(A) For billing purposes, gas taken by an end-user customer in any billing period at the point of metering for this rate shall be deemed to be taken in the following order:
(1) The quantity of end-user customer-owned gas delivered to the city’s system in the current billing period;
(2) Any excess or “balance” quantity of end-user customer-owned gas previously delivered to the city’s system but not taken by the end-user customer during the billing period immediately preceding the current billing period; and
(3) The quantity of gas delivered under the companion classification.
(B) Any excess or balance quantity not taken by the end-user customer in the first subsequent billing period shall be forfeited to the city without recourse and at no cost to the city.
(C) No balance shall be carried for more than 30 days following the close of a month.
(1986 Code, § 9.15.060) (Ord. 1316, passed - -1988)