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modernhomeowner t1_iuluuku wrote

Reply to comment by InfiniteState in Eversource CEO asks Biden to take emergency action on New England natural gas supply by OmarLittleFinger

Several of our powerplants can be transitioned between natural gas and oil. If oil were cheap enough and enough supply, we could use this for power. That was where I was going on gasoline. But overall, we could easily use to decrease our consumption to save energy.

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InfiniteState t1_iumdjs6 wrote

What?

Even if moving plants to oil and setting up the supply lines could be done in a timeframe that helped this winter, using less gasoline in Boston will do zero for helping that.

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buried_lede t1_ix1ssfx wrote

We already reserve oil at all the switchable plants in Connecticut. They are reqiured to reserve oil and every winter the gas plants here burn oil, on low temp days when homes using gas are turning the heat up - they come first.

So it's done every year, but last reports I checked, their reserves were much lower than usual

There is blame to go around to all parties, all of them. The corps are trying to come out on top and have worked against plenty of projects too because they don't serve their bottom line

I’m sure most of the natural gas power plants up in MA are dual fuel as well, and reserve oil for winter use.

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modernhomeowner t1_iumen95 wrote

It is a problem that has been compounding annually, if we don't do something now, next year will be worse. There isn't a magic natural gas fairy that will build a new well and a new pipeline by next winter.

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