Message-ID: <32881305.1075860899773.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2002 22:08:17 -0800 (PST) From: enerfax1@aol.com To: enerfax@yahoogroups.com Subject: Enerfax Daily's free gas & power prices & info text Natural Gas Futures Rally Driven by Fund Buying Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ANSI_X3.4-1968 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-From: enerfax1 X-To: enerfax@yahoogroups.com X-cc: X-bcc: X-Folder: \Kim_Watson_Mar2002\Watson, Kimberly\E-mail Bin X-Origin: Watson-K X-FileName: kwatson (Non-Privileged).pst Enerfax Daily NORTH AMERICA'S FREE POWER AND GAS INFORMATION SOURCE Wednesday, February 20 2002 No. 937 Visit: http://www.enerfax.com to view our web version or for Oil Prices & News http://www.enerfaxgold.com PHYSICAL NATURAL GAS PRICES ?? Gulf/Eastern Region | Agua Dulce | 2.20 | | ANR SE | 2.26 | | Carthage TG | 2.26 | | Chicago Citygate | 2.32 | | Columbia Gulf Onshore | 2.28 | | Dominion South Point | 2.51 | | Henry Hub | 2.32 | | Houston Ship Channel | 2.32 | | Katy Hub | 2.28 | | NGPL LA Pool | 2.25 | | NGPL - Midcontinent | 2.20 | | NGPL STX | 2.23 | | NGPL TX/OK | 2.25 | | NNG Demarc. | 2.24 | | Niagara | 2.46 | | Sonat Tier 1 | 2.27 | | TCO IPP Pool | 2.39 | | Tetco ELa | 2.26 | | Tetco M-3 | 2.57 | | Tetco STX | 2.21 | | TGP Zone 0 | 2.23 | | TGP Zone 1 (500 Leg) | 2.27 | | TGT Zone SL | 2.29 | | New York Citygate | 2.58 | | Transco Station 65 | 2.30 | | Transco Zone 6 (NY) | 2.57 | | Trunk ELa | 2.24 | | Western Region | California Border | 2.30 | | El Paso Keystone | 2.17 | | El Paso San Juan-Blanco | 2.17 | | Waha Hub | 2.21 | | Canadian/Rockies Region | Nova/Aeco (C$/gig) | 3.03 | | Dawn Hub/Union | 2.39 | | Northwest Stanfield | 2.13 | | Wyoming Pool | 2.06 | | Opal | 2.06 | | PGT-Malin | 2.19 | | Sumas | 2.07 | Flow Date 2/20 ------------------------------------------------------------- OPEN SEASON SG Resources Mississippi, L.L.C., a wholly owned subsidiary of SGR Holdings, L.L.C., is conducting an open season for firm storage services at its new high-deliverability, salt cavern, natural gas storage facility, known as the Southern Pines Energy Center. 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Estimated volume yesterday was about 111,000 contracts, with 45,000 of those spreads. The market continues to carry a very high $0.92 forward difference between March and January 2003. Natural gas for next day delivery across the US and Canada was generally $0.05 ? $0.15 higher yesterday. Natural gas for next day delivery at the Henry hub gained $0.13 to $2.32 per MMBtu. ------------------------------------------------------------- Exploit the enterprise-wide transaction management power deployed by the big names in gas. NUCLEUS Software ZAINET Gasmaster The most comprehensive, totally-integrated natural gas information system available today. Ask about out limited-time offer competitive upgrade program. CAMINUS Your Competitive Edge in Energy. 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Late last year, El Paso said it would move $2 billion in debt held by affiliated partnerships onto its balance sheet and sell as much as $860 million in stock to reassure investors. ------------------------------------------------------------- ENERGY. @ENERGY(r), FEA's Complete Suite of Energy Products, BUILT FOR THE FUTURE. *Manage all your energy risks. *Build and Price deals. *Value physical assets (generation, storage, etc.) *Report and reduce your energy risks FEA FINANCIAL ENGINEERING ASSOCIATES Inc. www.fea.com/?cId=18 main phone number: 1 510-548-6200 email address: info@fea.com ------------------------------------------------------------- PHYSICAL POWER PRICES | | High | Low | Average | | | $/MWh | $/MWh | $/MWh | | Cinergy | 18.25 | 16.50 | 17.25 | | ECAR | 20.50 | 18.50 | 18.75 | | ERCOT | 16.25 | 14.00 | 15.85 | | Entergy | 19.50 | 19.00 | 19.10 | | TVA | 21.75 | 19.45 | 21.45 | | ComEd | 20.00 | 18.00 | 18.75 | | Nepool | 27.60 | 26.00 | 26.90 | | PJM West | 22.00 | 21.50 | 21.75 | | Main | 20.00 | 17.00 | 18.40 | | MAPP | 19.00 | 17.00 | 18.00 | | Palo Verde | 24.75 | 23.75 | 24.25 | | Mid C | 22.00 | 21.00 | 21.40 | | COB | 23.25 | 22.75 | 23.15 | | 4 Corners | 24.25 | 24.00 | 24.15 | | Mead | 25.75 | 24.25 | 24.95 | | NP 15 | 26.50 | 25.00 | 25.90 | | SP 15 | 26.50 | 25.25 | 26.00 | Power Delivered 2/20 ------------------------------------------------------------- AES to Sell $1.5 Billion of Assets AES, whose stock price plunged by 50% in just the last 2 sessions, has said it would sell assets to raise between $1-$1.5 billion, including some merchant and trading operations in New York, California and the UK. Shares of AES closed at $4.75, down $2.25, or over 32% yesterday. AES shares closed at $9.50 on Thursday. AES said that maintaining its cash flow cushion is the most significant priority at the moment. It also said it would reduce its exposure to Latin American markets. AES plans to sell Illinois utility Cilcorp; a minority stake in the Ipalco utility in Indiana; interests in Itabo, a coal-fired power plant in the Dominican Republic; and other unspecified AES plants. Fitch has downgraded AES debt and convertible securities because of tight liquidity, and put its debt on a negative outlook. S&P has put AES on credit watch with negative implications. There are questions about how much AES assets will fetch in a market already inundated with assets of other power producers attempting to shore up their balance sheets. Weak demand could also have an impact on sales. AES said it will cut capital spending by $490 million from a planned $1.2 billion, mostly from projects under construction. AES said it had $110 million cash on hand and another $155 million through a revolving loan credit, giving it a total liquidity of $265 million. AES, whose Venezuelan unit Electricidad de Caracas was expected to generate about 10% of the companys total cash flow this year, was hurt by the devaluation of the bolivar, which fell by more than 10% after Venezuela began allowing the currency to float last week. AES has also said that because of the recent drop in its stock price, margin calls in connection with personal loans have led 3 officers to sell shares. ------------------------------------------------------------- Todays Gas Bulletins * Gary Cardone Resigns as President of Dynegy Europe * Enron Expected to Appear in California Superior Court Today to Explain Why It Failed to Supply Documents Subpoenaed by State Attorney General * St Mary Land & Exploration 4th Quarter Earnings Fell 94% * Cabot Oil & Gas Chairman and CEO Ray Seegmiller to Retire May 2nd; To Be Replaced by Company's President, Dan Dinges * Anadarko Sells $650 Million in 5-Year Notes * Cascade Natural Gas Signs Its 200,000th Customer * Williams Companies Sued for Allegedly Not Disclosing Liabilities to Investors * Fitch Ratings' Oil & Gas Group to Host Teleconference Thursday to Discuss Rating Implications for Oil and Natural Gas Sector * Compressed Natural Gas Service for Houston and Gulf Coast Region Planned by Marlin Gas Transport -------------------------------------------------------------- R. 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Increased financial disclosure is the critical issue for the industry, not mark-to-market itself. Accrual accounting for energy trading contracts, which has been replaced by mark-to- market in most circumstances, provides more opportunities for fraud, manipulation and deception. -------------------------------------------------------------- POWER FUTURES ? | Month | COB | Change | PV | Change | | MAR | 20.00 | +0.00 | 22.50 | +0.00 | | APR | 20.25 | +0.00 | 24.00 | +0.00 | | MAY | 19.75 | +0.00 | 25.00 | +0.00 | | JUN | 21.00 | +0.00 | 28.50 | +0.00 | | JUL | 28.75 | +0.50 | 39.75 | +0.00 | | AUG | 37.50 | +0.00 | 45.25 | +0.00 | | SEP | 33.50 | +0.00 | 34.50 | +0.00 | | OCT | 29.50 | +0.00 | 29.50 | +0.00 | | NOV | 29.00 | +0.00 | 28.50 | +0.00 | | DEC | 30.50 | +0.00 | 29.00 | +0.00 | | JAN | 30.50 | +0.00 | 29.50 | +0.00 | | FEB | 29.00 | +0.00 | 29.00 | +0.00 | | Month | Entergy | Change | Cinergy | Change | | MAR | 20.00 | +0.00 | 21.10 | +0.00 | | APR | 20.00 | +0.00 | 21.60 | +0.00 | | MAY | 22.50 | +0.00 | 24.70 | +0.00 | | JUN | 27.50 | +0.00 | 30.00 | +0.00 | | JUL | 34.50 | +0.00 | 38.25 | +0.00 | | AUG | 34.50 | +0.00 | 38.25 | +0.00 | | SEP | 21.50 | +0.00 | 22.90 | +0.00 | | OCT | 21.85 | +0.00 | 22.90 | +0.00 | | NOV | 21.85 | +0.00 | 22.90 | +0.00 | | DEC | 21.85 | +0.00 | 22.90 | +0.00 | | JAN | 24.10 | +0.00 | 25.90 | +0.00 | | FEB | 24.10 | +0.00 | 25.90 | +0.00 | ------------------------------------------------------------ Power Futures | Month | PJM | Change | | MAR | 25.10 | +0.00 | | APR | 25.10 | +0.00 | | MAY | 28.25 | +0.00 | | JUN | 35.00 | +0.00 | | JUL | 46.15 | +0.00 | | AUG | 46.15 | +0.00 | | SEP | 27.15 | +0.00 | | OCT | 26.00 | +0.00 | | NOV | 26.00 | +0.00 | | DEC | 26.00 | +0.00 | | JAN | 30.25 | +0.00 | | FEB | 30.25 | +0.00 | ------------------------------------------------------------- Marketers Say Derivative Bill Goes to Far A bill that would provide greater regulatory oversight of derivatives, including those traded on electronic platforms, is an overreaction to Enron's collapse and could create more problems than it solves, according to the National Energy Marketers Association. The energy marketers say that the markets have already identified and punished companies that have problems similar to Enron. The bill is sponsored by Senator Dianne Feinstein of California. It would remove existing exemptions and put the Commodity Futures Trading Commission in charge of overseeing all energy derivative transactions conducted on multilateral markets and electronic trading platforms to ensure that such transactions are transparent. All bilateral transactions not regulated by the CFTC would fall under the FERC's jurisdiction. Also, the CFTC would ensure that entities running online trading forums maintain sufficient capital to carry out their operations and maintain open books and records for investigation and enforcement purposes. ------------------------------------------------------------- The LDC FORUM SERIES ? Boston & Atlanta The LDC Forum is the largest energy industry meeting in each region. 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Now, utilities are preparing for the next wave of development of these facilities that house computers used to process and store digital information for the Internet, according to the latest in a series of E Source reports from Platt's. A series of studies titled, "Delivering Energy Services to Internet Hotels and Other High-Density Electronic Loads," explains why those anticipated electric loads never materialized. Many of the data centers that were planned for were never built. Those built and operating are running at low occupancy rates. Now, utilities are preparing for a future wave of data center development as the economy improves and demand for Internet-based services increase accordingly. The amount of power drawn by microprocessor chips continues to rise, and so the computers installed in future data centers may demand much more power than those installed today. However, a future power crunch is unlikely as utilities are already preparing for the next wave of expansion. Utilities are instituting infrastructure charges that shift risk from the utility industry to the data center developers. 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To register, go to www.miso- pjm-spp.com - click Working Groups>Single Market Design Forum>Meeting Notices>March 13. Last month, MISO, PJM and SPP unveiled a vision to achieve a common single wholesale market with a `one-stop shop' that meets the needs of all stakeholders using the electric power grid in the areas served by them. The organizations executed a Letter of Intent to develop a joint and common wholesale energy market for electricity producers and consumers in all or parts of 26 states, the District of Columbia and the Canadian province of Manitoba. To meet the needs of all market participants, the SMDF is using a consensus- based approach throughout the market-design process. All interested parties are welcome to attend the SMDF meetings, which are held regularly and facilitated by MISO, PJM and SPP staff. 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Progas Storage and Services, Inc. 8610 South Highway 277 Abilene, TX 79606 Phone: 915-698-3699 Fax: 915-698-2859 Email: gastorage@aol.com ------------------------------------------------------------- TECHNICAL TRADERS OPTIMISTIC Market technicians are taking a close look at their charts to see if today's jump in prices will give way to bearish fundamentals. "The earlier gap on the price charts should be a good reference point for price support," says John Beaver, President Private Futures Group, Oklahoma City. Before today's trading a gap was left on the March daily bar chart by the trading that took place between January 18 and January 22, an extended holiday weekend. The low price for the March contract on January 18 was $2.21, but the high price on January 22, was $2.175 thus a 3.5 cent "gap" or area where no trading took place was left on the chart. Today's trading also left a gap between the low, $2.27 and Friday's high of $2.21. The significance of the gaps is that typically buying demand is so great or selling pressure so heavy that the market will "gap" higher or lower with the next day's trading opening well above the previous day's high or substantially lower than the low of the day before. "The gap on the (March) daily chart from 2.21 should be a good reference point for support. A gap was also left in today's trading. The area between $2.15 to $2.27 is good intermediate support. These gaps are significant in that they are holding," said Beaver. Other traders aren't such strong believers. "Gaps are almost always filled if for no other reason than markets go up and down. You wait long enough and they will be filled, the question is when," said a Houston trader. "I look at them but they are overrated. Statistically they are extremely overrated, and traders put way too much emphasis on them but because people do that you have to pay attention to them," said a trader with Coquest, Dallas. "Locals use more of an opening range than the gap, 'Let's say we've got a gap between $3.10 and $3.20. Are you buying 20's or 10's? Where do you buy? Often the gap doesn't mean too much anyway'," he said. "I look at them buy I wouldn't risk my reputation on them." Beaver is not deterred. "I wouldn't mind seeing the AGA come out and push prices to $2.15 to $2.20 so i could buy some more. I think we could visit those support numbers very easily. If there were sell-offs, I would want to write some $2.00 put options. This last push down to $1.96 was a gift for writing out options," he declared. 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