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Natural Gas Highlights

• Freeport LNG received authorization to place in service Train 2 at its LNG terminal in Brazoria County, TX. Including 

Train 1, this brings the total liquefaction capacity at the terminal to 1.4 Bcf/d.

• Elba Liquefaction and Southern LNG received authorization to place in service Unit 2 of its LNG liquefaction facility at 

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

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

• Southern Star Central received authorization for its Midwest Market Access Project, which involves increasing 

throughput at its Grabham Compressor Station to add 40 MMcf/d of firm transportation capacity in Southern Star’s 

market area.

• Columbia Gas received authorization to construct its Buckeye Xpress Project, including replacing 60.8 miles of 20 and 

24-inch pipeline with 66.2 miles of 36-inch pipeline in order to modernize the facilities and add 275 MMcf/d of 

additional capacity in Vinton, Jackson, Gallia and Laurence Counties, OH and Wayne County, WV.

• Columbia Gas requests authorization for its Line D Launcher/Receiver Project, which includes installations and 

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

assessment.

• WBI Energy requests authorization to abandon by sale to Scout Energy, its gathering facilities in the Baker Field,

located in Fallon County, MT and Bowman County, ND. The abandonment includes 400 miles of pipeline, field 

compressor units, and other equipment.

• Rover requests authorization to increase the mainline certificated capacity of its pipeline by 175 MMcf/d for a total of 

3.425 Bcf/d, and corresponding increases to related laterals and market segments in OH and MI. The increase does 

not involve new infrastructure.

• Texas Eastern requests authorization for its Lilly Compressor Units Replacement Project in Cambria County, PA, 

including replacing the four compressor units at the station with two new gas turbines in order to comply with future air 

emission reduction requirements.

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

walkover requirenment of its entire system. 

• PennEast requests to amend its authorization to allow for the construction of the PennEast Pipeline project in two 

phases, Phase 1 being the facilities in Pennsylvania, and Phase 2 the facilities in New Jersey.

• Iroquois Gas requests authorization for its Enhancement by Compression Project, which includes new compressors 

and upgrades to existing compression stations in Athens and Dover, NY and Brookfield and Milford, CT. The project 

would deliver up to 125 MMcf/d of firm capacity to two LDC customers in New York.

• Transco requests authorization to amend its Northeast Supply Enhancement Project, to allow Transco to use an 

existing road to access Compressor Station 206 in Somerset County, NJ, in lieu of constructing a new access road.

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

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

• Saltville Gas Storage requests authorization to amend its certificated working gas capacity to 5.0 Bcf from 5.4 Bcf. 

The proposed amendment would not affect service under its existing firm storage contracts.
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Natural Gas Activities in January 2020

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 2 315 66 0

Proposed 2 300 0 36,000

Storage

Placed in Service 0 0.0 0.0 0

Certificated 0 0.0 0.0 0

Proposed 0 0.0 0.0 0

LNG (Import & Export)

Placed in Service 

(Export) 2 0 748 0

Certificated 

(Import/Export) 0 0 0 0

Proposed 

(Import/Export) 0 0 0 0

 Source: Staff Database

Natural Gas Activities through January 31, 2020

January through January 31, 2019

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 January 31, 2019 0 0 0 0

Certificated 2 315.0 66.2 0

through January 31, 2019 2 75 0 4,760

Storage

Placed in Service 0 0.0 0.0 0

through January 31, 2019 0 0 0 0

Certificated 0 0.0 0.0 0

through January 31, 2019 0 0 0 0

LNG (Import & Export)

Placed in Service (Export) 2 0.0 748.0 0

through January 31, 2019 0 0 0 0

Certificated (Import/Export) 0 0.0 0.0 0

through January 31, 2019 0 0 0 0

Source: Staff Database
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Hydropower Highlights (nonfederal)

• Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC filed an application to increase the capacity of its East Fork Project No. 2698 from 

23.973 MW to 25.848 MW. The project is located on the East Fork Tuckaseegee River and Wolf Creek in Jackson 

County, NC. 

• Great River Hydro, LLC filed an application to increase the capacity of its Fifteen Mile Falls Project No. 2077 from 

319.960 MW to 324.660 MW. The project is located on the Connecticut River in Coös and Grafton Counties NH, and 

Caledonia and Essex Counties VT.

Hydropower Project Activities in January 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 2 6.575 0 0 0 0 2 6.575

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 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

• Wright Solar Park LLC’s 200.0 MW Wright Solar Park in Merced County, CA is online. 

• FL Solar 4 LLC’s 42.0 MW Tallahassee 2 Solar Project in Leon County, FL is online. The power generated is sold to 

Tallahassee FL (City of) under long-term contract.

• Citizens Solar Holding IX LLC’s 6.0 MW Citizens Chenango Solar Project in Broome County, NY is online. The power 

generated is sold to New York State Electric & Gas Corp. under long-term contract.

• BWC Connecticut River LLC’s 5.0 MW solar powered BWC Connecticut River LLC in Bristol County, MA is online.

• Antrim Wind Energy LLC’s 28.8 MW Antrim Wind Energy Project in Hillsborough County, NH is online. The power 

generated is sold to New Hampshire Electric Cooperative Inc. and Partners Healthcare under long-term contract.
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January 2020 January 2019

Primary Fuel Type No. of

Units

Installed 

Capacity (MW)

No. of 

Units

Installed 

Capacity (MW)

Coal 0 0 0 0

Natural Gas 0 0 6 242

Nuclear 0 0 0 0

Oil 0 0 1 2

Water 0 0 5 13

Wind 1 29 10 406

Biomass 0 0 1 17

Geothermal Steam 0 0 0 0

Solar 14 273 51 820

Waste Heat 0 0 0 0

Other * 0 0 3 0

Total 15 302 77 1,500

Installed Capacity (GW) % of Total Capacity

Coal 248.31 20.66%

Natural Gas 534.48 44.48%

Nuclear 106.33 8.85%

Oil 39.74 3.31%

Water 100.75 8.38%

Wind 106.36 8.85%

Biomass 16.05 1.34%

Geothermal Steam 3.85 0.32%

Solar 43.70 3.64%

Waste Heat 1.32 0.11%

Other* 0.77 0.06%

Total 1,201.66 100.00%

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

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

wheel.

New Generation In-Service (New Build and Expansion)

Total Available Installed Generating Capacity
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 *“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.

Electric Transmission Highlights

• Omaha Public Power District has completed the 5.3 mile, 161 kV S1255 – S1260 Transmission Project in NE. 

• Texas North Company has completed the 5.0 mile, 138 kV Cryo – Saragosa Transmission Project in TX.

• Commonwealth Edison has completed the 3.5 mile, 138 kV Waterman – Customer Substation Transmission Project 

in IL. 

Transmission Projects Completed 

Proposed Transmission 

Projects

In-Service by Feburary 2022

Voltage 

(kV)

January

2020

January 

2019

January -December 

2019 Cumulative

Planned and Under

Construction All

Line Length (miles)

≤230 13.8 4.5 296.5 413.7 761.4

345 0.0 0.0 479.5 466.8 1,246.2

500 0.0 0.0 7.7 251.4 841.4

Total 

U.S. 13.8 4.5 783.7 1,131.9 2,849.0

Sources: Data derived from North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) Electricity Supply and Demand (ES&D) and U.S. Electric

Transmission Projects ©The C Three Group, LLC. 

All Proposed Additions Proposed Additions

Under Construction** Proposed 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 59 18,020

Natural Gas 229 63,009 97 29,698 72 7,962

Nuclear 6 4,460 4 2,560 6 5,951

Oil 11 682 1 2 22 3,062

Water 236 13,163 92 1,920 9 7

Wind 480 90,022 167 26,704 2 249

Biomass 50 267 23 202 24 84

Geothermal Steam 13 478 4 213 10 35

Solar 2,804 104,520 698 22,424 0 0

Waste Heat 3 49 2 29 0 0

Other * 224 480 51 20 1 2

Total 4,057 277,207 1,139 83,772 205 35,372

Generation Capacity Additions and Retirements

(February 2020 – January 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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Sources: Data derived from North American Electric Reliability Corporation 

(NERC) Electricity Supply and Demand (ES&D) 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 February 2022

Planned and Under Construction Transmission 

Projects with a Proposed In-Service Date by 

February 2022

New Transmission Projects by Voltage