(A) (1) Washington Municipal Utilities is authorized to collect from subdivision developers, prior to the installation of on-site electric distribution facilities, an on-site availability fee of $1,000 per lot. This fee shall be applicable to all residential subdivision developments within the City of Washington’s assigned service territory for all plats which have not been recorded prior to September 2017, or which have not received preliminary approval by the Washington Plan Commission or the Montgomery Plan Commission or the Daviess County Advisory Plan Commission prior to September 1, 2017.
(2) Developers will be responsible for 1/2 of all materials and construction cost for on-site electrical distribution facilities for providing the extension of services.
(B) The availability fee shall be submitted to Washington Municipal Utilities by the developer prior to the construction of the one-site electric distribution facilities. The availability fee of $1,000 per lot shall be applied toward the developers 1/2 of the materials and construction cost.
(C) (1) The Common Council hereby authorizes the establishment of a fee to be paid in conjunction with the issuance of the building permit to reimburse the electric utility the cost of providing the extension of service to an individual customer. The fee shall be applicable to all new residential or non-residential construction locating within the City of Washington’s assigned service territory after April 1, 2023, and shall be $1,200 for overhead residential service and $2,500 for underground residential service, and 1/2 of material and construction cost for non-residential services.
(2) All residential and non-residential customers requesting a change in location or type of service provided shall share 1/2 of all material and construction cost with Washington Light and Power unless the change is necessitated for reasons unrelated to the property owner.
(D) The fee, as set by the Common Council, shall be paid to Washington Municipal Utilities and a copy of the receipt evidencing such payment shall be submitted in conjunction with the application for a building permit.
(E) All developers of residential and commercial properties must enter into an agreement with Washington Light and Power in order to obtain electric service to property under development. The agreement must provide: a predetermined plan for the development, including a site plan showing all existing and proposed utilities, and including information related to possible future expansion of the development; a time schedule; load requirements for all locations requiring service; an estimate of minimum and maximum revenue to be derived from the proposed loads; a specific plan and design for the electrical system in conformity with the easements and schedules provided, all at the sole discretion of Washington Light and Power; a recorded plat of the site providing for any required easements; an estimated cost of providing electric service to all of the loads in the development in accordance with the information provided; a provision for changing the cost estimate, in case of changed in the electric system design for any reason including addition of any administrative, engineering or legal costs that may be incurred due to the change; the percentage of the electric system construction costs the developer will provide as an aid to the construction deposit until the project is determined to be completed; the basis on which the project is determined to be complete; the period of time the developer has to complete the project; the forfeiture of deposit in case the project is not completed to the terms and conditions of the contract.
(F) The aid to construction deposit does not replace any tap-in fees for non-permanent construction service or other ordinary fees and service contracts which may be required by Washington Light and Power.
(G) Before Washington Light and Power begins any work in providing electric service to a new development, the agreement provided for in section (E) above must be executed, and any aid to the construction deposit must be paid in full. The aid to the construction deposit may be paid in full at the time of execution of the agreement, or the customer may select to make the payment in thirty (30) monthly installments, with the first installment paid at the time of execution of the agreement.
(Ord. 17-2017, passed 8-14-2017; Am. Ord. 6-2023, passed 3-27-2023)