https://www.iso-ne.com/static-assets/documents/2017/02/20170227_pr_2016_price_release.pdf
"ISO New England" is a non profit corporation formed in 1997 to efficiently supply power to New England page 2 - wholesale electric costs were at $80 in 2008 - in 2016 they were $28 50% of New England power plants run on natural gas the biggest cost of running a power plant is the fuel the electrical distribution system has been updated since 2008 so the system has plenty of capacity to handle cheap electricity now the gas distribution system can cause bottle necks during very cold weather thereby causing spikes in electricity costs approximately - you can read this 3 page report and come to your own conclusions -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "massfire" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/massfire. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
