Interim, or indefinite? No end in sight to Phil Eng’s double duty
New from CommonWealth Beacon UTILITY: Liberty Utilities, which services tens of thousands of ratepayers in southeastern Massachusetts, wants state permission to increase gas rates by an average of 55 percent. The potential dramatic spike contrasts with Gov. Maura Healey’s push to make energy bills more affordable, Jordan Wolman reports. Interim, or indefinite? No end in sight to Phil Eng’s double duty December 10, 2025 By Chris Lisinski "In Phil We Trust" sure seems like it will remain the Healey administration’s unofficial motto for the foreseeable future. It was almost a year ago, in her annual State of the Commonwealth address, that Gov. Maura Healey made that declaration while boasting about the strides made in fixing the long beleaguered MBTA under Phil Eng, the man she brought on as general manager to run the system. This fall,...