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Natural Gas Highlights 

 Broadwater filed to vacate the authorizations to construct and operate a floating, 1 Bcf/d LNG terminal in Long Island 

Sound, near Long Island, NY, and the pipeline facilities connecting the terminal to the facilities of Iroquois Gas. 

 Sawgrass received authorization to construct and operate a new gas storage facility in the depleted South Downsville 

gas field in Lincoln and Union Parishes, LA. The storage facility will have a working gas capacity of 30 Bcf. 

 Columbia Gas received authorization to construct and operate its VEPCO-Warren County Project which will provide 

246 MMcf/d of firm transportation capacity to Virginia Power for use in a new generation facility being constructed by 

VEPCO in Warren County, VA. 

 National Fuel received authorization to construct and operate its Line N Expansion Project in Washington County, PA. 

This project will provide shippers with 163 MMcf/d of firm transportation capacity on National Fuel’s Line N system. 

 El Paso filed to construct and operate a new border crossing between U.S. and Mexico (Norte Crossing Project) in El 

Paso, County, TX. This project will provide 366 MMcf/d to planned Mexican power plants in northern Mexico. 

 Trunkline LNG commenced the Commission’s pre-filing process for its Trunkline LNG liquefaction facility in Lake 

Charles, LA. This facility will have a liquefaction capability of 2.4 Bcf/d. 

Natural Gas Activities in March 2012 

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 0.0 0 

Certificated 2 409.0 7.32 20,620 

Proposed 1 366.0 0.28 0 

Storage 

Placed in Service 1 2.1 0 0 

Certificated 1 30.0 300 19,000 

Proposed 1 0.0 40 0 

LNG 

Placed in Service 0 0 0 0 

Certificated 0 0 0 0 

Proposed 0 0 0 0 

 Source: Staff Database 

Natural Gas Activities through March 31, 2012 

Through March 31, 2011 

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, 2011 

0 

6 

0.0 

4,805.0 

0.0 

639.5 

0 

336,530 

Certificated 

through March 31, 2011 

6 

2 

899.3 

688.0 

27.6 

20.5 

30.090 

59,265 

Storage 

Placed in Service 

through March 31, 2011 

3 

1 

5.2 

8.0 

150 

2,500 

0 

0 

Certificated 

through March 31, 2011 

3 

3 

47.2 

68.0 

300 

2,115 

19,000 

47,210 

LNG 

Placed in Service 

through March 31, 2011 

0 

1 

0 

9.84 

0 

1,000 

0 

0 

Certificated 

through March 31, 2011 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

 Source: Staff Database 
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For March 2012 

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Hydropower Highlights 

 Jordan Hydroelectric Limited Partnership was issued an original license for the 3.7-MW Gathright Hydroelectric 

Project No. 12737. The project will be located at the existing U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Gathright Dam on the 

Jackson River near Falling Springs, Alleghany County, VA. 

 Putnam Green Power, LLC was issued a small-hydro exemption for the 0.875-MW Cargill Falls Hydroelectric Project 

No. 13080. The project will be located on the Quinebaug River in the Town of Putnam, Windham County, CT. 

 Blue Heron, LLC was issued an original license for the 0.924-MW Townshend Dam Hydroelectric Project No. 13368. 

The project will be located at the existing U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Townshend Dam on the West River near the 

Town of Townshend, Windham County, VT. 

 PacifiCorp was issued a conduit exemption for the 1.7-MW Granite Hydroelectric Project No. 14293. The project will 

be located in Salt Lake County, UT. 

 An order amending license was issued to FirstLight Hydro Generating Co. for the Northfield Mountain/Turners Falls 

Project No. 2485, located on the Connecticut River, MA, authorizing the upgrade of the project’s pump turbine units 

for a capacity increase of 22 MW. 

 Snohomish County Public Utility District Number 1 filed a license application for the proposed 1-MW Admiralty Inlet 

Pilot Tidal Project No. 12690. The pilot project would be located in Puget Sound, Kitsap County, WA. 

 Don W. Gilbert Hydropower, LLC filed a small-hydro exemption application for the proposed 0.075-MW Gilbert 

Hydroelectric Project No. 14367. The project would be located on an unnamed tributary to the Bear River near Grace, 

Caribou County, ID. 

 The Catamount Metropolitan District filed a small-hydro exemption application for the proposed 0.695-MW Catamount 

Hydroelectric Project No. 14368. The project would be located on the Yampa River, approximately five miles south of 

Steamboat Springs, Routt County, CO. 

 The City of Hillsboro, OR, filed a conduit exemption for the 0.094-MW Will Crandall Reservoir Project No. 

14371,which would be located on the City of Hillsboro’s municipal water system, in Washington County, OR. 

 The Grand Valley Irrigation District filed a conduit exemption application for the 0.185-MW Dividers Project No. 14377, 

which would be located on the applicant’s irrigation system, in Mesa County, CO. 

Hydropower Activities in March 2012 

Conventional Pumped Storage Hydrokinetic

Status

No. Capacity 

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

Total No. 

of Projects

Total 

Capacity 

(MW)

Filed 

License 0 0 0 0 1 1.000 1 1.000 

5-MW Exemption 2 0.770 0 0 0 0 2 0.770 

Capacity Amendment 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Conduit Exemption 2 0.279 0 0 0 0 2 0.279 

Issued 

License 2 4.624 0 0 0 0 2 4.624 

5-MW Exemption 1 0.875 0 0 0 0 1 0.875 

Capacity Amendment 2 6.890 1 22.000 0 0 3 26.890 

Conduit Exemption 1 1.700 0 0 0 0 1 1.700 

Placed in Service 

License 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

5-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 Activities Year to Date (through March 31, 2012) 

Conventional Pumped Storage Hydrokinetic

Status

No. Capacity 

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

Total No. 

of Projects

Total 

Capacity 

(MW)

Filed 

License 1 14.080 0 0 1 1.000 2 15.080 

5-MW Exemption 2 0.770 0 0 0 0 2 0.770 

Capacity Amendment 2 5.210 0 0 0 0 2 5.210 

Conduit Exemption 6 2.079 0 0 0 0 6 2.079 

Issued 

License 5 22.644 0 0 2 1.350 7 23.994 

5-MW Exemption 2 1.125 0 0 0 0 2 1.125 

Capacity Amendment 5 31.362 1 22.000 0 0 6 53.362 

Conduit Exemption 2 2.000 0 0 0 0 2 2.000 

Placed in Service 

License 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

5-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 

 EnergySource LLC’s 49.9 MW Hudson Ranch I project in Imperial County California is online. Hudson Ranch I is the 

first geothermal power plant completed in California’s Salton Sea resource area in more than 20 years. The plant’s 

power output is contracted for 30 years to Salt River Project, the municipal utility of Tempe, Arizona 

 Terra-Gen’s 6.1 MW Dixie Valley Bottoming Binary Project in Churchill County, Nevada is online. This project is 

partially funded by DOE for the development of commercial use of binary technology for electricity production from low 

pressure, low-temperature existing geothermal brine of less than 300oF. 

 Iberdrola’s 304 MW Blue Creek Wind Farm in Ohio is completed. Phase 1 of the project with 128 MW came online in 

December 2011; phase 2 with 176 MW came online in March 2012, totaling 152 2-MW Gamesa G90 turbines. The 

power generated is contracted to FirstEnergy Solutions. 

 Gamesa Energy USA’s 80 MW Pocahontas Prairie Wind project in Pocahontas County, Pennsylvania is online. The 

project consists of 40 2-MW Gamesa turbines. 

 Revolution Energy’s 9 MW Harbor Sunrise Wind Farm in the north side of the Port Corpus Christi Inner Harbor, Texas 

is online. This project consists of six China Guodian turbines, the first China made turbines to gain foothold into the 

U.S. market. 

 Ameresco, Inc. and the US Department of Energy’s 20 MW Savannah River Site (SRS) Biomass Cogeneration 

Facility (BCF) in Aiken, South Carolina is online. The SRS BCF is powered by local forest residue and wood chips, 

replacing an inefficient coal-fired power station and oil-fired boilers at SRS. 

 Five photovoltaic projects totaling 15.5 MW in New Jersey came online: 4.9 MW 24 Applegate Solar in Mercer 

County; 3.7 MW Cornerstone Power Vineland I in Cumberland county; 1.7 MW Global Pharma Co Solar in Somerset 

County; 3.8 MW Mill Creek Solar in Burlington County; and 1.4 MW Rutgers University Solar Farm in Middlesex 

County. 

 The 5 MW West Tennessee Solar Farm in Haywood County, Tennessee is online. The project consists of 21,000 

photovoltaic panels. The power generated is sold to Chickasaw Electric Cooperative and Tennessee Valley Authority. 

 Two photovoltaic projects totaling 3.5 MW came online in California: 1.5 MW Nickel 1 Solar in Kern County; and 2 MW 

SCE Twentynine Palms Solar in San Bernardino County. 
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New Generation In-Service (New Build and Expansion)

March 2012 January – March 2012 

Cumulative 

January – March 2011 

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 1 808 4 915 

Natural Gas 0 0 9 988 14 1,788 

Nuclear 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Oil 0 0 2 3 1 3 

Water 0 0 0 0 4 1 

Wind 3 265 22 1,369 53 2,595 

Biomass 1 20 11 29 28 125 

Geothermal Steam 2 56 2 56 1 8 

Solar 9 25 34 151 54 124 

Waste Heat 0 0 0 0 1 135 

Other 0 0 0 0 7 8 

Total 15 366 81 3,404 167 5,701 

Primary Fuel Type Installed Capacity (GW) % of Total Capacity 

Coal 342.59 29.79% 

Natural Gas 479.08 41.66% 

Nuclear 106.31 9.24% 

Oil 52.41 4.56% 

Water 99.68 8.67% 

Wind 48.36 4.20% 

Biomass 13.83 1.20% 

Geothermal Steam 3.49 0.30% 

Solar 2.40 0.21% 

Waste Heat 0.77 0.07% 

Other 1.04 0.09% 

Electric Transmission Highlights 

 American Transmission Company completed the 138 kV, 7.64 mile Canal-Dunn Road transmission line in WI three 

months ahead of schedule with a final cost estimate of $15.8 million. 

 The New York State Public Service Commission staff announced a schedule for evidentiary hearings and deadlines 

for briefs to be filed by interested parties in the Champlain Hudson Power Express that would conclude in the fall of 

2012. A final decision on the $2 billion, 333-mile underground electric transmission line that would connect Quebec to 

New York City is expected in late fall. 

 The construction of the interstate, $3.5 billion, 800 miles, HVDC Plains and Eastern Clean Line is expected to begin in 

2014 and to finish in 2017. The project would allow wind energy from western Oklahoma to flow into the Tennessee 

Valley Authority. The project will cross the states of Oklahoma, Arkansas and Tennessee. 

Total 1,149.95 100.00% 

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

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

Total Installed Operating Generating Capacity
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Transmission Projects Completed Proposed Transmission Projects 

In-Service by March 2014 

March 2012 March 2011 January –March 

2012 Cumulative 

January –December 

2011 Cumulative 

High Probability of 

Completion Voltage All 

(kV) 

Line Length (miles) 

≤230 7.6 49.2 7.6 1,188.4 2,137.4 6,271.9 

345 0 37.2 0 681.9 8,406.8 10,344.9 

500 0 1.2 79.0 268.4 2,502.1 7,134.0 

Total 

U.S. 7.6 87.6 86.6 2,138.6 13,046.3 23,750.9 

All Transmission Projects with a Proposed 

In-Service Date by March 2014 

Transmission Projects with a High Probability of 

being completed by March 2014 

Completed Transmission Projects 

As of March 31, 2012 

Sources: Data derived from Staff Database and U.S. Electric Transmission Projects ©2012 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 

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