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Natural Gas Highlights 

• Transco placed into service its Woodbridge Delivery Lateral Project which will provide 264 MMcf/d of capacity to 

Woodbridge Energy’s electric generation facility being developed in Woodbridge, NJ. 

• Transco placed into service its Mobile Bay South III Expansion Project which will provide 225 MMcf/d of southbound 

capacity on Transco’s Mobile Bay Lateral located in AL.

• National Fuel received authorization to construct and operate its West Side Expansion and Modernization Project 

which will provide 175 MMcf/d of capacity and replace bare steel pipeline along its system in PA.

• Algonquin received authorization to construct and operate its AIM Project which will provide 342 MMcf/d of capacity 

from existing receipt points in Ramapo, NY to delivery points in CT, RI, and MA.

• Empire and National Fuel received authorization to construct and operate the Tuscarora Lateral Project which will 

provide 55 MMcf/d of capacity on Empire’s and National Fuel’s systems in NY.

• Transco received authorization to construct and operate its Rock Springs Expansion Project which will provide 192

MMcf/d of capacity to serve Old Dominion Electric’s proposed 1,000 MW generation plant in Cecil County, MD.

• Regency Field Services received authorization to operate existing Beaver Residue Line located in Beaver County, OK 

as an interstate pipeline. The Beaver Residue Line has a capacity of 100 MMcf/d and connects the Beaver 

processing plant to Southern Star’s pipeline.

• Rockies Express requests authorization to convert the existing Seneca Lateral facilities located in Noble and Monroe 

Counties, OH from Section 311 to Section 7 jurisdiction. This lateral has a capacity of 600 MMcf/d.

• DBM Pipeline requests authorization to operate the Ramsey Residue Line located in Reeves County, TX as an 

interstate pipeline. The Ramsey Residue Line provides 275 MMcf/d of capacity from the Ramsey processing plant to 

an interconnection with El Paso.

• Texas Gas requests authorization to construct and operate its Western KY Lateral Project which would provide 224

MMcf/d of capacity to TVA’s proposed power plant located in Muhlenberg County, KY. 

• Columbia Gulf requests authorization to construct and operate its Cameron Access Project which would provide 800 

MMcf/d of bi-directional capacity on its West Lateral in LA.

• National Fuel and Empire request authorization to construct and operate the Northern Access 2016 Project which 

would provide 497 MMcf/d of capacity from National Fuel’s system in PA to Empire’s system in NY.

• Transco requests authorization to construct and operate its Dalton Expansion Project which would provide 448 

MMcf/d of capacity from Transco’s Station 210 in Mercer, NJ through the proposed Dalton Lateral to delivery points in 

Murray County, GA.

• Transco requests authorization to construct and operate its Virginia Southside Expansion Project II which would 

provide 250 MMcf/d of capacity to VEPCO’s proposed 1,580 MW power station located in Greensville County, VA.

• Rockies Express requests authorization to construct and operate its REX Zone 3 Enhancement Project which would 

provide 800 MMcf/d of east-to-west capacity from Clarington, OH to Moultrie County, IL.

• Transco requests authorization to construct and operate its Atlantic Sunrise Project which would provide 1,700 

MMcf/d of capacity from northern PA to Transco’s Station 85 in AL.

• Florida Gas requests authorization to construct and operate its Jacksonville Expansion Project which would provide 

15 MMcf/d of capacity to serve markets in FL.

• Annova Entities commenced the Commission’s pre-filing process to construct and operate an export liquefaction 

facility in Brownsville, TX which would have a deliverability of 940 MMcf/d.

• Texas Eastern commenced the Commission’s pre-filing process to construct and operate its Access South, Adair

Southwest, and Lebanon Expansion Projects which would provide 700 MMcf/d of capacity from the Appalachia 

producing area to markets in the Midwest and Southeast.

• Port Arthur LNG and Port Arthur Pipeline each commenced the Commission’s pre-filing process to construct and 

operate an LNG export terminal (providing 1,240 MMcf/d of deliverability) in the City of Port Arthur in Jefferson 

County, TX, and pipeline facilities to provide 1,600 MMcf/d of capacity to serve the proposed terminal.

• Texas LNG Brownsville commenced the Commission’s pre-filing process to construct and operate an LNG export 

facility in the Port of Brownsville, TX. This facility would provide 540 MMcf/d of liquefaction capacity.

• Rio Grande LNG and Rio Bravo Pipeline commenced the Commission’s pre-filing process to construct and operate an 

LNG export terminal (providing 3,600 MMcf/d of deliverability) near Brownsville in Cameron County, TX, and pipeline 

facilities to provide 4,500 MMcf/d of capacity to the proposed terminal.
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Natural Gas Activities in March 2015

Status No. of 

Projects

Storage 

Capacity 

(Bcf)

Deliverability 

(MMcf/d)

Capacity 

(MMcf/d)

Miles of 

Pipeline

Compression 

(HP)

Pipeline

Placed in Service 3 529.0 21.7 21,500

Certificated 5 864.0 101.4 90,554

Proposed 13 12,409.0 684.2 694,996

Storage

Placed in Service 1 1.7 0.0 0

Certificated 0 0.0 0.0 0

Proposed 0 0.0 0.0 0

LNG (Import & Export)

Placed in Service 0 0 0 0

Certificated

(Import/Export) 0 0 0 0

Proposed (Export) 4 37.90 6,320 0

 Source: Staff Database

Natural Gas Activities through March 31, 2015

Through March 31, 2014

Status No. of 

Projects

Storage 

Capacity 

(Bcf)

Deliverability 

(MMcf/d)

Capacity 

(MMcf/d)

Miles of 

Pipeline

Compression 

(HP)

Pipeline

Placed in Service

through March 31, 2014

4

2

629.0

447.5

21.7

7.9

30,970

15,900

Certificated

through March 31, 2014

12

7

2,537.0

1,109.4

140.3

96.6

123,673

95,980

Storage

Placed in Service

through March 31, 2014

2

3

2.4

2.95

53

110

0

4,800

Certificated

through March 31, 2014

1

1

1.7

0.6

0

0

0

0

LNG (Import & Export)

Placed in Service

through March 31, 2014

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Certificated (Import/Export)

through March 31, 2014

0

1

0

0

0

560

0

0

 Source: Staff Database

Hydropower Highlights (nonfederal)

• Consumers Energy and Detroit Edison placed in service an order amending license for Ludington Pumped Storage 

Plant Project No. 2680, located on Lake Michigan, in Mason County, MI, and authorizing a capacity increase of 21.25 

MW through unit upgrades. 
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• Minneapolis Leased Housing Associates IV, Limited Partnership filed an original license application for the proposed 

0.6 MW A-Mill Artist Lofts Hydroelectric Project No. 14628. The project would be located at the Pillsbury A Mill on the 

Mississippi River in Minneapolis, MN. 

Hydropower Project Activities in March 2015

Status

Conventional Pumped Storage Hydrokinetic

Total No. 

of Projects

Total 

Capacity 

No. (MW) Capacity 

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

Filed

License 1 0.600 0 0 0 0 1 0.600

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 0 0 1 21.250 0 0 1 21.250

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, 2015)

Status

Conventional Pumped Storage Hydrokinetic

Total No. 

of Projects

Total 

Capacity 

No. (MW) Capacity 

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

Filed

License 1 0.600 1 240.000 0 0 2 240.600

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 0 0 1 21.250 0 0 1 21.250

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

• El Paso Electric’s 176 MW natural gas-fired Montana Power Station Phase 1 Project in El Paso County, TX is 

online. Phase 1 consists of two 88 MW units.

• Hoopeston Wind LLC’s 98 MW Hoopeston Wind Project in Vermilion County, IL is online. 

March 2015 January – March 2015

Cumulative

January – March 2014

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 2 176 5 302 7 159

Nuclear 0 0 0 0 0 0

Oil 0 0 0 0 1 1

Water 1 21 1 21 2 7

Wind 1 98 8 647 16 633

Biomass 0 0 0 0 20 72

Geothermal Steam 0 0 1 45 3 30

Solar 0 0 30 214 69 680

Waste Heat 0 0 0 0 1 40

Other 0 0 0 0 3 1

Total 4 295 45 1,229 122 1,623

Installed Capacity (GW) % of Total Capacity

Coal 325.77 27.77%

Natural Gas 493.99 42.11%

Nuclear 106.87 9.11%

Oil 45.96 3.92%

Water 100.02 8.53%

Wind 66.29 5.65%

Biomass 16.18 1.38%

Geothermal Steam 3.90 0.33%

Solar 12.12 1.03%

Waste Heat 1.13 0.10%

Other 0.75 0.06%

Total 1,173.00 100.00%

New Generation In-Service (New Build and Expansion)

Total Installed Operating Generating Capacity

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

Sources: Data derived from Velocity Suite, ABB Inc., and The C Three Group LLC
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Electric Transmission Highlights

• CapX2020 has completed the 5 mile, 230 kV Minnesota Valley – Hazel Creek Transmission Line, which is part of the 

Brookings County – Hampton Transmission project. The interstate project connects SD and MN.

Transmission Projects Completed Proposed Transmission Projects

In-Service by March 2017

Voltage 

(kV)

March

2015

March

2014

January – March 

2015 Cumulative

January – December 

2014 Cumulative

High Probability 

of Completion All

Line Length (miles)

≤230 5.0 44.0 5.0 642.9 4,050.3 7,383.9

345 0.0 64.8 58.7 1,547.8 3,318.7 5,579.5

500 0.0 0.0 0.0 62.0 3,175.3 9,403.6

Total 

U.S. 5.0 108.8 63.7 2,252.7 10,544.3 22,367.0

 

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

Transmission Projects ©2015 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 March 2017

Transmission Projects with a High Probability of 

being completed by March 2017

New Transmission Projects by Voltage