{"id":247049,"date":"2024-03-15T18:51:32","date_gmt":"2024-03-15T18:51:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/why-are-new-englands-electricity-prices-so-expensive\/"},"modified":"2024-03-15T20:41:09","modified_gmt":"2024-03-15T20:41:09","slug":"why-are-new-englands-electricity-prices-so-expensive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/why-are-new-englands-electricity-prices-so-expensive\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Are New England\u2019s Electricity Prices So Expensive?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p class=\"custom-caption\">Our over-reliance on fossil fuels damages the climate and our wallets. Photo: Shutterstock.<\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Everyone knows the recent sticker shock of seeing their electricity bill, especially after a heat wave or a cold snap. During our worst temperature dips and jumps, electricity demand surges \u2013 and along with it, electricity prices. These are drastic changes \u2013 and they put immense pressure on New England families. Worse, these price increases and price spikes force some families to choose between keeping the lights on and temperatures comfortable or putting food on the table. No one should have to make that choice.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">So why are New England electricity prices so expensive and so volatile? Let\u2019s dig into the main causes and what we can do to stave off such price increases and spikes in the future.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Fossil Fuels Make New England\u2019s Electricity Prices Expensive<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Our region relies&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clf.org\/blog\/why-are-new-englands-electricity-prices-so-expensive\/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=why-are-new-englands-electricity-prices-so-expensive\"target=\"_blank\">Read the full article originally published at www.clf.org.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our over-reliance on fossil fuels damages the climate and our wallets. Photo: Shutterstock. Everyone knows the recent sticker shock of seeing their electricity bill, especially after a heat wave or a cold snap. During our worst temperature dips and jumps, electricity demand surges \u2013 and along with it, electricity prices. These are drastic changes \u2013 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":199220,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[374],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v20.0 (Yoast SEO v20.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Why Are New England\u2019s Electricity Prices So Expensive? - Republic of Green News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clf.org\/blog\/why-are-new-englands-electricity-prices-so-expensive\/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=why-are-new-englands-electricity-prices-so-expensive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Why Are New England\u2019s Electricity Prices So Expensive?\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Our over-reliance on fossil fuels damages the climate and our wallets. 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