Office of Energy Projects

Energy Infrastructure Update

For November 2015

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Natural Gas Highlights

• Texas Eastern received authorization to place into service its OPEN Project which will provide 550 MMcf/d of capacity 

from receipt points in OH to delivery points in the Gulf Coast area.

• Dominion Carolina Gas received authorization to place into service its Edgemoor Compressor Project which will 

provide 45 MMcf/d of capacity for two shippers with delivery points in NC.

• Transco received authorization to place into service a portion of its Leidy Southeast Expansion Project which will

provide 130 MMcf/d of capacity from receipt points in Clinton County, PA to Transco’s Station 210 Zone 6 Pooling 

Point in Mercer County, NJ.

• UGI LNG received authorization to place into service its Temple LNG Liquefaction Upgrade Project which will add a

nitrogen-driven LNG subcooler system, thus, increasing the refrigeration capacity at its LNG storage facility located in 

Berks County, PA.

• The Commission, in response to the remand from the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, 

concluded that, when considered additively, impacts from Tennessee’s Northeast Upgrade Project and Tennessee’s 

three other projects are not significant, and when the projects are considered cumulatively with the Northeast Upgrade 

Project, there are no significant cumulative impacts.

• DBM Pipeline received authorization to construct and operate a residue pipeline which would provide 459 MMcf/d of 

capacity from the Ramsey processing plant located in Reeves County, TX to an interconnection with El Paso Natural 

Gas in Eddy County, NM.

• Dominion received authorization to construct and operate its Lebanon West II Project which will provide 130 MMcf/d

of capacity for a shipper from an interconnection located in Butler County, PA to an interconnection with Texas Gas in 

Warren County, OH.

• Millennium requests authorization to construct and operate its CPV Valley Lateral Project which would provide 130

MMcf/d of capacity to CPV Valley’s proposed 650 MW combined-cycle electric generator located in the Town of 

Wawayanda, NY.

• NEXUS Gas Transmission requests authorization to construct and operate its NEXUS Pipeline Project which would 

provide 1,500 MMcf/d of capacity to markets in northern OH and southeastern MI.

• Texas Eastern requests authorization to construct and operate its Texas Eastern Appalachian Lease Project. This 

project would provide 950.2 MMcf/d of capacity to makets in the Midwest via a lease to NEXUS Gas Transmission.

• Tennessee requests authorization to construct and operate its Northeast Energy Direct Project which would provide 

1,200 MMcf/d of capacity from Troy, PA to Wright, NY, and 1,300 MMcf/d of capacity from Wright, NY to Dracut, MA 

to serve markets in the Northeast, particularly New England.

• Sabine Pass LNG requests authorization to construct and operate truck loading facilities at the Sabine Pass LNG 

terminal in Cameron Parish, LA. This project would be used to load LNG from the terminal for delivery via trucks or 

ISO containers.

• Delfin LNG requests authorization to amend its application to construct and operate facilities in Cameron Parish, LA to 

serve Delfin LNG’s proposed offshore LNG export terminal located in the Gulf of Mexico. The amendment would 

provide an additional 800 MMcf/d of capacity for a total of 2,300 MMcf/d.

• Magnum Gas Storage requests authorization to amend its application to construct and operate a storage facility in 

Millard, Juab, and Utah Counties, UT. The amendment would relocate the approved natural gas storage caverns and 

associated surface facilities within the previously analyzed Project area and authorize Magnum Gas Storage to offer a 

firm wheeling transportation service under market-based rates.

• Eastern Shore request authorization to amend its White Oak Mainline Expansion Project by reducing its Kemblesville 

Loop pipeline to reduce certain environmental impacts that would result from construction of the loop.

• High Island Offshore System requests authorization to abandon certain offshore facilities located in the Gulf of 

Mexico. The proposed abandonment would assist with the development of Delfin LNG’s proposed offshore LNG 

terminal.

• Algonquin commenced the Commission’s pre-filing process to construct and operate its Access Northeast Project. 

This project would provide 925 MMcf/d of capacity on Algonquin’s system in NY, CT, RI, and MA, and 6.8 Bcf of LNG 

storage capacity at the proposed Access Northeast LNG facility in Acushnet, MA to serve electric generation 

requirements in New England.
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Natural Gas Activities in November 2015

Status No. of 

Projects

Storage 

Capacity 

(Bcf)

Deliverability 

(MMcf/d)

Capacity 

(MMcf/d)

Miles of 

Pipeline

Compression 

(HP)

Pipeline

Placed in Service 3 725.0 88.2 50,800

Certificated 2 589.0 19.1 10,915

Proposed 6 5,605.2 811.5 565,300

Storage

Placed in Service 1 0.0 0.0 2,000

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) 0 0 0 0

 Source: Staff Database

Natural Gas Activities through November 30, 2015

January through November 30, 2014

Status No. of 

Projects

Storage 

Capacity 

(Bcf)

Deliverability 

(MMcf/d)

Capacity 

(MMcf/d)

Miles of 

Pipeline

Compression 

(HP)

Pipeline

Placed in Service

through November 30, 2014

28

30

7,004.4

7,080.4

376.4

303.7

241,797

252,959

Certificated

through November 30, 2014

38

27

10,614.2

7,273.6

433.6

262.4

337,173

306,123

Storage

Placed in Service

through November 30, 2014

6

9

11.4

29.75

53

1,546

6,800

8,755

Certificated

through November 30, 2014

2

4

2.7

1.2

0

50

0

2,500

LNG (Import & Export)

Placed in Service

through November 30, 2014

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Certificated (Import/Export)

through November 30, 2014

1

4

0

3.4

1,400

4,885

0

0

 Source: Staff Database

Hydropower Highlights (nonfederal)

• Clark Canyon Hydro, LLC filed an original license application for the proposed 4.7 MW Clark Canyon Dam 

Hydroelectric Project No. 14677. The project would be located at the existing U.S. Bureau of Reclamation’s Clark 

Canyon Dam on the Beaverhead River, near the Town of Dillon, in Beaverhead County, MT.
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Nonfederal Hydropower Project Activities in November 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 4.700 0 0 0 0 1 4.700

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 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

Nonfederal Hydropower Project Activities Year to Date (through November 30, 2015)

Status

Conventional Pumped Storage Hydrokinetic

Total No. 

of Projects

Total 

Capacity 

No. (MW) Capacity 

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

Filed

License 3 10.300 3 1,033.300 0 0 6 1,043.600

10-MW Exemption 1 0.192 0 0 0 0 1 0.192

Capacity Amendment 1 0.600 0 0 0 0 1 0.600

Conduit Exemption 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Issued

License 5 17.918 0 0 0 0 5 17.918

10-MW Exemption 1 0.600 0 0 0 0 1 0.600

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

• Xcel Energy’s 200 MW Pleasant Valley Wind Project in Dodge and Mower Counties, MN is online. The power 

generated is sold to Northern States Power Co. under long-term contract.

• Qualcomm Inc.’s 4 MW natural gas-fired Qualcomm Q-Addition Cogeneration Plant and Data Center Expansion 

Project in San Diego County, CA is online.

• Indiana Municipal Power Agency’s 2 MW Pendleton Solar Park in Madison County, IN is online.

• SPW Solar Holdings 1 LLC’s 20 MW Sierra Solar Greenworks Project in Los Angeles County, CA is online. The 

power generated is sold to Southern California Edison Co. under long-term contract.

• Border Winds Energy LLC’s 150 MW Border Winds Project in Rolette County, ND is online.

• E.ON Climate & Renewables’ 20 MW E.ON Climate Kern County Solar Project in Kern County, CA is online. The 

power generated is sold to San Diego Gas and Electric Co. under long-term contract.

• Solar Star Nellis Air Force Base LLC’s 15.5 MW Solar Star Expansion Project in Clark County, NV is online. 

• Solar Star California XXXII LLC’s 16.3 MW UC Davis Large Solar Plant Project in Solano County, CA is online. 

November 2015 January – November 2015 

Cumulative

January – November 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 1 3 2 136

Natural Gas 2 5 48 5,127 62 6,829

Nuclear 0 0 0 0 10 266

Oil 0 0 10 15 19 96

Water 0 0 20 151 18 229

Wind 3 350 40 4,533 47 2,984

Biomass 2 2 26 305 71 236

Geothermal Steam 0 0 1 45 7 36

Solar 7 76 207 1,619 321 2,630

Waste Heat 0 0 0 0 4 75

Other * 3 0 11 0 8 23

Total 17 433 364 11,798 569 13,541

 *“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 306.04 26.26%

Natural Gas 500.61 42.96%

Nuclear 107.03 9.18%

Oil 44.84 3.85%

Water 100.06 8.59%

Wind 70.59 6.06%

Biomass 16.73 1.44%

Geothermal Steam 3.90 0.33%

Solar 13.60 1.17%

Waste Heat 1.15 0.10%

Other* 0.77 0.07%

Total 1,165.33 100.00%

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

nameplate capacity of 1 MW or greater. The data may be subject to update.

Sources: Data derived from Velocity Suite, ABB Inc. and The C Three Group LLC which include plants with nameplate capacity 

of 1 MW or greater. The data may be subject to update.

New Generation In-Service (New Build and Expansion)

Total Installed Operating Generating Capacity
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Electric Transmission Highlights

• The Western Area Power Administration and the U.S. Bureau of Land Management released the final environmental 

impact statement for the proposed Southline Transmission Project. The 360 mile interstate transmission project will 

connect southern AZ and NM. Construction is expected to start in 2016 and be completed in 2018 with an estimated 

cost of $800 million.

Transmission Projects Completed Proposed Transmission Projects

In-Service by November 2017

Voltage 

(kV)

November

2015

November

2014

January – November

2015 Cumulative

January – December 

2014 Cumulative

High Probability 

of Completion All

Line Length (miles)

≤230 0.0 45.0 185.3 1,218.5 2,790.2 5,431.5

345 0.0 110.0 808.7 1,659.8 2,538.8 4,928.6

500 0.0 0.0 256.0 70.0 950.9 3,292.9

Total 

U.S. 0.0 155.0 1,250.0 2,948.3 6,279.9 13,653.0

 Sources: Data derived from Staff Database and U.S. Electric Transmission Projects ©2015 The C Three Group, LLC. 

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 November 2017

Transmission Projects with a High Probability of 

being completed by November 2017

New Transmission Projects by Voltage