(A) Definitions and general rules applicable to all classes of service.
(1) Facility charge. The monthly fee to partially cover the cost of bringing electricity to the customer’s location. It is based on expenses the city incurs regardless of how much electricity is used and is a fee for accessing the city electric grid whether any energy is used or not. The facility charge continues so long as a meter is installed at any location.
(2) Energy charge. The energy is what the city charges a customer for electricity usage based on the energy consumed in terms of kilowatt-hours (kWh) in a given billing cycle and consumed during a billing cycle by the rate for energy in terms of cents per kWh.
(3) Energy cost adjustment. The city may, at its discretion, implement an energy cost adjustment to compensate the city for variations in the cost of purchased power. At the time the adjustment is implemented, the calculation used to arrive at the adjustment will be developed, and the adjustment will be applied to all kWh billed by the city to its electric customers.
(4) Prompt payment provisions. All charges are net. If the bill is not paid or mailed and postmarked by the 20th day of the month following the billing date, a late payment charge of 10% of the balance due will apply. If the 20th of the month falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or a holiday the due date will be the next working day by 10:00 a.m.
(5) Sales tax. Sales tax to be added to all electric bills so as to be in compliance with the provisions of the laws of the state.
(6) Connection fee. A deposit made to the city to be held and retained by the city so long as the customer has a meter installed, whether energy is used or not. Upon either removal of the meter or transfer of the service at the customer’s specific location to another customer, and payment by the transferor customer of all outstanding energy charges and payment by the transferee customer of an appropriate connection fee, the original customer’s connection fee will be refunded to the original customer, without interest.
(7) Additional rates and charges. Additional rate and charge definitions are applicable to large commercial service and are set forth separately in the section relating to such customers.
(B) Residential service.
(1) Applicable to. Residential customers for all domestic uses in single-family dwellings and individually metered apartments within the service territory of the city electric utility, including use of motors of not more than five horsepower individual capacity.
(2) Service available. Single-phase, 60 hertz, 120/240 volt, 400 amp max., three-wire, single meter.
(3) Connection fee.
All electric service | $250 |
Regular service | $100 |
(4) Monthly rate.
Facility charge (No kWh) | $20 per meter |
Plus | |
Energy charge | |
First 600 kWh | $0.12.5 per kWh |
Next 600 kWh | $0.09.5 per kWh |
Over 1,200 kWh | $0.07.9 per kWh |
(C) Small commercial service.
(1) Applicable to. Any commercial, industrial, city, or farm load within the service territory of the city electric utility, for all purposes, where the average monthly energy usage in a consecutive 12-month period does not exceed 5,000 kWh.
(2) Service available. Single-phase, 60 hertz, 120/240 volt, 400 amp max., three-wire, single meter; or three-phase, 60 hertz, 240/120 volt, 208Y/120V, or 480Y/277V, four-wire, single meter.
(3) Connection fee.
All electric service | $250 |
Regular service | $100 |
Facility charge (No kWh) | $27.50 per meter |
Plus | |
Energy charge | |
First 500 kWh | $0.13.5 per kWh |
Next 3,500 kWh | $0.09.9 per kWh |
Over 4,000 kWh | $0.09.4 per kWh |
(D) Large commercial service.
(1) Applicable to. Any commercial, industrial, city, or farm load within the city electric utility service territory, for all purposes, where the average monthly energy usage in a consecutive 12-month period exceeds 5,000 kWh.
(2) Service available. Sixty hertz three phase, 240/120V, 208Y/120V, or 480Y/277V, four-wire, or standard primary voltage available at point of delivery. Special voltages may be provided at the discretion of the utility. Utility furnishes only one transformer bank and/or one meter.
(3) Connection fee.
All electric service | $250 |
Regular service | $100 |
(4) Monthly rate.
Facility charge | $50 per meter |
Plus | |
Energy charge | |
All kWh | $0.04.5 per kWh |
Plus | |
Demand charge | $14 |
(5) Metered demand. The metered demand for any month shall be the maximum kilowatt demand established by the consumer for any 30-minute interval during the month as indicated or recorded by a demand meter.
(6) Power factor adjustment.
(a) If the customer’s average monthly power factor falls below 90%, leading or lagging, the utility may adjust the metered demand by the ratio of 90% to the measured average monthly power factor in percent.
(b) Example:
Metered Demand = 739 kW |
Ave. Mo. Power Factor - 73.0% |
Ratio = 90/73 = 1.2329 |
Adjusted Demand = (739)*(1.2329) = 911 kW |
(7) Adjusted demand. The adjusted demand consists of the metered demand adjusted for power factor, if applicable.
(8) Billing demand. The billing demand shall be the maximum measured 30-minute integrated demand in the billing month, but not less than 50% of the maximum 30-minutes demand established in any of the 12 preceding months.
(9) Primary metering.
(a) The utility will furnish and install primary metering when service is taken by the consumer and metered at primary voltage. The consumer owns and installs all necessary primary and transformers beyond point of service. A 2% discount will apply to demand and energy charges to allow for losses and investment return.
(b) If service is taken at primary voltage (that is, customer owns primary and transformers) and metered at secondary voltage, a 1% discount will apply to demand and energy charges to allow for investment return.
(10) Measurement of demand and energy. When there are two or more demand and energy metering installations on the customer’s premises, the metered quantities shall be determined by adding together the separate meter readings before application of the rate, unless special provisions are agreed to by the utility. At the customer’s request, and at the customer’s expense, and at the utility’s discretion, the utility may install special metering that will allow coincident demand billing.
(E) Outside city limits service.
(1) Applicable to. Residential, commercial, or farm customers within the service territory of the city electric utility and outside of the city limits, including use of motors of not more than five horsepower individual capacity, where the average monthly energy usage in any 12-month period is less than 5,000 kWh.
(2) Service available. Single-phase, 60 hertz, 120/240 volt, 400 amp max., three-wire, single meter.
(3) Connection fee.
All electric service | $250 |
Regular service | $100 |
(4) Monthly rate.
Facility charge (No kWh) | $25 per meter |
Plus | |
Energy charge | |
First 600 kWh | $0.15.5 per kWh |
Next 600 kWh | $0.11.3 per kWh |
Over 1,200 kWh | $0.09.3 per kWh |
(F) Property owner’s (landlord’s or lessor’s) responsibility for renter’s ( lessee’s or tenant’s) unpaid electrical charges. The owner of any real estate connected to the city electrical system is responsible for payment of all electrical service rates, charges, and energy cost adjustments upon read out and final billing to a tenant who is vacating such property. The owner will remain responsible for such electrical service rates, charges, and energy cost adjustments until such time as a new tenant applies for service at such property and pays the required deposit in full. Upon read out and final billing on rental property which is actually known to the Municipal Finance Officer to be rental property, the Finance Officer will, within a reasonable time not to exceed ten business days, notify the owner of such property that read out and final billing to the tenant has occurred and that the owner is responsible for payment for continued electrical service to the property. Such notice may be by telephone, email, or by first class mail as determined by the Finance Officer. It is the duty and obligation of the owner of such property to properly notify the city and authorize a complete disconnection if the owner does not wish to remain responsible for continued electrical service rates, charges, and energy cost adjustments to the property.
(Ord. 242, passed 3-19-2018; Res. 5-7-18-1, passed 5-7-2018; Res. 11-2-20-1, passed 11-2-2020; Res. 12-7-20, passed 12-7-2020; Res. 1-2-23, passed 12-5-2022)
Cross-reference:
Connection fees, see § 53.25