I believe it's a long term issue,....
it's a short sighted issue,..
5 and 10 years ago New England as a region fiercely resisted new gas line construction, you can google it I'm not inclined to dive the archives today,...
much of that resistance was fomented by the "green energy will save us" movement,...
after nearly 2 decades of skyrocketing utility bills and nil to mediocre returns on the green energy investments New Englanders have finally got over the religious fervor of the green energy/climate change church of new morality and have allowed the construction of new gas lines and distribution systems to begin,...
but there's a lag, and during that lag, energy prices continue to climb,...
on the plus side, the power plants to use the gas are comparitively easy to build,...