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Natural Gas Highlights 

• WBI Energy placed into service its Garden Creek II Pipeline Project which will provide 75 MMcf/d of capacity from the 

tailgate of the Garden Creek II Plant to an interconnection with Northern Border in McKenzie County, ND.

• TransCanada Alaska filed a letter with the Commission terminating the pre-filing review process of its Alaska Pipeline 

Project which would have provided 4,500 MMcf/d of capacity to the lower U.S.

• Columbia Gas received authorization to construct and operate its Line 1655 North Project which will improve the

reliability and safety of Line 1655 in Adams County, PA., and provide 15.7 MMcf/d of capacity for one shipper.

• Transco received authorization to construct and operate its Woodbridge Delivery Lateral Project which will provide 

264 MMcf/d of capacity to the Woodbridge Energy Center’s proposed electric generation facility in Woodbridge, NJ.

• Southeast Supply Header received authorization to construct and operate its SESH Expansion Project. This project 

will provide 45 MMcf/d of additional mainline capacity between Delhi, LA., and Coden, AL. 

• Downeast LNG and Downeast Pipeline commenced the Commission’s pre-filing process to construct and operate an 

LNG export terminal (450 MMcf/d) in Robbinston, ME., and pipeline facilities to provide an additional 100 MMcf/d of 

bi-directional capacity on Downeast Pipeline’s proposed system to serve the proposed terminal.

Natural Gas Activities in August 2014

Status No. of 

Projects

Storage 

Capacity 

(Bcf)

Deliverability 

(MMcf/d)

Capacity 

(MMcf/d)

Miles of 

Pipeline

Compression 

(HP)

Pipeline

Placed in Service 2 80.0 16.0 0

Certificated 3 324.7 6.6 8,000

Proposed 1 100.0 0 0

Storage

Placed in Service 0 0.0 0 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 3.4 450 0

 Source: Staff Database

Natural Gas Activities through August 31, 2014

Through August 31, 2013

Status No. of 

Projects

Storage 

Capacity 

(Bcf)

Deliverability 

(MMcf/d)

Capacity 

(MMcf/d)

Miles of 

Pipeline

Compression 

(HP)

Pipeline

Placed in Service

through August 31, 2013

9

13

888.2

1,860.3

73.9

104.7

30,950

77,840

Certificated

through August 31, 2013

22

17

6,176.6

3,196.6

228.6

103.7

221,623

61,550

Storage

Placed in Service

through August 31, 2013

5

12

17.25

41.1

110

2,282

4,800

56,620

Certificated

Through August 31, 2013

3

11

1.2

31.6

0

766

2,500

9,240

LNG (Import & Export)

Placed in Service

through August 31, 2013

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Certificated (Export)

through August 31, 2013

3

0

3.4

0

4,060

0

0

0

 Source: Staff Database
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Hydropower Highlights (nonfederal)

• The Sabine River Authority of Texas and Sabine River Authority, State of Louisiana were issued a new license for the 

existing Toledo Bend Hydroelectric Project No. 2305. The license authorizes an increase in total capacity from 81.0

MW to 82.3 MW. The project is located on the Sabine River in Panola, Shelby, Sabine, and Newton Counties, TX, 

and DeSoto, Sabine, and Vernon Parishes, LA. 

• Portland General Electric (PGE) was issued an amendment to its license to install new generating facilities at its 

Clackamas River Project No. 2195 located in Clackamas County, OR. The new facilities will increase the project's 

authorized capacity by 3.89 MW and will generate power using minimum flows already required by PGE's new license 

issued in 2010.

• Monroe Hydro, LLC was issued a Conduit Exemption for the 0.30 MW Monroe Drop Hydroelectric Project No. 14430, 

located on U.S. Bureau of Reclamation’s North Unit Irrigation District’s Main Canal near the town of Culver in 

Jefferson County, OR. The project will have an annual generation of 1.004 gigawatt-hours.

• The City of Watervliet filed an original license application for the proposed 5.0 MW Delta Hydroelectric Project No. 

13135. The project would be located at the New York State Canal Corporation’s Delta Dam, on the East Branch of 

the Mohawk River in the Town of Rome, Oneida County, NY.

Hydropower Activities in August 2014

Status

Conventional Pumped Storage Hydrokinetic

Total No. 

of Projects

Total 

Capacity 

No. (MW) Capacity 

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

Filed

License 1 5.000 0 0 0 0 1 5.000

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 1 1.300 0 0 0 0 1 1.300

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

Capacity Amendment 1 3.890 0 0 0 0 1 3.890

Conduit Exemption 1 0.300 0 0 0 0 1 0.300

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 Activities Year to Date (through August 31, 2014)

Status

Conventional Pumped Storage Hydrokinetic

Total No. 

of Projects

Total 

Capacity 

No. (MW) Capacity 

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

Filed

License 13 177.800 0 0 0 0 13 177.800

10-MW Exemption 2 1.800 0 0 0 0 2 1.800

Capacity Amendment 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Conduit Exemption 2 49.400 0 0 0 0 2 49.400

Issued

License 7 137.220 3 1,736.000 1 0.600 11 1,873.820

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

Capacity Amendment 2 5.185 0 0 0 0 2 5.185

Conduit Exemption 1 0.300 0 0 0 0 1 0.300
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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 3 11.805 0 0 0 0 3 11.805

10-MW Exemption 1 0.700 0 0 0 0 1 0.700

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

• Mississippi Power Company’s 840 MW Plant Ratcliffe project in Kemper County, MS is online. Plant Ratcliffe is 

fueled by coal derived synthetic gas.

• OCI Alamo 4 LLC’s 42 MW OCI Alamo 4 Solar project in Kinney County, TX is online. The power generated is sold to 

CPS Energy under long-term contract.

• Two SunEdison’s solar projects in Fresno County, CA are online: 2.1 MW Coalinga State Hospital Solar project and 

1.3 MW Pleasant Valley State Prison Solar project. The power generated at each project is used on-site.

• Two Panda Power Funds’ natural gas-fired power plants in TX are online: 720 MW Panda Sherman Power Plant 

project in Grayson County, and 717 MW Panda Temple project in the City of Temple. 

• Four Strata Solar LLC’s solar projects in NC are online: 6.4 MW Eastover project in Scotland County, 6.4 MW Soluga 

2 project in Bladen County, 5.3 MW Erwin Farm project in Harnett County, and 5.3 MW Nash 64 Solar Farm project in 

Nash County. The power generated from all four projects is sold to Duke Energy Progress under long-term contracts.

• BWC Origination 3 LLC’s 1.8 MW Sullivan’s Ledge Solar Facility project in Bristol County, MA is online. 

August 2014 January – August 2014

Cumulative

January – August 2013

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 0 0 2 1,543

Natural Gas 4 2,277 26 5,188 67 6,586

Nuclear 0 0 0 0 0 0

Oil 0 0 4 23 11 35

Water 0 0 7 141 13 116

Wind 0 0 23 1,246 10 963

Biomass 0 0 32 130 68 209

Geothermal Steam 0 0 5 32 1 14

Solar 12 68 163 1,510 178 1,511

Waste Heat 0 0 0 0 2 76

Other 0 0 2 1 2 0

Total 16 2,345 262 8,271 354 11,054

New Generation In-Service (New Build and Expansion)

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

• Great River Energy has completed the 3 mile, 115 kV LeSauk - Sartell Transmission Line. The $1.4 million project is 

located in MN.

Transmission Projects Completed Proposed Transmission Projects

In-Service by August 2016

Voltage 

(kV)

August

2014

August

2013

January – August

2014 Cumulative

January – December 

2013 Cumulative

High Probability 

of Completion All

Line Length (miles)

≤230 3.0 14.0 291.0 470.2 4,224.5 7,608.6

345 0.0 547.5 669.3 2,795.2 4,953.6 7,711.2

≥500 0.0 111.0 62.0 466.0 2,326.7 6,396.0

Total 

U.S. 3.0 672.5 1,022.3 3,731.4 11,504.8 21,715.8

Sources: Data derived from Staff Database and U.S. Electric Transmission Projects ©2014 The C Three Group, LLC

Installed Capacity (GW) % of Total Capacity

Coal 328.23 28.20%

Natural Gas 490.12 42.11%

Nuclear 107.41 9.23%

Oil 46.41 3.99%

Water 98.36 8.45%

Wind 61.94 5.32%

Biomass 16.03 1.38%

Geothermal Steam 3.87 0.33%

Solar 9.55 0.82%

Waste Heat 1.13 0.10%

Other 0.80 0.07%

Total 1,163.84 100.00%

All Transmission Projects with a Proposed 

In-Service Date by August 2016

Transmission Projects with a High Probability of 

being completed by August 2016

Total Installed Operating Generating Capacity

Source: Data derived from Ventyx Global LLC, Velocity Suite.
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Sources: Data derived from Staff Database and U.S. Electric Transmission Projects ©2014 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. 

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