APPLICANT. Any individual or entity (company, corporation, and the like) applying for electric service, to be provided by Avilla.
AVERAGE POWERFACTOR. Total kilowatt-hours divided by the square root of the sum of kilowatt-hours squared plus kiloVARs squared.
AVILLA. Avilla Municipal Electric Department.
BILLING DEMAND. The peak rate at which energy is used. DEMAND is determined by the largest number of metered kilowatts used during a fixed fifteen-minute period multiplied by four, then divided by the average power factor.
BUDGET BILLING. A method of billing based upon the average monthly electric usage at a specific metering point or facility.
COMMERCIAL COMPLEX. Any proposed or existing non-residential development in which one or more businesses are of the type defined within Standard Industrial Classifications 501 through 9999, as set forth in the current edition of the Standard Industrial Classification Manual prepared by the Office of Management and Budget of the Executive Office of the President of the United States.
COMMISSION. The Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission.
COMMISSION RULES. Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission; Standards of Service For Electrical Utilities Rule 15.
CUSTOMER. Any form of electric service subscriber being served by Avilla. This may include both property owners and/or tenants.
DEPOSIT. Cash monies, in the amounts defined herein, paid to Avilla by customer and/or tenant that are required to secure or restore electric service to a particular facility.
DEVELOPER. One or more natural or artificial entitles that own, improve or remodel real estate.
DEVELOPER’S PROJECT. The specific residential development or commercial complex for which the developer has made application to Avilla requiring the installation of underground and/or overhead electric lines.
ELECTRIC LINES. Electrical conductors, either overhead or underground designed to carry and distribute electricity at common transmission, primary, secondary or service voltages. When used to describe the distribution of electric service within a residential development or Commercial Complex, such electric lines shall carry nominal voltages of not more than 15,000 volts and excludes, without limitation, main feeder lines used or intended for the distribution of electric energy beyond a residential development or Commercial Complex at any nominal voltage.
LGS. Rates for customer’s classified as Large General Service, as described in Exhibit II.C.
LINE EXTENSION. Includes any new electric service facilities and/or replacement of existing electric service facilities to serve an individual customer or customers via overhead or underground distribution lines. Electric service facilities, installed/replaced in conjunction with a line extension,
include all poles, risers, conduit, wires, transformers, metering and associated hardware required to serve a customer with electric service. For purposes of these Rules and Regulations, this term does not refer to facilities installed at Avilla’s initiative and expense to account of normal growth and/or systematic replacement of existing facilities during the normal course of business (either for planned replacement or in emergencies).
LINE EXTENSION AGREEMENT. An agreement, entered into by Avilla and the applicant, customer, or developer, describing the proposed line extension(s) associated with a particular project and the payment/repayment of charges, costs and fees associated with the line extension.
NET LOSS. Total Cost, including the cost of removal, less the value of any salvaged materials/equipment and less a depreciation allowance given for the facilities removed. Such a depreciation allowance shall be calculated at the current cost to install the removed facilities (including all labor, materials, overheads and supervision), depreciated at a rate of 1/30 for each year the removed facilities were in service at the current location.
NON-RESIDENTIAL SERVICE. Electrical service supplied to all facilities and/or locations not classified for residential service, as described herein.
P. Rates for customer’s classified as primary service, as described in Exhibit II.D.
PROPERTY OWNER. The legally binding individual, or entity (company, corporation, and the like) recognized as holding title and/or deed to a given property.
RATES. The currently approved, by Avilla Town Council, set of charges, in whole or in part, for the use of electricity or electrical devices (such as dusk-to-dawn lights, and the like) as supplied by Avilla to its customers. Such rates are further described in Exhibit II.
RATES, RULES & REGULATIONS. The current set of Rates, Rules & Regulations, as approved by the Avilla Town Council, in whole or in part.
REGULATORY BODY. The Avilla Town Council.
RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT.
(a) Five or more contiguous single-family, two-family or mobile home dwellings, either proposed or existing,
(b) Eighteen contiguous units for multi-family use, either proposed or existing, or
(c) A combination of (a) or (b), which may be treated by Avilla as a unit for all purposes associated with a developer’s project.
RESIDENTIAL SERVICE. Electrical service supplied to facilities and/or locations ordinarily designated and recognized as individual single-family residences, including apartments, mobile homes and other individual single-family dwelling quarters or units.
REVENUE. The sum of the net billing for 30 consecutive monthly periods (such as 2 years) resulting from the application of Avilla’s applicable rate for electric service to the total number of kilowatt-hours consumed by the developer’s project for such periods, as reasonably estimated by Avilla.
SERVICE CONNECTION. The Avilla-designated point at which the overhead or underground lines are brought into customer’s facility.
SGS. Rates for customer’s classified as Small General Service, as described in Exhibit II.B.
SHORT TERM CONTRACT. A contractual arrangement, entered into between Avilla and a customer, to serve electric service for a period of less than three years, commencing on the date electrical service is provided to customer and/or metering point.
SPECIAL CONTRACT. A contractual arrangement, entered into between Avilla and a customer, to serve electric service under unusual conditions. Such unusual conditions may consist of significant electric capacity requirements, loading characteristics or other abnormal conditions. Terms of service, payment for extending service and contractual length of service are specific and defined uniquely if customer is provided a SPECIAL CONTRACT.
STANDARD TERM CONTRACT. A contractual arrangement, entered into between Avilla and a customer, to serve electric service for a period of not less than three years, commencing on the date electrical service is provided to customer and/or metering point.
TEMPORARY SERVICE. Electrical service supplied to a facility and/or metering point that are of a temporary nature. Such locations include mobile homes and/or trailers, mobile site offices, construction metering point, and the like.
TENANT. That individual, or entity (company, corporation, and the like) that occupies, rents and/or is responsible for a given property and is not legally recognized as the property owner.
TIME OF USE. A special rate that applies to customers using energy during preestablished times of lower system demand.
TOTAL COST. The current cost, including labor, materials, overheads and supervision to install new overhead and/or underground electric facilities. When the replacement of existing facilities is included, TOTAL COST shall include the cost of removing and disposing of the existing wire, poles, hardware and equipment, with credit allocated for the value of any salvaged materials.
(Ord. 1406-6-02, passed 6-18-2002)