The price of natural gas is the primary reason that electricity prices have soared. Natural gas represents 47% of New England’s power generation, nuclear 31%, renewables 12%, which actually includes burning refuse and wood, and hydropower 10%. It’s important to note that nuclear plants are old and are likely to phase out.
Not only is natural gas driving prices, but it’s also an environmentally unsound source of energy. Fracking and leaky pipelines lead to the release of large amounts of methane, which has nine times the warming impact as carbon dioxide. Once it is burned to create electricity, it also releases CO2, of course.
Most of our natural gas is delivered through pipelines from Canada and New Hampshire.
Our state and national goals are to transition to electric transportation and heating, which could double electricity demand. So, do the math. If you double demand and…
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