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Natural Gas Highlights

• Columbia Gas received authorization to place in service portions of its KA1 North Launcher/Receiver Project in 

Madison and Fayette Counties, KY. The project includes installing bi-directional launchers, receivers, and mainline 

valves.

• Tennessee Gas received authorization to abandon inactive supply lateral Line No. 520A-100 and associated meter, 

platforms, and appurtenances in Terrebonne Parish, LA.

• Columbia Gas received authorization for its VNG Suffolk No. 3 Meter Station Expansion Project in Suffolk County, VA, 

which includes replacing the meter station to increase the station’s maximum delivery capacity from 3.7 to 12 MMcf/d. 

• Enable Gas requests authorization to decrease the maximum allowable operating pressure of its Line JM-22 in 

Monroe County, AR, from 686 to 400 psig. This change will have no adverse effects on its customer.

• Dominion withdrew its application for the Sweden Valley Project.

• Enable Gas received authorization to install a new delivery meter in Sequoya County, OK, in order to provide direct 

service to a customer.

• PNGTS received authorization to increase the certificated capacity on its system from Pittsburg, New Hampshire, to 

Westbrook, Maine, by 42.5 Mcf/d, and to amend its import/export Presidential Permit accordingly.

• Young Gas received authorization to increase the total certificated gas storage capacity from 9.95 Bcf to 10.95 Bcf at 

its storage field in Morgan County, CO. The proposed increase does not require changes to its infrastructure and 

would result in enhanced withdrawal capabilities.

• Columbia Gas received authorization for its Dundee Wells 122 and 166 Abandonment Project, which involves 

abandoning two storage wells and associated pipelines and appurtenances at its Dundee Storage Field in Steuben 

and Schuyler counties, NY. The project will not affect the field's operations.

• Gulfstream requests authorization for its Phase VI Expansion Project, including a 16,000 HP compressor and 4 miles 

of replacement pipe in Mobile County, AL, and new metering equipment in Manatee County, FL, in order to supply up 

to 78 MMcf/d of firm transportation capacity to Tampa Electric.

• America Midstream (AlaTenn) requests authorization for its Greene Interconnect Project, which includes abandoning 

in place four compressors at its Decatur Compression Station in Limestone County, AL and replacing them with two 

new compressors. The project would increase compression by 2,095 HP and downstream capacity by 10 MMcf/d. 

• Mountain Valley requests authorization for its Greene Interconnect Project, including a new metering and regulating 

station, 370 feet of new pipe, and an above-ground tap in Monroe County, WV, to interconnect and deliver up to 1 

Bcf/d of natural gas into Columbia's KA system.

• Stingray Pipeline requests authorization to abandon three compressor units at its Station 701 in Cameron Parish, LA

and one unit at its Station 702 in the Gulf of Mexico. These are older units that have not operated in over a year.

• Northern Natural requests authorization to abandon in-place the A-line and J-line in Clay, Cloud, Ellsworth, Lincoln, 

Ottawa, and Rice counties, KS, and to construct an 11,152 HP compressor and related facilities at its Tescott 

Compressor Station in Ottawa County, KS.

• Transco requests authorization to abandon 20.3 miles of a lateral line extending from Ship Shoal Block 169 to Ship 

Shoal Block 72 and appurtenant metering facilities in Federal waters, offshore LA. These laterals have not been used 

in the past 12 months.

• Sabal Trail requests authorization for its Citrus County Meter Station Project, which includes a new metering and 

regulating facility for the receipt of natural gas from the FGT system to a point on Sabal Trail’s Citrus County Line in 

Citrus County, FL. The project would provide Duke Energy Florida with additional operational flexibility and reliability.

• Texas Gas requests authorization to plug and abandon Injection/Withdrawal Well No. 5710 and its related lateral line, 

side valve, and associated above-ground equipment at its Leesville Storage Field in Lawrence County, IN. The 

abandonment would have no effect on the certificated physical parameters of the field.

• Kinder Morgan Louisiana requests authorization for its Acadiana Project, which includes installing 95,700 HP of new 

compression at Compressor Station 760 in Acadia Parish, LA, in order to increase transportation capacity by 894 

MMcf/d from existing interconnects to a delivery point with Sabine Pass Liquefaction in Cameron Parish, LA.
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Natural Gas Activities in June 2019

Status No. of 

Projects

Storage 

Capacity 

(Bcf)

Deliverability 

(MMcf/d)

Capacity 

(MMcf/d)

Miles of 

Pipeline

Compression 

(HP)

Pipeline

Placed in Service 0 0 0 0

Certificated 0 0 0 0

Proposed 5 1,011 4 124,947

Storage

Placed in Service 0 0 0 0

Certificated 1 1 0 0

Proposed 0 0 0 0

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 June 30, 2019

January through June 30, 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 June 30, 2018 4 3230.0 79.3 116,020

Certificated 14 9,988.4 393.6 584,535

through June 30, 2018 25 5060.7 286.1 149,395

Storage

Placed in Service 0 0.0 0.0 0

through June 30, 2018 0 0.0 0.0 0

Certificated 2 1.0 79.0 0

through June 30, 2018 4 3600.3 152.0 0

LNG (Import & Export)

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

through June 30, 2018 1 0.0 825.0 0

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

through June 30, 2018 0 0.0 0.0 0

Source: Staff Database
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Hydropower Highlights (nonfederal)

There were no hydropower activities this month.

Hydropower Project Activities Year to Date (through June 30, 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

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

• Entergy Services LLC’s 980.0 MW natural gas-fired Little Gypsy Plant in Saint Charles Parish, LA is online.

• PSEG Power Connecticcut LLC’s 576.3 MW natural gas–fired Bridgeport Station in Fairfiled County, CT is online. 

• Canal 3 Generating LLC’s 330.0 MW expansion of the natural gas-fired Canal Plant in Barnstable County, MA is 

online. 

• Southeastern Colorado Water Conservancy District’s 7.5 MW Pueblo Dam Hydro Project in Pueblo County, TX is 

online.

• Patriot Wind Farm LLC’s 226.0 MW Patriot Wind Farm Expansion in Nueces County TX is online. 

• Seymour Hills Wind Project LLC’s 30.2 MW Seymour Hills Wind Farm in Baylor County, TX is online. The power 

generated is sold to Akamai Technologies under long-term contract. 

• North Rosamond Solar LLC’s 153 MW Rosarmond Solar Project in Kern County, CA is online. The power generated 

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

• MD Solar 2 LLC‘s 27.5 MW Ripley Solar Project in Charles County, MD is online. The power generated is sold to 

Southern Maryland Electric Coop Inc. under long-term contract. 

• KDC Solar PR1 LLC’s 22.0 MW Six Flags Great Adventure Solar Project in Ocean County, NJ is online.
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June 2019 January – June 2019

Cumulative

January – June 2018

Cumulative

Primary Fuel Type No. of 

Units

Installed 

Capacity (MW)

No. of 

Units

Installed 

Capacity (MW)

No. of 

Units

Installed 

Capacity (MW)

Coal 2 45 2 45 4 10

Natural Gas 18 2,327 66 7,277 53 8,743

Nuclear 0 0 1 155 3 30

Oil 4 20 14 74 17 34

Water 3 65 12 104 8 104

Wind 2 256 22 2,001 23 1,981

Biomass 0 0 2 18 12 101

Geothermal Steam 0 0 0 0 3 36

Solar 40 363 205 2,048 311 2,688

Waste Heat 0 0 0 0 1 50

Other * 2 0 18 0 18 2

Total 71 3,076 342 11,722 453 13,779

Installed Capacity (GW) % of Total Capacity

Coal 256.51 21.39%

Natural Gas 534.33 44.56%

Nuclear 107.31 8.95%

Oil 39.86 3.32%

Water 100.76 8.40%

Wind 99.09 8.26%

Biomass 16.00 1.33%

Geothermal Steam 3.84 0.32%

Solar 39.34 3.28%

Waste Heat 1.32 0.11%

Other* 0.77 0.06%

Total 1,199.13 100.00%

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.

New Generation In-Service (New Build and Expansion)

Total Available Installed Generating Capacity
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 *“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.

Electric Transmission Highlights

• ITC Midwest has completed the 61.0 mile, 345 kV Ledyard – Colby Transmission Project in IA.

• Southwestern Public Service has completed the 64.0 mile 345 kV Yoakum – State Line – Hobbs Transmission 

Project in TX.

Transmission Projects Completed Proposed Transmission Projects

In-Service by July 2021

Voltage 

(kV)

June 2019 June 2018 January – June 2019 

Cumulative

January – December 

2018 Cumulative

Planned and Under 

Construction All

Line Length (miles)

≤230 4.7 104.7 113.7 392.3 487.8 1,255.3

345 125.0 150.2 290.0 819.3 660.6 2,037.3

500 0.0 69.4 7.4 69.4 610.0 1,799.0

Total 

U.S. 129.7 324.3 411.1 1,281.0 1,758.4 5,091.6

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. 

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 2 94 1 17 51 16,277

Natural Gas 234 62,008 107 31,718 106 10,039

Nuclear 9 7,781 1 1,100 9 9,209

Oil 17 717 6 25 21 1,065

Water 220 14,595 84 1,900 19 526

Wind 546 99,962 169 27,098 2 320

Biomass 60 570 28 472 42 137

Geothermal Steam 18 860 6 280 0 0

Solar 2,580 87,404 567 17,111 1 1

Waste Heat 3 34 2 29 0 0

Other * 140 475 34 15 1 2

Total 3,829 274,500 1,005 79,765 252 37,576

Generation Capacity Additions and Retirements

(July 2019 – June 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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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 July 2021

Transmission Projects with a High Probability of 

being completed by July 2021

New Transmission Projects by Voltage