{"id":5475,"date":"2016-02-08T11:06:28","date_gmt":"2016-02-08T16:06:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/?p=5475"},"modified":"2020-10-14T20:04:28","modified_gmt":"2020-10-15T00:04:28","slug":"ma-attorney-generals-study-finds-that-increased-gas-capacity-not-needed-to-meet-states-electric-needs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/2016\/02\/ma-attorney-generals-study-finds-that-increased-gas-capacity-not-needed-to-meet-states-electric-needs\/","title":{"rendered":"MA Attorney General\u2019s Study Says that Increased Gas Capacity Not Needed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Eversource and pro-industry groups are flooding the airways with ads arguing that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Maura_Healy_AGO_Pic.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-12477 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Maura_Healy_AGO_Pic.jpg\" alt=\"Maura Healy MA Attorney General\" width=\"235\" height=\"235\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Maura_Healy_AGO_Pic.jpg 235w, https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Maura_Healy_AGO_Pic-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Maura_Healy_AGO_Pic-230x230.jpg 230w, https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Maura_Healy_AGO_Pic-45x45.jpg 45w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 235px) 100vw, 235px\" \/><\/a>we need a new gas pipeline running from the Berkshires to Eastern Massachusetts. Evidently, they missed this story from mid-November.<\/p>\n<p>Massachusetts <strong><em>Attorney General Maura Healey<\/em><\/strong> released a study on November 18th that concluded that the state did <strong><em>not<\/em><\/strong> need a new gas pipeline to meet our energy needs through 2030.\u00a0 The study, which used conservative assumptions, (including the shutdown of Pilgrim nuclear power plan by June 2019), and modeled \u201cworst case scenarios,\u201d found that that we could meet any additional electric needs with <strong><em>efficiency measures<\/em> <\/strong>and <strong><em>peak-demand reduction programs<\/em><\/strong>.\u00a0 Moreover, these solutions would be <strong><em>more cost-effective<\/em> <\/strong>to customers and result in <strong><em>lower greenhouse gas emissions<\/em><\/strong>.\u00a0 Ratepayers should <strong><em>not<\/em> <\/strong>have to pay for increased gas capacity if it\u2019s not needed.\u00a0 The 80 page report, along with a great graphic summary, is on the Attorney General&#8217;s <a title=\"AG's Pipeline Report\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mass.gov\/ago\/doing-business-in-massachusetts\/energy-and-utilities\/regional-electric-reliability-options-study.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">website<\/a>. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.masslive.com\/news\/index.ssf\/2015\/11\/ag_healy_grid_reliability_fine.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more \u2026<\/a><\/p>\n<table style=\"height: 228px;\" width=\"606\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>You may have heard about the West Roxbury Lateral pipeline. This is part of an expansion to an existing, and is a separate project from the Kinder Morgan pipeline in the Attorney General&#8217;s report. Our neighbors in Dedham and West Roxbury have raised numerous issues with the project, detailed on their <a title=\"Stop the West Roxbury Lateral Pipeline\" href=\"http:\/\/swrl.info\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">website<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eversource and pro-industry groups are flooding the airways with ads arguing that we need a new gas pipeline running from the Berkshires to Eastern Massachusetts. Evidently, they missed this story from mid-November. Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey released a study<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[126,19,125],"tags":[10],"class_list":["post-5475","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-climate-change","category-energy-efficiency","category-fossil-fuels","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5475","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5475"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5475\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5475"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5475"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5475"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}