Office of Energy Projects 

Energy Infrastructure Update 

For January 2011 

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Natural Gas Highlights 

 Fayetteville Express Pipeline placed into service the remaining five compressor units at the Russell Compressor 

Station in White County, Arkansas. This will provide 650 MMcf/d of capacity to the Fayetteville Express Pipeline. 

 Central NY received authorization to construct and operate facilities to increase throughput capacity by 288 

MMcf/d on its Stagecoach Storage Facility in Tioga County, New York, and Bradford County, Pennsylvania. 

 Cameron LNG received Section 3 authorization to export 1.8 Bcf/d of previously imported LNG from its LNG 

terminal in Cameron Parish, Louisiana. 

 Texas Eastern filed an application to construct and operate its TEAM 2012 Project which will provide 190 MMcf/d 

of capacity for transportation of Rocky Mountain and Marcellus Shale gas to Northeast markets. 

 Equitrans filed an application to construct and operate its Sunrise Project which will provide 313.6 MMcf/d of 

capacity for transportation of Marcellus Shale gas to the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states. 

 Sabine Pass LNG filed a Section 3 application to construct and operate liquefaction and export facilities (2.6 Bcf/d 

of deliverability) at its existing LNG terminal in Cameron Parish, Louisiana. 

 

Natural Gas Activities in January 2011 

Status No. of 

Projects 

Storage 

Capacity 

(Bcf) 

Deliverability 

(MMcf/d) 

Capacity 

(MMcf/d) 

Miles of 

Pipeline 

Compression 

(HP) 

Pipeline 

Placed in Service 2 650.0 0.0 102,430 

Certificated 1 288.0 0.0 28,700 

Proposed 3 503.6 72.6 34,925 

Storage 

Placed in Service 0 0 0 0 

Certificated 0 0 0 0 

Proposed 0 0 0 0 

LNG 

Placed in Service 0 0 0 0 

Certificated 0 0 0 0 

Proposed 1 0 2,600 0 

 Source: Staff Database 

Natural Gas Activities through January 31, 2011 

Through January 31, 2010 

Status No. of 

Projects 

Storage 

Capacity 

(Bcf) 

Deliverability 

(MMcf/d) 

Capacity 

(MMcf/d) 

Miles of 

Pipeline 

Compression 

(HP) 

Pipeline 

Placed in Service 

through January 31, 2010 

2 

2 

650 

2,431 

0.0 

1.1 

102,430 

39,990 

Certificated 

through January 31, 2010 

1 

3 

288 

1,087.5 

0.0 

3.4 

28,700 

49,471 

Storage 

Placed in Service 

through January 31, 2010 

0 

0 

0.0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

Certificated 

through January 31, 2010 

0 

1 

0.0 

15.0 

0.0 

600 

0 

9,500 

LNG 

Placed in Service 

through January 31, 2010 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

Certificated 

through January 31, 2010 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

 Source: Staff Database 
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Energy Infrastructure Update 

For January 2011 

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Hydropower Highlights 

Hydropower Activities in January 2011 

Conventional Pumped Storage Hydrokinetic

Status

No. Capacity 

(MW) No. Capacity (MW) No. Capacity (MW) 

Total No. 

of Projects

Total 

Capacity 

(MW)

Filed 

License 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

5-MW Exemption 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Capacity Amendment 1 2.550 0 0 0 0 1 2.550 

Conduit Exemption 1 0.075 0 0 0 0 1 0.075 

Issued 

License 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

5-MW Exemption 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Capacity Amendment 2 6.050 0 0 0 0 2 6.050 

Conduit Exemption 1 0.200 0 0 0 0 1 0.200 

Placed in Service 

License 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

5-MW Exemption 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Capacity Amendment 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Conduit Exemption 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

 Source: Staff Database 

Electric Generation Highlights 

 Wisconsin Electric Power Company’s 615-MW Unit 2 Oak Creek Power Plant Expansion came online on January 

12, 2011. The Expansion broke ground in 2005 and comprises of two coal-fired steam turbines and related civil 

works. Unit 1 went into operation on February 2, 2010. 

 NorthWestern Energy’s 150-MW natural gas-fired Mill Creek Generating Station near Anaconda, Montana began 

commercial operation on January 1, 2011. The plant includes three 50-MW units. Mill Creek will primarily be a 

“regulating reserve” plant, which provides capacity necessary to maintain transmission system reliability and 

balance on a moment-by-moment basis as demand and resources fluctuates. A fourth unit may be added in the 

future depending on need for regulation service in Montana. 

 Beacon Power Corporation’s Rensselaer County Flywheel Project in Stephentown, New York came online on 

January 24, 2011. The 20-MW plant is the first grid-scale flywheel energy storage system. It will provide about 

10% of New York state’s daily demand for regulation service with zero fuel consumption or CO2 emissions. 

 Dry Lake Wind Power Project, Arizona’s first modern commercial-scale wind farm came online on January 3, 

2011. The project’s 30 Suzlon wind turbines with 60-MW total capacity, provides energy for Salt River Project. 
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For January 2011 

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New Generation In-Service (New Build and Expansion)

January 2011 January 2010 

Primary Fuel Type No. of 

Units 

Installed Capacity 

(MW) 

No. of 

Units 

Installed Capacity 

(MW) 

Coal 1 615 0 0 

Natural Gas 3 150 5 269 

Nuclear 0 0 0 0 

Oil 0 0 0 0 

Water 4 0.6 1 0.2 

Wind 2 105 4 68 

Biomass 16 20 20 32 

Geothermal Steam 0 0 0 0 

Solar 8 40 2 3 

Waste Heat 0 0 0 0 

Other 5 28 0 0 

Total 39 958 32 372 

Source: Data derived from Ventyx Global LLC, Velocity Suite. 

Total Installed Operating Generation Capacity 

Primary Fuel Type Installed Capacity (GW) % of Total Capacity 

Coal 344.99 30.40% 

Natural Gas 461.71 40.69% 

Nuclear 108.33 9.55% 

Oil 61.13 5.39% 

Water 99.12 8.74% 

Wind 39.73 3.50% 

Biomass 13.38 1.18% 

Geothermal Steam 3.35 0.30% 

Solar 1.18 0.10% 

Waste Heat 0.82 0.07% 

Other 0.98 0.09% 

Total 1,134.72 100.00% 

Source: Data derived from Ventyx Global LLC, Velocity Suite. 

Electric Transmission Highlights 

 On January 5, Xcel Energy Inc., Dairyland Power Cooperative and WPPI Energy filed an application with the 

Public Service Commission of Wisconsin for the Hampton-Rochester-La Crosse 345 kV Transmission project. 

The 125 mile Inter-State Project will connect Hampton, MN to LaCrosse, WI and is scheduled to be completed by 

December 2015 with an estimated cost of $224.4 million. It is a part of the CapX2020 initiative. 

 In January, the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) started preparing an environmental impact statement 

(EIS) for the 725-mile, 600-kV TransWest Express transmission line. The high-voltage, direct current project will 

begin in south-central Wyoming, extend through northwestern Colorado and central Utah, turn southwest into 

southern Nevada, and end near Las Vegas, NV. The developers for the project are proposing to utilize public 

lands for more than half of the proposed route; as a result, the U.S. Forest Service and the U.S. Bureau of 

Reclamation will be involved in preparing the EIS. 
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For January 2011 

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Transmission Projects Completed Proposed Transmission 

Projects 

January 2011 January 2010 In-Service by 

January 2013 Voltage 

(kV) 

Line Length (miles) 

≤230 64.1 65.2 6,868.0 

345 0 52.8 4,236.9 

500 0 0 4,699.5 

765 0 0 0 

Total U.S. 64.1 118.0 15,804.4 

Projected Investment Cost of 

Transmission Projects with a Proposed 

In-Service Date by January 2013 

Transmission Projects with a Proposed 

In-Service Date by January 2013 

Transmission Projects Completed in 

January of 2010 and 2011 

Source: Data derived from Staff Database and U.S. Electric Transmission Projects 

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