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Activists Protest Proposed Pipeline Expansion In Massachusetts
Opponents of a proposed natural gas pipeline protest on Boston Common July 30, 2014. Energy company Kinder Morgan has proposed the $3.75 billion extension of its northeast pipeline through Massachusetts. (Charles Krupa/AP)
We could have snow showers by Thanksgiving, which is just a harbinger of the cold to come. And that likely means high utility bills to come.
As we’ve reported, a typical Massachusetts household may be paying $30 more for electricity, alone, this winter.
“The idea is that a $2 billion pipeline, we spread that among New England’s rate base, and then it’ll pay for itself over time if we can bring in a lot of cheap, natural gas,” Jon Chesto, managing editor at the Boston Business Journal, told us last month.
But that pipeline expansion project — which is being proposed by the energy company, Kinder Morgan, will cut through much of northern Massachusetts and is not without controversy.
In recent weeks, activists from Massachusetts, New Hampshire and New York staged the “Stop the Pipeline Statewide Summit” at Montachusett Regional Vocational Technical High School in Fitchberg, and more summits are planned throughout Massachusetts for the month of December and beyond.
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Elaine Mroz, an organizer of the “Stop the Pipeline Statewide Summit” and a landowner in Winchendon. The proposed pipeline expansion would cut through her property.More
Radio Boston: Why Are Electricity Prices Expected To Skyrocket In New England This Winter?- “Even if we’re spared the frigid temperatures we saw last winter — and, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, ‘nothing indicates we’ll see a repeat’ of the dreaded polar vortex — utilities companies like National Grid are still planing to raise electricity rates for the winter season by 37 percent.”
- “Several hundred people from three states packed a high school auditorium Saturday to rally against a proposed pipeline that would carry high-pressure natural gas across Northern Massachusetts.”
http://radioboston.wbur.org/2014/11/24/natural-gas
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Several pipeline execs maxed out Charlie Baker donations
Gov.-elect Charlie Baker accepted Election Day donations from a number of high-ranking execs at Kinder Morgan — the Houston company pushing to build a natural gas pipeline across Massachusetts — even though he has publicly opposed its controversial proposal.
“They’re trying to sway the opinion of each of the six governors in New England,” pipeline opponent Cathy Kristofferson said of the company brass. “I’m sure they’re hoping to sway the Republican governor to be more amenable to their plan. (I’d tell) the new governor, just like the old governor, to stick to the commitments of the commonwealth in reducing emissions and continuing work around sustainable energy.”
Five Kinder Morgan officials each gave the maximum $500 to Baker’s campaign Nov. 4, the same day he defeated Attorney General Martha Coakley. They included the company’s chairman and CEO, Richard Kinder; its chief financial officer, Kimberly Dang, and chief operating officer, Steven Kean; the president of its east region, Kimberly Watson; and J. Curtis Moffatt, an attorney for Kinder Morgan.
http://www.bostonherald.com/news_opinion/local_politics/2014/11/several_pipeline_execs_maxed_out_charlie_baker_donations
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