“As electric rates rise, gas-fired power emerges as both scapegoat and savior”

As well as having an awesome byline, Portland Press-Herald’s Tux Turkel has more experience covering energy in northern New England than any reporter around – and it shows in this excellent article about the complexities of natural gas in our electrical system.

I won’t try to give a synopsis of the article, it’s got too much meaty detail. You should check it out (here).

Most of its conclusions apply to New Hampshire, although we don’t have the in-state wind presence that Maine does.