by David Brooks | Mar 1, 2016 | Gov-Local, None
If we have to suffer through a crummy winter, it might as well be a record crummy winter – and it was. The National Weather Service says that Concord has its warmest ever “meteorological winter,” the period from December through February, since records were first kept...
by David Brooks | Dec 8, 2015 | None, Science-Technology
If you take a close look at the winter electricity forecast from the folks who run New England’s power grid – that sounds like fun, doesn’t it? – you’ll see an interesting line amid all the numbers and verbiage: “Forecasts take into account the 1,663 megawatts in...
by David Brooks | Dec 1, 2015 | Economy-Business, None
New England has more than enough capacity to meet electricity demands this winter, but the organization that oversees the regional grid continues to warn that the region needs more reliable supplies of natural gas to avoid future problems. ISO New England, which...