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Natural Gas Highlights

• Gulf South Pipeline received authorization to construct the 10,000 HP Westlake Compressor Station, including 

approximately 0.3 miles of 16-inch pipeline and other appurtenances in Calcasieu Parish, LA.

• Columbia Gas received authorization to place in service Section 4 of its Line 8000 Replacement Project which 

extends from Keyser Station in Mineral County, WV to LaVale Station in Allegany County, MD. 

• Transco received authorization to place in service the Bergen Loop and the Central Manhattan Meter of its Rivervale 

South to Market Project.

• Dominion Cove Point LNG received authorization to place in service its Eastern Market Access Project, which will 

provide 294 MMcf/d of capacity to serve markets in the Mid-Atlantic region.

• Corpus Christi LNG received authorization to place in service Train 2 of its LNG terminal in San Patricio and Nueces 

Counties, TX, which adds 0.72 MMcf/d of export capacity to the facility. The proposed terminal includes three trains, 

which would provide a total of 2,140 MMcf/d and 400 MMcf/d of export and import deliverability, respetively.

• America Midstream (AlaTenn) received authorization for its Greene Interconnect Project, which includes abandoning 

in place four compressors at its Decatur Compression Station in Limestone County, AL and replacing them with two 

new compressors. The project would increase compression by 2,095 HP and downstream capacity by 39 MMcf/d. 

• Gulf South received authorization to replace two compressors at its Arnaudville Compressor Station in St. Landry 

Parish, LA, with an 11,107 HP unit. This project would not affect daily design capacity or maximum daily capability. 

• Texas Eastern received authorization to abandon approximately 30 miles of lateral pipeline and associated facilities in 

Harrison and Marion Counties, TX, which have not been used since 2016.

• Stingray Pipeline received authorization to abandon three compressor units at its Station 701 in Cameron Parish, LA 

and one unit at its Station 702 in the Gulf of Mexico. These units have not operated in over a year.

• NGPL received authorization to remove 6,984 feet of its Louisiana Line Nos. 1 and 2 and replace them with 9,500 feet 

of new pipeline in Jefferson County, TX in order to relocate the lines from land to be used to construct the Golden 

Pass LNG Export Terminal.

• Texas Gas received authorization to plug and abandon Injection/Withdrawal Well No. 5710 and related infrastructure 

at its Leesville Storage Field Lawrence County, IN. The abandonment will have no effect on the certificated physical 

parameters of the field.

• Monroe Gas Storage received authorization to abandon certain certificated gas storage capacity and reclassify the 

remaining storage capacity at its Monroe gas storage facility in Northeast Mississippi, which would reduce the working 

gas capacity of the field from 12 to 7 Bcf.

• Northern Natural requests authorization for its Palmyra to South Sioux City A-Line Abandonment Project, including 

abandoning 118 miles of older pipeline in Otoe, Lancaster, Saunders, Dodge, Burt, Thurston, and Dakota Counties, 

NE, and building 4.2 miles of pipeline and associated appurtenances in Otoe and Dodge Counties, NE. 

• Texas Eastern requests authorization for its Bailey East Mine Panel 11J Project, including excavating and temporarily 

elevating portions of Lines 10, 15, 25, and 30 in Marshall County, WV, to maintain pipeline integrity during longwall 

mining activities by CONSOL.

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

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

• Transco received authorization to abandon 20.3 miles of a lateral line from Ship Shoal Block 169 to Ship Shoal Block 

72 and appurtenant metering facilities in Federal waters, offshore LA.

• Spire Storage West requests authorization for its Storage Wells at Clear Creek Project, which consists of converting 

four observation wells at its Clear Creek Plant storage facility in Uinta County, WY, to Injection/Withdrawal wells. This 

project would allow the Clear Creek Plant to operate at its maximum certificated capacity on a more predictable basis.

• Spire Storage requests authorization for its Belle Butte Storage Optimization Project, which involves converting two 

observation wells to injection/withdrawal wells in Uinta County, WY, and connecting flowlines and appurtenances to 

improve the Belle Butte Storage Field’s performance. The project will not impact the storage capacity or deliverability.

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

Potter County, PA.

• Commonwealth LNG requests authorization to construct an LNG export plant comprised of six liquefaction trains with 

an export capacity of 1.2 Bcf/d, six storage tanks, one marine berth, and a 1.44 Bcf/d 3-mile pipeline connecting the 

facility to the Kinetica and Bridgeline Pipelines. The project is located in Cameron Parish, LA.
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Natural Gas Activities in August 2019

Status No. of 

Projects

Storage 

Capacity 

(Bcf)

Deliverability 

(MMcf/d)

Capacity 

(MMcf/d)

Miles of 

Pipeline

Compression 

(HP)

Pipeline

Placed in Service 4 684 15 41,370

Certificated 3 10 2 13,202

Proposed 2 0 6 0

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) 1 10.14 713 0

Certificated 

(Import/Export) 0 0 0 0

Proposed 

(Import/Export) 1 0 1210 0

 Source: Staff Database

Natural Gas Activities through August 31, 2019

January through August 31, 2018

Status No. of

Projects

Storage 

Capacity

(BCF)

Deliverability 

(MMcf/d)

Capacity 

(MMcf/d)

Miles of 

Pipeline

Compression 

(HP)

Pipeline

Placed in Service 9 4,785.0 16.6 323,770

through August 31, 2018 9 4,716.2 100.5 183,800

Certificated 22 10,250.9 428.4 614,413

through August 31, 2018 39 8,428.1 639.6 281,095

Storage

Placed in Service 0 0.0 0.0 0

through August 31, 2018 0 0.0 0.0 0

Certificated 3 1.0 429.0 10,000

through August 31, 2018 4 3,600.3 152.0 0

LNG (Import & Export)

Placed in Service (Export) 4 23.7 2,839.0 0

through August 31, 2018 1 0.0 825.0 0

Certificated (Import/Export) 5 33.6 9,459.0 0

through August 31, 2018 0 0.0 0.0 0

Source: Staff Database
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Hydropower Highlights (nonfederal)

• Big Wood Canal Company filed an application to raise the capacity of its Jim Knight Project No. 7686 from 0.289 MW 

to 0.475 MW. The project is located on the South Gooding main canal in Gooding County, ID.

• Big Wood Canal Company filed an application to raise the capacity of its Sagebrush Project No. 8046 from 0.350 MW 

to 0.475 MW. The project is located on the South Gooding main canal in Lincoln County, ID.

• Fremont Irrigation Company filed an application for an exemption for a small conduit hydroelectric facility for the 

proposed 2.000 MW Mill Meadow Pipeline Project No. 15005. The project is located on the Mill Meadow irrigation 

pipeline in Wayne County, UT.

• Great River Hydro, LLC was issued an order raising the capacity of its Deerfield River Project No. 2323 from 76.910 

MW to 77.140 MW. The project is located on the Deerfield River in Berkshire and Franklin Counties, MA, and 

Bennington and Windham Counties, VT.

• Kenai Hydro, LLC was issued an original license for the 5.000 MW Grant Lake Hydroelectric Project No. 13212. The 

project is located on Grant Creek near the community of Moose Pass within the Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK. 

Hydropower Project Activities in August 2019

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

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

Capacity Amendment 2 0.311 0 0 0 0 2 0.311

Conduit Exemption 1 2.000 0 0 0 0 1 2.000

Issued

License 1 5.000 0 0 0 0 1 5.000

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

Capacity Amendment 1 0.230 0 0 0 0 1 0.230

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

Hydropower Project Activities Year to Date (through August 31, 2019)

Status

Conventional Pumped Storage Hydrokinetic

Total No. 

of Projects

Total 

Capacity 

No. (MW) Capacity 

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

Filed

License 3 3.764 0 0 1 20.000 4 23.764

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

Capacity Amendment 4 4.211 0 0 0 0 4 4.211

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
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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 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

• Palmetto Plains Solar Project LLC’s 106.0 MW Palmetto Plains Solar Project in Orangeburg County, SC is online. 

The power generated is sold to Dominion Energy South Carolina under long-term contract.

• Public Service Electric & Gas Co.’s 10.0 MW Taylors Lane Solar Project in Burlington County, NJ is online.

• ORNI 43 LLC’s 7.3 MW Tungsten Mountain solar expansion in Churchill County, NV is online.

• University of Alaska’s 17.0 MW coal fired expansion at the University of Alaska – Fairbanks in Fairbanks North Star 

Borough, AK is online. 

August 2019 January – August 2019

Cumulative

January – August 2018

Cumulative

Primary Fuel Type No. of 

Units

Installed 

Capacity (MW)

No. of 

Units

Installed 

Capacity (MW)

No. of 

Units

Installed 

Capacity (MW)

Coal 1 17 3 62 4 10

Natural Gas 0 0 70 7,573 91 12,361

Nuclear 0 0 1 155 3 30

Oil 0 0 14 74 24 44

Water 0 0 16 105 10 115

Wind 0 0 25 2,863 33 2,231

Biomass 0 0 7 63 12 101

Geothermal Steam 0 0 0 0 3 36

Solar 6 128 243 2,253 382 2,976

Waste Heat 0 0 0 0 1 50

Other * 0 0 23 0 21 2

Total 7 145 402 13,148 584 17,956

New Generation In-Service (New Build and Expansion)

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.
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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.

Installed Capacity (GW) % of Total Capacity

Coal 256.24 21.37%

Natural Gas 534.61 44.58%

Nuclear 106.33 8.87%

Oil 39.86 3.32%

Water 100.78 8.40%

Wind 99.95 8.33%

Biomass 16.03 1.34%

Geothermal Steam 3.84 0.32%

Solar 39.57 3.30%

Waste Heat 1.32 0.11%

Other* 0.77 0.06%

Total 1,199.28 100.00%

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 58 18,957

Natural Gas 225 58,907 101 31,169 111 11,412

Nuclear 9 7,781 1 1,100 6 5,951

Oil 12 685 2 5 28 3,021

Water 220 14,581 81 1,882 15 600

Wind 555 100,205 176 27,979 2 320

Biomass 54 505 25 431 31 98

Geothermal Steam 18 860 6 280 0 0

Solar 2,642 91,326 581 17,858 1 1

Waste Heat 4 54 2 29 0 0

Other * 156 475 37 15 1 2

Total 3,896 275,456 1,012 80,748 253 40,362

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.

Total Available Installed Generating Capacity

Generation Capacity Additions and Retirements

(September 2019 – August 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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Electric Transmission Highlights

There were no transmission activities this month.

Transmission Projects Completed Proposed Transmission Projects

In-Service by September 2021

Voltage 

(kV)

August

2019

August

2018

January – August

2019 Cumulative

January – December 

2018 Cumulative

Planned and Under 

Construction All

Line Length (miles)

≤230 0.0 5.0 122.9 521.5 540.0 1,292.8

345 0.0 83.0 371.5 847.2 637.4 2,129.1

500 0.0 0.0 7.7 69.4 670.0 1,859.0

Total 

U.S. 0.0 88.0 502.1 1,438.1 1,847.4 5,280.9

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. 

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 September 2021

Planned and Under Construction Transmission 

Projects with a Proposed In-Service Date by 

September 2021

New Transmission Projects by Voltage