Hurricane Gustav Situation Report \# 13

**September 9, 2008 (12:00 PM EDT)**

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######### Summary

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> Total state customers are based on 2006 EIA Customer Data. Data
> obtained from State agencies and company websites.
>
> Note: due to a large number of service providers, including investor
> owned utilities and cooperatives, the number of customer outages
> reported may not be comprehensive.
>
> **Source:**
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> Crude Oil and Natural Gas Production Data from Minerals Management
> Service.
>
> Refinery Status confirmed by company or on company web site and
> through various trade press sources.

######### \* % capacity out represents percent of production capacity in the Gulf of Mexico.

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######### Highlights:

-   In the States of Louisiana and Mississippi, as of approximately 8:00
    AM EDT September 9, there are 191,473 customers reported without
    power, including 191,158 in Louisiana, and 315 in Mississippi. This
    represents a decrease of 75,874 customers without power from
    Situation Report #12 when 267,347 customer outages were reported.
    Since that report, power has been restored to 75,469 customers in
    Louisiana and 405 customers in Mississippi. See Restoration Updates
    below.

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-   As of 5:00 AM EDT, September 8, Entergy's Waterford 3 and River Bend
    nuclear power plants remain shut down. Entergy reports that repairs
    of the extensive wind damage to River Bend's turbine building siding
    are being expedited through special arrangements with the
    manufacturer. Bringing the two nuclear plants online will be closely
    coordinated with utility company personnel to maintain the
    reliability of the power grid.

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-   As of 10:00 AM September 9, the U.S. Coast Guard reports that in the
    New Orleans area, there is a safety zone in from the locks of the
    Inner Harbor Navigation Canal to mile marker 11 East of Harvey
    Locks. The Lower Mississippi River is open with regular draft
    restrictions to mile marker 303. A safety zone has been established
    restricting vessels with drafts greater than 30 feet above Mile
    Marker 175 to mile marker 301 for daylight transit only. The Morgan
    City - Port Allen alternate route is open including through the
    Bayou-Sorrel Pontoon Bridge

######### ESF 12 Actions:

-   ESF-12 personnel began staffing the FEMA Region VI Regional Response
    Coordination Center (RRCC) today, September 9, in preparation for
    Hurricane Ike. ESF-12 is also staffing the FEMA Region VI Joint
    Field Office (JFO) in Baton Rouge, LA, the FEMA Region IV RRCC in
    Atlanta, GA, and the National Response Coordination Center (NRCC) in
    Washington, DC. The FEMA Region III RRCC in Philadelphia, PA has
    been demobilized.

**Situation Report Detail**

**Petroleum & Gas Information**

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**Source:** Minerals Management Service

-   As of 12:30 PM EDT, September 8, the Minerals Management Service
    (MMS) reports 4,748 million cubic feet per day of the Gulf's natural
    gas production remains shut-in, equivalent to 64.2 percent of the
    Gulf production. MMS reports 1,032,612 barrels/day of the Gulf's
    crude production remains shut-in, equivalent to 79.4 percent of the
    Gulf's crude production. A total of 200 production platforms, or
    27.9 percent of the Gulf's 717 manned platforms, have been
    evacuated. Personnel from 15 rigs, representing 12.4 percent of
    those operating in the region, have been removed.

-   Plantation and Colonial pipelines are both operating on reduced
    flows

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-   On the evening of September 8, 2008, DOE initiated the delivery of
    250,000 barrels of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to
    Marathon Petroleum Company's Midwest refineries along the Capline
    pipeline system. The oil was requested by Marathon because of
    disruptions in supply caused by Hurricane Gustav.

-   As of 10:00 AM EDT September 9, three refineries have restarted --
    Motiva Convent, Shell Saint Rose, and Alon Krotz Springs. Only one
    refinery remains shut down in the Gulf Coast due to Hurricane
    Gustav. (See table below).

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**Note:** The table does not include all refineries in the PADD III,
Gulf Coast Region.

**Sources:** Confirmed by company or on company web site. Various trade
press sources.

-   As of 7:00 AM EDT September 9, there are three natural gas pipelines
    reporting no gas flow from offshore points and the pipelines' force
    majeure remains in effect for:

    -   Mississippi Canyon Pipeline (restart estimated Sep. 10),

    -   Venice Gathering System (restart TBD), and

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    -   Offshore points along Destin Pipeline Co.

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-   As of 10:00 AM EDT September 9, there four processing plants that
    are ready to operate (capable to restart) once power is restored
    and/or gas flow from upstream commences service. Currently, 21
    plants that have resumed operations either at reduced or normal
    levels (12 plants reporting reduced levels and 9 plants that are
    operating at normal levels). There are six plants that are shut down
    which includes one plant that remains shut down due to scheduled
    maintenance, the latter expects to restart by September 10. The
    number of shut downs is an increase over yesterday's report due to
    one plant experiencing restart problems. There is no timeline of
    when the other shut down facilities will return to service. See
    table below.

-   As of 10:00 PM EDT, September 8, Nautilus Pipeline Co. lifted the
    force majeure and will begin to flow gas at all points today
    (September 9).

-   As of 3:00 PM EDT, September 8, Trunkline Gas Pipeline was notified
    that the Calumet Processing Plant operated by Enterprise Products
    Operating, LLC and the Patterson II Plant operated by CDM Max LLC
    have commercial power restored and are ready to accept gas flow
    today (September 9).

-   As of 4:48 PM EDT September 8, Sea Robin Pipeline notified its
    customers that the Sea Robin natural gas processing plant operated
    by Hess Corporation commenced processing at reduced levels.

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^1^ The capacity in each column represents the design capacity of the
plants and does not represent the actual gas flow through these plants.

^2^ Those plants that are capable to restart after electricity is
restored or when upstream gas flow commences service.

**Sources:** Confirmed by company or on company web site. Various trade
press sources.

**Restoration Updates:**

-   As of 6:00 AM EDT September 9, Entergy has restored power to more
    than 808,000 customers in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Arkansas who
    lost power due to Hurricane Gustav. Power has been restored to all
    Entergy customers in Arkansas and Mississippi. See table below on
    restoration progress in Louisiana. Entergy reports that its
    restoration rate surpasses that accomplished following either
    Katrina or Rita. 

Restoration Progress in Louisiana as of September 9, 2008 7:00 AM EDT\*

  ------------------------ ----------- ------------- ----------- ------------
  **Utility Name**         **Peak      **Customers   **Current   **Percent
                           Outages**   Restored**    Outages**   Restored**

  Entergy Gulf States,     828,982     673,990       154,992     81%
  Entergy Louisiana, and                                         
  Entergy New Orleans                                            
  (combined)                                                     

  CLECO Power              246,092     245,567       525         99 %

  SWEPCO                   8,562       8,562         0           100%

  All Cooperatives         272,327     236,688       35,641      87%

  **Totals**               1,355,963   1,164,805     191,158     86%
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\*Peak totals based on LA State PSC reports with the exception of
Entergy. Entergy outages are based on Entergy's website

-   Entergy reports as of 6:30 AM EDT September 9, most of the remaining
    outages are in heavily damaged areas requiring more extensive
    repairs. The pace of restoration will likely be slower from this
    point forward as crews address these hard-hit areas.

-   Entergy reports as of 6:30 AM EDT September 9, remaining damage to
    the transmission system includes 47 lines and 28 substations, down
    from a peak of 241 transmission lines and 352 substations
    immediately following the storm. More than 8,200 poles, 12,500 spans
    of wire and 1,900 transformers have been confirmed as damaged or
    destroyed.

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-   Entergy currently has nearly 13,000 workers continuing restoration
    work in Louisiana.

-   Restoration estimates for all Entergy customers are shown in the
    table below.

Electric Power Restoration Estimates for Entergy Customers

+----------------+-----------------------------------------------------+
| **Estimated    | **Parishes**                                        |
| date for 100%  |                                                     |
| restoration**  |                                                     |
+----------------+-----------------------------------------------------+
| September 9    | > Jefferson (upper portion, including Metairie and  |
|                | > Kenner), Livingston, St. Helena, St. Tammany,     |
|                | > Tangipahoa, Washington                            |
+----------------+-----------------------------------------------------+
| September 10   | > Ascension (except Donaldsonville), St. James, St. |
|                | > John the Baptist                                  |
+----------------+-----------------------------------------------------+
| September 12   | > Pointe Coupee, West Baton Rouge, West Feliciana   |
+----------------+-----------------------------------------------------+
| September 15   | > Jefferson (lower portion only), Plaquemines, St.  |
|                | > Bernard, St. Charles                              |
+----------------+-----------------------------------------------------+
| September 16   | > East Feliciana                                    |
+----------------+-----------------------------------------------------+
| September 24   | > Ascension (Donaldsonville only), Assumption, East |
|                | > Baton Rouge, Iberville, St. Martin                |
+----------------+-----------------------------------------------------+
| October 1      | > Terrebonne, Lafourche                             |
+----------------+-----------------------------------------------------+