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 …

This week brought with it an epilogue of sorts in the story of Alameda’s telecommunications adventure: The release of the former Alameda Power & Telecom’s annual (independently audited!) financial review.
The report had to be held …

Thursday night, the Public Utilities Board held its annualish planning workshop. Its main order of business: Figuring out a new name for the Island’s now telecom-less utility.
Instead of hiring a consultant, General Manager Girish Balachandran …

Alameda Power & Telecom is holding its annualish planning workshop (and I say annualish because the last one was in November 2007) at 6 p.m. today at its headquarters, 2000 Grand Street.
This one’s being advertised …

Just as most of us were pounding out pie crusts and brining birds in anticipation of the Thanksgiving holiday, the Island’s two top elected financial hands – Treasurer Kevin Kennedy and Auditor Kevin Kearney – …

So a lot of people have asked, and I’ve been wondering myself: How much did Alameda’s adventure in telecom cost the city?
How’s $60 million grab you?
I’ve been back and forth with Alameda Power & Telecom’s …

At around 12:30 this morning, the City Council unanimously gave the okay to sell the city’s troubled telecom to Comcast for $17 million (all told, they’ve netted the system’s bond holders $15.2 million in the …

So I told you last week that Alameda Power & Telecom would be posting buku contract documents outlining the proposed sale of the telecom part of their biz to Comcast on their website, right? But …

I got a nice e-mail last night from Andrew Johnson, regional vice president of communications for Comcast California, with a handy FAQ explaining how the transition will work if (probably when) the sale of Alameda …

So here’s the deal on the deal: Comcast has offered Alameda Power & Telecom $17 million to take the boondoggle that is its cable and Internet business off the city’s hands. If the city accepts, …

OPP being Other People’s Posts, of course. This time out, we’re talking about John Knox White’s recent post about the public workshop Alameda Power & Telecom is holding on Wednesday to discuss the future of …

Last night we attended the Public Utilities Board meeting to try to get a little more scoop on this informal fiscal performance update for Alameda Power & Telecom’s just-completed fiscal year, which the utility put …