After its special meeting on Monday, Alameda’s Public Utilities Board with convene a regular meeting, wherein it will consider a short-term sale of some of the utility’s renewable energy.
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The City of Alameda Public Utilities Board will hold a special meeting on Monday to participate in an annual strategy workshop with Alameda Municipal Power (AMP). A local environmental group is opposed to plan by Alameda Municipal Power to reduce the amount of power from renewable resources that the utility provides, and raise money by selling renewable energy credits. Alameda Municipal Power announced today that it will hold a meeting later this month to provide a status update on the Underground District #31 project for the Webster St. area. SmartMeters are fully deployed by Pacific Gas & Electric on gas meters in Alameda, a PG&E spokesperson has confirmed. Alameda Municipal Power will give an update to the public and the Public Utilities Board on Underground Utility District #31 On October 17th, at 7:00 p.m. at Alameda City Hall Council Chambers. The district covers the area along Webster Street and nearby addresses on cross streets. Next Monday, at 7:00 p.m., the Alameda Public Utilities Board will receive an informational report from Alameda Municipal Power (AMP) staff on the history of efforts in Alameda to move overhead aerial electrical utility wires to underground structures, known as “undergrounding,” and on the status of underground utility district number 31, the current effort to underground aerial utility wires along Webster Street and on intersecting avenues. Alameda Municipal Power (AMP) issued a press release today explaining that roughly 2,500 customers lost power briefly this morning. The cause, AMP believes, was Mylar balloons that crossed power lines. According to the utility, the outage was brief, and occurred at 10:16 a.m. and affected customers between Clement Avenue and Otis Drive, from Paru [...] Alameda Municipal Power and the City of Alameda announced yesterday that the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California has dismissed a more than $15 million lawsuit against the City for losses that investors incurred with the demise of the electric utility’s cable TV and Internet access division. Tonight at the Public Utilities Board meeting, Alameda Municipal Power staff will ask for input from board members on a Request for Proposal (RFP) they want to issue to study emerging trends in electricity rates and electrical utility technologies. The staff report cites “Smart Meters” as a new technology that provides new pricing options for utilities. To date, only PG&E has deployed smart meters in Alameda. |
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