ARTICLE I: ELECTRIC SYSTEMS

Section

Division I: General Information

   38-1-1   Purpose

   38-1-2   Committee on electric

   38-1-3   Responsibility of Electric Department

   38-1-4   Responsibility of customer

Division II: Establishment, Maintenance and Discontinuance of Service

Part A: Establishment of Service

   38-1-5   Application for electric service

   38-1-6   Inspection

   38-1-7   Refusal of service

   38-1-8   Use of service

   38-1-9   Classification of customers

   38-1-10   Establishment of credit

   38-1-11   Deposit related to timely payment of bills

   38-1-12   Application of rates

   38-1-13   Extension of service requiring customer contribution

Part B: Maintenance of Service

   38-1-14   Continuity of service

   38-1-15   Billing for service

   38-1-16   Consolidated bill; late payment penalty

Part C: Discontinuance of Service

   38-1-17   Disconnection or refusal of service

   38-1-18   Procedure for disconnection of city utility services

   38-1-19   Non-accrual of rights

Division III: Extension of Service Facilities

Part A: General

   38-1-20   Extension for new service

   38-1-21   Character of service

   38-1-22   Service entrance methods

   38-1-23   Non-standard service

   38-1-24   Charges for temporary electric service

   38-1-25   Extraordinary investment by Electric Department for extension

Part B: Contribution to Cost of Extension and Allowances

   38-1-26   Extension policy; electric distribution lines

   38-1-27   Extensions for new service development

   38-1-28   Code compliance

   38-1-29   Utility facilities on customer's premises

   38-1-30   Customer's responsibility for Electric Department's equipment

Division IV: Terms of Service and Rates and Charges

   38-1-31   Metering

   38-1-32   Increase in customer's load

   38-1-33   Resale of service

   38-1-34   Motors and apparatus

   38-1-35   Sub-metering

   38-1-36   Electric rates

   38-1-37   Interpretation of law

   38-1-38   Rented dusk-to-dawn lights

   38-1-39   (Reserved)

   38-1-40   Payment of attorneys' fees

DIVISION I: GENERAL INFORMATION

§ 38-1-1 PURPOSE.

   These rules and regulations are designed to govern the supply of electricity from the city Electric Department, to the customer to ensure satisfactory, safe and non-discriminatory department operation. They set forth the terms and conditions for establishing, maintaining, and discontinuance of electric service. They specify the terms of all agreements for service, except that the Electric Department reserves the right to enter into special contracts as provided herein.

(Ord. 1059, passed 3-2-1998)

§ 38-1-2 COMMITTEE ON ELECTRIC.

   The City Council standing Committee on Electric shall monitor the implementation of Council policy by the Director of Public Works. The Director of Public Works shall ascertain the condition and needs thereof, shall, from time to time, report the same to the Mayor and City Council so that a full understanding thereof shall be had; and generally, shall do all acts necessary to promote the efficiency of the department.

(Ord. 1059, passed 3-2-1998)

§ 38-1-3 RESPONSIBILITY OF ELECTRIC DEPARTMENT.

   (A)   The Electric Department shall not be liable for interruption or inadequacy or service, loss or damage to property, or injury (including death) to any person caused by act of God, public enemy, vandalism, strikes and other labor troubles or their equivalent, legal process, state, municipal or other governmental regulation, windstorm, flood, fire or explosion, or other matter or thing beyond the Electric Department's control, whether the same shall affect or occur in connection with the operations on the property of the customer, the Electric Department or any other person.

   (B)   The Electric Department shall not be responsible for damages for any failure to supply electricity, or for interruption of the supply, if such failure or interruption is without willful default or negligence on its part, nor for interruptions to preserve the integrity of the Electric Department system or interconnected systems.

   (C)   The Electric Department shall not be liable for injury (including death) or damage to persons or property caused by electrical facilities or equipment at any location owned or controlled by the customer, and the customer shall hold harmless the Electric Department from all such injury (including death) or damage except where the injury or damage shall be shown to have been occasioned solely by the negligence of the Electric Department.

   (D)   The Director of Public Works shall have the right to reject any application for service or to terminate service to any customer whose premises, in the judgment of the Director of Public Works, are dangerous to persons or are otherwise unsafe in the vicinity of the Electric Department's meter and other facilities.

   (E)   Failure to reject an application for service or the commencement of service by the Director of Public Works shall not constitute an admission, acknowledgment or agreement, either express or implied, as to adequacy, safety or other characteristics of any installation on the customer's premises not owned or maintained by the Electric Department.

   (F)   The Electric Department adopts the requirements of the most recent editions of the National Electrical Code (NEC NFPA 70) and the National Electric Safety Code (NESC ANSI C2) and requires all applicants for electric service to conform to these codes.

(Ord. 1059, passed 3-2-1998)