(A) The reference in this section to "power factor" or "pf" is in accordance with the accepted technical meaning of this term.
(B) The city expects the customer’s electrical system to be at or near unity power factor. However, the city will permit the customer’s system, during normal operation, to have a power factor not lower than 90% either lagging or leading. Where the customer’s power factor is less than 90%, the city reserves the right to require the customer to furnish, at his or her own expense, suitable corrective equipment to maintain a power factor of 90% or higher. At the city’s option, in lieu of the customer providing the above corrective equipment, the city may add an adjustment to the maximum measured kW load for billing purposes each month when the power factor is less than 90%, in accordance with the following formula:
(BASED ON POWER FACTOR MEASURED AT TIME OF MAXIMUM KW LOAD)
Maximum Measured kW Load x 90% - (Maximum Measured kW Load) = pf Correction kW
PowerFactor (in percent
PowerFactor (in percent
(C) The city reserves the right to install a KVA meter or metering equipment of a type whereby power factor can be determined for use in the above formula.
(Ord. 212, passed 3-10-81; Am. Ord. 456, passed 12-11-90; Am. Ord. 562, passed 10-25-94; Am. Ord. B2009-07, passed 6-23-09; Am. Ord. B2019-16, passed 12-17-19)