Pipelines made a lot more sense before the invasion of Ukraine and the ensuing energy policies of Europe. We now have much more demand for NG. $NATGAS ranged from $2 - $4 per million BTUs in 2019. It has ranged from $5 - $10 after the invasion. For reference, it use to spike to $15 back in the 1990s and early 2000s.

Utility companies wanted to put in pipelines many years ago and there was a strong NIMBY reaction along the NH/MA border and so they didn't.

There is NG demand for air conditioning during the summer and, of course, demand for heating in the winter. One way to ameliorate supply problems during periods of high demand are to build more storage tanks that get filled in the spring and fall. Someone has to build them, though, and buy the NG and store it and they take price risk along with storage costs in doing that.

One other way to resolve distribution problems is to get rid of the law that doesn't permit transport via ship from state to state. I recall MA getting a shipment from Russia many years ago because of that law.

One other purpose for pipelines into MA would be construction of a terminal to export LNG to Europe. Something that wouldn't help consumers but it would help shipping companies and NG producers.