January 6, 2009 Special PUB Planning Workshop on January 15th The Annual Planning Workshop will begin at 6 PM. The meeting will be held at the Alameda Power & Telecom Service Center, 2000 Grand Street ...   December 19 , 2008 Two Minute Power Outage Affects Customers Certain AP&T customers experienced a short power outage on the afternoon of December 18th...   November 19 , 2008 City Council Authorizes Sale of Alameda P&T Telecom Business The City Council authorized the sale of Alameda Power & Telecom's telecommunications business line to Comcast...   November 15 , 2008 Alameda PUB to Consider Sale of Telecommunications At its meeting Monday, November 17, Alameda's Public Utilities Board will consider recommending to the City Council that Alameda Power & Telecom's telecommunications business line be sold to Comcast...   November 10 , 2008 Alameda Power & Telecom Streamlining Channel 31 Operations In an effort to streamline its operations, Alameda Power & Telecom will relocate its Channel 31 cablecasting operations equipment. In order to complete the work, Channel 31 will be taken "off the air" on Wednesday afternoon, November 12th...   November 7 , 2008 PUB To Host Workshop on Future of the Telecommunications Business Line An information-only public workshop will be held by the PUB next Wednesday, November 12, at 7:00 p.m at the Albert H. DeWitt 'O' Club, 641 West Redline Avenue, Alameda Point...   October 28, 2008 Resolution in opposition to Proposition 7 At its regular meeting on October 20, the Public Utilities Board approved a resolution in opposition to Proposition 7, the Solar & Clean Energy Act of 2008...   October 23, 2008 AP&T Says Beware of New eMail and Phone Scams Some Alameda Power & Telecom AlamedaNET customers have received a new email communication that, while appearing to come from Alameda Power & Telecom, is really a phishing expedition...   October 20, 2008 Bay Area Broadcasters to Participate in Digital TV Test on October 21, 2008 at 6:15 PM The test includes nearly all television stations from Santa Rosa to Monterey...   October 14, 2008 AP&T Says Beware of New Credit Card Scam Please beware of callers demanding immediate payment on any electric,cable television, or Internet bills...   September 25, 2008 Alameda P&T Alerts Customers to New eMail Scam Some Alameda Power & Telecom AlamedaNET customers have received a new email communication that, while appearing to come from Alameda Power & Telecom, is really a phishing expedition...   September 17, 2008 Channel 31 Temporarily Off the Air Due to an incident of suspected vandalism Alameda Power & Telecom's Public Access Channel 31 will be off the air for up to five days....   September 9, 2008 Alameda P&T Alerts Customers to Phishing Scam Recently, some Alameda Power & Telecom AlamedaNET customers have received an email communication that, while appearing to come from Alameda Power & Telecom, is really a phishing expedition....   August 27 , 2008 AT&T Service Issue Could Affect Bay Area Internet Providers On the night of August, 26, 2008, AT&T lost a circuit that may affect Bay Area Internet service providers...   July 22, 2008 Alameda P&T Alerts Customers to eMail Scam AlamedaNET customers should beware of any messages asking them to provide account or password information...   July 16, 2008 Alameda P&T Warns Customers Beware of Credit Card Scam Alameda Power & Telecom is warning customers to beware of callers demanding immediate payment on any electric, cable television, or Internet bills...   July 1, 2008 State Mandated Solar Photovoltaic Program Charge Effective July 1, 2008, bills for electric service will reflect the State mandated Solar Photovoltaic Program charge of $0.00101 per kilowatt hour...   June 30, 2008 AP&T Rate Increase in October for Cable TV and Internet Services Due to increased programming and operating costs...   April 13, 2008 Join AP&T for the 2008 Earth Day Festival Get set for another great Earth Day celebration...   March 24, 2008 AlamedaNET E-Mail Update TDuring routine system maintenance, a programming error may have caused some email messages and folders to become temporarily inaccessible...   January 15, 2008 AP&T Receives National Award The U.S. EPA has presented an award to AP&T, for its participation in landfill methane generation projects and greenhouse gas reductions...   December 13 , 2007 Solar Arrray Complements Geothermal Plant Alameda Power & Telecom has announced its participation in an innovative project that blends two clean, renewable technologies, solar and geothermal energy...   November 29 , 2007 AP&T Solar Rebate Applications Now Available AP&T has announced that applications are now available for rebates to customers installing solar photovoltaic (PV) systems...   November 11 , 2007 PUB to Host Planning Workshop Next Monday afternoon, the City of Alameda’s Public Utilities Board will meet in a special workshop as part of an ongoing strategic planning initiative...   October 3 , 2007 Alameda Celebrates Public Power Week AP&T is celebrating Public Power Week, October 7 through 13, along with more than 2,000 other municipal utilities that collectively provide electricity on a not-for-profit basis to 44 million Americans.   October 1 , 2007 AP&T Posts Reward for Outlaw Refrigerators You can join the utility posse and get a $35 reward by turning in that old second refrigerator or freezer that’s robbing your energy dollars every month.   August 29, 2007 AP&T Joins in Call for Conservation AP&T reports that the California Independent System Operator (ISO) may declare Stage 1 and Stage 2 Emergencies, calls for reduced electric use on August 29th.   August 22, 2007 AP&T Warns Customers to Beware of Credit Card Scams Beware of callers demanding immediate payment on any electric, cable television, or Internet bills...   August 21, 2007 Alameda Joins in Innovative Truck R&D AP&T is joining an alliance to develop a PHEV utility trouble truck...   August 21, 2007 New PUB Comissioner Appointed, and Officers Elected At its meeting, July 17, Alameda’s City Council confirmed the appointment of Gregory Hamm, Ph.D., as a Commissioner on the Public Utilities Board...   August 8, 2007 Fighting Crime Together – Efficiently It’s no surprise to find crime fighters populating television shows and comic books, but now they’re popping up at Alameda Power & Telecom...   July 3, 2007 Power Outage Caused by Cable Failure The failure of electrical distribution cable in the vicinity of Heritage Housing shortly before noon on Tuesday, July 3 affected Alameda Power & Telecom electric service to approximately 250 Bay Farm Island customers...   June 25, 2007 Power Problems Causued by Cable Failure The failure of electrical distribution cable shortly before noon on June 25, 2007 affected service to approximately 4,000 Bay Farm Island customers...   April 6, 2007 PUB Holds Annual Budget Workshop At a workshop held last evening, the City of Alameda Public Utilities Board received an initial briefing on the development of Alameda Power & Telecom’s 2008 Fiscal Year Budget...   March 27 2007 Commercial Services Added to AP&T Internet Offerings At its March 19 meeting, the City of Alameda Public Utilities Board established two new service levels designed to meet the unique needs of Alameda Power & Telecom commercial AlamedaNET customers.   March 21, 2007 Celebrate Earth Day 2007 on April 21st Get set for another great Earth Day celebration, this year set for Saturday, April 21st...   March 7, 2007 AP&T Soliciting Resident Opinions Alameda Power & Telecom has announced that it is surveying residents to gather information on the possible addition of voice services to its telecommunications business line..   March 5, 2007 Sunspots May cause Brief Outages When the sun passes behind a satellite, the channels that are distributed by that satellite may be affected by what are called sun spots...   February 21, 2007 Nationwide Problem with DVRs is Being Addressed A nationwide issue with the interface between Motorola and TV Guide digital video recorders (DVRs) began occuring on Tuesday, February 20th.   February 2, 2007 Changes at Channel 31 As you may be aware, funding for Alameda Power & Telecom’s public access channel, Channel 31, has been significantly reduced...   January 24, 2007 Electric Failure Results in Outage Electric service to approximately 60 central Alameda customers was interrupted today due to the failure of distribution system equipment...   January 12, 2007 New General Manager at Alameda Power & Telecom City Manager Debra Kurita has announced the appointment of Girish Balachandran as the new General Manager for Alameda P&T.   January 9, 2007 AP&T to Host Telecomunications Workshops Alameda Power & Telecom will host two public workshops to address interest in the operational aspects of its telecommunications business line...   December 18, 2006 AP&T Still Responding to Changing Needs, Times Read PUB President Ann McCormicks' guest editorial in the Alameda Journal...   Looking for more AP&T News? 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