There is abundant natural gas in the US. Unfortunately there aren't enough pipes running from the west (NY state) into New England to move that gas east. The gas companies are trying but there is a lot of push back in New England. CT cities and towns are waging a major battle to keep a pipeline out of their state.
Kinder Morgan just finalized a plan to run a main across Northern MA, up into southern NH, then back down into eastern MA. If it gets built it will solve the problem of getting gas to the electric generating plants. They expect huge opposition from the environmentalists.
Funny how everyone in New England wants cheap reliable electricity like most of the rest of the country but doesn't want the infrastructure (pipe lines or power lines) to get it done. NIMBY once more.
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