[bq]”Massachusetts’ secure energy future is in peril.”[/bq]
Electricity prices in Massachusetts are straining the budgets of consumers, low- and fixed-income families and businesses. Federal statistics show that New England consumers have the highest electric rates of anywhere in the continental U.S., and in April, the Boston area paid 53 percent more for electricity than the national average.
Without upgrading pipeline capacity, experts predict that New England will lose the capability to power more than 9 million homes in the next few years – enough to power Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine and Rhode Island.
So why are Massachusetts legislators supporting legislation to block financing for these critical infrastructure upgrades – which will create more natural gas supply constraints – instead of trying to encourage upgrading existing infrastructure and lower energy prices?
Tell the our state leaders to oppose legislation that will prevent less expensive clean-burning natural gas from getting here.