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Natural Gas Highlights 

• Petal Gas Storage placed into service its converted storage Cavern No. 12A, within the Petal Salt Dome, in Forrest 

County, MS. This cavern will provide 5 Bcf of working gas capacity.

• Dominion received authorization to construct and operate its Natrium to Market Project which will provide 185 MMcf/d 

of capacity from a receipt point in Marshall County, WV to an interconnection with TETCO in Greene County, PA.

• Gulf Crossing received authorization to construct and operate a pipeline lateral (Panda Sherman Project), which will 

provide 125 MMcf/d of firm service to Panda Sherman’s proposed 758 megawatt power plant in Grayson County, TX.

• Tennessee received authorization to construct and operate its Rose Lake Expansion Project. This project will provide 

230 MMcf/d of firm transportation capacity for two shippers on Tennessee’s Line 300 system in northeastern PA.

• Transco requested authorization to construct and operate its Leidy Southeast Project, which will provide 525 MMcf/d 

of capacity from Transco’s Leidy Line in PA to various delivery points along its mainline as far south as AL. 

• Sabine Pass Liquefaction and Creole Trail Pipeline requested authorization to expand the liquefaction capabilities

(Trains 5 and 6) at the existing Sabine Pass LNG terminal in Cameron Parish, LA by 1,400 MMcf/d and to construct 

and operate pipeline facilities which will provide 1,500 MMcf/d of firm reverse flow capacity to the terminal.

Natural Gas Activities in September 2013

Status No. of 

Projects

Storage 

Capacity 

(Bcf)

Deliverability 

(MMcf/d)

Capacity 

(MMcf/d)

Miles of 

Pipeline

Compression 

(HP)

Pipeline

Placed in Service 5 168.2 20.0 6,300

Certificated 4 540.0 41.5 48,041

Proposed 3 2,625.0 134.3 137,813

Storage

Placed in Service 4 12.1 1,512 9,240

Certificated 1 1.7 0 0

Proposed 1 -3.0 -300 0

LNG (Import & Export)

Placed in Service 0 0 0 0

Certificated

(Export) 0 0 0 0

Proposed (Export) 1 0 1,400 0

 Source: Staff Database

Natural Gas Activities through September 30, 2013

Through September 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 September 30, 2012

17

13

2,026.7

2,030.6

124.7

222.8

84,140

85,040

Certificated

through September 30, 2012

21

18

3,736.6

4,116.8

145.2

194.9

109,591

92,660

Storage

Placed in Service

through September 30, 2012

14

11

47.3

72.7

2,882

1,345

56,620

94,305

Certificated

through September 30, 2012

12

9

33.3

76.8

766

2,940

9,240

85,755

LNG (Import & Export)

Placed in Service

through September 30, 2012

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Certificated (Export)

through September 30, 2012

0

1

0

0

0

2,600

0

0

 Source: Staff Database
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Hydropower Highlights (nonfederal)

• Wisconsin Electric Power Company was issued an amendment to its license for its Twin Falls Project No. 11831 

which increased the project’s total installed capacity from 6.1 to 9.0 MW. The project is located on the Menominee 

River in Iron and Dickinson counties, MI and Florence County, WI. 

• Boyce Hydro Power LLC was issued an amendment to its license for its Sanford Project No. 2785 which increased 

the project’s total installed capacity from 3.3 to 3.6 MW. The project is located on the Tittabawassee River in Midland 

County, MI. 

• Lock 7 Hydro Partners LLC filed an amendment to its license for its Mother Ann Lee Hydroelectric Project No. 539 to 

replace the runner of Unit 2, which will increase the project's total installed capacity from 2.040 MW to 2.210 MW. 

The project is located on the Kentucky River in Mercer County, KY. 

Hydropower Activities in September 2013

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

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

Capacity Amendment 1 0.170 0 0 0 0 1 0.170

Conduit Exemption 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Issued

License 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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

Capacity Amendment 2 3.200 0 0 0 0 2 3.200

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

Hydropower Activities Year to Date (through September 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 8 96.860 0 0 0 0 8 96.860

5-MW Exemption 1 0.040 0 0 0 0 1 0.040

Capacity Amendment 1 0.170 0 0 0 0 1 0.170

Conduit Exemption 4 0.552 0 0 0 0 4 0.552

Issued

License 6 19.060 0 0 0 0 6 19.060

5-MW Exemption 4 1.033 0 0 0 0 4 1.033

Capacity Amendment 4 10.575 0 0 0 0 4 10.575

Conduit Exemption 5 0.680 0 0 0 0 5 0.680

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
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Electric Generation Highlights

• Basin Electric Power Cooperative’s 45 MW natural gas-fired Pioneer Generating Station Phase 1 in Williams County, 

ND is online. Phase 2, with 90 MW, is expected to come online in January 2014.

• GreenWhey Energy’s 3.2 MW biomass fueled project in Polk County, WI is online. GreenWhey’s two anaerobic 

digesters convert wastewater from the area cheese processing plants into electricity which is sold under long-term 

contract to Xcel Energy.

• Three solar plants with a total of 5.6 MW capacity in NC are online: 1) 2 MW Central Farm 2 in Robeson County; 2) 

1.6 MW Innovative Solar 1 & 2 in Buncombe County; and 3) FLS Energy Inc.’s 2 MW Taylor Solar Farm in Robeson 

County. The power generated from these facilities is sold to Progress Energy Carolinas under long-term contracts. 

September 2013 January – September

2013 Cumulative

January – September 

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 2 1,543 3 2,359

Natural Gas 1 45 51 5,854 91 5,079

Nuclear 0 0 0 0 1 0

Oil 0 0 7 27 38 73

Water 0 0 11 116 10 8

Wind 1 2 9 961 87 5,043

Biomass 3 5 57 192 102 413

Geothermal Steam 0 0 1 14 9 148

Solar 5 7 146 1,935 228 1,091

Waste Heat 0 0 2 76 1 3

Other 2 0 3 0 4 0

Total 12 58 289 10,717 574 14,217

Installed Capacity (GW) % of Total Capacity

Coal 336.38 28.94%

Natural Gas 487.96 41.98%

Nuclear 106.78 9.19%

Oil 47.15 4.06%

Water 96.66 8.32%

Wind 60.15 5.18%

Biomass 15.20 1.31%

Geothermal Steam 3.78 0.33%

Solar 6.27 0.54%

Waste Heat 1.14 0.10%

Other 0.80 0.07%

Total 1,162.27 100.00%

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

New Generation In-Service (New Build and Expansion)

Total Installed Operating Generating Capacity

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

• Lower Colorado River Authority has completed the 140 mile, 345 kV Big Hill – Kendall Transmission Project. The 

$345 million project is a part of the Competitive Renewable Energy Zone initiative (CREZ) in TX. 

• ITC Transmission has completed the 62 mile, 345 kV Bauer – Rapson Transmission Project. The project is a part of 

the Thumb Loop in MI. 

• Southern California Edison Co has completed the 15 mile, 115 kV Devers - Mirage Transmission Project in CA. 

• Lincoln Electric System has completed the 2 mile, 115 kV 30th & A - 56th & Everett Transmission Project. The project 

is part of the Central Lincoln Reliability Project line in NE.

Transmission Projects Completed Proposed Transmission Projects

In-Service by September 2015

Voltage 

(kV)

September 

2013

September 

2012

January – September 

2013 Cumulative

January – December 

2012 Cumulative

High Probability 

of Completion All

Line Length (miles)

≤230 17.0 77.2 107.7 1,072.8 1,162.6 4,337.1

345 202.0 0.0 1,749.6 1,086.6 4,822.4 6,740.7

500 0.0 0.0 176.0 187.5 1,772.7 5,690.8

Total 

U.S. 219.0 77.2 2,033.3 2,346.9 7,757.7 16,768.6

 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 September 2015

Transmission Projects with a High Probability of 

being completed by September 2015

New Transmission Projects by Voltage