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Natural Gas Highlights 

• Pine Prairie placed into service Cavern 5 of its Pine Prairie Expansion Project at its Pine Prairie Energy Center

located in Evangeline Parish, LA. Cavern 5 will add 10 Bcf of working gas capacity.

• Ryckman Creek Storage received authorization to place into service Phase I of its Ryckman Creek Storage Project. 

Phase I will add 19 Bcf of working gas capacity to the Ryckman Creek Storage facility located in Uinta County, WY.

• The Commission vacated the authorizations issued to Cheniere Corpus Christi LNG and Cheniere Pipeline to 

construct and operate an 2,600 MMcf/d LNG import facility and associated pipeline near Corpus Christi, TX.

• PetroLogistics received authorization to expand its Choctaw Hub storage facility in Iberville Parish, LA. The Choctaw 

Hub Expansion Project will provide 10.7 Bcf of working gas capacity.

• Pacific Connector commenced the Commission’s pre-filing process for the Pacific Connector Gas Pipeline Project 

which will provide 1 Bcf/d of capacity to the proposed Jordan Cove LNG export terminal in Coos Bay, OR.

• Dominion Cove Point LNG commenced the Commission’s pre-filing process to construct and operate liquefaction and 

pipeline facilities which will provide 750 MMcf/d of liquefaction capacity to its existing facility in Lusby, MD.

Natural Gas Activities in June 2012

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

Certificated 1 300.0 0.3 0

Proposed 3 1,824.8 234.0 28,000

Storage

Placed in Service 3 31.0 480 33,000

Certificated 3 5.6 1,365 26,470

Proposed 0 0.0 0 0

LNG (Import & Export)

Placed in Service 0 0 0 0

Certificated

(Export) 0 0 0 0

Proposed (Export) 1 0 750 0

 Source: Staff Database

Natural Gas Activities through June 30, 2012

Through June 30, 2011

Status No. of 

Projects

Storage 

Capacity 

(Bcf)

Deliverability 

(MMcf/d)

Capacity 

(MMcf/d)

Miles of 

Pipeline

Compression 

(HP)

Pipeline

Placed in Service

through June 30, 2011

4

13

374.3

6,214.5

31.7

743.2

7,000

431,045

Certificated

through June 30, 2011

11

6

2,742.8

1,816.7

97.0

188.3

74.400

77,230

Storage

Placed in Service

through June 30, 2011

6

5

36.2

15.3

630

2,545

33,000

6,283

Certificated

through June 30, 2011

7

6

52.8

103.3

1,700

2,720

49,020

58,710

LNG (Import & Export)

Placed in Service

through June 30, 2011

0

1

0

16.4

0

2,000

0

0

Certificated (Export)

through June 30, 2011

1

0

0

0

2,600

0

0

0

 Source: Staff Database
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Hydropower Highlights

• Lower South Fork LLC placed in service a conduit exemption granted for FERC Project No. 13716, Lower South Fork. 

It is a Pelton-style hydraulic turbine generating unit, with an estimated total generating capacity of 0.470 MW.

• Turnbull Hydro LLC was issued an Order Granting Exemption from Licensing (Conduit) for the Mary Taylor Hydro 

Project (FERC No. 14294), located on Bureau of Reclamation’s Sun River Project in Teton County, MT. The 

proposed project will develop 0.890 MW. 

• FPL Energy Maine Hydro LLC was issued an order amending license for the Wyman Project No. 2329, located on the 

Kennebec River, in Somerset County, ME, and authorizing a capacity increase of 4.310 MW through unit upgrades. 

• Freedom Falls, LLC filed a small-hydro exemption application for the proposed 0.038 MW Freedom Falls 

Hydroelectric Project No. 14421. The project would be located on Sandy Stream in the Town of Freedom, Waldo 

County, ME. 

• San Gabriel Valley Water Company dba Fontana Water Company filed an application for conduit exemption for the 

Sandhill Water Treatment Plant Hydro Project No.14428, located in San Bernardino County, CA, and will develop 

0.310 MW. 

 

Hydropower Activities in June 2012

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 1 0.038 0 0 0 0 1 0.038

Capacity Amendment 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Conduit Exemption 1 0.310 0 0 0 0 1 0.310

Issued

License 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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

Capacity Amendment 1 4.310 0 0 0 0 1 4.310

Conduit Exemption 1 0.890 0 0 0 0 1 0.890

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 1 0.470 0 0 0 0 1 0.470

 Source: Staff Database

Hydropower Activities Year to Date (through June 30, 2012)

Status

Conventional Pumped Storage Hydrokinetic

Total No. 

of Projects

Total 

Capacity 

No. (MW) Capacity 

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

Filed

License 5 19.905 0 0 2 1.100 7 21.005

5-MW Exemption 2 0.733 0 0 0 0 2 0.733

Capacity Amendment 3 9.040 0 0 0 0 3 9.040

Conduit Exemption 11 3.180 0 0 0 0 11 3.180

Issued

License 7 38.840 0 0 2 1.350 9 40.190

5-MW Exemption 2 1.125 0 0 0 0 2 1.125

Capacity Amendment 9 52.382 3 149.500 0 0 12 262.594

Conduit Exemption 7 9.500 0 0 0 0 7 9.500
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Status

Conventional Pumped Storage Hydrokinetic

Total No. 

of Projects

Total 

Capacity 

No. (MW) Capacity 

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

Placed in Service

License 2 8.530 0 0 0 0 2 8.530

5-MW Exemption 1 0.170 0 0 0 0 1 0.170

Capacity Amendment 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Conduit Exemption 1 0.470 0 0 0 0 1 0.470

 Source: Staff Database

Electric Generation Highlights

• American Municipal Power Inc.’s 800 MW coal-fired Prairie State Energy Campus Phase I in Washington County, 

Illinois is online. The electricity output is contracted to the City of Geneva and Columbia Water and Light. A second 

phase with an additional 800 MW is expected to come online in December 2012.

• Hess Corp and an affiliate of ArcLight Capital Partners, LLC’s 512 MW Bayonne Energy Center in Hudson County, 

New Jersey is online. This facility consists of eight 64 MW quick-start Rolls Royce natural gas-fired units. It is a 

“black start” energy source designed to provide power during sudden peaks in energy needs to New York City

(NYISO Zone J), without exporting any of New Jersey’s existing power supply.

• Idaho Power Company’s 300 MW Langley Gulch Power Plant in Payette County, Idaho is online. The facility is a 

combined cycle combustion turbine technology, consists of two turbines, one fired by natural gas, the other by steam

from the exhaust heat.

• Vineland Municipal Electric Utility’s 75 MW Howard M. Down 11 in Cumberland County, New Jersey is online. This 

project is fired by natural gas and residual fuel oil. 

• Duke Energy Corp’s 131 MW Cimarron II Windpower Project Phase I in Gray County, Kansas is online. The 

electricity generated is contracted to Kansas City Power And Light and TVA. The second phase of the project with 

165.6 MW is expected to be operational by November 2012.

• Invenergy LLC’s 213 MW Gratiot County Wind in Gratiot, Michigan is online. The electricity generated is purchased 

by Detroit Edison and DTE Energy on long-term contracts. 

• Goldwind Science and Technology’s 190 MW Shady Oaks Wind Farm in Lee County, Illinois is online. The wind farm 

consists of 74 wind turbines. Commonwealth Edison and Xcel Energy Inc. have long-term contracts to purchase the 

electricity from this plant.

• PG&E’s 20 MW Huron Solar Station in Fresno County, California is online. This project is built under PG&E’s 500-

MW Solar PV Program.

• US Geothermal Inc.’s 12 MW geothermal San Emidio Project Unit 1 in Washoe County, Nevada is online. The 

electricity generated is purchased by NV Energy under long-term contract. There are two other phases in 

development with expected online date of December 2014.

• Ormat Technologies Inc’s 7.5 MW geothermal Jersey Valley Geothermal Phase 2 in Pershing County, Nevada is 

online. Jersey Valley Phase 1 came online in May 2011. The total capacity of Jersey Valley is now 22.5 MW. The 

electricity is sold to NV Energy under long-term contracts.
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Electric Transmission Highlights

• San Diego Gas & Electric energized the $1.9 billion Sunrise Powerlink Transmission project which connects San 

Diego to Imperial Valley. The project consists of more than 110 miles of overhead 500kV and 230kV transmission 

and 6.2 miles of underground 230kV cable.

• Oncor completed the 138 kV, 14 mile Ector - Moss transmission line in TX for approximately $16 million.

June 2012 January – June 2012

Cumulative

January – June 2011

Cumulative

Primary Fuel Type No. of 

Units

Installed Capacity 

(MW)

No. of 

Units

Installed Capacity 

(MW)

No. of 

Units

Installed Capacity 

(MW)

Coal 1 800 2 1,608 9 1,135

Natural Gas 11 891 40 3,708 61 5,517

Nuclear 0 0 0 0 0 0

Oil 0 0 8 13 18 37

Water 0 0 4 11 9 20

Wind 7 455 50 2,367 58 2,312

Biomass 2 17 59 271 49 157

Geothermal Steam 2 19 5 87 2 23

Solar 11 39 111 588 118 227

Waste Heat 0 0 1 3 1 135

Other 0 0 0 0 9 20

Total 34 2,221 280 8,656 334 9,583

Primary Fuel Type Installed Capacity (GW) % of Total Capacity

Coal 341.60 29.66%

Natural Gas 481.73 41.83%

Nuclear 105.51 9.16%

Oil 51.23 4.45%

Water 99.72 8.66%

Wind 49.48 4.30%

Biomass 14.13 1.23%

Geothermal Steam 3.55 0.31%

Solar 2.99 0.26%

Waste Heat 0.77 0.07%

Other 1.04 0.09%

Total 1,151.74 100.00%

New Generation In-Service (New Build and Expansion)

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

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

Total Installed Operating Generating Capacity
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Transmission Projects Completed Proposed Transmission Projects

In-Service by June 2014

Voltage 

(kV)

June 2012 June 2011 January – June 2012

Cumulative

January –December 

2011 Cumulative

High Probability of 

Completion All

Line Length (miles)

≤230 102.5 372.4 167.0 909.3 1,598.0 4,655.4

345 0 93.8 200.6 516.5 8,117.0 9,523.7

500 91.1 26.0 170.1 262.0 1,862.0 5,644.0

Total 

U.S. 193.6 492.2 537.7 1,687.8 11,577.0 19,823.1

Sources: Data derived from Staff Database and U.S. Electric Transmission Projects ©2012 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 June 2014

Completed Transmission Projects by Voltage 

Transmission Projects with a High Probability of 

being completed by June 2014

Completed Transmission Projects by Region