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For February 2015

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Natural Gas Highlights 

• Regency Field Services received authorization to operate the existing Crescent Residue pipeline located in Logan 

County, OK as an interstate pipeline. This line will provide 40 MMcf/d of capacity from the Crescent processing plant 

to Southern Star Pipeline. 

• Rockies Express received authorization to construct and operate its Zone 3 East-to-West Project which will provide 

1,200 MMcf/d of bi-directional capacity on a portion of its mainline in OH, IN, and IL

• Tennessee Gas Pipeline received authorization to construct and operate its Niagara Expansion Project which will 

provide 158 MMcf/d of capacity from receipt points in PA to Niagara Falls, NY.

• National Fuel received authorization to construct and operate its Northern Access 2015 Project which will provide 140 

MMcf/d of capacity to be leased to Tennessee Gas Pipeline in NY.

• Trailblazer received authorization to construct and operate its Niobrara Lateral Project which will provide 90 MMcf/d of 

capacity from a processing plant in Weld County, CO to Trailblazer and Rockies Express in Kimball County, NE.

• Carolina Gas received authorization to construct and operate its Edgemoor Compressor Station Project in Chester 

County, SC. This project will provide 45 MMcf/d of capacity.

• Columbia Gas requests authorization to construct and operate its Utica Access Project which would provide 205 

MMcf/d of capacity from a new interconnection with Dominion to an interconnection with Columbia’s existing Line X52-M1, all located in Kanawha and Clay Counties, WV.

• Transco requests authorization to construct and operate its Garden State Expansion Project which would provide 180 

MMcf/d of capacity from Transco’s Station 210 in Mercer County, NJ to a new delivery point in Burlington County, NJ.

• East Tennessee requests authorization to construct and operate its Loudon Expansion Project. This project would 

provide 40 MMcf/d of capacity for Tate & Lyle’s manufacturing facility in Loudon County, TN

• Rover Pipeline requests authorization to construct and operate its Rover Pipeline Project which would provide 3,250 

MMcf/d of capacity from supply areas in WV, PA, and OH to an interconnection with Vector Pipeline in Livingston

County, MI. 

• Panhandle Eastern and Trunkline each request authorization to construct and operate their Panhandle and Trunkline 

Backhaul Projects, respectively. These projects would each provide 750 MMcf/d of east-to-west and north-to-south 

backhaul capacity from producing areas in OH and PA to markets in the Midwest and Gulf Coast.

• TETCO requests authorization to construct and operate its Gulf Markets Expansion Project which would provide 650 

MMcf/d of capacity from producing areas in the Northeast to the Gulf Coast region of TX and LA.

• Cameron LNG commenced the Commission’s pre-filing process to construct and operate liquefaction trains 4 and 5 at 

the Cameron’s export terminal near Hackberry, LA. These trains would provide 1,410 MMcf/d of export deliverability.

Natural Gas Activities in February 2015

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

Certificated 7 1,673.0 38.9 33,119

Proposed 10 5,950.0 767.8 421,471

Storage

Placed in Service 1 0.7 53.0 0

Certificated 1 1.7 0.0 0

Proposed 0 0.0 0.0 0

LNG (Import & Export)

Placed in Service 0 0 0 0

Certificated

(Import/Export) 0 0 0 0

Proposed (Export) 1 3.33 1,410 0

 Source: Staff Database
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Natural Gas Activities through February 28, 2015

Through February 28, 2014

Status No. of 

Projects

Storage 

Capacity 

(Bcf)

Deliverability 

(MMcf/d)

Capacity 

(MMcf/d)

Miles of 

Pipeline

Compression 

(HP)

Pipeline

Placed in Service

through February 28, 2014

1

1

100

225

0

7.7

9,470

0

Certificated

through February 28, 2014

7

3

1,673

745

38.9

64.7

33,119

81,800

Storage

Placed in Service

through February 28, 2014

1

2

0.7

0.45

53

0

0

4,800

Certificated

through February 28, 2014

1

0

1.7

0

0

0

0

0

LNG (Import & Export)

Placed in Service

through February 28, 2014

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Certificated (Import/Export)

through February 28, 2014

0

1

0

0

0

560

0

0

 Source: Staff Database

Hydropower Highlights (nonfederal)

• Moriah Hydro Corporation filed an original license application for the proposed 240 MW Mineville Energy Storage 

Project No. 12635. The pumped storage project would be located in an abandoned subterranean mine complex in 

the town of Moriah, Essex County, NY.

Hydropower Project Activities in February 2015

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 1 240.000 0 0 1 240.000

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

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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Hydropower Project Activities Year to Date (through February 28, 2015)

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 1 240.000 0 0 1 240.000

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

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

Electric Generation Highlights

• US Department of Veterans Affairs’ 5 MW natural gas-fired North Texas Health Care CHP Project in Dallas 

County, TX is online. 

• ORNI 39 LLC’s 45 MW McGinnis Hills Geothermal Phase 4 expansion Project in Lander County, NV is online. 

The power generated is sold to Nevada Power under long-term contract. 

• Carroll Area Wind Farm LLC’s 21 MW Carroll Area Wind Farm Project in Carroll County, IA is online. The power 

generated is sold to MidAmerican Energy Co. under long-term contract.

• OCI Alamo 3 LLC’s 5.5 MW OCI Alamo 3 Solar Project in Bexar County, TX is online. The power generated is 

sold to CPS Energy under long-term contract.

• Citizen Solar has four solar projects that came online in Georgia: 1) 1.3 MW Cook County Farm in Cook County; 

2) 1 MW Goosby Farm in Terrell County; 3) 1 MW Terrell County Industrial Park in Terrell County; and 4) 1.8 MW 

Taylor County Industrial Park in Taylor County.
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February 2015 January – February 2015

Cumulative

January – February 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 0 0 0 0

Natural Gas 1 5 3 126 6 114

Nuclear 0 0 0 0 0 0

Oil 0 0 0 0 2 5

Water 0 0 0 0 1 4

Wind 1 21 5 450 13 384

Biomass 0 0 0 0 16 26

Geothermal Steam 1 45 1 45 3 30

Solar 8 16 13 68 44 437

Waste Heat 0 0 0 0 0 0

Other 0 0 0 0 2 1

Total 11 87 22 689 87 1,001

Installed Capacity (GW) % of Total Capacity

Coal 326.36 27.81%

Natural Gas 494.16 42.12%

Nuclear 106.87 9.11%

Oil 45.95 3.92%

Water 100.01 8.52%

Wind 66.19 5.64%

Biomass 16.11 1.37%

Geothermal Steam 3.90 0.33%

Solar 11.91 1.02%

Waste Heat 1.13 0.10%

Other 0.75 0.06%

Total 1,173.35 100.00%

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

• CapX2020 has completed the 58.7 mile, 345 kV Lyon County – Brookings County Transmission Line, which is part of 

the Brookings County – Hampton Transmission Project. The interstate project connects SD and MN.

Transmission Projects Completed Proposed Transmission Projects

In-Service by February 2017

Voltage 

(kV)

February 

2015

February 

2014

January –February 

2015 Cumulative

January – December 

2014 Cumulative

High Probability 

of Completion All

Line Length (miles)

≤230 0.0 0.0 0 641.6 4,079.7 7,499.2

345 58.7 0.0 58.7 1,527.8 3,325.1 5,946.8

500 0.0 0.0 0 62.0 2,515.3 9,403.6

Total 

U.S. 58.7 0.0 58.7 2,231.4 9,920.1 22,849.6

 

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 February 2017

Transmission Projects with a High Probability of 

being completed by February 2017

New Transmission Projects by Voltage