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Natural Gas Highlights

• Texas Eastern received authorization to place in service its Texas Industrial Market Expansion and Louisiana Market 

Expansion Projects, which will provide an additional 82.5 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.

• Tennessee Gas received authorization to complete construction and commence operation of a delivery point in 

Middlesex County, MA, to bypass National Grid and provide direct service to the Hanscoms Air Force Base.

• Transco received authorization to construct its Northeast Supply Enhancement Project, including 37 miles of pipeline 

and 53,902 HP of compression in Lancaster and Chester Counties, PA, Middlesex and Somerset Counties, NJ, and in 

New York State waters. The project would provide 400 MMcf/d of firm transportation service from Trasco's 

Compressor Station 195 in York County, PA to its offshore Rockaway Transfer Point in New York State waters.

• WBI Energy received authorization for its Line Section 22 Expansion Project, which includes replacing 9.5 miles of 

pipeline in Carbon and Yellowstone Counties, MT, in order to increase the maximum allowable operating pressure 

and provide 22.5 MMcf/d of incremental firm transportation service. 

• Alliance received authorization to restate the certificated design capacity of its Tioga Lateral from 126 to 96 MMcf/d to 

reflect the existing available firm capacity of the facilities in Northwestern North Dakota.

• Spire Storage withdrew its filing for the Rock Pipeline Project, which consisted of 10.1 miles pipeline and other 

equipment in Uinta County, WY to provide it access to a new interconnect with Kern River pipeline. 

• ANR received authorization to replace segments of its existing 22-inch mainline, Line 301, its 24-inch loop line, Line 1-

301, and its 30-inch loop line, Line 2-301, all located in Kane County, IL.

• National Fuel received authorization to plug and abandon Wells 656P, 849P, and 855P and related infrastructure at its 

East Branch Storage Field in McKean County, PA. The project will not result in a decrease in service to customers.

• ONEOK Rockies Midstream and Steel Reef Burke request authorization to transfer the Section 3 and Presidential 

Permit at a border crossing in Burke County, ND from ORM to Steel Reef.

• Tennessee Gas requests authorization for its Compressor Station 321 Turbine Replacement Project in Susquehanna 

County, PA, which involves replacing one turbine engine with a lower emissions model, which will also add 800 HP of 

compression and increase transportation capacity by 10 MMcf/d.

• NGPL requests authorization to remove 6,984 feet of its Louisiana Line Nos. 1 and 2 and replace them with 9,500 feet 

of new pipeline in Jefferson County, TX in order relocate the lines from land to be used to construct the Golden Pass 

LNG Export Terminal.

• Gulf South requests authorization to replace two old compressors at its Arnaudville Compressor Station in St. Landry 

Parish, LA, with a new 11,107 HP unit. This project would not affect daily design capacity or maximum daily 

capability. 

• Equitrans requests authorization for its Tri-State Corridor Project, including 16.7 miles of pipeline in Washington 

County, PA and Brooke County, WV, that would deliver up to 140 MMcf/d of natural gas to a new power plant in 

Brooke County, WV.

• Florida Gas requests authorization for its Putnam Expansion Project, including 20.7 miles of new looped pipeline and 

other facilities in Columbia, Union, Clay, Putnam, and Orange Counties FL, which would provide up to 169 MMcf/d of 

firm capacity to Seminole Electric Coop.

• Bluewater Gas Storage requests authorization to construct an 11,150 HP compressor station in Macomb County, MI 

in order to restore the storage field's firm delivery capacity to its authorized 500,000 Mcf/d.
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Natural Gas Activities in May 2019

Status No. of 

Projects

Storage 

Capacity 

(Bcf)

Deliverability 

(MMcf/d)

Capacity 

(MMcf/d)

Miles of 

Pipeline

Compression 

(HP)

Pipeline

Placed in Service 1 158 0 0

Certificated 2 423 57 53,902

Proposed 5 319 39 11,907

Storage

Placed in Service 0 0 0 0

Certificated 0 0 0 0

Proposed 1 0 0 11,150

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 May 31, 2019

January through May 31, 2018

Status No. of

Projects

Storage 

Capacity

(BCF)

Deliverability 

(MMcf/d)

Capacity 

(MMcf/d)

Miles of 

Pipeline

Compression 

(HP)

Pipeline

Placed in Service 5 4,101.0 1.4 282,400

through May 31, 2018 4 3,230.0 79.3 116,020

Certificated 14 9,988.4 393.6 584,535

through May 31, 2018 25 5,060.7 286.1 149,395

Storage

Placed in Service 0 0.0 0.0 0

through May 31, 2018 0 0.0 0.0 0

Certificated 1 0.0 79.0 0

through May 31, 2018 3 3,600.3 143.0 0

LNG (Import & Export)

Placed in Service (Export) 2 10.1 1,413.0 0

through May 31, 2018 1 0.0 825.0 0

Certificated (Import/Export) 4 34.3 7,279.0 0

through May 31, 2018 0 0.0 0.0 0

Source: Staff Database
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Hydropower Highlights (nonfederal)

• NorthWestern Corporation was issued an order raising the capacity of its Missouri-Madison Project No. 2188 from 

305.240 to 308.880 MW. The project is located on the Missouri and Madison Rivers in Gallatin, Madison, Lewis and 

Clarke, and Cascade Counties, MT.

• Igiugig Village Council was issued a pilot project for the construction and operation of the 0.070 MW Igiugig 

Hydrokinetic Project No. 13511. The project is located on the Kvichak River in the Lake and Peninsula Borough, near 

the town of Igiugig, AK. 

• The Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society of the Protestant Episcopal Diocese of Alabama was issued an original 

order for exemption for the 0.140 MW Camp McDowell Hydroelectric Project No. 14793. The project is located on 

Clear Creek in Winston County, AL.

• Oregon State University filed an application for an original license for the proposed 20.0 MW PacWave South Project 

No. 14616, a marine hydrokinetic project. The project is located off the central Oregon coast near the city of 

Newport, in Lincoln County, OR.

Hydropower Project Activities in May 2019

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 1 20.000 1 20.000

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 1 0.070 1 0.070

10-MW Exemption 1 0.140 0 0 0 0 1 0.140

Capacity Amendment 1 3.640 0 0 0 0 1 3.640

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

Hydropower Project Activities Year to Date (through May 31, 2019)

Status

Conventional Pumped Storage Hydrokinetic

Total No. 

of Projects

Total 

Capacity 

No. (MW) Capacity 

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

Filed

License 1 0.850 0 0 1 20.000 2 20.850

10-MW Exemption 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Capacity Amendment 2 3.900 0 0 0 0 2 3.900

Conduit Exemption 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Issued

License 0 0 1 393.300 1 0.070 2 393.370

10-MW Exemption 1 0.140 0 0 0 0 1 0.140

Capacity Amendment 1 3.640 0 0 0 0 1 3.640

Conduit Exemption 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Status

Conventional Pumped Storage Hydrokinetic

Total No. 

of Projects

Total 

Capacity 

No. (MW) Capacity 

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

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

• Shell Oil Co Deer Park’s 5.0 MW rerate of the Shell Deer Park natural gas-fired Project in Harris County, TX is online. 

The power generated is sold to Shell Oil Co. Deer Park under long-term contract. 

• Carroll County Energy LLC’s 15.6 MW expansion at the Carroll County Project in Carroll County, OH is online. 

• CPS Energy’s 5.0 MW CPS Energy San Antonio Solar Storage Project in Bexar County, TX is online.

May 2019 January – May 2019

Cumulative

January – May 2018

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 4 10

Natural Gas 1 5 34 4,156 44 7,189

Nuclear 0 0 1 155 3 30

Oil 4 16 9 42 13 24

Water 0 0 4 29 8 104

Wind 1 0 20 1,547 18 1,924

Biomass 0 0 0 0 12 101

Geothermal Steam 0 0 0 0 3 36

Solar 6 17 131 1,585 264 2,221

Waste Heat 0 0 0 0 1 50

Other * 2 0 14 0 12 5

Total 14 38 213 7,514 382 11,694

New Generation In-Service (New Build and Expansion)
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All Proposed Additions Proposed Additions

Under Construction** Proposed Retirements

Primary Fuel Type No. of 

Units

Installed 

Capacity (MW)

No. of 

Units

Installed 

Capacity (MW)

No. of 

Units

Installed 

Capacity (MW)

Coal 1 17 1 17 57 17,054

Natural Gas 222 59,449 107 28,263 108 10,105

Nuclear 9 7,781 1 1,100 8 8,386

Oil 17 717 6 25 21 1,065

Water 217 14,608 84 1,909 19 526

Wind 536 99,037 160 27,128 1 239

Biomass 61 624 27 467 32 139

Geothermal Steam 18 860 6 280 0 0

Solar 2,528 85,416 530 16,303 1 1

Waste Heat 4 34 2 29 0 0

Other * 129 475 29 7 1 2

Total 3,742 269,018 953 75,528 248 37,517

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

 ** Under Constructions includes units that have started site preparation or construction. It also includes units that are in the testing phase.

Installed Capacity (GW) % of Total Capacity

Coal 257.54 21.54%

Natural Gas 531.31 44.43%

Nuclear 107.30 8.97%

Oil 39.85 3.33%

Water 100.43 8.40%

Wind 98.63 8.25%

Biomass 16.04 1.34%

Geothermal Steam 3.83 0.32%

Solar 38.71 3.24%

Waste Heat 1.32 0.11%

Other* 0.78 0.07%

Total 1,195.75 100.00%

Sources: Data derived from Velocity Suite, ABB Inc. and The C Three Group LLC. The data may be subject to update. 

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

wheel.

Total Available Installed Generating Capacity

Generation Capacity Additions and Retirements

(June 2019 – May 2022)

From ABB Velocity Suite’s Generating Unit Capacity Dataset

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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Electric Transmission Highlights

• FirstEnergy has completed the 18.0 mile, 115 kV Central City West - Bedford North Transmission Project in PA.

Transmission Projects Completed Proposed Transmission Projects

In-Service by June 2021

Voltage 

(kV)

May 2019 May 2018 January – May 2019 

Cumulative

January – December 

2018 Cumulative

High Probability 

of Completion All

Line Length (miles)

≤230 18.0 8.4 109.0 392.3 454.3 1,564.0

345 0.0 8.0 169.0 819.3 915.4 2,404.4

500 0.0 0.0 7.4 69.4 813.0 1,816.0

Total 

U.S. 18.0 16.4 285.4 1,281.0 2,182.7 5,784.4

Sources: Data derived from North American Electric Reliability 

Corporation (NERC) Electricity Supply and Demand (ES&D) and U.S. 

Electric Transmission Projects ©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 June 2021

Transmission Projects with a High Probability of 

being completed by June 2021

New Transmission Projects by Voltage