(A) Available. To a customer signing an Interconnection Agreement with the Electric Department and who owns and operates cogeneration and small power production facilities with production capacity of 100 kW and less that qualify under the guidelines for implementing PURPA Sections 201 and 210 and as outlined in the Electric Department’s Policy and Guideline for Customer Owned Generation. Also, this section applies to any customer that would otherwise qualify for § 38.20 where the Electric Department has exceeded the 1% capacity threshold in this division.
(B) Character of service. Unless otherwise provided by in the Interconnection Agreement, the character of purchased power will be single or three-phase alternating electric current of 60 hertz. Voltage shall be determined by the voltage of the Electric Department’s distribution system in the vicinity unless otherwise agreed.
(C) Purchase of output from qualifying facilities. Owners of qualifying facilities will be allowed the option to either (1) sell the entire electrical output to their qualifying facilities to the Electric Department, or (2) use the electrical output of their qualifying facilities to instantaneously supply all or a portion of their own load and sell the instantaneous surplus to the Electric Department.
(D) Purchase price avoided cost. Energy from qualifying facilities and excess energy from net metering customers under § 38.20 will be paid for on the following basis:
(1) For Qualifying Facilities of 100 kW and less without time of day metering, payment on a monthly basis of an amount as follows based on generation technology:
(a) Photo-voltaic. $0.0295053 per kilowatt hour for the summer season and $0.0216039 per kilowatt hour for the winter season.
(b) Wind. $0.032 per kilowatt hour for the summer season and $0.036 per kilowatt hour for the winter season.
(c) Baseload. $0.042 per kilowatt hour for all for all power and/or energy delivered to the Electric Department.
(2) The purchase price shall be adjusted up or down to reflect the savings or costs resulting from variations in losses compared to if the Electric Department had generated or purchased elsewhere an equivalent amount of energy. Such an adjustment factor shall be identified in the Interconnection Agreement.
(E) Accounting charge. The owner of the qualifying facility will pay to the Electric Department the following monthly charges for additional energy accounting expenses incurred by the Electric Department. This accounting charge is not applicable to customers that qualify under § 38.20:
(1) kWh Meter $4 per meter; and
(2) Interval Meter $20 per meter.
(Ord. 2339, passed 12-26-19; Am. Ord. 2433, passed 4-25-23; Am. Ord. 2447, passed 1-9-24)