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Natural Gas Highlights

• Transco received authorization to place into service its New York Bay Expansion Project which will provide 115 

MMcf/d of firm capacity to National Grid NY.

• National Fuel received authorization to place into service it Line T2KNY, Line TNY, and Line KNY facilities in Erie 

County, NY. The project will provide an additional 2.6 MMcf/d of capacity.

• Algonquin received authorization to place into service certain facilities for its Atlantic Bridge Project, including 

compressor and meter stations and other appurtenances. The approved facilities provide 40 MMcf/d of the 133 

MMcf/d total capacity of the project, which increases capacity from receipt points in Bergen County, NJ and 

Ramapo, NY to markets in the Northeast.

• Tennessee Gas received authorization to place into service its Triad Expansion Project which will provide 180 

MMcf/d of west-to-east capacity on its existing Line 300 system to serve an electric generating plant in 

Lackawanna County, PA.

• Cheniere placed in service Liquefaction Train 4 at its Sabine LNG terminal in Cameron Parish, LA. This brings 

the total LNG export deliverability at the plant to 2.8 Bcf/d.

• Southwest Gas Storage received authorization to modify, replace, and abandon certain natural gas storage 

facilities and convert certain injection/withdrawal wells to observation status within its existing Howell Storage 

Field in Livingston County, MI. The project will not affect the field’s capacity or deliverability.

• Eastern Shore requests authorization to construct and operate its 2017 Expansion Project which would provide 

61.2 MMcf/d of capacity on its system in PA, MD and DE, to meet market demand and provide enhanced 

flexibility.

• Gulf South Pipeline received authorization to construct and operate its St. Charles Parish Expansion Project, to 

provide 133 MMcf/d of capacity to Entergy Louisiana's proposed 980 megawatt electric generation facility near 

Montz, LA.

• Texas Gas received authorization to abandon certain natural gas pipeline assets, ancillary auxiliary facilities and 

appurtenances, located in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana and Louisiana State waters.

• Columbia Gas Transmission received authorization to abandon its Line H-107, along with the associated 

appurtenances and exposures, located in Hocking County, OH. This will not impact service to its customers.

• Texas Gas received authorization to abandon in place the 9,100 horsepower Morgan City Compressor Station in 

St. Mary Parish, LA, and the 9,100 horsepower compressor at the Lafayette (also known as Youngsville) 

Compressor Station in Lafayette Parish, Louisiana, along with associated buildings and appurtenances, and to 

relinquish the firm design capacity associated with these facilities.

• Mountain Valley Pipeline received authorization to construct and operate its Mountain Valley Pipeline Project 

which would provide 2 Bcf/d of capacity from northwest WV to southern VA.

• Equitrans received authorization to construct and operate its Equitrans Expansion Project which would provide 

600 MMcf/d of north-south capacity on its system in PA and WV to supply markets in the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic 

and Southeast regions.

• Atlantic Coast Pipeline received authorization to construct and operate its Atlantic Coast Pipeline Project which 

would provide 1.5 Bcf/d of capacity through a new pipeline system extending from WV to markets in VA and NC.

• Dominion received authorization to construct and operate its Supply Header Project which would provide 1.5

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

• DCP withdrew its request for authorization to build 8.4 miles of 20-inch pipeline in Weld County, CO.

• Valley Crossing Pipeline received authorization to site, construct, operate and maintain an import/export border 

crossing located in the Gulf of Mexico, from TX State waters to the International Boundary between the US and 

Mexico. The import/export border crossing would provide a capacity of 2.6 Bcf/d.

• Florida Gas received authorization to abandon the approximately 6.7 mile, 8-inch Rinker Lateral and related

infrastructure and facilities that supply the Rinker Portland Cement in Miami-Dade County, FL. The pipeline has 

not been used for over two years.

• Gulf South received authorization to abandon by sale to Sundown Energy, LP approximately 8.1 miles of 16-inch 

diameter pipeline in Perry County, MS.

• Columbia Gas received authorization to abandon the Lucas 10697 and 10722 injection/withdrawal wells at its 

Lucas Storage Field in Ashland County, OH. This will have no impact on existing customers or operations.

• Texas Gas requests authorization to abandon in place or by removal approximately 18.6 miles of pipeline and 

related facilities in Terrebonne Parish, LA. These facilities have been inactive since 2005.
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• Gulf South Pipeline requests authorization to abandon by sale to Shongaloo Midstream, LLC, gathering and 

transmission pipelines, meter and regulator stations, and other facilities and appurtenances located in Clairborne 

and Webster Parishes, LA. These facilities have been inactive since summer 2011.

• RH energytrans requests authorization to construct its Riesberg Project, which will transport 55 MMcf/d of natural 

gas from Erie County, PA to Ashtabula County, OH. The project consists of 28 miles of 12-inch pipeline.

• Port Arthur Pipeline requests authorization to construct its Louisiana Connector Project, which consists of 131 

miles of pipeline that would transport 2 Bcf/d of natural gas from St. Landry Parish, LA to the proposed Port Arthur 

LNG export facility in Jefferson County, TX.

• Enable Gas requests authorization to construct, its Cana STACK Expansion Project, which includes 10,000 HP of 

new compression, a new interconnect, and related facilities in Grady and McClain Counties, OK. The project 

would provide an additional 100 MMcf/d of takeaway capacity from the Cana and STACK plays in the Anadarko 

Basin.

• Texas Eastern requests authorization to construct its Texas Industrial Market Expansion and Louisiana Market 

Expansion Projects, which would provide an additional 82.5 MMcf/d of firm transportation into Texas Eastern's 

Zone WLA in Evangeline Parish, LA, and an additional 75 MMcf/d of firm transportation into Zone WLA in 

Beauregard Parish, LA.

• NGPL requests authorization to abandon its Herscher Northwest Storage Field in Kankakee County, IL. The 

company states the field, with an 18.5 Bcf capacity and 65 MMcf/d deliverability, has underperformed for years. 

• East Cheyenne requests authorization to designate the West Peetz D Sands and Lewis Creek D Sands storage 

fields as a single, integrated reservoir, and to decreases the combined cushion capacity and increase the working 

gas capacity of the project by 3.6 Bcf. These fields are in Logan County, CO.

Natural Gas Activities in October 2017 

Status No. of 

Projects

Storage 

Capacity 

(Bcf)

Deliverability 

(MMcf/d)

Capacity 

(MMcf/d)

Miles of 

Pipeline

Compression 

(HP)

Pipeline

Placed in Service 4 536.6 21.8 42,140

Certificated 7 8,405.8 950.4 399,725

Proposed 4 2,312.5 159.3 99,900

Storage

Placed in Service 0 0.0 0.0 0

Certificated 0 0.0 0.0 0

Proposed 1 3,600.0 0.0 0

LNG (Import & Export)

Placed in Service 

(Export) 1 0.0 700.0 0

Certificated 

(Import/Export) 0 0.0 0.0 0

Proposed 

(Import/Export) 0 0.0 0.0 0

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

January through October 31, 2016

Status No. of

Projects

Storage 

Capacity

(BCF)

Deliverability 

(MMcf/d)

Capacity 

(MMcf/d)

Miles of 

Pipeline

Compression 

(HP)

Pipeline

Placed in Service 22 8,132.5 507.0 418,569

through October 31, 2016 32 5,852.3 321.5 241,412

Certificated 35 23,518.9 2,507.2 1,439,392

through October 31, 2016 47 14,444.5 1,137.0 1,258,795

Storage

Placed in Service 1 7.5 600.0 9,500

through October 31, 2016 0 0.0 0.0 0

Certificated 1 0.0 10.0 0

through October 31, 2016 0 0.0 0.0 0

LNG (Import & Export)

Placed in Service (Export) 3 0.0 1,493.0 0

through October 31, 2016 1 0.0 1,400.0 0

Certificated (Import/Export) 1 0.0 93.0 0

through October 31, 2016 4 10.2 3,181.0 0

 Source: Staff Database

Hydropower Highlights (nonfederal)

• The Southern Southeast Regional Aquaculture Association was issued an order raising the capacity of its Burnett 

River Hatchery Project No. 10773 from 0.080 MW to 0.220 MW. The project is located on the Burnett River near 

Wrangell, AK.

• Nevada Hydro, Inc. filed an application for an original license for the 500.0 MW Lake Elsinore Advanced Pumped 

Storage Project No. 14227. The project would be located on Lake Elsinore and San Juan Creek near the town of 

Lake Elsinore in Riverside and San Diego counties, CA. 

• Turlock Irrigation District and Modesto Irrigation District filed an application for an original license for its existing 4.9

MW La Grange Hydroelectric Project No. 14581. The project would be located on the Tuolumne River in Stanislaus 

and Tuolumne Counties, CA. 

Hydropower Project Activities in October 2017

Status

Conventional Pumped Storage Hydrokinetic

Total No. 

of Projects

Total 

Capacity 

No. (MW) Capacity 

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

Filed

License 2 504.900 0 0 0 0 2 504.900

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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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

Capacity Amendment 1 0.140 0 0 0 0 1 0.140

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
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Hydropower Project Activities Year to Date (through October 31, 2017)

Status

Conventional Pumped Storage Hydrokinetic

Total No. 

of Projects

Total 

Capacity 

No. (MW) Capacity 

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

Filed

License 3 506.400 0 0 0 0 3 506.400

10-MW Exemption 1 0.009 0 0 0 0 1 0.009

Capacity Amendment 3 1.770 0 0 0 0 3 1.770

Conduit Exemption 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Issued

License 14 258.900 0 0 0 0 14 258.900

10-MW Exemption 1 0.360 0 0 0 0 1 0.360

Capacity Amendment 4 5.260 0 0 0 0 4 5.260

Conduit Exemption 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Placed in Service

License 2 79.000 0 0 0 0 2 79.000

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

Source: Staff Database

Electric Generation Highlights

• Chamon Power LLC’s 100 MW Chamon Natural Gas Project in Harris County, TX is online.

• Playa Solar 1 LLC’s 200 MW Playa Solar Project in Clark County, NV is online. 

• Innovative Solar 42 LLC’s 75 MW Innovative Solar 42 Project in Cumberland County, NC is online. The power 

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

• Avangrid Renewables LLC’s 56 MW Gala Solar Power Plant in Crook County, OR is online. The power generated is 

sold to Apple Inc. under long-term contract.

• OCI Solar TRE LLC’s 50 MW OCI Alamo Solar 6 Project in Pecos County, TX is online.

• Virginia Electric & Power Co.’s 20 MW Remington Solar Project in Fauquier County, VA is online. The power 

generated is sold to the Commonwealth of Virginia under long-term contract.

• DTE Energy Co.’s 19.6 MW Lapeer Solar Project II in Lapeer County, MI is online. 

• Providence Solar Center LLC’s 16 MW Providence Solar Center in Madison County, TN is online. 

• PGC Plano I LLC’s 8.8 MW Toyota Headquarters Solar Project in Collin County, TX is online. 

• Wolf Energy and Brightfields Development LLCs’ 5.2 MW Elizabeth Mine Solar I Project in Orange County, VT is 

online. The power generated is sold to Green Mountain Power Corp. under long-term contract.

• Clipperton Holdings LLC’s 5 MW Clipperton Holdings Solar Project in Sampson County, NC is online. The power 

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

• Mill Pond Solar Farm LLC’s 5 MW Mill Pond Solar Project in Columbus County, NC is online. The power generated is 

sold to Duke Energy Progress under long-term contract.

• Rocksprings Val Verde Wind LLC’s 149.3 MW Rocksprings Wind Farm Project in Val Verde County, TX is online. 

The power generated is sold to Walmart under long-term contract.

• Dermott Wind LLC’s 253 MW Demott Wind Project in Scurry County, TX is online. The power generated is sold to 

Amazon under long-term contract.

• Creston Ridge II LLC’s 6.9 MW Creston Ridge Wind Farm in Platte County, NE is online. The power generated is 

sold to Loup River Public Power District under long-term contract.
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October 2017 January – October 2017

Cumulative

January – October 2016

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 3 45

Natural Gas 2 100 66 10,719 106 8,335

Nuclear 0 0 1 102 3 1,290

Oil 1 1 10 40 18 39

Water 1 2 11 214 36 445

Wind 3 409 53 5,015 46 3,084

Biomass 0 0 25 265 50 104

Geothermal Steam 0 0 1 18 0 0

Solar 36 497 422 3,853 405 5,746

Waste Heat 0 0 1 220 2 23

Other * 0 0 20 1 14 21

Total 43 1,009 610 20,447 683 19,132

 *“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 283.69 23.83%

Natural Gas 516.27 43.36%

Nuclear 108.18 9.09%

Oil 43.46 3.65%

Water 100.84 8.47%

Wind 86.76 7.29%

Biomass 16.75 1.41%

Geothermal Steam 3.80 0.32%

Solar 28.76 2.42%

Waste Heat 1.26 0.11%

Other* 0.81 0.07%

Total 1,190.58 100.00%

Sources: Data derived from Velocity Suite, ABB Inc. and The C Three Group LLC. The data may be 

subject to update. 

Sources: Data derived from Velocity Suite, ABB Inc. and The C Three Group LLC. The data may be subject to update. 

New Generation In-Service (New Build and Expansion)

Total Available Installed Generating Capacity
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Additions Retirements

Primary Fuel Type No. of 

Units

Installed 

Capacity (MW)

No. of 

Units

Installed 

Capacity (MW)

Coal 4 1,927 61 16,056

Natural Gas 387 92,489 116 10,678

Nuclear 4 3,243 6 5,585

Oil 38 762 36 571

Water 274 12,732 25 706

Wind 465 72,526 2 68

Biomass 74 945 10 46

Geothermal Steam 32 1,610 0 0

Solar 1,913 43,528 5 2

Waste Heat 9 236 0 0

Other * 50 680 0 0

Total 3,250 230,678 261 33,712

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

Electric Transmission Highlights

• American Transmission Co. issued its 2017 10-Year Transmission System Assessment which included $2.8 billion in 

system improvements.

Transmission Projects Completed Proposed Transmission Projects

In-Service by October 2019

Voltage 

(kV)

October

2017

October

2016

January – October

2017 Cumulative

January – December 

2016 Cumulative

High Probability 

of Completion All

Line Length (miles)

≤230 0.0 25.0 141.6 757.8 1,890.6 3,758.7

345 0.0 46.6 122.0 965.9 2,491.5 4,177.4

500 0.0 0.0 0.0 85.0 421.4 1,102.4

Total 

U.S. 0.0 71.6 263.6 1,808.7 4,803.5 9,038.5

 Sources: Data derived from Staff Database and U.S. Electric Transmission Projects ©2017 The C Three Group, LLC. 

Proposed Generation Additions and Retirements by November 2020

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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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 October 2019

Transmission Projects with a High Probability of 

being completed by October 2019

New Transmission Projects by Voltage