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Natural Gas Highlights 

• Equitrans placed into service its Sunrise Pipeline Project which will add 314 MMcf/d of additional capacity in WV and 

PA for the movement of Marcellus Shale gas to Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic markets.

• The Commission vacated the authorization issued to Cameron LNG to expand its existing import terminal near 

Hackberry, LA. The expansion would have increased the deliverability by 850 MMcf/d.

• Oregon LNG and Oregon Pipeline commenced the Commission’s pre-filing process to construct and operate a 1,250 

MMcf/d liquefaction terminal near Warrenton, OR, and the associated pipeline facilities to interconnect with Northwest.

• Northwest commenced the Commission’s pre-filing process to construct and operate facilities in WA necessary to 

provide 750 MMcf/d of firm transportation capacity to the proposed Oregon LNG liquefaction facility in OR.

• Texas Eastern commenced the Commission’s pre-filing process to construct and operate its TEAM 2014 Project. 

This project will provide 600 MMcf/d of new capacity for the movement of Marcellus Shale gas to the Northeast,

Midwest, and Gulf Coast markets. 

Natural Gas Activities in July 2012

Status No. of 

Projects

Storage 

Capacity 

(Bcf)

Deliverability 

(MMcf/d)

Capacity 

(MMcf/d)

Miles of 

Pipeline

Compression 

(HP)

Pipeline

Placed in Service 2 313.6 49.4 14,205

Certificated 2 275.0 0.2 12,260

Proposed 5 2,780.7 233.3 201,160

Storage

Placed in Service 1 1.0 150 0

Certificated 0 0.0 0 0

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 1,250 0

 Source: Staff Database

Natural Gas Activities through July 31, 2012

Through July 31, 2011

Status No. of 

Projects

Storage 

Capacity 

(Bcf)

Deliverability 

(MMcf/d)

Capacity 

(MMcf/d)

Miles of 

Pipeline

Compression 

(HP)

Pipeline

Placed in Service

through July 31, 2011

6

15

687.9

8,070.5

81.1

1,441.5

21,205

618,771

Certificated

through July 31, 2011

13

8

3,017.8

2,272.3

97.2

238.1

86.660

110,385

Storage

Placed in Service

through July 31, 2011

7

6

37.2

25.3

780

2,545

33,000

6,283

Certificated

through July 31, 2011

7

7

52.8

138.3

1,700

3,200

49,020

91,710

LNG (Import & Export)

Placed in Service

through July 31, 2011

0

1

0

16.4

0

2,000

0

0

Certificated (Export)

through July 31, 2011

1

0

0

0

2,600

0

0

0

 Source: Staff Database
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Hydropower Highlights

• Wilkesboro Hydroelectric Company, LLC was issued an original license for the proposed 4 MW W. Kerr Scott 

Hydropower Project No. 12642. The project will be located at the existing U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ W. Kerr 

Scott Dam and Reservoir, located on the Yadkin River, near Wilkesboro in Wilkes County, NC.

• Grand Valley Irrigation Company was issued an order granting exemption from licensing (conduit) for the Dividers 

Project (FERC No. 14377), located on the Grand Valley Irrigation Canal where the Upper Mainline canal splits into the 

Highline and the Lower Mainline in Mesa County, CO. The proposed project would develop 0.185 MW. 

• Monroe City filed an Application for Exemption from Licensing (Conduit) for the Monroe Cold Spring Project (FERC 

No. 14441), located on the city’s water distribution system, in Sevier County, UT. The proposed project would 

develop 0.037 MW. 

• City of Pendleton, OR filed an Application for Exemption from Licensing (Conduit) for the ERT Phase 2 Project No. 

14440, located in Umatilla County, OR. The proposed project would develop 0.2344 MW.

Hydropower Activities in July 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Capacity Amendment 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Conduit Exemption 2 0.271 0 0 0 0 2 0.271

Issued

License 1 4.000 0 0 0 0 1 4.000

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

Capacity Amendment 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Conduit Exemption 1 0.185 0 0 0 0 1 0.185

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 July 31, 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 13 3.451 0 0 0 0 13 3.451

Issued

License 8 42.840 0 0 2 1.350 10 44.190

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 8 9.685 0 0 0 0 8 9.685
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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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

 Source: Staff Database

Electric Generation Highlights

• Babcock & Wilcox Co.’s 125 MW B&W mPower Reactor Integrated System Test (IST) facility located at the Center for 

Advanced Engineering and Research in Bedford County, Virginia is online. The IST is a small modular- nuclear 

reactor designed to test, evaluate and simulate the energy generated by a nuclear core. 

• Dominion Virginia Power’s 668 MW Virginia City Hybrid Energy Center in Wise County, Virginia is online. The facility 

uses the circulating fluidized bed (CFB) technology, fueled by coal, low-cost waste coal and wood waste. 

• Algonquin Power’s 16.4 MW natural gas combustion turbine generator at the Windsor Locks Cogeneration Facility in 

Windsor Locks, Connecticut is online. This is an expansion project adding to an existing 56 MW combined cycle 

generator. This cogeneration facility supplies steam and electricity to an adjacent paper mill.

• Pennsylvania Dept. of Corrections’ 6.96 MW SCI Laurel Highlands project in Somerset County, Pennsylvania is 

online. The project is fired by natural gas and landfill gas supplied by the Mosteller Landfill through a 4.7 mile landfill 

gas pipeline. The electricity is used by the correction facility and surplus is sold to First Energy.

• Invenergy LLC’s 200 MW Bishop Hill Wind Energy Phase 1 in Henry County, Illinois is online. This first phase 

consists of 133 GE wind turbines located on 22,000 acres of farm land. The electricity is contracted to TVA under 

long-term agreement. Two additional phases totaling another 213 MW are in development with the latest completion 

expected in June 2013.

• Caithness Energy LLC’s 290 MW Shepherds Flat Wind Farm Phase 3 in Morrow County, Oregon came online. This 

expansion project together with two phases already in operation now total 555 MW. An additional 290 MW is 

expected to come online in August 2012. The electricity is sold to So. California Edison under long-term contract.

• Enel Green Power’s 149 MW Rocky Ridge Wind Farm in Kiowa and Washita Counties, Oklahoma is online. The 

electricity is contracted to the Western Farmers Electric Cooperative.

• NRG Energy Inc’s 100 MW Aqua Caliente Phase 4 solar expansion project in Yuma County, Arizona is online. The 

solar facility now totals 200 MW. Phase 5 with 90 MW is now in development with expected in service date in April 

2014. The electricity is sold under long-term contract to PG&E.

• Four solar projects are online in California: Solar Power Inc’s 8 MW Palm Springs Solar in Riverside County; 2.2 MW 

Augustine Solar expansion project phase 2, the largest solar project on tribal lands; SCE Golden Solar Santa Fe 

Springs No. 1 and No. 2 with a total of 3.08 MW; and SCE 15710 San Antonio Ave Solar with 1.86 MW.

• Solar Design and Development’s 4 MW SDD Solar Project 5 & 4 in Upson County, Georgia is online. The electricity is 

sold to Georgia Power under long-term agreement.

• Doyon Utilities, LLC’s 5.6 MW Eagle River Landfill-Gas-to-Energy project in Anchorage, Alaska in online. The project 

is located on the Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, a joint U.S. Army and Air Force base and will provide half of the 

Joint Base’s peak demand. 
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Electric Transmission Highlights

• ITC Great Plains LLC placed in service the 345 kV, 18 mile Hugo – Valliant transmission line in OK.

• Southwestern Electric Power Company, a part of AEP West, placed in service the 138 kV, 34 mile Turk - SE 

Texarkana transmission line in AR. The $25.6 million transmission project is located in AR.

• Central Maine Power Co. energized the 115 kV, 39 mile Wyman Hydro – Rice Rips transmission line in ME.

• The Arizona Corporation Commission approved the 500 kV, 40 mile Pinal Central – Tortolita transmission line. The 

$40 million transmission project is scheduled to be completed in 2014 or 2015.

July 2012 January – July 2012

Cumulative

January – July 2011

Cumulative

Primary Fuel Type No. of 

Units

Installed Capacity 

(MW)

No. of 

Units

Installed Capacity 

(MW)

No. of 

Units

Installed Capacity 

(MW)

Coal 1 668 3 2,276 10 1,165

Natural Gas 3 19 54 4,159 76 8,436

Nuclear 1 125 1 125 0 0

Oil 0 0 8 13 27 56

Water 0 0 4 4 11 20

Wind 3 652 57 3,025 80 3,194

Biomass 6 10 69 327 73 186

Geothermal Steam 0 0 7 105 3 28

Solar 10 122 124 720 130 251

Waste Heat 0 0 1 3 1 135

Other 0 0 2 0 9 0

Total 24 1,595 330 10,758 420 13,470

Installed Capacity (GW) % of Total Capacity

Coal 341.44 29.58%

Natural Gas 482.32 41.78%

Nuclear 105.91 9.18%

Oil 51.70 4.48%

Water 99.79 8.64%

Wind 50.19 4.35%

Biomass 14.38 1.25%

Geothermal Steam 3.61 0.31%

Solar 3.15 0.27%

Waste Heat 0.80 0.07%

Other 1.04 0.09%

Total 1,154.32 100.00%

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

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

New Generation In-Service (New Build and Expansion)

Total Installed Operating Generating Capacity
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Transmission Projects Completed Proposed Transmission Projects

In-Service by July 2014

Voltage 

(kV)

July 2012 July 2011 January –July 2012

Cumulative

January –December 

2011 Cumulative

High Probability of 

Completion All

Line Length (miles)

≤230 73.0 1.3 254.0 909.3 1,560.5 5,162.2

345 18.0 0 528.8 516.5 7,984.0 9,924.7

500 0 0 170.1 262.0 1,862.0 6,825.0

Total 

U.S. 91.0 1.3 952.9 1,687.8 11,406.5 21,911.9

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 July 2014

New Transmission Projects by Voltage 

Transmission Projects with a High Probability of 

being completed by July 2014

New Transmission Projects by Region