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Natural Gas Highlights

• National Fuel received authorization to place into service the Allegheny River crossing portion of its Line Q, QP, and 

Queen Storage Facility Project in Warren County, PA.

• Transwestern received authorization to abandon in place the Atoka 3 Compressor Station located in Eddy County, 

NM. The facility has not been used in the past 3-years.

• UGI Central Penn Gas (CPG) and UGI Utilities (UGIU) received authorization for CPG to abandon certain limited 

jurisdiction certificates, and for transfer of a service area determination to UGIU as part of the pending transfer of local 

distribution assets from CPG to UGIU in Maryland and Pennsylvania.

• El Paso Natural Gas received authorization for its Permian North Project, which consists of installing/upgrading 

appurtenant facilities in Winkler and Yoakum Counties, TX and Eddy and Lea Counties, NM, and increasing the 

maximum allowable operating pressure of a segment of its Line No. 1115 in Ector County, TX.

• Florida Gas received authorization for its Okeechobee Lateral Project, which includes construction of 3.4 miles of new 

pipeline, a new interconnect, and construction and modifications of related facilities in Hillsborough, Polk, and Martin 

Counties, FL. The project is designed to deliver 12 MMcf/d of gas to Florida Public Utilities Company.

• Rover received authorization for its Iron Bank Meter Station Project, which includes a new meter station on its 

Majorsville Lateral in Marshall County, PA, to allow it to receive up to 500 MMcf/d of gas from APP Midstream.

• Rover received authorization for the Revolution Receipt Point on its Burgettstown Lateral in Washington County, PA in 

order to receive up to 525 MMcf/d of gas from ETC Northeast.

• Florida Gas received authorization for its South Alabama Project, with includes replacing a compressor in Santa Rosa 

County, FL, and modifying a delivery point in Escambia County, AL in order to increase deliverability by 60 MMcf/d.

• Columbia Gas received authorization to abandon two injection/withdrawal wells at its Brinker Storage Field in 

Columbiana County, OH, one I/W well at its Victory B Storage Field, in Marshall County, WV, and associated 

pipelines and appurtenances. The abandonments will not impact current customers or operations.

• Columbia Gas received authorization to abandon 12 injection/withdrawal wells and associated pipelines and 

appurtenances, at five of its northern Ohio storage fields in Ashland, Medina, and Richland counties, OH.

• Columbia Gas received authorization to abandon certain facilities at is Benton and Laurel gas Storage Fields in 

Hocking County, OH. Specifically, Benton Well 9507 and Laurel Wells 9097, 9239, and 9285, and to convert 

injection/withdrawal Benton Well 7612 to an observation well.

• Dominion Energy Questar received authorization to amend its certificate in order to eliminate Operating Parameter 3, 

and enable its customers to inject gas earlier than November 1 of each heating season at its Chalk Creek Aquifer 

Storage facility in Summit County, UT.

• Pine Prairie Energy received authorization to reallocate the certificated capacities for its storage caverns Nos. 1-7 

from working to base gas, increasing the base gas by approximately 8 MMcf/d in order to maintain its ability to provide 

high deliverability rates at its facility in Southern Louisiana.

• Eastern Shore requests authorization for its Del-Mar Energy Pathway Project, which includes 19.5 miles of pipeline in 

Kent and Sussex Counties, DE and Wicomico and Somerset Counties, MD. The project would add 14.3 MMcf/d of 

capacity to serve LDC and industrial customers.

• Equitrans requests authorization to abandon by sale to Consol 18 natural gas injection/withdrawal wells in Greene 

County, PA. The abandonments would take place over the course of 10 years, and not affect service to firm 

customers.

Natural Gas Activities in September 2018
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Status No. of 

Projects

Storage 

Capacity 

(Bcf)

Deliverability 

(MMcf/d)

Capacity 

(MMcf/d)

Miles of 

Pipeline

Compression 

(HP)

Pipeline

Placed in Service 1 0 5 0

Certificated 3 254 3 3,000

Proposed 1 14 19 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) 0 0 0 0

Certificated 

(Import/Export) 0 0 0 0

Proposed 

(Import/Export) 0 0 0 0

 Source: Staff Database

Natural Gas Activities through September 30, 2018

January through September 30, 2017

Status No. of

Projects

Storage 

Capacity

(BCF)

Deliverability 

(MMcf/d)

Capacity 

(MMcf/d)

Miles of 

Pipeline

Compression 

(HP)

Pipeline

Placed in Service 10 4,716.2 105.5 183,800

through September 30, 2017 18 5,295.9 478.0 312,429

Certificated 42 8,682.1 643.0 284,095

through September 30, 2017 27 14,923.1 1,556.1 1,039,667

Storage

Placed in Service 0 0.0 0.0 0

through September 30, 2017 1 7.5 600.0 9,500

Certificated 4 3,600.3 152.0 0

through September 30, 2017 1 0.0 10.0 0

LNG (Import & Export)

Placed in Service (Export) 1 0.0 825.0 0

through September 30, 2017 2 0.0 793.0 0

Certificated (Import/Export) 0 0.0 0.0 0

through September 30, 2017 0 0.0 0.0 0

Source: Staff Database
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Hydropower Highlights (nonfederal)

• NorthWestern Corporation was issued an order raising the capacity of its Missouri-Madison Project No. 2188 from

303.500 MW to 305.240 MW. The project is located on the Missouri and Madison Rivers in Gallatin, Madison, Lewis 

and Clark and Cascade Counties, MT. 

Hydropower Project Activities in September 2018

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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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

Capacity Amendment 1 1.740 0 0 0 0 1 1.740

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

Hydropower Project Activities Year to Date (through September 30, 2018)

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 1 1.740 1 335.000 0 0 2 336.740

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 1.740 1 335.0000 0 0 1 335.000

Conduit Exemption 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Placed in Service

License 2 12.000 0 0 0 0 2 12.000

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
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Electric Generation Highlights

• Persimmon Creek Wind Farm 1 LLC’s 200.0 MW Persimmon Creek Wind Farm in Woodward County, OK is online. 

• Rattlesnake Power LLC’s 160.0 MW RTS Wind Project in McCulloch County, TX is online. 

• Midway Solar LLC’s 182.0 MW Midway Solar (TX) Project in Pecos County, TX is online. The power generated is 

sold to Austin Energy under long-term contract. 

• Tampa Electric Co.’s 70.3 MW Payne Creek Solar Project in Polk County, FL is online. 

• OCI Lamesa Solar II LLC’s 50.0 MW Lamesa Solar Facility in Dawson County, TX is online. The power generated is 

sold to the City of Garland, TX under long-term contract.

• 97WI 8ME LLC’s 24.5 MW Midway III Solar Project in Imperial County, CA is online. The power generated is sold to

San Diego Gas & Electric Co. under long-term contract.

September 2018 January – September 2018

Cumulative

January – September 2017

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 4 10 0 0

Natural Gas 0 0 68 12,110 79 11,100

Nuclear 0 0 1 4 1 102

Oil 0 0 11 18 18 53

Water 0 0 10 33 12 215

Wind 3 363 32 2,747 55 4,615

Biomass 0 0 11 66 25 265

Geothermal Steam 0 0 2 21 1 18

Solar 9 339 310 3,043 433 3,450

Waste Heat 0 0 2 80 1 220

Other * 1 0 18 5 24 1

Total 13 702 469 18,137 649 20,039

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

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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Additions Retirements

Primary Fuel Type No. of 

Units

Installed 

Capacity (MW)

No. of 

Units

Installed 

Capacity (MW)

Coal 1 17 74 19,255

Natural Gas 291 79,351 112 11,945

Nuclear 8 8,021 8 8,040

Oil 18 728 22 166

Water 252 14,896 19 633

Wind 494 89,880 1 50

Biomass 57 593 24 124

Geothermal Steam 22 1,076 0 0

Solar 2,020 61,623 5 2

Waste Heat 6 96 0 0

Other * 88 690 0 0

Total 3,257 256,971 265 40,215

 *“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 268.17 22.55%

Natural Gas 522.59 43.95%

Nuclear 107.66 9.05%

Oil 41.67 3.50%

Water 100.49 8.45%

Wind 91.67 7.71%

Biomass 16.26 1.37%

Geothermal Steam 3.79 0.32%

Solar 34.63 2.91%

Waste Heat 1.38 0.12%

Other* 0.78 0.07%

Total 1,189.09 100.00%

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

subject to update. 

Total Available Installed Generating Capacity

Proposed Generation Additions and Retirements by October 2021

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 October 2020

Voltage 

(kV)

September

2018

September

2017

January – September

2018 Cumulative

January – September

2017 Cumulative

High Probability 

of Completion All

Line Length (miles)

≤230 0.0 6.0 231.7 329.3 762.3 2,076.5

345 0.0 0.0 413.2 218.5 1,882.6 4,030.6

500 0.0 0.0 69.4 0.0 371.0 1,227.4

Total 

U.S. 0.0 6.0 714.3 547.8 3,015.9 7,334.5

 Sources: Data derived from Staff Database and U.S. Electric Transmission Projects ©2018 The C Three Group, LLC. 

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

Transmission Projects ©2018 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 2020

Transmission Projects with a High Probability of 

being completed by October 2020

New Transmission Projects by Voltage