947.22 RESIDENTIAL SERVICE LINE MAINTENANCE (RSLM) GAS UTILITY RIDER “C”.
(a) Residential Service Line Maintenance Rider (RSLM)
(1) Scope. The Utility shall recover through application of Rider RSLM all expenditures for labor, equipment, materials, capital improvements, investments and related debt service principal and interest payments associated with the Utility's Residential Riser Replacement and Service Line Maintenance Program (Residential Service Line Maintenance Costs). Residential Service Line Maintenance Costs shall include Utility debt service payments (including principal and interest payments), if any, associated with Residential Service Line Maintenance Costs. Residential Service Line Maintenance Costs shall include the applicable salaries of Utility employees, and any benefits related thereto. Rider RSLM will be applied as a per meter charge ($ for each meter) to all Schedule R Residential Service natural gas customers' monthly billings so as to recover anticipated Residential Service Line Maintenance Costs during the period such expenditures are projected to be incurred by the Utility (Recovery Period). The total amount of any over-recovery or under-recovery of Residential Service Line Maintenance Costs for preceding collection periods will be included as a Residential Service Line Maintenance Reconciliation Adjustment and thereby reflected in Rider RSLM for the Recovery Period.
(2) Calculation. The formula for calculating Rider RSLM, expressed as a monthly per-meter charge($ for each meter), is:
Rider RSLM = (RSLMC +/- RSLMRA)/NOC/12
Where:
RSLMC = Residential Service Line Maintenance Costs ($) to be recovered from all Schedule R Residential Service natural gas distribution customers during the Recovery Period.
RSLMRA = Residential Service Line Maintenance Reconciliation Adjustment is a dollar adjustment that reflects the difference between actual Residential Service Line Maintenance Costs incurred during preceding collection periods and the actual revenues collected by Rider RSLM during the same collection period. Over-recoveries are subtracted from the RSLMC and under-recoveries are added to the RSLMC.
NOC = Number of Schedule R Residential Service rate class customers during the Recovery Period.
(b) Application. The Utility shall review the Rider RSLM calculation at least annually and make projections for the Recovery Period. The Utility shall, when it deems necessary, make adjustments to Rider RSLM applied to Schedule R Residential Service customers for such period as it deems necessary to accomplish the purposes of this Rider in a timely manner.
(c) Reimbursement. The City of Hamilton will reimburse any Schedule R Residential Service Customer who replaced a prone-to-failure natural gas riser or repaired or replaced a natural gas service line between May 1, 2011, and the effective date of this ordinance using a DOT Operator-Qualified contractor approved by the City. Reimbursement will be at actual costs incurred by the Customer, as proven by the Customer-provided receipt detailing all work completed and the associated cost of each item of work. The maximum reimbursement for replacement of a prone-to-failure natural gas riser shall be $600 per natural gas riser. The maximum reimbursement for repair or replacement of a natural gas service line shall be $1800. Eligible reimbursement items include all labor and material necessary for repair or replacement of a natural gas service line and/or replacement of a prone-to-failure natural gas riser and associated property restoration. City personnel shall inspect the property to verify that the work was completed in accordance with City requirements. Reimbursement to a Customer will be made within 60 days of the Customer's submission of a receipt for work performed, through reimbursement check or account credit at the City's discretion. Upon reimbursement to the Customer for repair or replacement of a natural gas service line or replacement of a prone-to-failure natural gas riser, the natural gas service line or natural gas riser shall become the property of the City. The City is not required to process any requests for reimbursement for repairs or replacements conducted after the effective date of this section.
(Ord. 2011-9-94. Passed 9-28-11.)