(A) Any person violating any provision of this chapter for which no specific penalty is prescribed shall be subject to § 10.99 of this code of ordinances.
(B) Any person or entity found to be in violation of § 53.01 shall be fined not less than $500, nor more than $2,500, for each such violation, plus costs. In addition to the foregoing fines and at the utility’s sole discretion, property where a renewable generating facility is unlawfully connected to the utility’s grid may be disconnected from the utility’s grid until an interconnection application is approved. Every day that a violation of § 53.01 occurs shall constitute a separate offense.
(C) Customers failing to comply with specified curtailments for more than seven days shall be subject to disconnection for the duration of the emergency. Energy use by industrial and large commercial customers in excess of that permitted under any curtailment shall be subject to a $0.10 per kilowatt hour penalty, in addition to normal billing charges, for all electric energy taken in excess of mandatory curtailment limitations. Penalty charges collected hereunder shall be distributed in a separate account, and shall be used to reduce the fuel cost adjustment charge of industrial and large commercial customers who, during the existence of a fuel emergency, have not used electric energy in excess of mandatory curtailment limitations.
(Prior Code, § 36-9-2-15(b)(11)) (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; Ord. 18-2020, passed 11-17-2020)