I'll post the rest of the graphs later, but this pretty much tells the story. Unless we get a second wave, this will be a most remarkable season.
All "chest colds" -- seasonal flu, RSV, unspecified, and Covid-19, out-patient visits as percentage of all clinic visits:
Laboratory-confirmed seasonal flu for which we have a vaccine:
As far as Covid-19 goes, new cases reported on a daily basis two days ago, link here:
Active rigs: 45.
Two new permits, #39539 - 39540, inclusive:
Seven permits renewed:
We only have electricity, no natural gas. This is our only monthly utility bill.
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Elsewhere
New Hampshire:
Connecticut:
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New Hampshire
From the New Hampshire link above:
One of the state’s major utilities is set to double the price of electricity in August, and it’s likely other utilities will be forced to raise their prices, too. The price hikes are being driven by projected high costs of natural gas.
In a Monday filing with the Public Utilities Commission, Liberty Utilities proposed increasing the per kilowatt hour price of electricity from 11.11 cents, the rate in effect from February to July of this year, to 22.23 cents starting in July.
That means a typical household would see a 47 percent increase in its electric bill, according to consumer advocate Don Kreis. (Other charges on the bill would remain unchanged.) A household currently paying $150 per month would see their electricity increase to $220 per month.
“I think people are really going to feel this in their pocketbooks. It’s going to be a very unpleasant winter for everyone in New Hampshire,” said Kreis, adding that low prices for natural gas have lulled the state and region into complacency over the last decade.
Those low prices have evaporated, with some natural gas prices reaching $8.78 per million British thermal units in May, the highest they’ve been since 2008. Projections show that cost more than tripling to $30 per mmBtu.
Vardah Gill: sixteen best dividend stocks of 2022.
For this list, we selected dividend stocks (regardless of yield) with the highest returns in 2022 so far.
These companies also have strong balance sheets and sound financials. The stocks are ranked according to their year-to-date returns, as of December 12, 2022.
In reverse order, #16 first:
and #1:
South Korea: link here.
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Back to the Bakken
The Far Side: link here.
Active rigs: 46.
WTI: $79.19. On last trading day of the year, WTI is up 1.01%; up 79 cents.
Natural gas: $4.494.
Monday, January 2, 2023:
38531, conf, Whiting, Kannianen 43-31XH,
38198, conf, Hess, EN-Rehak A-155-94-1423H-5,
Sunday, January 1, 2023:
38955, conf, Ovintiv, Anderson Federal 152-96-9-4-6H,
Saturday, December 31, 2022:
None. There was no June 31, 2022.
Friday, December 30, 2022:
37642, conf, Slawson, Genekat Federal 5-13-12TFH,
RBN Energy: the top ten RBN blogs of 2022 -- all about energy security. Archived.
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