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Healy outlines energy-affordability push, regional imports and infrastructure constraints
Summary
Governor Maura Healey said the administration is pursuing legislation and regional coordination to lower energy costs, citing a recently arranged 1,200 megawatt hydro import from Canada and arguing tariffs on materials raise infrastructure costs; she also defended use of multiple energy sources while critics point to policy-driven price effects.
Governor Maura Healey used a press briefing to reiterate that lowering energy costs is a top administration priority and to describe both near-term and longer-term steps the state is pursuing.
Healy said the administration has filed an energy-affordability bill and pointed to earlier state actions that she said removed roughly $6,000,000,000 from consumers' bills. She described regional coordination with other governors and energy officials to accelerate new energy supply into New England…
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