NEW YORK, June 9 (Reuters) – Electricity prices in spite of
delivery on Thursday across much of the eastern United States
and Canada climbed, with PJM up on forecasts for warmer weather
expected to boost cooling require.
In Texas however, ERCOT prices held steady as weaker
natural aeriform fluid prices offset stronger demand forecasts.
* In Virginia, Dominion’s Surry 1 reactor imprison for short
work.
* In Vermont, Entergy fixed a valve at the Vermont Yankee
reactor and be inclined keep the unit at full power.
* In Ontario, OPG’s Nanticoke 5 coal unit returned to
service, while Unit 7 shut for short work.
* In Georgia, Southern reduced the Hatch 1 reactor to 28
percent to fasten a condenser vacuum problem.
REGION TODAY DAY AGO 2-DAYS AGO WK AGO YR AGO
Cinergy $40-45 $38-46 $32-40 $44 $30
Ercot-Houston $41-46 $40-45 $42-48 $45 $36
Ercot-North $40-45 $39-45 $42-47 $44 $35
Nepool Mass $44-48 $44-49 $45-49 $57 $36
PJM West $44-50 $38-43 $37-47 $65 $40
REGION LAST JUN 5-YR JUN AVG
Cinergy $35 $62
Ercot-Houston $62 $74
Ercot-North $42 $70
Nepool Mass $38 $77
PJM West $41 $77
TUE WED THU FRI MON
LOAD (MW)
PJM 86,226 87,374 98,963 101,008 113,062
MISO 73,850 78,510 80,670 85,730 90,360
ERCOT 52,000 49,900 51,800 54,100 55,200
NEW ENGLAND 16,690 16,480 16,050 16,510 19,250
OUTAGES (MW)
PJM 18,400 18,031 — — —
MISO 19,450 17,410 14,910 12,470 9,290
NEW ENGLAND 3,058 2,825 3,590 3,766 3,716
TELVENT DTN TEMPS (F)
NEW YORK 76/61 66/60 75/59 78/57 81/71
Versus Norm -1 -7 -4 -3 +4
CHICAGO 67/55 85/65 79/60 87/62 75/59
Versus Norm -5 +8 +3 +8 -1
HOUSTON 89/76 89/79 90/77 92/78 96/75
Versus Norm +2 +3 +3 +4 +4
SPOT NATURAL GAS PRICES
PIPELINE TODAY 1-DAY AGO 2-DAY AGO
Columbia Gas TCO (mmBtu) $4.87 $5.02 $4.82
Heat Rate in PJM West 9,600 7,900 8,500
Houston Ship Channel $4.70 $4.89 $4.62
Heat Rate in ERCOT-Houston 9,100 8,500 9,800
The average heat rate for gas plants in the United States
is end for end 8,600 Btu/kilowatt-hour while the most efficient,
least lavish to operate combined-cycle units have heat rates
below 7,000.
Natural gas is the primary fuel for more than 40 percent of
the endowment plants in New York, about 40 percent of the units in
New England, 20 percent of the units in the Midwest ISO and
not so much than 15 percent in PJM.
Gas is the primary fuel concerning more than 70 percent of the
generation in Texas, 70 percent of the volume in Entergy, 49
percent in Florida and just 28 percent in the rest of the
Southeast.
Projected furnish inhabitants to movements over the next few days:
CURRENT OUTAGES:
UNIT OPERATOR MW FUEL SITE SHUT RESTART
NPCC
Gentilly 2 Hydro-Qubc 675 Nuke QC Apr 9 Jun 9
————————————————————
MIDWEST ISO, SERC Gateway and MRO
Callaway Ameren 1,190 Nuke MO Apr 17 Jun 12
————————————————————
SERC Southern, SERC TVA, SERC Entergy and Florida
St Lucie 1 FPL 839 Nuke FL Apr 4 Jun 12
Robinson 2 Progress 710 Nuke SC Mar 28 Jun 12
————————————————————
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FUTURE OUTAGES:
UNIT OPERATOR MW FUEL SITE SHUT RESTART
NPCC
Ontario nuke — 600+ Nuke ON Jun 11 Unknown
Ont oil/gas — 500 Oil/Gas ON Jun 12 Jun 26
For complete force plant outage data see for all
outages or for nuclear found outages.
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