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TheSausageKing t1_ix1y18n wrote

Reply to comment by WaitForItTheMongols in Eversource seeks 43% rate hike for electric customers in Mass this winter by madnu

They’re not growing quickly in MA. Our grid is still ~80% fossil fuels and will be majority gas for the next 10 years at least and likely 20 or more.

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StarbeamII t1_ix1zveg wrote

It's actually a lot lower than that. In 2021, 46% of the electricity New England used from natural gas, 0.5% from coal, and 0.2% from oil. Another 5% came from burning wood and trash (which counts as "renewable" apparently), and another 4% of electricity was imported from New York and New Brunswick (which have mostly fossil fuel generation). So about 55.7% tops.

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SynbiosVyse t1_ix5hcz1 wrote

That's new england. Look it shows 23% nuclear, this is not applicable to each new england state individually.

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StarbeamII t1_ix5li1k wrote

New England is all part of one electric grid, and shares a single grid operator and power market (ISO New England). You can look at individual states' power generation, but a lot of power gets exported between New England states so it doesn't paint an accurate picture (e.g. Vermont's in-state generation is almost 100% renewable (including biomass), but it imports 75% of its power so it ends up being very inaccurate).

Massachusetts also imports about 75% of its electricity from surrounding areas, so looking at just in-state generation doesn't paint an accurate picture either.

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WaitForItTheMongols t1_ix1z9r5 wrote

Luckily it's... a grid. And therefore power can be transported over wires from elsewhere.

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PLS-Surveyor-US t1_ix39902 wrote

you lose some in transmission. Otherwise, we could have one huge geothermal plant in wyoming to cover the whole country.

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