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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

**Office of Energy Assurance**

**ENERGY ASSURANCE DAILY**

###### February 2, 2005

######## Electricity

**Exelon PA. Peach Bottom 2 Nuke Cut to 15 Percent Power**

Chicago-based energy company Exelon Corp.\'s 1,110-megawatt unit 2 at
the Peach Bottom nuclear station in Pennsylvania dipped to 15 percent of
capacity by early Wednesday, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission said
in its power reactor status report. On Tuesday, the unit was operating
at full power.\
Reuters, 0714 February 2, 2005

## FPL Florida Turkey Point 3 Nuke Back at Full Power

Florida-based energy company FPL Group Inc.\'s 693-megawatt unit 3 at
the Turkey Point nuclear station in Florida ramped up to full power by
early Wednesday, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission said in its
power reactor status report. On Tuesday, the unit was operating at 60
percent of capacity. FPL reduced the unit over the weekend of Jan. 30-31
for a scheduled turbine valve test.

Reuters, 0719 February 2, 2005

## FirstEnergy Ohio Perry Nuke Up to 70 Percent Power

Ohio-based FirstEnergy Corp.\'s 1,320-megawatt Perry nuclear station in
Ohio ramped up to 70 percent of capacity by early Wednesday, the U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission said in its power reactor status report.
On Tuesday, the unit was operating at 29 percent of capacity as it
exited an outage. The company shut the unit on Jan. 6 after two
recirculation pumps unexpectedly shifted speed and one of the pumps shut
down. The shutdown was similar to an event on Dec. 23.

Reuters, 0722 February 2, 2005

**Wolf Creek Nuke Exiting Outage \-- Up To 1 Percent of Capacity**

Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation's 1170 MW nuclear generating
station in Kansas began to exit an outage and had ramped up to 1 percent
of capacity by early Wednesday. The unit shut on Jan. 24 due to a water
leak in the main electrical generator.

Reuters, 1402 February 2, 2005

**Sempra's 324 MW Gas-fired unit in Elk Hills, California Shut Down
February 2.**

Reuters, 1339 February 2, 2005

**OPG's 285 MW Coal-fired Lakeview Unit 1 Shut Down February 1**

Reuters, 1402 February 2, 2005

**Petroleum**

**Motiva Enterprises and Norfolk Southern Open Largest Rail-Served
Ethanol Terminal in New York Harbor**

Motiva Enterprises LLC and Norfolk Southern Corporation announced on
Wednesday the opening of a new high-capacity ethanol terminal located at
Motiva\'s petroleum distribution terminal in Sewaren, New Jersey. It is
the largest rail-served ethanol terminal in the New York Harbor area.
The terminal is strategically located to serve the New York and
Connecticut ethanol markets. The expansion more than doubled the
terminal\'s capacity from 1 million gallons per day to more than 2
million.

Reuters 1533, February 2, 2005

**Plains All American Pipeline Proceeds With Phase V Expansion at
Cushing**

Plains All American Pipeline, L.P. announced today that it is proceeding
with the Phase V expansion of its Cushing Terminal Facility. Under the
Phase V expansion, Plains All American will construct approximately 1.1
million barrels of additional tankage at its crude oil storage and
terminal facility located in Cushing, Oklahoma. The Phase V project will
expand the total capacity of the facility to approximately 7.4 million
barrels. It is estimated that the new tankage will become operational
during the fourth quarter of 2005.

Reuters 809, February 2, 2005

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# Natural Gas

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**Other**

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**Energy Prices**

+-------------------------------+-----------+-----------+------------+
|                               | **Latest  | **Week    | **Year     |
|                               | (02       | Ago**     | Ago**      |
|                               | /02/05)** |           |            |
+-------------------------------+-----------+-----------+------------+
| **CRUDE OIL**                 | 46.65     | 48.55     | 34.02      |
|                               |           |           |            |
| **West Texas Intermediate     |           |           |            |
| US**                          |           |           |            |
|                               |           |           |            |
| \$/Barrel                     |           |           |            |
+-------------------------------+-----------+-----------+------------+
| **NATURAL GAS**               | 6.38      | 6.44      | 5.51       |
|                               |           |           |            |
| **Henry Hub**                 |           |           |            |
|                               |           |           |            |
| \$/Million Btu                |           |           |            |
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