Healey Asks Trump Administration to Speed up Review of Planned Gas Expansion in Latest Sign of Shifting Energy Politics
Healey said the expansion would add enough gas capacity for about 200,000 homes and help lower costs for customers.
- On Thursday, Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey urged Energy Secretary Chris Wright to expedite federal permits for the Reliable Affordable Resilient Enhancement project, citing a "sense of urgency" to meet the 2028 in-service date.
- Facing an energy affordability crisis while campaigning for reelection, Healey is pushing an "all-of-the-above" strategy to lower heating costs by securing more natural gas to power homes and businesses.
- Under RARE, Enbridge would replace about eight miles of existing infrastructure; the Department of Public Utilities found the expansion could save 600,000 Eversource customers about $40 million annually.
- Sierra Club Massachusetts chapter president Vick Mohanka described the support as a difficult "about-turn," arguing that locking in fossil fuel infrastructure contradicts state climate goals and Healey's past opposition to pipelines as attorney general.
- Healey also signaled interest in Project Beacon, a larger expansion that could increase Algonquin pipeline capacity by about 10 percent, though Enbridge has not yet submitted a formal proposal for federal review.
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