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Natural Gas Highlights 

• Rockies Express received authorization to place into service a portion of its Zone 3 East-to-West Project which will 

provide 1,200 MMcf/d of bi-directional capacity between the Clarington Hub and the delivery point with Natural Gas 

Pipeline in Moultrie County, IL.

• Texas Eastern received authorization to place into service a portion of its U2GC Project which will provide 244 MMcf/d 

out of the total authorized capacity of 425 MMcf/d for two shippers on its mainline system in PA and OH.

• Equitrans placed into service its H-312 Pipeline Project which will provide 100 MMcf/d of additional capacity to its 

existing mainline system in Harrison County, WV.

• Gulf South Pipeline placed into service 1.02 Bcf of working gas capacity at its Cavern 12A in its Petal Storage facility 

located in Forrest County, MS.

• Southern Natural received authorization to abandon, construct, and operate pipeline facilities, as part of its North Main 

Lines Relocation Project all in response to longwall mining operations in Jefferson County, AL.

• DBM Pipeline received authorization to own and operate its existing Ramsey Residue Line located in Reeves County, 

TX as a jurisdictional pipeline. The Ramsey Residue Line will provide 275 MMcf/d of capacity from the Ramsey 

processing plant to an interconnection with El Paso Natural Gas Pipeline in Reeves County, TX.

• Floridian Natural Gas Storage received authorization to reduce its previously authorized storage capacity by 3 Bcf 

from 8 Bcf to 5 Bcf at its LNG storage facility near Indiantown in Martin County, FL.

• The Commission vacated the certificate issued to Windy Hill Gas Storage to construct and operate a salt bed gas 

storage facility in Morgan County, CO. The storage facility would have provided 6 Bcf of working gas capacity.

• The Commission vacated the certificate issued to BCR Holding to construct and operate a salt dome storage facility in 

Lafourche Parish, LA. The storage facility would have provided 15 Bcf of working gas capacity.

• Venture Global Plaquemines LNG commenced the Commission’s pre-filing process to construct and operate an LNG 

export terminal (providing 2,800 MMc/d of deliverability) in Plaquemines Parish, LA, and pipeline facilities which would 

provide 2,800 MMcf/d of capacity to the proposed terminal.

• UGI Sunbury requests authorization to construct and operate its Sunbury Pipeline Project which would provide 200

MMcf/d of capacity for shippers with markets in central PA, including a proposed electric generation facility in Snyder 

County, PA.

• Transco requests authorization to construct and operate its New York Bay Expansion Project which would provide 

115 MMcf/d of capacity to serve the supply needs of National Grid NY. 

• Equitrans requests authorization to abandon and replace pipeline facilities as part of its TP-371 Pipeline Replacement 

Project on its existing system in Armstrong and Indiana Counties, PA. These facilities would improve system integrity, 

reliability, and safety on its existing system.

• Trans-Union Interstate requests authorization under the Commission’s prior-notice procedures to increase the 

capacity of its existing system in LA and AR by 30 MMcf/d in order to serve El Dorado Chemical Company’s facility 

located in Union County, AR.

• Hiland Partners Holding requests authorization to operate its existing Bakken and Norse Residue Line Projects, 

located in Richland County, MT and Divide County, ND, respectively, as jurisdictional pipelines. The Bakken Residue 

Line provides 26 MMcf/d of capacity between the Bakken processing plant and Williston Basin Pipeline, and the 

Norse Residue Line provides 21 MMcf/d of capacity between the Norse processing plant and Williston Basin Pipeline.

• National Grid LNG commenced the Commission’s pre-filing process to construct and operate liquefaction facilities 

(Field Point Liquefaction Project) at its existing LNG facility in Providence, RI. These liquefaction facilities would 

provide 20 MMcf/d of deliverability.

• DBM Pipeline requests authorization under the Commission’s prior-notice procedures to construct and operate a 

residue pipeline which would provide 459 MMcf/d of capacity from the Ramsey processing plant in Reeves County, 

TX to an interconnection with El Paso Natural Gas Pipeline in Eddy County, NM.

• Columbia Gulf requests authorization to construct and operate its Rayne XPress Expansion Project which would 

provide 621 MMcf/d of bi-directional capacity on its mainline system in KY to serve markets in the Gulf region.
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Natural Gas Activities in July 2015

Status No. of 

Projects

Storage 

Capacity 

(Bcf)

Deliverability 

(MMcf/d)

Capacity 

(MMcf/d)

Miles of 

Pipeline

Compression 

(HP)

Pipeline

Placed in Service 3 1,544.0 9.5 0

Certificated 2 275.0 12.9 0

Proposed 9 4,272.0 124.7 67,440

Storage

Placed in Service 1 1.02 0.0 0

Certificated 0 0.0 0.0 0

Proposed 1 0.0 20.0 0

LNG (Import & Export)

Placed in Service 0 0 0 0

Certificated

(Import/Export) 0 0 0 0

Proposed (Export) 1 16.9 2,800 0

 Source: Staff Database

Natural Gas Activities through July 31, 2015

January through July 31, 2014

Status No. of 

Projects

Storage 

Capacity 

(Bcf)

Deliverability 

(MMcf/d)

Capacity 

(MMcf/d)

Miles of 

Pipeline

Compression 

(HP)

Pipeline

Placed in Service

through July 31, 2014

14

7

5,029.7

808.2

96.5

57.9

106,095

30,950

Certificated

through July 31, 2014

20

19

5,806.0

5,851.9

295.1

222.0

207,573

213,623

Storage

Placed in Service

through July 31, 2014

3

5

3.4

17.25

53

110

0

4,800

Certificated

through July 31, 2014

2

3

2.7

1.2

0

0

0

2,500

LNG (Import & Export)

Placed in Service

through July 31, 2014

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Certificated (Import/Export)

through July 31, 2014

1

3

0

3.4

1,400

4,060

0

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 July 31, 2015)

Status

Conventional Pumped Storage Hydrokinetic

Total No. 

of Projects

Total 

Capacity 

No. (MW) Capacity 

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

Filed

License 2 5.600 1 240.000 0 0 3 245.600

10-MW Exemption 1 0.192 0 0 0 0 1 0.192

Capacity Amendment 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Conduit Exemption 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Issued

License 3 17.250 0 0 0 0 3 17.250

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 1 21.250 0 0 1 21.250

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

Electric Generation Highlights

• Louisville Gas & Electric Co. and Kentucky Utilities Co.’s 690 MW natural gas-fired Cane Run Unit 7 Project in 

Jefferson County, KY is online. Unit 7 replaced the old coal-fired units 4, 5 and 6. 

• Goose Lake Solar LLC’s 12 MW Goose Lake Solar Project in Kern County, CA is online. The power generated is sold 

to PacifiCorp under long-term contract.

• SPS Corcoran West LLC’s 20 MW SPS Corcoran West Solar Project in Tulare County, CA is online. The power 

generated is sold to Pacific Gas and Electric Co. under long-term contract.

• Osage Wind LLC and Enel Green Power North America Inc.’s 150 MW Osage County Wind Project in Osage County, 

OK is online. The power generated is sold to Associated Electric Cooperative Inc. under long-term contract.

• MC Power Companies Inc.’s 3 MW Macon Solar Power Project in Macon County, MO is online.

• Coldwater Board of Public Utility’s 13.2 MW natural-gas-fired Coldwater BPU Peaking Plant Project in Branch County, 

MI is online. 

• Potsdam NY (Village of)’s 0.86 MW Potsdam West Dam Hydro Project in Saint Lawrence County, NY is online.

• Catalina Solar 2 LLC’s 18 MW Catalina Renewable Energy Phase 3 Project in Kern County, CA is online. The power 

generated is sold to Southern California Edison Co. under long-term contract.

• ESA Four Oaks NC 1 LLC’s 6.5 MW ESA Four Oaks NC I Solar Project, and ESA Princeton NC LLC’s 6.5 MW ESA 

Princeton NC Solar Project, in Johnston County, NC are online. The power generated by both facilities is sold to 

Duke Energy Progress under long-term contract.

• Luke Air Force Base’s 15 MW Luke AFB Solar Project in Maricopa County, AZ is online. The power generated is sold 

to Maricopa County under long-tern contact. The power generated is sold to Arizona Public Service Co. under longterm contract.
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• Nitro Solar LLC’s 7 MW Nitro Solar Project in Johnston County, NC is online. The power generated is sold to Duke 

Energy Carolinas under long-term contract.

• Sarah Solar LLC’s 7 MW Sarah Solar Project is Franklin County, NC is online. The power generated is sold to Duke 

Energy Carolinas under long-term contract.

• Solar Management Services LLC’s 5 MW Wadesboro Solar Farm Project in Anson County, NC is online. The power 

generated is sold to Duke Energy Progress under long-term contract.

• Albertson Solar LLC’s 5 MW Albertson Solar Project in Duplin County, NC is online. The power generated is sold to 

Duke Energy Progress under long-term contract.

July 2015 January – July 2015 

Cumulative

January – July 2014 

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 1 3 1 30

Natural Gas 4 703 33 2,556 32 3,327

Nuclear 0 0 0 0 0 0

Oil 0 0 7 10 11 44

Water 2 1 19 149 13 181

Wind 2 150 21 2,319 27 1,265

Biomass 0 0 14 215 44 86

Geothermal 

Steam 0 0 1 45 7 36

Solar 16 119 131 878 197 1,576

Waste Heat 0 0 0 0 2 75

Other 0 0 6 0 6 7

Total 24 973 233 6,176 340 6,628

Installed Capacity (GW) % of Total Capacity

Coal 308.05 26.51%

Natural Gas 498.45 42.89%

Nuclear 107.02 9.21%

Oil 45.02 3.87%

Water 100.06 8.61%

Wind 68.19 5.87%

Biomass 16.61 1.43%

Geothermal Steam 3.90 0.34%

Solar 12.85 1.11%

Waste Heat 1.11 0.10%

Other 0.81 0.07%

Total 1,162.07 100.00%

New Generation In-Service (New Build and Expansion)

Total Installed Operating Generating Capacity

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

Sources: Data derived from Velocity Suite, ABB Inc., and The C Three Group LLC
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Electric Transmission Highlights

• The 750 mile, 600 kV interstate merchant transmission line, Grain Belt Express, was rejected by the Missouri Public 

Service Commission. The estimated cost was $2.2 billion with a proposed route through KS, MO, IL and IN.

Transmission Projects Completed Proposed Transmission Projects

In-Service by July 2017

Voltage 

(kV)

July 2015 July 2014 January – July 2015 

Cumulative

January – December 

2014 Cumulative

High Probability 

of Completion All

Line Length (miles)

≤230 0.0 11.4 116.4 1,218.5 3,521.7 6,574.4

345 0.0 250.0 556.7 1,659.8 2,580.8 5,055.6

500 0.0 0.0 256.0 70.0 2,205.9 7,533.9

Total 

U.S. 0.0 261.4 929.1 2,948.3 8,308.4 19,163.9

 Sources: Data derived from Staff Database and U.S. Electric Transmission Projects ©2015 The C Three Group, LLC

Sources: Data derived from Staff Database and U.S. Electric 

Transmission Projects ©2015 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 July 2017

Transmission Projects with a High Probability of 

being completed by July 2017

New Transmission Projects by Voltage