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.
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Power was out across Alameda this afternoon, apparently due to the weather. The second outage lasted about an hour, with power returning at around 7:45 p.m. Action Alameda News asked Alameda Municipal Power for an update on how many residents were affected and for how long. Earlier, at around 12:30 p.m., in an [...] Alameda Municipal Power will raise electricity rates 3.7% effective July 1, 2010, following approval of next-year’s budget by the City of Alameda Public Utilities Board. Update: March 11, 8:45am – An Alameda Municipal Power representative told Action Alameda News that if the City of Alameda decides not to appeal in the Vectren case, and let the jury judgement stand, the $1.9 million settlement would come from AMP reserves, not from an insurance claim. In a statement released today, the City of Alameda said that it is “enthusiastically responding” to Google’s Request for Information (RFI) from communities interesting in being a pilot location for Google’s Fiber for Communities Initiative. The Bloom Box, from Bloom Energy in Sunnyvale is generating a lot of hype with its fuel cell design and promise to generate “energy anywhere” with few emissions. But Alameda Municipal Power (AMP) isn’t rushing to buy one yet. The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Google is soliciting for pilot cities to participate in an ultra-high speed Google Internet service trial with select municipalities. Google says that they will pay for it, and it will provide Internet speeds at 1Gbps – 100 times (or more) faster than your home Internet connection you may be using to read this article. If you’re an Alameda resident who cried over the demise of Alameda Power & Telecom’s telecom division, this is your chance. Yesterday, Alameda Municipal Power announced that they had been awarded a federal grant for energy efficiency and energy conservation. Here is the full text of the release. The City of Alameda Public Utilities Board will hold its regular monthly meeting on Monday evening, November 16, at 7:00 p.m. in City Council Chambers, City Hall. By Erica Madison Budget cuts have forced the city to cut a lot of services, but there are still resources to help low income Alamedans with their electricity bill. However a recent report reveals, these programs aren’t helping as many people as it could. |
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