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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

**Office of Energy Assurance**

**ENERGY ASSURANCE DAILY**

**January 27, 2005**

# Electricity 

# Constellation's 380 MW Gas-fired High Desert Unit Shut Jan 27

# Reuters, 1411 January 27, 2005

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# California Declares Short-lived Power Emergency

The California Independent System Operator declared a short-lived power
transmission emergency early Thursday due to an unplanned outage on a
major transmission line, spokesman Gregg Fishman said. Fishman said an
unexpected outage occurred on the DC Pacific Intertie, a key link
between southern California and the Pacific Northwest, around 2:53 a.m.
PST (0853 GMT). Power was traveling north at the time and so the outage
left California with too much electricity. \"When we lost the transfer
capacity, we were in an over-generation situation in southern
California. We declared an emergency so we could immediately require
units to reduce output,\" Fishman said.

Reuters, 1332 January 27, 2005

**Group Seeks to Stop Kan. Wind Farm Project**\
A coalition of ranchers, conservationists and wildlife enthusiasts sued
Wednesday to halt development of a large wind farm in one of North
America\'s few remaining stands of native tallgrass prairie. The
proposed wind farm would be the state\'s biggest producer of wind
energy. The \$190 million project would bring 100 wind turbines \-- each
nearly 400 feet tall \-- to an 8,000-acre plot three miles south of
Beaumont, 45 miles east of Wichita. It is expected to produce 150
megawatts of power.
<http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/050126/wind_farm_lawsuit_2.html>\
\
**Update \-- Detroit Edison Determines Cause of Non-Radioactive Cooling
Water Leak** Detroit Edison officials, operators of the Fermi 2 Power
Plant in Newport, Mich., have determined the cause of a cooling water
leak that prompted the shutdown of the plant Monday afternoon. A gasket
on one of 14 air cooling units in the plant\'s containment structure was
the cause of the leak of non-radioactive cooling water. Inspection crews
discovered the damaged gasket on the inlet to the cooler Tuesday
afternoon.\
<http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050126/dew031_1.html>
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**Federal Regulators Aim to Tighten Nuclear Cyber Security\
**Federal regulators are proposing to add computer security standards to
their criteria for installing new computerized safety systems in nuclear
power plants.\
http://www.securityfocus.com/news/10353

**Eight States Want Stiffer Safeguards to Thwart Nuclear Plant Attacks\
**The attorneys general from eight states are urging federal regulators
to bolster security at the nation\'s nuclear power plants, including
protections against the type of attack that destroyed the World Trade
Center on September 11. In recent letters to the Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC), the attorneys general say current defenses are
outdated and may not stand up against heavily armed terrorists attacking
by air, land or water in significant numbers.\
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/state/la−me−nukes26jan26,1

,1860470.story?coll=la−news−state

**Petroleum\
\
Update \-- Oil Spill Fouls Kentucky River\
**Workers set up booms to contain an estimated 63,000 gallons of crude
oil that seeped into the Kentucky River from a ruptured pipeline,
forming a huge slick approaching the Ohio River. It was not immediately
clear what caused the rupture 12:30 a.m. Wednesday. The pipeline carries
about 180,000 barrels of crude daily from the Gulf Coast to refineries
in northwest Ohio.
<http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-oil-spill,0,1883725.story?coll=sns-ap-nationworld-headlines>

**Natural Gas**

Nothing to report.

**Other News**

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**Energy Prices**

+-------------------------------+-----------+-----------+------------+
|                               | **Latest  | **Week    | **Year     |
|                               | (1        | Ago**     | Ago**      |
|                               | /27/05)** |           |            |
+-------------------------------+-----------+-----------+------------+
| **CRUDE OIL**                 | 48.80     | 46.68     | 33.99      |
|                               |           |           |            |
| **West Texas Intermediate     |           |           |            |
| US**                          |           |           |            |
|                               |           |           |            |
| \$/Barrel                     |           |           |            |
+-------------------------------+-----------+-----------+------------+
| **NATURAL GAS**               | 6.50      | 6.21      | 5.87       |
|                               |           |           |            |
| **Henry Hub**                 |           |           |            |
|                               |           |           |            |
| \$/Million Btu                |           |           |            |
+-------------------------------+-----------+-----------+------------+

> Source: Reuters (Latest and Year Ago)
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> Source:
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