Merger enhances Canada’s role in Mass. energy puzzle

BOSTON — The expected interest from Hydro Quebec in delivering hydropower to Massachusetts under its new renewable energy law isn't the only aspect of the local energy puzzle that's shifting northward.
Houston-based Spectra Energy, which is pushing a controversial pipeline project to deliver more natural gas to New England, announced last week that it expects to merge with Enbridge Inc., a Canadian company, to create "the largest energy infrastructure company in North America" valued at $127 billion.