NH Business Review
In BIA-led effort, lawmakers urged to provide liability protections
January 6, 2021
Some 35 business organizations are behind a Business and Industry Association of New Hampshire effort to push state lawmakers and the governor to back Covid-19 liability protections for companies.
The effort comes before the language of the bill, to be introduced by Sen. Bob Giuda, R-Warren, has been finalized. But it would provide a safe harbor, meaning that a business couldn’t be sued as long as it is following guidelines, he said, but “bad actors” would not be protected.
“The wording will get some massaging,” Giuda told NH Business Review. “But the last thing businesses need now is a frivolous lawsuit that will cost someone 40 or 50 grand just to defend against it. Businesses are doing their part. The least we can do is provide them a safe harbor.”
Convenience Stores Prioritized for Vaccine Distribution
CDC committee recommends frontline essential workers for next-round access to COVID-19 shots.
December 21, 2020
WASHINGTON The U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) voted yesterday to recommend that frontline essential workers including employees in the convenience store industry be next in line to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. In their recommendations for the second phase, Phase 1-B of vaccination distribution, the committee prioritized frontline essential workers and adults older than age 75 years. Yesterday’s vote follows the CDC’s recommendation for the first phase, Phase 1-A, that prioritized health-care professionals and long-term care facility residents.
Utility Investments and Consumer Costs of Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure (“Study”)
The
Study analyzes the costs of electric vehicle (“EV”) charging infrastructure.
EMA describes itself as a federation of 47 state and regional trade associations representing energy marketers throughout the United States. The members operate exclusively below the terminal rack and supply 80 percent of all finished motor and heating fuel products sold in the United States.
A focus of the
Study is the author’s view on the costs associated with what they describe as a “rapid buildup” of EV charging infrastructure involving distribution and transmission investments.
Three questions associated with EV-related distribution and transmission buildout are addressed. They include: