(a) Effective Date of Electrical Rates. Effective forty-five days from and after promulgation hereof, the electrical retail rates and charges set out in this article shall be placed into effect.
(9-7-04)
(b) Residential Service Schedule “RS”.
APPLICABILITY
This schedule shall be applicable in New Martinville, West Virginia.
AVAILABILITY
The service shall be available for residential service supplies at the utility’s standard secondary voltage, through one meter, to one customer, at one premises.
RATES (monthly)
Customer Charge | $6.50 per month |
First 500 kwh per month | $0.1182 per kwh |
Over 500 kwh per month | $0.1147 per kwh |
MINIMUM CHARGE
The minimum monthly charge under the above rate shall be $6.50. Irrespectively of the monthly minimum, the annual minimum charge shall be $75.00.
POWER COST ADJUSTMENT
The above charges have been designed to recover a base power cost of $0.09226 per kWH sold. To the extent actual wholesale power cost varies from the base power cost, the City may apply a PCA factor as described in Schedule PCA to correct the over or under collection of wholesale power costs through the base rates.
TERMS OF PAYMENT
The above rates are net, the gross rate being ten percent higher. In the event the bill is not paid within twenty days of the bill, the gross rate shall apply.
EFT, CREDIT CARD, ACH AND DROP BOX PAYMENTS
A service charge will be imposed on EFT, Credit Card, ACH, or Drop Box payments. The amount shall be equal to the actual charges to the utility from the financial institution for processing payment.
TERM OF CONTRACT
The term of the contract shall be not less than one year.
RULES AND REGULATIONS
Rates and provisions are subject to the rules and regulations for electric service. Bills for service shall be rendered monthly and are payable upon presentation.
(c) Small Commercial Service Schedule “SCS”.
APPLICABILITY
This schedule shall be applicable in New Martinsville, West Virginia.
AVAILABILITY
This service shall be available for general light and power service to consumers for purposes other than residential use and establishing maximum demands of no more than ten kilowatts. Service shall be at standard secondary voltage, to one customer, at one premises.
RATES (monthly)
Customer Charge | $15.00 per month |
First 500 kwh per month | $0.1390 per kwh |
Over 500 kwh per month | $0.1260 per kwh |
MINIMUM CHARGE
The minimum monthly charge under the above rate shall be $15.00. Irrespective of the monthly minimum, the annual minimum charge shall be $180.00.
POWER COST ADJUSTMENT
The above charges have been designed to recover a base power cost of $0.09226 per kWH sold. To the extent actual wholesale power cost varies from the base power cost, the City may apply a PCA factor as described in Schedule PCA to correct the over or under collection of wholesale power costs through the base rates.
TERMS OF PAYMENT
The above rates are net, the gross rate being ten percent higher, in the event the bill is not paid within twenty days of the bill, the gross rate shall apply.
EFT, CREDIT CARD, ACH AND DROP BOX PAYMENTS
A service charge will be imposed on EFT, Credit Card, ACH, or Drop Box payments. The amount shall be equal to the actual charges to the utility from the financial institution for processing payment.
TERM OF CONTRACT
The term of the contract shall be not less than one year.
RULES AND REGULATIONS
Rates and provisions are subject to the rules and regulations for electric service. Bills for service shall be rendered monthly and are payable upon presentation.
(d) Large Power Service Schedule “LPS”.
APPLICABILITY
This schedule shall be applicable in New Martinsville, West Virginia.
AVAILABILITY
This service shall be available to consumers requiring three-phase power and incidental lighting for purposes other than residential use and establishing a maximum demand of over fifty kilowatts. Service shall be at standard secondary voltage, through one meter, to one customer, at one premises.
RATES (monthly)
Customer Charge | $50.00 per month | |
Demand Charge | All Kw | $7.50 per kw |
Energy charge: | ||
First 300 kwh per kW of Billing Demand | $0.0970 per kwh | |
Over 300 kwh per kW of Billing Demand | $0.0825 per kwh | |
SYSTEM VOLTAGE DISCOUNT
When service is furnished at the primary system voltage and the customer owns and maintains the transformer installation, a discount of $0.25 per kilowatt of billing demand for the current month will be allowed, but in no case will the amount of the minimum bill be reduced.
MINIMUM CHARGE
The minimum monthly bill shall be not less than the customer charge plus seventy- five percent of the demand charge of the highest billing demand established during the preceding eleven months.
DETERMINATION OF BILLING DEMAND.
The monthly billing demand will be the maximum kilowatts integrated over any fifteen minute interval during the month or seventy-five percent of the highest billing demand established during the preceding eleven months, whichever is greater.
TERMS OF PAYMENT
The above rates are net, the gross rate being ten percent higher. In the event the bill is not paid within twenty days of the bill, the gross rate shall apply.
EFT, CREDIT CARD, ACH AND DROP BOX PAYMENTS
A service charge will be imposed on EFT, Credit Card, ACH, or Drop Box payments. The amount shall be equal to the actual charges to the utility from the financial institution for processing payment.
TERM OF CONTRACT
The term of the contract shall be not less than one year.
RULES AND REGULATIONS
Rates and provisions are subject to the rules and regulations for electric service. Bills for service shall be rendered monthly and are payable upon presentation.
(e) Security Light Service Schedule “SLS”.
APPLICABILITY
This schedule shall be applicable in New Martinsville, West Virginia.
RATES (monthly)
All 175 watt mercury vapor lights | $10.75 per month |
All 400 watt mercury vapor lights | $22.85 per month |
All 150 watt high pressure sodium lights | $20.00 per month |
All 250 watt high pressure sodium lights | $24.00 per month |
All 400 watt high pressure sodium lights | $35.00 per month |
TERMS OF PAYMENT
The above rates are net, the gross rate being ten percent higher. In the event the bill is not paid within twenty days of the bill, the gross rate shall apply.
EFT, CREDIT CARD, ACH AND DROP BOX PAYMENTS
A service charge will be imposed on EFT, Credit Card, ACH, or Drop Box payments. The amount shall be equal to the actual charges to the utility from the financial institution for processing payment.
TERM OF CONTRACT
The term of the contract shall be not less than one year.
RULES AND REGULATIONS
Rates and provisions are subject to the rules and regulations for electric service. Bills for service shall be rendered monthly and are payable upon presentation.
(f) Net Metering “NMS”.
AVAILABILITY OF SERVICE
Available to residential and general service customers who own and operate an eligible electric generating facility designed to operate in parallel with the City system. Customers served under this tariff must also take service from the City under the applicable standard service tariff. The total rated generating capacity of all customers served under this tariff shall be limited to three percent (3%) of the City single hour peak load during the previous year, of which one-half percent (0.5%) is reserved for residential Customer-generators.
CONDITIONS OF SERVICE
1. For the purposes of this tariff, an eligible Customer-generator must meet the definition of “Customer-generator” as set forth in the Public Service Commission’s Rules Governing Electric Utility Net Metering Arrangements and interconnections, 150 C.S.R. 33 (“Net Metering Rules”).
2. A Customer-generator seeking to interconnect an eligible electric generating facility to the City system must submit to designated City personnel a completed interconnection application and a one-line diagram showing the configuration of the proposed net metering facility. The City will provide copies of all applicable forms upon request.
3. An interconnection agreement between the City and the Customer-generator must be executed before the Customer-generator facility may be interconnected with the City system.
4. All generator equipment and installations must comply with the City’s technical requirements. All generator equipment shall be installed in accordance with the manufacturer specifications as well as all applicable provisions of the National Electrical Code and state and local codes. All generator equipment and installations shall comply with all applicable safety, performance and power quality standards, established by the National Electrical Code, the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers and the accredited testing laboratories.
5. The Customer-Generator shall provide the City proof of qualified installation of the Customer-generator facility. Certification by a licensed electrician shall constitute acceptable proof.
6. The Customer-generator shall install, operate and maintain the Customer- generator facility in accordance with the manufacturer suggested practices for safe, efficient and reliable operation in parallel with the City system.
7. The City may, at its own discretion, isolate any Customer-generator facility if the City has reason to believe that continued interconnection with the Customer-generator facility creates or contributes to a system of emergency.
8. The City may perform reasonable on-site inspections to verify the proper installation and continuing safe operation of the Customer-generator facility and the interconnection facilities, at reasonable times and upon reasonable advance notice to the Customer-generator.
9. A Customer-generator shall maintain general liability insurance providing the following coverage: 1) a Customer-generator with a Customer-generator facility with a nameplate capacity of up to 50kW shall maintain general liability insurance in the amount of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000); 2) a Customer-generator with a nameplate capacity of greater than 50 kW and up to 500 kW shall maintain general liability insurance in the amount of five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000); and 3) a Customer-generator with a Customer-generator facility with a nameplate capacity of greater than 500 kW shall maintain general liability coverage in the amount of one million dollars ($1,000,000). The Customer-generator must submit evidence of such insurance to the City with the interconnection application. The City’s receipt of evidence of liability insurance does not imply an endorsement of the terms and conditions of the coverage.
10. An eligible Customer-generator facility is transferable to other persons or service locations onl y upon written notification by the Customer-generator to the City and verification by a licensed electrician that the facility is in compliance with all applicable safety and power quality standards. All other conditions of service apply.
METERING
Net energy metering shall be accompanied by (i) using a standard meter capable of measuring the flow of electricity in two directions, or (ii) two separate meters, if offered to other customers in the same class as the Customer-generator, net energy flows may also be measured by time-of-day at the Customer-generator’s option by (i) using a standard meter capable of measuring the flow of electricity in two directions by time-of-day, or (ii) two separate meters capable of measuring flows by time-of-day.
If the existing electrical meter installed at the Customer-generator facility is not capable of measuring the flow of electricity in two directions and by time-of-day as required above, the City shall install new metering equipment for the Customer- generator at City expense. Any subsequent metering equipment change necessitated by the Customer-generator shall be paid for by the Customer- generator.
If two meters are used to measure energy flows, for each applicable billing period including time-of-day billing periods, the reading of the meter measuring the flow of energy from the Customer-generator to the City shall be subtracted from the reading of the meter measuring the flow of energy from the City to the Customer- generator to obtain a measurement of net kW hours for billing purposes.
MONTHLY CHARGES
Monthly charges shall be calculated using an identical rate structure to the structure that would apply to the customer if it were not a Customer-generator.
Measurement and Charges. The measurement of net electrical energy supplied or generated will be calculated as follows:
1. The net electrical energy produced or consumed during the billing period shall be measured in accordance with normal metering practices.
2. The City shall credit a Customer-generator for each kW hour produced by an alternative or renewable energy resource installed on the Customer- generator side of the electric meter and delivered to the utility’s electric distribution system through the Customer-generator’s electric revenue meter, up to the total amount of electricity delivered by the utility to that customer during the billing period.
3. If a Customer-generator supplies more electricity to the electric distribution system than the City delivers to the Customer-generator in a given billing period, the excess kW hours shall be carried forward and credited against the Customer-generator usage in subsequent billing periods at the full retail rate. Provided that, if a Customer-generator terminates service with the electric utility, the utility is not required to provide compensation to the Customer-generator for any outstanding kW hour credits.
4. Rate credits shall not be applied to reduce any fixed monthly minimum bill, customer charge, demand charges or other charges not related to energy consumption.
EQUIPMENT DESIGN REQUIREMENTS
Data for all major equipment proposed by the Customer to satisfy the Technical Requirements must be submitted for review and approval by the City with a completed interconnection application. To facilitate review and approval, the City will maintain a list of Pre-certified equipment.
The City List of Pre-certified equipment is available upon request and contains Pre- certified equipment types, makes and models of manufactured generating equipment and interconnection system components. This listing is based upon equipment certified by recognized national testing laboratories as suitable for interconnection with a distribution system based upon compliance with IEEE 1547.
The use of equipment that is not pre-certified may delay the City review and approval of the customer’s design. All interconnection equipment must be approved by the City prior to being connected to the City distribution system and before parallel operation is allowed.
The interconnection system hardware and software design requirements in the Technical Requirements are intended to assure protection of the City’s distribution system.
(g) Power Cost Adjustment “PCA”.
APPLICABILITY
Applicable to all customers receiving service under Schedule RS, Schedule SCS or Schedule LPS.
CALCULATION OF MONTHLY FACTOR
The Schedules subject to this rider recover $0.09226 per kWh sold of purchased power cost. The City will track the monthly cost of purchased power and the total kWh sales to determine the amount of over or under recovery from the base rates. Power cost includes, but not limited to, all charges from the all-requirements contract with American Municipal Power-Ohio and any other charges passed through from the PJM Interconnection.
The City will review the over/under collection of power costs periodically and, if necessary, bill a Power Cost Adjustment factor, either positive or negative, to retail customer bills to make up for the over or under recovery of power cost. The power cost adjustment and charge applied to kWh sales will be shown as a separate item on the customer bill.
(5-7-18.)
(h) Review of Rates by Council. Council may, at any time, and shall, no later than the first day of March of each year, cause a review to be made of the rate schedules hereinabove made and established for the purpose of determining what modifications, additions, etc., if any, shall be established with respect to such rate schedules.
(9-7-04)