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Natural Gas Highlights 

• Elba Express placed into service its Hartwell Compressor Station Project in Hart County, GA. This project will provide 

an additional 220 MMcf/d of transportation capacity on Elba Express existing pipeline system in GA and SC.

• Cadeville Gas Storage placed into service the reservoir and a portion of the storage and pipeline facilities of its 

Cadeville Project in Ouachita Parish, LA. This storage project will provide 16.4 Bcf of working gas capacity. 

• Transco requested authorization to construct and operate its Northeast Connector Project which will provide an 

additional 100 MMcf/d of new transportation capacity on Transco’s existing system in NY. 

• Dominion Cove Point LNG requested authorization to construct and operate an 825 MMcf/d liquefaction and export

facility at the existing import terminal in Calvert County, MD and to increase the capacity of the existing Cove Point 

pipeline currently delivering gas to the import terminal by 860 MMcf/d.

• Empire and National Fuel commenced the Commission’s pre-filing process to construct and operate the Tuscarora 

Lateral Project which will provide 55 MMcf/d of transportation capacity and 0.6 Bcf of storage capacity in NY and PA.

• CE FLNG commenced the Commission’s pre-filing process to construct and operate a 1,070 MMcf/d liquefaction and 

export facility in Plaquemines Parish, LA, and related pipeline facilities to deliver 2,000 MMcf/d to the LNG facility. 

Natural Gas Activities in April 2013

Status No. of 

Projects

Storage 

Capacity 

(Bcf)

Deliverability 

(MMcf/d)

Capacity 

(MMcf/d)

Miles of 

Pipeline

Compression 

(HP)

Pipeline

Placed in Service 1 220.0 0.0 10,000

Certificated 0 0.0 0.0 0

Proposed 5 3,061.0 102.6 80,940

Storage

Placed in Service 2 23.9 1,020 9,500

Certificated 1 0.4 0 0

Proposed 1 0.6 0 0

LNG (Import & Export)

Placed in Service 0 0 0 0

Certificated

(Export) 0 0 0 0

Proposed (Export) 2 10.6 1,895 0

 Source: Staff Database

Natural Gas Activities through April 30, 2013

Through April 30, 2012

Status No. of 

Projects

Storage 

Capacity 

(Bcf)

Deliverability 

(MMcf/d)

Capacity 

(MMcf/d)

Miles of 

Pipeline

Compression 

(HP)

Pipeline

Placed in Service

through April 30, 2012

4

2

531.0

250.0

10.2

3.8

25,400

0

Certificated

through April 30, 2012

11

6

2,411.7

899.3

78.1

27.6

61,550

30,090

Storage

Placed in Service

through April 30, 2012

3

4

24.1

5.2

1,020

150

9,500

15,300

Certificated

through April 30, 2012

6

3

24.9

47.2

765

300

9,240

19,000

LNG (Import & Export)

Placed in Service

through April 30, 2012

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Certificated (Export)

through April 30, 2012

0

1

0

0

0

2,600

0

0

 Source: Staff Database
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Hydropower Highlights (nonfederal)

• Mr. William Arkoosh was issued an original license for the proposed 1.230 MW Little Wood River Ranch II 

Hydroelectric Project No. 14154. The project will be located on the Little Wood River, near the City of Shoshone, in 

Lincoln County, ID.

• Carbon Zero, LLC was issued an original license for the proposed 0.360 MW Vermont Tissue Mill Hydroelectric

Project No. 14308. The project will be located on the Walloomsac River, near the towns of Bennington and North 

Bennington, in Bennington County, VT.

• The Town of Stuyvesant and Albany Engineering Corporation were issued a new license for the existing Stuyvesant 

Falls Hydroelectric Project No. 2696. The new license authorizes an increase in total capacity from 2.800 MW to 

4.320 MW. The project is located on Kinderhook Creek, in Columbia County, NY. 

• Eagle Creek Hydropower LLC was issued an order amending license and revising annual charges for the Rio 

Hydroelectric Project No. 9690, located on the Mongaup River in Orange County, NY. The order approved the 

construction and installation of a new powerhouse with a single turbine-generating unit, increasing the installed 

capacity by 0.800 MW to 10.800 MW.

• The Warmsprings Irrigation District filed an original license application for the proposed 2.700 MW Warmsprings Dam 

Hydroelectric Project No. 13570. The project would be located at the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation’s Warm Springs 

Dam, on the Malheur River, in Malheur County, OR.

• Baker County, Oregon, filed an original license application for the proposed 3.400 MW Mason Dam Hydroelectric 

Project No. 12686. The project would be located at the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation’s Mason Dam, on the Powder 

River, in Baker County, OR. 

• Tygart, LLC filed an original license application for the proposed 30.000 MW Tygart Hydroelectric Project No. 12613. 

The project would be located on the Tygart River, in Taylor County, WV.

Hydropower Activities in April 2013

Status

Conventional Pumped Storage Hydrokinetic

Total No. 

of Projects

Total 

Capacity 

No. (MW) Capacity 

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

Filed

License 3 36.100 0 0 0 0 3 36.100

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

Issued

License 3 3.110 0 0 0 0 3 3.110

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

Capacity Amendment 1 0.800 0 0 0 0 1 0.800

Conduit Exemption 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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

 Source: Staff Database
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Hydropower Activities Year to Date (through April 30, 2013)

Status

Conventional Pumped Storage Hydrokinetic

Total No. 

of Projects

Total 

Capacity 

No. (MW) Capacity 

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

Filed

License 3 36.100 0 0 0 0 3 36.100

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

Capacity Amendment 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Conduit Exemption 4 0.552 0 0 0 0 4 0.552

Issued

License 4 3.560 0 0 0 0 4 3.560

5-MW Exemption 2 0.248 0 0 0 0 2 0.248

Capacity Amendment 2 7.375 0 0 0 0 2 7.375

Conduit Exemption 3 0.500 0 0 0 0 3 0.500

Placed in Service

License 1 4.400 0 0 0 0 1 4.400

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

Capacity Amendment 2 0.960 0 0 0 0 2 0.960

Conduit Exemption 1 0.037 0 0 0 0 1 0.037

 Source: Staff Database

Electric Generation Highlights

• Florida Power & Light Company’s 1,157 MW gas-fired Cape Canaveral Next Generation Clean Energy Center in 

Brevard County, FL is online. The plant was constructed on the site of a 1960s-era plant that was removed in 2010. 

The new plant generates nearly twice the amount of power than the previous plant and uses 33 percent less fuel. 

• Apple Data Centers’ 5.2 MW biogas-fired fuel cells Phase 3 expansion in Matawba County, NC is online. Phases 1 

and 2 consist of a 21 MW solar unit and a 4.8 MW landfill gas-fired fuel cells unit, respectively. Phase 4, a 20 MW 

solar unit, is expected to come online in June 2013.

• PPL Montana LLC’s 62 MW Rainbow hydroelectric expansion project near Great Falls, MT is online. Smaller units 

from the 1910 to 1930 era with a combined 35 MW were replaced with the single 62 MW unit, increasing the power 

generated by 70 percent.

• SolarVision, LLC’s 5 MW Celina Solar Project I in Mercer County, OH is online. This solar project will produce enough 

power to meet about 8 percent of the City of Celina’s total energy demand. 

• Arizona Public Service Co.’s 17 MW Foothills Solar Power Plant in Yuma, AZ is online. A second phase with 18 MW 

is expected to come online by year end.

• Light Beam Energy Inc’s 1.7 MW Gridley Main One Solar and 2.5 MW Gridley Main Two Solar in Butte County, CA 

are online. The power generated by each solar facility is sold to the City of Gridley and to the San Francisco Bay 

Area Rapid Transit under long-term contracts, respectively. 

• Warsaw Solar 2 LLC’s 2 MW Warsaw Solar 2 in Duplin County, NC is online. The power generated is sold to 

Progress Energy Carolinas under long-term contract.

• Hannon Strong Solar LLC’s 1.4 MW Fort Bliss Solar in El Paso County, TX is online. The power generated is sold to 

the U.S. Army Fort Bliss under a long-term contract.
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Electric Transmission Highlights

• Southern California Edison has completed the 10 mile, 230 kV Highwind - Windhub Transmission Project. The $46

million project is a part of the Tehachapi Renewable Transmission Project in Kern County, CA. 

• Clean Line Energy Partners has agreed to purchase the 200 mile, 345 kV Central New Mexico Collector Project. The 

project is estimated to cost $400 million. 

April 2013 January – April 2013

Cumulative

January – April 2012

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 1 808

Natural Gas 2 1,224 10 1,565 37 2,875

Nuclear 0 0 0 0 0 0

Oil 0 0 0 0 11 21

Water 1 62 7 71.4 1 0.430

Wind 0 0 7 958 38 1,636

Biomass 0 0 30 49 47 119

Geothermal Steam 0 0 0 0 4 72

Solar 9 33 56 845 94 348

Waste Heat 0 0 0 0 0 0

Other 0 0 0 0 0 0

Total 12 1,319 110 3,487 233 5,878

Installed Capacity (GW) % of Total Capacity

Coal 336.30 28.94%

Natural Gas 492.88 42.40%

Nuclear 107.10 9.22%

Oil 41.03 3.53%

Water 99.07 8.52%

Wind 60.10 5.17%

Biomass 15.16 1.30%

Geothermal Steam 3.75 0.32%

Solar 5.14 0.44%

Waste Heat 0.69 0.06%

Other 1.04 0.09%

Total 1,162.26 100.00%

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

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

New Generation In-Service (New Build and Expansion)

Total Installed Operating Generating Capacity
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Transmission Projects Completed Proposed Transmission Projects

In-Service by April 2015

Voltage 

(kV)

April 

2013

April 

2012

January –April 2013

Cumulative

January – December 

2012 Cumulative

High Probability 

of Completion All

Line Length (miles)

≤230 10.0 0 56.5 709.6 1,000.1 4,197.0

345 0 120.0 362.0 1,069.6 6,703.4 8,937.2

500 0 0 0 184.1 1,532.4 4,689.4

Total U.S. 10.0 120.0 418.5 1,963.3 9,235.9 17,823.6

 Sources: Data derived from Staff Database and U.S. Electric Transmission Projects ©2013 The C Three Group, LLC

Sources: Data derived from Staff Database and U.S. Electric Transmission Projects ©2013 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 2015

Transmission Projects with a High Probability of 

being completed by April 2015

New Transmission Projects by Voltage