Proclamation Declaring October 6 through 12, 2019 as Public Power Week 2019. (City Manager 2110)
Whereas for more than 132 years, Alameda Municipal Power or AMP has been a valuable community asset that contributes substantially to the well-being of Alameda residents through environmental stewardship, customer programs and services, economic development and safety awareness. And. Whereas, the residents of the City of Alameda highly value local control of community services and have chosen to operate a community owned, locally controlled, not for profit electric utility. As consumers and owners of the electric utility residents have a direct say in utility operations and policies. And. Whereas, AB provides homes, businesses and local governments, government agencies with reliable, efficient, cost effective and clean energy and its local operation and workforce continue to make our community a better place in which to live and work. And. Whereas, AMP is a dependable and trustworthy institution whose lower rates translate into significant savings for all Americans while directly contributing to the city of Alameda. Economic Vitality and quality of life with annual transfers of more than $5 million. Now, therefore, be it resolved, that AMP will continue to work to bring lower cost, safe, reliable and clean energy to our homes and businesses as it has since 1887. And be it further resolved that our community joins hands with more than 2000 other public power systems in the United States, in this celebration of public power and recognition that Alameda municipal power is good for consumers, businesses, the city of Alameda and our nation. Be it further resolved that I marylynn as he Ashcraft, mayor of the city of Alameda, do hereby proclaim the week of October 6th through 12th 2019 as public power week 2019 in the City of Alameda and honor Alameda Municipal Power for its contributions to our city. And as I'm reading that, you're right, we're a little ahead of time. It's next month. But as I believe our investor is and McCormick couldn't be here in October, so we juggle things around. So why don't you tell us a little about AB and yourself. By the way, she's a member of the Public Utilities Board. She's an engineer. She's really smart. Take it away. And I think that says it all. Marilyn, thank you. And know Mary Ashcraft, council members and staff, thank you very much for the proclamation tonight. And I'm Anne McCormick, president of the Public Utilities Board. I've had the pleasure of serving on the PBE for many years, and we look forward to Public Power Week. It's an opportunity that we have to continue to educate the public on the value of a municipal owned utility. We always have work to do explaining how that's benefited us historically. Being the oldest municipal utility west of the Mississippi, 132 years old, and having invested very early in renewable and carbon free resources that are serving as well now our current value rates are 20 to 25% below PGE and our power will be 100% carbon free by the beginning of 2020. We have best in class efficiency rebate programs and electric car programs, but probably more importantly, our future value, the value of maintaining our commitment to local control, the work. That we have. To do in conjunction with the city on our Climate Action Plan, we've we've made tremendous strides on our carbon free portfolio. It's allowed us to hit all of our goals for the city. But the heavy work is yet to be done decarbonizing our buildings and our transportation sector, and that's going to take resources and. Contributions beyond AMP. In coordination with the city, and we look forward to that challenge. It's a value we bring to Alameda and one of the very special things about living here. So thank you. Thank you so much. I think. Okay. So now we come to oral communications and this is a time where speakers can address the council on any item that is not on the agenda. Do we have any speakers? We have four speak. We have four speakers. Okay. So then you get 3 minutes and the city clerk will call your name and just come on up to the podium. Be sure to begin to the microphone. Okay.