Posted on 10/17/2022 7:18:51 AM PDT by NautiNurse
Grid officials warn of strain as the region competes with European countries for shipments of liquefied natural gas
New England power producers are preparing for potential strain on the grid this winter as a surge in natural-gas demand abroad threatens to reduce supplies they need to generate electricity.
New England, which relies on natural-gas imports to bridge winter supply gaps, is now competing with European countries for shipments of liquefied natural gas, following Russia’s halt of most pipeline gas to the continent. Severe cold spells in the Northeast could reduce the amount of gas available to generate electricity as more of it is burned to heat homes.
The region’s power-grid operator, ISO New England Inc., has warned that an extremely cold winter could strain the reliability of the grid and potentially result in the need for rolling blackouts to keep electricity supply and demand in balance.
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Power producers in New England are limited in their ability to store fuel on site and face challenges in contracting for gas supplies, as most pipeline capacity is reserved by gas utilities serving homes and businesses.
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New England’s challenges are becoming more acute as older coal, oil and nuclear-fueled generators shut, leaving gas-fired ones to serve a greater percentage of demand.
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“The grid overall is in a much tighter position,” he said. “If we get a sustained cold period in New England this winter, we’ll be in a very similar position as California was this summer.”
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Pipelines have been refused permits.
How did you think it would end?
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New Yorkifornia.
The killed fracking....so wrong. Gas is still our best bet.
So what? Cut off their heat. Cut off their everything and they will still blame Trump or someone and line up en masse to vote democrat.
My current home is heated with natural gas. My older homes burned oil and I was glad to be finally rid of that. Natural gas is a much cheaper way to go - provided you can get it.
Told ya so.
schadenfreude
Not just pipelines. Maine morons voted down powerlines from Hydro Canada that would be on existing pipeline property for the most part. Clean energy voted down so we can suffer.
And this:
“New England’s challenges are becoming more acute as older coal, oil and nuclear-fueled generators shut“
New England states can use their abundant solar power for the winter months. /SARC / Sunny wintertimes notorious in the upper northeast./SARC
So why are we exporting, hmmm...
I seemed to get the impression that individual homes using natural gas directly would get priority over electricity producers using NG to power plants.
Instead of building a simple 400 mile pipeline west, into THE LARGEST GAS FEILD IN THE WORLD, they banned pipelines, and must import their gas as LNG, from foreign destinations, on foreign ships.
I am trying hard to feel sorry for them, but can’t muster it.
What should be the cost for green stupidity and asinine leftist virtue-signaling?
Go 100% Electric everything and it will be Glorious ,LOL
From 2 weeks ago...
We aren’t the only country with a Deep State.
And they are all in on this together.
Not from me. That area needs to get knocked back to reality and realize that whatever gas/energy situation they are faced with is a direct consequence of their overall support for this incompetent leftist Administration.
Three wood stoves and six cords of wood here—I am ready.
Bet they wish they got coal for Christmas, but they won’t.
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