Office of Energy Projects 

Energy Infrastructure Update 

For April 2011 

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Natural Gas Highlights 

 Excelerate Energy announced on April 13 that it plans to retire its LNG import facility, Gulf Gateway Deepwater Port, 

which lies about 115 miles offshore Louisiana in the Gulf of Mexico. 

 Transco placed into service its 85 North Expansion (Phase II) and Mobile Bay South Expansion II Projects. Transco’s 

85 North Expansion (Phase II) will provide 218.5 MMcf/d of additional capacity to shippers in Transco’s Southeastern 

Market Area, while Transco’s Mobil Bay South Expansion II Project will provide 380 MMcf/d of additional capacity on 

Transco’s Mobile Bay Lateral in Alabama. 

 CenterPoint Energy - MRT received authorization to reclassify 1.2 Bcf of cushion gas capacity as working gas 

capacity in its East and West Unionville Storage Fields, in Lincoln Parish, Louisiana. 

 

Natural Gas Activities in April 2011 

Status No. of 

Projects 

Storage 

Capacity 

(Bcf) 

Deliverability 

(MMcf/d) 

Capacity 

(MMcf/d) 

Miles of 

Pipeline 

Compression 

(HP) 

Pipeline 

Placed in Service 2 598.5 22.1 54,205 

Certificated 0 0.0 0 0 

Proposed 0 0.0 0 0 

Storage 

Placed in Service 0 0.0 0 0 

Certificated 1 1.2 0 0 

Proposed 0 0.0 0 0 

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 April 30, 2011 

Through April 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 April 30, 2010 

8 

7 

5,403.5 

4,300.2 

661.6 

209.3 

390,735 

90,285 

Certificated 

through April 30, 2010 

2 

9 

688.0 

5,365.5 

20.5 

1,276.8 

59,265 

372,116 

Storage 

Placed in Service 

through April 30, 2010 

1 

3 

8.0 

22.1 

2,500 

800 

0 

0 

Certificated 

through April 30, 2010 

4 

4 

69.2 

31.7 

2,115 

600 

47,210 

9,500 

LNG 

Placed in Service 

through April 30, 2010 

1 

0 

9.84 

0 

1,000 

0 

0 

0 

Certificated 

through April 30, 2010 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

 Source: Staff Database 
Office of Energy Projects 

Energy Infrastructure Update 

For April 2011 

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Hydropower Highlights 

 On April 18, 2011, DHL staff issued an original license for CRD Hydroelectric, LLC’s proposed 36.39-MW Red Rock 

Hydroelectric Project No. 12576. The proposed project would be located at the existing U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers’ Red Rock Dam on the Des Moines River, in Marion County, Iowa. 

 On April 21, 2011, the Commission issued an original license to the City of Spearfish, South Dakota for the existing, 

unlicensed 4.0-MW Spearfish Hydroelectric Project No. 12775. The project is located on Spearfish Creek in 

Lawrence County, South Dakota. 

 On April 15, 2011, the Nevada Irrigation District filed its relicense application for the 79.3-MW Yuba-Bear Project 

No. 2266. The applicant proposed to add a new powerhouse and turbine to increase the project’s installed capacity 

by 11.4 MWs, for a total installed capacity of 90.7 MWs. The project is located on the Middle Yuba River, Canyon 

Creek, Rucker Creek, and Bear River watersheds in Nevada, Placer, and Sierra Counties, California. The current 

license will expire on May 1, 2013. 

 On April 22, 2011, Coleman Hydro, LLC filed an application for an original license for the proposed 0.75-MW Coleman 

Hydroelectric Project No. 13629. The project would be located on Little Timber Creek, a tributary of the Lemhi River, 

near the Town of Leadore, in Lemhi County, Idaho. 

 On April 29, 2011, Symbiotics filed license applications, on behalf of Uniontown Hydro, LLC and Newburgh Hydro, 

LLC, for the proposed 96.0-MW Uniontown Hydroelectric Project No. 12958 and the proposed 65.0-MW Newburgh 

Hydroelectric Project No. 12962. The Uniontown Hydroelectric Project would be located at the existing U.S. Army 

Corps of Engineers’ John T. Myers Locks and Dam on the Ohio River near Uniontown, Kentucky. The Newburgh 

Hydroelectric Project would be located at the existing U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Newburgh Locks and Dam on 

the Ohio River near Newburgh, Indiana. 

 On April 21, 2011, the County of Los Alamos, New Mexico began commercial generation with a turbine-generator unit 

that was added to the two existing units at the Abiquiu Project, FERC Project No. 7396. This resulted in a capacity 

increase of 3.0 MW for SFRO’s licensed projects. 

 

Hydropower Activities in April 2011 

Conventional Pumped Storage Hydrokinetic

Status

No. Capacity 

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

Total No. 

of Projects

Total 

Capacity 

(MW)

Filed 

License 4 173.150 0 0 0 0 4 173.150 

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

Capacity Amendment 2 16.900 0 0 0 0 2 16.900 

Conduit Exemption 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Issued 

License 2 40.390 0 0 0 0 2 40.390 

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 

Placed in Service 

License 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

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

Capacity Amendment 1 3.000 0 0 0 0 1 3.000 

Conduit Exemption 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

 Source: Staff Database
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Energy Infrastructure Update 

For April 2011 

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Hydropower Activities Year to Date (through April 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 8 258.4225 0 0 0 0 8 258.4225 

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

Capacity Amendment 4 20.270 0 0 0 0 4 20.270 

Conduit Exemption 1 0.075 0 0 0 0 1 0.075 

Issued 

License 3 46.390 0 0 0 0 3 46.390 

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

Capacity Amendment 6 12.618 0 0 0 0 6 12.618 

Conduit Exemption 2 0.350 0 0 0 0 2 0.350 

Placed in Service 

License 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

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 

Electric Generation Highlights 

 Sacramento inaugurated the region’s largest private solar power installation, a 3-MW project that supplies electricity to 

Depot Park business complex, the former Sacramento Army Depot. The 12,600-panel array on the Brownfield site 

will produce 40% of the electricity needs at Depot Park. This installation is the only one located at a Superfund Site 

within a redeveloped military facility. 

 An array of 6,152 solar panels on the roof of the Emmett J. Bean Federal Center in Indianapolis has begun 

generating. GSA said the project will save $475,000 a year or 20% of the Bean Center’s utility bills. 

 The expansion of Riverside Energy Resource Center Units 3 & 4 in Riverside, California came online. The gas-fired 

peaking units are 48 MW each, totaling 96 MW of capacity. The project uses recycled water from the city’s adjacent 

wastewater treatment plant for cooling. 

 The 3.2 MW SX Renewable Energy Generation Facility in Lafayette, New Jersey has begun operation. The facility 

captures landfill gas to fuel two generator sets to generate power to sell to the electricity grid. 

 Midland Gas-to-Energy facility in Midland, Michigan has begun operation. This renewable project captures methane 

from the city’s landfill to fuel electricity generation which is used to power the city’s wastewater treatment and water 

treatment plant, saving the city $400,000 in the first year. 

 SolFocus with partners Bechtel Power Corp and Sol Orchard completed the 1-MW high concentrator photovoltaic 

(CPV) power plant for the Nichols Farms in Hanford, California. This installation is the latest in a string of utility-scale 

distributed generation projects by SolFocus, which will produce 2,244 MWh in the first year, roughly 70% of the 

pistachio processing facility electricity demand. Nichols Farms processes pistachios for the farmers throughout the 

Central Valley of California. This CPV agribusiness project is the first of its kind in North America. 

 A subsidiary of Consolidated Edison, Con Edison Development, has announced the completion of its 2-MW 

photovoltaic solar farm in New Bedford Business Park. This 7,000 solar panel facility, Massachusetts’ largest solar 

farm, is expected to provide electricity to 2,000 households. 

 Chevron Mining Inc. has installed a 1-MW CPV at its molybdenum mine in Questa, New Mexico, demonstrating a 

practical use of previously impacted land. The Questa solar field covers 20 acres, includes 173 Soitec solar trackers 

that are about 18 feet by 21 feet in size. The electricity generated will be sold to Kit Carson Electric Cooperative. 
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Energy Infrastructure Update 

For April 2011 

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Electric Transmission Highlights 

 On April 13, American Transmission Co. and Duke Energy announced the formation of a joint venture called DukeAmerican Transmission Co. (DATC). DATC will seek to build electric transmission projects across North America. 

 On April 20, Paul Manson, Sea Breeze President and CEO, announced that the Juan de Fuca project has all of its 

major permits and just needs to arrange commercial financing contracts in order to start construction. The Juan de 

Fuca project is a 31 mile, 550-MW, high voltage direct-current underwater transmission line between Victoria, British 

Columbia, and Port Angeles, Washington. 

 On April 27, high winds and tornadoes caused 25, 500-kV transmission lines to go out of service in central and 

northern Mississippi, northern Alabama and southeast Tennessee. It also resulted in the shutdown of the Browns 

Ferry nuclear plant in Alabama due to damage to the surrounding transmission system. 

April 2011 January – April 2011 

Cumulative 

January – April 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 3 615 10 2,301 

Natural Gas 2 96 12 955 39 2,072 

Nuclear 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Oil 0 0 0 0 2 4 

Water 1 3 5 4 6 17 

Wind 0 0 30 1,080 24 1,033 

Biomass 5 7 23 48 34 100 

Geothermal Steam 0 0 1 8 0 0 

Solar 10 14 42 115 10 20 

Waste Heat 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Other 0 0 7 20 0 0 

Total 18 120 123 2,845 125 5,547 

New Generation In-Service (New Build and Expansion)

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

Total Installed Operating Generation Capacity 

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

Coal 344.45 30.40% 

Natural Gas 469.34 41.42% 

Nuclear 106.37 9.39% 

Oil 52.71 4.65% 

Water 99.08 8.75% 

Wind 41.18 3.63% 

Biomass 13.38 1.18% 

Geothermal Steam 3.37 0.30% 

Solar 1.25 0.11% 

Waste Heat 0.82 0.07% 

Other 1.04 0.09% 

Total 1,133.00 100.00% 

Source: Data derived from Ventyx Global LLC, Velocity Suite. 
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Transmission Projects Completed Proposed Transmission Projects 

In-Service by April 2013 

April 2011 April 2010 High Probability of 

Completion All Voltage (kV) 

Line Length (miles) 

≤230 0 95.5 3,903.0 6,509.4 

345 0 73.7 3,632.2 5,279.3 

500 0 27.0 1,688.6 4,978.3 

765 0 0 0 0 

Total U.S. 0 196.2 9,223.8 16,767.0 

Projected Investment Cost of 

Transmission Projects with a Proposed 

In-Service Date by April 2013 

Transmission Projects with a Proposed 

In-Service Date by April 2013 

Sources: Data derived from Staff Database and U.S. Electric Transmission Projects ©2011 The C-Three Group, LLC 

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