Overview
Energy experts have been warning repeatedly in recent years that New England faces severe shortages of natural gas and electricity. The growing risk to the region's energy supply is the result of increasing demand for energy to fuel the economy and the lack of new energy resources -- ranging from natural gas facilities to provide fuel, power plants to generate electricity and transmission lines to deliver it - as well as the potential shutdown of some existing, but still efficient, energy facilities.

To avoid an energy supply crisis that would have severe economic consequences, the region's leaders in the public and private sectors must take actions in the months and years ahead to ensure adequate supplies of energy and efficient energy markets.

The time to act is now. The New England Energy Alliance was formed to advocate for the actions necessary to encourage development of new energy infrastructure and the continued operation of existing infrastructure that may face retirement for a number of reasons.