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Natural Gas Highlights

 WBI Energy received authorization to construct its Line Section 27 Cherry Creek to Spring Creek Expansion 

Project, including 12 miles of 24-inch pipeline and expansion of its Spring Creek and Wild Basin Meter Stations in 

McKenzie County, ND. The project will increase takeaway capacity from two processing plants by 206 MMcf/d.

 Columbia Gas received authorization to replace two segments of its Line O-731 totaling 7.64 miles, and to 

perform other related activities in Coshocton and Muskingum Counties, OH.

 Texas Eastern received authorization to construct and operate its South Texas Expansion Project, including the 

acquisition by lease of the Pomelo Connector. The project would provide 400 MMcf/d of bi-directional capacity on 

Texas Eastern's existing Line 16 system in Texas. 

 Texas Eastern received authorization to excavate, elevate, and replace sections of four different pipelines in 

Marshall County, WV to accommodate planned longwall mining activities.

 Southern Natural Gas received authorization to construct and operate its Fairburn Expansion Project, consisting 

of two new pipeline segments, an existing lateral to be acquired from Georgia Power Company, a new 18,000 hp 

compressor station, and three new meter stations, all located in Georgia. The project is designed to provide 343 

MMcf/d of firm transportation service to markets in AL, GA, TN, SC, and FL. 

 WBI Energy received authorization to construct its Valley Expansion Project, which includes interconnect facilities 

with Viking Gas Transmission in Clay County, MN; 37.3 miles of pipeline in Clay County, MN and Cass County, 

ND; a 3,000 horsepower electric compressor station in Cass County, ND; and replacement of two existing town 

border stations and construction of a regulator station in Burleigh, Stutsman and Barnes Counties, ND.

 Transco received authorization to install three additional water heaters at its Meadows Facility in Bergen County, 

NJ.

 NGPL received authorization to abandon certain compressor units at its compressor stations 310 and 311 in Piatt 

County, IL, while retaining compressor units 1 and 7 in CS 310 and units 2 and 4 in CS 311 to serve as backups.

 Columbia Gas received authorization to perform installations and activities to enable the in-line inspection of 

approximately 53.6 miles of its 20-inch diameter Line D-600 in Allen, Paulding, and Putnam Counties, OH.

 Columbia Gas received authorization to construct and operate one new storage well and related pipeline and 

appurtenances at its Donegal Storage Field in Washington County, PA.

 Dominion Energy Questar received authorization for its Clay Basin Delivery Project, which would allow it to 

convert a portion of the deliverability at its Clay Basin Storage facility in Daggett County, UT, from interruptible to 

firm capacity. 

 Equitrans received authorization to add a new horizontal well at its Mobley Storage Field in Wetzel County, WV. 

The new well would add 348 MMcf of new capacity and increase deliverability by 125 MMcf/d.

 Northern requests authorization to construct and operate its Marquette Branch Line Expansion Project, which 

would add 3,180 HP of new compression and 24.6 MMcf/d of additional firm capacity to supply two proposed 

electric generation plants in Upper Michigan.

 Southwest Gas seeks approval for an amendment to its service area within which it may provide natural gas 

distribution service on the north shore of Lake Tahoe in California and Nevada.

 Empire requests authorization to construct its Empire North Project, which includes two new compressor stations, 

modifications to meter and regulator stations, and pipeline segments in Ontario County, NY and Tioga County, PA

in order to provide an additional 205 MMcf/d of firm capacity to customers in the Northeast and Canada.

 Transco seeks to amend its Commission authorization to abandon by sale to Tana Exploration 21 miles of 

pipeline gathering assets located in Offshore Texas, and instead abandon these assets in place.

 Gulf South requests authorization to abandon 100 MMcf/d of capacity currently leased from Destin in MS, and 

Destin requests authorization to reacquire this capacity.

 CIG requests authorization for its 2018 Line Nos. 5A and 5B Expansion Project, which would modify three 

compressor stations in in Weld County, CO, to allow for 230 MMcf/d of additional capacity from mainline receipt 

points along the Colorado Front Range to the Cheyenne Hub Complex.

 EGT Acquisition requests a service area determination where it may own and operate facilities in Pennsylvania to 

provide natural gas distribution service across state lines in an area in northwestern New Jersey.

 Elkton Acquisition requests a service area determination within which it may own and operate facilities in 

Delaware to provide natural gas distribution service across state lines in an area in Maryland.
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 National Fuel requests authorization to abandon well lines CW-1407 & 1408 and convert two storage wells to 

observation wells at its Holland Storage Field in Erie County, NY.

 Dominion requests authorization to establish a 2,000 foot boundary around the active limits of the Ellisburg 

Storage Pool in Potter County, PA.

Natural Gas Activities in February 2018

Status No. of 

Projects

Storage 

Capacity 

(Bcf)

Deliverability 

(MMcf/d)

Capacity 

(MMcf/d)

Miles of 

Pipeline

Compression 

(HP)

Pipeline

Placed in Service 0 0 0 0

Certificated 4 920 70 37,800

Proposed 3 460 1 56,248

Storage

Placed in Service 0 0.0 0.0 0

Certificated 1 0.3 125.0 0

Proposed 0 0.0 0.0 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 February 28, 2018

January through February 28, 2017

Status No. of

Projects

Storage 

Capacity

(BCF)

Deliverability 

(MMcf/d)

Capacity 

(MMcf/d)

Miles of 

Pipeline

Compression 

(HP)

Pipeline

Placed in Service 0 0.0 0.0 0

through February 28, 2017 4 876 0 132,300

Certificated 11 2,787.5 202.0 121,015

through February 28, 2017 12 9,628 1,253 618,584

Storage

Placed in Service 0 0.0 0.0 0

through February 28, 2017 0 0 0 0

Certificated 1 0.3 125.0 0

through February 28, 2017 0 0 0 0

LNG (Import & Export)

Placed in Service (Export) 0 0.0 0.0 0

through February 28, 2017 0 0 0 0

Certificated (Import/Export) 0 0.0 0.0 0

through February 28, 2017 0 0 0 0

 Source: Staff Database
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Hydropower Highlights (nonfederal)

 Calligan Power LLC placed in service the 6.0 MW Calligan Creek Project No. 13948. The project is located on 

Calligan Creek in King County, WA.

 Hancock Power LLC placed in service the 6.0 MW Hancock Creek Project No. 13994. The project is located on 

Hancock Creek in King County, WA. 

Hydropower Project Activities in February 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 0 0 0 0 0 0

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

Hydropower Project Activities Year to Date (through February 28, 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 0 0 0 0 0 0

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

 MidAmerican Energy Co.’s 170 MW Beaver Creek Wind Project in Greene County, IA is online. 

 Prairie Wind Energy LLC’s 168 MW Prairie Wind Project in Mahaska County, IA is online. 

 Phase 2 of Copenhagen Infrastructure II’s 163 MW wind powered Bearkat Renewable Energy Project in Glasscock 

County, TX is online.

 Big Timber Wind LLC’s 25 MW Big Timber Wind Farm in Sweet Grass County, MT is online. 

 Stuttgart Solar LLC’s 81 MW Stuttgart Solar Project in Arkansas County, AR is online. The power generated is sold to 

Entergy Arkansas Inc. under long-term contract.

 Georgia Power Co.’s 46 MW Marine Corps Logistics Base Solar Facility in Dougherty County, GA is online. 

 SunPower Corp’s 10 MW Redstone Arsenal Army Base Solar Project in Madison County, AL is online. 

 PNMR Development & Management Co.’s 10 MW Facebook Solar Energy Center in Bernalillo County, NM is online.

 Solar Mission 1 LLC’s 9 MW Fort Meade Solar Project in Anne Arundel County, MD is online. 

 Housatonic Solar 1 LLC’s 7 MW Highgate Solar Project in Franklin County, VT is online. 

 ETCAP NES CS MN 06 LLC’s 7 MW Novel CSG of Waseca Solar Project in Waseca County, MN is online. 

 Phelps 158 Solar Farm LLC’s 5 MW Phelps 158 Solar Farm LLC in Northampton County, NC is online. The power 

generated is sold to Dominion Energy Inc under long-term contract.

February 2018

January – February 2018

Cumulative

January – February 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 0 0 0 0

Natural Gas 0 0 2 40 22 1,462

Nuclear 0 0 1 4 1 102

Oil 0 0 3 8 1 1

Water 2 12 2 12 0 0

Wind 4 526 16 1,757 16 1,755

Biomass 3 3 3 3 1 1

Geothermal Steam 0 0 1 19 0 0

Solar 30 198 69 917 96 869

Waste Heat 0 0 0 0 0 0

Other * 2 0 5 5 8 1

Total 41 739 102 2,765 145 4,191

 *“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. 

New Generation In-Service (New Build and Expansion)
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Additions Retirements

Primary Fuel Type No. of 

Units

Installed 

Capacity (MW)

No. of 

Units

Installed 

Capacity (MW)

Coal 5 1,827 70 17,008

Natural Gas 366 92,965 136 15,544

Nuclear 6 6,363 5 4,532

Oil 29 754 39 523

Water 262 12,545 25 706

Wind 474 84,392 2 68

Biomass 61 680 18 70

Geothermal Steam 24 1,130 0 0

Solar 1,761 48,816 5 2

Waste Heat 8 176 0 0

Other * 49 680 1 0

Total 3,045 250,328 301 38,453

 *“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 273.29 23.11%

Natural Gas 512.55 43.34%

Nuclear 108.18 9.15%

Oil 42.10 3.56%

Water 100.89 8.53%

Wind 90.73 7.67%

Biomass 16.55 1.40%

Geothermal Steam 3.85 0.33%

Solar 32.32 2.73%

Waste Heat 1.26 0.11%

Other* 0.79 0.07%

Total 1,182.51 100.00%

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 March 2021

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

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Electric Transmission Highlights

 Basin Electric Power Cooperative has completed the 36.0 mile, 115 kV Plaza – Blaisdell Transmission Project in ND. 

Transmission Projects Completed Proposed Transmission Projects

In-Service by February 2020

Voltage 

(kV)

February 

2018

February 

2017

January – February 

2018 Cumulative

January – December 

2017 Cumulative

High Probability 

of Completion All

Line Length (miles)

≤230 36.0 37.5 66.0 301.9 1,430.1 3,080.3

345 0.0 0.0 0.0 218.5 2,291.5 4,004.2

500 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 324.0 1,529.0

Total 

U.S. 36.0 37.5 66.0 520.4 4,045.6 8,613.5

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 February 2020

Transmission Projects with a High Probability of 

being completed by February 2020

New Transmission Projects by Voltage