(A) Availability. Any customer located in territory served by utility may take service under this rate subject to the following conditions:
(1) Residential customers in a single family dwelling or single family unit located in an apartment building or general farm purposes, and
(2) That the energy delivered is not resold or redistributed, and
(3) That the customer does not have any electric generating equipment used to produce all or a portion of customer’s electrical load requirements on a regular basis.
(B) Conditions of service:
(1) Service will be delivered to customer at no more than one of the following standard delivery voltages:
Single phase service - 3 wire 120/240 volts
(2) Utility will provide and maintain all facilities necessary to deliver one standard delivery voltage at one specified location to customer. Customer shall provide all necessary facilities for utilization of service at the specified delivery voltage and for the receipt at a single point of delivery.
(3) Customer will maintain its electric service entrance facilities in good repair and in full compliance with the requirements of all local, state, and national codes and standards including all applicable terms and conditions of the National Electric Code (“NEC”) and the National Electric Safety Code (“NESC”).
(C) Rates:
(1) Facilities charge $15 per month.
(2) Energy charge. The following charges shall be adjusted annually (May 1) for the cost of living adjustment:
Kilowatt-hours (kWhrs)
used in any one month Charges
For all kWhrs. $0.13625 per kWhr.
(a) Summer season is the billing period for June usage and having an ending meter reading date on or after July 1st and the three succeeding monthly billing periods.
(b) Non-summer season represents all billing periods not in the summer season.
(3) When two or more single family units are served through a single meter, the kWhr usage in the first block and the kWhr usage in succeeding blocks of the residential rate schedule shall be multiplied by the number of dwelling units served through the single meter and the bill for service shall be computed accordingly.
(4) Energy cost adjustment.
(a) The energy charges in subdivision (C)(2) are subject to the Energy Cost Adjustment (“ECA”). The ECA charge shall be in addition to the stated base rates and charges, and an additional amount shall be added to each bill for the ECA.
(b) The ECA is hereby defined to be the difference in the average cost of energy per kWhr purchased by the utility during the Base Period and average cost of energy per kWhr purchased by the utility during the current Comparison Period.
(c) The Base Period for this fuel adjustment clause is hereby designated as 5-1-93 to 4-30-94 and the fuel cost per kWhr during the base period has been computed at $.035 per kWhr.
(d) The current Comparison Period shall be defined as the month previous to the billed usage period.
(e) That as soon as possible after the end of each current Comparison Period, the cost of purchased energy per kWhr during said period shall be compared and the ECA shall be computed. The ECA shall be expressed as an amount per kWhr and the ECA shall go into effect at the next billing period after the end of the Current Comparison Period and shall remain in effect until a new ECA has been computed.
(f) The ECA rate shall be multiplied by a factor of 1.0 and by the number of kWhrs consumed by each customer and added to each bill for electrical service rendered.
(5) Penalty charge for delayed payment. A charge equal to 10% of the bill for service shall be added to all bills not paid by the 10th day of the month after rendition of bills. If the 10th day shall be a Sunday or holiday, the net bill may be paid on the next day without penalty. All bills become delinquent if not paid by the 15th of the same month. All accounts in arrears will be charged at a rate of 1.5% per month, on the outstanding balance, on the 15th of the month.
(6) Tax adjustment. Any tax or charge imposed or levied by any taxing authority, including the State of Illinois State Public Utility Revenue Tax, shall be added to the customer’s net bill.
(7) Insufficient funds fee. All payments made by check for bills paid under this chapter and returned for insufficient funds will be charged $35 per check. This fee will be added to the customer's account and be included as due and payable subject to penalties as set forth in division (C)(5) of this section.
(Ord. 654, passed 9-5-95; Am. Ord. 854, passed 4-6-09; Am. Ord. 889, passed 8-15-11; Am. Ord. 906, passed 9-18-12; Am. Ord. 1057, passed 12-7-20)