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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Office of Electricity, Delivery and
Energy Reliability

ENERGY ASSURANCE DAILY
June 9, 2005


Electricity



Update -- Storms Caused Over 200,000 Outages in Minnesota
The Wednesday storms knocked power out to more than 200,000 Xcel Energy customers in the Minneapolis metro area, and more than 63,500 customers were still without power Wednesday afternoon. http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-storms,0,3944058.story?coll=sns-ap-nationworld-headlines
Storms Knock Out Power to About 92,000 in St. Louis and Kansas City Areas

More than 20,000 AmerenUE customers in Missouri lost power Wednesday evening. Hardest hit was the northern part of St. Louis and north St. Louis County. Kansas City Power & Light reported about 54,000 customers lost power, with about 22,000 still out of power this morning. About 18,000 Aquila Inc. customers also lost power.


http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/stlouiscitycounty/story/D6A59E9DCC751FE48625701B00167AAD?OpenDocument http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ibsys/20050609/lo_kmbc/2763767
http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/business/11854252.htm
20,000 PG&E Customers Lose Power in Sacramento Valley, California
A pair of unrelated outages blacked out nearly 20,000 electricity customers Wednesday in a band from as far south as Dunnigan to Elk Creek on the west and Willows on the north.

http://www.chicoer.com/Stories/0,1413,135~25088~2911973,00.html
More Storms Hit Michigan, About 10,000 Detroit Edison Customers Lose Power
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ibsys/20050609/lo_wdiv/2764460
SCPPA Preparing for Start up on New 310 MW Power Plant

Southern California Public Power Authority (SCPPA) (Pasadena, California) has completed construction and is preparing commercial startup for the $234 million, 310 megawatt Magnolia Power Project. http://powermarketers.netcontentinc.net/newsreader.asp?ppa=8knpp%5EZmrsoiqwYSlj%7DGL%7Dbfek%5C%21



FERC's Wood Says Cyber Attack on Power Grid Is a 'Real Concern' http://intelligencepress.com/

Update - Exelon’s 1,162 MW Byron 2 Nuclear Unit In Illinois Up to 100%


Bloomberg 07:40, June 9, 2005

Duke Power’s 1,129 MW Catawba 1 Nuke Unit At 100%

The unit shut on May 23 to fix a problem with the condenser.

Bloomberg 07:40, June 9, 2005
Southern Co.'s Vogtle 2 Reactor in Georgia Resumes Operation

Bloomberg 10:24, June 9, 2005



Calpine’s 281 MW Gas-fired Delta Unit in California Shut June 9


Reuters 14:20, June 9, 2005


Petroleum



Tropical Storm Arlene Approaches Gulf - Chevron Evacuates 600 Workers

As the first named storm of the 2005 Atlantic Ocean hurricane season, Arlene developed today in the northwest Caribbean Sea and is expected to move into the Gulf of Mexico.

Bloomberg 13:56, June 9, 2005
Update -- OPEC President Sees Group Keeping Output Over 30-mil b/d

OPEC is set to maintain actual oil production at more than 30-mil b/d after a meeting next week in a bid to stabilize prices and may need to raise output in the third quarter to meet rising demand later this year, the group's president said Thursday.



http://www.platts.com/Oil/News/4999780.xml?S=n

Problems Force Iraq to Cut Contract Volumes
The State Oil Marketing Organization (Somo) allocated reduced volumes of Basrah Light crude to most US and European term customers for the second half of the year, while keeping most Asian volumes intact.
Oil Daily, June 9, 2005 http://www.energyintel.com/PublicationHomePage.asp?publication_id=5

UPDATE – Third Day Iraq’s Shipping Operations Halted By Rough Seas

Reuters 02:13, June 9, 2005



Natural Gas
Nothing to report.
Other News
New Western Kentucky Mines to Boost Region's High-sulfur Production

New underground coal mines being developed in western Kentucky could boost the high-sulfur coal region's annual production by 3 mil-5 mil t/yr.



http://www.platts.com/Coal/News/5189838.xml?S=n


Energy Prices





Latest (06/09/05)

Week Ago

Year Ago


CRUDE OIL

West Texas Intermediate US

$/Barrel

54.15

53.46

37.60


NATURAL GAS

Henry Hub

$/Million Btu


7.22


6.63



6.04


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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