=20 =09 Utilities Biweekly Report =09 A news service for energy professionals =09 October 17, 2001 =09 To Remove, Substitute or Add an email address to our list, please send bri= ef message to msid@ieee.org=20 =20 =20 FERC Rejects Reasons for Suppliers Higher Prices In an order issued on October 5, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission = (FERC) rejected the cost justifications of several power suppliers that so= ld wholesale electricity above the proxy market-clearing price during July= 2001. The electricity had been sold into the California Independent Syste= m Operator (CA-ISO) and Western Systems Coordinating Council (WSCC). FERC = said that the justifications from Dynegy, Reliant Energy, Mirant, and Willi= ams Energy were "either untimely filed and/or unsupported" and has ordered= refunds on those transactions. The four suppliers submitted their cost ju= stifications in compliance with FERC's April 26 order that established pri= ce mitigation for sales into the CA-ISO's spot markets starting in late Ma= y. That order required power suppliers and generators who submitted bids a= bove the market-clearing price to file a justification for the higher pric= es within seven days of the end of the month in which the sale occurred. F= ERC did not disclose how much money would be refunded since the four compa= nies requested that the matter be treated confidentially. In a separate ca= se, FERC Administrative Law Judge Bruce Birchman has until March 8 to issu= e a report on whether California is entitled to refunds of nearly $9 billi= on for wholesale power purchases when prices skyrocketed in the past year.= The report's recommendations will be considered by FERC commissioners for= further action. =20 Nuclear plant had long list of failings Inexperience, sloppy work habits and poor maintenance increased the chance= s of dangerous accidents at the Bruce nuclear power station in Ontario, th= e world's largest atomic facility, says a secret report obtained by The Gl= obe and Mail. The report was compiled in 1998 by a group of highly trained= , independent nuclear experts from the World Association of Nuclear Operat= ors (WANO), an industry advisory group based in Atlanta. It was given to O= ntario Power Generation, the provincially owned utility, the following year= . Among its findings: Some operators were unaware of such important topics= as the time it would take for water in reactors to begin boiling away if = flows of cooling water were blocked. Nuclear-plant operators disconnected = warning alarms they found too noisy. Operators sometimes did not watch ins= trument control panels, but had their backs turned to them, which could sl= ow any response to a problem. "Should an inadvertent loss of primary heat = transport coolant occur, operator response could be delayed, resulting in = a loss of core cooling." More than 2,500 nuclear-plant modifications were = not incorporated into design manuals, leading to confusion about how the p= lant actually runs. There was a backlog in preventive and corrective maint= enance and some maintenance work was poorly done. WANO tried to block The = Globe's access to the report, which listed dozens of other sloppy practice= s at the Bruce facility, and a second related report that found troubling = safety lapses at the Pickering nuclear station. But the organization recen= tly abandoned a court challenge seeking to have the documents remain confi= dential. It is the first time WANO reports assessing the performance of nu= clear plants have been publicly released anywhere in the world. A Bruce st= ation official said its performance has improved dramatically since the cr= itical report was written. WANO now considers Bruce "one of the fastest im= proving nuclear plants in North America," said Duncan Hawthorne, chief exe= cutive officer at the site. One nuclear energy critic said concerns raised = in the report about possible loss of cooling -- an interruption in the flo=
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Hi Mum! So good to see you this weekend! It was great to meet Eric; what = a=20 sweet man. Fun too! I can see why you are so crazy about him! Craig real= ly=20 enjoyed meeting you also. Our trip home was somewhat hair-raising but we made it back safely. I can't believe I am still here at work! Took a break to make my list for= =20 you. It is somewhat random. Feel free to collaborate with K&J... Love, Sooz
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Transwestern's average deliveries to California were 959 MMBtu/d (88%), with San Juan lateral throughput at 827 MMBtu/d. Total East deliveries averaged 398 MMBtu/d. El Paso's average deliveries to California were 2122 MMBtu/d (72%): - PG&ETop, capacity of 1140 MMBtu/d, deliveries of 653 MMBtu/d (57%) - SoCalEhr, capacity 1250 MMBtu/d, deliveries of 979 MMBtu/d (78%) - SoCalTop, capacity 540 MMBtu/d, deliveries of 490 MMBtu/d (90%) Thursday's posted Gas Daily prices: SoCal gas, large pkgs 2.885 (+.31) PG&E, large pkgs 2.84 (+.295) TW San Juan n/a TW Permian 2.74 (+.44) Enron basis: n/a
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Jeff Candidly, this wouldn't have been my approach (posh location, closed format, odd group, seemingly self-serving agenda). I read the article below as unsympatheticand almost mocking in its tonetoward Enron. It's noteworthy theBeverly Hills meeting was not covered in the Los Angeles papers. Instead, this article comes fromthe front page of the Bay Area's San Francisco Chronicle (Democratic bastion and home to both of California's United States Senators, power broker Willie Brown, Attorney General Bill Lockyer and the state's public utility commission). Consistent with myconcern about a "coast-to-coast firestorm"engulfing Enron, the New York Times ran two articles today that were unsupportiveof the company. q Senator Calls for Hearings Into Energy Regulators' Moves By CHRISTOPHER MARQUIS Senator Dianne Feinstein called for hearings into possible improprieties between members of the F.E.R.C. and private energy interests. q Enron's Dispute With Utility in India Grows More Tangled By SARITHA RAI The dispute between the Enron Corporation and Indian federal and state government officials keeps getting messier. These follow the Times' tough piece on Ken Lay yesterday. Undoubtedly, the Washington Post will have to get into fray soon. My feeling is that just as with the "business" side, Enron's public policy strategy needs be well informed, sophisticated and comprehensive. I fear that anything less will fuel the potential of undesirable outcomes for Enron's reputation, leadership and shareholdervalue.
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Enron's secret bid to save deregulation - PRIVATE MEETING Chairman pitches his