Ross Township residents who live near the construction site of the new BJ’s Wholesale Club store need not worry about getting jarred out of bed by loud equipment earlier than do now. Developers of the store — a membership-only warehouse club chain similar to Sam’s Club and Costco — were
You hear the stories every day maybe even see the truth outside your window: America s inner cities are falling apart.
The hearts of many of our cities have become decaying centers of poverty and crime where residents are afraid to walk the streets of their own neighborhoods. The situation is getting worse every day despite the billions of taxpayer dollars Washington bureaucrats spend each year on solutions.
But there is hope. Finally, a small group of lawmakers in Congress has figured out what most Americans have known all along: The solutions to our inner-city problems have to come from the churches, homes, charitable organizations and neighborhoods of America.
Last week, New York utility Con Edison launched its latest effort to smooth the way for customers to install rooftop solar and to feed the utility s growing hunger for data on how that solar can be integrated into its grid.
The tool it’s using, built by Arlington, Virginia-based company ConnectDER, is a meter collar adapter that plugs into the socket where electrical meters connect to buildings. In its simplest applications, it can provide the data collection and computing power of a typical smart meter, serving as a cellular-connected point solution to connect particular customers to utilities that haven’t yet deployed advanced metering infrastructure across their territories.