that reliance you are quoting is electricity generation. Explosions are from in-home gas utilities like a clothes dryer and hot water heater. Not quite the same thing at all.
In light of last week's tragic natural-gas explosions, it's worth noting that Massachusetts' reliance on the fuel has increased in the last several years, from just above 50% to nearly 80%. http://axios.link/9e6q https://twitter.com/AmyAHarder/status/1042387365107576832 …
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What did it replace beyond Coal? The graph isn’t comprehensive enough to answer. Maybe that isn’t such a bad trade for the environment over the short term.
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What percentage of that is household NG? Has residential use increased, or does the change represent new gas plants replacing coal?
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