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The customer shall not resell electrical services supplied by the city.
(Prior Code, § 51.14) (Ord. 261, passed 5-8-1979) Penalty, see § 50.99
(A) The city shall be granted, at no cost, all rights-of-way, rights of access and easements necessary to serve the customer for the installation, maintenance, repair, replacement, removal or use of any or all equipment or materials used to supply and deliver electricity to the customer.
(B) Access at all times to the premises of the customer for the purpose of reading meters, testing, repairing, removing or exchanging any or all equipment belonging to the city shall be deemed granted during the time electric service is accepted by the customer.
(C) The city shall be granted all necessary rights-of-way and rights of access to perform clearing and trimming of trees, shrubs, vines or other vegetation it deems prudent to maintain proper clearances and accessibility for the maintenance and operation of electric services, or as may be required by standard utility safety practices. No charges shall be made to the customer for any clearing or trimming activities; however, the decision to trim or clear shall be the exclusive right of the city.
(Prior Code, § 51.15) (Ord. 261, passed 5-8-1979)
(A) No person except an employee of the city in the normal course of his or her duties shall alter, remove or make any connections to city meter or service equipment. No meter seal may be broken by anyone other than a city employee; provided, however, that the city may give its prior consent to seal breaking by a customer when deemed necessary to the city.
(B) In case of tampering with meter installation or interfering with the proper working thereof, or any other theft of service by any person, or evidence of any such tampering, interfering, theft or service diversion, by whomsoever done, including the falsification of meter readings, the customer shall be liable to immediate discontinuance of service as provided herein. The city shall be entitled to bill and collect from the customer the appropriate rate for all power and energy not recorded on the meter by such tampering, interfering or other theft of service diversion (the amount of which may be estimated by the city from the best available data) and also for all expenses incurred by the city on account of such unauthorized act or acts. The bill will be paid at such reasonable time as established by the City Administrator.
(Prior Code, § 51.16) (Ord. 261, passed 5-8-1979) Penalty, see § 50.99
(A) The customer shall provide sufficient space and exercise proper care to protect the city’s property on the customer’s premises, and, in the event of loss or damage to the city’s property on the customer’s premises arising from neglect, carelessness or misuse by the customer, the cost of necessary repairs or replacement shall be billed to the customer.
(B) The customer shall be required to install suitable protective or control devices whenever the city deems such installation necessary to protect its property or that of its other customers. The city reserves the right to refuse service to any customer when delivery of service will adversely affect service to other customers.
(Prior Code, § 51.17) (Ord. 261, passed 5-8-1979) Penalty, see § 50.99
(A) The city shall exercise reasonable diligence in supplying satisfactory and continuous electric service. It is possible, however, that there may be some degree of failure, interruptions, suspensions, curtailment or fluctuation of service.
(B) The city cannot and will not guarantee constant or uninterrupted delivery of electric service and shall have no liability to its customers or any other persons for any interruption, suspension, curtailment or fluctuation in utility services or for any loss or damage caused thereby when such interruptions, suspensions, curtailment or fluctuation results from the following or from any other causes:
(1) Causes beyond the city’s reasonable control, including, but not limited to, accident or casualty, fire, flood, drought, wind, action of the elements, court order, litigation, breakdown of or damage to facilities of the city or of third parties, acts of God, strikes or other labor disputes, civil, military or governmental authority, electrical disturbances originating on or transmitted through electrical systems with which the city’s system is interconnected and acts or omissions of third parties;
(2) Repair, maintenance, improvements, renewal or replacement of facilities or any discontinuance of service which, in the city’s judgment, is necessary to permit repairs or changes to be made in the city’s generating source of supply, transmission or distribution facilities or to eliminate the possibility of damage to the city’s property or to the persons or property of others. To the extent practicable, such work, repairs or changes shall be done in a manner which will minimize inconvenience to the customer, and, whenever practicable, the customer shall be given reasonable notice of such work, repairs or changes;
(3) Automatic or manual actions taken by the city which, in its sole judgment, are necessary or prudent to protect the performance, integrity, reliability or stability of the city’s electric system or any electric system with which it is interconnected. Such actions shall include, but shall not be limited to, the operation of automatic or manual protection equipment installed in the city’s electric system, including, without limitation, such equipment as automatic relays, generator controls, circuit breakers and switches; and
(4) Action taken by the city with respect to any plan or course of action to conserve electric energy at times of anticipated deficiency of resources, including, but not limited to, nonvoluntary curtailment or suspension of utility services.
(Prior Code, § 51.18) (Ord. 261, passed 5-8-1979)
(A) Each electrical user shall pay the monthly electric rates applicable to the class of users to which that user belongs, as specified by resolution of the City Council.
(B) The rates specified by resolution for residential electrical users shall apply to the following premises:
(1) Single-family dwellings separately metered and not used for business purposes;
(2) Multi-family dwellings if each living unit is separately metered;
(3) Rooming or boarding houses where less than five rooms are used as sleeping or living quarters for persons not members of the customer’s immediate family; and
(4) Separately metered mobile homes.
(C) The rates specified by resolution for commercial customers shall apply to the following premises:
(1) Businesses;
(2) Single-family dwellings, a main portion of which are regularly used for the conduct of business. If the dwelling and the business portions of the dwelling are separately metered, the residential portion shall be billed at the residential rate, and the commercial portion shall be billed at the commercial rate;
(3) Multi-family dwellings if each living unit is not separately metered;
(4) Rooming or boarding houses where five or more rooms are used as sleeping or living quarters for persons not members of the customer’s immediate family; and
(5) Mobile homes not separately metered.
(D) Where it is necessary to extend or reinforce existing distribution facilities, the minimum monthly charge specified by resolution of the City Council may be increased to assume adequate compensation for the added facilities.
(E) Electrical users requiring service during a period not to exceed nine months per year shall not pay the basic monthly charge specified by resolution times 12 for a basic annual charge.
(Prior Code, § 51.20) (Ord. 261, passed 5-8-1979)
Metering shall be done on the low voltage side of the transformed bank; and when transformers are furnished by the city, a loss factor shall be added to both demand and energy charges. If transformers are furnished by the customer, a discount of 10% shall apply to the demand and energy charges after loss factor has been added. The customer shall provide the service wires required to take energy from the point of metering.
(Prior Code, § 51.21) (Ord. 261, passed 5-8-1979)
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