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Natural Gas Highlights

• Transco received authorization to place in-service the Roseland Metering and Regulator Station, Roseland Electric 

Substation, and Compressor Station 303 as part of the Gateway Expansion Project. When fully in-service, the project 

will provide an additional 65 MMcf/d of transportation capacity from Mercer to Bergen and Passaic Counties, NJ.

• Freeport LNG received authorization to place in service Train 1 and the common facilities at its LNG terminal in 

Brazoria County, TX.

• Elba Liquefaction and Southern LNG received authorization to place in service Unit 3 of the LNG liquefaction and 

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

export terminal would consist of 10-units and 350 MMcf/d of liquefaction capacity.

• Equitrans received authorization to abandon its Copley Certificated Gathering Facilities in Lewis and Braxton 

Counties, WV, to Diversified Gas and Oil, and EQM Gathering Opco.

• Columbia Gulf received authorization to replace 2,500 feet of its Mainlines 100 and 200 in Menifee and Montgomery 

Counties, KY, in order to continue operating the lines at the current pressures.

• El Paso received authorization to construct its EPNG South Mainline Project, which consists of 17 miles of looping 

pipeline and new compression in Arizona, New Mexico and Texas. The project would deliver 321 MMcf/d of 

additional capacity to two customers in the Southwest.

• Mississippi Hub received authorization to continue to operate Gas Compressor 4 at its storage terminal in Simpson 

County, MS. Authorization for this unit was incorrectly vacated by the previous owner.

• ONEOK Rockies Midstream and Steel Reef Burke received authorization to transfer the Section 3 and Presidential 

Permit at a border crossing in Burke County, ND from ORM to Steel Reef.

• Tennessee Gas received authorization to abandon inactive injection/storage Well 5564 at its Hebron Storage Field in 

Potter County, PA.

• Spire Storage received authorization for its Belle Butte Storage Optimization Project in Uinta County, WY. The 

Project involves converting two observation wells to injection/withdrawal wells and connecting flowlines and 

appurtenances to improve the storage field’s performance.

• Texas LNG received authorization to construct and operate an LNG export facility in the Port of Brownsville, TX. The 

terminal would have an export capacity of 662 MMcf/d from two LNG trains. 

• Rio Grande LNG received authorization to construct and operate an LNG export facility near Brownsville in Cameron 

County, TX. The terminal would provide 3,600 MMcf/d of export deliverability from six liquefaction trains.

• Annova Entities received authorization to construct and operate an LNG export facility on the Brownsville Ship 

Channel in Cameron County, TX. The facility would consist of six liquefaction trains with 900 MMcf/d of deliverability.

• Corpus Christi Liquefaction received authorization for its Stage 3 Project, which consists of seven midscale 

liquefaction trains and one storage tank, as well as a new 21 mile pipeline in San Patricio County, TX. The project 

would give the terminal an additional 1.6 Bcf/d of export capacity.

• Rover Pipeline requests authorization to for its Wick Meter Station Project, which involves construction of a new meter 

station on Rover's Sherwood Lateral in Tyler County, WV. The new station would be able to receive up to 300 

MMcf/d of natural gas from an interconnect with the Equitrans/Eureka Midstream gathering system.

• Southern Star Central requests authorization for its Midwest Market Access Project, which would increase throughput

at its Grabham Compressor Station in order to add 40 MMcf/d of firm transportation capacity in its market area.

• Columbia Gas requests an amendment to its Leach Xpress Project, including modification of operations at its Ceredo 

Compressor Station in WV and amendments to the noise level requirements at the Ceredo and Crawford Compressor 

Stations. The modifications would result in lower noise operating levels at these stations.

• NGPL requests authorization for its New 134th Street Lateral Project, involving 1.4 miles of new pipeline and other 

appurtenances in Cook County, IL and in Northwestern Indiana, in order to provide up to 70 MMcf/d of firm 

transportation for an LDC.

• Portland Natural Gas requests authorization for Phases II & III of its Westbrook Xpress project, including a new 

15,900 HP compressor and modifications at its Westbrook Compressor Station in Cumberland County, ME. The 

Project would increase the certificated capacity by a total of 131 MMcf/d.

• Northern Natural Gas requests authorization for its New Lisbon 2020 Expansion Project, which includes 7.4 miles of 

branch line looping, additional compression at an existing compressor station, and other appurtenances in Juneau 

and Sauk Counties, WI, in order to add 15 MMcf/d of incremental transportation capacity.

• Puget Sound Energy requests authorization to recomplete Well SU-50 from Zone 2 to Zone 1 at its Jackson Prairie 

storage in Lewis County, WA. This will provide Jackson Prairie with a backup recycle well.
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Natural Gas Activities in October 2019

Status No. of 

Projects

Storage 

Capacity 

(Bcf)

Deliverability 

(MMcf/d)

Capacity 

(MMcf/d)

Miles of 

Pipeline

Compression 

(HP)

Pipeline

Placed in Service 1 65 0 27,500

Certificated 2 321 18 26,420

Proposed 4 256 9 16,700

Storage

Placed in Service 0 0 0 0

Certificated 0 0 0 0

Proposed 0 0 0 0

LNG (Import & Export)

Placed in Service 

(Export) 2 0 748 0

Certificated 

(Import/Export) 4 33 6,762 44,000

Proposed 

(Import/Export) 0 0 0 0

 Source: Staff Database

Natural Gas Activities through November 30, 2019

January through November 30, 2018

Status No. of

Projects

Storage 

Capacity

(BCF)

Deliverability 

(MMcf/d)

Capacity 

(MMcf/d)

Miles of 

Pipeline

Compression 

(HP)

Pipeline

Placed in Service 10 4,850.0 16.6 351,270

through November 30, 2018 21 12,436 629 942,778

Certificated 30 16,708.3 590.5 724,043

through November 30, 2018 46 9,116 643 299,995

Storage

Placed in Service 0 0.0 0.0 0

through November 30, 2018 0 0 0 0

Certificated 3 1.0 429.0 10,000

through November 30, 2018 4 3,600 152 0

LNG (Import & Export)

Placed in Service (Export) 7 23.7 3,622.0 0

through November 30, 2018 1 0 825 0

Certificated (Import/Export) 11 84.4 20,209.0 44,000

through November 30, 2018 1 0 20 0

Source: Staff Database
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Hydropower Highlights (nonfederal)

There were no hydropower activities this month.

Hydropower Project Activities Year to Date (through November 30, 2019)

Status

Conventional Pumped Storage Hydrokinetic

Total No. 

of Projects

Total 

Capacity 

No. (MW) Capacity 

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

Filed

License 4 3.924 0 0 1 20.000 5 23.924

10-MW Exemption 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Capacity Amendment 5 4.225 0 0 0 0 5 4.225

Conduit Exemption 1 2.000 0 0 0 0 1 2.000

Issued

License 1 5.000 1 393.300 1 0.070 3 398.370

10-MW Exemption 1 0.140 0 0 0 0 1 0.140

Capacity Amendment 2 3.870 0 0 0 0 2 3.870

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

• Phoebe Energy Project LLC’s 250.0 MW Phoebe Solar Project in Loving County, TX is online. The power generated 

is sold to Shell Energy North America US LP under long-term contract. 

• Hawaiian Electric Co Inc’s 20.0 MW West Loch Solar One Project in Honolulu County, HI is online.

• SFDK Solar LLC’s 6.3 MW SFDK Solar Project in Solano County, CA is online. 
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November 2019 January – November 2019

Cumulative

January – November 2018

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 3 62 4 10

Natural Gas 0 0 78 7,819 105 16,906

Nuclear 0 0 1 155 5 191

Oil 0 0 15 77 37 69

Water 0 0 19 131 11 239

Wind 1 5 35 4,901 47 3,895

Biomass 0 0 8 65 14 103

Geothermal Steam 0 0 1 10 7 42

Solar 13 291 364 3,677 514 4,040

Waste Heat 0 0 0 0 2 51

Other * 2 0 40 0 31 2

Total 16 296 564 16,897 777 25,548

Installed Capacity (GW) % of Total Capacity

Coal 250.29 20.92%

Natural Gas 534.25 44.66%

Nuclear 106.33 8.89%

Oil 39.79 3.33%

Water 100.80 8.43%

Wind 101.93 8.52%

Biomass 15.93 1.33%

Geothermal Steam 3.85 0.32%

Solar 41.06 3.43%

Waste Heat 1.32 0.11%

Other* 0.77 0.06%

Total 1,196.32 100.00%

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

• American Electric Power has completed the 6.0 mile, 138 kV Charleston – Bullitt Project in WV.

Transmission Projects Completed Proposed Transmission Projects

In-Service by December 2021

Voltage 

(kV)

November

2019

November

2018

January – November

2019 Cumulative

January – December 

2018 Cumulative

Planned and Under

Construction All

Line Length (miles)

≤230 6.0 49.7 190.6 521.5 533.8 1,284.9

345 0.0 23.5 397.5 847.2 637.5 1,969.3

500 0.0 0.0 7.7 69.4 670.0 1,784.0

Total 

U.S. 6.0 73.2 595.8 1,438.1 1,841.3 5,038.2

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 50 14,067

Natural Gas 213 58,709 98 30,861 76 7,628

Nuclear 7 6,996 2 2,200 6 5,951

Oil 11 682 1 2 15 2,753

Water 241 12,959 95 1,944 12 481

Wind 512 93,761 184 29,186 3 330

Biomass 51 393 21 327 28 89

Geothermal Steam 12 460 4 213 0 0

Solar 2,732 97,220 673 19,156 0 0

Waste Heat 3 49 2 29 0 0

Other * 182 475 47 15 1 2

Total 3,965 271,781 1,127 83,933 191 31,301

Generation Capacity Additions and Retirements

(December 2019 – November 2022)

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 December 2021

Planned and Under Construction Transmission 

Projects with a Proposed In-Service Date by 

December 2021

New Transmission Projects by Voltage