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Alameda homes are being fitted with PG&E’s “smart meters.” The devices are being fitted to gas meters in Alameda; Alameda Municipal Power provides electrical utility service in Alameda and is not currently deploying smart meters.  The American Public Power Association announced earlier this week that it has awarded Alameda Municipal Power with the Association’s Energy Innovator Award. The award is intended to recognize utility programs that provide better service to customers or increase efficiency. The following upcoming meetings pertaining to Alameda Municipal Power are published as a community service. The Public Utilities Board has oversight of Alameda Municipal Power. 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. An analysis of reader traffic for the year shows that – excluding visits from residential internet users – City of Alameda employees are the top readers of Action Alameda News for 2009. 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. We sent some questions back to Alameda Municipal Power in response to their budget announcement the other day. We asked if the $2.8 million transfer to the City’s general fund was a re-payment of either or both of a couple of outstanding loans. AMP responds. |
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