Northern Pass Rejected by NH Regulators...

[Patofnaud]

Originally Posted by IslandRadio

That wasn't a real good project for anyone. The pipeline was ultimately designed to provide for the exporting of gas, and not local consumption - at least the pipeline that was originally going to go through Northern Mass.

Yeah, I left that part out as my brain had the details a bit sketchy..

If I recall it basically went like this:

• Gas Co says put a pipeline through MA to Dracut for gas and much benefit!!
• MA said nope not through my Berkshires you don't!
• Gas Co redesigns route to Dracut through Southern NH.
• NH Says Nope, not through my Monadnock Region you don't!

Meanwhile, it is uncovered that the owners of the line are ex-ENRON exec's (you know those nice guys), as they quietly got existing Canada to Dracut pipeline relicensed to be able to reverse flow from Dracut to the St. Lawrence Seaway port.

So basically let us chop up your states so we can store in Dracut and then ship back up to Canada and then to Europe for 2x the price with no benefit to NH or MA but a big benny to our wallet.

Forgive me, that was like 12 months of politics/haggling in 10 mins.