OREANDA-NEWS. Massachusetts Petroleum Council Executive Director Steve Dodge said the state Senate’s hydraulic fracturing ban is bad energy policy.

“Lawmakers ignored the concerns of a majority of the state’s residents and businesses saddled with the highest-in-the-nation utility bills,” said Dodge.

The bill would ban hydraulic fracturing activities that have already been banned in a state with no natural gas reserves. 

New England Coalition for Affordable Energy poll:

  • 55 percent of Massachusetts residents believe that the cost of energy is higher here than the rest of the country.
  • 77 percent are concerned about the affordability of energy in the region.
  • 61 percent say that this legislature is not doing enough to make energy more affordable.

API-Massachusetts is a division of API, which represents all segments of America’s oil and natural gas industry. Its more than 625 members produce, process, and distribute most of the nation’s energy. The industry also supports 9.8 million U.S. jobs and 8 percent of the U.S. economy.