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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

**Office of Energy Assurance**

**ENERGY ASSURANCE DAILY**

**November 16, 2004**

**Electricity**

**1,020 MW Hydro Plant in CA Curtails Power**

California Edison's 1,020 MW Big Creek hydro project cut back its power
output by 530 MW of Tuesday.

Reuters, 1404, November 16, 2004

**Kentucky Utility to Build \$1.2 Billion Coal Plant**

LG&E Energy LLC, a unit of E.ON AG of Germany, will build a \$1.2
billion, 750- megawatt power plant in Kentucky\'s Trimble County
beginning in 2006, state and company officials said on Tuesday. Reuters,
1545, November 16, 2004

**Regulators Approve Utah Power\'s Plan to Build Plant\
**The Utah Public Service Commission has given Utah Power permission to
proceed with construction of its proposed \$330 million Lake Side Power
Plant. Located on property formerly owned by Geneva Steel, the power
plant will be a 534-megawatt natural-gas fired facility that is expected
to enter service in the summer of 2007.\
St. Louis Post-Dispatch, November 14, 2004

**Calif. Power Bottleneck to be Relieved Soon-PG&E**\
A notorious power transmission bottleneck in central California, which
was blamed for causing blackouts during the state\'s 2000-01 energy
crisis, is set to relieved soon with upgrade work ahead of schedule, a
Pacific Gas and Electric spokesman said on Monday. By the middle of
December this line will be up and running. Path 15, the key transmission
link between northern and southern California, will be able to carry an
additional 1,500 megawatts following the upgrade, enough electricity for
roughly 1.5 million households. It can currently carry about 3,900 MW.

Reuters, 1845, November 15, 2004

**OPG\'s (Ontario, Canada) Nanticoke 7 Coal-fired Unit Shuts for Week**

Reuters, 1339, November 16, 2004

**35,000 Still Without Power in Nova Scotia, Canada by Noon Tuesday**

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20041116.wstor1116/BNStory/National

**Petroleum**

**Valero McKee Texas Refinery Had Power Snag Monday**

A partial power failure on Monday at Valero Energy Corp.\'s McKee
refinery in Sunray, Texas, forced some units to shut, according to
company filings with Texas regulators.

The refinery is rated at 160,000 barrels per day.

Reuters, 0936, November 16, 2004

**Western Refining Plans \$151 Mln El Paso Project**

Privately held Western Refining Company LP plans a \$151 million
construction project at its 107,000 barrel per day (bpd) refinery in El
Paso, Texas, that will include conversion to ultra low-sulfur diesel
production, a company official said.

Reuters, 1405, November 16, 2004

**Iraq North Oil Exports Cut to Max 200,000 bpd**

Flows through Iraq\'s northern oil export pipeline have fallen to
200,000 barrels per day after a series of sabotage attacks and could
remain below capacity for over a month, an oil official said on Tuesday.
Iraq was pumping around 500,000 bpd through the northern pipeline to
Turkey earlier this month.\
Reuters, 0650, November 16, 2004

**Natural Gas**

Nothing to report.

**Other News\
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**What is LIHEAP?\
**LIHEAP stands for Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program. LIHEAP is
a Federally-funded program that helps low-income households with their
home energy bills. LIHEAP can help you stay warm in the winter and cool
in the summer. By doing so, you can reduce the risk of health and safety
problems (such as illness, fire, or eviction). The federal government
does not provide energy assistance directly to the public. Instead,
LIHEAP operates in the 50 States, the District of Columbia, Indian
tribes or tribal organizations, and the U.S. territories. For more
information click on the link below.
<http://www.acf.dhhs.gov/programs/liheap/brochure.pdf>

**AGA Presses Congress for \$600 Mln More in LIHEAP Benefits**\
The American Gas Association (AGA) called on Congress Friday to increase
funding for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) to
avoid a crisis situation this winter heating season.\
Natural Gas Intelligence, November 15, 2004

**Energy Prices**

+-------------------------------+-----------+-----------+------------+
|                               | **Latest  | **Week    | **Year     |
|                               | (11       | Ago**     | Ago**      |
|                               | /16/04)** |           |            |
+-------------------------------+-----------+-----------+------------+
| **CRUDE OIL**                 | 46.10     | 47.40     | 32.31      |
|                               |           |           |            |
| **West Texas Intermediate     |           |           |            |
| US**                          |           |           |            |
|                               |           |           |            |
| \$/Barrel                     |           |           |            |
+-------------------------------+-----------+-----------+------------+
| **NATURAL GAS**               | 6.57      | 5.79      | 4.62       |
|                               |           |           |            |
| **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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