Explosion in Ohio happened moments before Newport, RI gas incident.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — An explosion at a gas pipeline more than 600 miles away occurred minutes before a dramatic drop in pressure forced energy officials to shut down natural gas to the lower portion of Aquidneck Island on Monday.

Could be days or weeks before service is restored. 10,000+ impacted, no heat.

Ah, but there's THIS:

Algonquin Gas (a Canadian company).

National Grid (a British company).

Keyspan (owned by National Grid).

Keyspan was in a multi-year battle with Newport County and denied the licensing necessary to bring humongous LNG supertankers up Narragansett Bay and under the Newport Bridge. They were denied such access to the Bay because if one of those monstrosities were to somehow be sabotaged or otherwise catastrophically damaged while passing through the narrow passage adjacent to Newport and Jamestown - Aquidneck Island could be completely devastated by the “ground fog” ignition of LNG that would carpet the area for thousands of feet in every direction.

Now what do we have??? A “voluntary shutdown” of thousands of homes and businesses in Newport County by National Grid …blaming it on “a low level of gas”. But it’s only the little part of the gas transmission line you see in the photo I posted ..that relatively tiny “twig” that feeds the Newport area..Why out of all those thousands of miles of Algonquin Gas lines …is it just Newport getting shutoff?

https://www.wpri.com/target-12/explosion-at-ohio-pipeline-happened-moments-before-newport-gas-incident/1716670729?fbclid=IwAR0Igr5jQIX8J_OJyc2gQvTIwgVHJrzq3M8zQXL3_sucD964xcY6Vi_PATI

https://patch.com/rhode-island/middletown/aquidneck-island-communities-send-officials-to-jamesta42cf20d42

Story evolves to this:

“National Grid said the interruption in service is due to a transmission supply issue with its natural gas supplier, Algonquin Gas Transmission Co. Spokeswoman for Algonquin Marylee Hanley said a temporary reduction in available natural gas in the supply led to the disruption in service. "We are collaborating with the local gas company and working diligently to assist in any way we can with gas service restoration efforts," Hanley said in a statement. "Safety and operational reliability remain our top priority. Natural gas pipeline capacity in New England remains an ongoing concern, particularly during severe cold conditions. Algonquin remains committed to engaging policymakers and stakeholders to address this concern."

In other words - See, you need to let us do whatever we want to expand our business interests. (cracks knuckles).

https://www.wpri.com/news/local-news/east-bay/newport-county-national-grid-gas-outages-day-two/1715659288?fbclid=IwAR3PB2R8k1_U–xwV2uEpKqhInIMz3DhJRUM-VvlNbsLSooJCgXpMKYwEPs