(A) Schedule C Nonresidential and Commercial Single- and Three- Phase Service is available and applicable for single- and three-phase service for all nonresidential and commercial electric service not specified as applicable to Schedule R residential services. This shall include but not be limited to: electric service furnished to retail and wholesale business concerns, small industrial manufacturing and or processing concerns, hotels, motels, tourist inns, retail stores, restaurants, vehicle service stations, professional offices, theaters, schools, churches, clubs, lodges and professional buildings, and further for all other uses that are not ordinarily classified as being residential in character.
(B) Where single-phase service is furnished, the applicable monthly customer charge shall apply for not less than four consecutive months each time that service is established in any given name. Any disconnection of single-phase service shall be subject to the reconnection fee assessed by the Electric Utility any time that service is reconnected in the same name.
(C) Where three-phase service is furnished, the applicable monthly customer charge shall apply on a chronological basis of not less than 12 consecutive months, or longer as may be specified in the electric service agreement between the Electric Utility and the customer. Any seasonal disconnection of three-phase service shall not negate or allow avoidance of the applicable monthly service charge.
(D) Services available in Schedule C shall be supplied through a single set of service wires to a single meter location. The voltage supplied shall be at the Electric Utilities option in either 120/240 volt single phase, three-wire service, or 240 volt three-phase, three-wire or four-wire service, or 120-208 volt three-phase service or such other voltage and wire combinations as the Electric Utility at its option may make available. If a customer requests a voltage or wiring combination that the Electric Utility does not provide or is deemed nonstandard by the Electric Utility, the customer shall be required to obtain written permission from the Electric Utility to construct or install the transformers and other equipment necessary to deliver the voltages. The equipment, installations, constructions, and continuous proper maintenance of same shall be at the customer’s expense.
(E) All motors five-horse power and larger shall be equipped with reduced voltage starting equipment or other control devices that will reduce, curtail, and avoid creating voltage surges on the Electric Utilities system. This requirement may be waived only by written permission from the Electric Utility.
(F) The Electric Utility shall have no obligation to furnish three-phase service if the Utility deems that it is not practical or economical to do so. The Electric Utility may enter into contracts with the customer to recoup economic investments for installation of the services.
(G) All service shall be delivered through a single set of service wires to a single service location designated by the Electric Utility. A separate bill shall be rendered for each different meter location wherein more than one set of service wires exist, or where the customers service entrance switches or the Electric Utilities meters are at a different location.
(H) At any premise wherein there occurs mixed usage of schedules of service, all service may be billed under one schedule to be determined by the Electric Utility. The customer may at their own expense separate the wiring upon inspection and approval by the Electric Utility, and each class of service shall be metered and billed separately with the applicable rate schedule.
(I) Where three-phase service is furnished by the Electric Utility, the utility shall determine wire combinations.
(J) Rate C may be applied to agricultural uses outside the corporate limits of the town wherein single-phase or three-phase service is supplied only for applications that are part of the commercial agricultural operation and are usually considered to be nonresidential usages of electric power. Separation of services may be accomplished per division (H) above.
(K) Meter readings shall be actual reading and not estimations with billings computed from the actual readings.
(L) The Electric Utility shall have the option to meter the customers electric energy usage at either the secondary or primary voltage.
(M) Service provided under this schedule shall not be resold or submetered.
(N) The terms and conditions set forth in this section shall be applicable to Rate C and Rate CI customers. However, in the event that there are additional terms and conditions found in § 51.137 and § 51.138 regarding Rate CI, the terms set forth in those sections shall take precedence over any terms in this section.
(Ord. 7-1992, passed 12-21-1992; Am. Ord. 6-2003, passed 12-15-2003)