New England Grid > Massachusetts
Resources: A measure of total energy production and consumption per capita
Market: The cost of consumption, measured in electricity prices and gasoline taxes
Infrastructure: Capacity to generate and refine energy sources; miles of pipelines
Massachusetts does not produce any natural gas, but the state consumes half of the natural gas used in the New England Grid region. Nearly 50% of Massachusetts households use natural gas as their primary energy source for home heating.
All three of the New England Grid's liquid natural gas import terminals are located in Massachusetts, although only one—the Everett Distrigas terminal—is actively used due to the surge in natural gas from US domestic sources, which flows into the region via pipeline.
Production trillion btu
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Gas
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net energy Production trillion btu
Consumption trillion btu
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Gasoline Tax total state + federal, 2014
MA
USA
Key Policies
Requires companies selling retail electricity to incrementally obtain 1% more from specified renewable sources each year.
Renewable generation must account for 15% of total electricity sold by 2020.
Requires the statewide use of reformulated motor gasoline blended with ethanol to limit ozone formation.
Electricity net production, trillion btu
MA
USA