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For November 2014

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Natural Gas Highlights 

• Transco placed into service its Northeast Connector Project which will provide 100 MMcf/d of capacity from its existing 

system in York County, PA to an interconnection between its existing Lower NY Bay and proposed Rockaway laterals.

• Transco placed into service a portion of its Virginia Southside Expansion Project which will provide 250 MMcf/d of 

mainline capacity and bi-directional flow for Virginia Power Services from NJ to NC.

• Texas Gas requests authorization to construct and operate its Southern Indiana Market Lateral Project. This project 

will provide 166 MMcf/d of capacity to serve Midwest Fertilizer and SABIC Innovative Plastics in Posey County, IN.

• Transco requests authorization to construct and operate its Hillabee Expansion Project which will provide 1,131.7 

MMcf/d of capacity from Transco’s existing system in Choctaw County, AL to the proposed Sabil Trail pipeline in 

Tallapoosa County, AL. 

• Sabal Trail requests authorization to construct and operate its Sabal Trail Project which will provide 1,075 MMcf/d of 

capacity from Tallapoosa County, AL to the proposed Florida Southeast Connection in Osceola County, FL.

• Eastern Shore requests authorization to construct and operate its White Oak Mainline Expansion Project which will 

provide 45 MMcf/d of capacity to Calpine Energy to serve its proposed 309 megawatt power plant in Dover, DE.

Natural Gas Activities in November 2014

Status No. of 

Projects

Storage 

Capacity 

(Bcf)

Deliverability 

(MMcf/d)

Capacity 

(MMcf/d)

Miles of 

Pipeline

Compression 

(HP)

Pipeline

Placed in Serv ice 2 350.0 0.0 16,940

Certificated 0 0.0 0.0 0

Proposed 5 2,457.7 608.8 301,950

Storage

Placed in Serv ice 1 0.0 0.9 0

Certificated 1 0.0 50.0 0

Proposed 0 0.0 0.0 0

LNG (Import & Export)

Placed in Serv ice 0 0 0 0

Certificated

(Export) 0 0 0 0

Proposed (Export) 0 0 0 0

 Source: Staff Database

Natural Gas Activities through November 30, 2014

Through November 30, 2013

Status No. of 

Projects

Storage 

Capacity 

(Bcf)

Deliverability 

(MMcf/d)

Capacity 

(MMcf/d)

Miles of 

Pipeline

Compression 

(HP)

Pipeline

Placed in Serv ice

through Nov ember 30, 2013

28

27

6,464.7

4,488.2

300.3

226.5

240,046

155,875

Certificated

through Nov ember 30, 2013

27

29

7,273.6

7,049.8

262.4

342.2

306,123

185,086

Storage

Placed in Serv ice

through Nov ember 30, 2013

8

15

22.25

55.3

146

2,882

8,350

56,620

Certificated

through Nov ember 30, 2013

4

12

1.2

33.3

50

766

2,500

9,240

LNG (Import & Export)

Placed in Serv ice

through Nov ember 30, 2013

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Certificated (Export)

through Nov ember 30, 2013

4

0

3.4

0

4,885

0

0

0

 Source: Staff Database
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Hydropower Highlights (nonfederal)

• City and Borough of Sitka placed in service an additional 17.0 MW at the Blue Lake Project Expansion No. 2230 in 

Sitka Borough, AK.

Hydropower Activities in November 2014

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 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

Issued

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

Placed in Serv ice

License 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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

Capacity Amendment 1 17.000 0 0 0 0 1 17.000

Conduit Exemption 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Source: Staff Database

Hydropower Activities Year to Date (through November 30, 2014)

Status

Conventional Pumped Storage Hydrokinetic

Total No. 

of Projects

Total 

Capacity 

No. (MW) Capacity 

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

Filed

License 14 209.800 0 0 0 0 14 209.800

10-MW Exemption 2 1.800 0 0 0 0 2 1.800

Capacity Amendment 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Conduit Exemption 2 49.400 0 0 0 0 2 49.400

Issued

License 12 150.444 3 1,736.000 1 0.600 16 1887.044

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

Capacity Amendment 2 5.185 0 0 0 0 2 5.185

Conduit Exemption 3 49.700 0 0 0 0 3 49.700

Placed in Serv ice

License 3 11.805 0 0 0 0 3 11.805

10-MW Exemption 1 0.700 0 0 0 0 1 0.700

Capacity Amendment 1 17.000 0 0 0 0 1 17.000

Conduit Exemption 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Source: Staff Database
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Electric Generation Highlights

• MidAmerican Renewables LLC’s 250 MW Topaz Solar Farms expansion project in San Luis Obispo County, CA is 

online. The earlier phases with a combined 300 MW came on line in February 2013 and in January 2014. Topaz 

Solar is the world’s largest solar facility with 550 MW total capacity. The power generated is sold to Pacific Gas and 

Electric Co. under long-term contract.

• Great River Energy’s 106 MW lignite-fueled Spiritwood Station project in Stutsman County, ND is online. The power 

generated is sold to the regional market and the steam to Cargill Malt and Dakota Spirit AgEnergy.

• Stella Wind Farm’s 182 MW Panhandle Wind Farm Phase II expansion project in Carson County, TX is online. The 

218 MW Phase I came online in July 2014. Panhandle Wind now has 400 MW total capacity. 

• Origin Wind Energy LLC’s 150 MW Origin Wind Energy project in Murray County, OK is online. The power generated 

is sold to Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corp. under long-term contract.

• Dominion Energy Inc.’s 20 MW Antelope West Solar Farm in Los Angeles County, CA is online. The power 

generated is sold to Pacific Electric and Gas Co. under long-term contract.

• Castaic Lake Water Agency’s 3.5 MW Rio Vista WWTP Solar Phase II expansion project in Los Angeles County, CA 

is online. The 1 MW Phase I came online in January 2012. Rio Vista now has 4.5 MW total capacity. The power 

generated is sold to SunPower Corp. under long-term contract.

• Putah Creek Solar Farms LLC’s 2.7 MW Putah Creek Solar project in Yolo County, CA is online.

• Southwestern College’s 2.5 MW Southwestern College Chula Vista Solar project in San Diego County, CA is online. 

The power generated is used on-site at the campus.

• Fresh Air Energy VII LLC’s 2.5 MW Logan County Community Solar Garden project in Logan County, CO is online. 

The power generated is sold to Xcel Energy under long-term contract.

• Fresh Air Energy VIII LLC’s 2 MW Mesa County Community Solar Garden project in Mesa County, CO is online. The 

power generated is sold to Xcel Energy under long-term contract.

• Merced Solar LLC’s 1.5 MW Merced Solar project, and Mission Solar LLC’s 1.5 MW Mission Solar project, both in 

Merced County, CA are online. The power generated at both facilities is sold to Pacific Gas and Electric Co. under 

long-term contract.

• Brick Standard LLC’s 5 MW Frenchs Landfill Solar project in Ocean County, NJ is online. This solar project is built on 

a capped landfill.

• Wisconsin Electric Power Co.’s 140 MW natural gas-fired Valley Power Plant Unit 1 Repowering project in Milwaukee 

County, WI is online. Valley Power Unit 1 was converted from coal-fired to natural gas-fired.

November 2014 January – November 2014

Cumulative

January – November 2013

Cumulative

Primary Fuel Type No. of 

Units

Installed Capacity 

(MW)

No. of 

Units

Installed Capacity 

(MW)

No. of 

Units

Installed Capacity 

(MW)

Coal 1 106 1 106 2 1,543

Natural Gas 1 140 46 5,513 77 6,674

Nuclear 0 0 1 71 0 0

Oil 0 0 15 47 18 49

Water 3 17 10 158 20 246

Wind 4 365 43 2,524 17 1,112

Biomass 0 0 54 291 99 555

Geothermal Steam 0 0 5 32 3 39

Solar 15 315 253 2,358 260 3,054

Waste Heat 1 5 1 5 2 76

Other 0 0 6 7 5 0

Total 25 948 435 11,112 503 13,349

New Generation In-Service (New Build and Expansion)

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

• Clean Line Energy Partners advanced the $2 billion, 500 mile Rock Island transmission project by asking the Iowa 

regulators for permission to build across 16 counties in the state. The 600 kV DC project is expected to be completed 

seven years after all approvals are granted. 

Transmission Projects Completed Proposed Transmission Projects

In-Service by November 2016

Voltage 

(kV)

November

2014

November

2013

January – November

2014 Cumulative

January – December 

2013 Cumulative

High Probability 

of Completion All

Line Length (miles)

≤230 0.0 2.1 379.7 543.3 3,972.6 7,199.3

345 0.0 85.3 1,137.6 3,631.5 4,318.5 7,044.1

≥500 0.0 0.0 62.0 466.0 2,294.3 6,363.6

Total 

U.S. 0.0 87.4 1,579.3 4,640.8 10,585.4 20,607.0

Sources: Data derived from Staff Database and U.S. Electric Transmission Projects ©2014 The C Three Group, LLC

Installed Capacity (GW) % of Total Capacity

Coal 325.99 28.01%

Natural Gas 490.90 42.18%

Nuclear 106.87 9.18%

Oil 46.07 3.96%

Water 98.39 8.45%

Wind 63.22 5.43%

Biomass 16.13 1.39%

Geothermal Steam 3.87 0.33%

Solar 10.41 0.89%

Waste Heat 1.13 0.10%

Other 0.81 0.07%

Total 1,163.79 100.00%

Total Installed Operating Generating Capacity

Source: Data derived from Ventyx Global LLC, Velocity Suite.
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Sources: Data derived from Staff Database and U.S. Electric 

Transmission Projects ©2014 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 November 2016

Transmission Projects with a High Probability of 

being completed by November 2016

New Transmission Projects by Voltage