Natural gas home heating in New England will be expensive this winter. Utility companies may face energy shortages, resulting in some families seeing monthly utility bills as high as $1,000 per month.
A limited government solution to this problem exists, but it requires politicians to do something noble: stand up to special interest groups and put the people they represent first. If the federal government were to offer a Jones Act waiver for liquefied natural gas imports to New England, it would help negate these rising energy costs.
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