There’s no end in sight for a moratorium on new natural gas service in parts of Franklin and Hampshire counties now that Kinder Morgan has dropped its plan to build a pipeline through the region.

In the last two years, Berkshire Gas cut off all new service to eight towns – saying it couldn’t supply more gas until Kinder Morgan built its pipeline. After Kinder Morgan suspended its plan this week, Massachusetts Senate President Stan Rosenberg repeated his call on Berkshire Gas to find a way to lift its moratorium. That’s not happening, according to spokesperson Michael West of Avangrid, Berkshire’s parent company.

“We share the senator’s frustrations,” West says. “We want nothing more than to be able to provide natural gas to the customers who are demanding it. Unfortunately, as a distribution company, we don’t have access to that.”

In the past, Avangrid has publicly dismissed suggestions the company could end its moratorium by relying more on liquefied natural gas.

Berkshire’s moratorium covers Amherst, Hadley, Hatfield, Sunderland, Deerfield, Greenfield, Montague and Whately.