Concord has its own municipal power and light company, unlike most towns and cities in Massachusetts. Followers of this blog may recall my rants about the abysmally slow and poor service provided by most of the utilities that have served us in the past; Verizon (phone), Comcast (TV and internet), and National Grid (gas). With the Concord Municipal Light Plant, the story could not be more different; they provide the best service of any utility we have ever used by a country mile. Today, they proactively installed a new utility pole having determined the old one was approaching its end of life. In response to a request I made while talking to them a few weeks ago, they relocated the new pole far from the corner of the driveway where the old one obstructed access, especially for larger vehicles. The new pole is pictured at the back of the truck on the right and the old one next to the traffic cone. With the new pole location established, we can now begin the work necessary to bury our electrical, water, and other utilities. The old pole will eventually be removed when the telephone company eventually gets around to moving their wires to the new one. I won’t be holding my breath waiting for this to happen.