A. Service Line - Overhead Service: Overhead service shall be delivered to the individual customer facility by means of overhead cables from the existing overhead electric system to a designated point on the customer's facility of sufficient height to comply with applicable code clearances.
The owner or owner's contractor shall provide the service head, riser conduit, and all other materials and installations required to make a complete installation, as described on standard drawings provided by the city's electric department. Approved meter sockets shall be furnished and installed by the owner or the owner's contractor, and shall be located at a height of five feet (5') above final grade with all meters located outside of any building or restricted area.
B. Service Line - Underground Service: Underground service is electrical service delivered to a customer's facility by means of a buried cable from electrical facilities owned by the city. Where underground service is provided by the city, the owner or owner's contractor shall provide the necessary equipment to provide a complete installation as indicated on standard drawings provided by the city's electric department.
Except for areas designated as requiring underground service (where possible) underground service is a nonstandard service; however, where underground service is available from the city's existing underground facilities and where, in the opinion of the electric department providing underground service is a practical method to provide service; or where underground service can be supplied from the city's existing overhead facilities and where, in the opinion of the electric department underground service is a practical method to provide service, the charge for providing service shall be as indicated in section 8-2-5 of this chapter.
C. New Service Development:
1. This subsection shall apply to those situations where a request for electric service will require an extension and/or modification to the primary distribution system, and the delivery point is within the corporate limits. This subsection applies to industrial, commercial, residential subdivisions, and multi- family housing development.
2. When making application for an extension and/or modification of the primary distribution system to serve a proposed development, the applicant shall furnish the electric department with sufficiently complete development plans and electric service requirements and usage data to enable determination of the specific extension and/or modification to the primary distribution system required to serve the proposed project.
3. The electric department shall determine the cost to the city to install the necessary improvements. Charges shall include the expense to modify existing facilities, line extension, and transformation cost.
4. If in the opinion of the electric department and the electric committee of the city council concur that a portion of the line extension to the proposed site may in the future enable the electric system to serve others in a reasonable time that portion of the improvement may be charged at a reduced rate or not included in the calculation as determined by the electric committee.
5. For subdivisions in addition to the charge to provide service the developer shall also pay the current connection/tap fee for each lot. The connection fee for each lot placed in service within eleven (11) years after the start of the project shall be refunded to the developer without interest following the owner's payment of the connection fee.
The developer will not be entitled to return of the connection fee after eleven (11) years.
6. The applicant/customer will be notified of the estimated new service development charge and the available terms of payment. (Generally terms will be 25 percent prior to start of the project and the balance at completion.)
7. The applicant/customer must agree, in advance of construction to pay the new service development charge in accordance with the available terms of payment.
8. Payment of the new service development charge shall be made as follows unless different terms are agreed to:
a. Twenty five percent (25%) of the estimated new service development charge prior to construction;
b. The balance of the customer charge upon completion of the construction. (Ord. 1427, 8-17-2010)