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Citing SJC ruling, Eversource withdraws natural gas application

Citing SJC ruling, Eversource withdraws natural gas application

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STATE HOUSE — Eversource, a gas and electric utility, on Thursday withdrew its application for approval of natural gas transportation and storage contracts, which would run along a proposed pipeline called Access Northeast. In its filing to the Department of Public Utilities the company cited a recent Supreme Judicial Court case limiting ratepayers' financing of such pipeline projects.

STATE HOUSE — Eversource, a gas and electric utility, on Thursday withdrew its application for approval of natural gas transportation and storage contracts, which would run along a proposed pipeline called Access Northeast. In its filing to the Department of Public Utilities the company cited a recent Supreme Judicial Court case limiting ratepayers' financing of such pipeline projects.…