Environmental group calls for further study of need for natural gas expansion

A New England environmental group with offices in Hartford is calling for further study of the need for additional natural gas transmission capacity in the region after the release of 118-page consultant’s report prepared for the state of Massachusetts.

Officials with the Acadia Center say the report released Thursday by Cambridge, Massachusetts-based Synapse Energy Economics fails to address why New England ratepayers and not private sector energy companies should pay for any expansion of capacity.