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Natural Gas Highlights

• Florida Gas Transmission received authorization to place into service 8.7 miles of pipeline for the Jacksonville 

Expansion Project in Northern FL.

• Florida Southeast Connection received authorization to place into service 126 miles of pipeline for the FSC 

Expansion Project in Central FL.

• Equitrans received authorization to place into service the TP-371 Pipeline Replacement Project in Armstrong and 

Indiana Counties, PA.

• Perryville Gas Storage received authorization to place into service Well PGS-2 and the associated 7.5 Bcf storage 

cavern at the Crownsville Salt Dome Storage Project in Franklin Parish, LA.

• Northern Natural received authorization to construct and operate two new 30-and-36 inch mainline pipeline 

extension segments totaling 2.25 miles and to abandon short pipeline segments in Dakota County, MN, and 

Worth County, IA.

• ANR received authorization to change the maximum operating pressure for its Line 8230 in Clare County, MI

• Guthrie Natural Gas received approval for its service area determination request in KY and TN, for its requests 

that it qualifies as a local distribution company, and for a waiver of accounting and reporting requirements.

• Texas Eastern received authorization to abandon 166 miles of its Line 1 in Fayette and Pickaway Counties, OH, 

Green and Greene Counties, PA, and Marshall County, WV. 

• Navitas received approval for its service area determination request in KY and TN, for its request that it qualifies 

as a local distribution company, and for a waiver of accounting and reporting requirements.

• National Fuel received authorization to convert two observation wells to injection/withdrawal wells, and to install 

two well lines within its Beech Hill Storage Field in Allegany County, NY. There will be no changes to physical 

storage field parameters.

• Rover requests approval install a third compressor at its Majorsville Compressor Station in Marshall County, WV. 

The new unit would add 3,550 HP of compression and increase capacity by 100 MMcf/d.

• Northern requests authorization to construct the Bakersfield Compressor Station Project, including 11,152 HP of 

compression, and 1.45 miles of new pipeline with a 200 MMcf/d capacity in Pecos County, TX.

• Florida Southeast Connection requests authorization to construct its Okeechobee Lateral Project, a 5.2 mile 

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

• Texas Eastern requests authorization to excavate, elevate, and replace sections of four different pipelines in 

Marshall County, WV due to planned longwall mining activities.

• Columbia Gas requests authorization to construct and operate a new well at its Pavonia Storage Field in Ashland 

and Richland Counties, OH.

• Dominion Energy request for authorization to plug and abandon three wells and associated pipelines at its 

Oakford Storage Complex in Westmoreland County, PA.

• WBI Energy requests authorization to abandon its Billy Creek Storage Field in Johnson County, WY.

• Freeport LNG seeks authorization to build the Train 4 Project, to liquefy up to 680 MMcf/d of natural gas for export 

at its Quintana Island LNG Terminal in Brazoria County, TX
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Natural Gas Activities in June 2017 

Status No. of 

Projects

Storage 

Capacity 

(Bcf)

Deliverability 

(MMcf/d)

Capacity 

(MMcf/d)

Miles of 

Pipeline

Compression 

(HP)

Pipeline

Placed in Service 2 655.0 135.0 5,000

Certificated 1 0.0 2.3 0

Proposed 4 900.0 7.0 24,702

Storage

Placed in Service 1 7.5 600.0 9,500

Certificated 0 0.0 0.0 0

Proposed 1 0.0 10.0 0

LNG (Import & Export)

Placed in Service 

(Export) 0 0.0 0.0 0

Certificated 

(Import/Export) 0 0.0 0.0 0

Proposed 

(Import/Export) 0 0.0 0.0 0

 Source: Staff Database

Natural Gas Activities through June 30, 2017

January through June 30, 2016

Source: Staff Database

Status No. of

Projects

Storage 

Capacity

(BCF)

Deliverability 

(MMcf/d)

Capacity 

(MMcf/d)

Miles of 

Pipeline

Compression 

(HP)

Pipeline

Placed in Service 10 5,434.3 200.6 222,939

through June 30, 2016 15 2,670.3 138.8 89,695

Certificated 15 9,627.9 1,257.0 623,318

through June 30, 2016 33 13,001.9 977.7 976,659

Storage

Placed in Service 1 7.5 600.0 9,500

through June 30, 2016 0 0.0 0.0 0

Certificated 0 0.0 0.0 0

through June 30, 2016 0 0.0 0.0 0

LNG (Import & Export)

Placed in Service (Export) 1 0.0 700.0 0

through June 30, 2016 1 0.0 700.0 0

Certificated (Import/Export) 0 0.0 0.0 0

through June 30, 2016 3 10.2 2,841.0 0
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Hydropower Highlights (nonfederal)

There were no hydropower activities this month.

Hydropower Project Activities Year to Date (through June 30, 2017)

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 3 1.770 0 0 0 0 3 1.770

Conduit Exemption 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Issued

License 7 155.900 0 0 0 0 7 155.900

10-MW Exemption 1 0.360 0 0 0 0 1 0.360

Capacity Amendment 2 4.220 0 0 0 0 2 4.220

Conduit Exemption 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Placed in Service

License 1 7.000 0 0 0 0 1 7.000

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

• Colorado Bend I Power LLC’s 1,230 MW natural gas-fired Colorado Bend Energy Center in Wharton County, TX is 

online. 

• Austin Energy’s 192 MW natural gas-fired Sand Hill Project in Travis County, TX is online

• CP Bloom Wind LLC’s 178 MW Bloom Wind Power Project in Ford County, KS is online. 

• Navajo Tribal Utility Authority’s 28 MW Kayenta Solar Project in Navajo County, AZ is online.

• Hecate Energy Clark County LLC’s 20 MW Double Tollgate Solar Project in Clarke County, VA is online.

• Aurora Distributed Solar LLC’s 10 MW Waseca Solar Project in Waseca County, MN is online.

• Aurora Distributed Solar LLC’s 10 MW Paynesville Solar Project in Stearns County, MN is online.

• Aurora Distributed Solar LLC’s 10 MW Albany Solar Project in Stearns County, MN is online. The power generated is 

sold to Northern States Power Co. (Minnesota) under long-term contract.

• Aurora Distributed Solar LLC’s 9 MW West Waconia Solar Project in Carver County, MN is online.

• Aurora Distributed Solar LLC’s 9 MW Lake Pulaski Solar Project in Wright County, MN is online.

• AEP Onsite Partners LLC’s 7 MW Northwest Jacksonville Solar Partners Project in Duval County, FL is online.

• Lemond Solar Center LLC’s 7 MW Lemond Solar Center Project in Steele County, MN is online. The power 

generated is sold to Southern Minnesota Municipal Power Agency under long-term contract.

• Aurora Distributed Solar LLC’s 7 MW Dodge Center Solar Project in Dodge County, MN is online.

• Aurora Distributed Solar LLC’s 6 MW Annandale Solar Project in Wright County, MN is online.

• Aurora Distributed Solar LLC’s 6 MW West Faribault Solar Project in Rice County, MN is online.

• Aurora Distributed Solar LLC’s 6 MW Eastwood Solar Project in Blue Earth County, MN is online.

• Aurora Distributed Solar LLC’s 5 MW Lake Emily Solar Project in Le Sueur County, MN is online.

• Aurora Distributed Solar LLC’s 5 MW Hastings Solar Project in Washington County, MN is online.
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• Albany Green Energy LLC’s 58 MW Proctor & Gamble Biomass Project in Dougherty County, GA is online. The 

power generated is sold to Georgia Power Co. under long-term contract. 

June 2017 January – June 2017

Cumulative

January – June 2016

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 3 45

Natural Gas 3 1,424 55 8,729 60 5,773

Nuclear 0 0 1 102 0 0

Oil 0 0 1 14 5 12

Water 0 0 5 13 27 298

Wind 1 178 34 3,639 27 2,203

Biomass 2 60 11 198 19 48

Geothermal Steam 0 0 0 0 0 0

Solar 28 169 176 2,050 203 2,185

Waste Heat 0 0 0 0 1 8

Other * 0 0 13 1 7 21

Total 34 1,831 296 14,746 362 10,593

 *“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 284.61 23.94%

Natural Gas 515.58 43.37%

Nuclear 108.16 9.10%

Oil 43.64 3.67%

Water 100.72 8.47%

Wind 85.70 7.21%

Biomass 16.85 1.42%

Geothermal Steam 3.80 0.32%

Solar 27.56 2.32%

Waste Heat 1.26 0.11%

Other* 0.81 0.07%

Total 1,188.68 100.00%

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. 

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. 

New Generation In-Service (New Build and Expansion)

Total Available Installed Generating Capacity
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Electric Transmission Highlights

• Commonwealth Edison has completed the 57.0 mile, 345 kV Byron – Wayne Transmission Project in IL. 

Transmission Projects Completed Proposed Transmission Projects

In-Service by June 2019

Voltage 

(kV)

June 2017 June 2016 January – June 2017

Cumulative

January – December 

2016 Cumulative

High Probability 

of Completion All

Line Length (miles)

≤230 0.0 95.5 86.4 513.2 1,787.9 3,044.2

345 57.0 113.0 57.0 508.9 2,028.6 3,220.6

500 0.0 43.0 0.0 85.0 287.9 634.9

Total 

U.S. 57.0 251.5 143.4 1,107.1 4,104.4 6,899.7

Sources: Data derived from Staff Database and U.S. Electric Transmission Projects ©2017 The C Three Group, LLC. 

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

Transmission Projects ©2017 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. 

New Transmission Projects by Voltage

All Transmission Projects with a Proposed 

In-Service Date by June 2019

Transmission Projects with a High Probability of 

being completed by June 2019