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Natural Gas Highlights

• Sierrita received authorization to place in service its Sierrita Compressor Expansion Project, consisting of a new

15,900 HP compressor station in Pima County, AZ that will increase firm transportation into Mexico by 323 MMcf/d.

• Elba Liquefaction and Southern LNG received authorization to place in service Unit 5 of the LNG liquefaction and 

export facility at Southern’s existing LNG terminal on Elba Island in Chatham County, GA. When fully completed, the 

export terminal will consist of 10-units and 350 MMcf/d of liquefaction capacity.

• Northern Natural received authorization for its Palmyra to South Siux City A-Line Abandonment Project, including 

abandoning 118 miles of older pipeline in Otoe, Lancaster, Saunders, Dodge, Burt, Thurston, and Dakota Counties, 

NE, and building 4.2 miles of pipeline and associated appurtenances in Otoe and Dodge Counties, NE. 

• Dominion Energy Questar received authorization to abandon by sale to North Shore Energy a 20.8-mile gas-supply 

lateral, its Brady Measurement and Regulating Station, and other appurtenances in Sweetwater County, WY.

• Columbia Gas received authorization for its Line D Launcher/Receiver Project, including installations and 

modifications in Licking, Knox, Morrow, and Crawford Counties, OH, to allow Line D to be internally inspected for 

integrity assessment.

• Gulfstream received authorization for its Phase VI Expansion Project, including a 16,000 HP compressor and 4 miles 

of replacement pipe in Mobile County, AL, and new metering equipment in Manatee County, FL, in order to provide up 

to 78 MMcf/d of firm transportation capacity to Tampa Electric.

• Gulf South received authorization to construct its Index 99 Expansion Project, consisting of 22 miles of pipeline and 

appurtenant facilities in San Augustine and Sabine Counties, TX, in order to provide up to 500 MMcf/d of additional 

firm transportation in East Texas.

• Jordan Cove received authorization to site, construct, and operate an LNG Terminal on the North Spit of Coos Bay, 

OR. The terminal is designed to receive 1.17 Bcf/d of natural gas and export approximately 1 Bcf/d of LNG.

• Pacific Connector Received authorization to construct a 229-mile, 1.2 Bcf/d pipeline to provide transportation service 

to the Jordan Cove LNG terminal. The pipeline would extend 229 miles from interconnections with the Ruby and GTN 

pipelines in Klamath County, OR, to the terminal in Coos County, OR.

• PennEast Pipeline received an amendment to its certificate to permit certain pipeline realignments and workspace 

changes in Luzerne, Carbon, Monroe, and Northampton Counties, PA. These changes will result in a net decrease of 

project miles and acreage.

• Florida Gas received authorization for its Putnam Expansion Project, including 20.7 miles of looped pipeline and other 

facilities in Columbia, Union, Clay, Putnam, and Orange Counties FL, that would provide up to 169 MMcf/d of firm 

capacity to Seminole Electric Coop.

• Texas Eastern received authorization for its Bailey East Mine Panel 11J Project, which involves excavating and 

temporarily elevating portions of its Lines 10, 15, 25, and 30 in Marshall County, WV, to maintain pipeline integrity 

during longwall mining activities by CONSOL.

• Iroquois Gas Transmission requests an amendment to its certificate that would remove the annual Right of Way 

walkover requirement of its entire system.

• Dominion Energy received authorization to replace 3.9 miles of pipeline at its Oakford Storage Complex in 

Westmoreland County, PA. The project will not affect the certificated parameters of the storage facility.

• ANR received authorization to abandon leases and acquire certain storage assets from Mid-Michigan Gas Storage

Company at the Austin, Goodwell, Lincoln-Freeman, Loreed, and Reed City storage fields in Central Michigan.

• Columbia Gas requests authorization for its Quarry Road Meter Station Project, including a receipt meter station and 

associated appurtenant facilities at the interconnection of NEXUS pipeline and Columbia’s L2542 pipeline in Lorain 

County, OH, to allow Columbia to receive up to 215 MMcf/d of firm deliveries.

• ANR requests authorization to increase from 9,700 to 10,800 HP, the certificated horsepower at its Grand Chenier 

Compressor Station in Cameron Parish, LA, in order to improve efficiency and reliability at the station.

• Magnum Gas Storage requests the Commission partially vacate or amend its certificate involving the construction of 

two of the approved four gas storage caverns in Millard, Juab, and Utah Counties, UT.

• ANR requests authorization for its Winfield Storage Field Lateral Abandonment Project, including removal or 

abandonment in place of sections of lateral Line 9780 within the Winfield Storage Field in Mecosta and Montcalm 

counties, MI. These sections serve injection/withdrawal wells that were abandoned in 2018.
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Natural Gas Activities in March 2020

Status No. of 

Projects

Storage 

Capacity 

(Bcf)

Deliverability 

(MMcf/d)

Capacity 

(MMcf/d)

Miles of 

Pipeline

Compression 

(HP)

Pipeline

Placed in Service 1 323 0 15,900

Certificated 6 1,947 281 109,300

Proposed 1 0 0 1,100

Storage

Placed in Service 0 0.0 0.0 0

Certificated 1 81.0 2,836.0 0

Proposed 0 0.0 0.0 0

LNG (Import & Export)

Placed in Service 

(Export) 1 0.0 35.0 0

Certificated 

(Import/Export) 1 10.0 1,020.0 0

Proposed 

(Import/Export) 0 0.0 0.0 0

 Source: Staff Database

Natural Gas Activities through March 31, 2020

January through March 31, 2019

Status No. of

Projects

Storage 

Capacity

(BCF)

Deliverability 

(MMcf/d)

Capacity 

(MMcf/d)

Miles of 

Pipeline

Compression 

(HP)

Pipeline

Placed in Service 1 323.0 0.0 15,900

through March 31, 2019 4 3943.5 1.4 282,400

Certificated 14 2745.0 357.7 164,807

through March 31, 2019 7 1129.2 61.3 107,081

Storage

Placed in Service 0 0.0 0.0 0

through March 31, 2019 0 0.0 0.0 0

Certificated 1 81.0 2836.0 0

through March 31, 2019 1 0.0 79.0 0

LNG (Import & Export)

Placed in Service (Export) 4 3.4 1496.0 0

through March 31, 2019 2 10.1 1413.0 0

Certificated (Import/Export) 1 10.0 1020.0 0

through March 31, 2019 1 8.2 1700.0 0

Source: Staff Database
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Hydropower Highlights (nonfederal)

• Northwestern Corporation filed an application to increase the capacity of its Missouri-Madison Project No. 2188 from 

303.500 MW to 306.760.MW. The project is located on the Missouri and Madison Rivers in Cascade, Gallatin, Lewis 

and Clark, and Madison Counties, MT.

• Big Wood Canal Company was issued an order raising the capacity of its Jim Knight Project No. 7686 from 0.289 to 

0.475 MW. The project is located on the South Gooding Main Canal in Gooding County, ID. 

• Big Wood Canal Company was issued an order raising the capacity of its Sagebrush Project No. 8046 from 0.315 to 

0.475 MW. The project is located on the South Gooding Main Canal in Lincoln County, ID.

Hydropower Project Activities in March 2020

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 3.260 0 0 0 0 1 3.260

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 2 0.346 0 0 0 0 2 0.346

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

Source: Staff Database

Hydropower Project Activities Year to Date (through March 31, 2020)

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 3 9.835 0 0 0 0 3 9.835

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 2 0.346 0 0 0 0 2 0.346

Conduit Exemption 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Status

Conventional Pumped Storage Hydrokinetic

Total No. 

of Projects

Total 

Capacity 

No. (MW) Capacity 

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

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

Source: Staff Database

Electric Generation Highlights

• Entergy Services LLC’s 1,000.0 MW natural gas-fired Entergy Lake Charles Power Plant in Calcasieu Parish, LA is 

online.

• Otter Creek Wind Farm LLC’s 158.0 MW Otter Creek Wind Farm in LaSalle County, IL is online. 

• Peyton Creek Wind Farm LLC’s 151.2 MW Peyton Creek Wind in Matagorda County, TX is online.

• Cardinal Point LLC’s 150.0 MW Cardinal Point Wind Farm in McDonough County, IL is online. 

• Hidalgo Wind Farm II LLC’s 51.0 MW Hidalgo II Wind in Hidalgo County, TX is online. 

March 2020 January – March 2020

Cumulative

January – March 2019

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 0 0

Natural Gas 1 1,000 14 2,300 27 3,130

Nuclear 0 0 0 0 0 0

Oil 0 0 0 0 2 5

Water 0 0 5 16 7 35

Wind 4 510 11 1,323 16 1,380

Biomass 0 0 1 10 1 17

Geothermal Steam 0 0 0 0 0 0

Solar 1 1 77 1,596 127 1,517

Waste Heat 0 0 0 0 0 0

Other * 0 0 2 0 9 0

Total 6 1,511 110 5,245 189 6,084

 *“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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Installed Capacity (GW) % of Total Capacity

Coal 247.09 20.53%

Natural Gas 536.15 44.55%

Nuclear 104.98 8.72%

Oil 39.67 3.30%

Water 100.73 8.37%

Wind 107.73 8.95%

Biomass 15.96 1.33%

Geothermal Steam 3.88 0.32%

Solar 45.32 3.77%

Waste Heat 1.28 0.11%

Other 0.77 0.06%

Total 1,203.58 100.00%

All Additions High Probability Additions Retirements

Primary Fuel Type No. of

Units

Installed 

Capacity (MW)

No. of 

Units

Installed 

Capacity (MW)

No. of 

Units

Installed 

Capacity (MW)

Coal 1 77 0 0 55 16,428

Natural Gas 225 61,192 88 27,643 76 6,986

Nuclear 6 4,460 4 2,560 3 2,558

Oil 12 684 2 4 27 3,116

Water 228 13,120 92 1,910 9 7

Wind 482 88,625 161 27,116 2 249

Biomass 49 261 22 190 44 171

Geothermal Steam 15 540 4 213 10 35

Solar 2,901 110,214 705 24,083 0 0

Waste Heat 3 49 2 29 0 0

Other * 239 480 61 20 1 2

Total 4,161 279,702 1,141 83,768 227 29,552

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

 ** Under Constructions includes units that have started site preparation or construction. It also includes units that are in the testing phase.

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

Generation Capacity Additions and Retirements

(April 2020 – March 2023)

From ABB Velocity Suite’s Generating Unit Capacity Dataset

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

• CapX2020 released the “CapEx 2050 Transmission Vision Report”. CapEx 2050 recommended more transmission 

system infrastructure will be needed in the upper Midwest.

Transmission Projects Completed Proposed Transmission Projects

In-Service by April 2022

Voltage 

(kV)

March

2020

March

2019

January – December

2020 Cumulative

January – December 

2019 Cumulative

High Probability 

of Completion

All

Line Length (miles)

≤230 0.0 0.0 37.6 296.5 344.0 567.2

345 0.0 0.0 0.0- 604.5 224.0 594.4

500 0.0 0.0 0.0- 7.7 251.4 251.4

Total 

U.S. 0.0 0.0 37.6 908.7 819.4 1,413.0

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

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

Projects ©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 April 2022

Transmission Projects with a High Probability of 

being completed by April 2022

New Transmission Projects by Voltage