{"id":2418809,"date":"2025-04-02T07:56:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-02T11:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-could-save-new-englanders-1-billion-with-pipeline\/"},"modified":"2025-04-02T07:59:06","modified_gmt":"2025-04-02T11:59:06","slug":"new-york-could-save-new-englanders-1-billion-with-pipeline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-could-save-new-englanders-1-billion-with-pipeline\/","title":{"rendered":"New York Could Save New Englanders $1 Billion With Pipeline"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnew-york-could-save-new-englanders-1-billion-with-pipeline%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2418809&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses the potential benefits of constructing the Constitution Pipeline to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-mulling-sanctions-over-nord-stream-2-pipeline\/\" title=\"White House mulling sanctions over Nord Stream 2 ...\">transport natural gas<\/a> to New England,an initiative supported by President Donald Trump.It is argued that this pipeline could save New England families approximately $1 billion in energy costs and provide a more reliable energy source compared to renewable alternatives. Trump has urged New York to approve the project, highlighting expected job creation and significant savings for households. Despite preliminary discussions with New York&#8217;s Governor Kathy Hochul, no agreement has been reached.<\/p>\n<p>The article points out that the project was previously blocked due to environmental concerns, resulting in restrictions on natural gas usage in new buildings across New york. As New England states push for substantial reductions in carbon emissions by 2050 through renewable energy infrastructure, the financial implications could reach $815 billion, with concerns about energy stability and the potential for rolling blackouts.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, New England faces some of the highest electricity rates in the U.S., heavily relying on natural gas for power generation. The text urges lawmakers to consider practical energy solutions to alleviate financial burdens on residents and advocates for the removal of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/study-bidens-anti-drilling-policies-have-cut-oil-supplies-as-much-as-the-opec-decision\/\" title=\"Study: Biden\u2019s Anti-Drilling Policies Have Cut Oil Supplies as Much as the OPEC+ Decision\">restrictive environmental regulations<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bipartisan-pressure-builds-to-cut-off-russian-oil-imports-and-expand-u-s-production\/\" title=\"Bipartisan Pressure Builds to Cut Off Russian Oil Imports and Expand U.S. Production\">ensure energy security<\/a>. The piece concludes with the author&#8217;s call to prioritize energy accessibility and affordability for the region&#8217;s inhabitants. Carol Platt Liebau, the president of the Yankee Institute, authored this commentary.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>New York is in an unparalleled position to be a hero and help millions of families and businesses &mdash; if it heeds President Donald Trump&rsquo;s call to build the Constitution Pipeline.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The pipeline would route natural gas to New England and could save New Englanders <a href=\"https:\/\/www.courant.com\/2025\/03\/14\/trump-presses-to-build-gas-pipeline-that-could-cut-ct-household-energy-bills-by-thousands-of-dollars\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">$1 billion in energy costs<\/a> while providing more reliable energy than renewable energy. By permitting the project, New York would also tremendously <a href=\"https:\/\/www.americanenergyalliance.org\/2025\/03\/trump-working-to-save-new-yorkers-from-their-own-state-government\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">benefit<\/a> through cost savings and boosted economic development. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>On March 13, Trump reignited interest in the Constitution Pipeline, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/remarks\/2025\/03\/remarks-by-president-trump-and-nato-secretary-general-mark-rutte-before-bilateral-meeting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">calling<\/a> on New York to approve the project because it would create jobs and &ldquo;save per family, $2,500 just on heating and another $2,500 on everything else.&rdquo; He <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/114156036814880330\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reiterated<\/a> his point on Truth Social, noting, &ldquo;We only need the final approval from New York State, whose people all want it,&rdquo; and emphasizing he would seek &ldquo;federal approval&rdquo; if the state continues to block the pipeline.<\/p>\n<p>Though the president and Democrat Gov. Kathy Hochul did discuss the project in a March 14 meeting, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spglobal.com\/commodity-insights\/en\/news-research\/latest-news\/natural-gas\/031425-no-deal-trump-hochul-to-continue-talks-on-constitution-pipeline-energy-issues\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">no agreement<\/a> was reached. Yet Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Conn., who is typically not receptive to Trump&rsquo;s actions, has been willing to collaborate with him on this issue to &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/ctnewsjunkie.com\/2025\/03\/17\/lamont-key-republican-lawmaker-open-to-new-gas-pipeline-plan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">dramatically<\/a>&rdquo; reduce electricity rates. Additionally, the Williams Companies &mdash; which owns the pipeline &mdash; expressed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us\/williams-says-it-welcomes-trumps-support-constitution-gas-pipeline-2025-03-14\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">interest<\/a> in reviving the project.<\/p>\n<h2>Environmentalism&rsquo;s Costs<\/h2>\n<p>The project was blocked in 2020, after years of legal battles. Then-Gov. Andrew Cuomo appeased environmental activists by blocking the 124-mile pipeline, which would have brought gas from Pennsylvania&rsquo;s Marcellus Shale into <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eia.gov\/state\/analysis.php?sid=CT#:~:text=Connecticut%20does%20not%20have%20any%20natural%20gas%20reserves%20or%20production.&amp;text=Interstate%20pipelines%20bring%20in%20the,the%20U.S.%20Mid-Continent%20region.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">existing pipelines<\/a> that supply New England.<\/p>\n<p>These activists have also successfully pressured the Empire State to be the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.americanenergyalliance.org\/2025\/03\/trump-working-to-save-new-yorkers-from-their-own-state-government\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">first<\/a> to &ldquo;ban natural gas and other fossil fuels in most new buildings,&rdquo; according to the American Energy Alliance.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Currently, several New England states are poised to reduce carbon emissions by at least <a href=\"https:\/\/yankeeinstitute.org\/2024\/11\/14\/the-staggering-costs-of-new-englands-green-energy-policies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">80 percent by 2050<\/a>, opting to overhaul their infrastructures to renewable energy such as wind and solar. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>But according to a November 2024 <a href=\"https:\/\/yankeeinstitute.org\/2024\/11\/14\/the-staggering-costs-of-new-englands-green-energy-policies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">joint report<\/a> by a group of think tanks, compliance with such net-zero efforts would cost $815 billion to upgrade the region&rsquo;s energy grid. New England would need to <a href=\"https:\/\/yankeeinstitute.org\/2024\/11\/14\/the-staggering-costs-of-new-englands-green-energy-policies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">construct<\/a> the equivalent of 12,000 wind turbines and 129 million solar panels. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Implementing these changes risks energy instability, with the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">report predicting prolonged rolling blackouts<\/a>, as the grid may not be able to power the region within 11 years. For vulnerable populations &mdash; the elderly, the sick, and those relying on medical devices such as dialysis machines &mdash; power outages are not just inconvenient; they&rsquo;re life-threatening. A more unreliable grid means more fatalities, especially in the harsh winter months.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Expensive Energy<\/h2>\n<p>Other than Hawaii, some of the nation&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.energybot.com\/electricity-rates\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">highest<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.energybot.com\/electricity-rates\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">residential and business electricity rates<\/a> are in Massachusetts, Connecticut, Maine, and Rhode Island. &nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>More than <a href=\"https:\/\/yankeeinstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/ISO-NE-r3b.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">48 percent of the region&rsquo;s electricity<\/a> was generated at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wind-farms-dont-just-hurt-the-environment-and-boost-china-theyre-ugly-as-sin\/\" title=\"Wind Farms Don\u2019t Just Hurt The Environment And Boost China, They\u2019re Ugly As Sin\">natural gas-fired power plants<\/a> in 2023, and <a href=\"https:\/\/yankeeinstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/ISO-NE-r3b.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">3.1 million residents<\/a> rely on it to heat and cool their homes.&nbsp;However, states like Connecticut have no liquefied natural gas (LNG) reserves, and importing LNG from other U.S. ports is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/opinion\/connecticut-asks-congress-to-rethink-the-jones-act-maritime-roads-prices-1aa2dff6?mod=opinion_lead_pos6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">near impossible<\/a> due to restrictions from the Jones Act, which blocks foreign-flagged ships from transporting goods between U.S. ports. In fact, it&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/jbartlett.org\/2024\/09\/how-one-new-england-gas-terminal-exposes-terrible-u-s-energy-policies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">cheaper<\/a> to import foreign natural gas than LNG domestically.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Northeast lawmakers need to invest in practical innovation and energy prosperity, and give residents peace of mind through lower energy bills.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s time to remove restrictive environmental barriers that will leave people in the cold &mdash; and the literal dark.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Carol Platt Liebau is the president of Yankee Institute, a Connecticut-based public policy organization.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York can help families and businesses by building the Constitution Pipeline, saving New England $1 billion in energy costs<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3703,"featured_media":2418810,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/1280px-MarcusHookTugs-e1743213826713.gif","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[42872,39849,32120,4950,9894],"class_list":["post-2418809","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-energy-costs","tag-new-england","tag-new-york","tag-pipeline","tag-savings"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/1280px-MarcusHookTugs-e1743213826713.gif","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2418809","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3703"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2418809"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2418809\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2418813,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2418809\/revisions\/2418813"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2418810"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2418809"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2418809"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2418809"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}