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For September 2015

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Natural Gas Highlights 

• Leaf River Energy received authorization to place into service Compressor No. 6 of its Leaf River Storage Project in 

Smith County, MS.

• Bobcat Gas Storage received authorization to place into service Cavern No. 5 at its storage site in St. Landry Parish, 

LA. Cavern No. 5 will provide a working gas capacity of 8 Bcf.

• Trans-Union received authorization under the Commission’s prior notice proceeding to construct and operate facilities

which will increase the capacity of its existing system in AR and LA by 30 MMcf/d in order to serve El Dorado 

Chemical Company in Union County, AR.

• Columbia Gulf received authorization to construct, and operate its Cameron Access Project which will provide 800 

MMcf/d of bi-directional capacity on its West Lateral Transmission System located in LA to serve markets along the 

Gulf Coast region.

• Venture Global Calcasieu Pass and TranCameron Pipeline request authorization to construct and operate an LNG 

export terminal (providing 1,414 MMc/d of deliverability) in Cameron Parish, LA, and pipeline facilities which would 

provide 1,900 MMcf/d of capacity to the proposed terminal.

• Cameron LNG requests authorization to construct and operate Trains 4 and 5 at its export terminal currently under 

construction near the City of Hackberry, in Cameron and Calcasieu Parishes, LA. Trains 4 and 5 would provide 1,411

MMcf/d of export deliverability. 

• Columbia Gas requests authorization to construct and operate its SM-80 Project which would allow Columbia Gas to 

bypass Class 3 areas in Wayne County, WV and allow Columbia Gas to operate its Line SM-80 at the original 

maximum allowable operating pressure.

• Northern Natural requests authorization to construct and operate its Gaines County Crossover Compressor Project 

which would provide 210 MMcf/d of capacity to meet customer requirements in Northern Natural’s Field Area in TX.

• Atlantic Coast Pipeline requests authorization to construct and operate its Atlantic Coast Pipeline Project that would 

provide 1,500 MMcf/d of through a new pipeline extending from WV to markets located in VA and NC.

• Dominion request authorization to construct and operate its Supply Header Project which would provide 1,511 MMcf/d 

of capacity from supply areas in PA and WV to the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline in WV.

• Dominion Carolina commenced the Commission’s pre-filing process to construct and operate its Transco to 

Charleston Project which would provide 80 MMcf/d of capacity for shippers with markets in Charleston, Dillion, 

Lexington, and Marlboro Counties, SC.

• NextEra US commenced the Commission’s pre-filing process to construct and operate its Sooner Trails Pipeline 

Project which would provide 1,200 MMcf/d of capacity from the South Central Oklahoma Oil Province production area 

to the Bennington and Lamar Hubs in Bryan County, OK and Lamar County, TX.

• Columbia Gas commenced the Commission’s pre-filing process to construct and operate its Mountaineer XPress 

Project which would provide 2,700 MMcf/d of capacity from production areas to markets on Columbia Gas’s system, 

including markets in WV, TCO Pool, and other points.

• Equitrans requests authorization to restate its certificated working gas capacities in four storage fields located in PA 

from 15.12 Bcf to 11.18 Bcf.

• Total Peaking Services requests authorization to construct and operate facilities necessary to increase the 

vaporization sendout capacity at its LNG facilities located in Milford, CT from 90 MMcf/d to 105 MMcf/d.

• PennEast Pipeline requests authorization to construct and operate its PennEast Pipeline Project which would provide 

1,107 MMcf/d of capacity through a new pipeline extending from Luzerne County, PA to Mercer County, NJ.

• Transwestern requests authorization under the Commission’s prior notice proceeding to construct and operate 

facilities which would provide an additional 22 MMcf/d of capacity on its Panhandle Lateral located in NM and TX.

• Excelerate Liquefaction and Lavaca Bay Pipeline filed to withdrawal their requests to construct and operate an LNG 

export terminal (1,380 MMcf/d of deliverability) near Port Lavaca-Point Comfort, TX, and pipeline facilities which would 

have provided 1,454 MMcf/d of capacity to the proposed LNG export terminal.

• Port Dolphin requests the Commission vacate the certificate issued to it to construct and operate the Port Dolphin 

Pipeline Project located in Manattee County, Fl which would provide 1,200 MMcf/d of capacity from the proposed 

offshore Port Dolphin LNG import terminal.
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Natural Gas Activities in September 2015

Status No. of 

Projects

Storage 

Capacity 

(Bcf)

Deliverability 

(MMcf/d)

Capacity 

(MMcf/d)

Miles of 

Pipeline

Compression 

(HP)

Pipeline

Placed in Service 0 0.0 0.0 0

Certificated 2 830.0 34.1 12,260

Proposed 10 10,230.3 1,244.3 304,651

Storage

Placed in Service 2 8.0 0.0 4,800

Certificated 0 0.0 0.0 0

Proposed 1 0.0 15.0 0

LNG (Import & Export)

Placed in Service 0 0 0 0

Certificated

(Import/Export) 0 0 0 0

Proposed (Export) 2 11.6 2,825 0

 Source: Staff Database

Natural Gas Activities through September 30, 2015

January through September 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 September 30, 2014

15

12

5,230.7

989.4

194.5

92.4

127,925

30,950

Certificated

through September 30, 2014

26

24

7,541.0

7,136.6

360.6

237.9

247,078

284,123

Storage

Placed in Service

through September 30, 2014

5

6

11.4

22.25

53

110

4,800

4,800

Certificated

through September 30, 2014

2

3

2.7

1.2

0

0

0

2,500

LNG (Import & Export)

Placed in Service

through September 30, 2014

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Certificated (Import/Export)

through September 30, 2014

1

4

0

3.4

1,400

4,885

0

0

 Source: Staff Database

Hydropower Highlights (nonfederal)

• Minneapolis Leased Housing Associates IV, Limited Partnership was issued an original license for the proposed 0.600 

MW A-Mill Artist Lofts Hydroelectric Project No. 14628. The project will be located at the historic Pillsbury “A” Mill on 

the Mississippi River in the City of Minneapolis, Hennepin County, MN. 

• Pepperell Hydro Company, LLC was issued an original license for the existing, unlicensed Pepperell Hydroelectric 

Project No. 12721. The license authorizes a 0.068 MW increase in capacity, from 2.139 MW to 2.207 MW. The 

project is located at the Pepperell Paper dam on the Nashua River in the towns of Pepperell and Groton, Middlesex 

County, MA. 
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Hydropower Project Activities in September 2015

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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Conduit Exemption 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Issued

License 2 0.668 0 0 0 0 2 0.668

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

Hydropower Project Activities Year to Date (through September 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 2 5.600 1 240.000 0 0 3 245.600

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

• Ector County Energy Center LLC’s 346 MW natural gas-fired Ector County Energy Center in Ector County, TX is 

online. 

• Rattlesnake Wind I LLC’s 211 MW CPV Rattlesnake Den Wind I Project in Glasscock County, TX is online. Phase II 

is expected to come online in 2016.

• Logans Gap Wind LLC’s 211 MW Logans Gap Wind I Project in Comanche County, TX is online. The power 

generated is sold to Walmart under long-term contract.

• Saddleback Ridge Wind LLC’s 25.6 MW Saddleback Ridge Wind Phase 2 Expansion Project in Franklin County, ME 

is online. Phase 1 with 8.5 MW came online in 2014.

• Solar Star California XXXI LLC’s 7.5 MW Tequesquite Landfill Solar Project in Riverside County, CA is online. The 

power generated is sold to Riverside Public Utilities under long-term contract.

• Kinston Davis Farm LLC’s 5 MW Kinston Davis Solar Farm Project in Lenoir County, NC is online. The power 

generated is sold to Duke Energy Progress under long-term contract.

• Indiana Municipal Power Agency’s 3 MW Crawfordsville Solar Park Project in Montgomery County, IN is online.

• SolarCity Corp’s 1.9 MW Oneida DPW Solar Project in Oneida County, NY is online.

• Bloomberg LP’s 1.5 MW JFK Airport Park Solar Project in Queens County, NY is online. 

• Granger Energy Services’ 3.2 MW Orchard Hill LFG Phase 2 Expansion Project in Berrien County, MI is online. 

Phase 1 with 3.2 MW came online in 2013.

• Spinning Spur Wind LLC’s 194 MW Spinning Spur Wind Three Project in Oldham County, TX is online. The power 

generated is sold to the City of Georgetown and the City of Garland.

September 2015 January – September 2015 

Cumulative

January – September 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 1 30

Natural Gas 2 346 36 3,528 51 5,808

Nuclear 0 0 0 0 10 266

Oil 0 0 7 10 18 94

Water 0 0 19 149 13 210

Wind 4 642 34 3,978 37 2,030

Biomass 2 4 17 245 58 104

Geothermal Steam 0 0 1 45 7 36

Solar 8 42 165 1,350 258 1,928

Waste Heat 0 0 0 0 2 68

Other 0 0 6 0 8 23

Total 16 1,034 286 9,309 463 10,597

New Generation In-Service (New Build and Expansion)

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.
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Installed Capacity (GW) % of Total Capacity

Coal 309.44 26.55%

Natural Gas 498.23 42.75%

Nuclear 107.02 9.18%

Oil 45.02 3.86%

Water 100.06 8.59%

Wind 69.84 5.99%

Biomass 16.64 1.43%

Geothermal Steam 3.91 0.34%

Solar 13.35 1.15%

Waste Heat 1.15 0.10%

Other 0.77 0.07%

Total 1,165.44 100.00%

 *“Other” includes purchased steam, tires, and miscellaneous technology such as batteries, fuel cells, energy storage, and fly wheel.

Electric Transmission Highlights

• Northern States Power Company has completed the 82 mile, 345 kV North Rochester - North La Crosse

Transmission Project in WI. The $279.6 million project is a part of the interstate CapX2020 Project.

Transmission Projects Completed Proposed Transmission Projects

In-Service by September 2017

Voltage 

(kV)

September

2015

September

2014

January – September

2015 Cumulative

January – December 

2014 Cumulative

High Probability 

of Completion All

Line Length (miles)

≤230 0.0 0.0 153.4 1,218.5 2,947.3 5,636.0

345 82.0 202.0 808.7 1,659.8 2,416.8 4,806.6

500 0.0 0.0 256.0 70.0 950.9 3,292.9

Total 

U.S. 82.0 202.0 1,218.1 2,948.3 6,315.0 13,735.5

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

Total Installed Operating Generating Capacity

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.
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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 September 2017

Transmission Projects with a High Probability of 

being completed by September 2017

New Transmission Projects by Voltage