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Natural Gas Highlights 

 Southern placed into service Phase III of its Southern System Expansion III project which will provide 100 MMcf/d of 

capacity to Georgia Power’s Plant Jack McDonough generation facility in Cobb County, GA. 

 Natural received authorization to construct and operate its 2012 NGPL Storage Optimization Project. This project will 

increase pipeline capacity by 100 MMcf/d and increase storage deliverability by 35 MMcf/d in IA and IL. 

 TETCO and Algonquin received authorization to construct and operate their NJ-NY Expansion Project which will 

provide 800 MMcf/d of firm capacity for delivery of natural gas supplies including shale gas into Manhattan, NY. 

 Tennessee received authorization to construct and operate its Northeast Upgrade Project. This project will provide 

636 MMcf/d of incremental transportation capacity for two shippers on its existing 300 Line System in PA and NJ. 

 Creole Trail filed to construct and operate it Creole Trail Expansion Project which will modify its existing system to 

accommodate 1,530 MMcf/d of bi-directional capacity to the Sabine Pass Liquefaction facility in Cameron Parish, LA. 

 Transco commenced the Commission’s pre-filing process for its Virginia Southside Expansion Project which will 

provide 250 MMcf/d of capacity for Virginia Power to serve VEPCO’s proposed power station in Brunswick Co., VA. 

 

Natural Gas Activities in May 2012 

Status No. of 

Projects 

Storage 

Capacity 

(Bcf) 

Deliverability 

(MMcf/d) 

Capacity 

(MMcf/d) 

Miles of 

Pipeline 

Compression 

(HP) 

Pipeline 

Placed in Service 2 124.3 27.9 7,000 

Certificated 4 1,543.5 69.1 44,310 

Proposed 5 2,005.0 134.5 68,725 

Storage 

Placed in Service 0 0.0 0 0 

Certificated 1 0.0 35 3,550 

Proposed 1 2.1 765 9,240 

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 May 31, 2012 

Through May 31, 2011 

Status No. of 

Projects 

Storage 

Capacity 

(Bcf) 

Deliverability 

(MMcf/d) 

Capacity 

(MMcf/d) 

Miles of 

Pipeline 

Compression 

(HP) 

Pipeline 

Placed in Service 

through May 31, 2011 

4 

11 

374.3 

6,048.5 

31.7 

734.8 

7,000 

431,045 

Certificated 

through May 31, 2011 

10 

4 

2,442.8 

1,198.0 

96.7 

61.5 

74.400 

59,265 

Storage 

Placed in Service 

through May 31, 2011 

3 

5 

5.2 

15.3 

150 

2,545 

0 

6,283 

Certificated 

through May 31, 2011 

4 

6 

47.2 

103.3 

335 

2,720 

22,550 

58,710 

LNG (Import & Export) 

Placed in Service 

through May 31, 2011 

0 

1 

0 

16.4 

0 

2,000 

0 

0 

Certificated (Export) 

through May 31, 2011 

1 

0 

0 

0 

2,600 

0 

0 

0 

 Source: Staff Database 
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Hydropower Highlights 

 Tri-Dam began commercial generation at its new third unit addition at the Tulloch Project, FERC Project No. 2067-CA. 

This resulted in a capacity increase of 7.2 MW. 

 San Jose Water Company was issued an Order Granting Exemption from Licensing (Conduit) for the Hostetter 

Turnout Valve Hydro Project (FERC No. 14357), located on its municipal water supply system in Santa Clara County, 

CA. The proposed project will develop 0.150 MW. 

 Consumers Energy Company and Detroit Edison were issued an Order Amending License for the Ludington Pumped 

Storage Project No. 2680, located on Lake Michigan, in Mason and Muskegon counties, MI. The order authorized the 

upgrade and overhaul of all six pump-turbine/generator units of the project (one unit at a time over the years 2013 

through 2019), and would increase the authorized installed capacity of the project from 1,657.5 MW to 1,785 MW. 

 City and Borough of Sitka was issued an Order Amending License and Revising Annual Charges for the Blue Lake 

Project (FERC No. 2230), located on Sawmill Creek, in Borough of Sitka, AK. The order authorized the licensee to 

raise the project’s dam and replace several turbine generator units, increasing the installed capacity from 7.54 MW to 

16.9 MW. 

 Lock 14 Hydro Partners, LLC filed an original license application for the proposed 2.64 MW Heidelberg Hydroelectric 

Project No. 13213. The project would be located at the Kentucky River Authority’s Lock and Dam 14 on the Kentucky 

River near Heidelberg, Lee County, KY. 

 Lock 12 Hydro Partners, LLC filed an original license application for the proposed 2.64 MW Ravenna Hydroelectric 

Project No. 13214. The project would be located at the Kentucky River Authority’s Lock and Dam 12 on the Kentucky 

River near Ravenna, Estill County, KY. 

 Inside Passage Electric Cooperative filed an original license application for the proposed 0.455 MW Gartina Falls 

Hydroelectric Project No. 14066. The project would be located on Gartina Creek near Hoonah, AK. 

 Calleguas Municipal Water District filed an application for exemption from licensing (conduit) for the Grandsen 

Generating Station Project (FERC No. 14404), located on the Moorpark Feeder next to the Grandsen Pump Station, 

in Ventura County, CA. The proposed project would develop 0.330 MW. 

 The City of San Francisco filed an application for exemption from licensing (conduit) for the University Mound 

Reservoir Project No. 14406, located on San Francisco’s municipal water system next to the McClaren Pumping 

Plant, in San Francisco, CA. The proposed project would develop 0.241 MW. 

 The City of Pendleton filed an application for exemption from licensing (conduit) for the Energy Recovery Technology 

(ERT) Project No. 14407, located on the City’s existing infrastructure, in Umatilla County, OR. The proposed project 

would develop about 0.160 MW. 

Hydropower Activities in May 2012 

Conventional Pumped Storage Hydrokinetic

Status

No. Capacity 

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

Total No. 

of Projects

Total 

Capacity 

(MW)

Filed 

License 3 5.735 0 0 0 0 3 5.735 

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

Capacity Amendment 1 3.830 0 0 0 0 1 3.830 

Conduit Exemption 3 0.731 0 0 0 0 3 0.731 

Issued 

License 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

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

Capacity Amendment 1 9.360 1 127.500 0 0 2 136.860 

Conduit Exemption 1 0.150 0 0 0 0 1 0.150 

Placed in Service 

License 1 7.200 0 0 0 0 1 7.200 

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 

 Source: Staff Database 
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Hydropower Activities Year to Date (through May 31, 2012) 

Conventional Pumped Storage Hydrokinetic

Status

No. Capacity 

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

Total No. 

of Projects

Total 

Capacity 

(MW)

Filed 

License 5 19.905 0 0 2 1.100 7 21.005 

5-MW Exemption 1 0.695 0 0 0 0 1 0.695 

Capacity Amendment 3 9.040 0 0 0 0 3 9.040 

Conduit Exemption 10 2.870 0 0 0 0 10 2.870 

Issued 

License 7 38.840 0 0 2 1.350 9 40.190 

5-MW Exemption 2 1.125 0 0 0 0 2 1.125 

Capacity Amendment 8 48.072 3 149.500 0 0 11 258.284 

Conduit Exemption 6 8.610 0 0 0 0 6 8.610 

Placed in Service 

License 2 8.530 0 0 0 0 2 8.530 

5-MW Exemption 1 0.170 0 0 0 0 1 0.170 

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 

 NRG Energy of Carnegie Center’s 4.6 MW natural gas fired turbine cogeneration plant at the University Medical 

Center of Princeton at Plainsboro in Middlesex County, New Jersey is online. The cogeneration plant provides the 

hospital with electricity but also captures the waste heat from the gas turbine to produce steam for sterilization of 

equipment and heating the building. 

 E.ON Climate & Renewables North America, LLC’s 202 MW Magic Valley Wind Farm I in Willacy County, Texas is 

online. Magic Valley is comprised of 112 Vestas V100 1.8-MW turbines. 

 First Wind’s 21 MW Kaheawa Wind Power II Wind Project in Maui, Hawaii is online. This project with 14 GE 1.5-MW 

turbines, is an expansion project of the existing 30-MW Kaheawa Wind. The expanded wind farm now has a 

combined capacity of 51 MW. 

 Two wind projects came online in Massachusetts: 2 MW Kingston Wind Independence in Plymouth County on the 

former Kingston landfill; and 3.3 MW Fairhaven Wind in Bristol County. 

 Enbridge Inc.’s 50 MW Silver State North Solar Project in Clark County, Nevada is online. This is the first utility-scale 

solar facility built on BLM land. NV Energy will purchase the facility’s electricity under a long-term agreement. 

 Cogentrix Energy’s 30 MW Alamosa Solar Generating plant in San Luis Valley of Colorado is online. This is the 

largest concentrating photovoltaic generating facility in the world, employing technology originally developed as part of 

the US space program. The project is comprised of over 500 dual-axis pedestal mounted tracker assemblies. Each 

tracker assembly is 70’ wide by 50’ high and contains 7,560 Fresnel lenses that concentrate the sunlight by a multiple 

of 500 onto multijunction solar cells. The electricity is purchased by PSC of Colorado under a long-term agreement. 

 Three solar projects in California are online: 1) Sun Peak Solar’s 28.57 MW Imperial Valley (Niland) Solar Park in 

Niland is online. Niland is the first solar sufficient community in the United States. Imperial Irrigation District has a 

long-term contract for 20 MW of the output. The project is comprised of nearly 1,000 solar panels. 2) PG&E’s 10 MW 

Giffen Solar Station in Fresno County is online. 3) SCE’s 8.6 MW SPVP #026 in Rialto is online. This project consists 

of a single 8.6 MW DC rooftop photovoltaic system. 

 Astronergy Solar’s 6.1 MW photovoltaic AstroSol Tech Park at the University of Arizona Science and Technology Park 

is online. The electricity output is purchased by Tucson Electric Power under a long-term agreement. 

 Sun Edison’s 10 MW solar SunE WFM 2790 in Bexar County, Texas is online. The electricity output is purchased by 

CPS Energy under a long-term agreement. 

 Two biomass plants came online in Texas: 1) Southern Company’s 100 MW wood-fired Nacogdoches Power project 

in Sacul. This facility will be fueled by one million tons of biomass materials procured within a 75-mile radius of the 
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project site. The electricity output is purchased by Austin Energy under long term agreement. 2) Decker Energy’s 50 

MW wood-fired Lindale Renewable Energy in Smith County is online. 

 NRG Energy’s 15 MW biomass Dunkirk Generating Station Expansion Project at Dunkirk, New York is online. This 

facility is fueled by sustainably harvested biomass including forest and wood processing residues. The electricity 

output from this facility is purchased by New York State Energy Research and Development Authority. 

 

May 2012 January – May 2012 

Cumulative 

January – May 2011 

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 1 808 4 915 

Natural Gas 1 5 28 2,811 53 3,986 

Nuclear 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Oil 0 0 5 9 4 9 

Water 4 11 4 11 5 4 

Wind 4 228 39 1,800 48 2,139 

Biomass 4 166 36 234 35 135 

Geothermal Steam 0 0 2 56 2 23 

Solar 11 149 84 494 88 174 

Waste Heat 1 3 1 3 1 135 

Other 0 0 0 0 1 8 

New Generation In-Service (New Build and Expansion) 

Total 25 561 200 6,225 241 7,528 

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

Coal 341.42 29.72% 

Natural Gas 480.74 41.85% 

Nuclear 104.08 9.06% 

Oil 51.52 4.49% 

Water 99.70 8.68% 

Wind 49.01 4.27% 

Biomass 14.06 1.22% 

Geothermal Steam 3.49 0.30% 

Solar 2.79 0.24% 

Waste Heat 0.77 0.07% 

Other 1.04 0.09% 

Total 1,148.62 100.00% 

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

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

Total Installed Operating Generating Capacity 
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Electric Transmission Highlights 

 Dominion energized the 230 kV, 25 mile Remington – Gainesville transmission line in VA. The project connects 

Dominion's Remington Combustion Turbine (CT) facility in southern Fauquier County, VA to the Gainesville 

Substation in Prince William County, VA. 

Transmission Projects Completed Proposed Transmission Projects 

In-Service by May 2014 

May 2012 May 2011 January –May 2012 

Cumulative 

January –December 

2011 Cumulative 

High Probability of 

Completion Voltage All 

(kV) 

Line Length (miles) 

≤230 25 104.5 63.6 1,018.5 2,134.1 6,129.8 

345 0 82.0 200.6 494.9 8,240.5 10,011.5 

500 0 169.8 79.0 262.0 2,422.1 7,201.7 

Total 

U.S. 25 356.3 343.2 1,775.4 12,796.7 23,343.0 

Transmission Projects with a High Probability of 

being completed by May 2014 

All Transmission Projects with a Proposed 

In-Service Date by May 2014 

New Transmission Projects by Voltage New Transmission Projects by Region 

 

Sources: Data derived from Staff Database and U.S. Electric Transmission Projects ©2012 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.