Nightmare in Boston – Everett LNG Import Terminal May Close 2024

The Democrat left’s blockade of new natural gas pipelines from the Pennsylvania Marcellus Shale into New England is about to be exposed as the biggest mistake ever made by people like current Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey (who blocked pipelines as Attorney General). Next year, New England’s biggest natural gas-fired power plant–the Mystic Generating Station in Everett, MA (Boston suburb)–will shut down. It’s no longer profitable for the owner, Constellation Energy, to keep operating. Next door to the power plant is another facility owned by Constellation–the Everett LNG import terminal, which accepts and regasifies foreign natural gas. Speculation is that since the power plant’s main source of gas comes from the LNG import terminal, the LNG terminal may close down too. Which means Boston and New England are in deep doo-doo.
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