by David Brooks | Jun 26, 2023 | Blog, Newsletter
(Links to each patent can be found here, using the patent number or inventor’s name.) By Targeted News Service WASHINGTON – The following federal patents were assigned in New Hampshire through June 25. *** System and Method for Distributed Utility Service Execution...
by David Brooks | Jun 26, 2023 | Blog, Newsletter
The Washington Post has a section called Department of Data that takes a look at various questions through – well, data. Today they tackled the issue of landline phones, including the question of why landlines are more common in the Northeast. (I also pondered...
by David Brooks | Jun 25, 2023 | Blog, Newsletter
The Union-Leader has a good look at questions around three small dams on six miles of the Piscataquog River which may lose their license to exist due to questions about hydropower and fish passage. Fixing a dam is expensive! The full story is here.
by David Brooks | Jun 23, 2023 | Blog, Newsletter
Joe LaRusso, the manager of the Clean Grid Initiative at Acadia Center, pointed out what he called the most interesting fact presented as the recent FERC New England Gas-Electric Forum: “Every 700 MW of solar offsets 7-10 million gals. of fuel oil or 1-1.5...
by David Brooks | Jun 21, 2023 | Blog, Newsletter
Two years ago Maine tightened its rules for vaccination of kids entering kindergarten of child care, removing exceptions based on religious or philosophical grounds that had previously been allowed. Kids can enter public kindergarten now without a full of vaccines...