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Resources
- Estimating heating cost
- NStar calculators for estimating heating + electricity bills and for estimating carbon footprint
- Heating Fuels Price Comparison at Massachusetts Properties Online (Dec 2014)
- MA Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs
- MA Dept of Public Utilities
- Natural Gas Utilities - Information about natural gas pricing, suppliers and safety
- How the Gas Distribution system works. The Lexington area is supplied by the Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co.
- Natural Gas - A Consumer Tip Sheet (MA Dept. of Energy Resources pamphlet)
- Your Rights - consumer rights pamphlet
- Lexington Natural Gas service is provided by National Grid (formerly Keyspan, formerly Boston Gas).
- National Grid new service signup.
- National Grid customer support phone numbers:
- For existing customers: 1-800-732-3400
- For new installations: 1-877-696-4743
- Gas emergencies: 1-800-233-5325
- National Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates (NASUCA)
- Line Extensions for Natural Gas: Regulatory Considerations, by Ken Costello, Principal Researcher, National Regulatory Research Institute (Feb 2013)
- Northeast Gas Association (NGA) - trade association
News
- Chicago Tribune: Connecticut contemplates connecting more to gas, by John Kemp, Reuters (Oct 19, 2012)
Mailing list threads
- Lexington list:
- Gas line to home (Sept 2014)
- Getting a gas line - Neighborhood organizing? (Sept 2014)
- Heating options: Oil, Gas or Heat Pump? (Oct 2013)
- National Grid Hate Mail (Oct 2012)
- Belmont Sen. Will Brownsberger's online forum:
- Natural gas: cost of extending service (Nov 2013)
- Also see: Heat Pump Mailing List Threads