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Natural Gas Highlights 

• Alliance Pipeline received authorization to construct and operate additional compression facilities to its approved

Tioga Lateral Project in ND. The additional facilities will increase the capacity of the Tioga Lateral by 19.9 MMcf/d.

• Transco requests authorization to construct and operate its Rockaway Delivery Lateral Project. This project will 

provide 647 MMcf/d of firm transportation for shippers to a new delivery point in Queens Co., NY.

• Transco commenced the Commission’s pre-filing process for its Leidy Southeast Expansion Project which will provide 

469 MMcf/d of firm transportation capacity from Transco’s existing Leidy Line in PA to Compressor Station 25 in AL.

• East Tennessee commenced the Commission’s pre-filing process for its Kingsport Expansion Project which will 

provide 61 MMcf/d of firm transportation capacity for Eastman Chemical to serve its chemical plant in Kingsport, TN. 

• By order dated January 17, 2013, the Commission dismissed The Gas Company’s Section 3 request to construct and 

operate mobile LNG vaporization/regasification units and storage facilities in HI. The Commission dismissed the 

request because the project did not constitute an LNG facility as envisioned under Section 3 and does not require any 

other authorization from the Commission.

Natural Gas Activities in January 2013

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 2 25.6 0.5 1,950

Proposed 3 1,177.0 46.8 92,700

Storage

Placed in Service 0 0.0 0 0

Certificated 2 5.2 0 0

Proposed 0 0.0 0 0

LNG (Import & Export)

Placed in Service 0 0 0 0

Certificated

(Export) 0 0 0 0

Proposed (Export) 0 0 0 0

 Source: Staff Database

Natural Gas Activities through January 31, 2013

Through January 31, 2012

Status No. of 

Projects

Storage 

Capacity 

(Bcf)

Deliverability 

(MMcf/d)

Capacity 

(MMcf/d)

Miles of 

Pipeline

Compression 

(HP)

Pipeline

Placed in Service

through January 31, 2012

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Certificated

through January 31, 2012

2

2

25.6

233.3

0.5

8.6

1,950

9,470

Storage

Placed in Service

through January 31, 2012

0

3

0.0

3.1

0

150

0

15,300

Certificated

through January 31, 2012

2

2

5.2

17.2

0

0

0

0

LNG (Import & Export)

Placed in Service

through January 31, 2012

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Certificated (Export)

through January 31, 2012

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

 Source: Staff Database
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Hydropower Highlights

• W.V. Hydro, Inc., placed in service 4.4 MW at the B. Everett Jordan Project No. 11437 in Chatham County, NC. 

• Lockhart Power Company placed in service an additional 0.565 MW with a new minimum flow unit at the Lockhart 

Project No. 2620 in Chester and Union Counties, SC. 

• Duke Energy placed in service an additional 0.395 MW with a new minimum flow unit at the Cedar Cliff development 

of Project No. 2698 in Jackson County, NC.

• Monroe City Corporation placed in service an additional 0.037 MW at the Monroe Cold Springs Project No. 14441 in 

Sevier County, UT.

• San Gabriel Valley Water Company was issued an order granting exemption from licensing (conduit) for the 0.31 MW 

Sandhill WTP Project No. 14428, in San Bernardino County, CA.

• Inside Passage Electric Cooperative was issued an original license for the proposed 0.45 MW Gartina Falls 

Hydropower Project No. 14066. The project will be located on Gartina Creek, near the Town of Hoonah, AK. 

• City of Westfield Water Resources Department filed an application for exemption from licensing (conduit) for the 

0.08 MW Sacket Filtration Plant Hydroelectric Project No. 14483, located at the city’s Sacket Filtration Plant in 

Hampden County, MA. 

Hydropower Activities in January 2013

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

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

Capacity Amendment 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Conduit Exemption 1 0.080 0 0 0 0 1 0.080

Issued

License 1 0.450 0 0 0 0 1 0.450

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

Capacity Amendment 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Conduit Exemption 1 0.310 0 0 0 0 1 0.310

Placed in Service

License 1 4.400 0 0 0 0 1 4.400

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

Capacity Amendment 2 0.960 0 0 0 0 2 0.960

Conduit Exemption 1 0.037 0 0 0 0 1 0.037

 Source: Staff Database

Electric Generation Highlights

• BP Wind Energy’s 470 MW Flat Ridge 2 Wind Farm in Nashville, KS is online. Flat Ridge 2 consists of 294 GE 1.6 

MW turbines. Another 130 MW is expected to come online by year end 2013. The electricity generated is sold to 

Southwestern Electric Power Co., Associated Electric Cooperative Inc, and Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corp. 

under long-term contracts. 

• Duke Energy Renewables’ 402 MW Los Vientos I and II in Willacy County, TX are online. Los Vientos I consists of 87 

Siemens 2.3 MW turbines; Los Vientos II consists of 84 Mitsubishi Heavy Industries 2.4 MW turbines. The electricity 

generated is sold to CPS Energy and Austin Energy under long-term contracts.

• Exelon Corp’s 82 MW Beebe Community Wind Farm in Gratiot County, MI is online. Beebe Community Wind 

consists of 34 Nordex 2.4 MW turbines. Another 82 MW is expected to come online by year end 2013. The electricity 

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

• Equity Industrial Turbines’ 4 MW Gloucester Wind in Gloucester, MA in online. Gloucester Wind consists of a pair of 

2 MW turbines. The electricity generated is sold to the City of Gloucester under long-term contract.
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• Waste Management Inc.’s 4 MW Mahoning LFG Facility in Mahoning County, OH is online. Methane from the landfill 

is used to fire the Caterpillar Inc Technology generator. The power generated is sold to American Municipal Power 

Inc. under long-term contract. 

• Solar farms in California: 1) Exelon Corp’s 115 MW Antelope Valley Solar Project near Lancaster is online. Another 

115 MW is expected to come online by year end 2013. The power generated is sold to PG&E under long-term 

contract. 2) NRG’s 107.4 MW California Valley Solar Ranch Units 2 and 3 in San Luis Obispo County are online. 

Units 3 and 4 with 62.5 MW each, are expected to come online by year end 2013. The power generated is sold to 

PG&E under long-term contract.

• Duke Energy Renewables’ 10 MW Black Mountain Solar Power Project near Kingman, AZ is online. Black Mountain 

solar consists of 42,000 PV panels. The power generated is sold to UniSource Energy Services under long-term 

contract.

• Volkswagen Group of America’s 10 MW Chattanooga Volkswagen Solar in Chattanooga, TN is online. The solar park 

consists of 33,600 JA Solar modules. The electricity generated is contracted on-site to Volkswagen Group of 

America.

• Exelon Corp’s 5.7 MW Outback Solar in Lake County, OR is online. The solar park consists of 20,000 PV panels. 

Another 10 MW is expected to come online by year end 2013. The electricity generated is sold to Portland General 

Electric under long-term contract.

• Siemens AG’s 4.5 MW White Sand Missile Range Solar in Dona Ana County, NM is online. The solar park consists of 

15,500 sun-tracking PV panels. The electricity generated is contracted on-site to the U.S. Army.

January 2013 January 2012

Primary Fuel Type No. of 

Units

Installed Capacity 

(MW)

No. of 

Units

Installed Capacity 

(MW)

Coal 0 0 1 808

Natural Gas 0 0 7 446

Nuclear 0 0 0 0

Oil 0 0 5 9

Water 0 0 0 0

Wind 6 958 7 276

Biomass 6 6 7 38

Geothermal Steam 0 0 0 0

Solar 16 267 19 117

Waste Heat 0 0 0 0

Other 0 0 0 0

Total 28 1,231 46 1,693

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

New Generation In-Service (New Build and Expansion)
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Electric Transmission Highlights

• Portland General Electric and Bonneville Power Administration have signed a memorandum of understanding on the 

500 kV Cascade Crossing Project. They have agreed to investigate an alternative route that would reduce the total 

project miles by over 100 miles. The original project would have connected Boardman, OR and Salem, OR. The new 

route connects Boardman, OR to a new substation, Pine Grove, southwest of Maupin, OR. 

• Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association Inc. announced two transmission projects. One, the 230 kV, 120 

mile San Luis Valley – Carson project connects San Luis Valley, NM to a new substation west of Taos, NM. It is 

expected to cost $123 million. A completion date has not been determined. The second one is the 230 kV, 69 mile 

Boone – Walsenburg project. It is expected to cost $45 million and be completed in 2018.

• AECOM Technology Corp has been selected by Transmission Developers to engineer the $2.2 billion, 333 mile 

Champlain Hudson Power Express project. The HVDC merchant project extends from the U.S./Canada border to the 

New York Metropolitan area. It is expected to be completed in the fall of 2017.

Transmission Projects Completed Proposed Transmission Projects

In-Service by January 2015

Voltage 

(kV)

January 

2013

January

2012

January – December 

2012 Cumulative

High Probability of 

Completion All

Line Length (miles)

≤230 0 19.0 622.1 935.8 3,846.7

345 0 92.6 823.8 6,894.1 8,930.1

500 0 0.0 170.1 758.4 3,388.4

Total U.S. 0 111.6 1,616.0 8,588.3 16,165.2

Installed Capacity (GW) % of Total Capacity

Coal 336.76 29.04%

Natural Gas 491.32 42.37%

Nuclear 107.01 9.23%

Oil 41.07 3.54%

Water 98.56 8.50%

Wind 59.98 5.17%

Biomass 15.01 1.29%

Geothermal Steam 3.72 0.32%

Solar 4.44 0.38%

Waste Heat 0.69 0.06%

Other 1.04 0.09%

Total 1,159.59 100.00%

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

Total Installed Operating Generating Capacity

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

Projects ©2013 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 January 2015

Transmission Projects with a High Probability of 

being completed by January 2015

New Transmission Projects by Voltage