New England consists of six states in the US Northeast, Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont. The states have been warned by regional ISO electricity providers for several years about their vulnerability if the winter weather is harsh and there is a significant increase in demand for home heating. Those warnings are now multiplied by the massive price increases for natural gas.
Keep in mind as all these natural gas and LNG issues surface, the U.S. has been exporting natural gas to Europe as part of the Biden effort to subsidize the NATO effort against Russia. Prices for natural gas have skyrocketed, and now shortages of the fuel source for energy production may create even bigger problems for New England.
[Via Zero Hedge] – […] The region’s power mix changes have left it increasingly reliant on international NatGas spot markets. State governors have asked US Energy Secretary Jennifer Graholm to waive the Jones Act and allow foreign-owned tankers to ship LNG from the US Gulf region.
All of this has led to New England residents facing some of the highest electricity bills in years. Heating season is already underway.
New England ISO expects the grid will be stable if there’s a mild-to-moderate winter. However, if there’s an extreme cold spell across the Northeast, then grid chaos could unfold: “The grid overall is in a much tighter position.
“If we get a sustained cold period in New England this winter, we’ll be in a very similar position as California was this summer,” Nathan Hanson, a senior vice president of energy and commercial management of LS Power Development LLC, which has two NatGas power plants in New England, warned. (more)
According to the U.S. Energy Information Association (IEA), U.S. storage of Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) is 12% below the five-year average (LINK). Additionally, the IEA is expecting the U.S. to export 11.7 billion cubic feet of LNG per day during the fourth quarter of 2022 — up 17% from the third quarter. The destination of that export is Europe.
Consider that 43% of U.S. households use natural gas for home heating, and power suppliers use natural gas to create electricity. With the massive 2022 exports of LNG to Europe (+17% in fourth quarter alone), that means lower domestic supplies and increased prices here in the United States for electricity and home heating. We are seeing and feeling these massive price increases right now.
Barrons – […] If you need more evidence of the impact of natural gas exports on prices, just compare supply and demand fundamentals for the year leading up to February 2020 (the last pre-pandemic month) versus the year leading up to this May (the most recent month with full federal data). Annualized production rose over the period, while domestic consumption remained roughly flat. Yet LNG exports almost doubled—a surge that tightened U.S. gas markets and doubled the price that U.S. consumers pay for the fuel.
The growth of global demand for U.S. LNG can be tied to many market forces, including the shortfalls in Europe due to Russia’s manipulation of European Union gas markets. Sustained high demand in wealthy Asian nations has contributed to export growth as well. And so has the U.S. gas industry’s dogged determination to ship its wares to the highest bidder, foreign or domestic.
Russia’s role has been particularly critical in the rise of global LNG demand. As Russia choked off gas shipments to Europe, EU buyers have turned to global LNG markets to make up the shortfall. Global LNG prices rose in response, and U.S. LNG companies ramped up output, shipping more cargoes to Europe. But Russia responded by further clamping down on gas supplies to the EU—a vicious circle that has hurt Europe’s economy even more severely than it has harmed America’s.
There’s little sign that U.S. gas prices will ease in the coming years. Freeport’s demand will be back online soon enough, and there are three other massive LNG export projects under construction, with more than a dozen of others waiting for financing.
[…] Curiously, federal regulators have consistently found that the gas export projects are in the public interest—meaning they were in the economic interest of LNG companies and gas drillers. But now, exports are creating sky-high costs for U.S. consumers, and drillers are reluctant to boost gas output lest prices fall back to earth. So, it’s high time to consider whether soaring U.S. LNG exports are actually in America’s interest—or if, instead, runaway LNG exports are fueling energy inflation and undermining the nation’s economic competitiveness. (read more)
Not only are U.S. taxpayers directly paying for the majority of costs in Ukraine, but we are also subsidizing the European Union by exporting LNG and driving up the price for energy here at home. Here’s the Wall Street Journal talking about the risks to New England:
[Via Wall Street Journal] – New England power producers are preparing for potential strain on the grid this winter as a surge in natural-gas demand abroad threatens to reduce supplies they need to generate electricity.
New England, which relies on natural-gas imports to bridge winter supply gaps, is now competing with European countries for shipments of liquefied natural gas, following Russia’s halt of most pipeline gas to the continent. Severe cold spells in the Northeast could reduce the amount of gas available to generate electricity as more of it is burned to heat homes.
The region’s power-grid operator, ISO New England Inc., has warned that an extremely cold winter could strain the reliability of the grid and potentially result in the need for rolling blackouts to keep electricity supply and demand in balance. The warning comes as executives and analysts predict power producers could have to pay as much as several times more than last year for gas deliveries if severe weather creates urgent need for spot-market purchases.
“The most challenging aspect of this winter is what’s happening around the world and the extreme volatility in the markets,” said Vamsi Chadalavada, the grid operator’s chief operating officer. “If you are in the commercial sector, at what point do you buy fuel?”
Power producers in New England are limited in their ability to store fuel on site and face challenges in contracting for gas supplies, as most pipeline capacity is reserved by gas utilities serving homes and businesses. Most generators tend to procure only a portion of imports with fixed-price agreements and instead rely on the spot market, where gas prices have been volatile, to fill shortfalls. (more)
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Here in Long Island NY, I maintain a monthly oil budget contract with a local heating company.
In 2020, it was $194.00 every month.
Last year the monthly payment went to $298.00 per month.
This year it was increased a bit more to $531.00 per month.
I’ve had to send the Missus out to work a second job to make up the difference
Yeah, but on the bright side, your Missus is contributing to the high employment rate and “economy that’s strong as hell” that Dribblin’ Joe is fond of trumpeting (I saw the latter one on TV just now, ice cream waffle cone in hand)
Tell her Nimrodman sez she can take comfort in that as a hard-working patriot
The obvious question…who did you and your wife vote for in 2020? Please don’t lie…
Based on his matter of fact wording and alot of Long Island is fairly Republican albeit north east republican, I’m sure he voted for Trump. Also remember, some folks speculate Trump got within 2% in California. I’m sure the same for places like NY. I imagine elections have been stolen from Republicans since Reagan and thrown a bone like Bush Jr……..a club Republican to keep the folks passive.
I suspect Trump may have won CA. He won the Reform Party 2000 CA primary with ~35%.
I would love to see a forensic audit of CA and NY 2020 vote totals.
The only real question for me is whether True President tied or beat Actual President Reagan’s 49-state Reelection Landslide.
Without the massive fraud, Democrats would be a Third Party.
Most of those records have been moved to Jimmy Hoffa’s final resting place.
The Martin Scorsese film ‘The Irishman’ speculates that Hoffa’s body was cremated within hours of his murder. California’s voting records from 2020 have probably met a similar fate.
Elections have been stolen since Kennedy.
Oh my :(. So sorry! Hope you all have some flannel PJ’s and some electric socks to help keep warm.
I am here in CT . I just bought the whole family long johns. No turning
up the heat just put on your thermals..
Polar 300 microfiber fleece, is a pretty good choice for keeping warm.
Just remember when washing it. NO FABRIC SOFTENER, or Bounce fabric dryer sheets. Destroys the thread cohesion of the microfiber. Making the garment very breezy and much colder. Write from sad experience 😭😓
also do not wash or dry with towels or jeans
If you can buy vintage Scottish cashmere sweaters on Ebay, not past 1990, they are marvelous for layering under winter clothes, and you can often get them for $30.
Current cashmere is Chinese, short fiber, not durable…But the vintage stuff is marvelous. Warm, soft, durable.
How does the contract work? Do they deliver X number of gallons per month? If you are able to cut back on how many gallons you use, do you get a credit at the end of the contract? When I had a house with heating oil, I did not have a monthly contract so I’m curious.
I live in the Northern Westchester area and heating oil today was close to $6 a gallon. This is the highest price in history!
It is going up steadily with no end in sight. We use over 1200 gallons of oil a year and that’s besides burning wood to supplement.
We cannot survive another two years if this fuel situation is allowed to continue.
The damn Repubicans better win these midterms or we are screwed.
The damned Rs better put some people in jail and/or hang some people when they get in power again, or else it’s all over for them AND us. If TSHTF, the Rs should be the the first ones dealt with, for doing nothing to save this country.
Bingo Native Virginian.
Yep. Was thinking the same thing. This mess we’re in now cannot be allowed to become “the new normal.”
Wake me when that happens.
Yep – these Professional Politicians have been in office since Joe – All Talk/NoAction. Promises Made/Promises Forgotten.
Hoping McCarthy and McConnell both get upseated from their “leadership” positions. Trump will be the one that WON the election for the Republican!
I wouldn’t hold my breath for that. Apologies for being a downer, but I am quite old now and I base my opinion on many decades of disappointing experience.
TSHAHTF!
Sadly, I think we’re screwed anyway. Nevertheless, I will vote in November.
And they better get rid of McCarthy and McConnell and vote new leadership.
“I’ve had to send the Missus out to work a second job”
I hope that is a joke
but at least leftists are not getting their feelings hurt by mean tweets. Com’on man, do you part and quit your bitchin’.
Just make sure to turn off the water and drain the pipes so they don’t freeze and burst when you turn them back on in the springtime. Trust me it’s not that bad once you’ve acclimatized to the cold. You just wear your layers of clothing all day and all night like people used to do from November to April. Think of all of the thousands of dollars you’ll be saving. Just seal off a smaller room and get everyone into it. It’ll be “cozy”, and you’ll all be better off if you don’t all kill each other after cabin fever sets in. Maybe next year will be better. Right? Put all of those cans in the root cellar so they don’t burst and hey, you won’t even have to run the fridge.
Let Them Wear Sweaters
Do E-bikes come with defrosters?
doubtful, john – doubtful
And heated seats?
Just remember, his “sacrifice” is for the planet🤡
can I expect ‘the planet’ to thank me later?
… maybe one o’ them subterranean nymphs?
I could go for that
Yes indeed, layer your clothing and beat them at their own game. We are playing at asymmetric 5th generation warfare now whether that be static or some form of mobile guerilla warfare and if you haven’t begun to think outside of the box yet then you’ve only made for yourself a hole to die in. Oh, and one last note that to: “Never forget that everything Hitler did in Germany was legal.” -Martin Luther King, Jr., (January 15, 1929-April 4, 1968)
Yes, just like here. They change the laws to make it legal.
Up here in Minnesota, we shut down the freezer in the dead of winter, and put the contents on our concrete garage floor. Sometimes, it gets so cold out there that we have to move some of our stash to the trunk of the car. And, of course, we shut down the heat in much of the house, and close the doors until Spring. The savings are considerable.
Just checked out fuel oil prices at the gas station here in the north of MN. Last year I filled up at $3.00/ gal.
The current cost is $5.49. And they are charging the same price as #1 diesel even tho there is a significant cost and tax break in producing the off-road diesel.
Just a plain rip off and greed. Thanks Crist oil Co.! I do not understand fellow Americans gouging citizens.
I guess it is the American way.
Read “Shorting the Grid” by Meredith Angwin for a deep, deep dive into what’s wrong with the New England power vs. home heating situation. This is fundamentally a failure of regulation.
The Crimson Kenyan seems to be prepared for the onslaught of the energy disaster of 2023 with his recent installation of propane tanks at his Martha’s Vineyard lair totaling 2,500 gallons in capacity.
but … but … *sputter* … but …
… that’s a FOSSIL FUEL !!!
… it’s unsustainable !!!
… he should lead by example !!!
… not fair, maaannnnnn !!!
He will be hiding out in his multi million dollar mansion in Hawaii which he stole the money to acquire.
Funny how Obama has a home on the ocean front in Hawaii, a home on the ocean front in Marthas Vineyard and a home near the Potomac River in Washington DC. All susceptible to flooding from rising ocean levels due to global warming and all purchased long after the so-called global warming/climate change hysteria was “well known”. Is he a denier?
Tell it to the still visible Plymouth Rock.
I believe he had to get a special permit, not usually granted, to install a large capacity propane tank at a private residence. Tell me he didn’t know what was coming. Ha, he planned it.
So when they are rationing electricity, who gets to charge their EVs?
1 and 2
addendum:
“the Elite”
summarizing:
“Government and the Elite”
Just imagine all those EVs on the road escaping the next hurricane when grid lock happens and no place to recharge.
What then?
I read yesterday that people were cutting the charging cables off the chargers for the copper, remember when you used to go to a phone booth and there was no receiver left?
Batteries don’t hold much of a charge when cold.
#2
one good thing about living in the country.no natural gas.propane for me.i have 2 tanks a 500 and a 1000.filled both in august before harvest for 1.63 a gallon.those 1200 gallons will last me 3 years.
you mean 1500 gallons not 1200
Actually 1200 is correct because they only fill the tanks to 80%
Bubble wrap on the inside of windows is a good insulator. On a cold day, if you put one hand directly on a cold window, and your other hand on the bubble wrap, the hand on the window will feel a lot colder.
Bubble wrap lightweight, transparent, and relatively cheap. When you look through it, things look a little bit unclear, but that’s ok.
I put 3 layers of small-size clear bubble wrap on the insides of my windows. I make the bubbles face the window, to put more air bubbles right by the window.
For sliding glass doors, this is what I do: On the door that is more inside the house, I tape the bubble wrap directly to the door.
But I can’t tape the bubble wrap to the door that’s behind the inside door, because when I opened the sliding door, the bubble wrap would get scraped off.
So for the door that’s not the innermost door, I tape the bubble wrap to the metal frame that’s just above the door. Then when I open the sliding door, I hold that bubble wrap up and outwards a few inches, so that the outermost door doesn’t scrape the bubble wrap off of the other door.
Does it make that much of a difference? I’ve read others who’ve recommended it.
I was thinking of using insulation inside on my garage door panels because my bedroom is directly above it. The floor, although carpeted, is absolutely freezing in winter and the entire room feels about 10° lower than the rest of the house (I’m in MN.)
And of course, using something on the windows like you did.
It’s hard to tell how much my room temperature is affected by the bubble wrap, because I also have insulating curtains by my window. But I think it helps keep the room warm, because there’s such a difference in temperature when I touch the bare glass vs. touching the bubble wrap.
Bubble wrap is very soft. So I’d worry a little about putting bubble wrap on a garage door, because of the chance that the bubble wrap might get caught in gears, or get caught between panels of the garage door. I’d feel more comfortable putting something stiffer onto a garage door, like Reflectix or a garage door insulation panel. Lowes or Home Depot might have something that will fit your garage door.
Sorry just saw your reply…
Yes, I would definitely use panels or reflectix on the garage panels.
I have heavy curtains on the windows, but its still so cold. I’ll definitely use your bubble wrap idea on my window panes and slider. 🙏🙂
YES!
Is your garage roof insulated?
Sorry just saw this, no it’s not 😥
good low-tech hack, Facts
submit it to those ‘One Weird Trick’ editors, you’ll be everywhere across the internets
Now that’s some excellent advise.
I am going to do that with my sliders.
What type of tape do you use that actually peels off without residue?
You can clean tape residue off very easily with mineral spirits.
We put bubble wrap in our greenhouse for the winter. Did that the other day to get it ready.
Well all set here in CT. Started up the Generator to make sure
it works. Filled the gas cans so we have enough gas. Have my
portable power bank ready if we run out of gas for the Generator.
and I have solar lights , solar flashlight and plenty of candles to
last us good long while.. Those good old Yankee Candles..
Us hardy New Englanders are not delicate little snowflakes we can
use our good old Yankee ingenuity it not like we have never
live thru harsh winters before..
The one advantage to winter power outages is if there is snow
on the ground you can put your frozen stuff out in the snow..
you don;t need bags of ice just put it out in the yard.
Flashlights and candles don’t heat a home. Cans of gas – ha! Months of 24/7 freezing temperatures.
Good luck with your lore/delusions, Nutmegger.
The article we are all commenting about mentions rationing electricity … you know … the stuff that powers lights. So therefore, candles and flashlights will help with that issue. Candles give off heat. Don’t believe me? Hold your hand about 2 inches over one.
The article mentioned that New England will experience some of what California endured this past summer which are rolling black outs. That means your power goes off and then comes back on so where did you get the idea of …”Months of 24/7 freezing temperatures”?
Candles give off very little heat. A room can not be heated with a candle.
Re: months of 24/7 freezing temperatures – I’ve lived there.
Close up shop and drive to Florida sounds better.
> Filled the gas cans so we have enough gas. Have my portable power bank ready if we run out of gas for the Generator.
Electric heat is short term, when the electricity ends the heat ends. If you’re heating by hot water, gas is more direct than a gas powered electric generator.
If it’s truly cold a butane lighter will not flash gasoline. Be prepared.
A kerosene heater provides heat to a room and not much more.
If you have a wood stove you may get by. Cast iron radiates heat far longer than a kerosene heater.
Be prepared. Don’t rely on fables, modern homes are not built as they were during colonial times.
Test your systems now before it’s two weeks of zero degrees.
Well insulated attic areas or any roof access area make a big difference, too. You can see the difference after winter snow. The well-insulated houses have snow on their roofs for a long time, and that also provides insulation.
Mice and other critters gnaw on anything unprotected.
The articles that you are quoting are wrong on some facts. First, Russia was not manipulating natural gas for Europe. The 5 turbines made by Siemans (Germany) needed maintenance and Siemans took the turbines and sent them to Canada. Then Canada wouldn’t send them back to Russia because of sanctions. Finally, the Canadians agreed to send them back – but not to Russia. They sent them to Germany. Germany wouldn’t return them to Russia. There were negotiations with Russia on the return, but the turbines have still not been returned and there was no information whether they were fixed in Canada or not.
Meanwhile Russia was running Nordstream 1 on two turbines and had to cut the supply being sent due to the smaller number of turbines. One of those quit and Siemans told them it couldn’t be fixed in place. It would have to be removed to fix it. Then the other turbine developed an oil leak so it would be dangerous to operate it, so it was also shut down for repair.
Nordstream 2 was fully operational, but it was sanctioned by the US and EU.
Then the US (with or without help) blew up the two Nordstream pipelines.
I don’t see how that article could say that Russia was manipulating the supply of gas except that is a convenient lie to tell people.
The LNG going to Europe is getting a price about 4 times what we in the US are paying. Some of the huge protests in Europe have been about the high price of LNG compared to what Americans are paying for gas. And that is why US companies are eager to sell to Europe because Nordstream destruction was such “an opportunity”, according to Blinken.
Belle,
You are so right! Russia has no bearing on the cost of our LNG.
Although I did see a tweet by Macron saying we are selling our LNG to Europe for 4X the cost..and that wasn’t very friendly of us!
Bunker for ship fuel is over $5 a gallon, add cost of ship and cost to liquefy and of course they’re paying more. How much it actually costs I do not know.
I’m paying 4.45 a gal for propane. NG is roughly equivalent. What is the price in the EU now?
I might add…….I hope all those blue socialists in New England take cold comfort in the fact that they got exactly the president that they voted for with all his green energy ideologues that don’t care how cold it gets or how much food or energy costs, as long as he can transition them to serfs.
Those socialists who voted for F’n Joe are Dems, depressed and cold … 3 ways BLUE!
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The fancy people have big fireplaces and vacation homes in Florida.
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Big fireplaces do not put out a lot of heat.
“If we get a sustained cold period in New England this winter, we’ll be in a very similar position as California was this summer,” [From Zero Hedge in this article]
Severe cold weather can be very deadly. … So can hot weather; especially when it’s humid. … The really high temperature areas in California have low humidity.
In California, a person can soak their feet in a bathtub full of cool water, and cool down. Many people did it in the days before air conditioning.
California has a huge percent of people in the USA, that are unsheltered and on welfare benefits. [Florida has a similar large population that are unsheltered too.] … The weather in parts of California is conducive for people to live in tents year round. There’s a reason the homeless ~move to California and pitch tents on the beaches. [It’s not just the bigger assistance checks]
Illegal drugs are the fertilizer for the current homeless crisis in our cities. [+Many businesses test for ‘legal’ marijuana usage.] … According to many Conservative Internet sites, the Biden economy will result in many average families becoming homeless in the near future.
Trump 2024! Save America! As pointed out here on TheConservativeTreehouse, our economic problems ALL start with the rising energy prices [and shortages].
a person can soak their feet in a bathtub full of cool water, and cool down
like a car cooling system
your feet are the radiator where the blood is cooled
then the cooled blood circulates throughout the rest of the body and cools it down
like the coolant circulating thru the rest of the engine
To cool down quickly just throw cool water under your arms.
I’ll have to try that for my hot flashes!
From what i can tell by skimming the info – we can blame the US government bureaucracy for us not having what appears to be a great way to run our homes efficiently with refrigerator sized batteries that would last for decades. But no…for some reason the technology was given to China.
https://www.npr.org/2022/08/03/1114964240/new-battery-technology-china-vanadium
From what I have read this is an inferior technology and not practical.
I had not read that but maybe that it explains it then.
I’m in NE. I think they’ve been rigging elections in these states for years. NH is probably the most conservative. Maine is probably 50/50 now but a lot of these states have been taken over by a loud minority of radicals.
Go back enough years and VT used to be republican. I visited Plymouth VT recently where Calvin Coolidge was born. He was very pragmatic man and true conservative.
Used to see signs driving around VT that said Take Back Vermont decades ago.
I have two wood fireplace inserts. I just bought a multifuel small stove that burns wood and coal for the basement. Coal takes a little longer to get burning but it burns a long time and once you get it going it throws off a lot of heat.
Vermont is the Florida of Californias.
I’m gonna hold you to that, mr. piddles
Actually, the southern border of Vermont abuts the Town of Florida, Massachusetts
When I was a child, my grandmother heated her two story house primarily with a cast iron coal stove. It was a beauty, and she could cook and bake like a charm with it. She acquired a gas heater for the living room at some point, which was pretty nice, but the coal stove was the heart of the house in the winter. I loved it.
that must be why Germans and Poles are lining up in their sedans overnight at coal distributors
a lot of them must still have those stoves, even if in disuse
Those fireplace inserts are the best! We had one when we lived in CT and it kept the house super toasty.
Lockdown Part Two – Shut down of schools and business to save electricity. I still think all of this is intentional.
Friends in Germany tell me they will run out of gas in three months. They blame their government for relying on Biden “who didn’t live up to his promises.” No love for Biden from my German friends. They tell me there is no question that US blew up the Nordstreams.
US is charging Europeans 4 times what the US pays for LNG they’re shipping over there.
Evil.
Someone is charging…….
The freight cost of shipping gas to Europe must be much more that using a pipeline to distribute it in the same country where it was extracted?
Of course shipping costs are higher, too. And then there is the cost of liquefying the gas to be shipped. Not to say that the final price is justified, but there’s no energy-free lunch, so to speak.
US companies? Would you have the names?
The Germans should blame the Germans for electing leaders that delegate their energy policy decisions to a Swedish she-dwarf.
Interesting, no love for Biden! The Germans (as well as most of Europe) had no love for PDT, in fact their media were as bad or worse than the US media. So no tears from me.
The politicians have stopped all pipeline proposals and must import huge quantities of natural gas.
The Jones Act requires all maritime cargo transport between U.S. ports to occur on U.S. flagged vessels.
DHS just granted Puerto Rico a waiver and now:
The governors of Massachusetts, Connecticut, Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont signed a letter to Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm asking her to consider whether “it might be appropriate to suspend the Jones Act for the delivery of LNG for a portion or all of the winter of 2022-2023.”
Gordon van Welie, president of the region’s power grid operator, ISO New England Inc., echoed this view in an August letter to Granholm.
“We urge the Department of Energy to stand ready to support targeted requests for exemptions to the Jones Act to allow New England to access domestic LNG by tanker if emergency conditions develop this winter or in the future,” van Welie said.
https://www.naturalgasintel.com/dhs-approves-jones-act-waiver-for-puerto-rico-bound-lng-cargo/
The majority of the gas delivered to the region comes from Trinidad and Tobago. The oddity is owed in large part to U.S. shipping rules, which prohibit shipments between American ports by foreign-flagged vessels. The United States lacks American-flagged LNG tankers.
New England’s reliance on LNG to prop up its grid is underscored by the Mystic Generating Station, a large natural gas plant near Boston. Mystic receives gas exclusively from the Everett LNG Terminal. Both facilities are owned by Constellation Energy, a Baltimore-based power company recently spun out of Exelon Corp.
In 2018, Exelon announced plans to close Mystic this year. The announcement prompted a warning from ISO New England, which said the region could face rolling blackouts if the plant were to close. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission subsequently approved a plan for Mystic to recover additional payments from New England consumers to stay open through 2024 (Energywire, Dec. 5, 2018)
https://www.eenews.net/articles/how-the-ukraine-war-could-make-new-englanders-shiver/
US flag vessels with a US Maritime crew.
This. It’s the only reason the US still has a merchant marine. If the US crew could be non-union we wouldn’t need the Jones Act.
Hey, stop yer crabbin’. Just use the wind farms and solar panels. It’s what the politicians and citizens all cryin’ about global warming voted for, yes?!
Biden’s “inflation reduction act” is all about funding “green” energy by giving rebates and propping up more “green” industries. This is what the 81 million–dead or alive, machine manipulated votes–wanted.
Let’s go Brandon 🤬
And all of technologies are Property of China.
Just like Joe.
To my holier than thou New England poser relatives: Bwahhaahhahaha. I told you.
You idiots voted for it. Enjoy your hell. That means you, sibling, cousin, uncle, in-law, idiots. You’re not welcome. Don’t come to my house.
I put up with your condescension for five years. Back to ya.
you’re such a gracious winner, jx
I like it
I don’t mean to be intemperate, but really… I’ve had it.
The insufferableness of some of my TDS insane relations.. tens of millions of dollars by Dem investigators turning up nothing… but still: Trump is with Russia, and so are you ‘j x’, you love Putin dontcha…
I’m beyond done with these people. I’ll just leave it at that. Let em freeze.
Amen j x, amen!
I’m sorry for the temper flare. These people are crazy. And now we have the MAL theater to send them on another bender. It never stops.
I too have a family and circle of friends full of moonbats.
I hardly ever see the family, and talk only about music with the ones who I’ve identified in that circle.
But almost every day I see an opportunity to open up a conversation and discover someone who, if not actually yet redpilled, has definitely now become an angry walkaway from leftism looking for factual information – which I can now give them. Had a wonderful such conversation day before yesterday.
I never waste time on the ones with leftist mental illness – but even here in blueMA, that number is dwindling!
Sounds like my Massachusetts relatives!! LOL
the price was $10.00 per MMbtu back in late August, but is now at $5.740.
It was around ~4.00 this time last year.
On the other hand, you should pay attention Heating Oil, which has skyrocketed and is sitting at highs of $4.00/gallon, up from ~$3.00 on Sep 27.
There is a MASSIVE shortage of Heating Oil.
cmegroup.com. visit there site to see commodities futures prices.
Including the grains, which are beginning to puke
I’ve said for years that the US should not be allowing LNG exports…we don’t have unlimited quantities of it…But how can Europe be importing all that LNG?…Germany has no LNG terminals, and they are scarce in other countries…
The 30% of the population that voted for Biden are idiots.
Freeze idiots. Do us all a favor.
The other 70% are voting from the grave.
If the grid fails because of gas shortages, then all home heating fails since you need electricity for electric heating and both gas and oil furnaces.
Don’t forget about water and communication systems if the power is off long enough. Hence the need for rolling blackouts.
I also have a suspicion exactly where they will roll.
Town of Concord: No.
Town of Clinton (blue-collar, lots of Trump signs): Yes.
Curious whether it’s worked in CA this way? MAGA areas hit harder?
And the circus goes on while the rest of us freeze or go bankrupt.
please check on the elderly in your areas. So many on fixed incomes and they cannot afford these higher prices. They are also very susceptible to cold and heat extremes.
Just as it has been in Great Britain and much of Europe for decades. But we are never told about it.
Two seemingly contradictory headlines on China natural gas policy, but not after you consider the timeframes
Communist China Cuts off Europe From its Natural Gas Supplies: Report
China has reportedly told state-owned energy companies to cease reselling supplies of natural gas to the energy-strapped European nations.
China Getting Rich Building Natural Gas Carriers for Desperate Europe
China’s state-run Global Times on Sunday said Chinese shipbuilders are “working around the clock” to build ships that can transport liquified natural gas (LNG) to Europe, which is desperate to acquire more of the fuel after losing its supply from Russia.
So –
Near-term, China is restricting natural gas exports to Europe because China is a net-importing country and is trying to grab as much supply as they can for themselves in a tight market
Long-term, China is building LNG ships because they’ll eventually be needed for global LNG trade and they’re making bank because who else is maintaining powerhouse status as shipbuilders?
If they can get enough lunar panels online in time they can supplement the solar power.
But only during full moons.
Maybe we could even harness the power of the howling and baying.
😆 😆 😆 😆
You might have a good scam business idea there for blueMA. Loony panels for moonbats!
Fire-up the wind turbines off the coast of Nantucket and Martha’s Vinyard. Oh wait, Ted Kennedy didn’t want them built because they blocked his view.
Couldn’t upset the Hero of Chappaquiddick, ya know. 😉
A shortage of LNG you say? How about the 30+ LNG tankers circling Europe waiting to unload because Europe doesn’t have the capacity to take up the supply offered? I guess a couple of them could come back here.
https://safety4sea.com/dozens-of-lng-carriers-queue-off-europe-due-to-inability-to-unload/
Europe simply does not have enough shoreside regassification terminals. We’re warned to build more…Poland did, but these take years to build. The alternative are ships that can regas the LNG at sea (FSRU) part tanker, part regas unit. But currently only 48 of these in the world. Germany is working on sticking regas units on unused drilling platforms. And a couple LNG tanker conversion projects are sitting in yards in Spain about a year from completion.
During WW II the US turned out one T2 tanker a day for several years. Sun Shipbuilding outside Philadelphia was one such shipyard.
Where did the will to get things done go?
We are soft, very soft.
What sickens me is, some of this is being done on purpose by so called Americans to other Americans. And we just sit here and take it. How much longer before we don’t take it anymore? Are we waiting to see what Repubs do when they regain power? If Republicans get power back & don’t jail or hang a few people, then it’s REALLY all over for this country. When the politicians fail us once again, then what? We don’t do enough with OUR power. There are more of us than there are of them.
I favor the hanging over the jailing
just sayin’
The reason for the shortage is every time a new pipeline is proposed in New England, wealthy Greens have their Democrat politician prostitutes in the blue state legislatures kill the new pipelines. The shortage of natural gas in New England is 1,000% the fault of the Democratic Party. Existing pipelines are to export terminals. I’m bailing out of Maine which, like NY, CT, RI, MA, VT and maybe NH is excited about suicide by virtue-signaling!
serious question – with the chaos resulting from political stupidity
in many states, where does one go?
Florida comes to mind immediately. There are other conservative states though.
Temperate climate is important to hedge energy availability
Yes absolutely true.
Having said that, heating costs, are dramatically lower in Florida especially South Florida, where turning on the heater as Floridians refer to it is rare.
Air conditioning in the summer months runs 24 /7
though.
The state of Florida has some very impressive power stations most of which run on natural gas.
So there’s the rub. Escalating natural gas prices are a problem for everyone but at least in South Florida the average residential customer doesn’t really use that much. The gas fired water tank is standard. Gas stove, gas dryer only if so equipped.
It will definitely be interesting too see how this self inflicted problem, courtesy of the Senile Demented Vegetable and his “administration” comprised of freaks, weirdos, and losers eventually shakes out.
It’s the undue influence of those wealthy greens that do it.
Meanwhile people just getting by get squeezed by those virtuous signals.
if you want to see them, just call up that Carly Simon video on youtube, the one outside by a harbor
This is very convenient. The LMS (Lying Media Scum) know their pals are going to get run out, the the “coldest winter evuh” is fixing to hit yankee-land and it’ll be just in time to blame the new (spineless) GOP dominated congress.
Paints a pretty picture….don’t it?
I hope I’m wrong….but weird, twisty-effed-up, upside-down sh1t seems to be the norm nowadays.
Looking for a mountain or deserted island would be a great solution…
Actually it’s not just in time. We get winter a lot earlier than January around here. Woke up to temps in the low 30s today.
Important, by the way, to point out to those who are badly educated that the new Congress won’t be in power until next year.
Also, the overreach will reach fever pitch during the Dreaded Lame Duck months. I fully expect the TPTB to crash everything on November 9.
It was 16° here in eastern Nebraska yesterday and is 21° at 8:30 a.m. We usually have some Indian Summer after the first hard freeze. I hope we get it this year, but I do expect a very cold winter.
Its all a plan to get us to wear masks.
You’re not wrong Grey Eagle.
You are one hundred percent correct.
The DemocRATS will blame the “Republicans” and as per usual they’ll just roll over and take it.
The “Republican” party excels at being steamrolled and not much else.
As a matter of fact, the “Republican” party is utterly useless.
This play is being set up right now. Why do you think Buckethead said that the economy is strong and the change in the definition of a recession was made? Come January 3rd when the new GOP – controlled Congress (at least control of the House) is seated, the Dems will immediately blame the Repubs for the dire economic conditions.
Looks like New England is screwed by the illegal and illegitimate Biden Regime / Junta. Keep voting for the insane Democratic Party for more backside reaming. It’s your choice to be slaves to the insane. Maybe some intelligence will rise to the top of N.E. since it’s not anywhere else.
Energy riots ? No, freeze to death ? Burn wood instead, lots of it, please !
If my granddaughter didn’t have Sturge-Weber Syndrome, I would never live in Massholeachusetts, but Childrens Hospital has to be close for us. What a disgusting time to be around liberals.
I completely understand.
But words matter. They aren’t liberal, never have been. All the times they claimed tolerance and inclusivity, they were lying. So I call them leftists.
Natural gas is down to $5.70 today after peaking over $9 earlier this year. There appears to be downward pressure on the price, but of course they can change.
President Trump urged Europe to buy our natural gas and I do not think he would have done this at a higher cost to us so I feel like I am missing something in this equation.
The Biden administration has discouraged and limited any new production.
how’s that keeping democrats in power the last 40 years been working out for everybody?
Something doesn’t make sense to me. We heat with propane and have 2 tanks one is an 800 gal for the house and a 325 for the work shop in the little barn. This year our contract price is $390/month with the price locked in at $2.24. I just check our suppliers prices and the current price is $2.04 and has been that price since June of this year. With all the increases in home heating I can’t understand why our prices here in SW Michigan haven’t changed since summer and the locked in price is somewhat reasonable considering the potential weather we often get. Usually our supplier has a summer fill price and prices always increases when they take the winter contract fuel in late August. It would seem they aren’t too worried about supply shortages. What do they know?
Interesting information. Thanks!
I would call my Propane supplier and ask them.
They’ll tell you.
Then call another Propane supplier in your area and ask the same question and compare answers.
Ask a question, get an answer.
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I wouldn’t ask anybody any questions so long as your cost is low
It might remind someone that your rate needs to be jacked up
The time for questions is after it’s been jacked up sharply
There’s a phrase: “dummy up”
gnomesayin’?
Oh please. Seriously ?
Then I guess, someone could call from the phone of a former friend, or a neighbor they’re not particularly enamored with, or a relative they simply just don’t care for.
Sorry, not sorry. I don’t gnowwhutgersayin, Dummy-Up, I mean nimrodman, as I don’t speak city dweller _____,…..oh forget it.
P.S.
Pssssst. The Propane supplier can’t “Jack someone’s rates up” If someone is under contract as most residential customers, and even business customers are.
Not that difficult really. They plan on making much more to cover the incremental increase from those who need it at the time….emergency, new hook-ups etc. they want to maintain their old base.
example: my business internet charges went up 5 dollars per month because of increased charges and inflation. I also have an apartment attached to the office space. The residential fee per month went down 1.24 per month. Obviously the internet provider (cable company) has their reasons.
Maybe New England should ” GO GREEN ” …
( It’s HARD to follow the Global Warming Religion when you’re freezing … )
We got out of there just in time…
We will be burning, burning and burning to offset our electric bill. Fortunately we are in FL a still free state. We trimmed huge oaks last year and had the fireplace that had not been used in years cleaned and inspected. The wood we will burn will not be filtered through a catalytic converter or burn clean like modern oils. Back to the dark ages because of the stupidity of a lie. The Keystone pipe line would have been operational by now.
How are they going to charge all the electric cars on the road when the rolling blackouts start?
Let’s Go Brandon!
you’re not supposed to ask those sorts of questions, wizz
The problem for New England is due to lack of pipeline capacity. New York and Pennsylvania sit on the largest gas deposit in North America. However, NY refuses to allow the construction of gas pipelines to transport gas to the NE market. Thus they are forced to buy LNG that is shipped in from overseas. And the Jones Act prohibits LNG tankers from loading gas from Texas/Louisiana ports unless they are foreign flagged vessels.
The right of way across New York for a pipeline would be taken by Eminent Domain if we had sane governance. We don’t, and granny will freeze to death
Let’s blackout the frickin swamp in DC and then find out how fast they can correct the situation. Hopefully Americans are getting sick of the BS from this administration. They are not working for us, they have alterier motives that do not benefit the American people. Look up tyranny!
By the way…there’s no shortage! There’s plenty of energy. Their policies are geared to engineer the illusion of shortages and raise prices. They want us to suffer. And when the truth all comes out, and it will….then the suffering should be turned back on those that generated and perpetrated it on the people!
I just read a story about the EU banning sales of new 8K LCD televisions and some 4K LCD television because they use too much energy.
My god what are we doing to ourselves?
Soon we will actually be promoting a public service announcement of Jimmy Carter telling the people to wear a sweater around the house and you candles for light and save on the use of energy.
Is this really what the new generations want?
sow
If the bioweapon virus, the poison jabs, the removal of healthy foods from our diets doesn’t kill us maybe freezing us to death will do the job. Sociopaths are in control.
America Last
Go Joe go the puppet president,Wouldn’t it be nice now to have those Canadian pipelines in place now.Its all part of Joes plan to break the country.Thanks for leaving that gas/oil in Canada though I am sure our puppet will give it away to others after he finds a way to add spike protein to it.
ALL WE NEED….
IS FAIR AND HONEST ELECTIONS…
Problem solved..
Elect stupid candidates, win stupid prizes.