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

**Office of Electricity and\
Energy Assurance**

**ENERGY ASSURANCE DAILY**

**April 6, 2005**

**Electricity**

**\
18,000 AEP Customers Lose Power in VA\
**<http://www.galaxgazette.com/articles/2005/04/06/news/news05.txt>

**Utah Approves New 100 Megawatt Gas-fired Power Plant**

<http://pro.energycentral.com/professional/news/power/news_article.cfm?id=5579681>

**Fluor Corp. to Complete New 500 MW New Mexico Power Plant**

Plant construction had been stopped in 2002 when only half completed.

<http://www.energycentral.com/centers/news/daily/article.cfm?aid=5580557>

### New Con Ed Plant Starts Service in Manhattan

The new gas-fired units total 288 MW of capacity to the station.

Reuters, 0948 April 6, 2005

### AEP in Ohio Shuts 690 MW Olaunion Coal-fired Plant April 6, 2005

The plant was shut to repair a chain grate conveyor and would probably
start up tomorrow.

Reuters, 1357 April 6, 2005

### SCE's 280 MW Hydro-powered Big Creek Plant Shut April 6, 2005

Reuters, 1410 April 6, 2005

### NRG/Dynergy's 255 MW Gas-fired El Segundo 3 Unit Shut April 6, 2005

Reuters, 1410 April 6, 2005

**Four State Governors and CA ISO Support for Frontier Transmission
Line**

The Chairperson of the California Independent System Operator
(California ISO) Board of Governors Ken Wiseman, and President and CEO
Yakout Mansour issued the following statements today in response to the
proposal to permit, site and construct the Frontier high-voltage
transmission line in the West. "The Frontier Line will link the growing
demand for electricity in California, Nevada and Utah with new sources
of power generation in Wyoming," said ISO Board Chair Ken Wiseman. "I
applaud Governor Schwarzenegger and the other western governors for
their leadership and vision in bringing long-term solutions to
diversifying electricity resources, including renewable energy, to the
regional grid." The Governors of Wyoming, Utah, Nevada, and California
also expressed support in a statement issued on Monday.

<http://www.caiso.com/docs/2005/04/04/2005040414252619671.pdf>

<http://www.sunjournal.com/news/national/20050405075.php>

**OPG's 535 MW Oil-fired Lennox 1 Unit Shut April 6, 2005**

Reuters, 1343 April 6, 2005

**OPG's 535 MW Oil-fired Lennox 2 Unit Shut April 6, 2005**

Reuters, 1343 April 6, 2005

**Petroleum**

**Update \-- Houston Ship Channel Reopens to Barges**

The Houston Ship Channel was reopened to inland barge traffic Tuesday at
5:00pm CDT. The waterway between the Gulf of Mexico and the Port of
Houston remains closed to larger vessels, with 31 inbound and 27
outbound ships delayed. <http://www.platts.com/Oil/News/8259874.xml?S=n>

Reuters, 1414 April 6, 2005

### Update \-- Venezuela\'s Amuay Refinery to Reach 360,000 bpd Today

Reuters, 1516 April 6, 2005

**Nigerian Oil Workers\' May Call Off April 11 Strike**

Bloomberg News, 0457 April 6, 2005

**Natural Gas**

Nothing to report.

**Other News**

**Pirates Try to Board Oil Tanker in Singapore Strait**

Pirates on seven small boats attempted to board a Japanese oil tanker in
the Singapore Strait late Tuesday, but were foiled by evasive maneuvers
taken by the captain of the oio tanker.
<http://www.platts.com/Oil/News/3928373.xml?S=n>

**U.S. Nuclear Waste Vulnerable to Terrorist Attack**

Spent nuclear fuel stored at the 103 operating nuclear power plants in
the United States May be Vulnerable to terrorist attack, according to a
National Academies Board on Radioactive Waste Management committee
report released Wednesday. This report is an unclassified version of an
earlier study completed in July 2004.

[http://www.platts.com/Natural%20Gas/News/9910038.xml?S=n](http://www.platts.com/Natural Gas/News/9910038.xml?S=n)

Reuters, 1300 April 6, 2005

**AZ House OKs Bill Allowing Palo Verde Nuke Plant Guards to Use Force**

The bill would allow guards to use deadly force to stop suspected
terrorists. The overwhelming vote of support in the House (52-3) and in
the Senate (unanimous) means the bill will become law.

<http://www.platts.com/Nuclear/News/5914424.xml?S=n>

[http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/local/articles/0405
nuclear05.html](http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/local/articles/0405 nuclear05.html)

**EEI Wants FERC to Protect Location of Critical Power Infrastructure**

The Edison Electric Institute wants the US Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission to limit access to the location of critical energy
infrastructure information. Tuesday, EEI said that FERC should
reconsider its decision not to protect as critical energy infrastructure
information the location of

facilities.

[http://www.platts.com/Electric%20Power/News/2001312.xml?S=n](http://www.platts.com/Electric Power/News/2001312.xml?S=n)

**Energy Prices**

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|                               | **Latest  | **Week    | **Year     |
|                               | (04       | Ago**     | Ago**      |
|                               | /06/05)** |           |            |
+-------------------------------+-----------+-----------+------------+
| **CRUDE OIL**                 | 55.88     | 53.96     | 35.09      |
|                               |           |           |            |
| **West Texas Intermediate     |           |           |            |
| US**                          |           |           |            |
|                               |           |           |            |
| \$/Barrel                     |           |           |            |
+-------------------------------+-----------+-----------+------------+
| **NATURAL GAS**               | 7.46      | 7.18      | 5.70       |
|                               |           |           |            |
| **Henry Hub**                 |           |           |            |
|                               |           |           |            |
| \$/Million Btu                |           |           |            |
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> Source: Reuters

**This Week in Petroleum** from the Energy Information Administration
(EIA)

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Updated on Wednesdays

**Weekly Petroleum Status Report** from EIA**\
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**Natural Gas Weekly Update** from EIA

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

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