(A) Established. There is hereby established a load management system for all residential and commercial electrical consumers of power from the city, hereinafter known as consumers, who utilize the power for electric water heaters, central air conditioners, electric forced-air furnaces, commercial refrigeration, and air-handling equipment.
(B) Purpose. The purpose of the load management system is to control the consumption of electric power within the city’s electric distribution system during the periods of maximum or peak consumption.
(C) Installation of required equipment.
(1) The city shall install in each home or commercial building which has controllable devices to which it distributes electric power a load control receiver, the cost of the installation to be an obligation of the city.
(2) The receivers shall be connected to all electric water heaters, central air conditioners, electric forced-air furnaces, commercial refrigeration, and air-handling equipment.
(3) The city, through its employees and agents, shall have the right to enter upon the consumer’s premises upon written or oral notice to the consumer, for the purpose of installing, maintaining, relocating, repairing, and removing the receivers.
(D) Title of receivers. The aforementioned receivers shall be considered fixtures and shall remain the property of the city after installation on the consumer’s premises.
(E) Duties of consumer.
(1) It shall be the duty of the consumer to allow the city employees and agents access to their premises, upon reasonable written or oral notice, for the purpose of installing, maintaining, relocating, repairing, and removing the receiver.
(2) Consumers shall not tamper with or alter any of the receivers.
(F) Deadline for installation of receivers at city expense. After 1-15-1987, the city shall furnish the receivers to the consumer, who shall be responsible for installing the same at the consumer’s expense.
(1975 Code, § 9-24) (Ord. 872, passed 10-7-1985) Penalty, see § 10.99