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Away-Reading t1_ivmym26 wrote

The pipelines they wanted to build were going to transport gas that was to be used for electricity production — it wasn’t going directly to homes. And since using natural gas is a relatively pricey way to generate electricity, it wasn’t going to lower electricity costs either.

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modernhomeowner t1_ivn5b2z wrote

Lots of states use natural gas as their primary electricity supply. We are the only state that can't import the natural gas we need, causing these massive rate hikes. 195% increase in National Grid's electricity supply rate is based on one thing, the Natural Gas supply not being available. We have to ship it in via cargo ship which runs on bunker oil, rather than pipelines that once built, they are relatively maintenance free and don't continue to consume fossil fuels to deliver the natural gas like a ship.

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