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Natural Gas Highlights

• Columbia received authorization to place into service its Central Virginia Connector Project, which will provide 45 

MMcf/d of additional capacity on its existing system in Goochland and Louisa Counties, VA.

• Kinder Morgan Louisiana Pipeline received authorization to place into service its Sabine Pass Expansion Project, 

which will provide 600 MMcf/d of capacity from existing pipeline interconnects in Evangeline and Acadia Parishes, LA 

to a new delivery point with Sabine Pass LNG in Cameron Parish, LA.

• Florida Southeast Connection received authorization to place into service its Okeechobee Lateral Project, a 5.2 mile 

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

• National Fuel received authorization for its Line KNYS Uprate Project, which will increase capacity on the line by 15 

MMcf/d by increasing the maximum allowable operating pressure on a portion of the line in Cattaraugus County, NY 

and McKean County, PA.

• Equitrans received authorization to construct its H-320 pipeline project, consisting of 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.

• Spire STL received authorization to construct a new pipeline, which would provide 400 MMcf/d of capacity from an 

interconnection with Rockies Express in Scott County, IL, to St. Louis County, MO, to serve the St. Louis area.

• Steel Reef received Section 3 authorization to construct approximately 250 feet of natural gas pipeline border 

crossing facilities to export natural gas from Portal, ND into Saskatchewan, Canada. 

• Florida Southeast received authorization to acquire, operate, and maintain approximately 38 miles of existing natural 

gas pipeline and related facilities located in Martin and Palm Beach Counties, FL, currently owned by Florida Power & 

Light Company and operated as non-jurisdictional facilities.

• Rover received authorization for its UGS-Crawford Meter Station Project, which consists of a new meter station and 

ancillary facilities on Rover's Burgettstown Lateral in Jefferson County, OH, which would allow it to receive up to 350 

MMcf/d of natural gas from Utica Gas Services, LLC.

• Southern Natural Gas received authorization to abandon in place 6.5 miles of its West Point Line, and to abandon by 

removal a delivery meter, a regulator, and related appurtenances in Lowndes and Clay Counties, MS. 

• Transco received authorization to construct its Rivervale South to Market Project, to transport an additional 190 

MMcf/d of natural gas from Bergen to Hudson counties, NJ.

• Dominion Energy Carolina received authorization for its Bushy Park Extension Project, which includes a new gas 

delivery point in Berkeley County, SC, to supply an industrial customer currently supplied by the LDC.

• Midship received authorization to construct 233 miles of pipeline and three compressor stations to transport gas from 

the Stack and Scoop plays in Oklahoma to interconnects with Midcontinent Express, Gulf Crossing, and NGPL in 

Southeastern Oklahoma.

• Southern Star received authorization to construct 14.2 miles of non-contiguous segments of pipeline and abandon the 

equivalent segments in Oklahoma and Logan Counties, OK.

• Panhandle Eastern received authorization to decrease the Maximum Allowable Operating Pressure of a segment of 

its State Line Lateral in Johnson County, KS and Jackson County, MO in order to meet DOT safety regulations.

• Columbia Gas received authorization for its Line 5 Launcher/Receiver Project in Jefferson and Columbiana Counties, 

OH and Brooke County, WV, consisting of equipment to allow for in-line inspection of its Line 5 pipeline.

• ANR received authorization for its Winfield Storage Field Well Abandonments Project, which includes abandoning 20 

injection/withdrawal wells and one observation well in Mecosta and Montcalm Counties, MI.

• Sendero Carlsbad Gateway requests authorization to construct approximately twenty-three miles of pipeline and 

appurtenant facilities in Eddy County, NM and Culberson County, TX. The new pipeline would transport up to 400 

MMcf/d of natural gas from processing plants to an interconnect with the Agua Blanca Pipeline.

• Maritimes & Northeast requests authorization to reacquire the firm capacity on its mainline abandoned to Portland 

Natural Gas Transmission System, and to abandon to PNGTS a portion of its ownership interest in a compressor unit 

at the Westbrook Compressor in Cumberland County, ME.

• Panhandle requests authorization to abandon by sale to its affiliate, ETC Field Services1, the Deer Loop Lateral 

Facilities consisting 20.6 miles pipeline and appurtenances in Carson, Hutchinson and Moore Counties, TX.

• Texas Eastern requests authorization for its Rahway River Additional Pipe Replacement Project, which would replace 

an additional 400-foot segment of its Line 1 pipeline in Woodbridge, NJ.

• Coronado Midstream requests retroactive authorization for three pipelines in Andrew and Martin Counties, TX, which 

connect three natural gas processing plants Coronado owns to the Northern Natural and ONEOK systems.
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Natural Gas Activities in August 2018

Status No. of 

Projects

Storage 

Capacity 

(Bcf)

Deliverability 

(MMcf/d)

Capacity 

(MMcf/d)

Miles of 

Pipeline

Compression 

(HP)

Pipeline

Placed in Service 3 1,045 7 49,780

Certificated 8 2,564 343 128,900

Proposed 2 1,065 49 0

Storage

Placed in Service 0 0 0 0

Certificated 0 0 0 0

Proposed 15 6,344 676 247,300

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 August 31, 2018

January through August 31, 2017

Status No. of

Projects

Storage 

Capacity

(BCF)

Deliverability 

(MMcf/d)

Capacity 

(MMcf/d)

Miles of 

Pipeline

Compression 

(HP)

Pipeline

Placed in Service 9 4,716.2 100.5 183,800

through August 31, 2017 17 5,140.9 477.8 266,594

Certificated 39 8,428.1 639.6 281,095

through August 31, 2017 22 12,378.1 1,540.0 781,664

Storage

Placed in Service 0 0.0 0.0 0

through August 31, 2017 1 7.5 600.0 9,500

Certificated 4 3,600.3 152.0 0

through August 31, 2017 1 0.0 10.0 0

LNG (Import & Export)

Placed in Service (Export) 1 0.0 825.0 0

through August 31, 2017 1 0.0 700.0 0

Certificated (Import/Export) 0 0.0 0.0 0

through August 31, 2017 0 0.0 0.0 0

Source: Staff Database
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Hydropower Highlights (nonfederal)

• Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC was issued an order increasing the capacity of its Bad Creek Pumped Storage Project 

No. 2740 from 1,065.0 to 1,400.0 MW. The project is located on Bad Creek in Oconee County, SC.

Hydropower Project Activities in August 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 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 1 335.000 0 0 1 335.000

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

Hydropower Project Activities Year to Date (through August 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 1 335.0000 0 0 1 335.000

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
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Electric Generation Highlights

• Moxie Freedom LLC’s 529.0 MW natural gas-fired Moxie Freedom Project in Luzerne County, PA is online. 

• NTE Energy LLC’s 501.0 MW natural gas-fired Kings Mountain Energy Center in Cleveland County, NC is online. 

The power generated is sold to the Cities of Kings Mountain, Concord, Winterville and Black Creek under long-term 

contracts.

• Falls City NE Utility Dept.’s 9.0 MW natural gas-fired Falls City Expansion in Richardson County, NE is online.

• Arkwright Summit Wind Farm LLC’s 78.0 MW Arkwright Summit Wind Farm in Chautauqua County, NY is online. The 

power generated is sold to Bloomberg LP under long-term contract.

• Delta Solar Power II LLC’s 15.9 MW Delta Solar Power Project in Eaton County, MI is online. The power generated is 

sold to Lansing Board of Water & Light under long-term contract.

• OneEnergy Development LLC’s 12.5 MW Wyeast Solar Project in Sherman County, OR is online. The power 

generated is sold to Portland General Electic Co. under long-term contract.

• NJR Clean Energy Ventures Corp’s 10.0 MW Old Bridge Solar Farm in Middlesex, NJ is online. 

• Delta Solar Power I LLC’s 8.1 MW Delta Solar Power Project in Eaton County, MI is online. The power generated is 

sold to Lansing Board of Water & Light under long-term contract.

• New Energy Solar Ltd’s 6.8 MW ESA Church Road Solar LLC in Johnston County, NC is online. The power 

generated is sold to Duke Energy Corp. under long-term contract.

• Salisbury Solar LLC’s 6.3 MW Salisbury Solar Project in Rowan County, NC is online. The power generated is sold to 

Duke Energy Carolinas under long-term contract.

• Pacific Ethanol Inc’s 5.0 MW Pacific Ethanol Solar Madera Array in Madera County, CA is online.

• Sadiebrook Solar LLC’s 5.0 MW Sadiebrook Solar Project in Charleston County, SC is online.

August 2018 January – August 2018

Cumulative

January – August 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 5 1,840 71 12,128 78 11,035

Nuclear 0 0 3 30 1 102

Oil 0 0 11 18 16 50

Water 0 0 10 33 9 139

Wind 5 232 29 2,384 54 4,495

Biomass 0 0 11 66 24 210

Geothermal Steam 0 0 2 21 1 18

Solar 25 101 308 2,725 367 3,222

Waste Heat 0 0 2 80 1 220

Other * 3 0 17 5 23 1

Total 38 2,173 468 17,500 574 19,492

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

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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Additions Retirements

Primary Fuel Type No. of 

Units

Installed 

Capacity (MW)

No. of 

Units

Installed 

Capacity (MW)

Coal 1 17 73 19,196

Natural Gas 282 76,502 111 11,830

Nuclear 7 7,721 8 8,040

Oil 15 725 22 166

Water 252 14,896 19 633

Wind 493 89,604 1 50

Biomass 57 593 21 110

Geothermal Steam 22 1,076 0 0

Solar 2,088 61,635 5 2

Waste Heat 6 96 0 0

Other * 89 373 0 0

Total 3,312 253,238 260 40,027

 *“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 268.11 22.56%

Natural Gas 522.62 43.98%

Nuclear 107.66 9.06%

Oil 41.67 3.51%

Water 100.48 8.46%

Wind 91.31 7.68%

Biomass 16.26 1.37%

Geothermal Steam 3.79 0.32%

Solar 34.33 2.89%

Waste Heat 1.38 0.12%

Other* 0.78 0.07%

Total 1,188.38 100.00%

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

subject to update. 

Total Available Installed Generating Capacity

Proposed Generation Additions and Retirements by September 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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Electric Transmission Highlights

• Xcel Energy has completed the 83.0 mile, 345 kV Rush Creek Transmission Project in CO. 

• CenterPoint Energy has completed the 5.0 mile, 138 kV Oyster Creek Project in TX. 

Transmission Projects Completed Proposed Transmission Projects

In-Service by September 2020

Voltage 

(kV)

August

2018

August

2017

January – August

2018 Cumulative

January – December 

2017 Cumulative

High Probability 

of Completion All

Line Length (miles)

≤230 5.0 27.0 223.3 329.3 749.0 2,079.1

345 83.0 65.0 413.2 218.5 1,882.6 4,030.6

500 0.0 0.0 69.4 0.0 386.0 1,242.4

Total 

U.S. 88.0 92.0 705.9 547.8 3,017.6 7,352.1

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

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 September 2020

Transmission Projects with a High Probability of 

being completed by September 2020

New Transmission Projects by Voltage