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

**Office of Electricity and\
Energy Assurance**

**ENERGY ASSURANCE DAILY**

**April 19, 2005**

**Highlight / Major Development**

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### Dixie Pipeline Closes for 10-14 Days Due to Product Contamination

The pipeline system hauls propane and butane. The system will be closed
while the contamination is removed from the 1,300 mile system that
originates in Texas and goes up to North Carolina.

OPIS Price Watch Alert 1453 April 19, 2005

######### Electricity

**More Blackouts Likely Without More Investment\
**A study by PriceWaterhouseCoopers says that without massive investment
in the electric power generation and distribution infrastructure over
the next 25 years, there will be more frequent blackouts throughout the
world. The study says about \$12.7 trillion of investment is required,
with \$3.4 trillion needed in the United States.

Source: http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000085&sid=a6L1TI_U

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**TXU's 560 MW Coal-fired Monticello Unit 1 Shut Monday**

Unit 1 at TXU's Monticello power plant in Texas was shut down on Monday
to repair a boiler tube leak. The plant is expected to return to service
as early as Tuesday.

Reuters, 15:07 April 19, 2005

### Edison International\'s San Onofre 2 Nears Capacity 

The 1,070 MW unit 2 at Edison International\'s San Onofre nuclear
generating station was operating at 95 percent of capacity by
mid-morning as it exited an outage after repair work on an electronic
valve control was completed. The company expected that the unit would be
at full power within a couple of hours. The plant is located about 50
miles north of San Diego, California.

Bloomberg 13:14, April 19, 2005.

Reuters 7:20, April 19, 2005.

**Mirant's 337 MW Unit 6 at its Contra Costa Gas-fired Plant in
California Shut\
April 18**

Reuters, 15:07 April 19, 2005

**Mirant's 565 MW Unit 1 at its Contra Costa Gas-fired Plant in
California Shut\
April 18**

Reuters, 15:07 April 19, 2005

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**TXU's 553 MW Unit 4 at its Sandow Coal-fired Plant Shut Monday**

Reuters, 15:07 April 19, 2005

**AEP's 528 MW Unit 1 at its Welsh 1 Plant Seen Back Soon**

Reuters 07:44, April 19, 2005.

**SCE's 330 MW Big Creek Hydro Plant Shut April 19**

Reuters, 15:07 April 19, 2005

**CDWR's 237 MW Gas-fired Devil Canyon Plant Shut April 19**

Reuters, 15:07 April 19, 2005

**Calpine's 297 MW Gas-fired Los Medanos Plant in California Shut April
19**

Reuters, 15:07 April 19, 2005

**TXU's 565 MW Coal-fired Unit 1 at its Monticello Plant in Texas Shut
April 19**

Reuters, 15:07 April 19, 2005

**Reliant's 320 MW Gas-fired Unit 4 at its Etiwanda Plant in California
Shut\
April 18**

Reuters, 15:07 April 19, 2005

**Sempra's 618 MW Gas-fired Plant in Baja California, Mexico Shut April
18**

Reuters, 15:07 April 19, 2005

######## Petroleum

**See Highlights / Major developments above.**

**ExxonMobil Says Baytown Operating Normally**

Countering rumors that a light end fluid catalytic cracker at its
557,000 b/d Baytown refinery IN Texas would be shut down for several
days, Exxon Mobil issued a statement late Monday saying that the unit
was in service and that the refinery was operating normally.

Reuters 19:31, April 18, 2005

### N.Y. Crude Oil Gains on Refinery Outages and Gasoline Demand Concerns 

Crude oil surged by nearly \$2 a barrel, fueled by concern that summer
gasoline demand could stress refinery capacity and drain stocks.
According to traders, problems at a number of refineries coupled with
planned outages at others contributed to the upturn in price.

Bloomberg 15:15, April 19, 2005.

Reuters 19:31, April 18, 2005.

**FCC Unit at ConocoPhillips' Borger Refinery Still Down**

A 60,000 b/d FCC unit remains shut at ConocoPhillips' Borger refinery in
Texas.

Reuters 14:25, April 19, 2005.

**Cat Cracker and Alkylation Units Shut at Coffeeville.**

According to traders, both a catalytic cracking unit and an alkylation
unit were shut on April 17 at the 90,000 barrel per day Coffeyville
refinery. The units are expected to come back into service sometime on
April 19.

Reuters 14:25, April 19, 2005.

**ConocoPhillips Los Angles Refinery Operating Normally**

Traders report that a malfunctioning unit at the 139,000 b/d
ConocoPhillips Los Angeles refinery was operating normally on April 18.

Reuters 14:25, April 19, 2005.

**FCC Unit at Shell's Martinez Refinery Repaired**

Repairs to a fluid catalytic cracking unit at the 158,000 b/d Shell
refinery in Martinez, California have been completed and the refinery is
operating normally.

Reuters 14:25, April 19, 2005.

**Nigeria Moves to Increase Production Capacity**

Funsho Kupolokun, the managing director of state-owned Nigerian National
Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), told a conference in Abuja Monday that
NNPC plans to increase capacity to 4 million barrels per day by 2007,
and to 4.5 million b/d by 2010.

Source: International Oil Daily, April 19, 2005

<http://www.energyintel.com/PublicationHomePage.asp?publication_id=31>

**Natural Gas**

ExxonMobil's Vista Del Sol LNG and Pipeline Project near Corpus Christi,
TX Gets Environmental Approval from FERC

Source: Natural Gas Intelligence, April 18, 2005

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### Tidelands Granted Permits for Two Gas Pipelines Railroad Commission

Tidelands Oil & Gas Corporation announced on Tuesday that the Railroad
Commission of Texas has approved permits for the construction and
operation of the Progreso International Pipeline and the Mission
International Pipeline. As reported in Energy Assurance Daily yesterday,
Tidelands filed for the permits on Thursday, April 11. Both pipelines
will be capable of flowing in either direction shipping gas to Mexico or
bringing gas into the U.S. Before construction can begin, FERC must also
okay the projects.

Reuters 14:07, April 19, 2005.

Other News

####### Tampa Air Traffic Control Loses Power

A pair of blown \$5 fuses apparently caused the air traffic control
tower at the Tampa International Airport to lose the ability to talk to
aircraft for about 20 minutes Saturday. Several backup systems also
failed leading the controllers to direct planes mostly by hand-held
radios for more than four hours. The failed backup systems included a
generator that ran out of propane. The controllers were not alerted that
they were running on backup power because the alert light also
malfunctioned due to a cable that had been cut months earlier and had
never been repaired.\
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######## Energy Prices 

+-------------------------------+-----------+-----------+------------+
|                               | **Latest  | **Week    | **Year     |
|                               | (04       | Ago**     | Ago**      |
|                               | /19/05)** |           |            |
+-------------------------------+-----------+-----------+------------+
| **CRUDE OIL**                 | 52.33     | 51.54     | 37.46      |
|                               |           |           |            |
| **West Texas Intermediate     |           |           |            |
| US**                          |           |           |            |
|                               |           |           |            |
| \$/Barrel                     |           |           |            |
+-------------------------------+-----------+-----------+------------+
| **NATURAL GAS**               | 6.95      | 7.17      | 5.57       |
|                               |           |           |            |
| **Henry Hub**                 |           |           |            |
|                               |           |           |            |
| \$/Million Btu                |           |           |            |
+-------------------------------+-----------+-----------+------------+

> Source: Reuters

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