|
Alameda Power and Telecom
|
Alameda Power and Telecom is a municipal utility for the city of Alameda, California. It provides electricity, cable TV and high-speed Internet services to approximately 33,000 customers. It was founded in 1887.[1]
There have been proposals by the power producer to produce energy from waste, but not within the city of Alameda. Instead this energy would be produced at a waste transfer station located in neighboring (and downwind) San Leandro. Owing to the expected release of toxic emissions from what is essentially a garbage incinerator, the mayor and city council of San Leandro rejected the proposal. The mayor vowed to fight this proposal, suggesting that Alameda could instead place this near their municipal golf course.
Also, unlike the three major power producers in California, as a municipal utility, Alameda is not required to establish net metering for home photovoltaic power producers, so the city currently lags far behind other communities in producing truly "green" energy, even though they have a potentially productive site for supplemental wind energy on the western edge of the former naval air station.
References
- ^ "About us" section of company website
External links
|
