The brownouts are coming; all coal plants in MA have been shut down afaik, Seabrook 1 is the only remaining nuke plant in New England. Diesel plants have been decommissioned or are strictly standby. Are there any "biomass" plants? Wind - there are very few turbines in MA. Chinese manufactured solar is booming due to the subsidies, but will produce nothing in a snowstorm. Battery electricity storage facilities face opposition. A gas pipeline was blocked by Massachusetts government. Electric lines to bring more "clean" hydroelectric energy from Quebec was blocked by New Hampshire (or was it Maine).
On the other hand, if you drive the electricity costs high enough, demand will fall...