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

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

**ENERGY ASSURANCE DAILY**

**December 14, 2005**

## Highlights/Major Developments

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

For damage assessment and restoration efforts concerning hurricanes, see
the Gulf Coast Hurricanes situation reports from the Office of
Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability (OE) of the U.S. Department
of Energy @
[[http://www.oe.netl.doe.gov]{.underline}](http://www.oe.netl.doe.gov/).
For the latest statistics on shut-in oil and gas production in the Gulf
of Mexico, please click on the following link:
[http://www.mms.gov](http://www.mms.gov/ooc/press/2005/press1118.htm)

For the latest 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

### Mohave Coal-fired Plant in California to Close -- Officials Confirm*** *<http://www.energycentral.com/centers/news/daily/latest_power_list.cfm>**

Over 17,000 First Energy Customers Out in North Carolina\
[**http://www.progress-energy.com/aboutenergy/stormcentral/outagemaps/carindex.asp**](http://www.progress-energy.com/aboutenergy/stormcentral/outagemaps/carindex.asp)

**Progress Reduces 900 MW Brunswick 2 Nuke in North Carolina for Work**

Progress Energy Inc. reduced the 900-megawatt unit 2 at the Brunswick
nuclear power station in North Carolina to about 50 percent of capacity
on Tuesday to work on two systems. The company is working on the
condenser and a recirculating water pump. There are also thousands of
Progress Energy customers out of power in North Carolina, which may be
related. See story above.

Reuters, 10:56 December 14, 2005

**TMPA's 462 MW Gibbons Creek Coal-fired Unit in Texas Shut December 14\
**Texas Municipal Power Agency planned to shut the 462-megawatt Gibbons
Creek coal-fired power station in Texas on Dec. 14-15 to fix a boiler
tube leak.

Reuters, 10:44 December 14, 2005

**Wisconsin Energy's 512 MW Point Beach 1 Nuke in Wisconsin Shut
December 13**

The operator of Wisconsin Energy Corp.\'s 512-megawatt unit 1 at the
Point Beach nuclear power station in Wisconsin manually tripped the unit
on Tuesday, a company spokeswoman said Wednesday. The operator, Nuclear
Management Co. of Hudson, Wisconsin, shut the unit due to the failure of
a circulating water pump, which affected the condenser vacuum.

Reuters, 10:27 December 14, 2005

**Edison Mission to Increase California\'s Peaking Power Capabilities**\
Edison Mission Group Incorporated has begun permitting for a new
500-megawatt (MW) peaking station.

[*www.Industrialinfo.com*](http://www.Industrialinfo.com/)

Reuters, 07:09 December 14, 2005

**Duke's 260 MW Moss Landing 2 Gas-fired Unit in California Shut
December 13**

Reuters, 20:01 December 13, 2005

**TXU's 570 MW Big Brown 1 Coal-fired Unit in Texas Restarted December
14**

Reuters, 20:01 December 13, 2005

**OPG's 494 MW Lambton 4 Coal-fired Unit in Ontario Restarted December
14**\
Reuters, 20:01 December 13, 2005

**OPG's 494 MW Lambton 3 Nuke in Ontario Shut for Work December 14**

Ontario Power Generation\'s 494-megawatt unit 3 at the Lambton
coal-fired power station in Ontario shut by early Wednesday for a
short-term forced outage, a spokesman for the province-owned generating
company said.

Reuters, 11:09 December 14, 2005

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### Bruce Power's 822 MW Bruce 6 Nuke Unit in Ontario Shut December 13

Reuters, 16:08 December 14, 2005

### Ameren's 440 MW Taum Sauk Hydro Unit in Missouri Shut December 14

Reuters, 16:08 December 14, 2005

######## Petroleum

Nothing to report.

######## Natural Gas

**Bobcat Gas to Build Gas Storage Site in Louisiana**

Texas-based Bobcat Gas Storage said Wednesday it would build a
salt-cavern natural gas storage facility in Port Barre, Louisiana.
Bobcat said in a statement the site\'s two planned salt caverns will be
located close to the benchmark U.S. natural gas trading hub near Eunice,
Louisiana, and will have a combined working gas capacity of 12 billion
cubic feet (bcf).

Reuters, 13:53 December 14, 2005

**NYMEX Natgas Tumbles Four Percent on Revised Forecasts**

At 12:35 p.m. EST, January natgas futures were down 59.8 cents, or 4
percent, to \$14.78 per million British thermal units after trading
between \$14.57 and \$15.08.

Reuters, 12:45 December 14, 2005

**Vector, Trunkline LNG Seek Expansions, Petal Puts New Storage Cavern
in Service**\
Vector Pipeline LP has filed an application to construct new compressor
stations to accommodate a concurrent request to increase flows at its
existing U.S.-Canadian border facilities.

[http://powermarketers.netcontentinc.net/newsreader.asp?ppa=8kowu%5D%5Bfiiiliq%5BThew11rbfek%5Cv](http://powermarketers.netcontentinc.net/newsreader.asp?ppa=8kowu%5D%5Bfiiiliq%5BThew11rbfek\v)

**Mackenzie Project Delayed a Year; Initial Service Expected in 2011**

Canadian arctic natural gas will stay frozen off North American markets
for an extra year. The first planned northern pipeline construction
season has been lost due to slow government and native negotiations, the
Mackenzie Gas Project told regulators this week.
[http://powermarketers.netcontentinc.net/newsreader.asp?ppa=8kowu%5D%5Bfiiiliq%5BThew11rbfek%5Cv](http://powermarketers.netcontentinc.net/newsreader.asp?ppa=8kowu%5D%5Bfiiiliq%5BThew11rbfek\v)

### Exxon, Alaska Near Gas Pipeline Deal: Lateral May Feed Anchorage

Exxon Mobil\'s participation has long been viewed as being critical to
the construction of a pipeline from Alaska\'s North Slope to the US
lower 48 states. Industry veterans observing the efforts to develop a
transportation system for the 35 Tcf or more of gas now stranded around
Prudhoe Bay simply assumed that the project would come to fruition when
Exxon was ready. That time appears very near. (Monday, December 12,
2005)

<http://www.energyintel.com/PublicationHomePage.asp?publication_id=9>

**Sempra Energy Gets FERC Permit for Gas Facility\
**Sempra Energy said on Tuesday it has received a permit from the
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to build and operate a natural gas
storage facility in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana. The facility, which
will provide 17 billion cubic feet (Bcf) of working gas capacity for
storage, is expected to be in service in mid- to late-2006.

Reuters, 16:46 December 13, 2005

######## Other News

### EIA Releases Annual Energy Outlook

<http://www.eia.doe.gov/oiaf/aeo/index.html>

######## Energy Prices 

+-------------------------------+-----------+-----------+------------+
|                               | **Latest  | **Week    | **Year     |
|                               | (12       | Ago**     | Ago**      |
|                               | /14/05)** |           |            |
+-------------------------------+-----------+-----------+------------+
| **CRUDE OIL**                 | 60.86     | 59.21     | 41.76      |
|                               |           |           |            |
| **West Texas Intermediate     |           |           |            |
| US**                          |           |           |            |
|                               |           |           |            |
| \$/Barrel                     |           |           |            |
+-------------------------------+-----------+-----------+------------+
| **NATURAL GAS**               | 14.81     | 13.95     | 7.10       |
|                               |           |           |            |
| **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 1:00 pm (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*