Officials at Alameda Municipal Power are seeking to raise electricity rates for the first time in several years in order to meet rising power and transmission costs and help close an anticipated gap in next …

Alameda’s Public Utilities Board will hold a budget workshop at 4 p.m. today in the council chambers at City Hall, 2263 Santa Clara Avenue. At the meeting, the utility’s staff will present a draft version …

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City starts paratransit pilot
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The City of Alameda Paratransit Program has introduced a new shuttle service designed to take seniors and disabled paratransit riders around to the city’s shopping and medical destinations.
The shuttle will run separate …

Updated 3:12 p.m. Wednesday, March 10

A jury has granted a $1.95 million judgment to a company that sued the city over money it said it was owed from Alameda’s former telecommunications business. The judgment came …

Alameda’s Public Utilities Board is set to ask the City Council to formally oppose a statewide ballot initiative that they fear could impact their efforts to provide our local electric service.
The board voted unanimously on …

The city’s Public Utilities Board will conduct its annual planning workshop starting at 4 p.m. today at Alameda Municipal Power HQ, 2000 Grand Street. The public is invited – nay, encouraged – to attend, the …

When Alameda Power executed a successful, $15 million divorce with its troubled Telecom last November, the collective sighs of relief at 2000 Grand Street and City Hall were audible Island-wide. But newly released financial statements …

The Public Utilities Board okayed changes Monday night that would shift its solar rebate program to a multi-year, performance-based program, putting it in line with other municipal utilities in the Bay Area and sparking the …

The folks at Alameda Municipal Power and the Community of Harbor Bay Isle are celebrating the installation of seven energy-efficient LED lights in a portion of the parking area serving the community’s offices.
The Harbor Bay …

Power has been restored to about 5,000 customers on Bay Farm Island after a brief outage this afternoon.
Power for customers along Harbor Bay Parkway and on Mecartney Road went out at about 3 p.m. and …

Alameda Municipal Power is pulling out of the Geysers geothermal energy project to avoid a planned price increase for the power the project would produce.
Western GeoPower increased the price from $98 per kilowatt hour to …