US EditionEditorial: Gas pipeline push receiving a more favorable reception
- In 2025, the Constitution Pipeline project, a 124-mile pipeline running from Pennsylvania to near Albany, N.Y., is back in the national spotlight due to a perceived energy crisis in the Northeast.
- Electricity prices in the Northeast are 40% higher than the national average, and prices for gas heat and electricity have soared in Massachusetts, a situation mirrored in other Northeast states, leading to constituent dissatisfaction.
- Driven by voter defections in low-income communities and concerns that renewable energy has not materialized quickly enough, a new attitude in Washington, D.C., is reviving the idea of expanding infrastructure to increase the flow of traditional energy sources.
- Energy Secretary Chris Wright has called for expediting the permitting process for the Constitution Pipeline, while Democratic governors like Kathy Hochul of New York and Ned Lamont of Connecticut have met with Trump administration officials to discuss bringing more gas into their states, despite Connecticut's aggressive goals for moving off fossil fuels.
- While the Constitution Pipeline, first proposed in 2013 and abandoned in 2020, has become a case study for gas industry executives who believe it takes too long to approve new energy infrastructure, its future remains uncertain, especially as developers worry about the long-term demand for gas given the rise of renewable energy sources.
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Editorial: Gas pipeline push receiving a more favorable reception
As prices for gas heat and electricity have soared in Massachusetts, reflecting a reality mirrored in many other Northeast states, a new attitude in Washington has revived the idea of expanding infrastructure to increase the flow of traditional energy sources. As recently reported in the Washington Post, Democrats’ resistance to increasing the availability of natural gas has run into the reality of the pain those policies have inflicted on house…
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