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Natural Gas Highlights

• Southern placed into service its Fairburn Expansion Project, consisting of two new pipeline segments, an existing 

lateral to be acquired from Georgia Power Company, a new 18,000 HP compressor station, and three new meter 

stations, all located in Georgia. The project will supply 343 MMcf/d to markets in AL, GA, TN, SC, and FL. 

• Millennium placed into service its CPV Valley Lateral Project in Orange County, NY which will provide 127 MMcf/d 

of capacity to CPV Valley's 630 MW new combined-cycle power plant in the Town of Wawayanda, NY.

• Tennessee received authorization to amend its Section 3 authorization and Presidential Permit to reflect the 

actual capacity at its PEMEX Border Crossing facilities in Hidalgo County, TX, increasing the authorized capacity 

from 185 to 468 MMcf/d.

• Tennessee received authorization to amend its Section 3 authorization and Presidential Permit to reflect the 

actual capacity at its Rio Bravo Border Crossing facilities in Hidalgo County, TX, increasing the authorized 

capacity from 320 to 420 MMcf/d.

• Southwest Gas received authorization for an amendment to its service area within which it may provide natural 

gas distribution service on the north shore of Lake Tahoe in California and Nevada.

• Southern Star received authorization to increase the maximum operating pressure on its Blue Mountain Chisholm 

Trail Lateral in Grady County, OK.

• Gulf South received authorization to abandon by sale to Tristate NLA 189.8 miles of pipeline and related facilities 

in Texas and Louisiana.

• Tristate received approval for its petition for a declaratory order regarding the jurisdiction of the 189.8 miles of 

pipeline it will purchase from Gulf South in Texas and Louisiana.

• Columbia Gas received authorization for its Eastern Panhandle Project, including 3.4 miles of pipeline from Fulton 

County, PA to Morgan County, WV, to provide 47.5 MMcf/d of firm capacity to Mountaineer Gas.

• Texas Eastern received authorization for its Texas Industrial Market Expansion and Louisiana Market Expansion 

Projects, which would provide an additional 83 MMcf/d of firm transportation into Texas Eastern's Zone WLA in 

Evangeline Parish, LA, and 75 MMcf/d of firm transportation into Zone WLA in Beauregard Parish, LA.

• Northwest received authorization to remove a section of its previously abandoned 8" North Seattle Lateral, 

replace it with 20" line, and rebuild the existing North Seattle/Everett meter station in Snohomish County, WA.

• WBI Energy received authorization to increase from 205 to 800 psi the maximum allowable operating pressure of 

its 6-inch Garland to Powell Lateral in Park and Big Horn Counties, WY.

• Gulf Crossing received authorization for abandonment of a lease capacity from Enable Oklahoma, and for Enable 

Oklahoma to abandon the limited jurisdiction certificate that authorized it to lease the capacity to Gulf Crossing. 

The lease had expired on July 2016. The Commission declined the request to grant retroactive abandonment.

• Enable Gas received authorization for its Allen Compressor Station Modification Project in Hughes County, OK, 

which would increase compression from 12,200 to 16,000 HP and increase pipeline capacity by 20 MMcf/d.

• Enable Midstream received authorization to decrease the Maximum Operating Pressure of its Line A-86, located 

in Jefferson County, MO. This change would not affect capacity or firm service.

• El Paso Natural Gas requests authorization for its Permian North Project, which consists of installing/upgrading 

appurtenant facilities in Winkler and Yoakum Counties, TX and Eddy and Lea Counties, NM, and increasing the 

maximum allowable operating pressure of a segment of its Line No. 1115 in Ector County, TX.

• Gulf South requests authorization for its Willis Lateral Project, including 19 miles of pipeline and 15,876 HP of 

new compression in Montgomery and San Jacinto County, TX, to supply 200 MMcf/d of natural gas to a proposed 

new power plant. 

• Florida Gas requests authorization for its South Alabama Project, which includes replacing a compressor in Santa 

Rosa County, FL, and modifying a delivery point in Escambia County, AL to increase deliverability by 60 MMcf/d.

• Florida Gas requests authorization for its Okeechobee Expansion Project, including construction of 3.4 miles of 

new pipeline, a new interconnect, and construction and modifications of related facilities in Hillsborough, Polk, and 

Martin Counties, FL that would deliver 12 MMcf/d to Florida Public Utilities Company.

• Sumas requests to amend its Section 3 authorization and Presidential Permit to reflect transfer of a portion of its 

ownership interest in the border crossing facility and natural gas pipeline in Whatscom County, WA, to PUGET 

and SOCCO and the subsequent transfer of SOCCO’s resulting ownership interest to Dry Kilns.

• Texas Eastern requests authorization to abandon approximately 30 miles of lateral pipeline and associated 

facilities in Harrison and Marion Counties, TX, which have not been used since November 2016.
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• Northern Natural requests authorization for its Northern Lights 2019 & Rochester Projects, which would involve 

constructing new compression, pipeline, and other facilities, uprating the maximum allowable operating pressure 

on a segment of pipeline, and abandoning short pipeline segments in various counties in MN.

• Southern Star requests authorization to increase the maximum allowable operating pressure and maximum 

operating pressure on its Line QB in Johnson County, KS. This change would not increase the system’s capacity.

• Columbia Gas requests authorization to abandon 12 injection/withdrawal wells and associated pipelines and 

appurtenances at five of its storage fields in Ashland, Medina, and Richland counties, in northern OH.

• Spire Storage West requests authorization to acquire the underground natural gas storage facility owned by Clear 

Creek Storage in Uinta County, WY, and reaffirmation of its authorization to charge market based rates following 

the acquisition.

• Clear Creek Storage requests authorization to abandon by combination with Spire Storage West its natural gas 

storage facility in Uinta County, WY.

• Columbia Gas requests authorization to abandon Benton Well 9507 and Laurel Wells 9097, 9239, and 9285, and 

to convert injection/withdrawal Benton Well 7612 to an observation well at its Benton and Laurel Gas Storage 

Fields in Hocking County, OH.

• D'Lo Gas Storage requests authorization to amend its DGS Gas Storage Project in Simpson and Rankin 

Counties, MS, including changes to the facility's layout which would reduce surface impacts by 14.1 acres, and 

the addition of a new Firm Wheeling Service to its Rate Schedule.
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Natural Gas Activities in July 2018

Status No. of 

Projects

Storage 

Capacity 

(Bcf)

Deliverability 

(MMcf/d)

Capacity 

(MMcf/d)

Miles of 

Pipeline

Compression 

(HP)

Pipeline

Placed in Service 2 441 14 18,000

Certificated 6 803 10 2,800

Proposed 5 593 54 61,829

Storage

Placed in Service 0 0 0 0

Certificated 0 0 0 0

Proposed 0 0 0 0

LNG (Import & Export)

Placed in Service 

(Export) 0 0 0 0

Certificated 

(Import/Export) 0 0 0 0

Proposed 

(Import/Export) 0 0 0 0

 Source: Staff Database

Natural Gas Activities through July 31, 2018

January through July 31, 2017

Status No. of

Projects

Storage 

Capacity

(BCF)

Deliverability 

(MMcf/d)

Capacity 

(MMcf/d)

Miles of 

Pipeline

Compression 

(HP)

Pipeline

Placed in Service 6 3,671.2 93.6 134,020

through July 31, 2017 14 4,994.3 255.8 262,094

Certificated 31 5,864.1 296.4 152,195

through July 31, 2017 19 9,927.9 1,271.5 623,464

Storage

Placed in Service 0 0.0 0.0 0

through July 31, 2017 1 7.5 600.0 9,500

Certificated 4 3,600.3 152.0 0

through July 31, 2017 0 0.0 0.0 0

LNG (Import & Export)

Placed in Service (Export) 1 0.0 825.0 0

through July 31, 2017 1 0.0 700.0 0

Certificated (Import/Export) 0 0.0 0.0 0

through July 31, 2017 0 0.0 0.0 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, 2018)

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 1 1.740 1 335.000 0 0 2 336.740

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 2 12.000 0 0 0 0 2 12.000

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

Source: Staff Database

Electric Generation Highlights

• Panda Hummel Station LLC’s 1,064.0 MW natural gas-fired Sunbury Generation LLC in Snyder County, PA is online. 

• PSEG Keys Energy Center LLC’s 800.0 MW natural gas-fired Keys Energy Center in Prince Georges County, MD is 

online. 

• NRG Texas LLC’s 427.2 MW natural gas-fired Cielo Lindo Peaker Facility in Galveston County, TX is online. 

• Denton Municipal Electric’s 226.0 MW natural gas-fired Denton Energy Center in Denton County, TX is online. 

• Southern Power Co’s 148.0 MW Cactus Flats Wind Energy Project in Concho County, TX is online. The power 

generated is sold to General Mills Inc and General Motors Co under long-term contract.

• Perennial Wind LLC’s 6.9 MW Perennial Fillmore Wind Farm in Fillmore County, NE is online. The power generated 

is sold to Perennial Public Power District under long-term contract.

• Shoreham Solar Commons LLC’s 24.9 MW Shoreham Solar Commons in Suffolk County, NY is online. The power 

generated is sold to Long Island Power Authority under long-term contract.

• Invenergy LLC’s 25.0 MW Tallgrass Solar Project in Suffolk County, NY is online. The power generated is sold to 

Long Island Power Authority under long-term contract.

• Adams Solar Center LLC’s 15.0 MW Adams Solar Center in Jefferson County, OR is online. The power generated is 

sold to Pacific Power under long-term contract.

• Elbe Solar Center LLC’s 15.0 MW Elbe Solar Center in Jefferson County, OR is online. The power generated is sold 

to Pacific Power under long-term contract.

• SolAmerica SC LLC has begun operation of the 10.0 MW solar powered Edgefield Davis Road Facility in Edgefield 

County, SC. The power generated is sold to South Carolina Electric & Gas Co under long-term contract.

• New Road Solar LLC’s 10.0 MW New Road Solar Facility in Middlesex County, NJ is online.

• NJR Clean Energy Ventures Corp’s 10.0 MW Old Bridge Solar Farm in Middlesex County, NJ is online.

• Standard Solar Inc’s 9.8 MW Gallup Solar Project in McKinley County, NM is online. 
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• Pacific Ethanol Inc’s 5.0 MW Pacific Ethanol Solar Madera Facility in Madera County, CA is online. 

• Sky Solar’s 5.0 MW Windham Landfill Solar Facility in Windham County, VT is online.

• Kelly Solar LLC’s 5.0 MW Kelly Project in Vance County, NC is online. The power generated is sold to Duke Energy 

Progress under long-term contract.

• Mustang Solar LLC’s 5.0 MW Mustang Solar LLC in Moore County, NC is online. The power generated is sold to 

Duke Energy Progress under long-term contract.

• Novel Energy Solutions’ 5.0 MW Novel Oya of Osakis Solar Facility in Douglas County, MN is online.

• DG Minnesota CSG LLC’s 5.0 Sherburne North Solar Project in Sherburne County, MN is online. The power 

generated is sold to the Public Service Co of Colardo under long-term contract.

• U.S. Bureau of Reclamation’s 11.0 MW Olmstead Hydroelectric Power Plant Replacement Expansion Project in Utah 

County, UT is online. 

July 2018 January – July 2018

Cumulative

January – July 2017

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 4 10 0 0

Natural Gas 20 1,717 64 10,248 65 10,770

Nuclear 0 0 1 4 1 102

Oil 1 1 11 18 12 39

Water 2 11 10 33 8 17

Wind 4 7 24 2,152 51 4,243

Biomass 0 0 11 66 23 181

Geothermal Steam 0 0 2 21 1 18

Solar 28 170 275 2,590 308 2,702

Waste Heat 0 0 2 80 1 220

Other * 0 0 13 5 20 1

Total 55 1,906 417 15,227 490 18,293

 *“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 269.18 22.70%

Natural Gas 519.88 43.83%

Nuclear 107.63 9.07%

Oil 41.49 3.50%

Water 100.37 8.46%

Wind 91.08 7.68%

Biomass 16.23 1.37%

Geothermal Steam 3.78 0.32%

Solar 34.19 2.88%

Waste Heat 1.38 0.12%

Other* 0.79 0.07%

Total 1,186.00 100.00%

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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Additions Retirements

Primary Fuel Type No. of 

Units

Installed 

Capacity (MW)

No. of 

Units

Installed 

Capacity (MW)

Coal 1 17 66 16,317

Natural Gas 292 81,010 114 12,021

Nuclear 7 7,721 8 8,040

Oil 15 725 22 166

Water 253 14,905 19 633

Wind 498 91,388 1 50

Biomass 58 646 25 126

Geothermal Steam 22 1,076 0 0

Solar 1,836 57,573 5 2

Waste Heat 6 96 0 0

Other * 86 688 0 0

Total 3,074 255,845 260 37,355

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

Electric Transmission Highlights

• Southwestern Public Service has completed the 39.0 mile, 345 kV Kiowa – North Loving Transmission Project in 

NM. 

• Entergy Gulf States has completed the 11.0 mile, 230 kV Richardson – Iberville Transmission Project in LA

• Southwestern Public Service and Northern States Power Company have completed the 21.0 mile, 115 kV Portales 

Loop Project in NM. 

Transmission Projects Completed Proposed Transmission Projects

In-Service by August 2020

Voltage 

(kV)

July 2018 July 2017 January – July 2018 

Cumulative

January – December 

2017 Cumulative

High Probability 

of Completion All

Line Length (miles)

≤230 32.0 0.0 182.0 316.9 702.4 2,082.5

345 39.0 0.0 327.2 218.5 1,657.6 3,805.6

500 0.0 0.0 69.4 0.0 386.0 1,022.4

Total 

U.S. 71.0 0.0 578.6 535.4 2,746.0 6,910.5

 Sources: Data derived from Staff Database and U.S. Electric Transmission Projects ©2018 The C Three Group, LLC. 

Proposed Generation Additions and Retirements by August 2021

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 ©2018 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 August 2020

Transmission Projects with a High Probability of 

being completed by August 2020

New Transmission Projects by Voltage