CHAPTER 52: ELECTRICAL SERVICE
Section
General Provisions
   52.01   Customer deposits
   52.02   Voluntary discontinuance of service
   52.03   Sales tax
   52.04   Electric rate
Coincident Peak Rate
   52.15   Availability
   52.16   Monthly charge
   52.17   Determination of billing units
   52.18   Notification by town
Cross-reference:
   Meter reading; billing; collecting, see § 50.42
GENERAL PROVISIONS
§ 52.01  CUSTOMER DEPOSITS.
   (A)   Deposit required. Applicants for new electrical service or reestablishment of service shall be required to make a deposit guaranteeing payment of charges for service as provided herein.
   (B)   Amount of deposit. The amount of deposit required to establish or reestablish service for homeowners shall be $200. The amount of deposit required to establish or reestablish for renters shall be $400. The town shall not pay interest on deposits.
   (C)   Refund of deposit. Refund of deposit will be rendered pending no late payments or returned checks for 24 consecutive months.
   (D)   Refund. The town will refund deposits every quarter, if the criteria for reimbursement is met.
   (E)   Final disposition of deposit. When a customer has furnished a deposit to guarantee payment of bills, and the deposit has not been refunded and service has been terminated, such deposit will be applied to any unpaid charges or indebtedness to the town and any balance refunded.
   (F)   Exemptions from deposit requirements. Churches, colleges, public schools and hospitals shall be exempt from furnishing deposits.
(Ord. passed 11-3-2008)
§ 52.02  VOLUNTARY DISCONTINUANCE OF SERVICE.
   (A)   The town will discontinue service for any one of the following reasons:
      (1)   Failure to pay a bill for electric service within a time allowed, the twentieth of the month following the due date;
      (2)   Refusal of legitimate access to premises; and/or
      (3)   Damage to or loss of town property for which the customer is responsible.
   (B)   When it becomes necessary for the town to discontinue electric service for any of the forgoing reasons, service will be reinstated after all bills due are paid and a reconnection fee of $25 has been paid to reimburse the town for expenses in disconnecting and reconnecting the electric service.
   (C)   If a customer is receiving service at more than one location, service at any or all locations may be discontinued if bills for service at any one or more locations are not paid within the time specified by these rules; provided, however, that residential electric service shall not be discontinued for non- payment of bills for other classes of service.
   (D)   It is the policy of the town to discontinue electric service for the reason of non-payment of bill only after notice has been served and an opportunity to be heard has been communicated.
      (1)   The title;
      (2)   The town official in charge of billing;
      (3)   The bills for electric service are due and payable upon receipt and shall be delinquent if not paid by the due date specified on the bill. The due date will be no earlier than the fifteenth day of the month the bill is due. A late fee of $10 will be charged if the bill is not paid by noon of the following work day following the due date.
      (4)   If the bill is not paid by the date specified in the bill as the cut off date, the first of the month following due date, the Town Administrator will investigate the reason for non-payment on a case by case basis. Before discontinuing service, the Town Administrator will advise the Board of Commissioners and the Mayor of his or her recommendation. The Town Administrator, in hardship cases, can approve extensions of installment payments. He or she will also give direction to service agencies that can provide assistance but will not intercede in writing letters to the service agency on behalf of a resident.
      (5)   Any customer disputing the correctness of a bill shall have a right to a hearing at which time he or she may be represented by counsel or any other person of his or her choosing and may present orally or in writing his or her complaint and contentions to the town official in charge of utility billing who shall be authorized to order that the customer’s service not be disconnected and have the authority to make a final determination of the customer’s complaint. All disputed bills must be presented at the town hall within five days from the date of the bill.
      (6)   A $10 fee will be charged for all new requests for meter testing. If meter is found to be bad, no charge will be incrued and adjustment will be made to the account.
      (7)   Requests for delays or waiver of payment will not be accepted, only questions of proper and correct billing will be considered. If the absence of payment of the bill rendered or a resort to the hearing procedure provided herein, service will be discontinued at the time specified.
      (8)   Request for disconnect from customer will require proper identification and a disconnect agreement.
(Ord. passed 10-2-2006; Ord. passed 11-3-2008)
§ 52.03  SALES TAX.
   State tax shall be added to the charges as determined above.
(Ord. passed 7-1-2010)
§ 52.04  ELECTRIC RATE.
   (A)   Residential flat rate.
      (1)   Monthly: $9.25; and
      (2)   Daily: $0.304.
   (B)   Business flat rate.
      (1)   Monthly: $13.25; and
      (2)   Daily: $0.435.
   (C)   Temporary service connection fee.
      (1)   Twenty-five dollars, nonrefundable.
      (2)   After ten working days, full electric deposit and flat rate monthly charges minus daily prorate are required. Meters are read at cut on and off for billing purposes.
(Ord. passed 7-1-2012; Ord. passed - -)
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