Wow. Doing Snoopy dance!
Best to all
Richard
Sent with spirit.
On Apr 20, 2016, at 6:52 PM, Laurel <lfacey88@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Great News!!
I did obtain permission to meet at the First Congregational Church of
Greenfield. I believe I can return the key!
Laurel
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Subject: Re: [HCR] Re: [MassPLAN] Re: [nqpipelineaction] Re: NED
pipeline is dead!!!!
Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2016 18:37:29 -0400
From: Erik Hoffner <erik.hoffner@xxxxxxxxx>
To: Tribal Scribal <lionoak@xxxxxxxxx>
CC: Elaine Reardon <ear@xxxxxxxxxxx>, Ellie Johnston
<JohnstonEllie@xxxxxxxxx>, 350MA-Berkshires
<350ma-berkshires@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "massplan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"
<massplan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "NQpipelineaction@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"
<nqpipelineaction@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, hilltowncommrights@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
"StopNED@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <stopned@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Climate Action Now
<climateactionnowmass@xxxxxxxxx>, Cate Woolner <catewool@xxxxxxxxx>, Jane
Crosby <jkingcrosby@xxxxxxxxx>, Rosemary Wessel <wsrw@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Congrats all 'round! Wowee....the power of grassroots action. KM and all
other fossil infrastructure companies use the term 'market forces' every time
a project like this is scuttled, and never admit the role of people willing
to drop everything and resist, which so many of you did. Halleluia.
Erik
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On Wed, Apr 20, 2016 at 5:46 PM, Tribal Scribal <lionoak@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
That would be The Pipeline Boogie in Montague, Saturday 4/23 7pm!!! :)
d.o.
On Wed, Apr 20, 2016 at 5:40 PM, <ear@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Now this calls for a BIG celebration!
--- Original message ---
Subject: [nqpipelineaction] Re: NED pipeline is
dead!!!!
From: Ellie Johnston <johnstonellie@xxxxxxxxx>
To: 350MA-Berkshires <350ma-berkshires@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: <massplan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <nqpipelineaction@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
<hilltowncommrights@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <stopned@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
<climateactionnowmass@xxxxxxxxx>, <catewool@xxxxxxxxx>,
<jkingcrosby@xxxxxxxxx>, <wsrw@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wednesday, 20/04/2016 5:38 PM
AAAAHHHHH!!!
We did it! You all did it! INCREDIBLE!
(p.s. Greetings all! :-)
On Wednesday, April 20, 2016 at 5:29:30 PM UTC-4, Rosemary Wessel wrote:--
Kinder Morgan Statement on Northeast Direct Energy project
As a result of inadequate capacity commitments from prospective
customers, Kinder Morgan, Inc., (NYSE: KMI) and its subsidiary, Tennessee
Gas Pipeline Company (TGP), have suspended further work and expenditures
on the Northeast Energy Direct (NED) project.
In July 2015, KMI’s board announced that it had authorized TGP to proceed
with the project's "market path" segment from Wright, New York, to
Dracut, Massachusetts, a $3.3 billion investment designed to help
alleviate New England's uniquely high natural gas and electricity costs
caused by severely limited natural gas transportation capacity currently
serving the region.
The board's initial approval was based on existing contractual
commitments at the time by local gas distribution companies (LDCs) to
purchase natural gas from the project, as well as expected commitments
from additional LDCs, electric distribution companies (EDCs), and other
market participants in New England. Unfortunately, despite working for
more than two years and expending substantial shareholder resources, TGP
did not receive the additional commitments it expected. As a result,
there are currently neither sufficient volumes, nor a reasonable
expectation of securing them, to proceed with the project as it is
currently configured.
The insufficient contracted capacity is due to several factors. They
include the fact that the New England states have not yet established
regulatory procedures to facilitate binding EDC commitments, that the
process in each state for establishing such procedures is open-ended, and
that the ultimate success of those processes is not assured.
In addition, innovations in production have resulted in a low-price
environment that, while good for
consumers, has made it difficult for producers to make new long term
commitments. Further, current market conditions and counter-party
financial instability have called into question TGP’s ability to secure
incremental supply for the project. Given these market conditions,
continuing to develop the project is not an acceptable use of shareholder
funds.
TGP has operated in New England for more than 60 years and remains
committed to meeting the critical need for constructing additional
natural gas infrastructure in the region. Although we have suspended work
and further expenditures on the NED project, TGP will continue to work
with customers to explore alternative solutions to address their needs,
particularly local distribution companies that are unable to fully serve
consumers and businesses in their areas because of the lack of access to
abundant, low-cost domestic natural gas.
###
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Rosemary Wessel
- No Fracked Gas in Mass
- Three Salamanders Design Studio
90 Trow Road, Cummington, MA 01026
413.634.5726
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