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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

**Office of Electricity, Delivery and\
Energy Reliability**

**ENERGY ASSURANCE DAILY**

**June 21, 2005**

#### Highlights / Major Developments

### Crude Oil Climbs above \$59 - New Record

Crude oil in New York surged to a record \$59.70, setting an all-time
record amid heavy trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange.\
Reuters 13:54, June 21, 2005

#### Electricity

**23,500 Cinergy Customers in Ohio without Electricity Tuesday
Afternoon**

Severe thunderstorms causing downed trees and wires left 23,500 Cinergy
customers in Greater Cincinnati, primarily in Hamilton and Clermont
Counties in Ohio and Northern Kentucky, without electricity this
afternoon.

<http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050614/NEWS01/506150310/-1/rss>

**Update - PSEG's 1,100 MW Hope Creek Nuke Plant in New Jersey at 100%**

Public Service Enterprise Group Inc.\'s Hope Creek nuclear power plant
in Salem County, N.J., is now operating at 100 percent after shutting
down June 7 to repair a leak on a check valve in the residual heat
removal system.

Bloomberg 07:34, June 21, 2005

**Update - TVA's 1,118 MW Browns Ferry 2 Nuclear Power Production At
85%**

Bloomberg 07:34, June 21, 2005

**GE's 621 MW Nine Mile Point 1 Nuclear-Power Production At 100%**

Bloomberg 07:34, June 21, 2005

**AES' 227 MW Gas-fired Huntington 4 Unit in California Shut June 20**

Reuters 13:58, June 21, 2005

**AES' 493 MW Gas-fired Redondo 7 Unit in California Shut June 21,
2005**

Reuters 13:58, June 21, 2005

**Mirant's 206 MW Gas-fired Potrero 3 Unit in California Shut June 21**

Reuters 13:58, June 21, 2005

**OPPD's 476 MW Fort Calhoun Nuke in Nebraska Reduced to 50% June 21**

By early Tuesday, Omaha Public Power District\'s Fort Calhoun nuclear
power station in Nebraska dipped to 50 percent of capacity to fix a leak
in the condenser.

Reuters 07:13, June 21, 2005

**Petroleum**

**Energy Secretary Bodman Says Record-High U.S. Crude Oil Prices \"Not
Helpful\"**

Reuters reports that Secretary Bodman told reporters that the high crude
oil prices may harm the nation\'s economy. Bodman told participants at
an energy efficiency conference "there was no 'silver bullet' to
immediately lower oil prices." Secretary Bodman suggested that the U.S.
Congress approve a broad energy package as soon as possible.

Reuters 11:53, June 21, 2005

**Chevron to Increase Refining Capacity**

The current capacity at Chevron Global Refining's Pascagoula Refinery\'s
Fluid Catalytic Cracking Unit will be increased by about 25 percent from
63,000 barrels per day, which will result an increase of 500,000 gallons
per day in the refinery's gasoline production. The project is expected
to be complete in late 2006.

<http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050621/sftu101.html?.v=16>

**Oil Storage Facility in Georgia Exploded Sunday Night**

An explosion in at least one of Joe Sikes Oil Service's storage tanks
exploded late Sunday, June 19. The fire was under control after 1½
hours. One person was killed. Police are investigating the cause of the
fire.\
<http://www.dhs.gov/interweb/assetlibrary/DHS_IAIP_Daily_2005-06-21.pdf>

# Slow Reconstruction in Iraq Affecting Oil Output

# Some reconstruction firms in Iraq, such as Contrack, a US-based design and construction company, are quitting their contracts because of prohibitive security costs. Insurgency activity has caused reconstruction to proceed slower than expected, which is hindering plans to boost oil output.

# [**http://www.energyintel.com/PublicationHomePage.asp?publication_id=1**](http://www.energyintel.com/PublicationHomePage.asp?publication_id=1)

**Royal Dutch/Shell's 67,000 bpd Cat Cracking Unit in Texas Shut for
Repairs**

A catalytic cracking unit at Royal Dutch/Shell's Deer Park, Texas,
refinery is being shut for 10 to 14 days for repairs following the
rupture of a heater steam coil on June 15.

Bloomberg 11:30, June 21, 2005

**Update - Total\'s Port Arthur Sulfur Unit 1 in Texas Restarts June
21**

Total USA started the sulfur recovery unit 1 at its Port Arthur refinery
in Texas today after equipment replacement and repair work.

Reuters 09:34, June 21, 2005

# 

**Natural Gas**

**Proposed 27-Mile Pipeline to Connect With Proposed LNG Terminal on
Texas Gulf Coast**

An application for Point Comfort Pipeline Company, LP, to construct a
27-mile pipeline was recently filed with FERC. The pipeline will connect
the proposed Calhoun LNG receiving terminal on the Texas Gulf Coast with
inter- and intrastate pipelines in South Texas.\
<http://intelligencepress.com/>

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######## Other News

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Nothing to report.

######## Energy Prices 

+-------------------------------+-----------+-----------+------------+
|                               | **Latest  | **Week    | **Year     |
|                               | (06       | Ago**     | Ago**      |
|                               | /21/05)** |           |            |
+-------------------------------+-----------+-----------+------------+
| **CRUDE OIL**                 | 58.65     | 54.95     | 37.69      |
|                               |           |           |            |
| **West Texas Intermediate     |           |           |            |
| US**                          |           |           |            |
|                               |           |           |            |
| \$/Barrel                     |           |           |            |
+-------------------------------+-----------+-----------+------------+
| ***NATURAL GAS***             | 7.82      | 7.08      | 6.42       |
|                               |           |           |            |
| **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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