MAINE SUNDAY TELEGRAM • October 16, 2022
At a time when American natural gas is being exported around the world at record levels, New England has a dubious distinction. It’s the only part of the mainland United States that needs to import liquefied natural gas, or LNG, from other countries. That dependence could cost a typical Maine household an extra $22 a month on its electric bill in 2023. The death knell for new lines in New England sounded in 2016. That’s when the Tennessee Gas Pipeline, proposed to run across Massachusetts and southern New Hampshire and connect to the Marcellus shale fields, was abandoned after years of opposition.