Everett LNG’s Key Role in Keeping the Lights on in New England

On May 31, Constellation Energy shut down and permanently retired the natural gas-fired Mystic Generating Station it owned and operated in Charlestown, Massachusetts, on the north side of Boston (see Boston Mystic Gas-Fired Power Shuttered, but LNG Imports Continue). Mystic was one of the oldest U.S. electric power plants still in operation. The plant was fed by natural gas from another facility owned by Constellation, the nearby Everett LNG import terminal. At one time, Everett was also in danger of closing when Mystic closed. However, Everett was given a six-year reprieve due to a contract to supply natural gas to several New England utility companies.

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