The issues in part stem from a previous New York State Department of Environmental Conservation decision refusing to issue a critical permit for National Grid's preferred option for increasing supply: an expansion of the Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Co.
Additionally, inflation, supply chain problems, and inadequate market resources are placing massively ambitious demand-side management efforts in jeopardy, the company said in a Dec. The National Grid PLC subsidiary said there is a high likelihood that federal and state permits will not be issued in time to start construction on critical gas capacity programs and avoid a supply-demand imbalance by winter 2023-2024. Source: Alex Potemkin / E+ via Getty ImagesĪnother moratorium on downstate New York natural gas hookups may be in store as National Grid USA scrambles to implement its long-term supply plan, the company warned.
National Grid's problems securing permits to enhance infrastructure at its Greenpoint Energy Center in Brooklyn exemplify the challenges it has faced in meeting future energy demand.
