NYC / Long Island -- When It Comes To Natural Gas, A Third World County -- August 27, 2019

A reader suggested I check into see how NYC is doing now that the state has not approved new national gas pipeline projects.

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This appears to be about the most recent news from a major publication, July 24, 2019. From The WSJ:

National Grid hasn’t been providing new gas service to businesses and residents in Brooklyn, Queens and Long Island because of a standoff with the state over a stalled pipeline.

The utility hasn’t been processing requests for new or expanded service since the spring. Three months ago, Magda Perez, owner of Mermaid Prime Meat in Coney Island, Brooklyn, moved her business to a new location on the same block it had been for six years.

Ms. Perez had been a National Grid customer and had gas service at her previous location. But she said at her current location, she was unable to receive a new gas meter. The utility told her there was a gas shortage.

So she found a work around, arranging with her new landlord to use his existing gas line in exchange for an increase in her monthly rent rate.

“I need my stove to be working,” Ms. Perez said.

National Grid has refused a total of more than 2,000 requests for service since May, when the state rejected the proposal for the Williams Pipeline, which would carry gas from Pennsylvania through New Jersey to the Rockaways in Queens, and would have required 23.5 miles of new pipeline to be installed under New York and New Jersey waters.

This sounds like China, Russia, or a third-world country.