Dive Brief:

• New England generators are opposing plans by the region's governors to spur natural gas and transmission line construction.
• The New England Power Generators Association (NEPGA) opposes the plan to fund natural gas pipeline expansion via electric bills because it will subsidize natural gas-fired plants and hurt other generating resources, the trade group said.
• The proposed transmission expansion, aimed at bringing in hydroelectric power from Canada, undercuts resources inside New England, the group said.

Dive Insight:

NEPGA contends that the market is already beginning to address the tight natural gas supply situation in the region. Importing power from Canada would threaten NEPGA's members. In a related move, the trade group is opposing a bill that would let Massachusetts utilities use hydropower to meet state greenhouse gas reduction mandates.