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

**Office of Electricity and\
Energy Assurance**

**ENERGY ASSURANCE DAILY**

**May 2, 2005**

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**Update -- Sabine Ship Channel Reopens**

The Coast Guard Captain of the Port, Capt. Sharon Richey, opened the
Sabine Ship Channel to all ship traffic at 10 p.m. on Saturday April
30th. The Sabine Ship Channel was closed Thursday April 28th at
approximately 11:30 a.m. following the collision between the 784-foot
tanker Genmar Strength and the 101-foot crew boat Rene I.  As a result
of the collision, the Rene I capsized and sank with four crewmembers
aboard.  As of 10 a.m. April 30th there were 11 ships waiting to enter
the ship channel from the Gulf of Mexico and nine waiting to depart.

Press Release, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, United States Coast
Guard, April 30, 2005\
<http://www.d8publicaffairs.com/external/index.cfm?cid=425&fuseaction=EXTERNAL.docview&documentID=70323>

######### Electricity

**Dominion Integrates Into PJM\
**Dominion successfully integrated at 12:01 a.m. Sunday into PJM
Interconnection, the nation\'s largest regional transmission
organization. Dominion received approval to integrate into PJM from the
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Oct. 5, 2004, the Virginia State
Corporation Commission on Nov. 10, 2004, and the North Carolina
Utilities Commission on April 19.

<http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050501/nysu013.html?.v=8>\
<http://www.energycentral.com/centers/news/daily/article.cfm?aid=5636581>

**PPL's Susquehanna 1,140MW Unit 2 Restarts April 30\
**Operators restarted unit 2 at the Susquehanna nuclear power plant and
reconnected to the electrical transmission network Saturday after
repairing the cooling system on the unit\'s main transformer. A worn
motor for one of the transformer\'s cooling system fans caused the unit
to be shut down Thursday.\
<http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050430/nysa010.html?.v=11>

**Dominion's 1,030MW Millstone Unit 3 Nuke at 66 Percent**

The unit tripped on April 17th after a malfunctioning circuit falsely
indicated low steam pressure.

Reuters 1443, May 2, 2005

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**Progress Energy's 900MW Harris Nuke Back Online**

The unit shut on Sunday to repair a pump.

Reuters 1443, May 2, 2005

**Progress Energy's 811MW Brunswick 2 Nuke at 94 Percent, NC**

The unit was up to 94 percent from 67 percent early Monday. The unit was
reduced briefly on Friday to repair a pump.

Reuters 0740, May 2, 2005

######## Petroleum

**OPEC Reaches Record Output**

OPEC-10 production is now 29.7 mil b/d, up from 27.7 mil b/d, according
to president Sheikh Ahmed Fahed al-Sabah. According to Reuters this
level of production is a 25-year high.

<http://www.platts.com/Oil/News/3645375.xml?S=n>

<http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=568&ncid=568&e=14&u=/nm/20050502/bs_nm/energy_kuwait_opec_dc_2>

**Natural Gas**

**A Guide to LNG What All Citizen's Should Know**

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission released a new Guide for
citizens concerning LNG. The Guide provides facts in a question and
answer format. The Guide then explains the review process for new
facilities.

<http://www.ferc.gov/for-citizens/my-rights/citizen-guides/citz-guide-lng.pdf>

**Transwestern\'s San Juan Lateral Approved\
**from [***NGI\'s Daily Gas Price
Index***](http://intelligencepress.com/subscribers/daily/) May 02, 2005

After being approved by coalbed methane producers and the Navajo Nation,
Transwestern\'s 375,000 MMcf/d San Juan Lateral expansion will go into
service this weekend ahead of schedule.

NGI, daily Gas Price Index, May 2, 2005

<http://intelligencepress.com/>

Other News

Nothing to report.

######## Energy Prices 

+-------------------------------+-----------+-----------+------------+
|                               | **Latest  | **Week    | **Year     |
|                               | (05       | Ago**     | Ago**      |
|                               | /02/05)** |           |            |
+-------------------------------+-----------+-----------+------------+
| **CRUDE OIL**                 | 50.94     | 53.24     | 37.31      |
|                               |           |           |            |
| **West Texas Intermediate     |           |           |            |
| US**                          |           |           |            |
|                               |           |           |            |
| \$/Barrel                     |           |           |            |
+-------------------------------+-----------+-----------+------------+
| **NATURAL GAS**               | 6.50      | 7.27      | 5.81       |
|                               |           |           |            |
| **Henry Hub**                 |           |           |            |
|                               |           |           |            |
| \$/Million Btu                |           |           |            |
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> 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 1:00pm (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

**ENSEC threat awareness blog site** from Energy Assurance

[*http://ensec.blogspot.com*](http://ensec.blogspot.com/)