(A) Procedure. Application for electrical service installation and for electrical service shall be made to the Public Utilities Commission on forms prescribed by the Public Utility Commission and furnished by the city. Every person applying for electricity from the municipal electrical system, and every owner of property for which the application is made, shall be deemed by the application to consent to all ordinances, rules and regulations of the city relating to the municipal electrical system.
(B) Accounts in name of owners. All accounts shall be carried in the name of the owner who personally, or by his or her authorized agent, shall apply for the service. The owner shall be liable for electricity supplied to his or her property, whether he or she is occupying the property or not.
(C) Security deposit. At the time of filing for an application for electrical service, any applicant, other than the fee title owner of the property to be served unless the fee title owner has previously been disconnected for non-payment of bills, shall deposit a sum of money as set out in the Fee Schedule in § 33.01 of this code of ordinances. The deposit shall be refunded after 12 consecutive months of prompt payment of bills without have a late penalty added or upon prior termination of service with all bills paid. Deposits shall bear interest at the rate of 6% form the date of deposit to the date of refund. If the customer is delinquent in his or her electric account, his or her deposit shall be applied on the delinquent account and an additional deposit shall be required to bring the deposit up to the amount originally required.
(Ord. 211, passed 9-20-1982)