Oil powering a big chunk of power grid
High price of natural gas leaves opening for dirtier fossil fuel
By 
Bruce Mohl
Electricity, Energy
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NEW ENGLAND POWER plants are burning a lot more oil to generate electricity, apparently because the cost of natural gas is so high. In January last year, oil accounted for just 0.2 percent of the fuel mix used to generate power across the region. This month, starting around January 7, oil began accounting for 20(...)