A. All users of the city's municipal electrical system shall pay a monthly service charge to offset the operation and maintenance expenses of the electrical system. The monthly service charge shall be established by resolution of city council, and shall be classified as described herein. The service provided for the rates described herein will be supplied at the secondary voltage available.
1. A domestic rate shall be applicable to domestic (residential) and apartment lighting in combination with heating, cooking and single-phase power service in single-family dwellings and apartments, separately metered by the City of Gridley.
a. Service under this schedule shall be nominal 120-240 volts, 60-cycle, single-phase, alternating current.
b. Where a substantial portion of a residence, or of the energy consumed therein, is used for the conduct of business, the energy consumed in such portion will be separately metered and billed under the general service schedule. If facilities to permit such separate meterings are not provided by the customer, the entire premises will be classified as a non-residential service.
c. All new apartments shall be separately metered. Where apartments are master metered, minimum charge will be number of apartments times the minimum domestic rate. Each block shall be multiplied by the number of apartments served.
2. A general service rate shall be applicable to commercial and industrial customers for heating, cooking, power or any other combination thereof (either single-phase or poly-phase), alone or combined with lighting, provided all poly-phase power services to any customer on the premises shall be supplied through one meter.
a. Services to each of two or more separate areas, but not in the same building and which do not overlap within the same premises, may be individually metered.
b. Meter readings for service under this schedule may be combined for the convenience for the City where multiple metering now exists.
B. Service at the rates adopted pursuant to this section will be supplied at the secondary voltage available. Where poly-phase power is to be combined with single-phase, a four-wire service will be supplied, either 120-240 volt, whichever is available. If the connected poly-phase exceeds 60 H:, a threewire 277-480 volt service will be supplied if requested by the consumer and available.
(Ord 695, 2000)