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Where the primary electrical wires of the city are adjacent to the premises desiring service, the city will make the necessary connection at the electric supply line, extend the drop line or wire to the meter box and supply the meter and meter box. The building wiring, breaker box and service entrance shall be provided and installed at the expense of the owner. All service entrances and metering equipment will be installed at or on the premises requiring electrical service. The city shall be responsible for the care and maintenance of the wiring and apparatus from the service entrance to the city’s primary power lines and the meter and all wiring and equipment installed by the city shall remain the property of the city. The city reserves the right at its option to remove and replace any such installation and the materials and equipment thereto attached. All extensions of the city’s primary electrical system in order to serve a particular customer shall be under the conditions set forth in § 15-218 of this chapter.
(Ord. 1209, passed 8-16-1994)
Any person who damages. or defaces any electric line, meter, light, lamp, pole, transformer or other electric apparatus, device or equipment owned and used by the city, shall be held liable for the damages and billed for the total cost of repairs or replacement, including labor charges.
(Ord. 1209, passed 8-16-1994)
(a) No person shall take any electric energy from any electric transmission or distribution lines or wires belonging to the city without the permission of the governing body to do so. Nothing herein shall be construed as limiting authorized departments of the city from using electricity for authorized public purposes.
(b) Any person who shall in any way tamper with or break any seal on any electric meter or who shall connect any service so that electricity may be used without the same being properly measured and registered on a meter, shall be in violation of the code. Nothing in this article shall be construed as applying to any employee of the city in the lawful discharge of his or her duty of connecting, repairing or testing any such meter.
(c) It shall be unlawful for any person to turn on any electric service after the same has been turned off by the city for any reason.
(Ord. 1209, passed 8-16-1994)
(a) Where a meter has been found defective or has ceased to register, the amount of electrical current used shall be determined by adding the consumption for a like seasonable period of three months when the meter registered properly and dividing by three. When an electric meter is installed on other than the first day of a billing month at premises to which the city has been providing service but which service previously has not been metered, the amount of current used shall be determined by ascertaining the average daily consumption for the period during which the meter has been in operation and multiplying such average by the number of days in the billing month.
(b) If a customer’s first bill or final bill for electric service is for a period of less than one billing month, the charge for electric current used shall be determined either by dividing the minimum monthly service charge for such service by the number of days in the billing and multiplying the number of days in which service was rendered during the billing month, or by applying the schedule of rates applicable to such service to the first or final consumption reading as taken from the meter. Both methods of figuring the charge for current used in such cases shall be calculated with the largest amount representing the amount to be charged.
(Ord. 1209, passed 8-16-1994)
(a) The city will charge the rates set out in the following schedule. This schedule of rates is available to all residential customers within the city limits, subject to rules and regulations of the city; and service under this schedule is limited to individual single-phase motors up to and including five horsepower, having 60 hertz alternating current and 115-230 volts.
RATES:
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First 800 KWH @ 8.50 cents each |
All over 800 KWH @ 9.50 cents each |
Customer charge of $23 for each monthly billing period |
(b) Water heater rate. If a customer installs and uses, for all their water requirements in their residence, a solidly connected electric water heater, of not to exceed 5.5 KW demand, with an insulated tank of 30 or more gallons capacity, operating on 230 volts, and with thermostats so arranged as to allow only one element to operate at a time, and has so informed the city, the following rates apply:
RATES:
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All KWH @ 8.50 cents each |
Customer charge of $23 for each monthly billing period |
(c) Total electric rate.
(1) Total electric rate shall apply if a consumer permanently installs and uses all electric equipment for space heating, preparation of meals and water heating in their residence, of not less than 2 KW capacity, and has so informed the city in writing:
RATES:
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All KWH @ 8.50 cents each |
Customer charge of $23 for each monthly billing period |
(2) The total electric rate shall apply only for monthly bills dated November through May.
(d) Right to inspection. The city shall have the right of inspection as to installed KW capacity and use of electric equipment.
(Ord. 1797, passed 12-5-2023)
(a) Generally.
(1) The KWH step rate charges and customer charges corresponding to the various consumer service categories established under this article are applicable for electric service of a single character supplied at one point of delivery and used for commercial, small industrial, three-phase, and residential customers who install alternative renewable generation, behind the utility meter, for purposes of supplying a portion of their electric service and who are located within the city limits; service to be 60 hertz, single and three phase at available voltages. In addition to KWH step rate charges, a KW capacity charge shall apply to all metered, 30-minute demands. The capacity charge shall be calculated at $3.90 per measured KW demand, but not less than the highest demand established each year beginning July 1.
(b) Condition of service. Consumer has installed renewable generation behind the utility meter in accordance to the approved interconnection standards and has completed the behind the meter application in accordance to the renewable behind the meter policy. Motors having a rating in excess of five horsepower must be three-phase. Consumers having their homes on the same premises as their business establishment may include both the home and business on the same meter and be billed under this schedule, or if the consumer prefers, he or she may make provisions for two meters, in which case his or her home will be billed on the applicable residential schedule and his or her usage for other purposes will be billed under this schedule. If it is necessary to make three-phase extensions or to replace existing line to provide three-phase service, the minimum monthly bill will be determined in accordance with the line extension policy or as set forth in the rules and regulations. Three-phase service shall be metered separately from single-phase service. Single-phase service may be combined for metering purposes if the capacity exceeds 15 KW.
(Ord. 1797, passed 12-5-2023)
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