Natural Gas Moratorium on the Outer Cape - Details

By now the ugly truth that National Grid, our local natural gas company, has problems with their gas delivery infrastructure has sunk in. The company has placed a moratorium on new Outer Cape hookups, which is seriously inhibiting new construction. The National Grid has released a set of FAQs (frequently asked questions) that detail the rules by which they will grant permission for new hookups.

Clarifying Gas Sales Moratorium for Dennis to Eastham: The requirements for the moratorium are as follows:

• New residential and commercial and industrial customer gas service connections are prohibited.
• Incremental gas load on existing commercial and industrial customer gas accounts is prohibited. This includes, but is not limited to, heating, hot water, cooking and other types of loads.
• Incremental gas load on existing residential customer gas accounts is prohibited. This includes, but is not limited to, heating, hot water, cooking and other types of loads, unless it meets one of the exceptions below.

Exceptions:

• For existing residential gas customers only, natural gas barbecues are permitted as added load.
• For existing residential gas customers only, emergency backup natural gas generators are permitted as added load, subject to application, review and approval of the Company. Please contact Kerrie Doyle at (781) 907-2201 for questions regarding the availability of service to new natural gas generators. 

More information can be found on a fact sheet ...    National Grid Gas Sales Moratorium Fact Sheet for Cape Cod