(a) All applicants for electrical service supplied by the Division of Cleveland Public Power shall agree to abide by all of the rules and regulations hereinafter set forth and all other rules and regulations as may be contained in other City ordinances relating to electrical service supplied by the Division.
(b) The consumer hereby agrees not to resell, sublet or divert any of the electric service herein contracted for, except with the written consent of the City.
(c) The consumer agrees not to allow the City’s wires or meters to be interfered with in any way.
(d) In case of loss or damage to the property of the City from an act of negligence of the consumer or its agents or servants, or of failure to return equipment supplied by the City, the consumer shall pay to the City the value of such property.
(e) No other electric service shall be used by the consumer in conjunction with the City’s service, either by means of an automatic or manually operated switch, or by any other device, connection or arrangement, without the express consent of the City especially obtained for that purpose. Any violation of this rule shall authorize the City to discontinue its service entirely and remove its property.
(f) The City will furnish the electric meter, metering equipment and the necessary service drop to connect the City’s mains with the consumer’s system at the service entrance. All wiring, meters, equipment, appurtenances and material of any nature furnished by the City shall remain its property, and may be removed by it at any time after the termination of this agreement or the discontinuance of the service.
(g) It is further expressly agreed that the undertaking of the City shall be completed by the supplying of the electric service at the conditions stated to the wire entrance of the consumer’s premises, and that any appliances or equipment required to transform, control, regulate or utilize energy shall be furnished and maintained by the consumer, and particularly that the City shall not be under any requirements to furnish lamps of any kind, nor maintenance or renewals of the same, nor fuses, nor the service of repairmen or inspectors for the consumer’s property.
(h) In case the City is prevented from delivering or the consumer prevented from receiving electric service for any cause reasonably beyond their control, then the City shall not be obligated to deliver nor the consumer to receive electric service during such interruptions, but both parties shall be prompt and diligent in removing or overcoming the causes of the interruptions, and nothing contained herein shall be construed as permitting the City to refuse to deliver or the consumer to decline to receive the aforesaid service after the cause of interruption is removed.
(i) If meter readings are for a period of two (2) or more months, interim monthly bills may be rendered based on estimated use.
(j) As used in this section:
(1) “Service connection” means a metered supply of electrical energy.
(2) “Premises” means a building or contiguous buildings occupied by the customer.
(3) “Commercial light service connection” means a supply where the principal use is for lighting purposes.
(4) “Load factor” means the ratio of the actual kilowatt hours used to the product of the monthly measured or metered demand and the total number of hours in the billing period.
(5) “Low load factor service connection” means special, temporary, welding or intermittent service.
(6) “Demand” means the maximum thirty (30) minute kilowatt demand registered during the billing period.
(7) “Combined demand” means the sum of the undiversified demands computed as for separate billings, except that the combined demand may be the diversified demand at the option of the Division of Cleveland Public Power.
(Ord. No. 472-2022. Passed 5-23-22, eff. 5-25-22)