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For January 2017

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Natural Gas Highlights

• Comanche Trail Pipeline received authorzation to to place in-service a border crossing (The San Elizario Crossing 

Project) on the International Boundary between the US and Mexico near the City of San Elizario, in El Paso County, 

TX. The border crossing will provide 1,100 MMcf/d of export/import capacity between the U.S. and Mexico.

• Transco received authorization to place in-service its Gulf Trace Expansion Project which will provide 1,200 MMcf/d of 

capacity on its system and through the proposed lateral to the Sabine Pass LNG export terminal in Cameron Parish, 

LA.

• Columbia received authorization to construct and operate its Leach XPress Project which will provide 1,530 MMcf/d of 

capacity from the Appalachian Basin to certain Ohio markets, pooling points, and an interconnection with Columbia 

Gulf near Leach, KY

• Columbia Gulf received authorization to construct and operate its Rayne XPress Expansion Project which will provide 

621 MMcf/d of bi-directional capacity on its mainline system from the Leach, KY interconnection with Columbia to Gulf 

markets.

• Algonquin and Maritimes & Northeast received authorization to construct and operate its Atlantic Bridge Project which 

will provide a total capacity of 239 MMcf/d from receipt points in Bergen County, NJ and Ramapo, NY to markets in 

the Northeast.

• Texas Eastern received authorization to excavate, elevate, and/or replace certain sections of pipeline and 

appurtenant facilities (Marshall County Mine Panel 17W Project) located in Marshall County, WV. This project will 

ensure the safe and efficient operation of Texas Eastern’s existing pipeline during the duration of the planned longwall 

mining activities of Marshall County Coal Company in Panel 17W of its Marshall County mine.

• Northern Natural received authorization to construct and operate its Northern Lights 2017 Expansion Project which 

would increase the peak-day capacity on its system in Isanti, Sherburne and Rice Counties, MN by 75.9 MMcf/d to 

serve market needs in MN.

• Spire requests authorization to construct, own, and operate a new interstate natural gas pipeline which would provide 

400 MMcf/s of capacity from an interconnection with th eRockies Express Pipeline in Scott County, IL to pipeline 

facilities located in St. Louis County, MO to serve markets in the St. Louis metropolitan area.

• Eagle LNG requests authorization to construct and operate a liquefaction and export facility near the St. Johns River 

in Jacksonville, FL. The LNG export terminal will have a deliverability of 132 MMcf/d.

Natural Gas Activities in January 2017

Status No. of 

Projects

Storage 

Capacity 

(Bcf)

Deliverability 

(MMcf/d)

Capacity 

(MMcf/d)

Miles of 

Pipeline

Compression 

(HP)

Pipeline

Placed in Service 2 2,300.0 7.2 64,000

Certificated 5 2,465.9 172.8 238,000

Proposed 1 400.0 66.0 0

Storage

Placed in Service 0 0.0 0.0 0

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) 1 1.0 132.0 0

 Source: Staff Database
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Natural Gas Activities through January 31, 2017

January through January 31, 2016

Status No. of 

Projects

Storage 

Capacity 

(Bcf)

Deliverability 

(MMcf/d)

Capacity 

(MMcf/d)

Miles of 

Pipeline

Compression 

(HP)

Pipeline

Placed in Service

through January 31, 2016

2

1

2,300.0

22.0

7.2

35.2

64,000

0

Certificated

through January 31, 2016

5

2

2,465.9

430.0

172.8

37.2

238,000

0

Storage

Placed in Service

through January 31, 2016

0

0

0.0

0.0

0

0

0

0

Certificated

through January 31, 2016

0

0

0.0

0.0

0

0

0

0

LNG (Import & Export)

Placed in Service

through January 31, 2016

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Certificated (Import/Export)

through January 31, 2016

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

 Source: Staff Database

Hydropower Highlights (nonfederal)

There were no hydropower activities this month.

Electric Generation Highlights

• Indiana Michigan Power’s 102 MW nuclear powered Donald C Cook Phase 8 Rerate/Restart Project in Berrien 

County, MI is online.

• Tamp Electric Co.’s 1,195 MW natural gas-fired Polk Station Phase 10 Expansion Project in Polk County, FL is online.

• Basin Electric Power Cooperative’s 112 MW natural gas-fired Pioneer Generation Station Phase 4 Expansion Project 

in Williams County, ND is online. 

• Coffeyville Municipal Light and Power’s 56 MW natural gas-fired Coffeyville Phase 12 Expansion Project in 

Montgomery County, KS is online. 

• Cimarron Bend Wind Project LLC’s 200 MW Cimarron Bend Wind Project in Clark County, KS is online.

• Deerfield Wind Energy LLC’s 150 MW Deerfiled Wind Energy Project in Huron County, MI is online. The power 

generated is sold to Wolverine Power Supply Coop. Inc. under long-term contract.

• Mesquite Solar 3 LLC’s 150 MW Mesquite Solar Phase 11 Expansion Project in Maricopa County, AZ is online. The 

power generated is sold to the U.S. Dept. of Navy under long-term contract.

• Florida Power and Light Co.’s three solar projects, each 74.5 MW, in Florida are online: Babcock Ranch Solar Project 

in Charlotte County; Citrus Solar Energy Center Project in DeSoto County; and Manatee Solar Energy Center in 

Manatee County. 

• Eurus Energy America Corp’s 28 MW Waianae Solar Project in Honolulu County, HI is online. The power generated 

is sold to Hawaiian Electric Co. Inc. under long-term contract.

• DG AMP Solar LLC’s 20 MW Bowling Green Solar Project in Wood County, OH is online. The power generated is 

sold to American Municipal Power Inc. under long-term contract.

• Rocky Mountain Power’s 20 MW Rocky Mountain Power Subscriber Program Solar Project in Millard County, UT is 

online.

• Duke Energy Indiana’s 17 MW NSA Crane Solar Project in Martin County, IN is online. 

• Algonquin Power Co.’s 10 MW Bakersfield Solar Phase 2 Expansion Project in Kern County, CA is online. The power 

generated is sold to Pacific Gas and Electric Co. under long-term contract.
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• TGC Westmont Holdings LLC’s 6.5 MW SunE LADWP Project, and 7 MW SunE LADWP 2 Project in Los Angeles 

County, CA are online.

January 2017 January 2016

Primary Fuel Type No. of 

Units

Installed 

Capacity (MW)

No. of 

Units

Installed 

Capacity (MW)

Coal 0 0 0 0

Natural Gas 16 1,363 2 6

Nuclear 1 102 0 0

Oil 0 0 0 0

Water 0 0 1 22

Wind 2 350 9 738

Biomass 0 0 0 0

Geothermal Steam 0 0 0 0

Solar 17 505 33 400

Waste Heat 0 0 0 0

Other * 2 1 1 0

Total 38 2,321 46 1,166

 *“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 291.45 24.58%

Natural Gas 512.00 43.18%

Nuclear 106.58 8.99%

Oil 44.84 3.78%

Water 100.71 8.49%

Wind 83.11 7.01%

Biomass 16.79 1.42%

Geothermal Steam 3.90 0.33%

Solar 24.39 2.06%

Waste Heat 1.16 0.10%

Other* 0.76 0.06%

Total 1,185.68 100.00%

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 Available Generating Capacity
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Electric Transmission Highlights

• The Southwest Power Pool Board of Directors approved the 1mi, 230 kV Knoll – Post Rock Transmission Project. It 

is estimated to cost $3.4 million.

Transmission Projects Completed Proposed Transmission Projects

In-Service by January 2019

Voltage 

(kV)

January 

2017

January 

2016

January – December 

2016 Cumulative

High Probability 

of Completion All

Line Length (miles)

≤230 0.0 38.0 329.8 2,020.4 3,647.1

345 0.0 0.0 326.9 1,799.8 2,941.1

≥500 0.0 0.0 43.0 258.4 767.4

Total 

U.S. 0.0 38.0 699.7 4,078.6 7,355.6

Sources: Data derived from Staff Database and U.S. Electric Transmission 

Projects ©2017 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 January 2019

Transmission Projects with a High Probability of 

being completed by January 2019

New Transmission Projects by Voltage