947.05 DISTRIBUTION DELIVERY SERVICE - SCHEDULE "D".
(a) Eligibility. Distribution Delivery Service - Schedule “D” is applicable to nonresidential customers that have executed a contract with the City and have arranged for gas supply and transportation on an interstate pipeline having a direct connection with the City’s transmission and distribution system. Distribution Delivery Service - Schedule “D” is available to premises where the City’s gas mains are adjacent to premises to be served.
(b) Distribution Delivery Service Charge. The monthly charge for Distribution Delivery Service - Schedule “D” shall be the sum of the charges set forth below:
(1) Administrative charge: An administrative charge for bills rendered on or after the effective date shall be:
Effective April 1, 2024 | Effective April 1, 2025 | Effective April 1, 2026 | Effective April 1, 2027 | Effective April 1, 2028 |
$400.00 | $450.00 | $500.00 | $550.00 | $550.00 |
(2) Volumetric charge: All customers entering into distribution delivery service contracts with the City after June 1, 2008, will have a minimum monthly volumetric level of five hundred (500) MMBtu’s. Thermal measurement shall be based on the Btu content of the gas delivered to the City as reported by the transporting interstate pipeline and adjusted for unaccounted for gas.
The volumetric charge is as follows:
Effective April 1, 2024 | Effective April 1, 2025 | Effective April 1, 2026 | Effective April 1, 2027 | Effective April 1, 2028 | |
For the first 500 MMBtu | $895 | $925 | $950 | $980 | $1,020 |
For each additional MMBtu per MMBtu | $1.79 | $1.85 | $1.90 | $1.96 | $2.04 MMBtu per MMBtu |
(3) Reimbursement charge. A reimbursement charge for all amounts paid by the City to third parties with respect to the customer's arrangement with such third party.
(4) Additional charge. Any amounts due the City by reason of subsections (c), (d) and (e) below.
(c) Scheduling Deliveries. The customer shall be responsible for arranging for the purchase of gas and transportation thereof to the City's transmission and distribution system. The City shall redeliver to the customer the volume of gas delivered to the City's interconnections minus the unaccounted for gas. All scheduling and scheduling changes of gas receipts and deliveries into the interstate gas pipeline transporting on behalf of the customer shall be communicated to the City at the same time it is made with the interstate pipeline. The customer shall be responsible for balancing its daily and monthly schedules and shall hold the City harmless from any scheduling, balancing or other penalties imposed by interstate pipelines transporting gas for either the City or customer when such charge or penalty is caused by the customer.
(d) Unauthorized Deliveries. Gas volumes, adjusted for unaccounted for gas, taken in excess of those scheduled or without a schedule are unauthorized deliveries unless otherwise provided under the terms of the contract between the City and the customer. Unauthorized deliveries shall be billed at rates charged by transporting interstate pipeline supplier(s) for any and all such unauthorized deliveries. In the event the customer fails or refuses to curtail or interrupt unauthorized deliveries after having been notified by the City, the customer shall pay five dollars ($5.00) per MMBtu for gas taken subsequent to the time set for curtailment or interruption and any charges assessed by third parties attributable to the customer's failure to curtail or interrupt.
(e) Suburban Premises Surcharge. For premises located outside the corporate limits of the City at a location that is not contiguous to the corporate limits of the City, a surcharge of ten percent (10%) of the sum of the charges under subsections (b)(1) and (2) hereof shall be charged for each bill rendered, and no less than monthly; or, for premises located outside the corporate limits of the City at a location that is contiguous to the corporate limits of the City, a surcharge of fifty percent (50%) of the sum of the charges under subsections (b)(1) and (2) hereof shall be charge for each bill rendered, and no less than monthly.
(f) Unaccounted for Gas. The amount of unaccounted for gas shall be two percent (2%) of all volumes delivered to the customer. Upon the recommendations of the Executive Director of Infrastructure, the amount of unaccounted for gas may be amended by the City Manager by adjusting the aforesaid percentage to reflect the City’s estimate of unaccounted for gas for the customer.
(g) Termination of Service. The City reserves the right to terminate service under this schedule if, in the City's sole judgment, the customer abuses the terms of its Distribution Delivery Service.
(h) Unfunded Governmental and Regulatory Mandates Utility Adjustment (UGRMA) Charge: The URGMA charge is the UGRMA charge for each Ccf commencing (date mandate becomes active) in accordance with Section 947.20.
(Ord. 2024-3-18. Passed 3-27-24.)