1. Bruce Winn bruce@thebeatnews.org www.thebeatnews.org

6. The Claim(Why We Need The Pipeline) • Natural Gas Is: • Clean • Cheap • Reliable

7. CLEAN? Compared To What? • CO2 Output (pounds/MWh) • Avg. Natural Gas Plant in MA: 1,210 • Avg. for all sources in MA for 2012: 910 MA State Goals For Carbon Emissions • 25% reduction by 2020 • 80% reduction by 2050

8. The PipelineEnvironmental and Public Safety Concerns • Climate change • Methane more powerful GHG than carbon dioxide • Gas leaks • Enough to negate the benefits of switching to natural gas vehicles • Increased reliance on fossil fuels • Pipeline explosions • Radon: The leading cause of lung cancer in nonsmokers • EPA concentration limit: 2 pCi/L • Marcellus shale concentration: 30 - 70 pCi/L • Habitat destruction

9. Cheap? Compared To What? • What is the current fuel cost of: • Solar? Wind? Hydro? • Last year, 50% of the state's new energy was either solar or wind. • The fact that our average carbon footprint is lower than that of NG tells us that these technologies are working

10. ISO New England's #1 Concern • Oversees the day-to-day operation of New England's power system and transmission lines. • (The air-traffic controllers of our electric power grid) • The ISO New England: 2013 Regional Electricity Outlook Report listed their #1 priority as: • To mitigate our dependence on natural gas. • 48% of power generation is currently natural gas • Suppliers will charge what the market will bear.

11. What Will The Price Be In The Future? • Recently hit a 5-year high. • Came back down based on weather reports. • Going back up again based on investor expectations • Concern in markets now over 6 new export terminals • Is this what we want to base our electric grid on? • What happens when we further increase our dependence on NG?

12. Reliable? Compared To What? • A five-year-old well has produced ½ of the gas it will produce in its lifetime. • When will solar, wind, hydro run out?

13. The Other Fuel Source(Energy Efficiency)

14. Natural Gas • Not Clean • Not Cheap • Not Reliable • We Can Do Better, And We Already Are Doing Better

15. Bruce Winn bruce@thebeatnews.org www.thebeatnews.org