Fuel Rates, Mandates, Tariffs Add Punch to Energy Price Stew

As Massachusetts Democrats predict price shocks from President Donald Trump’s threatened tariffs on Canadian oil and gas, a Republican senator on Tuesday blamed ballooning ratepayer costs on the state’s clean energy mandates.

In response to Tuesday’s presser, the Acadia Center said high natural gas costs this winter stem from the New England region’s “untenable over reliance on fossil fuels, with rising energy burdens driven by natural gas infrastructure, generous utility profits, and the region’s continued fossil fuel investments.”

“Right now, the region has almost all its eggs in the fossil fuel basket, and this offers only the false promise of fool’s gold in protecting the region’s consumers from rising energy bills,” the Acadia Center said. “The region must double down on its climate and clean energy goals to make the broader northeast region energy independent from fossil fuels, reduce consumer price spikes, and mitigate the economic harms of worsening climate change.”

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