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Natural Gas Highlights

• Northern Natural placed into service its Permian Expansion II Project which will provide 112 MMcf/d of capacity to 

serve markets in its Northern Field Area system in TX.

• Southern Natural received authorization to place into service its North Main Lines Relocation Project. This project will 

allow Southern Natural to abandon and construct pipeline facilities in response to longwall mining operations in 

Jefferson County, AL.

• Midwestern placed into service its Herscher Compressor Project which will provide 125 MMcf/d of capacity to serve 

markets in the Midwest.

• Cameron Interstate Pipeline received authorization to amend its authorized Cameron Pipeline Expansion Project by

decreasing the diameter of 3.58 miles of pipeline located in Calcasieu Parish, LA from 42 inches to 36 inches and to 

increase the design capacity by an additional 20 MMcf/d.

• East Tennessee received authorization to construct and operate its Loudon Expansion Project which will provide 40

MMcf/d of capacity for the Tate & Lyle manufacturing facility in Loudon County, TN.

• Tennessee received authorization to construct and operate its Connecticut Expansion Project which will provide 72.1 

MMcf/d of capacity from an interconnection with Iroquois in Wright, NY to delivery points on Tennessee’s existing 200 

and 300 Lines in Hartford County, CT

• Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America received authorization to construct and operate its Chicago Market 

Expansion Project which will provide 238 MMcf/d of northbound capacity on its system for delivery to markets in the 

Chicago, IL area.

• Columbia received authorization to construct and operate replacement facilities on its WB2VA Line in Hardy County, 

WV and Shenandoah, Page, Rockingham, and Greene Counties, VA. This is part of a modernization program to 

address aging infrastructure, enhance pipeline safety, and increase customer reliability on the Columbia system.

• Texas Gas received authorization to construct and operate its Northern Supply Access Project which will provide 384 

MMcf/d of bi-directional capacity from the northern end of its existing system in OH to markets in the Midwest and Gulf 

Coast.

• Florida Gas received authorization to construct and operate its Jacksonville Expansion Project which will provide 15 

MMcf/d of capacity to serve markets in FL.

• El Paso received authorization to increase 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.

• Equitrans received authorization to restate the certificated working gas capacities for the Allegheny Valley Connector 

storage facilities located in Cambria, Clarion, Allegheny, and Westmoreland Counties, PA from 15.1 Bcf to 11.2 Bcf.

• Corpus Christi Pipeline received authorization to vacate the Taft Compressor Station and metering facilities 

authorized in its Corpus Christi Pipeline Project to transport gas bi-directionally to the Corpus Christi LNG export 

terminal in San Patricio and Nueces Counties, TX.

• Dominion Carolina received authorization to vacate the 0.25 mile Cone Mills Lateral Extension and meter facilities 

located in Chester County, SC, and previously authorized in the Edgemoor Compressor Project. 

• The Commission denied requests by Pacific Connector Pipeline and Jordan Cove LNG to construct and operate 

pipeline facilities to provide 1,060 MMcf/d of capacity to the Jordan Cove LNG export terminal, a liquefaction export 

facility (900 MMcf/d deliverability) located on the North Spit of Coos Bay in Coos County, OR.

• Dominion Carolina requests authorization to construct and operate its Transco to Charleston Project which would 

provide 80 MMcf/d of capacity to serve markets in Charleston, Dillion, Lexington, and Marlboro Counties, SC.

• Texas LNG Brownsville requests authorization to construct and operate a LNG export facility in the Port of 

Brownsville, TX. The facility would provide an export deliverability of 550 MMcf/d from two LNG trains.

• Columbia commenced the Commission’s pre-filing process to abandon, replace, construct, and operate facilities as 

part of its B System Project located in Fairfield and Franklin Counties, OH. 

• Altantic Coast Pipeline requests authorization to amend its Atlantic Coast Pipeline Project to reflect route changes to 

avoid environmental concerns in the Cheat and Shenadoah Mountains and to meet Forest Service requirements.

• Texas Eastern requests authorization to amend its Access South Project by constructing, operating, replacing, and 

abandoning additional pipeline facilities in Attaia County, MS. The Access South Project is part of Texas Eastern’s 

Access South, Adair Southwest, and Lebanon Extension Projects. 
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Natural Gas Activities in March 2016

Status No. of 

Projects

Storage 

Capacity 

(Bcf)

Deliverability 

(MMcf/d)

Capacity 

(MMcf/d)

Miles of 

Pipeline

Compression 

(HP)

Pipeline

Placed in Service 3 237.0 3.9 30,900

Certificated 8 811.7 32.4 68,565

Proposed 4 80.0 117.8 20,400

Storage

Placed in Service 0 0.0 0.0 0

Certificated 0 0.0 0.0 0

Proposed 0 0.0 0.0 0

LNG (Import & Export)

Placed in Service 0 0 0 0

Certificated

(Import/Export) 0 0 0 0

Proposed (Export) 1 8.66 550 0

 Source: Staff Database

Natural Gas Activities through March 31, 2016

January through March 31, 2015

Status No. of 

Projects

Storage 

Capacity 

(Bcf)

Deliverability 

(MMcf/d)

Capacity 

(MMcf/d)

Miles of 

Pipeline

Compression 

(HP)

Pipeline

Placed in Service

through March 31, 2015

6

4

1,134.0

629.0

51.7

21.7

46,800

30,970

Certificated

Through March 31, 2015

16

12

4,965.9

2,537.0

789.4

140.3

523,622

123,673

Storage

Placed in Service

through March 31, 2015

0

2

0.0

2.4

0

53

0

0

Certificated

through March 31, 2015

0

1

0.0

1.7

0

0

0

0

LNG (Import & Export)

Placed in Service

Through March 31, 2015

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Certificated (Import/Export)

through March 31, 2015

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

 Source: Staff Database

Hydropower Highlights (nonfederal)

• Clean River Power MR-1, LLC was issued an original license for the proposed 4.0 MW Devola Lock and Dam Water 

Power Project No. 13405. The project will be located at the Ohio Department of Natural Resources’ Devola Dam on the 

Muskingum River in Muskingum Township, Washington County, OH.

• Clean River Power MR-2, LLC was issued an original license for the proposed 5.0 MW Lowell Lock and Dam Water 

Power Project No. 13407. The project will be located at the Ohio Department of Natural Resources’ Lowell Dam on the 

Muskingum River in the Village of Lowell, Washington County, OH.

• Northbrook Lyons Falls, LLC was issued an order amending license to raise the capacity of its Lyons Falls Project No. 

2548 from 8.640 MW to 14.250 MW. The project is located on the Moose and Black Rivers in Lewis County, NY.
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Hydropower Project Activities in March 2016

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 2 9.000 0 0 0 0 2 9.000

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

Capacity Amendment 1 5.610 0 0 0 0 1 5.610

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 March 31 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 1.500 0 0 0 0 1 1.500

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 2 9.000 0 0 0 0 2 9.000

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

Capacity Amendment 1 5.610 0 0 0 0 1 5.610

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
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Electric Generation Highlights

• City of Alexandria Gas Department’s 59 MW natural gas-fired D. G. Hunter Expansion Project in Rapides Parish, LA 

is online. 

• Latigo Wind Park LLC’s 60 MW Latigo Wind Project in UT in San Juan County, UT is online. The power generated is 

sold to PacifiCorp under long-term contract.

• Jericho Mountain Wind Co.’s 12 MW Jericho Mountain Wind Project in Coos County, NH is online.

• Blythe Solar 110 LLC’s 38.7 MW Blythe Solar 110 Project in Riverside County, CA is online. 

• Duke Energy Renewable Services LLC’ s 52 MW Capital Partners Renewable Solar Project in Pasquotank County, 

NC is online. The power generated is sold to American University, George Washington University and George 

Washington University Hospital, all under long-term contracts.

• McCoy Solar LLC’s 42 MW McCoy Solar Energy Center Phase 6 Expansion Project in Riverside County, CA is online. 

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

• Nan Solar Center LLC’s 40 MW Nan Solar Center Project in Wilson County, NC is online. The power generated is 

sold to Duke Energy Carolinas under long-term contract.

• Southern Power Co.’s 30 MW Pawpaw Solar Plant Project in Taylor County, GA is online. The power generated is 

sold to Georgia Power Co. under long-term contract.

• Old Mill Solar LLC’s 6 MW Old Mill Solar Project in Klamath County, OR is online. The power generated is sold to 

PaciCorp under long-term contract.

• Long Farm 46 Solar LLC’s 6.9 MW Long Farm 46 Solar Project in Northampton County, NC is online. The power 

generated is sold to Dominion North Carolina Power under long-term contract.

• SolNCPower10 LLC’s 6.6 MW SolNCPower10 Solar Project in Perquimans County, NC is online. The power generated is 

sold to Dominion North Carolina Power under long-term contract.

• Nash 97 Solar LLC’s 5 MW Nash 97 Solar Project in Nash County, NC is online. The power generated is sold to Duke 

Energy Progress under long-term contract.

• Silicon Ranch Corp.’s 4 MW SR Clinch Carey Phase A Solar Project in Weld County, CO is online. The power generated 

is sold to Poudre Valley Rural Electric Association Inc. under long-term contract.

• Half Moon Ventures LLC’s 4.2 MW Minster Solar Project in Auglaise County, OH is online. This project includes an 

energy storage capacity.

• Barlow Project Inc.’s municipal solid waste-fired 7.3 MW Kauai Waste to Energy Project in Kauai County, HI is online. 

The power generated is sold to Kauai Island Utility Coop. under long-term contract.

• Bowerman Power LFG LLC’s 23.8 MW Bowerman LFGTE Project in Orange County, CA is online. A portion of the 

power generated is sold to the Anaheim Public Utilities Department under long-term contract.
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New Generation In-Service (New Build and Expansion)

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

Electric Transmission Highlights

• The California ISO board of governors approved 13 reliablity driven transmission projects with an estimated cost of 

$288 million. 

• The Bonneville Power Administration has decided on the route for the Northern Mid-Columbia Joint Project. The 8.4 

mile, 230 kV line from the Rapids Switchyard to the Columbia Substation is expected to start construction in 2017.

March 2016 January – March 2016

Cumulative

January – March 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 0 0

Natural Gas 10 63 15 296 10 458

Nuclear 0 0 0 0 0 0

Oil 0 0 1 2 0 0

Water 1 29 3 81 1 2

Wind 2 72 11 928 10 861

Biomass 9 33 9 33 10 16

Geothermal Steam 0 0 0 0 1 45

Solar 16 246 60 938 57 404

Waste Heat 0 0 0 0 0 0

Other * 1 0 2 0 1 0

Total 39 443 101 2,277 90 1,786

Installed Capacity (GW) % of Total Capacity

Coal 300.13 25.73%

Natural Gas 500.51 42.91%

Nuclear 107.03 9.18%

Oil 44.91 3.85%

Water 99.94 8.57%

Wind 74.75 6.41%

Biomass 16.71 1.43%

Geothermal Steam 3.90 0.33%

Solar 16.55 1.42%

Waste Heat 1.16 0.10%

Other* 0.77 0.07%

Total 1,166.35 100.00%

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. 

Total Available Installed Generating Capacity

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. 
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Transmission Projects Completed Proposed Transmission Projects

In-Service by March 2018

Voltage 

(kV)

March 

2016

March

2015

January – March 2016

Cumulative

January – December 

2015 Cumulative

High Probability 

of Completion All

Line Length (miles)

≤230 0.0 27.0 38.0 260.3 2,668.8 5,402.0

345 0.0 0.0 0.0 1,048.3 2,202.5 4,389.3

500 0.0 0.0 0.0 294.0 642.9 3,829.9

Total 

U.S. 0.0 27.0 38.0 1,602.6 5,514.2 13,621.2

 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 March 2018

Transmission Projects with a High Probability of 

being completed by March 2018

New Transmission Projects by Voltage