The undersigned organizations and businesses commend you for endeavoring to take a regional approach to meeting New England’s energy needs. Such regional coordination holds potential for promoting solutions that are aligned with the region’s economic and environmental objectives. We appreciate that the Governors’ Energy Infrastructure Initiative recognizes that our increasing dependence on natural gas for both heating and power generation exposes the region to price volatility and episodic natural gas deliverability issues during cold snaps. However, we are concerned that proposed solutions to our over-reliance on natural gas do not fully evaluate the array of energy resources that can reduce natural gas dependence while furthering environmental, competitive market, and consumer protection goals.

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