuclear
station in Florida dipped to 58 percent of capacity by early Monday, the
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission said in its power reactor status
report. The 1,386 MW Turkey Point station is located in Florida City in
Miami-Dade County about 25 miles south of Miami.

Reuters 07:11, January 31, 2005

**TVA Says It\'s On Schedule And Budget To Restart Browns Ferry-1**

The Tennessee Valley Authority\'s Browns Ferry-1 nuclear plant is about
55% complete and remains on budget and on schedule, TVA Chairmain Glenn
McCullough said in an interview Friday. TVA plans to restart the unit in
May 2007 at a cost of \$1.8-bil. All three Browns Ferry units were shut
down in 1985 after a period of management turmoil and equipment
failures. Unit 2 restarted in 1991 and unit 3 in 1995.

Platts January 28, 2005

See also:
<http://www.energycentral.com/centers/news/daily/article.cfm?aid=5433469>

**OPG's 285 MW Coal-Fired Lakeview Unit 5 Shut Down January 31 To
Restart February 7**

Reuters 13:46, January 31, 2005

#### AES's Alamitos 485 MW Gas-fired Unit Shut Down January 31

Reuters 14:47, January 31, 2005

#### Mirant's 337 MW Gas-fired Contra Costa Unit 6 Shut Down January 31

Reuters 14:47, January 31, 2005

#### NRG/Dynegy's 330 MW Gas-fired Encina Unit 5 CA Shut Down January 31

Reuters 14:47, January 31, 2005

#### PG&E's 407 MW Hydro Helms Unit 2 Shut Down January 31 

Reuters 14:47, January 31, 2005

#### DTE's 235 MW Gas-fired La Paloma Unit 2 Shut Down January 31

Reuters 14:47, January 31, 2005

#### TXU's 750 MW Coal-fired Monticello Unit 3 TX Shut Down January 31

Reuters 14:47, January 31, 2005

Intergen's 315 MW Gas-fired La Rosita Unit II in Baja Mexico Shut Down
January 31

Reuters 14:47, January 31, 2005

**Petroleum**

**Hurricane Ivan Oil Production Shut-in Statistics**

The shut-in oil production is equivalent to 7.98% of daily production of
oil in GOM, which is approximately 1.7 million BOPD.  The 135,756
barrels per day that is currently shut-in is approximately 0.69% of the
19.7 million barrels consumed in the U.S. each day. The cumulative
shut-in oil production for the period 9/11/04-01/31/05 is 41,950,327
bbls, which is equivalent to 6.934% of the yearly production of oil in
the GOM which is approximately 605 million barrels. 

# [**http://www.mms.gov/ooc/press/2005/press0131.htm**](http://www.mms.gov/ooc/press/2005/press0131.htm)

**Sunoco Mid-Valley Crude Pipeline Repaired**

Repairs were completed Sunday to the crude oil delivering Mid-Valley
Pipeline and operator Sunoco Logistics Partners L.P. said it has
returned to service with normal throughput expected later on Monday. The
pipeline, which normally moves 195,000 barrels per day from Texas to
Ohio, was shut last Wednesday when a leak was discovered in the 22-inch
pipeline near the Kentucky River. The crude pipeline feeds the Premcor
refinery in Lima, Ohio, and Sunoco Inc.\'s refinery in Toledo, Ohio.
Premcor said Friday it had cut crude runs by 25-30 percent at the
170,000-bpd refinery, and that it would consider shutting the refinery
if the Mid-Valley pipeline was not restored by Tuesday. Premcor on
Monday would not discuss operations, citing company policy. Sunoco Inc.
said Friday its 140,000-bpd Toledo refinery was operating normally.

Reuters 11:45, January 31, 2005

**No Restart Date Yet For Sunoco\'s Philly FCC Unit**

Work on a fire-downed fluid catalytic cracking unit at Sunoco\'s
Philadelphia refinery is continuing with no estimate as to when the unit
will return, a company spokesman said. \"Work is proceeding well,\" said
Gerald Davis, a Sunoco spokesman about repairs to the 60,000 barrel per
day gasoline-making unit. The shutdown will not hinder the company\'s
ability to meet its customers\' needs for fuel. A two alarm fire shut
the unit on January 25 which makes gasoline at Sunoco\'s 355,000
barrel-per-day Philadelphia refinery.

Reuters 11:44, January 31, 2005

**Third Oil Spill Seen In Puget Sound Near Seattle**

An oil spill has spread over Puget Sound near the port city of Tacoma
for the third time since last October, the U.S. Coast Guard said on
Friday. A thin silvery sheen of oil was spotted in a passage of water
near Tacoma, located about 30 miles (48 km) south of Seattle, said Coast
Guard Petty Officer Mike Zolzer. \"The source of spill is still under
investigation,\" Zolzer said, adding that it was too early to estimate
the size of the spill. Oil was spilled in the same area last October and
in December.

Reuters 18:37, January 28, 2005

# Natural Gas

# 

**Hurricane Ivan Oil Production Shut-in Statistics**

The shut-in gas production is equivalent to 3.73% of the daily
production of gas in the GOM, which is approximately 12.3 BCFPD. The
489.39 MMCF per day that is currently shut-in is approximately 0.81% of
the 60.184 BCF consumed in the U.S. each day. The cumulative shut-in gas
production 9/11/04-1/31/05 is 165.751 BCF, which is equivalent to 3.725%
of the yearly production of gas in the GOM which is approximately 4.45
TCF.

# [**http://www.mms.gov/ooc/press/2005/press0131.htm**](http://www.mms.gov/ooc/press/2005/press0131.htm)

**US Lawmakers Seek Oil, LNG Tanker Security Probe**

Bipartisan members of two House committees on Monday asked the
investigative arm of Congress to assess how vulnerable crude oil and
liquefied natural gas (LNG) tankers and terminals would be to attack by
terror groups. The GAO was asked to review \"the vulnerabilities of
foreign and domestic maritime energy transport\" as well as efforts to
improve security, preparedness and response to any attacks,\" according
to a letter sent by the lawmakers. The lawmakers are also worried about
oil shipments, \"clearly, attacks on oil targets overseas are a concern
for world energy markets, and could have lasting international and
domestic economic repercussions.\"

Reuters 13:35, January 31, 2005

**South Jersey Gas Experiences Record 3 Day Sendout**

With temperatures averaging 17 degrees on the weekend of January 21st
and blizzard like conditions throughout much of its service territory,
South Jersey Gas set a record for a three day sendout with customers
using an unprecedented 1,197,580 decatherms of natural gas. This new
milestone broke the company\'s former three day record of 1,159,578
decatherms set from January 23rd to January 25th, 2004.

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**Other**

**BLM Moves Ahead With Drilling Plan in NPR-A**

The Bush administration on Friday decided to expand drilling in the
northeast portion of the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (NPR-A),
opening up banned areas with some measures for environmental and
wildlife protection. Environmental groups, however, slammed the Bureau
of Land Management's (BLM) final plan for the area, which revises the
Clinton administration's 1998 plan to increase the drilling area to 95%
from 87% in northeast NPR-A, covering 4.6 million acres. They charge
that the plan allowing drilling in sensitive areas puts wildlife at
risk. The revised plan gives oil companies access to new oil and gas
resources in some 389,000 acres. Making the case for more drilling in
the region, the BLM said the 1998 plan put nearly 56% of high potential
area off limits or places restrictions on surface activity. "The 1998
plan prohibited exploration --- even in winter --- in an area with an
estimated 2 billion barrels of technically-recoverable oil and 3.5
trillion cubic feet of natural gas. We believe we have devised a way to
allow industry to look for that oil and at the same time keep in place
or expand a number of protective measures designed to minimize potential
adverse impacts on caribou, molting geese and subsistence harvests,"
said BLM Alaska Director Henri Bisson.

Oil Daily January 31, 2005

**Energy Prices**

+-------------------------------+-----------+-----------+------------+
|                               | **Latest  | **Week    | **Year     |
|                               | (01       | Ago**     | Ago**      |
|                               | /31/05)** |           |            |
+-------------------------------+-----------+-----------+------------+
| **CRUDE OIL**                 | 48.25     | 48.61     | 34.02      |
|                               |           |           |            |
| **West Texas Intermediate     |           |           |            |
| US**                          |           |           |            |
|                               |           |           |            |
| \$/Barrel                     |           |           |            |
+-------------------------------+-----------+-----------+------------+
| **NATURAL GAS**               | 6.14      | 6.41      | 5.51       |
|                               |           |           |            |
| **Henry Hub**                 |           |           |            |
|                               |           |           |            |
| \$/Million Btu                |           |           |            |
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> Source: Reuters

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