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Natural Gas Highlights 

 The Commission dismissed requests by Calais LNG and Calais Pipeline to construct and operate a 1.2 Bcf/d LNG 

terminal in Calais, Maine, and pipeline facilities connecting the terminal to the facilities of Maritimes & Northeast. 

 The Commission vacated the authorizations issued to Jordan Cove and Pacific Connector to construct and operate a 

1.0 Bcf/d LNG terminal in Coos County, OR and pipeline facilities connecting the terminal with other pipelines at the 

OR/CA border. 

 Transco placed into service its Bayonne Lateral Project which will provide 250 MMcf/d of capacity to the new electric 

Bayonne Generation Plant to be located in Hudson County, NJ. 

 Sabine Pass LNG received authorization to construct and operate its Sabine Pass liquefaction terminal at its existing 

site in Cameron Parish, LA. This project will liquefy domestic production and export approximately 2.6 Bcf/d. 

 Constitution Pipeline commenced the Commission’s pre-filing process for its Constitution Pipeline Project which will 

transport 650 MMcf/d of gas produced in PA to interconnections with pipelines in Schoharie County, NY. 

 Cameron LNG and Cameron Pipeline commenced the Commission’s pre-filing process for liquefaction, export, and 

pipeline facilities in Cameron Parish, LA which will provide 1,700 MMcf/d of export capacity. 

Natural Gas Activities in April 2012 

Status No. of 

Projects 

Storage 

Capacity 

(Bcf) 

Deliverability 

(MMcf/d) 

Capacity 

(MMcf/d) 

Miles of 

Pipeline 

Compression 

(HP) 

Pipeline 

Placed in Service 2 250.0 3.8 0 

Certificated 0 0 0 0 

Proposed 5 2,717.5 202.0 113,000 

Storage 

Placed in Service 0 0 0 0 

Certificated 0 0 0 0 

Proposed 0 0 0 0 

LNG (Import & Export) 

Placed in Service 0 0 0 0 

Certificated 

(Export) 1 0 2,600 0 

Proposed (Export) 1 3.4 1,700 0 

 Source: Staff Database 

Natural Gas Activities through April 30, 2012 

Through April 30, 2011 

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, 2011 

2 

9 

250.0 

5,413.5 

3.8 

673.0 

0 

390,735 

Certificated 

through April 30, 2011 

6 

2 

899.3 

688.0 

27.6 

20.5 

30.090 

59,265 

Storage 

Placed in Service 

through April 30, 2011 

3 

4 

5.2 

13.2 

150 

2,540 

0 

6,283 

Certificated 

through April 30, 2011 

3 

4 

47.2 

69.2 

300 

2,115 

19,000 

47,210 

LNG (Import & Export) 

Placed in Service 

through April 30, 2011 

0 

1 

0 

9.8 

0 

1,000 

0 

0 

Certificated (Export) 

through April 30, 2011 

1 

0 

0 

0 

2,600 

0 

0 

0 

 Source: Staff Database 
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Hydropower Highlights 

 Blue Heron, LLC was issued an original license for the 2.196 MW Ball Mountain Dam Hydroelectric Project 

No. 13226. The project will be located at the existing U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Ball Mountain Dam on the West 

River near the Town of Jamaica, Windham County, VT. 

 Fairlawn Hydroelectric Company, LLC was issued an original license for the 14 MW Jennings Randolph Project 

No. 12715. The project will be located at the existing U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Jennings Randolph Dam on the 

North Branch Potomac River in Garrett County, MD and Mineral County, WV. 

 Jordan Whittaker was issued an Order Granting Exemption from Licensing (Conduit) for the 0.460 MW Eightmile 

Hydro Project (FERC No. 14259), to be located on an existing irrigation canal, in Lemhi County, ID. 

 Three Sisters Irrigation District was issued an Order Granting Exemption from Licensing (Conduit) for the 0.700 MW 

Three Sisters Irrigation Hydro Project (FERC No. 14364), to be located on the north pipe of the main canal, in 

Deschutes County, OR. 

 Konohiki Hydro Power, LLC was issued an Order Granting Exemption from Licensing (Conduit) and Dismissing 

Preliminary Permit Application for the 5.3 MW Puu Lua Project (FERC No. 14069), to be located on the Koke’e Ditch 

Irrigation System, in Kauai County, HI. The order dismissed the permit for Clean River Power 16 LLC’s Project 

(FERC No. 13875). 

 Erie Boulevard Hydropower, LP was issued an Order Amending the License for the Stewarts Bridge Project (FERC 

No. 2047), to be located on the Sacandaga River in Saratoga County, NY. The addition of the new 2.6 MW unit in a 

new powerhouse will raise the project’s total installed capacity 32.6 MW. 

 New York Power Authority was issued an Order Amending License for the 2,755.5 MW Niagara Project (FERC 

No. 2216), to be located on the Niagara River, in Niagara County, NY. The order authorized the licensee to upgrade 

the Lewiston Pumped Storage Development’s turbine capacities 270 MW. 

 FPL Energy Maine LLC, was issued an order amending license and revising annual charges for the Skelton Project 

No. 2527, to be located on the Saco River, in York County, ME. The order authorized the upgrade of two units to 21.6 

MW. 

 Whitestone Power and Communications filed an application for a hydrokinetic pilot license for the proposed 0.10 MW 

Whitestone Poncelet River-In-Stream-Energy-Conversion Project No. 13305. The project would be located at the 

confluence of the Tanana and Delta rivers near Delta Junction, AK, about 80 miles southeast of Fairbanks. 

 Coulee Power Plant LLC filed an application for exemption from licensing (conduit) for the 0.060 MW P Coulee Power 

Plant Project (FERC No. 14384), to be located on the Twin Falls Canal Company irrigation system, in Twin Falls 

County, ID. 

 On April 26, 2012, the FERC Chicago Regional Office was notified by the City of Black River Falls (City), licensee for 

the Black River Falls (FERC Project No. 3052) that it achieved operation of all three generators with an estimated total 

generating capacity of 1.330 MW. Initial commercial operations began on April 26, 2012. 

Hydropower Activities in April 2012 

Conventional Pumped Storage Hydrokinetic

Status

No. Capacity 

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

Total No. 

of Projects

Total 

Capacity 

(MW)

Filed 

License 0 0 0 0 1 0.100 1 0.100 

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

Capacity Amendment 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Conduit Exemption 1 0.060 0 0 0 0 1 0.060 

Issued 

License 2 16.196 0 0 0 0 2 16.196 

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

Capacity Amendment 2 7.350 1 0 0 0 3 7.350 

Conduit Exemption 3 6.460 0 0 0 0 3 6.460 

Placed in Service 

License 1 1.330 0 0 0 0 1 1.330 

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 April 30, 2012) 

Conventional Pumped Storage Hydrokinetic

Status

No. Capacity 

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

Total No. 

of Projects

Total 

Capacity 

(MW)

Filed 

License 1 14.080 0 0 2 1.100 3 15.180 

5-MW Exemption 2 0.770 0 0 0 0 2 0.770 

Capacity Amendment 2 5.210 0 0 0 0 2 5.210 

Conduit Exemption 7 2.139 0 0 0 0 7 2.139 

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 7 38.712 2 22.000 0 0 9 60.712 

Conduit Exemption 5 8.460 0 0 0 0 5 8.460 

Placed in Service 

License 1 1.330 0 0 0 0 1 1.330 

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 

Electric Generation Highlights 

 TVA’s 880 MW natural gas-fired John Sevier Combined Cycle Plant near Rogersville, Tennessee is online. This new 

plant will help replace two of the four units at the John Sevier Fossil Plant that are being idled at the end of the year in 

order to meet federal pollution standards. 

 Georgia Power’s second 840 MW natural gas combined cycle unit at Plant McDonough-Atkinson in Smyrna, Georgia 

is online. The first unit came online in December 2011 and the third unit is currently under construction with expected 

operational date in November 2012. These new units are replacement for two retired coal units. 

 EverPower’s 75 MW Highland North Wind Farm in Cambria County, Pennsylvania is online. This project consists of 

30 2.5 MW Nordex turbines. EverPower’s first wind project in Cambria County, the 62.5 NW Highland Wind, came 

online in 2009. The electricity generated supplies FirstEnergy Solutions. 

 SMUD’s 128 MW Solano Wind Phase 3 near Rio Vista, California is online. Phase 3 consists of 55 Vestas turbines, 

completes SMUD’s Wind Expansion project in Solana County, with a total of 229 MW. 

 Cathartes Private Investments and Nexamp’s 4.5 MW Westford Solar Park in Westford, Massachusetts is online. 

This is New England’s largest privately owned solar power facility, with 14,000 photovoltaic panels. The electricity 

generated is contracted to National Grid. 

 Solar facilities in North Carolina: 2.5 MW North Carolina Solar I in Scotland County is online. The electricity 

generated is contracted to Progress Energy. 1.26 MW ESA Rooftop New Bern Solar in Craven County is online. This 

project consists of 5,376 Zep Solar photovoltaic modules. 

 Aqua Pennsylvania’s 1.8 MW Pickering Solar in Chester County, Pennsylvania is online. This solar project consists of 

7,500 photovoltaic panels, provides electricity to the Pickering plant, the company’s largest water treatment facility. 

 Solar facilities in Los Angeles, California: Westfield Group has a total of 2.4 MW solar facilities at two shopping malls 

came online. City of Industry Metrolink Public Transportation 2 MW Solar PV Carports and Electric Vehicles Charging 

Station Project came online. The electricity generated is contracted to Southern California Edison. 

 Constellation Energy’s 1.98 MW solar project phase I at Mount St. Mary’s University campus in Emmitsburg, Maryland 

is online. Phase 1 consists of 12,312 photovoltaic panels. Phase II, with 16.1 MW is under construction on the 

campus with expected completion in June, making it one of the largest photovoltaic farms in Maryland. 

 Oneida-Herkimer Solid Waste Authority announced that its 1.6 MW landfill gas cogeneration facility in Oneida, New 

York is online. Methane gas collected in the landfill is used to fuel the generator. The electricity generated is 

contracted to New York Port Authority. 
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 UTS Bioenergy LLC’s 1.4 MW FuelCell Energy DFC1500 power plant installed at San Jose/Santa Clara Water 

Pollution Control Plant in San Jose, California is online. UTS Bioenergy has a long-term purchase agreement with 

San Jose/Santa Clara Water Pollution Control Plant. This facility is the largest advanced wastewater treatment in the 

Western U.S. treating wastewater from 1.4 million people. About two-thirds of the energy used at the facility comes 

from methane from the digester and landfill processes. 

 Farm Power’s 1 MW agricultural by-products fueled Farm Power Tillamook, in Tillamook County, Oregon is online. 

The electricity generated is sold and the processed manure is sent back to partner farmers as organic fertilizer free of 

pathogens and odor. 

Electric Transmission Highlights 

 PPL has started construction on the 138 kV, $15 million and 7 mile Coopersburg-Hickon Transmission Project in PA. 

The project is expected to be completed in 2013. 

 Construction continues on the 117 mile, $1.9 billion, 500 kV Sunrise Powerlink transmission line after San Diego Gas 

& Electric Co. (SDG&E) executives and the California Public Utilities Commission reached an agreement on stricter 

April 2012 January – April 2012 

Cumulative 

January – April 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 2 1,720 11 2,708 37 2,096 

Nuclear 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Oil 0 0 5 9 2 5 

Water 0 0 0 0 4 1 

Wind 4 204 27 1,555 43 1,776 

Biomass 3 4 28 54 33 132 

Geothermal Steam 0 0 2 56 1 8 

Solar 17 20 61 233 69 139 

Waste Heat 0 0 0 0 1 135 

Other 1 0 1 0 7 8 

New Generation In-Service (New Build and Expansion)

Total 27 1,948 136 5,421 201 5,214 

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

Coal 342.31 29.72% 

Natural Gas 480.81 41.75% 

Nuclear 106.25 9.22% 

Oil 52.39 4.55% 

Water 99.68 8.65% 

Wind 48.66 4.22% 

Biomass 13.87 1.20% 

Geothermal Steam 3.49 0.30% 

Solar 2.49 0.22% 

Waste Heat 0.77 0.07% 

Other 1.04 0.09% 

Total 1,151.74 100.00% 

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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helicopters safety rules. In the agreement SDG&E agreed to log and photograph helicopter loads. The Imperial 

County to San Diego transmission line is scheduled to be completed in 2012. 

 Construction on the 214 mile, 230 kV Montana-Alberta Tie Line (MATL) transmission line resumed after landowners 

agreed to easements. MATL is scheduled to be completed by 2013. 

Transmission Projects Completed Proposed Transmission Projects 

In-Service by April 2014 

April 2012 April 2011 January –April 2012 

Cumulative 

January –December 

2011 Cumulative 

High Probability of 

Completion Voltage All 

(kV) 

Line Length (miles) 

≤230 0 6.0 9.6 1,152.7 2,137.4 6,416.3 

345 0 0 10.0 570.9 8,216.8 9,893.1 

500 0 65.0 79.0 262.0 2,502.1 7,106.7 

Total 

U.S. 0 71.0 98.6 1,985.6 12,856.3 23,416.1 

All Transmission Projects with a Proposed 

In-Service Date by April 2014 Transmission Projects with a High Probability of 

being completed by April 2014 

Completed Transmission Projects 

As of April 30, 2012 

 

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.