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Eversource outlines $305 million gas-main replacement plan for Springfield; council to review easements
Summary
Eversource officials told a March 25 joint Springfield City committee meeting that about 41% of the city’s gas mains are “leak-prone,” and described multi-mile replacement projects and the rate mechanics that spread $305 million in statewide costs across customers.
Eversource representatives described large-scale work this year to replace aging, ‘‘leak‑prone’’ gas mains in Springfield and answered councilors’ questions about project scope, timelines and customer rates.
At a March 25 joint meeting of the Springfield City Council’s Maintenance and Development and Economic Development committees, Keegan Ritchie, director of gas construction at Eversource, said the company has identified roughly 185 miles of leak‑prone main in Springfield — about 41% of the city’s gas mains — and outlined several projects planned for 2025 including Sumner Avenue, Page Boulevard and Westward Circle.
The projects are part of Eversource’s Gas System Enhancement Program (GSEP), a multi‑year statewide effort to remove higher‑risk cast‑iron and other leak‑prone pipe. Doug Gordon, Eversource’s vice president of distribution rates and regulatory requirements, said the company plans roughly $305 million of replacements across its Massachusetts gas territory in 2024–2025 and that cost recovery is regulated by the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities. “That boils down to a little under…
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