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Natural Gas Highlights

 Corpus Christi Pipeline received authorization to place into service its Corpus Christi Pipeline Project in San 

Patricio and Nueces Counties, TX, which will provide 2,250 MMcf/d of capacity and bi-directional flow to the 

proposed Corpus Christi LNG terminal.

 Questar Southern Trails received authorization to abandon its 488-mile pipeline system, including four 

compressor stations, all receipt and delivery points, and all related facilities. This would involve abandoning in 

place 220 miles of pipeline, and abandoning by sale to the Navajo Tribal Utility Authority 268 miles of pipeline.

 The Navajo Tribal Utility Authority received authorization for a determination of a service area within which it may, 

without further Commission authorization, enlarge or expand its natural gas distribution facilities. This is related to 

its proposed purchase of 268 miles of pipeline from Questar Southern Trails.

 CIG received authorization for its 2018 Line Nos. 5A and 5B Expansion Project, which would modify three 

compressor stations in in Weld County, CO, to allow for 230 MMcf/d of additional capacity from mainline receipt 

points along the Colorado Front Range to the Cheyenne Hub Complex.

 Columbia Gas received authorization for its Line 1983 Glenville to Smithfield Launcher & Receiver Project, which 

would enable the in-line inspection of a portion of Line 1983 in Gilmer, Doddridge, and Wetzel Counties, WV.

 Paiute Pipeline received authorization to construct 8.46 miles of upsized or looped pipeline and to abandon 

certain pipe sections along its Carson and South Tahoe Laterals in Western NV.

 Gulf South Pipeline received authorization to construct the 10,000 HP Westlake Compressor Station, including 

approximately 0.3 miles of 16-inch pipeline and other appurtenances in Calcasieu Parish, LA.

 High Point Gas received authorization to lease 150 MMcf/d of capacity to transport offshore gas production to an 

interconnection with Destin Pipeline in MS.

 Florida Southeast Connection received authorization to construct its Okeechobee Lateral Project, a 5.2 mile 

pipeline that would supply a new powerplant in Okeechobee County, FL.

 Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania was granted a service area determination within which it may, without further 

Commission authorization, enlarge or expand its facilities in order to transport gas from a delivery point in 

Columbiana County, OH to consumers in Pennsylvania.

 ANR Storage received authorization to construct the Cold Springs 12-17 injection/withdrawal well at its Cold 

Springs 12 Storage Field in Kalkaska County, MI. The new well will not affect the field's capacity or deliverability.

 Wyoming Interstate received authorization for its Cheyenne Compressor Station Expansion Project, which would 

reclassify an existing spare unit for use in day-to-day transportation in Weld County, CO, and allow WIC to accept 

additional deliveries at the Flying Hawk interconnect with CIG.

 National Fuel received authorization to construct its Line N to Monaca Project, including 4.5 miles of pipeline, a 

metering and regulating station/delivery point, and other related modifications and appurtenances in Beaver and 

Washington Counties, PA. The project would provide 133 MMcf/d of firm transportation services to the Shell 

Petrochemicals Complex in Potter Township, PA.

 UGI Central Penn Gas (CPG) and UGI Utilities (UGIU) request authorization for CPG to abandon certain limited 

jurisdiction certificates, and for transfer of a service area determination to UGIU as part of the pending transfer of 

local distribution assets from CPG to UGIU in Maryland and Pennsylvania.

 PNGTS requests authorization to increase the certificated capacity on the system it jointly owns with Maritimes & 

Northeast Pipeline, from Westbrook, ME to Dracut, MA, by 11 MMcf/d, and approval of a lease agreement with 

M&NE. 

 WBI Energy requests authorization to increase from 205 to 800 psi the maximum allowable operating pressure of 

its 6-inch Garland to Powell Lateral in Park and Big Horn Counties, WY, from the Garland Transfer Station to 

Valve No. 3.

 Enable Midstream requests authorization to decrease the Maximum Operating Pressure of its Line A-86, located 

in Jefferson County, MO. This change would not affect capacity or firm service.

 Texas Eastern requests authorization to abandon gathering Line 41-A-5-B and related facilities located offshore 

Louisiana. 

 Texas Eastern requests authorization to abandon gathering Line 41-A-8 and related facilities located offshore 

Louisiana. 
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 NGPL requests authorization for its Sabine Pass Compression Project, including a 22,490 HP compressor station 

in Cameron Parish, LA, and interconnections to its existing Louisiana Line Nos. 1 and 2 and NGPL Lateral, which 

would connect the new compressor station to the Sabine Pass LNG export terminal.

 Equitrans requests authorization to construct its H-320 Pipeline Project, which consists of approximately 5-miles 

of new pipeline to deliver 85 MMcf/d of natural gas to the proposed ESC Harrison County Power Plant in Harrison 

County, WV.

 Enable Gas requests authorization for its Allen Compressor Station Modification Project, which would increase 

compression from 12,200 to 16,000 HP and increase pipeline capacity by 20 MMcf/d at its Allen Compressor 

Station in Hughes County, OK.

 National Fuel requests authorization for its Line KNYS Uprate Project, which would increase the maximum 

allowable operating pressure of a portion of the line in Cattaraugus County, NY and McKean County, PA, and 

increase pipeline capacity by 15 MMcf/d.

 Pine Prairie Energy requests authorization to reallocate the certificated capacities for its storage caverns Nos. 1-7 

from working to base gas, increasing the base gas by approximately 8 MMcf/d in order to maintain the ability to 

provide high deliverability rates at its facility in Southern Louisiana. 

 Saltville Gas Storage requests authorization to drill two new injection and withdrawal wells to replace two 

previously abandoned and one existing wells, and to abandon one existing monitoring well at the facility, which 

would allow it to maintain the deliverability of its Early Grove natural gas storage facility in Scott and Washington 

Counties, VA.
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Natural Gas Activities in May 2018

Status No. of 

Projects

Storage 

Capacity 

(Bcf)

Deliverability 

(MMcf/d)

Capacity 

(MMcf/d)

Miles of 

Pipeline

Compression 

(HP)

Pipeline

Placed in Service 1 2,250 23 53,260

Certificated 6 1,188 18 12,700

Proposed 5 531 5 25,290

Storage

Placed in Service 0 0 0 0

Certificated 0 0 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 May 31, 2018

January through May 31, 2017

Status No. of

Projects

Storage 

Capacity

(BCF)

Deliverability 

(MMcf/d)

Capacity 

(MMcf/d)

Miles of 

Pipeline

Compression 

(HP)

Pipeline

Placed in Service 4 3,230.0 79.3 116,020

through May 31, 2017 8 2,479.3 58.4 153,939

Certificated 25 5,060.7 286.1 149,395

through May 31, 2017 14 9,627.9 1,254.8 623,318

Storage

Placed in Service 0 0.0 0.0 0

through May 31, 2017 0 0.0 0.0 0

Certificated 3 3,600.3 143.0 0

through May 31, 2017 0 0.0 0.0 0

LNG (Import & Export)

Placed in Service (Export) 1 0.0 825.0 0

through May 31, 2017 1 0.0 700.0 0

Certificated (Import/Export) 0 0.0 0.0 0

through May 31, 2017 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 May 31, 2018)

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 1 1.740 1 335.000 0 0 2 336.740

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 2 12.000 0 0 0 0 2 12.000

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

 Footprint Power Salem Harbor Operations LLC’s 680.0 MW natural gas-fired Salem Harbor Project in Essex County, 

MA is online. 

 CPV Valley LLC’s 653.0 MW natural gas-fired CPV Valley in Orange County, NY is online. 

 NTE Ohio LLC’s 475.0 MW natural gas-fired Middletown Energy Center in Butler County, OH is online. 

 Bayonne Energy Center LLC’s 128.0 MW natural gas-fired Bayonne Energy Center in Hudson County, NJ is online. 

 Wallingford Energy II LLC’s 100.0 natural gas-fired PPL Wallingford Energy LLC in New Haven County, CT is online. 

 Vistra Energy’s 180.0 MW solar powered Luminant Castle Gap Project in Upton County, TX is online. The power 

generated is sold to Luminant under long-term contract.

 Stuttgart Solar LLC’s 81.0 MW Stuttgart Solar Project in Arkansas County, AR is online. The power generated is sold 

to Entergy Arkansas Inc. under long-term contract.

 Hawaiian Electric Co. Inc.’s 50.6 MW Schofield Barracks Solar Project in Honolulu County, HI is online. The power 

generated is sold to Hawaiian Electric Co. Inc. under long-term contract.

 Pinal Central Energy Center LLC’s 20.0 MW solar powered Pinal Central Energy Centre in Pinal County, AZ is online. 

The power generated is sold to Salt River Project under long-term contract.

 NJR Clean Energy Ventures III Corp’s 10.0 MW Raritan Solar 53 Highway Project in Hunterdon County, NJ is online. 

 WGL Energy Services Inc.’s 6.0 MW Kentuck Solar Project in Pittsylvania County, VA is online. The power generated 

is sold to Danville Power & Light Department under long-term contract.

 WasecaSun LLC’s 6.0 MW solar powered Wasecasun Project in Waseca County, MN is online. The power generated 

is sold to the Public Service Co. of CO under long-term contract.

 Bishop Hill Energy III LLC’s 132.8 MW Bishop Hill Wind Energy Center expansion in Henry County, IL is online. The 

power generated is sold to Tennessee Valley Authority, Ameren Illinois, and WPPI Energy under long-term contract.

 Hawaiian Electric Co. Inc.’s 50.0 MW biomass fueled Schofield Generating Station in Honolulu County, HI is online.
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May 2018

January – May 2018

Cumulative

January – May 2017

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 4 10 0 0

Natural Gas 16 2,161 39 6,907 52 7,970

Nuclear 0 0 1 4 1 102

Oil 0 0 7 11 6 23

Water 2 4 8 22 7 16

Wind 1 133 19 2,089 43 3,532

Biomass 6 50 11 66 16 167

Geothermal Steam 1 2 2 21 1 18

Solar 29 340 200 1,964 218 2,172

Waste Heat 0 0 2 80 1 220

Other * 3 0 10 5 18 1

Total 58 2,690 303 11,179 363 14,221

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

 

Installed Capacity (GW) % of Total Capacity

Coal 268.59 22.69%

Natural Gas 518.55 43.80%

Nuclear 108.18 9.14%

Oil 41.36 3.49%

Water 100.22 8.47%

Wind 91.06 7.69%

Biomass 16.46 1.39%

Geothermal Steam 3.85 0.33%

Solar 33.50 2.83%

Waste Heat 1.34 0.11%

Other* 0.79 0.07%

Total 1,183.91 100.00%

Sources: Data derived from Velocity Suite, ABB Inc. and The C Three Group LLC. The data may be 

subject to update. 

Sources: Data derived from Velocity Suite, ABB Inc. and The C Three Group LLC. The data may be subject to update. 

New Generation In-Service (New Build and Expansion)

Total Available Installed Generating Capacity
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Additions Retirements

Primary Fuel Type No. of 

Units

Installed 

Capacity (MW)

No. of 

Units

Installed 

Capacity (MW)

Coal 1 17 58 13,008

Natural Gas 311 77,224 126 13,028

Nuclear 6 6,363 7 6,919

Oil 18 730 28 342

Water 246 12,194 18 538

Wind 497 90,869 2 68

Biomass 53 635 16 47

Geothermal Steam 20 1,014 0 0

Solar 1818 55,397 5 2

Waste Heat 6 96 0 0

Other * 74 688 0 0

Total 3,050 245,227 260 33,952

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

Electric Transmission Highlights

 Austin Energy has completed the 8.0 mile, 345 kV Gilleland – Techridge Transmission Project in TX. 

Transmission Projects Completed Proposed Transmission Projects

In-Service by June 2020

Voltage 

(kV)

May 2018 May 2017 January – May 2018 

Cumulative

January – December 

2017 Cumulative

High Probability 

of Completion All

Line Length (miles)

≤230 0.0 27.8 85.0 316.9 1,274.0 2,956.9

345 8.0 0.0 141.0 218.5 2,391.5 4,047.5

500 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 533.4 1,818.4

Total 

U.S. 8.0 27.8 226.0 535.4 4,198.9 8,822.8

 Sources: Data derived from Staff Database and U.S. Electric Transmission Projects ©2018 The C Three Group, LLC. 

Proposed Generation Additions and Retirements by June 2021

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 Staff Database and U.S. Electric Transmission 

Projects ©2018 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 June 2020

Transmission Projects with a High Probability of 

being completed by June 2020

New Transmission Projects by Voltage