Massachusetts: Why Is My Energy Bill So High

by Frank Haggerty

4 hours ago

Maura Healey was the Massachusetts Attorney General from 2015 until she was sworn in as Governor in January 2023.

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The Brayton Point Power Station closed in 2017, with a capacity of around 1500 megawatts (MW), powering 1 out of 5 houses in New England.

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The Pilgrim Nuclear Plant, 700 megawatts in Plymouth, closed on May 31, 2019.

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Maura Healey, April 2022, publicly stated that she had "stopped two gas pipelines from coming into this state". The claim is captured on video.

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SouthCoast Wind in 2023 was awarded a 1200 megawatt offshore wind contract to provide power to Rhode Island and Massachusetts. SouthCoast broke the contract by paying a 60 million dollar fine. The sixth continuation of the SouthCoast power purchase agreement is Due December 31, 2025

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Mystic Power Generation, Everett, MA, permanently closed on May 31, 2024, around 1,400 megawatts (MW) of combined-cycle natural gas generation, providing crucial power for the Boston.

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Vineyard Wind offshore wind company, in a July 2024 incident, one of these three blades failed and broke off a single turbine. GE Vernova's LM Wind factory in Gaspe Quebec, was found to have quality control issues, leading to an inspection of about 150 defective blades.

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Vineyard Wind produces 400 megawatts of power after a year of replacing blades.

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The two closed fossil fuel plants generated 3000 megawatts of power, able to power up to two million homes. 

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  • Dan McKay

    The Mystic Generating Station was scheduled to close two years earlier, but ISO-NE made special arrangements to pay the generator millions of dollars to stay in operation, directly costing New England ratepayers in their electric supply portion of bills. Maine standard offer customers paid 1 cent more per kilowatt hour through this two year period and now are paying 10% of the costs to reconfigure the grid around Boston to keep the city powered. 

    Healy is unquestionable committing criminal acts against all of New England which will not be forgotten as people learn from this scam.

    And sadly, ISO-NE is now begging for Trump to allow New England offshore wind projects to proceed as Healy turns off natural gas that would lower heating and electric prices. 

    3 hours ago