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Natural Gas Highlights

• Cameron LNG received authorization to place in service the 0.71 Bcf/d Train 2 at its liquefaction project in Hackberry, 

LA. The project consists of three trains with a total liquefaction capacity of 2.2 Bcf/d.

• Northern Natural received authorization for its New Lisbon 2020 Expansion Project, including 7.4 miles of branch line 

looping, additional compression at an existing compressor station, and other appurtenances in Juneau and Sauk 

Counties, WI. The project would add 15 MMcf/d of incremental capacity.

• Columbia Gas of Maryland received a determination of a service area within which it may, without further Commission 

authorization, enlarge or expand its facilities in order to transport gas from Somerset County, PA, into Maryland.

• Southern Natural received authorization to abandon in place one compressor unit at its Ellerslie Compressor Station 

in Harris County, GA.

• UGI Sunbury received authorization to remove and relocate one mile of its Sunbury Pipeline in order to accommodate 

the construction of a highway project in Snyder County, PA. 

• Wyoming Interstate withdrew its request to abandon by sale to its affiliate, Hiland Crude, LLC, Line 29A of its 

Medicine Bow Lateral in Converse, Platte, and Laramie Counties, WY, and Weld County, CO.

• NGPL received authorization for its Gulf Coast Southbound Project, which would add new compression at compressor 

stations CS 300, 301, and 304 in Victoria, Wharton, and Harrison Counties, TX respectively, in order to provide up to 

300 MMcf/d of transportation capacity to serve the Corpus Christi Liquefaction facility. 

• Southern Star Central received authorization to increase the maximum allowable operating pressure on its Lines TLB 

and TLB-001 to 005, in Hemphill County, TX, in order to provide additional firm delivery capacity to Transwestern. 

• Dominion Energy received authorization for its Tri-West Project, including 1.7 miles of pipeline and re-wheeling of 

three compressors at its Newark Compressor Station in Tuscarawas County, OH, in order to provide up to 120 

MMcf/d of firm capacity to Tennessee Gas Pipeline in Ohio.

• Columbia Gulf received authorization to relocate and/or abandon segments of its Line SM-116 in Mingo County, WV, 

to accommodate highwall and area surface mining on Central Appalachian Mining's Millseat Surface Mine. The 

project will not change the design or delivery capacity of the system.

• Northern Natural received authorization to abandon in-place it’s A and J Lines in Clay, Cloud, Ellsworth, Lincoln, 

Ottawa, and Rice counties, KS, and build an 11,152 HP compressor and related facilities at its Tescott compressor 

station in Ottawa County, KS in order to maintain existing deliverability.

• Gulf South received authorization for its McComb Compressor Station Reliability Project in Walthall County, MS, 

which includes installing a new 8,565 HP compressor and retiring three existing compressors. The project would 

result in 48 MMcf/d of increased capacity on its system.

• Dominion Energy received authorization to abandon, reconfigure, and relocate storage wells and related pipelines at 

its Bridgeport Storage Field in Harrison County, WV. The project will not affect the field's parameters or customers.

• Sabine Pass LNG received authorization for its Third Berth Expansion Project, which would add an additional berth at 

its LNG terminal in Cameron Parish, LA

• Tennessee Gas requests authorization for its Evangeline Pass Expansion Project, including 13.1 miles of pipeline and 

23,470 HP of new compression in Plaquemines and St. Bernard Parish, LA, and acquisition of lease capacity from 

Southern Natural Gas. The project would provide 1.1 Bcf/d of firm transportation capacity to serve the Venture Global 

Plaquemines LNG terminal. 

• Southern Natural requests authorization for its Evangeline Pass Expansion project, including construction of a 22,220 

HP compressor station in Clarke County, MS, and two meter stations in MS and TN. The project would provide 1.1 

Bcf/d of transportation capacity, which will be leased to Tennessee Gas.

• WBI Energy requests authorization for its North Bakken Expansion Project, including 92 miles of pipeline and 28,250 

HP of compression in Burke, McKenzie, Mountrail and Williams Counties, ND, in order to provide an additional 350 

MMcf/d of incremental firm transportation capacity from NW North Dakota to a new interconnect with Northern Border.

• National Fuel requests authorization to remove the "spare" designation from 1,775 HP of compression at its Mercer 

compressor station in Mercer County, PA, in order to re-direct a portion of a subscribing shipper's firm transportation 

capacity to a different primary delivery point.

• Northwest Pipeline requests authorization for its Walla Walla Compressor Station Project, including installing a 500 

HP compressor and associated facilities to expand deliverability on its Walla Walla Lateral from 16.2 to 17.3 MMcf/d.

• Southern Star Central requests authorization for its Tougaloo Project - Nash Compressor Station, including a 3,750 

HP compressor station in Grant County, OK, in order to provide up to 40 MMcf/d of firm capacity to a customer.
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• Northern Natural requests authorization to install three injection and withdrawal wells and related facilities at its 

Redfield Storage Field in Dallas County, Iowa. The project would not affect the capacity or deliverability of the field.

• Port Arthur LNG requests authorization for its Phase II project, including constructing Trains 3 and 4 at its liquefied 

natural gas terminal in Jefferson County, TX. These trains would provide an additional 1.8 Bcf/d of export capacity.

Natural Gas Activities in February 2020

Status No. of 

Projects

Storage 

Capacity 

(Bcf)

Deliverability 

(MMcf/d)

Capacity 

(MMcf/d)

Miles of 

Pipeline

Compression 

(HP)

Pipeline

Placed in Service 0 0 0 0

Certificated 6 483 10 55,507

Proposed 5 2,591 106 78,190

Storage

Placed in Service 0 0.0 0.0 0

Certificated 0 0.0 0.0 0

Proposed 0 0.0 0.0 0

LNG (Import & Export)

Placed in Service 

(Export) 1 3.4 713.0 0

Certificated 

(Import/Export) 0 0.0 0.0 0

Proposed 

(Import/Export) 1 10.2 1,865.0 0

 Source: Staff Database

Natural Gas Activities through February 29, 2020

January through February 28, 2019

Status No. of

Projects

Storage 

Capacity

(BCF)

Deliverability 

(MMcf/d)

Capacity 

(MMcf/d)

Miles of 

Pipeline

Compression 

(HP)

Pipeline

Placed in Service 0 0.0 0.0 0

through February 28, 2019 2 3,460 0 269,900

Certificated 8 798.0 76.3 55,507

through February 28, 2019 6 924 61 54,013

Storage

Placed in Service 0 0.0 0.0 0

through February 28, 2019 0 0 0 0

Certificated 0 0.0 0.0 0

through February 28, 2019 1 0 79 0

LNG (Import & Export)

Placed in Service (Export) 3 3.4 1,461.0 0

through February 28, 2019 0 0 0 0

Certificated (Import/Export) 0 0.0 0.0 0

through February 28, 2019 1 8 1,700 0

Source: Staff Database
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Hydropower Highlights (nonfederal)

There were no hydropower activities this month.

Hydropower Project Activities Year to Date (through February 29, 2020)

Status

Conventional Pumped Storage Hydrokinetic

Total No. 

of Projects

Total 

Capacity 

No. (MW) Capacity 

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

Filed

License 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

10-MW Exemption 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Capacity Amendment 2 6.575 0 0 0 0 2 6.575

Conduit Exemption 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Issued

License 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

10-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

Placed in Service

License 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

10-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
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Electric Generation Highlights

• Victoria City Power LLC’s 100.0 MW natural gas-fired Victoria City Power Plant in Victoria County, TX is online.

• Wildhorse Wind Energy LLC’s 100.0 MW Wildhorse Mountain Wind Facility in Pushmataha County, OK is online. The 

power generated is sold to Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation under long-term contract.

• Pegasus Wind A LLC’s 48.7 MW Pegasus Wind Energy Center in Tuscola County, MI is online. The power generated 

is sold to Michigan Public Power Agency under long-term contract.

• Tampa Electric Co.’s 74.5 MW Little Manatee River Solar Project in Hillsborough County, FL is online. 

• Northbrook Lyons Falls LLC’s 11.2 MW Lyons Falls Hydoelectric Complex in Lewis County, NY is online. 

February 2020 January – February 2020

Cumulative

January – February 2019

Cumulative

Primary Fuel Type No. of 

Units

Installed 

Capacity (MW)

No. of 

Units

Installed 

Capacity (MW)

No. of 

Units

Installed 

Capacity (MW)

Coal 0 0 0 0 0 0

Natural Gas 2 100 7 218 11 203

Nuclear 0 0 0 0 0 0

Oil 0 0 0 0 2 5

Water 2 11 3 13 7 35

Wind 2 149 4 303 12 772

Biomass 0 0 0 0 1 17

Geothermal Steam 0 0 0 0 0 0

Solar 10 99 38 987 90 1,270

Waste Heat 0 0 0 0 0 0

Other * 0 0 0 0 6 0

Total 16 359 52 1,521 129 2,302

 *“Other” includes purchased steam, tires, and miscellaneous technology such as batteries, fuel cells, energy storage, and fly wheel.

Installed Capacity (GW) % of Total Capacity

Coal 248.16 20.62%

Natural Gas 535.04 44.46%

Nuclear 106.33 8.84%

Oil 39.74 3.30%

Water 100.74 8.37%

Wind 106.80 8.87%

Biomass 16.06 1.33%

Geothermal Steam 3.86 0.32%

Solar 44.61 3.71%

Waste Heat 1.32 0.11%

Other* 0.77 0.06%

Total 1,203.41 100.00%

Sources: Data derived from Velocity Suite, ABB Inc. and The C Three Group LLC. The data may be 

subject to update. 

Sources: Data derived from Velocity Suite, ABB Inc. and The C Three Group LLC. The data may be subject to update. 

New Generation In-Service (New Build and Expansion)

Total Available Installed Generating Capacity
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All Additions High Probability Additions Retirements

Primary Fuel Type No. of 

Units

Installed 

Capacity (MW)

No. of 

Units

Installed 

Capacity (MW)

No. of 

Units

Installed 

Capacity (MW)

Coal 1 77 0 0 61 19,082

Natural Gas 231 63,168 97 29,784 72 7,962

Nuclear 6 4,460 4 2,560 4 3,929

Oil 11 682 1 2 22 3,062

Water 236 13,154 92 1,910 9 7

Wind 480 88,977 163 26,416 2 249

Biomass 48 258 23 194 39 102

Geothermal Steam 13 478 4 213 10 35

Solar 2,872 107,729 710 22,593 0 0

Waste Heat 3 49 2 29 0 0

Other * 228 480 52 20 1 2

Total 4,129 279,512 1,148 83,721 220 34,430

 *“Other” includes purchased steam, tires, and miscellaneous technology such as batteries, fuel cells, energy storage, and fly wheel.

 ** Under Constructions includes units that have started site preparation or construction. It also includes units that are in the testing phase.

Electric Transmission Highlights

• Central Power Electric Cooperative has completed the 23.8 mile 115 kV East Ruthville - SW Minot Transmission 

Project in ND. 

Transmission Projects Completed Proposed Transmission Projects

In-Service by March 2022

Voltage 

(kV)

February 

2020

February 

2019

January – February 

2020 Cumulative

January – December 

2019 Cumulative

High Probability 

of Completion

All

Line Length (miles)

≤230 23.8 32.7 37.6 296.5 347.7 567.3

345 0.0 163.0 - 604.5 224.0 594.4

500 0.0 7.7 - 7.7 251.4 251.4

Total 

U.S. 23.8 203.4 37.6 908.7 823.1 1,413.1

Sources: Data derived from Staff Database and U.S. Electric Transmission Projects ©The C Three Group, LLC. 

Generation Capacity Additions and Retirements

(March 2020 – February 2023)

From ABB Velocity Suite’s Generating Unit Capacity Dataset

Sources: Data derived from Velocity Suite, ABB Inc. and The C Three Group LLC. The data may be subject to update. 
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Sources: Data derived from Staff Database and U.S. Electric Transmission 

Projects ©The C Three Group, LLC. 

Disclaimer: This Report contains analyses, presentations, and conclusions 

that may be based on or derived from the data sources cited, but do not 

necessarily reflect the positions or recommendations of the data providers. 

All Transmission Projects with a Proposed 

In-Service Date by March 2022

Transmission Projects with a High Probability of 

being completed by March 2022

New Transmission Projects by Voltage