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For October 2011 

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Natural Gas Highlights 

 National Fuel placed into service its Line N Replacement and Lines R and I Expansion Projects which will provide 150 

MMcf/d of firm transportation of Marcellus Shale gas on its Line N system in western PA to TETCO in Greene Co, PA. 

 Tennessee placed into service its Line 300 Expansion Project which will provide increased system reliability and 350 

MMcf/d of firm transportation of natural gas supplies including Marcellus Shale gas to markets in the Northeast. 

 Northern Border placed into service its Princeton Lateral Project which will provide 120 MMcf/d of firm transportation 

for Central Illinois Light Company near Princeton, IL. 

 National Fuel and Tennessee received authorization to construct and operate their Northern Access and Station 230C 

Projects. These projects will provide 320 MMcf/d of new capacity for transportation of Marcellus Shale gas in PA and 

NY. 

 El Paso filed an application to construct and operate its Wilcox Lateral 2013 Expansion Project. This project is 

designed to increase capacity in El Paso’s Wilcox Lateral in Cochise County, AZ by 185 MMcf/d. 

Natural Gas Activities in October 2011 

Status No. of 

Projects 

Storage 

Capacity 

(Bcf) 

Deliverability 

(MMcf/d) 

Capacity 

(MMcf/d) 

Miles of 

Pipeline 

Compression 

(HP) 

Pipeline 

Placed in Service 6 620.0 181.7 63,898 

Certificated 3 320.0 0.15 56,470 

Proposed 1 185.0 0.1 0 

Storage 

Placed in Service 1 2.7 0 0 

Certificated 1 2.7 0 0 

Proposed 0 0.0 0 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 October 31, 2011 

Through October 31, 2010 

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, 2010 

27 

24 

11,751.4 

7,629.7 

1,724.4 

506.5 

787,669 

275,540 

Certificated 

through October 31, 2010 

16 

20 

3,427.7 

8,801.4 

268.1 

1,552.2 

259,875 

517,454 

Storage 

Placed in Service 

through October 31, 2010 

8 

12 

36.5 

71.7 

2,555 

4,272 

25,483 

32,180 

Certificated 

through October 31, 2010 

12 

19 

176.4 

146.9 

4,495 

5,243 

143,010 

122,404 

LNG 

Placed in Service 

through October 31, 2010 

2 

1 

23.2 

4.22 

3,500 

400 

0 

0 

Certificated 

through October 31, 2010 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

 Source: Staff Database 
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Energy Infrastructure Update 

For October 2011 

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Hydropower Highlights 

 On October 21, 2011, Western Technical College filed an application for an original license for the proposed 0.205-

MW Angelo Dam Hydroelectric Project No. 13417. The project would be located at an existing dam owned by Monroe 

County, on the La Crosse River, in Monroe County, Wisconsin. 

 On October 24, 2011, Carbon Zero, LLC filed an application for a small hydropower exemption for the proposed 

0.349-MW Vermont Tissue Mill Hydroelectric Project No. 14308. The project would be located at the existing Vermont 

Tissue Mill Dam, on the Walloomsac River, in the Town of Bennington, Bennington County, Vermont. 

 On October 28, 2011, Shelbyville Hydro, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Symbiotics, LLC, filed an application for 

an original license for the proposed 6.8-MW Lake Shelbyville Dam Hydroelectric Project No. 13011. The project 

would be located at an existing dam owned and operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, on the Kaskaskia 

River, in Shelby County, Illinois. 

 On October 4, 2011, DHAC issued to Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, an Order Granting Exemption from 

Licensing (conduit) for the Oak Springs Project No. 14235, located at the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife’s 

Oak Springs Fish Hatchery in Wasco County, Oregon. The proposed project would develop 0.085 MW and generate 

about 680 megawatt hours annually. 

 On October 18, 2011, DHAC issued to the City of Gresham, Oregon, an Order Granting Exemption from Licensing 

(Conduit) for its Wastewater Treatment Plant Outfall Hydro Project (FERC No. 13466), located at the city’s 

wastewater treatment plant outfall, in Multnomah County, Oregon, and discharges into the Columbia River. The 

project will develop 0.050 MW and generate 413 megawatt hours annually. 

Hydropower Activities in October 2011 

Conventional Pumped Storage Hydrokinetic

Status

No. Capacity 

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

Total No. 

of Projects

Total 

Capacity 

(MW)

Filed 

License 2 7.005 0 0 0 0 2 7.005 

5-MW Exemption 1 0.349 0 0 0 0 1 0.349 

Capacity Amendment 1 5.075 0 0 0 0 1 5.075 

Conduit Exemption 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Issued 

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 2 0.135 0 0 0 0 2 0.135 

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 

 

Hydropower Activities Year to Date (through October 31, 2011) 

Conventional Pumped Storage Hydrokinetic

Status

No. Capacity 

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

Total No. 

of Projects

Total 

Capacity 

(MW)

Filed 

License 12 349.928 0 0 1 0.300 13 350.228 

5-MW Exemption 5 1.695 0 0 0 0 5 1.695 

Capacity Amendment 10 63.420 0 0 0 0 10 63.420 

Conduit Exemption 12 10.176 0 0 0 0 12 10.176 
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Conventional Pumped Storage Hydrokinetic

Status

No. Capacity 

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

Total No. 

of Projects

Total 

Capacity 

(MW)

Issued 

License 7 72.910 0 0 0 0 7 72.910 

5-MW Exemption 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Capacity Amendment 12 45.017 0 0 0 0 12 45.017 

Conduit Exemption 7 1.883 0 0 0 0 7 1.883 

Placed in Service 

License 2 13.000 0 0 0 0 2 13.000 

5-MW Exemption 2 0.375 0 0 0 0 2 0.375 

Capacity Amendment 1 3.000 0 0 0 0 1 3.000 

Conduit Exemption 5 21.365 0 0 0 0 5 21.365 

 Source: Staff Database 

Electric Generation Highlights 

 enXco’s 205.5 MW Lakefield Wind Project in Jackson County, Minnesota, is online. The project delivers electricity 

into the MISO transmission system for the benefit of Indianapolis Power & Light Co.’s generation portfolio under a 20-

year power purchase agreement. The project consists of 137 GE 1.5-MW turbines. 

 Golden Spread Electric Cooperative’s 78.2 MW Golden Spread Panhandle Wind Ranch in Oldham and Potter 

Counties, Texas is online. The project is comprised of thirty-four 2.3-MW Siemens wind turbines. 

 Element Power’s 50-MW Macho Springs Wind Project in Luna County, New Mexico, is online. The project consists of 

28 Vestas V100-1.8 MW turbines. The electricity generated from the project is contracted to Tucson Electric Power 

through a long-term power purchase agreement. The energy output is delivered via El Paso Electric’s existing line. 

 First Wind’s 40-MW Sheffield Wind Project in the Town of Sheffield in Vermont, is online. The Sheffield Wind Project 

is Vermont’s first large-scale commercial wind power operation. The project is comprised of 16 Clipper Liberty 2.5-

MW turbines. The renewable energy generated is sold to three Vermont utilities. 

 Chevron’s 29-MW Coalinga Solar at the Chevron Coalinga Oil Field in the San Joaquin Valley, California, is online. 

Coalinga Solar is a thermal solar-to-steam enhanced oil recovery project, the largest of its kind in the world. It is 

comprised of 7,600 mirrors that reflect the concentrated sunlight to a receiver on top of a 323-foot solar tower to 

produce steam. The steam is then injected into wells throughout the oil field to heat up heavier oil and thus lower its 

viscosity to make it easier to extract. The project replaces some of the steam production now powered by natural gas. 

 Arizona Public Service Co. and First Solar announced two photovoltaic projects that came online, the Paloma Solar 

Power Plant and the Cotton Center Solar Plant. Both plants are 17-MW each and located in Gila Bend, Arizona. 

 Public Service Company of New Mexico’s 5-MW Alamogordo Solar Energy Center is online. This project is the fourth 

of five PNM completed this year. 

 Lime Energy Co. announced that the Zemel Road Landfill’s 5.6-MW landfill gas-to-energy project in Charlotte County, 

Florida is online. Methane gas from the landfill is collected to fuel two 2.8-MW reciprocating generators. 

 Eastern Illinois University and Honeywell unveiled the school’s 15-MW Renewable Energy Center (REC) in 

Charleston, Illinois. The REC is the largest university biomass installations in the country, with a 10,000-square-foot 

steam plant that provides heat for buildings on the campus. The REC is driven by two large biomass gasifiers that 

use an estimated 27,000 tons of wood chips per year, replacing the 10,000 tons of coal burned annually by its 

decommissioned old system and reducing an estimate of 80% of carbon dioxide emissions. 

 Republic Services, Inc. dedicated a new 1-MW solar energy cover on the closed Hickory Ridge Landfill near Atlanta, 

Georgia. An exposed synthetic cover has been approved as the final closure mechanism for the 45-acre landfill. The 

innovative flexible solar panels are adhered to 10-acres of the cover to generate electricity. This is the world’s largest 

landfill solar energy cap. 
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New Generation In-Service (New Build and Expansion)

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

Coal 343.51 29.97% 

Natural Gas 477.67 41.67% 

Nuclear 108.39 9.45% 

Oil 52.95 4.62% 

Water 99.54 8.68% 

Wind 43.62 3.80% 

Biomass 13.60 1.19% 

Geothermal Steam 3.40 0.30% 

Solar 1.68 0.15% 

Waste Heat 0.97 0.08% 

Other 1.03 0.09% 

Total 1,146.35 100.00% 

October 2011 January – October 2011 

Cumulative 

January – October 2010 

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 12 1,680 24 6,382 

Natural Gas 0 0 75 9,612 72 5,778 

Nuclear 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Oil 0 0 5 13 7 205 

Water 1 8 11 47 12 24 

Wind 6 379 94 3,908 56 2,836 

Biomass 5 23 59 252 73 292 

Geothermal Steam 0 0 5 24 0 0 

Solar 12 76 144 519 52 144 

Waste Heat 0 0 1 135 4 96 

Other 0 0 10 20 0 0 

Total 24 485 416 16,210 300 15,757 

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

Total Installed Operating Generation Capacity

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

 American Transmission Co. LLC plans to build a 5.3 mile long, 345-kV interstate transmission line from the Pleasant 

Prairie substation in Wisconsin to the Zion Energy Center substation in Zion, Illinois. The project is estimated to cost 

$31 million and is expected to be in service in 2014. 

 Clean Line Energy Partners, a private transmission developer, has entered into a memorandum of understanding 

(MOU) with the Tennessee Valley Authority. The MOU allows TVA to study potential benefits of the proposed Plains 

and Eastern Clean Line project. The proposed 800-mile, $3.5 billion, HVDC transmission line projects could bring 

wind energy from Oklahoma and Kansas to the Southeastern Region. 

 U.S. Senators Maria Cantwell and Patty Murray of the State of Washington have asked Stephen Wright, the 

Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) Administrator, to delay the release of the draft environmental impact 

statement of the I-5 Corridor Reinforcement until January 2012. The 70 mile long, 500kV I-5 Corridor Reinforcement 

Project is the first high-voltage project in the region in more than 40 years. The interstate transmission project would 

run between Castle Rock, Washington, and Troutdale, Oregon, near Portland. 

 The San Luis-Calumet-Comanche line, a joint project with cooperative utility Tri-State Generation and Transmission 

Inc. and Xcel Energy Inc. has been canceled due to a drop in the load forecast. The 100 mile long project had also 

experienced delays due to siting and permitting. 

Transmission Projects Completed Proposed Transmission Projects 

In-Service by October 2013 

October 2011 October 2010 High Probability of 

Completion All Voltage (kV) 

Line Length (miles) 

≤230 0 148.9 3,113.7 5,983.3 

345 0 0 4,481.6 5,929.2 

500 0 4.0 1,734.8 6,028.5 

Total U.S. 0 152.9 9,330.1 17,941.0 

Transmission Projects with a Proposed 

In-Service Date by October 2013 Transmission Projects 

Completed in October 

Sources: Data derived from Staff Database and U.S. Electric Transmission Projects ©2011 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.