CHAPTER 53: ELECTRIC
Section
   53.01   Operation and funding
   53.02   Consumer’s application
   53.03   Electric contract
   53.04   Installation procedure
   53.05   Repairs
   53.06   Fees and collections
   53.07   Rates
   53.08   Single premises
   53.09   Electric service contracts
   53.10   Destruction of property
   53.11   Complaints
   53.12   Permit for generator
   53.13   Billing for electric current for heating
   53.14   Deposit
§ 53.01 OPERATION AND FUNDING.
   The city owns and operates the Electric Department through the Electric Commissioner. The governing body, for the purpose of defraying the cost of the care, management, and maintenance of the Electric Department may each year levy a tax not exceeding the maximum limit prescribed by state law on the actual valuation of all real estate and personal property within the corporate limits that is subject to taxation. The revenue from the said tax shall be known as the Electric Fund and shall remain in the custody of the City Treasurer. The Electric Commissioner shall have the direct management and control of the Electric Department and shall faithfully carry out the duties of his or her office. The Electric Commissioner shall have the authority to adopt rules and regulations for efficient management of the Electric Department subject to the supervision and review of the governing body. The governing body shall set the rates to be charged for services rendered by ordinance and shall file a copy of the rates in the office of the City Clerk for public inspection at any reasonable time.
(Neb. RS 17-909, 18-412) (Prior Code, § 3-1101)
§ 53.02 CONSUMER’S APPLICATION.
   Every person or persons desiring a supply of electricity must make written application therefor to the City Clerk who shall then forward the application to the Electric Commissioner. Electricity may not be supplied to any house or commercial site except upon the written order of the Electric Commissioner. On new construction, the type of service, overhead or underground, shall be at the discretion of the Electric Commissioner with either installation dependent upon the customer’s wishes, safety factors, convenience, location, appearance, costs, and expected maintenance costs. The Electric Commissioner may defer any decision on type of installation to the Mayor and City Council. On replacement of existing primary lines, the type of installation shall be made by the Mayor and City Council.
(Prior Code, § 3-1102)
§ 53.03 ELECTRIC CONTRACT.
   The city through its Electric Department shall furnish electricity to persons within its corporate limits. The city may furnish electricity to persons whose premises are situated outside the corporate limits of the city as and when, according to law, the governing body may see fit to do so. The rules, regulations, and electrical rates hereinafter named in this chapter shall be considered a part of every application hereafter made for electric service and shall be considered a part of the contract between every consumer now or hereafter served. Without further formality, the making of application on the part of any applicant or the use or consumption of electric service by present consumers thereof and the furnishing of electric service to said consumer shall constitute a contract between the consumer and the city to which said contract both parties are bound. If the consumer shall violate any of the provisions of said contract or any reasonable rules and regulations that the governing body may hereafter adopt, the Electric Commissioner or his or her agent may cut off or disconnect the electric service from the building or premises or place of such violation. No further connection for electric service to said building, premises, or place shall again be made save or except by order of said Electric Commissioner or his or her agent.
(Prior Code, § 3-1103) Penalty, see § 10.99
§ 53.04 INSTALLATION PROCEDURE.
   Upon approval of the consumer’s application provided and filed with the City Clerk and upon the payment of a deposit of $75, if accompanied by a letter of credit reference from the consumer’s prior utility supplier, or a deposit of $150, if no letter of credit is furnished, which deposit shall be received from all residential customers as a guarantee of payment of all electric service charges to the City Clerk, the city shall connect said consumer at consumer’s expense to the city electric power line, providing an electric meter and do so under the rules and regulations as established by the Electric Commissioner. Commercial consumers shall pay a meter deposit based on an average monthly billing of similar business with a like electrical demand, but in no event less than $75 if accompanied with a letter of credit reference from the consumer’s prior utility supplier and, without said letter, a deposit of $150.
(Prior Code, § 3-1104)
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