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Technical Comment 2024

Pipeline Extension Allowances and the Future of Gas in Massachusetts

A technical comment on who pays for new gas connections and how line extension policies fit Massachusetts' gas transition.

Michael J. Walsh

Groundwork Data

Diagram linking aging infrastructure, climate policy, and competing technologies to changing gas demand and rates.Expand figure
Diagram linking aging infrastructure, climate policy, and competing technologies to changing gas demand and rates.

Pipeline Extension Allowances, Figure 16: key drivers of increasing gas costs. Groundwork Data illustration.

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Pipeline Extension Allowances, Figure 16: key drivers of increasing gas costs. Groundwork Data illustration.

Michael J. Walsh prepared this technical comment for Conservation Law Foundation, Environmental Defense Fund, and Sierra Club in Massachusetts D.P.U. 20-80. It examines gas utilities’ line extension allowances, which help cover the cost of connecting new customers. The comment considers these policies in the context of the state’s climate goals and the future of gas service.