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The City may request estimates for the undergrounding of replacement lines, upgrades or new lines, including lines to be adjusted for road moves, for specific projects addressed at the annual planning meeting. When requested, the Cooperative will provide to the City two estimates: 1) An estimate for the cost of the project with overhead construction and 2) An estimate for the cost of the project with underground construction. If the City disputes the Cooperative’s cost estimates, the City may request a third-party engineering estimate by a mutually agreed upon firm. The City will have no more than 60 days from the estimate date to determine if it wants the line built overhead or placed underground. If the City chooses underground construction for the project, the City will be responsible for the incremental cost of undergrounding, defined as the differential between the estimate for underground construction and the estimate for overhead construction.
Service to be rendered by the Cooperative under this franchise shall be continuous unless prevented from doing so by fire, acts of God, unavoidable accidents or casualties, or reasonable interruptions necessary to properly service the Cooperative’s equipment, and in such event service shall be resumed as quickly as is reasonably possible.
The Cooperative, upon request of the City, and without cost to it, may permit its poles, conduits and other distribution facilities, so far as may be done without interfering with the free use its own wires and fixtures, to be used for the purpose of maintenance thereon any control wires and other appurtances which may be necessary for any use by the City. Upon an agreement between the Cooperative and the City, these parties shall enter into a Pole-Sharing Agreement to document the location and obligations of the parties related to the City’s use of the Cooperative’s facilities.
The Cooperative will provide the City energy efficiency materials and incentive forms for display in the Building Department and other City departments as requested by the City. The Cooperative will participate in neighborhood and community events, when possible and upon a request from the City or neighborhood organization, to encourage City residents to utilize the Cooperative’s energy efficiency programs.
The Cooperative, upon request of the City, shall explore with the City agreements that are mutually beneficial and economically feasible to both parties for interconnection of alternative energy electrical facilities, use of facilities and purchase of excess alternatively produced power in a timely manner, adhering to all federal, state or local codes, rules and regulations in effect at the time of agreement. The Cooperative will work with the City for fair regulatory treatment of such projects. Agreements are subject to generation reliability requirements.
At the request of the City, the Cooperative shall provide the City with a count of metered and/or leased streetlights within the City limits and within the service territory of the Cooperative. If the City would at any time desire to purchase the Cooperative’s street lights located within the City, the Cooperative agrees to negotiate the sale of such street lights. The terms and conditions of such a sale will include that the street lights will be purchased at a mutually agreed price and on an as is, where is basis. Upon sale, the City shall assume all risk and loss related to the operation and maintenance of the purchased street lighting. Any agreement will require the City to purchase all street lights in the corporate limits of the City that are owned by the Cooperative.
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