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Maura Healey: “It was going to cost ratepayers back years ago $8 billion to…”

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Governor Healey Takes Action to Address Energy Costs

Published November 13, 2025 | Video Starts at 09:06

I've been about bringing more gas supply into Massachusetts. You know, I never stopped pipelines. What I did is I stood up for ratepayers and said, that's a bad deal. It was going to cost ratepayers back years ago $8 billion to build those [pipelines]. And the pipeline companies wanted to put it on the backs of ratepayers. And our view was, no, you put it on the backs of shareholders. And that's what the court ultimately decided. (09:06–09:11)

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“My energy affordability bill will save an additional $13 billion by increasing the energy supply into our state.”
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