(A) Murray Municipal Utilities may utilize special nonrecurring charges to recover customer-specific costs incurred related to services performed or action taken that would otherwise result in monetary loss to the utility or increased rates to other customers to whom no benefits would accrue. MMU shall relate any charges directly to the service performed or action taken and shall yield only enough revenue to pay the expenses incurred in rendering the service.
(B) The customer shall pay a fifty-dollar ($50.00) connection fee for initial turn-on or connect for each meter service requested in his or her name (water or gas). Customers shall pay a seventy-five dollar ($75.00) reconnect fee when the service was disconnected due to non-payment. When reconnection is requested during the fall after being disconnected at the request of the customer non-heating months, the reconnection fee shall be fifty dollars ($50.00). Customers will be exempt from the fifty-dollar ($50.00) connect fee per meter when a read and transfer work order is requested for new services. A returned payment service charge of fifty dollars ($50.00) will be assessed for checks returned by a bank or other financial institution for nonpayment. If the service is disconnected due to tampering with the metering equipment or intentional destruction of metering equipment, the actual cost of repair and reconnection shall be charged prior to service restoration.
(C) Murray Natural Gas System is solely responsible for the service line, up to and including, the meter. The customer's certified gas merchant is responsible for installing the customer's lines from the meter to and into the house, installing the equipment and appliances utilizing natural gas, lighting pilot lights, repairing leaks, and maintaining the natural gas system for the customer from the meter to and throughout the house. Murray Natural Gas personnel will then turn on the meter, time the meter, and leave the premises.
(Ord. 711, passed 7-24-80; Am. Ord. 91-943, passed 3-14-91; Am. Ord. 93-998, passed 3-25-93; Am. Ord. 98-1144, passed 5-28-98; Am. Ord. 2002-1291, passed 10-10-02; Am. Ord. 2008-1469, passed 8--08; Am. Ord. 2010-1494, passed 3-11-10; Am. Ord. 2010-1504, passed 8-12-10; Am. Ord. 2022-1836, passed 12-8-22)