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

**Office of Electricity and\
Energy Assurance**

**ENERGY ASSURANCE DAILY**

**April 11, 2005**

**Electricity**

**Snow Storm Knocks Out Power to 11,000 in Front Range Region of
Colorado**

<http://www.cnn.com/2005/WEATHER/04/10/colorado.blizzard.ap/index.html>

**PPL's 1,140MW Susquehanna Unit 2 Shut for Repairs, PA**

The Unit was shut April 10 to repair a battery charger.

<http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050410/nysu025.html?.v=5>

**PSEG's 1,049MW Hope Creek Nuke in NJ Exits Outage, at 83 Percent.**

The unit was shut on March 27^th^ to repair a leak in the reactor
coolant system.

Reuters 1438, April 11, 2005

**TVA's 1,125MW Sequoyah 1 Nuke Shut, TN**

The unit automatically shut April 9 due to a leaking turbine valve.
There is no estimated return date.

Bloomberg News 1037, April 11, 2005

**Progress Energy's 811MW Brunswick 2 Nuke Shut, NC**

The unit was shut April 9 due to a pump problem. The company did not
have an estimated return date.

Reuters 1438, April 11, 2005

**820MW Coal-Fired Intermountain Unit 1 Back in Service**

The unit was shut last week to repair a tube leak.

Reuters 1430, April 11, 2005

**Petroleum**

**Texas Refinery Could Reopen Soon**

A refinery in Longview, Texas that has been shut down since 1993 could
be reopened by Gregg County Refining. The plant includes 14,000 bpd
crude tower, 5,000 bpd vacuum tower, 4,000 bpd naphtha reformer, 2,600
bpd isomerization unit, and a 2,200 bpd LPG fractionator. The plant was
closed for financial reasons.

OPIS Price Watch Alert, 1328, April 7, 2005

**Corpus Christi Refinery Down for Planned, Unplanned Reasons**

Citgo's 165,000 bpd Corpus Christi, Texas refinery has planned
maintenance ahead, but some sources say the plant is experiencing
unplanned downtime for repairs stemming from a power failure last week.

OPIS Price Watch Alert, 1132, April 8, 2005

**Alon Plans Refinery Repair this Week, TX**

Alon USA is planning to shut down their 62,000 bpd refinery in Big
Spring, TX to repair leaks in the naphtha hydrotreater unit. The unit is
expected to restart April 13.

Reuters 1446, April 11, 2005

**OPEC Increase Still Expected Despite Lower Prices**

The expected 500,000 bpd output increase by OPEC will most likely occur
despite a recent drop in oil prices.

Platt's, <http://www.platts.com/Oil/headlines.jsp>

**Panama Canal Traffic Experiencing Delays**

Large vessels are expected to be delayed approximately 24 to 28 hours
due to ongoing repairs at the Gatun Lock. Petroleum accounts for roughly
15 percent of volume through the canal.

Platt's, <http://www.platts.com/Oil/headlines.jsp>

**Update -- Venezuela's Amuay Refinery Not Yet Fully Restarted**

PDVSA had said the unit would be back to normal operating output, about
450,000 bpd, by last Friday.

Reuters 0920, April 11, 2005

**Natural Gas**

Nothing to Report.

**Other News**

Nothing to Report.

**Energy Prices**

+-------------------------------+-----------+-----------+------------+
|                               | **Latest  | **Week    | **Year     |
|                               | (04       | Ago**     | Ago**      |
|                               | /11/05)** |           |            |
+-------------------------------+-----------+-----------+------------+
| **CRUDE OIL**                 | 53.71     | 55.96     | 37.14      |
|                               |           |           |            |
| **West Texas Intermediate     |           |           |            |
| US**                          |           |           |            |
|                               |           |           |            |
| \$/Barrel                     |           |           |            |
+-------------------------------+-----------+-----------+------------+
| **NATURAL GAS**               | 7.17      | 7.44      | 5.84       |
|                               |           |           |            |
| **Henry Hub**                 |           |           |            |
|                               |           |           |            |
| \$/Million Btu                |           |           |            |
+-------------------------------+-----------+-----------+------------+

> 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/)