Eversource asks US President Biden to intervene to avoid New England gas shortage

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The top executive of the largest New England utility urged US PresidentJoe Biden to use emergency authority to protect against a potentialnatural gas shortage in the region this winter.The plea by Eversource Energy CEO Joseph Nolan drew attention toconcerns about grid reliability and high gas prices in the fuel-constrainedNortheast. It came just a week after federal energy regulators cautionedthat “fuel availability for power generation is a primary concern” in NewEngland because of the region’s dependence on natural gas for producingwinter electricity and its limited natural gas transportation infrastructure.