§ 50.47  RATES SCHEDULE.
   (A)   The rates and charges established for the use of the service rendered by the municipal electric utility shall be as follows:
Fee
Fee
Residential service
 
   Customer charge (per month)
$7.50
   Energy charge (per kWh)
 
      First 300 kWh
$0.1340
      Over 300 kWh
$0.0939
Rural residential service
 
   Customer charge (per month)
$12.50
   Energy charge (per kWh)
 
      First 300 kWh
$0.1340
      Over 300 kWh
$0.0939
Commercial service
 
   Customer charge (per month)
$10.00
   Energy charge (per kWh)
 
      First 1,000 kWh
$0.1400
      Over 1,000 kWh
$0.0985
Rural commercial service
 
   Customer charge (per month)
$15.00
   Energy charge (per kWh)
 
      First 1,000 kWh
$0.1400
      Over 1,000 kWh
$0.0985
 
Fee
 
Fee
Municipal service
 
   Customer charge (per month)
$15.00
   Energy charge (per kWh)
$0.1023
General power service
 
   Customer charge (per month)
$50.00
   Energy charge (per kWh)
 
      First 2,500 kWh
$0.1475
      Over 2,500 kWh
$0.0980
Security lighting service (per lamp per month):
 
   175 watt mercury vapor
$8.25
   250 watt high pressure sodium
$9.25
   400 watt mercury vapor
$10.80
Municipal street lighting service (per lamp per month):
 
   100 watt high pressure sodium
$5.50
   150 watt high pressure sodium
$5.50
   175 watt mercury vapor
$5.50
   250 watt high pressure sodium
$5.50
   400 watt mercury vapor
$5.50
Note:  Minimum charges for residential, rural residential, commercial, rural commercial and general power service customers shall be equal to the monthly customer charge.
 
   (B)   A rate adjustment will be applicable with the rates established in division (A) of this section as follows:
      (1)   The rate adjustment is applicable to all metered rates in dollars per kWh. It shall be on the basis of a purchase power cost adjustment tracking factor occasioned solely by changes in the cost of purchased power and energy, in accordance with the order of the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission, approved on December 13, 1989 in Cause No. 36835-S3.
      (2)   The embedded base costs for the calculation of future purchase power cost adjustment tracking factors are as follows:
         (a)   Purchased power - demand: $22.465/kW-month; and
         (b)   Purchased power - energy:  $0.033241/kWh.
   (C)   For the purpose of billing and collecting the charges for electric use, the meters shall be read monthly and the usage shall be billed monthly. The late payment charge applied after the due date shall be 10% of unpaid balance.
   (D)   The electric utility rates and charges adopted hereby shall become effective for all bills payable on or after February 1, 2017.
(Prior Code, § 50.32)  (Ord. 1957-3, passed 12-3-1957; Ord. 1976-1, passed 3-2-1976; Ord. 1976-3, passed 6-1-1976; Ord. 1981-2, passed 2-3-1981; Ord. 2016-15, passed 1-10-2017)