(a) Rates. The rates charged by KN Energy, Inc. (hereinafter "the Company") for natural gas transportation to customers in the City of Sidney, Nebraska (hereinafter "the City"), unless otherwise approved by the Mayor and Council, shall not exceed the following, effective on or after the date the Company implements the unbundling of residential sales service:
Customer Charge per Month:
Residential service $3.00 per meter*
Commercial service 4.00 per meter*
Usage Charge - Residential:
First 10 therms per month $0.248437 per therm
Next 40 therms per month 0.223437 per therm
Next 450 therms per month 0.074922 per therm
Over 500 therms per month 0.049922 per therm
Usage Charge - Commercial:
First 10 therms per month $0.411245 per therm
Next 40 therms per month 0.386245 per therm
Next 450 therms per month 0.074922 per therm
Over 500 therms per month 0.049922 per therm
*Minimum monthly charge shall equal the customer charge.
There shall be a delayed payment charge of five percent on the first twenty dollars ($20.00) of the bill, plus two percent on any excess.
Bills will be rendered at monthly intervals.
(b) Customer Charge. When the City or other taxing authority imposes a franchise, occupation, business, sales, service, license, excise, privilege or similar tax of any kind on the Company, the amounts thereof, insofar as practical, shall be charged on a pro rata basis to all applicable customers receiving gas service from the Company within the City. This charge, in all cases, will be in addition to the regular charges for gas service. Where such tax is levied on a percentage of gross receipts from customers or a class of customers, such percentage will be applied to each affected customer's bill, and the amount so computed will be added to such bill. The amount of the tax charged to each affected customer in each billing period will be shown as a separate item on the customer's bill and identified as such.
(Ord. 1373. Passed 2-10-98.)