I never knew about the Jones act. I am sure there is more detail, but thanks for your summary. This was educational.
As far as pipeline's coming in to New England, I had always heard that New York State was the problem, and specifically counties in the lower part of the state (below Delaware, Greene and Columbia counties) not wanting pipeline's running through their borders...The NIMBY crowd so to speak. I am not sure if that is true, but it seems to come up when this discussion arises.