New England Utility Urges Biden to Declare Emergency to Avoid Fuel Shortage
- Eversource concerned about potential wintertime fuel shortage
- US has warned that severe cold could drain natural-gas supply
President Joe Biden
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New England’s largest utility is imploring President Joe Biden to start preparing emergency measures to prevent a potential wintertime natural gas shortage.
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has “acknowledged for many months that New England will not have sufficient natural gas to meet power supply needs for the region in the event of a severe cold spell this winter,” Joseph Nolan, chief executive officer of Springfield, Massachusetts-based Eversource Energy, wrote in a letter to Biden. “This represents a serious public health and safety threat.”