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Natural Gas Highlights

• Kaiser-Frontier Midstream received authorization to place into service the Northern and Middle Segments of its Silo 

Pipeline in Laramie County, WY which will provide 5 MMcf/d of capacity and prevent the flaring of gas.

• Transwestern placed into service its Malaga Lateral Project which will provide 200 MMcf/d of capacity from a new 

cryogenic processing plant in Eddy County, NM

• DBM Pipeline placed into service a residue pipeline which will provide 459 MMcf/d of capacity from the Ramsey 

processing plant located in Reeves County, TX to an interconnection with El Paso Natural Gas Pipeline in Eddy 

County, NM.

• Texas Gas received authorization to place into service a portion of the compression facilities authorized in its OhioLouisiana Access Project. The compression facilities located in IN and LA will provide 451 MMcf/d of capacity from 

the northern end of the Texas Gas system to markets in the Midwest and South.

• El Paso increased its export capacity by 42.6 MMcf/d at its existing Monument 90 border crossing located at the 

International Boundary between the U.S. and Mexico near the town of Naco in Cochise County, AZ.

• Rockies Express received authorization to convert the existing Seneca Lateral facilities located in Noble and Monroe 

Counties, OH from Section 311 authorization to Section 7 jurisdiction. The Seneca Lateral will provide 600 MMcf/d of 

capacity.

• Transco received authorization to construct and operate its Garden State Expansion Project which will provide 180

MMcf/d of capacity from Transco’s Station 210 in Mercer County, NJ to a new delivery point with New Jersey Natural 

Gas Company in Burlington County, NJ.

• Northwest Pipeline received authorization to construct and operate its Kalama Lateral Project which will provide 320

MMcf/d of capacity to Northwest Innovation Works’ proposed Methanol Plant located in Cowlitz County, WA.

• Magnolia LNG received authorization to construct and operate an LNG export terminal near Lake Charles, Calcasieu 

County, LA. The export terminal will provide 1,080 MMcf/d of export deliverability.

• Kinder Morgan Louisiana received authorization to construct and operate its Lake Charles Expansion Project which 

will provide 1,400 MMcf/d of north-to-south capacity for delivery to Magnolia LNG’s authorized but not yet constructed

export terminal located in Calcasieu Parish, LA.

• Dominion received authorization to construct and operate its New Market Project which will provide 112 MMcf/d of 

capacity to serve markets in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions.

• UGI Sunbury received authorization to construct and operate its Sunbury Pipeline Project which will provide 200 

MMcf/d of capacity to serve markets in central PA including a proposed electric generation facility in Snyder County, 

PA.

• Columbia received authorization to increase the maximum allowable operating pressure (MAOP) of its Line PM-117 

located in Johnson and Martin Counties, KY and to replace facilities on its Line P-240 located in Lawrence County, 

KY. The increase in MAOP will provide an additional 20 MMcf/d of capacity on Columbia’s existing system.

• Equitrans received authorization to abandon and replace pipeline facilities as part of its TP-371 Pipeline Replacement 

Project on its existing system in Armstrong and Indiana Counties, PA. The facilities will improve system integrity, 

reliability, and safety to its existing system.

• Dominion received authorization to abandon gathering and processing facilities located in WV and PA by sale to 

Dominion Gathering & Processing, Inc.

• Equitrans received authorization to acquire and operate the Allegheny Valley Connector facilities located in western 

PA from its affiliate Allegheny LLC and to replace Allegheny LLC as the lessor in the lease of 2 Bcf of working gas 

capacity to Rager Mountain.

• Columbia Gas requests authorization to construct and operate its Mountaineer XPress Project which would provide 

2,700 MMcf/d of capacity from receipt points in WV to pooling points on the Columbia Gas system and to Columbia 

Gulf at Leach, KY.

• Columbia Gulf requests authorization to construct and operate its Gulf XPress Project which would provide 860 

MMcf/d of capacity from its existing Leach receipt point with Columbia Gas in KY to delivery points on the Columbia 

Gulf system in MS and LA.

• National Fuel requests authorization to construct, operate, replace, and abandon facilities on its Line T2KNY, Line 

TNY, and Line KNY located in Erie County, NY. The proposed modifications would provide 2.6 MMcf/d of additional 

capacity.

• National Grid LNG requests authorization to construct and operate liquefaction facilities (Field Point Liquefaction 

Project) which would provide 20 MMcf/d of deliverability at its existing LNG facility in Providence, RI.

• Tres Palacios Gas Storage requests authorization to amend its certificated working gas volume at its Tres Palacios 

Gas Storage Facility located in CO and TX from 38.4 Bcf to 30.99 Bcf.
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Natural Gas Activities in April 2016

Status No. of 

Projects

Storage 

Capacity 

(Bcf)

Deliverability 

(MMcf/d)

Capacity 

(MMcf/d)

Miles of 

Pipeline

Compression 

(HP)

Pipeline

Placed in Service 5 1,157.6 40.4 0

Certificated 8 2,832.0 74.4 163,503

Proposed 3 3,562.6 178.3 498,200

Storage

Placed in Service 0 0.0 0.0 0

Certificated 0 0.0 0.0 0

Proposed 1 0.0 20.0 0

LNG (Import & Export)

Placed in Service 0 0 0 0

Certificated

(Import/Export) 1 6.8 1,080 0

Proposed (Export) 0 0.0 0 0

 Source: Staff Database

Natural Gas Activities through April 30, 2016

January through April 30, 2015

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, 2015

11

7

2,291.6

2,268.7

92.1

63.0

46,800

84,095

Certificated

Through April 30, 2015

24

13

7,797.9

4,037.0

863.8

244.6

687,125

176,673

Storage

Placed in Service

through April 30, 2015

0

2

0.0

2.4

0

53

0

0

Certificated

through April 30, 2015

0

1

0.0

1.7

0

0

0

0

LNG (Import & Export)

Placed in Service

Through April 30, 2015

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Certificated (Import/Export)

through April 30, 2015

1

1

6.8

0

1,080

1,400

0

0

 Source: Staff Database

Hydropower Highlights (nonfederal)

• The City of Hamilton, OH placed in service Meldahl Project No. 12667 with an installed capacity of 105.0 MW. The 

project is located on the Ohio River near Augusta, KY.

• The City of Brainerd, MI and its Public Utility Commission was issued an order amending license to raise the capacity of 

its Brainerd Hydroelectric Project No. 2533 from 3.160 MW to 3.760 MW. The project is located on the Mississippi River 

in the City of Brainerd, Crow Wing County, MI.
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• The Town of Pownal, VT was issued an order amending exemption to raise the capacity of its Pownal Hydroelectric 

Project No. 6795 from 0.4 MW to 0.5 MW. The project is located on the Hoosic River in the Town of Pownal, 

Bennington County, VT.

• Alaska Village Electric Cooperative, Inc. was issued an original license for the proposed 0.262 MW Old Harbor 

Hydroelectric Project No. 13272. The project will be located on East Fork Mountain Creek, near the Town of Old 

Harbor, Kodiak Island Borough, AK.

• Tygart LLC was issued an original license for the proposed 30 MW Tygart Hydroelectric Project No. 12613. The project 

will be located at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Tygart Dam on the Tygart River, in the City of Grafton, Taylor 

County, WV.

• Kenai Hydro, LLC filed an original license application for the proposed 5.0 MW Grant Lake Hydroelectric Project No. 

13212. The project would be located on Grant Lake and Grant Creek, near the Town of Moose Pass, Kenai Peninsula 

Borough, AK.

Hydropower Project Activities in April 2016

Status

Conventional Pumped Storage Hydrokinetic

Total No. 

of Projects

Total 

Capacity 

No. (MW) Capacity 

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

Filed

License 1 5.000 0 0 0 0 1 5.000

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 2 30.262 0 0 0 0 2 30.262

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

Capacity Amendment 2 0.7000 0 0 0 0 2 0.7000

Conduit Exemption 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Placed in Service

License 1 105.000 0 0 0 0 1 105.000

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

Source: Staff Database

Hydropower Project Activities Year to Date (through April 30, 2016)

Status

Conventional Pumped Storage Hydrokinetic

Total No. 

of Projects

Total 

Capacity 

No. (MW) Capacity 

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

Filed

License 2 6.500 0 0 0 0 2 6.500

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

Capacity Amendment 1 0.100 0 0 0 0 1 0.100

Conduit Exemption 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Issued

License 4 39.262 0 0 0 0 4 39.262

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

Capacity Amendment 3 6.310 0 0 0 0 3 6.310

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 3 198.600 0 0 0 0 3 198.600

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

Capacity Amendment 2 23.600 0 0 0 0 2 23.600

Conduit Exemption 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Source: Staff Database

Electric Generation Highlights

• Dominion Electric Power’s natural gas-fired 1,358 MW Brunswick County Power Station Project in Brunswick County, 

VA is online.

• Florida Power and Light Co.’s 1,277 MW natural gas-fired Port Everglades Expansion Project in Broward County, FL 

is online.

• Panda Liberty LLC’s 936 MW natural gas-fired Panda Liberty Project in Bradford County, PA is online. The power 

generated is sold to PJM Interconnection LLC under long-term contract. 

• Sky Global Power One LLC’s 51.6 MW natural gas-fired Sky Global Power One Project in Colorado County, TX is 

online. A portion of the power generated is sold to San Bernard Electric Coop. Inc. under long-term contract.

• Midwest Energy Inc.’s 27.6 MW natural gas-fired Goodman Energy Center Expansion Project in Ellis County, KS is 

online. 

• Kingfisher Wind LLC’s 298 MW Kingfisher Wind Farm Project in Kingfisher County, OK is online. The power 

generated is sold to Gulf Power Co. under long-term contract.

• Grant Wind LLC’s 150 MW Grant Wind Project in Grant County, OK is online. The power generated is sold to East 

Texas Electric Coop. Inc., Western Farmers Electric Coop., and Northeast Texas Electric Coop., all under long-term 

contracts.

• Desert Stateline LLC’s 224 MW Desert Stateline Solar Project in San Bernardino County, CA is online. The power 

generated is sold to Southern California Edison Co., under long-term contract.

• CSOLAR IV West LLC’s 149 MW Imperial Solar Project in Imperial County, CA is online. The power generated is 

sold to San Diego Gas and Electric Co. under long-term contract.

• Blythe Solar 110 LLC’s 36.3 MW Blythe Solar 110 Phase II Expansion Project in Riverside County, CA is online.

• Louisville Gas and Electric Co. and Kentucky Utilities Co.’s 10 MW E.W. Brown Solar Expansion Project in Mercer 

County, KY is online.

• Silver State Solar Power South LLC’s 72 MW Silver State South Solar Phase 6 and 7 Expansion Project in Clark 

County, NV is online. The power generated is sold to Southern California Edison Co. under long-term contract.

• Kingbird Solar A LLC and Kingbird Solar B LLC’s 40 MW Kingbird Solar Project in Kern County, CA is online. A 

portion of the power generated is sold to Pasadena Water and Power Department under long-term contract.

• McCoy Solar LLC’s 21 MW McCoy Solar Phase 7 Expansion Project in Riverside County, CA is online. The power 

generated is sold to Southern California Edison Co. under long-term contract.

• Ecos Energy LLC’s 20 MW Southbridge Solar Project in Worcester County, MA is online. The power generated is 

sold to National Grid USA under long-term- contract.

• Sunlight Partners LLC’s 6.2 MW Star Solar Project in Durham County, NC is online. The power generated is sold to 

Duke Energy North Carolinas under long-term contract.

• Sophie Solar LLC’s 6 MW Sophie Solar Project in Cleveland County, NC is online. The power generated is sold to 

Duke Energy North Carolinas under long-term contract.

• Duke Energy Florida Solar Solutions LLC’s 5 MW Epcot Solar Project in Orange County, FL is online.
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• Garysburg Solar LLC’s 5 MW Garysburg Solar Project in Northampton County, NC is online. The power generated is 

sold to Virginia Electric and Power Co. under long-term contract.

• Gaston Solar LLC’s 5 MW Gaston Solar Project in Northampton County, NC is online. The power generated is sold 

to Virginia Electric and Power Co. under long-term contract.

• Woodland Solar LLC’s 5 MW Woodland Solar Project in Northampton County, NC is online. The power generated is 

sold to Virginia Electric and Power Co. under long-term contract.

• SolarCity Corp’s 4.5 MW Genentech Oceanside Solar Project in San Diego County, CA is online.

• Consumers Energy Co.’s 3 MW Grand Valley Energy Solar Gardens Project in Ottawa County, MI is online.

April 2016 January – April 2016

Cumulative

January – April 2015

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 1 3

Natural Gas 13 3,650 27 3,736 15 633

Nuclear 0 0 0 0 0 0

Oil 0 0 1 2 1 1

Water 20 108 23 189 13 24

Wind 2 448 13 1,376 12 1,372

Biomass 5 8 14 41 14 59

Geothermal Steam 0 0 0 0 1 45

Solar 24 475 88 1,424 86 509

Waste Heat 0 0 0 0 0 0

Other * 1 0 3 0 1 0

Total 65 4,689 169 6,767 144 2,645

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

Installed Capacity (GW) % of Total Capacity

Coal 300.52 25.69%

Natural Gas 503.29 43.02%

Nuclear 107.03 9.15%

Oil 44.51 3.81%

Water 100.04 8.55%

Wind 75.22 6.43%

Biomass 16.71 1.43%

Geothermal Steam 3.90 0.33%

Solar 16.66 1.42%

Waste Heat 1.16 0.10%

Other* 0.77 0.07%

Total 1,169.81 100.00%

Sources: Data derived from Velocity Suite, ABB Inc. and The C Three Group LLC which include plants with 

nameplate capacity of 1 MW or greater. The data may be subject to update. 

Sources: Data derived from Velocity Suite, ABB Inc. and The C Three Group LLC which include plants with nameplate capacity 

of 1 MW or greater. The data may be subject to update. 

New Generation In-Service (New Build and Expansion)

Total Available Installed Generating Capacity
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Electric Transmission Highlights

• Pacific Gas and Electric Company has completed the 4.0 mile, 230 kV Embarcadero - Potrero Transmission Line in 

CA. 

Transmission Projects Completed Proposed Transmission Projects

In-Service by April 2018

Voltage 

(kV)

April 2016 April 2015 January – April 2016

Cumulative

January – December 

2015 Cumulative

High Probability 

of Completion All

Line Length (miles)

≤230 4.0 14.0 42.0 616.0 2,298.0 4,587.8

345 0.0 203.0 0.0 1,163.5 2,136.3 4,367.0

500 0.0 0.0 0.0 294.0 617.0 3,683.5

Total 

U.S. 4.0 217.0 42.0 2,073.5 5,051.3 12,638.3

Sources: Data derived from Staff Database and U.S. Electric Transmission Projects ©2016 The C Three Group, LLC. 

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

Projects ©2016 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 April 2018

Transmission Projects with a High Probability of 

being completed by April 2018

New Transmission Projects by Voltage