This step shall be taken by the utility when its fuel supplies are decreasing and the remaining fuel supplies are sufficient, in its opinion, for not more than approximately 50 days of operation of its generation facilities.
(A) Utility use of electric energy shall be reduced in any way that shall not jeopardize essential operations.
(B) Fuel supply levels at the utility’s generating stations shall become a determinant in economic dispatch decisions in the effort to maintain a reasonable supply of fuel at all generating stations.
(C) The utility shall partially or fully terminate the availability of electric energy under the surplus capacity provisions of rates for industrial and commercial power service. This shall not apply to cooperative or municipal utilities with generation.
(Prior Code, § 36-9-2-15(b)(1)) (Ord. passed 6-26-1923; Ord. passed 12-26-1933; Ord. passed 9-25-1934; Ord. passed 9-11-1945; Ord. 678, passed 11-24-1953; Ord. 689, passed 9-14-1954; Ord. 1963-13, passed 9-3-1963; Ord. 1974-11, passed 9-3-1974; Ord. 1976-4, passed 7-12-1976; Ord. 1976-7, passed 8-17-1976; Ord. 1-1978, passed 2-21-1978; Ord. 1978-8, passed 7-5-1978; Ord. 1980-4, passed 7-15-1980; Ord. 1981-3, passed 2-3-1981)