In reading about Energy East I am reminded of the (recent) LNG boom forecast for BC. 

At the peak of the frenzy there were over 10 proposals to ship LNG to Asian markets. None will for the foreseeable future because the economics of LNG changed. Still the BC government spent a lot of time and energy planning how to divide the spoils, counting their chickens before the eggs hatched.

So too with Energy East. Now it is over. Let's move on.