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For June 2011 

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Natural Gas Highlights 

 Weaver’s Cove LNG and Mill River Pipeline filed to surrender their certificates to construct and operate the LNG 

terminal and associated pipeline near Fall River, MA. (The Commission vacated the authorizations on July 6, 2011.) 

 TETCO placed into service its Hot Spring Lateral Project. These pipeline lateral facilities will enable TETCO to 

provide 112 MMcf/d of transportation to KGen Hot Springs LLC’s energy facility in Hot Springs County, Arkansas. 

 Dominion received authorization to construct and operate its Appalachian Gateway Project which will provide 484 

MMcf/d of additional capacity for the transportation of gas from supply areas in West Virginia and Pennsylvania. 

 Duke Energy received authorization to construct and operate its Gallagher Station Pipeline Project which will provide 

134 MMcf/d of gas to R. Gallagher Generating Station in Floyd County, Indiana. 

 Wabash Gas Storage commenced the Commission’s pre-filing process to redevelop a currently abandoned aquifer 

gas storage facility in Edgar County, Illinois with a working gas capacity of 14 Bcf. 

 Alliance commenced the Commission’s pre-filing process to construct and operate a 77 mile lateral to transport 120 

MMcf/d of natural gas produced in association with oil production in the Bakken Shale region in North Dakota. 

Natural Gas Activities in June 2011 

Status No. of 

Projects 

Storage 

Capacity 

(Bcf) 

Deliverability 

(MMcf/d) 

Capacity 

(MMcf/d) 

Miles of 

Pipeline 

Compression 

(HP) 

Pipeline 

Placed in Service 2 166.0 8.4 0 

Certificated 2 618.7 126.8 17,965 

Proposed 1 120.0 77.0 4,500 

Storage 

Placed in Service 0 0.0 0 0 

Certificated 0 0.0 0 0 

Proposed 1 14.0 200 14,000 

LNG 

Placed in Service 0 0 0 0 

Certificated 0 0 0 0 

Proposed 0 0 0 0 

 Source: Staff Database 

Natural Gas Activities through June 30, 2011 

Through June 30, 2010 

Status No. of 

Projects 

Storage 

Capacity 

(Bcf) 

Deliverability 

(MMcf/d) 

Capacity 

(MMcf/d) 

Miles of 

Pipeline 

Compression 

(HP) 

Pipeline 

Placed in Service 

through June 30, 2010 

12 

10 

6,204.5 

5,090.2 

731.8 

225.4 

431,045 

140,905 

Certificated 

through June 30, 2010 

6 

11 

1,816.7 

6,000.5 

188.3 

1,407.9 

77,230 

431,274 

Storage 

Placed in Service 

through June 30, 2010 

5 

6 

15.3 

43.9 

2,545 

1,011 

6,283 

8,180 

Certificated 

through June 30, 2010 

6 

7 

103.3 

49.0 

2,720 

648 

58,710 

15,783 

LNG 

Placed in Service 

through June 30, 2010 

1 

1 

16.4 

4.22 

2,000 

400 

0 

0 

Certificated 

through June 30, 2010 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

 Source: Staff Database 
Office of Energy Projects 

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For June 2011 

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Hydropower Highlights 

 On June 15, 2011, Turnbull Hydro, LLC, of Idaho Falls, Idaho brought on line the Upper Turnbull Project, FERC 

No. 12597. The project is located on the Spring Valley Canal in Teton County, Montana, and contains a single unit 

rated at 7.7 MW. This project was one year in construction. 

 On June 27, 2011, DHAC issued to City of Frostburg, Maryland (exemptee) an order granting exemption from 

licensing (conduit) for the 0.075-MW Frostburg Low Head Hydroelectric Project (FERC No. 14059), located on the 

City of Frostburg’s municipal raw water supply line in Alleghany County, Maryland. The project would generate 240 

Megawatt-hours annually. 

Hydropower Activities in June 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 4.310 0 0 0 0 1 4.310 

Conduit Exemption 2 0.571 0 0 0 0 2 0.571 

Issued 

License 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

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

Capacity Amendment 1 12.612 0 0 0 0 1 12.612 

Conduit Exemption 1 0.075 0 0 0 0 1 0.075 

Placed in Service 

License 1 7.700 0 0 0 0 1 7.700 

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 

 

Hydropower Activities Year to Date (through June 30, 2011) 

Conventional Pumped Storage Hydrokinetic

Status

No. Capacity 

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

Total No. 

of Projects

Total 

Capacity 

(MW)

Filed 

License 8 258.423 0 0 0 0 8 258.423 

5-MW Exemption 4 1.346 0 0 0 0 4 1.346 

Capacity Amendment 6 24.750 0 0 0 0 6 24.750 

Conduit Exemption 4 5.946 0 0 0 0 4 5.946 

Issued 

License 4 47.790 0 0 0 0 4 47.790 

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

Capacity Amendment 8 27.030 0 0 0 0 8 27.030 

Conduit Exemption 4 1.725 0 0 0 0 4 1.725 

Placed in Service 

License 1 7.700 0 0 0 0 1 7.700 

5-MW Exemption 1 0.065 0 0 0 0 1 0.065 

Capacity Amendment 1 3.000 0 0 0 0 1 3.000 

Conduit Exemption 3 1.340 0 0 0 0 3 1.340 

 Source: Staff Database 
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Electric Generation Highlights 

 Associated Electric Cooperative’s 533-MW Chouteau 2 combined-cycle natural gas-fired power plant began 

commercial operation. Chouteau 2 is a capacity expansion of the existing Chouteau plant in Pryor, Oklahoma. A 33-

mile gas pipeline was constructed by Engex, LLC to provide gas delivery for the plant. 

 Progress Energy Carolinas’s 570-MW Power Block 5 at the Richmond County Energy Complex in North Carolina 

began commercial operation. The $600 million project included a 64-mile 230-kV transmission line. Power Block 5 is 

a combined-cycle dual fuel unit primarily using natural gas. With the new Power Block 5 online, Progress Energy will 

shut its 170-MW W.H. Weatherspoon coal-fired plant this fall, six years ahead of the original schedule. 

 GenConn Energy’s 200-MW peaking power plant at NRG’s Middletown Station in Connecticut came online. The new 

Middletown plant comprises of four 50-MW natural gas turbines that can be fully operational within ten minutes. 

 Marshfield Utilities’ 60-MW natural gas-fired peaking plant in the City of Marshfield, Wisconsin came online. Cleco 

Power LLC’s 33-MW natural gas-fired peaker Teche Unit 4 at Teche Power Station in Baldwin, Louisiana came 

online. Teche Unit 4 is a blackstart generating unit which enables the company to restore its generation system 

quickly in the event of a total system shutdown. 

 Southern California Edison’s solar projects, Photon Ontario 1-3, Photon Rancho Cucamunga 1-3 and Twentynine 

Palms came online. These new rooftop and ground-mount solar projects total 7.88 MW, serving the utility’s Inland 

Empire customers in Redlands and Fontana, California. 

 Next Era Energy’s 5.1-MW Paradise Solar Energy Center in West Deptford, New Jersey came online. Paradise Solar 

consists of 26,200 panels sited on 160 acres of private land, with only 35 acres used for power generating facilities, 

can provide 8,000 MWh of electricity enough to power 700 homes. 

 Beacon Power Corporation announced that its first flywheel energy storage plant in Stephentown, New York is in full 

operation. The 20-MW facility is the world’s first grid-scale flywheel energy storage. It consists of 200 high-speed 

Beacon flywheels to provide fast-response frequency regulation services to the New York electricity grid. 

New Generation In-Service (New Build and Expansion)

June 2011 January – June 2011 

Cumulative 

January – June 2010 

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 8 835 18 4,812 

Natural Gas 8 1,396 37 5,069 57 4,164 

Nuclear 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Oil 0 0 0 0 3 5 

Water 0 0 5 4 10 19 

Wind 0 0 45 2,435 33 1,372 

Biomass 6 7 35 85 43 244 

Geothermal Steam 0 0 2 23 0 0 

Solar 14 19 74 169 25 66 

Waste Heat 0 0 1 135 2 19 

Other 2 12 9 20 0 0 

Total 30 1,435 216 8,775 191 10,703 

Source: Data derived from Ventyx Global LLC, Velocity Suite. 
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Total Installed Operating Generation Capacity

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

Coal 343.61 30.13% 

Natural Gas 473.65 41.54% 

Nuclear 108.68 9.53% 

Oil 52.56 4.61% 

Water 99.14 8.69% 

Wind 42.49 3.73% 

Biomass 13.46 1.18% 

Geothermal Steam 3.40 0.30% 

Solar 1.31 0.11% 

Waste Heat 0.96 0.08% 

Other 1.04 0.09% 

Total 1,140.29 100.00% 

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

Electric Transmission Highlights 

 On June 7, the Montana Supreme Court reversed a lower court’s decision refusing eminent domain power to 

Tonbridge Power Inc., the private developer of the Montana Alberta Tie transmission project. The 230-kV, 214-mile 

electric transmission project will connect the Montana and Alberta markets. 

 Pioneer Transmission LLC, a joint venture between Duke Energy Corp. and American Electric Power Co., plans to 

build a 55-mile, 765-kV transmission line in partnership with Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). The proposed 

transmission line will connect Rockport, Indiana to the TVA Paradise Station in Drakesboro, Kentucky. It is estimated 

to cost $275 million and will be the highest voltage transmission project in TVA’s System. 

Transmission Projects Completed Proposed Transmission Projects 

In-Service by June 2013 

June 2011 June 2010 High Probability of 

Completion All Voltage (kV) 

Line Length (miles) 

≤230 65.5 370.4 3,144.7 5,853.4 

345 0 231.3 4,322.8 5,741.4 

500 0 81.0 1,706.8 5,930.5 

Total U.S. 65.5 682.7 9,174.3 17,525.3 
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Transmission Projects with a Proposed 

In-Service Date by June 2013 Transmission Projects 

Completed in June 

Sources: Data derived from Staff Database and U.S. Electric Transmission Projects ©2011 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.