Are there Fall River-area businesses that especially need natural gas?
Yes. Companies that produce electricity in gas-fired power plants depend on a reliable and economical natural gas supply. The region around Fall River is a major producer of electricity and one-third of all natural gas in New England is used to make electricity. By 2010, natural gas is expected to fuel half of our region’s electric supply. A major New England electric utility has warned that the natural gas supply situation has “potentially ominous implications” for power generators. The reliability of our electricity supply is at stake. When natural gas is unavailable or the price is too high, power plants burning coal increase their production, harming the region’s air quality and discharging more warmed water into Narragansett Bay.
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