U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Office of Electricity, Delivery and
Energy Reliability

ENERGY ASSURANCE DAILY

July 28, 2005

Electricity

126,000 Customers Lost Power Last Night in Washington Metropolitan Area

Wednesday evening’s storm left about 65,000 Pepco customers, 40,000 BG&E customers, and 21,000 Dominion customers without electricity. As of this morning, more than 38,000 customers in Montgomery County and 6,000 in D.C. remained without power. Pepco expects all power to be restored by Friday night at 8 p.m.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/27/AR2005072700446.html?nav=rss_metro/dc

50,000 CL&P Customers Without Power in Connecticut July 27

About 50,000 Connecticut Light and Power Company customers lost power yesterday evening as violent thunderstorms crossed the area. Less than 700 customers remained without power early this morning.
http://www.nbc30.com/weather/4780817/detail.html?rss=har&psp=news

CL&P Set New Record in Connecticut July 27

Connecticut Light and Power Company set a new record for demand in Connecticut Wednesday, peaking at 7,150 megawatts, breaking the old record of 7,065 megawatts set last week.

http://www.nbc30.com/weather/4780817/detail.html?rss=har&psp=news

ISO New England Broke Record July 27

ISO New England reported a new record of 26,946 megawatts, breaking Tuesday's record of 26,749 megawatts.

http://www.nbc30.com/weather/4780817/detail.html?rss=har&psp=news

Atlantic City Electric Broke Peak Demand Record in New Jersey July 26 and 27

Atlantic City Electric reported peak demand for electricity for July 26 and 27 at more than 2,740 megawatts, breaking the previous record set last week on July 19 when 2,683 megawatts were needed to meet customer demand.
http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/news/newjersey/072805POWERUSE_J28.cfm

Vermont Yankee Nuclear Reactor Exiting Outage

The 510 MW Vermont Yankee nuclear generating station of Entergy Corp began to ramp up as it exited an outage. The unit automatically shut down on July 25 when an insulator in the switchyard failed. According to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the unit was operating at 2 percent of capacity by early July 28.

Bloomberg 11:38, July 28, 2005.

Ginna Nuclear Plant Shut July 27

The 470 MW Ginna nuclear generating station of Constellation Energy Group was taken off line on July 27 following the introduction of untreated water into the steam generator. According to the company, the unit will operate at 5 percent of capacity until the source of the problem is determined and repairs are completed.

Bloomberg 8:46, July 28, 2005.

Demand Records Shattered July 26 in the Middle Atlantic and Carolinas as Heat Wave Continues

All-time records were smashed in the Carolinas and Middle Atlantic as customers pushed demand to new record levels. New records were set in the service territories of Progress Energy, SCANA, Duke, Pepco and the PJM region.

http://www.energycentral.com/centers/news/daily/article.cfm?aid=5833637

http://www.energycentral.com/centers/news/daily/article.cfm?aid=5836269

http://www.energycentral.com/centers/news/daily/article.cfm?aid=5836737

http://www.energycentral.com/centers/news/daily/article.cfm?aid=5836889

AES’s 425 MW Gas-fired Unit 6 at its Alamitos California Facility Shut July 27

Reuters 14:33, July 28, 2005

InterGen’s 300 MW Gas-fired Unit II at its La Rosita Mexico Facility Shut July 27

Reuters 14:33, July 28, 2005

Reliant’s 541 Gas-fired Unit 1 at its Ormond Beach California Facility Shut July 27

Reuters 14:33, July 28, 2005

OPG’s 535 oil-fired Unit 4 at its Lennox Ontario Facility Shut July 28, 2005

Reuters 13:31, July 28, 2005

Petroleum

Fire at Murphy Refinery in Louisiana Not Affecting Production

A broken tube resulted in a small fire at the Murphy Oil Corp Mereaux refinery in Louisiana. The fire, which occurred in a hydrotreating unit at the 125,000 b/d facility, was quickly extinguished and according to the company, while the unit is down overall operations at the refinery should not be affected.

Bloomberg 15:48, July 28, 2005.

Reuters 13:2753, July 28, 2005.

Natural Gas

Small Pipeline to Be Built in Wyoming
Rendezvous Gas Services LLC, a gathering company owned by Questar Gas Management Co. and Mountain Gas Resources Inc., was given the green light by FERC on Wednesday to build a small natural gas pipeline from a processing facility in Wyoming to an interconnection with Kern River Gas Transmission.

Source: NGI's Daily Gas Price Index July 28, 2005.

http://intelligencepress.com/

Other News

House Passes Energy Bill

Following the successful negotiations to reconcile the differences between the Senate and House versions of the energy bill, by a vote of 275 to 156, the House approved the measure. The Senate is expected to approve the bill before the Congress recesses on July 29.

Reuters 14:55, July 28, 2005.

Energy Prices

Latest (07/28/05) / Week Ago / Year Ago
CRUDE OIL
West Texas Intermediate US
$/Barrel / 59.91 / 57.31 / 42.81
NATURAL GAS
Henry Hub
$/Million Btu / 7.69 / 7.64 / 5.77

Source: Reuters

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

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

Updated after 1:00pm (Eastern time) on Wednesdays

Natural Gas Weekly Update from EIA

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

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