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Natural Gas Highlights

 

• National Fuel received authorization to place into service its West Side Expansion and Modernization Project which 

will provide 175 MMcf/d of capacity for two shippers and improve service to existing customers on its system in PA.

• National Fuel received authorization to place into service a portion of its Northern Access 2015 Project which will 

provide on an interim basis 40 MMcf/d of capacity at an interconnection with Tennessee Gas in Erie County, NY.

• Tennessee Gas received authorization to place into service its Niagara Expansion Project which will provide 158 

MMcf/d of capacity for one shipper from receipts points in PA to delivery points in NY.

• National Fuel and Empire Pipeline received authorization to place into service the Tuscarora Lateral Project which will 

provide 55 MMcf/d of additional capacity on their systems in Steuben County, NY and Tioga County, PA.

• ANR received authorization to place into service its Sulphur Springs Compression Project which will provide 133.6

MMcf/d of capacity on ANR’s portion of the Lebanon Lateral in Sulphur Springs, IN.

• Gas Transmission received authorization to place into service its Carty Lateral Project which will provide 175 MMcf/d 

of capacity to serve Portland General Electric’s Carty Generating Station located in Morrow County, OR.

• Columbia Gas received authorization to place into service its East Side Expansion Project which will provide 312 

MMcf/d of capacity and bi-directional flow for the transportation of Appalachian gas to Northeast and Mid-Atlantic 

markets.

• Southeast Supply Header received authorization to place into service its SESH Expansion Project which will provide 

additional mainline capacity between Delhi, LA and Coden, AL.

• Tennessee Gas received authorization to place into service its Station 245 Horsepower Replacement Project. To 

meet state emission standards, this project will place compressor facilities into service at Compressor Station 245 in 

Herkimer County, NY.

• Columbia Gas received authorization to place into service a portion of its Phase II facilities of its Line MB Expansion 

Project in Baltimore and Harford Counties, MD.

• Roadrunner Gas received authorization to site, construct, and operate a border crossing on the International 

Boundary between the U.S. and Mexico in El Paso, TX. The border crossing will provide 875 MMcf/d of export 

capacity to Mexico.

• Regency Field Services received authorization to own, operate, and maintain the existing Coyanosa Residue Line 

located in Pecos County, TX as an interstate pipeline. The Coyanosa Residue Line has a capacity of 100 MMcf/d and 

connects the Coyanosa processing plant to El Paso Natural Gas’s pipeline.

• Columbia Gas and KO Transmission received authorization to abandon and replace 22.5 miles of deteriorated 

pipeline on Columbia Gas’s E-System located in KY.

• WBI Energy received authorization to construct and operate facilities in ND which will provide 18.2 MMcf/d of capacity 

from receipt points in the Bakken area to an existing interconnection with Northern Border in McKenzie County, ND.

• Dominion Cove Point received authorization to construct and operate its St. Charles Transportation and Keys Energy

Projects which will provide 132 MMcf/d and 107 MMcf/d of capacity respectively to CPV Maryland’s and Keys Energy 

Centers’s proposed 725 megawatt and 735 megawatt power plants in Charles and Prince Georges Counties, MD.

• Transco received authorization to construct and operate its Gulf Trace Expansion Project which will provide 1,200 

MMcf/d of capacity on its system and a lateral to the Sabine Pass LNG export terminal in Cameron Parish, LA. 

Sabine Pass LNG also received authorization to construct and operate facilities necessary to receive the gas from 

Transco.

• Southern Natural received authorization to construct and operate its South Main Expansion Project which will provide 

5 MMcf/d of capacity for one shipper to serve municipal gas systems located across Southern Natural’s South 

Georgia Lateral in GA.

• The Commission vacated the certificate issued to Port Dolphin Pipeline to construct and operate pipeline faciliites in 

Manattee County, FL. The project would have provided 1,200 MMcf/d of capacity from the Port Dolphin offshore LNG 

import terminal.

• The Commission vacated the certificate issued to Leader One Energy to construct and operate its Leader One Gas 

Storage facility in Adams County, CO. This storage facility would have provided 11 Bcf of working gas capacity.

• Hiland Partners Holding received authorization to operate its existing Bakken and Norse Residue Line Projects, 

located in Richland County, MT and Divide County, ND, respectively, as jurisdictional pipelines. The Bakken Residue 

Line provides 26 MMcf/d of capacity between the Bakken processing plant and Williston Basin Pipeline, and the 

Norse Residue Line provides 21 MMcf/d of capacity between the Norse processing plant and Williston Basin Pipeline.

• Tennessee requests authorization to construct and operate its Orion Project which would provide 135 MMcf/d of 

capacity on its existing Line 300 system in PA to serve markets in the Mid-Atlantic and New England regions.
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• Texas Eastern requests authorization to construct and operate its Access South, Adair Southwest, and Lebanon 

Extension Projects which would provide 622 MMcf/d of bi-directional capacity on its existing mainline system from a 

receipt point in Uniontown, PA to delivery points in OH, KY, and MS.

• Algonquin and Maritimes request authorization to construct and operate its Atlantic Bridge Project which would 

provide a total of 239 MMcf/d of capacity for shippers from receipt points in Bergen County NJ and Ramapo, NY to 

markets in the Northeast.

• Mountain Valley requests authorization to construct and operate its Mountain Valley Pipeline Project which would 

provide 2,000 MMcf/d of capacity from northwest WV to southern VA.

• Transwestern requests authorization to construct and operate its Malaga Lateral Project which would provide 200 

MMcf/d of capacity from a new cryogenic processing plant in Eddy County, NM.

• Tennessee requests authorization to construct and operate its Southwest Louisiana Supply Project which would 

provide 295 MMcf/d of capacity on its existing Line 800 system in LA to serve the Cameron LNG export facility in 

Cameron Parish, LA.

• Equitrans requests authorization to construct and operate its Equitrans Expansion Project which would provide 600 

MMcf/d of north-south capacity on its system in PA and WV to meet markets in the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, and 

Southeast regions.

• Northern Natural commenced the Commission’s pre-filing process to construct and operate its Cedar Station Upgrade 

and Northern Lights 2017 Expansion Projects. The Cedar Station Upgrade Project would increase delivery pressures

to meet contractual obligations along Northern Natural’s Rosemount Junction to Minneapolis No. 1 line in Dakota 

County, MN. The Northern Lights 2017 Expansion Project would increase capacity on Northern Natural’s MN and IA

systems to serve market needs in MN and IA.

• WBI Energy withdrew its request filed under the Commission’s pre-filing process to construct and operate its Wind 

Ridge Pipeline and Spiritwood Compressor Station Projects which would have provided 90 MMcf/d of capacity to a 

proposed fertilizer facility near Spiritwood, ND.

• Mississippi Hub requests that the Commission vacate the portion of the cerficate issued to Mississippi Hub to 

construct and operate Cavern 4 at its storage facility located in Simpson and Jefferson Counties, MS. Cavern 4 would 

provide 7.5 Bcf of working gas capacity.

Natural Gas Activities in October 2015

Status No. of 

Projects

Storage 

Capacity 

(Bcf)

Deliverability 

(MMcf/d)

Capacity 

(MMcf/d)

Miles of 

Pipeline

Compression 

(HP)

Pipeline

Placed in Service 10 1,048.6 93.7 63,072

Certificated 10 2,484.2 54.1 79,180

Proposed 9 4,091.0 379.6 296,475

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) 0 0 0 0

 Source: Staff Database
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Natural Gas Activities through October 31, 2015

January through October 31, 2014

Status No. of 

Projects

Storage 

Capacity 

(Bcf)

Deliverability 

(MMcf/d)

Capacity 

(MMcf/d)

Miles of 

Pipeline

Compression 

(HP)

Pipeline

Placed in Service

through October 31, 2014

25

27

6,279.4

6,130.4

288.2

303.7

190,997

223,106

Certificated

through October 31, 2014

36

27

10,025.2

7,273.6

414.5

262.4

326,258

306,123

Storage

Placed in Service

through October 31, 2014

5

8

11.4

29.75

53

1,545

4,800

8,755

Certificated

through October 31, 2014

2

3

2.7

1.2

0

0

0

2,500

LNG (Import & Export)

Placed in Service

through October 31, 2014

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Certificated (Import/Export)

through October 31, 2014

1

4

0

3.4

1,400

4,885

0

0

 Source: Staff Database

Hydropower Highlights (nonfederal)

• GB Energy Park, LLC filed an original license application for the proposed 400 MW Gordon Butte Pumped Storage 

Hydroelectric Project No. 13642. The project would be located on the site of Gordon Butte in Meagher County, MT, 

near the town of Martinsdale. The project would operate as a closed-loop, pumped storage facility with water for the 

initial reservoir fill and replenishment supplied by an irrigation system connected to Cottonwood Creek, 4 miles east of 

the project. 

• Swan Lake North Hydro, LLC filed an original license application for the proposed 393.3 MW Swan Lake North 

Pumped Storage Hydroelectric Project No. 13318. The project would be located in Klamath County, OR, about 11 

miles northeast of the City of Klamath Falls. The project would operate as a closed-loop, pumped storage facility with 

water for the initial reservoir fill and replenishment supplied by groundwater wells.

Hydropower Project Activities in October 2015

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 2 793.300 0 0 2 793.300

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 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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Hydropower Project Activities Year to Date (through October 31, 2015)

Status

Conventional Pumped Storage Hydrokinetic

Total No. 

of Projects

Total 

Capacity 

No. (MW) Capacity 

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

Filed

License 2 5.600 3 1,033.300 0 0 5 1,038.900

10-MW Exemption 1 0.192 0 0 0 0 1 0.192

Capacity Amendment 1 0.600 0 0 0 0 1 0.600

Conduit Exemption 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Issued

License 5 17.918 0 0 0 0 5 17.918

10-MW Exemption 1 0.600 0 0 0 0 1 0.600

Capacity Amendment 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Conduit Exemption 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Placed in Service

License 0 0 1 21.250 0 0 1 21.250

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

• AP North Lake Solar LP’s 20 MW Diamond Valley Lake Solar Phase 1 Project in Riverside County, CA is online. The 

power generated is sold to Riverside Public Utilities under long-term contract.

• Sustainable Power Group LLC’s 10 MW SEPV Palmdale East Solar Project in Los Angeles County, CA is online. The 

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

• CB&I Environmental & Infrastructure Inc.’s 9.6 MW landfill gas-fired JED Renewable Gas to Energy Facility Project in 

Osceola County, FL is online. The power generated is sold to Orlando Utilities Commission under long-term contract.

• Buckeye Wind Energy LLC’s 200 MW Buckeye Wind Energy Center Project in Ellis County, KS is online. The power 

generated is sold to Lincoln Electric System under long-term contract.
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 *“Other” includes purchased steam, tires, and miscellaneous technology such as batteries, fuel cells, energy storage, and fly wheel.

October 2015 January – October 2015 

Cumulative

January – October 2014 

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 3 1 30

Natural Gas 0 0 36 3,528 51 5,808

Nuclear 0 0 0 0 10 266

Oil 0 0 7 10 18 94

Water 0 0 19 149 13 210

Wind 1 200 35 4,178 37 2,030

Biomass 1 10 18 255 58 104

Geothermal Steam 0 0 1 45 7 36

Solar 4 33 173 1,407 258 1,928

Waste Heat 0 0 0 0 2 68

Other * 0 0 7 0 8 23

Total 6 243 297 9,575 463 10,597

Installed Capacity (GW) % of Total Capacity

Coal 308.16 26.44%

Natural Gas 499.42 42.85%

Nuclear 107.02 9.18%

Oil 45.02 3.86%

Water 100.06 8.59%

Wind 69.84 5.99%

Biomass 16.65 1.43%

Geothermal Steam 3.91 0.34%

Solar 13.40 1.15%

Waste Heat 1.15 0.10%

Other* 0.77 0.07%

Total 1,165.40 100.00%

New Generation In-Service (New Build and Expansion)

Total Installed Operating 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.

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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Electric Transmission Highlights

• In October 2015, Western Area Power Administration’s Upper Great Plains Region, Basin Electric Power Cooperative 

and Heartland Consumers Power District transferred functional control of the integrated transmission system to 

Southwest Power Pool. 

Transmission Projects Completed Proposed Transmission Projects

In-Service by October 2017

Voltage 

(kV)

October

2015

October

2014

January – October

2015 Cumulative

January – December 

2014 Cumulative

High Probability 

of Completion All

Line Length (miles)

≤230 0.0 56.0 163.4 1,218.5 2,831.5 5,487.0

345 0.0 127.2 808.7 1,659.8 2,538.8 4,928.6

500 0.0 0.0 256.0 70.0 950.9 3,292.9

Total 

U.S. 0.0 183.2 1,228.1 2,948.3 6,321.2 13,708.5

 Sources: Data derived from Staff Database and U.S. Electric Transmission Projects ©2015 The C Three Group, LLC

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

Projects ©2015 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 October 2017

Transmission Projects with a High Probability of 

being completed by October 2017

New Transmission Projects by Voltage