943.062 COMMERCIAL DEMAND SERVICE RATE SCHEDULE “CDS”.
(a) Availability. This schedule is available to customers throughout the service area of the City of Hamilton Electric Distribution System where facilities of adequate capacity exist adjacent to the premises to be served.
(b) Applicability. This schedule is applicable to electric service for Commercial/Industrial/Governmental customers and master metered multi-unit Residential complexes served through one meter at a single point of delivery with average monthly demand for the preceding 12 months of 25 kW or greater but less than 200 kW. Service under this schedule is not applicable to seasonal, standby, auxiliary or supplementary service or for resale service.
(c) Character of Service. Service furnished under this schedule shall be single-phase or three-phase, 60 Hertz alternating current at available City secondary voltages supplied through a single set of service wires.
(d) Monthly Rates and Charges.
Customer Charge ($ per month): | |
4/1/2024 | |
Single Phase | 75.00 |
Three Phase | 150.00 |
Demand Charge ($ per kW): | |
4/1/2024 | |
All kW | 20.50 |
Energy Charge ($ per kWh): | |
4/1/2024 | |
All kWh | 0.05590 |
Minimum Monthly Charge: | |
The Minimum Monthly Charge under this rate schedule shall not be less than the monthly Customer Charge. | |
(e) Determination of Billing Demand. The monthly demand charge shall be the greater of the metered demand adjusted for power factor or the minimum billing demand.
(1) Power Factor. Power factor shall be not less than ninety percent (90%) lagging. If the Utility determines consumer’s power factor to be less than ninety percent (90%), the monthly billed demand shall be the number of kilowatts (kW) equal to the metered kilovolt-amperes (kVA) multiplied by 0.90.
(2) Minimum Billed Demand. The minimum billed demand shall be seventy percent (70%) of the greater of: (i) the consumer’s contract capacity, or (ii) the consumer’s highest monthly billed demand, during the preceding twelve (12) months.
(f) Rate Adjustment. The Monthly Rates and Charges included in this rate schedule, including the Minimum Monthly charge, are subject to the amount or amounts, if any, determined under the following riders and taxes:
(1) Rider A - Power Cost Adjustment Rider (PCA)
(2) Rider B - Electric Rate Stabilization Fund Adjustment Rider (ERSF).
(3) Rider C - Suburban Surcharge Rider
(4) Rider D - Unfunded Environmental Mandates Adjustment Rider (UEMA).
(5) Rider E - Unfunded Governmental and Regulatory Mandates Electric Utility Adjustment Rider (UGRMA).
(6) Rider F - Economic Development Cost Electric Utility Adjustment Rider (EDCA).
(7) Excise (Kilowatt-Hour) Tax.
(g) Other Terms and Conditions.
(1) The charges for service under this rate schedule exclude and are in addition to charges for service rendered to the customer under any other rate schedule.
(2) Service under this rate schedule is subject to all applicable provisions of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Hamilton and the Utility’s General Rules and Regulations.
(3) The Utility reserves the right to require the consumer to install, own and operate at its expense, the necessary complete substation required to utilize service at the Utility’s specified untransformed distribution voltage. In such case, a transformer ownership discount of $0.20 per kW of billing demand would apply.
(4) The Utility reserves the right to meter at either primary or secondary voltage by means of standard metering equipment. If the Utility elects to meter uncompensated at the primary voltage, the billing kW, kVA and kWh shall be the metered kW, kVA and kWh divided by 1.01.
(h) Terms of Payment. All bills shall be due monthly and payable when issued. The account shall be considered delinquent if not paid in full by the due date appearing on the bill.
(i) Late Fee. As set forth in Chapter 927 of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Hamilton, a five percent (5%) late fee will be applied to the total amount due for payments received after the due date. An additional one percent (1%) late fee will be applied on outstanding balances over 30 days in arrears.
(j) Effective Date. Effective for all billings issued for meter readings on and after April 1, 2024, and thereafter. (Ord. 2024-3-18. Passed 3-27-24.)