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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

**Office of Electricity and\
Energy Assurance**

**ENERGY ASSURANCE DAILY**

**April 20, 2005**

######### Electricity

**PSEG's 1,111 MW Salem 1 Nuke Shuts Down April 19\
**Public Service Enterprise Group Inc shut the unit to repair a pressure
boundary leak in a pipe.

Bloomberg News, 0850 April 20, 2005

<http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=HIQUZGP2HNOM0CRBAEOCFEY?type=topNews&storyID=8236181>

**Edison's 545 MW Gas-fired Sunrise plant in CA Went Off-line on April
20** Reuters, 1427 20 April 2005

**NYISO Says New York State Will Have Adequate Electricity this Summer**

The New York Independent System Operator (NYISO) noted in its annual
report that NY will not have an electricity supply problem this summer.
If new power plants were not constructed, the report said that New York
City could have supply problems by 2008.

Bloomberg News, 1009 April 20, 2005\
\
**New Kansas Law Helps Bring Electricity to Rural Areas\
**Governor Kathleen Sebelius signed a bill creating the Kansas Electric
Transmission Authority, which will be able to finance new power lines
that utilities have decided they will not build. The new entity is also
designed to help the development of wind farms in rural stretches that
aren\'t close to the electricity grid.\
The Business Journal of Kansas City

[*http://kansascity.bizjournals.com/kansascity/stories/2005/04/18/daily10.html?jst=b_ln_hl*](http://kansascity.bizjournals.com/kansascity/stories/2005/04/18/daily10.html?jst=b_ln_hl)

[http://www.platts.com/Electric%20Power/News/7005800.xml?S=n](http://www.platts.com/Electric Power/News/7005800.xml?S=n)

# Texas Genco Receives Approval to Retire Nine Generating Units

Texas Genco received approval from the state grid operator. The total
capacity affected equals 3,056 MW. Most of the generating capacity at
the nine units to be retired has been off-line at times since late 2002.

Bloomberg News, 1130 April 20, 2005

######## Petroleum

### BP to Invest in Indiana Refinery

BP plans to invest in new clean diesel equipment at its refinery at
Whiting, Indiana. The plan is for the facility to produce about 36,000
b/d of ultra-low sulfur diesel.

Oil Daily, April 20, 2005

**Amuay Refinery in Venezuela Restarting Flexicoker**

Venezuela\'s Amuay refinery began to restart its flexicoker Wednesday.
This is the last major processing unit still to be restored to the
refinery that was shut down last month after a power outage.

Reuters, 1252 April 20, 2005

**Qatar Says OPEC Unlikely to Raise Output Again**\
Qatar\'s Attiyah Qatari oil minister Abdullah al-Attiyah said Wednesday
he believed OPEC was unlikely to increase its crude output ceiling which
is now at 27.5-mil b/d. There was talk of going to 28-mil b/d, but the
market now has an adequate supply of petroleum.

<http://www.platts.com/Oil/News/9321980.xml?S=n>

**Natural Gas**

ULTRA Predicts Continuing Production Increases in its Wyoming Gas Fields

Ultra Petroleum, which has increased its natural gas reserves by more
than 2300% in Wyoming in the past five years, estimates a growth of 37%
this year in the prolific Pinedale Anticline and Jonah fields, the CEO
said Tuesday.

Natural Gas Intelligence, April 19, 2005

[**http://powermarketers.netcontentinc.net/newsreader.asp?ppa=8kowu%5DZmmknoqsYTnkt9K%22bfek%5C%21**](http://powermarketers.netcontentinc.net/newsreader.asp?ppa=8kowu%5DZmmknoqsYTnkt9K"bfek\!)

**LNG Terminal Planned for Oregon**\
Northern Star Natural Gas began the pre-filing process with the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission in February and filed with the Oregon
Energy Facilities Siting Council last Friday. Northern Star plans to
have the facility located in Bradwood, Oregon and hopes to have it
operating by 2010.

Reuters, 1428 April 20, 2005

### Vector Pipeline Plans Major Expansion in 2007

The capacity of the system is expected to go up by 50% from about 1
Bcf/d to 1.5 Bcf/d through the construction of additional compressor
stations. The pipeline goes from Chicago, IL to Ontario, Canada.

<http://pro.energycentral.com/professional/news/gas/news_article.cfm?id=5606850>

Other News

# Bush Calls For Congress to Pass Comprehensive Energy Legislation

President Bush asked Congress to send him the legislation to sign by
August, worrying about increasing oil and gas prices. Congress has yet
to send him a comprehensive energy bill since he became President.\
Bloomberg News, 1532 April 20, 2005

######## Energy Prices 

+-------------------------------+-----------+-----------+------------+
|                               | **Latest  | **Week    | **Year     |
|                               | (04       | Ago**     | Ago**      |
|                               | /20/05)** |           |            |
+-------------------------------+-----------+-----------+------------+
| **CRUDE OIL**                 | 52.45     | 50.21     | 37.61      |
|                               |           |           |            |
| **West Texas Intermediate     |           |           |            |
| US**                          |           |           |            |
|                               |           |           |            |
| \$/Barrel                     |           |           |            |
+-------------------------------+-----------+-----------+------------+
| **NATURAL GAS**               | 7.10      | 7.07      | 5.46       |
|                               |           |           |            |
| **Henry Hub**                 |           |           |            |
|                               |           |           |            |
| \$/Million Btu                |           |           |            |
+-------------------------------+-----------+-----------+------------+

> Source: Reuters

**This Week in Petroleum** from the Energy Information Administration
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**Natural Gas Weekly Update** from EIA

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