Sec. 8-1 Electric Service to be Furnished Under Prescribed Rules, Regulations and Rates; Electrical Installations,
etc; Waivers
Sec. 8-2 Electric Service Available; Permanent, Seasonal and Temporary Service
Sec. 8-3 Service Agreements; Deposits; Selection of Rates
Sec. 8-3A Electric Service; Contribution in Aid-to-Construction
Sec. 8-4 Metering and Conditions; Rates Generally; Special Rates
Sec. 8-5 Conditions and Related Criteria for Basic Residential Users
Sec. 8-5A Conditions and Related Criteria for Residential All Electric Service
Sec. 8-6 Conditions and Related Criteria for Commercial, Small Service
Sec. 8-7 Commercial, Large Service
Sec. 8-8 Conditions and Related Criteria for Commercial Heat Service
Sec. 8-9 Conditions and Related Criteria for Industrial Service
Sec. 8-10 Conditions and Related Criteria for Seasonal Irrigation Service
Sec. 8-10A Conditions and Related Criteria for Seasonal Interruptible Irrigation Service
Sec. 8-11 Conditions and Related Criteria for Municipal Light and Power Service.\
Sec. 8-12 Conditions and Related Criteria for Municipal Street Lighting Service
Sec. 8-13 Conditions and Related Criteria for Yard light Service
Sec. 8-14 Metering of and Billing for Electric Service; Accuracy of Meters; Billing Period; Errors in Billing; Diversion
of Electric Energy; Gratuities
Sec. 8-15 Continuity of Service; Voltage Regulation; Service Loops;
Attachment to Poles; Tree Trimming; Shortage of
Electricity; Liability for Unauthorized Acts; Underground Services Generally
Sec. 8-16 Underground Service from City Secondary Lines
Sec. 8-17 Discontinuance of Service by Consumer and by Electric Department
Sec. 8-18 Consumer's Installation; Easements; City Access; Foreign Power; Resale of Electricity; Demand-Motor Limits;
Welders and X-rays; Indemnity to City
Sec. 8-19 Adoption of Electric Rate Charges, Service Deposits, Disconnection and Reconnection Fees
Sec. 8-20 Production Cost Adder Charges
Sec. 8-21 Primary Metering
Sec. 8-1 Electric Service to be Furnished Under Prescribed Rules, Regulations and Rates; Electrical Installations, etc.; Waivers.
Electric service shall be furnished by the City Electric Department, hereinafter sometimes in this chapter called the Electric Department or the Department, within the service area of the City in accordance with the rules and regulations and at the schedules of rates set forth in this chapter.
Electric service furnished by the Electric Department shall be subject also to the requirements set forth in this Code and other ordinances of the City relating to electrical installations, inspections, licensing, permits and regulations, and the rules and regulations of the Electric Department.
Any waiver at any time by the Electric Department of any of the provisions of
the rules and regulations of this chapter shall not be deemed as a waiver as to any violation or other matter subsequently occurring. (Ord. No. 1124, Sec. 1; Ord. No. 1583, Sec. 1)
Sec. 8-2 Electric Service Available; Permanent, Seasonal and Temporary Service.
Unless otherwise stated in this chapter pertaining to specific electric rate schedules, electric service supplied will be sixty-cycle alternating current as follows:
Single-phase,
2-wire, 120 volts
3-wire, 120/240 volts
Three-phase,
3-wire delta, 240 volts
4-wire delta, 120/240 volts
4-wire wye, 120/208 volts
4-wire wye, 277/480 volts
The Electric Department shall have the right to specify the phase and nominal voltage at which electric service will be supplied and to serve at different voltages where distribution is made at other nominal voltages.
Unless specific arrangements are made to the contrary, electric service will be considered rendered on a continuous permanent basis subject to termination as provided later in this chapter.
Temporary service is considered as that service required by such consumers as circuses, construction contractors, carnivals, tent shows and other similar enterprises. Prior to the start of any construction required to provide temporary service, the applicant shall pay to the Electric Department an amount equal to such department's estimate of the total cost of constructing and removing all facilities necessary to supply the desired service less the salvage value of the materials used. The amount thus paid shall not be refundable, nor applicable to bills for service. The costs of electric service shall be in accordance with the provisions of the application for such service and shall be as stated in the applicable schedules of rates.
(Ord. No. 1124, Sec. 2; Ord. No. 1329, Sec. 1; Ord. No. 1382, Sec. 1; Ord. No. 1583, Sec. 1; Ord. No. 2137, Sec. 1)
Sec. 8-3 Service Agreements; Deposits; Selection of Rates.
The original service connection at any location under any schedule of rates shall be preceded by an application for service at the office of the Electric Department. Such application shall be subject to the provisions of this chapter and when approved by the Electric Department, shall constitute an agreement between the consumer and the City under which the consumer shall pay the City for service rendered in accordance with the applicable rate schedule including any special rules and regulations appertaining thereto. The resulting agreement shall not be assigned without the approval of the Electric Department. A separate application shall be required for service under each applicable rate schedule at each point of delivery.
Deposits as required under applicable rate schedules shall not be considered as advance payment for service bills and will be applied as credits to consumer's account only after electric service has been discontinued. In the event any person is in arrears to the Electric Department for electric service, satisfactory arrangements shall be made for paying for the old accounts in full before any application for new service shall be approved. The Electric Department may return deposits at any time and will return such deposits upon discontinuance of service after withholding there from payment for unpaid bills for service.
The Electric Department shall select the rate for service best suited for each consumer. The consumer shall be responsible for the rate schedule selected. Their use of the service and payment therefore shall be in accordance with the provisions thereof. If the consumer desires to change the rate under which electric service is rendered, they shall make a new application for service.
(Ord. No. 1124, Sec. 3; Ord. No. 1583, Sec. 1; Ord. No. 2137, Sec. 2)
A large commercial or industrial consumer may require a large City expenditure to provide the necessary service to a new or expanded facility. The consumer will furnish sufficient load information in order for the City to prepare a cost estimate for the required service and to estimate the annual revenue. The City will invest, without a contribution, up to five times the estimated annual revenue less associated power costs. Any expense in excess of five times the estimated annual revenue, less associated power costs, shall be paid by the consumer. The contribution in aid-to-construction shall be paid within a three year period after the new service is in operation. The method of collecting the contribution in aid-to-construction shall be set forth in a written agreement between the City and the consumer. (Ord. No. 2137, Sec. 3)
Sec. 8-4 Metering and Conditions; Rates Generally; Special Rates.
(a) All electric service furnished to consumers by the City shall be metered and sold according to the respective classes of use and under the terms and conditions and at the rate schedules established and prescribed by sections 8-5 to 8-13, except as provided in subsection (b) of this section.
(b) Where in the judgment of the City special conditions affecting the real property of any user shall exist to the extent that the rental charges set out in the above schedule will result in an inequitable or unfair charge either for the City or the user, the City may levy a special rental or use charge based upon the facts and circumstances of each individual case.
(Ord. No. 1124, Sec. 4; Ord. No. 1329, Sec. 2; Ord. No. 1382, Sec. 2; Ord. No. 1583, Sec. 1; Ord. No. 2137, Sec. 4)
Sec. 8-5 Conditions and Related Criteria for Basic Residential Users.
The conditions and related criteria for residential service shall be as follows:
(a) Application. Each dwelling unit (apartment, duplex, trailer, etc.) is to be metered separately unless user (owner, apartment house, trailer court) elects to be billed as commercial user. Rooming houses with more than three units for rent shall be considered commercial. This rate is not available for resale service.
All bills shall be due and payable upon receipt and become delinquent fifteen days from the date of billing.
(c) Service. Service to residential users shall be such phase and voltage as the utility has immediately available to the site. Single-phase service shall not be utilized where the connected load exceeds twenty (20) KW, except at utility's opinion.
(Ord. No. 1583, Sec. 1; Ord. No. 2138, Sec. 1)
The conditions and related criteria for Residential All Electric Service shall be as follows:
(a) Availability. This schedule is available for supplying space heating requirements for residential users.
(b) Agreement Period and Condition. All agreements under the Residential All Electric rate schedule shall be for a minimum period of thirty days and thereafter until terminated. All consumers are required to make a deposit in accordance with Section 26A-3 before the meter is installed.
All bills shall be due and payable upon receipt and become delinquent fifteen days from the date of billing.
Service under the foregoing schedule will be rendered only where electricity is to be (not less than ninety percent) of the heating requirement.
Electric space heating shall be designed to operate at two hundred forty volts, single-phase or 208 volts, 240 volts or 480 volts three-phase and shall be served through one meter for total load requirements of space heating and other use requirements.
The city reserves the right to require that the voltage applied to resistance-type space heating units rated for two hundred forty volts be reduced to one hundred twenty volts for a period of not to exceed two hours per day during the time the City’s peak load or during the time the City’s operating conditions may dictate. The power factor of heating equipment installed shall not be less than ninety percent lagging.
All installations shall meet the minimum standards of the National Electrical Code to insure that the equipment will operate in a satisfactory manner and will not interfere with any operations of the City’s system. Prospective users under this schedule shall consult with the City before proceeding to design or erect installations to make sure that equipment, insulation and building construction will meet requirements and that City’s available facilities are adequate.
(c) Service. Service to residential users shall be such phase and voltage as the utility has immediately available to the site. Single-phase service shall not be utilized where the connected load exceeds twenty KW, except at utility's opinion. (Ord. No. 2138, Sec. 2)
Sec. 8-6 Conditions and Related Criteria for Commercial, Small Service.
The conditions and related criteria, for Commercial, Small Service for small business service shall be as follows:
(a) Application. The Commercial, Small rate is applicable to all commercial, small industrial, agricultural, institutions, or other business users (excluding business in the home operated solely by phone or by mail by the resident only) for lighting and power. Residential use may be included where business is operated in the home, on the same meter as the household, or to service multiple-unit living quarters, such as apartment houses and trailer courts. Each meter is to be considered a separate customer.
(b) Agreement Period and Conditions. All agreements under the Commercial, Small business rate shall be for a minimum period of twelve months and thereafter until terminated by ten days notice in writing. All consumers are required to make a deposit in accordance with Section 26A-3 before the meter is installed.
All bills shall be due and payable upon receipt and become delinquent fifteen days from the date of billing.
(c) Service. The service to small business users shall be such phase and voltage as the utility has immediately available to the site. Single-phase service shall not be utilized where the connected motor load exceeds fifteen horsepower, except at the utility's option. All motors over one and one-half horsepower are to be nominal two hundred volts or higher.
(d) Installations. All installations shall meet the minimum standards of the National Electrical Code to insure that the equipment will operate in a satisfactory manner and will not interfere with any operations of the City's system. Prospective users under this schedule shall consult with the City before proceeding to design or erect installations to make sure that equipment, insulation and building construction will meet the requirements and that City's available facilities are adequate.
(Ord. No. 1583, Sec. 1; Ord. No. 2138, Sec. 3)
Sec. 8-7 Commercial, Large Service.
The conditions and related criteria for Commercial, Large Service shall be as follows:
(a) Application. The large use rate is applicable to all business users having a monthly
demand greater than 50 kilowatts (kW) or usage exceeding 20,000 kilowatt hours (kWH) during any three consecutive months.
(b) Agreement Period and Conditions. All agreements under the commercial large business rate shall be for a minimum period of twelve months and thereafter until terminated by ten days notice in writing. All consumers are required to make a deposit in accordance with Section 26A-3 before the meter is installed.
All bills shall be due and payable upon receipt and become delinquent fifteen days from the date of billing.
The billing demand shall be determined by suitable meter measurements of the highest fifteen-minute integrated demand (or thirty minute integrated demand) occurring during the monthly billing period.
If the power factor during the time the billing demand is established falls below ninety percent lagging the measured KW demand may be adjusted to ninety percent power factor to establish the billing demand for that month.
(c) Service. The service to large business users shall be such phase and voltage as the utility has immediately available to the site. Single-Phase service shall not be utilized where the total connected motor loads exceeds fifteen horsepower, except at the utility's option. All motors over one and one-half horsepower are to be nominal two hundred volts or higher.
(d) Installations. All installations shall meet the minimum standards of the National Electrical Code to insure that the equipment will operate in a satisfactory manner and will not interfere with any operations of the City's system. Prospective users under this schedule shall consult with the City before proceeding to design or erect installations to make sure that equipment, insulation and building constructions will meet requirements and that City's available facilities are adequate.
(Ord. No. 1583, Sec. 3; Ord. No. 2138, Sec. 4)
Sec. 8-8 Conditions and Related Criteria for Commercial Heat Service.
The conditions and related criteria for Commercial Heat Service shall be as follows:
(a) Availability. This schedule is available for supplying space-heating requirements for commercial users where the user also takes service under another rate. Service is available at three-phase or single-phase at the established voltage of either the City's primary or secondary distribution system.
(b) Agreement Period and Conditions. Service under this schedule is available for a minimum period of the heating season of October through the following April, and thereafter until terminated by ten days notice in writing.
Any energy used during the months of May through September shall be billed under the applicable Commercial, Small or Commercial, Large service schedule.
Service under the foregoing schedule will be rendered only where electricity is to be (not less than ninety percent) of the heating requirement.
Electric space heating shall be designed to operate at two hundred forty volts, single-phase or 200 volt, 240 volt or 480 volt three-phase and shall be served through one meter for total load requirements of space heating and other use requirements.
The City reserves the right to require that the voltage applied to resistance-type space heating units rated for two hundred forty volts be reduced to one hundred twenty volts for a period of not to exceed two hours per day during the time the City's peak load or during the time the City's operating conditions may dictate. The power factor of heating equipment installed shall not be less than ninety percent lagging.
All installations shall meet the minimum standards of the National Electrical Code to insure that the equipment will operate in a satisfactory manner and will not interfere with any operations of the City's system. Prospective users under this schedule shall consult with the City before proceeding to design or erect installations to make sure that equipment, insulation and building construction will meet requirements and that City's available facilities are adequate.
All terms and conditions that apply to the Commercial, Small and Commercial, Large service shall apply to the commercial heat service.
(Ord. No. 1583, Sec. 4; Ord. No. 2138, Sec. 5)
Sec. 8-9 Conditions and Related Criteria for Industrial Service.
The conditions and related criteria for industrial service shall be as follows:
(a) Application. The industrial service rate is applicable to all industrial users having a monthly demand greater than 200 kilowatts (kW) or usage exceeding 50,000 kilowatt hours (kWh) for three consecutive months. Lighting exceeding ten percent of connected load may be served hereunder, but only if it is balanced between phases. Each meter is to be considered a separate customer.
"Industrial" is defined as any business user whose primary function is manufacturing or processing, where value is added to the raw materials, or whose function is storage of bulk materials or the pumping of oil or other materials.
(b) Agreement Period and Conditions. All agreements under this schedule shall be for a minimum period of twelve months, and thereafter until termination, where service is no longer required, on ten days notice in writing. All consumers are required to make a deposit in accordance with Section 26A-3 before the meter is installed.
The billing demand shall be determined by suitable meter measurements of the highest fifteen minute integrated demand (or thirty minute integrated demand) occurring during the monthly billing period, provided, that it shall not be less than sixty-five percent of the highest billing demand occurring during the preceding months of May through and including October. The consumer shall be required to properly balance his loads, so that the load in any phase is not greater than fifteen percent more than the load in either of the two other phases.
If the power factor during the time the billing demand is established falls below ninety percent lagging, the measured KW demand may be adjusted to ninety percent power factor to establish the billing demand for that month.
All bills shall be due and payable upon receipt and become delinquent fifteen days from the date of billing.
(c) Service. The service to industrial users shall be such phase and voltage as the utility has immediately available to the site. All motors over one and one-half horsepower are to be nominal two hundred volts or higher.
(d) Installations. All installations shall meet the minimum standards of the National Electrical Code to insure that the equipment will operate in a satisfactory manner and will not interfere with any operation of the City's system. Prospective users under this schedule shall consult with the City before proceeding to design or erect installations to make sure that equipment, insulation and building construction will meet requirements and that City’s available facilities are adequate.
(Ord. No. 1583, Sec. 5; Ord. No. 2138, Sec. 6)
Sec. 8-10 Conditions and Related Criteria for Seasonal Irrigation Service.
The conditions and related criteria for seasonal irrigation service shall be as follows:
(a) Application. This schedule is applicable to and available for service to irrigation pumps on a seasonal basis at the voltage and phases of the City's established secondary distribution system and not for resale.
All bills shall be due and payable upon receipt and become delinquent fifteen days from the date of billing.
(Ord. No. 1583, Sec. 6; Ord. No. 2137, Sec. 11)
The conditions and related criteria for seasonal interruptible irrigation service shall be as follows:
The City may interrupt service during the months of June through September except during the hours 10:00 p. m. to 10:00 a. m. (CDT) on Sundays and holidays.
The customer will permit the City to place a control device of its selection on the service to the irrigation motor and to control the operation as described above.
All bills shall be due and payable upon receipt and become delinquent fifteen days from the date of billing. (Ord. No. 2137, Sec. 12)
Sec. 8-11 Conditions and Related Criteria for Municipal Light and Power Service.
The conditions and related criteria for municipal light and power service shall be as follows:
(a) Application. Municipal light and power service shall be available only to the City for municipal uses for general lighting and power requirements.
(Ord. No. 1583, Sec. 7; Ord. 2137, Sec. 13)
Sec. 8-12 Conditions and Related Criteria for Municipal Street Lighting Service.
The conditions and related criteria for municipal street lighting services are as follows:
(a) Application. The municipal street lighting service shall be available only to the City for street and security lighting.
(Ord. No. 1583, Sec. 8; Ord. No. 2137, Sec. 14)
Sec. 8-13 Conditions and Related Criteria for Yard light Service.
The conditions and related criteria for yard light service shall be as follows:
(a) Application. Yard light service is available to customers of the City for controlled yard light service furnishing lighting from dusk to dawn.
(b) Agreement Period and Conditions. All agreements under this schedule shall be for a minimum period of twenty-four months and thereafter until terminated. Charges will be added to regular billing.
(c) Un-metered. The un-metered rate applies to all installations where the energy used is furnished by the City and not registered through the customers' meter.
(d) Metered. The metered rate applies to all installations where the energy used is registered through the customer's meter.
(Ord. No. 2137, Sec. 15)
Sec. 8-14 Metering of and Billing for Electric Service; Accuracy of Meters; Billing Period; Errors in Billing; Diversion of Electric Energy; Gratuities.
The consumer shall provide at his expense and in connection with his wiring, suitable mounting space or enclosure for the installation of metering equipment in accordance with the provisions of this Code and other ordinances of the City relating to electrical installation, inspection, licensing, permits and regulations. The City will own and the Electric Department shall furnish and maintain metering equipment suitable and necessary for measuring the electric energy supplied. Service supplied under each rate schedule shall be separately measured and billed for. With the exception of service to adjoining properties owned and controlled by the consumer as a single commercial or business enterprise, service to the same consumer at different locations will necessitate separate applications for metering and billing. Where electric service is furnished under more than one rate schedule, to a user at one location, such service shall be delivered at the same point of delivery. Meters shall be located outdoors where possible on all new installations where changes were made. Meters shall be of the socket type using sockets furnished by the Electric Department or located in enclosures approved by the Electric Department.
All meters measuring electric service shall be checked by the Electric Department for accuracy before installation and periodically thereafter. Meters shall be considered accurate which measure within two percent plus or minus true reading at full load and within two percent plus or three percent minus at ten percent full load. No meter shall be kept in service which registers under no-load conditions.
Meter reading shall be accomplished as nearly as practicable on a thirty day or monthly basis and bills for service shall normally be rendered within twenty days
after meters are read. Bills for payment shall become delinquent within ten days
thereafter and the service subject to shut-off as provided by this chapter. If the Electric Department is unable, for any reason, to gain access to or read any meter, the consumption shall be estimated based upon past usage.
The Electric Department shall use all reasonable means to avoid billing errors and shall, as soon as any error is discovered, rebill for the correct amounts whether this involves payment by the consumer or credit to his account by such department, regardless of the time periods involved. Payments due the Electric Department for such errors shall be collected in the same manner as payments for regular bills for service. Incorrect billing due to faulty meter measurement beyond the accuracy limits hereinbefore stated shall be corrected by revised billing based upon corrected readings for the period during which the meter inaccuracy existed, but in no event for a period longer than one year. Bills for corrected usage shall be due and payable in the same manner as regular bills for service.
It shall be unlawful to connect any energy consuming devices or equipment ahead of the City's meter or to tamper with or connect to the City's distribution system or to tamper with the City's meter, including breaking of meter seals, which would make possible or result in the consumption of electricity not registered on the City's meter. Finding such connections or tampering shall be prima facie evidence of the intent of the occupier of the premises or the consumer to convert electric current to his own use which is hereby declared unlawful and a person convicted of violation of the same shall be punished as provided by this chapter.
In the event of such conversion or diversion of electricity, the Electric Department shall collect from the consumer at the appropriate rate for all additional power and energy estimated by such department which was not registered on the meter because of such conversion or diversion of electricity and also for all expenses incurred by such department on account of such unlawful act. Further service shall not be reconnected until the consumer shall have installed such entrance and service equipment as shall be required by the Electric Department to prevent further conversion or diversion of electricity.
It shall be unlawful for inspectors, agents and employees of the Electric Department to accept any personal compensation or gratuities from consumers. (Ord. No. 1124, Sec. 5; Ord. No. 1583, Sec. 10)
Sec. 8-15 Continuity of Service; Voltage Regulation; Service Loops; Attachment to Poles; Tree Trimming; Shortage of Electricity; Liability for Unauthorized Acts; Underground Services Generally.
The Electric Department does not guarantee uninterrupted electric service and shall not be liable for interruptions due to maintenance functions considered necessary or to causes or contingencies beyond control of such department including but not limited to accidents, breakdown of equipment, acts of God, floods, storms, fires, strikes, riots, war or authority and orders of government, shortage of supply, or for disconnection because of unsafe wiring, operation of equipment detrimental to other users, non-payment of bills for service or diversion of electricity. The City shall also not be liable to consumers for any injury, loss or damage occasioned by any interruptions arising from the foregoing causes, such interruptions shall not relieve the consumer of payments for service under applicable rate schedules.
If the Electric Department installs more than one service loop or connection to a single premise or property, it shall be connected to the same general delivery point to facilitate disconnection of the property in the event of fire or other emergency. A service loop is defined as the overhead wires or cable from the City's distribution poles or system to the consumer's building or other approved support. Where practicable, all service loops shall be installed by the Electric Department from the City's secondary distribution at the rear of any lot or premise. If the property of the consumer does not abut on the right-of-way of the City's distribution system, it shall be the consumer's responsibility to provide adequate easements or bring his wiring to a point designated by the Electric Department.
Attachments to the City's poles or lighting standards shall not be permitted except upon specific written authority of the Electric Department. The attachment of radio or television antennae is specifically prohibited. Attachment of communications circuits such as telephone or community antennae systems may be made, provided, that a joint use contract has been entered into between the City and those desiring to make such attachments.
The consumer shall permit the Electric Department to trim the limbs and tops of trees to the extent that such trimming shall be reasonably necessary to avoid interference with the City's lines.
The consumer shall be responsible for such trimming of trees as may be necessary to avoid interference with the City's service loops running from the City's distribution poles to the point of delivery on consumer's premises.
All installations of poles, wire, services, meters, transformers or other materials or equipment made by the City at its expense shall remain the property of the City and it shall be unlawful for the consumer or any other unauthorized persons to tamper or interfere therewith directly or indirectly. The consumer shall be liable for any damage or loss to the Electric Department's property or injury to such department's employees through such unauthorized tampering or interference.
Instead of the Electric Department installing an overhead service loop, the consumer may, upon securing the approval of such department, install at his own expense an underground service from the City's distribution system subject to the approval of the Electric Department both as to material and installation. Such underground services shall be owned by the consumer and shall be maintained, and replaced, if necessary, by him. The Electric Department may require such replacement in the event of grounding or other failure of such underground services. (Ord. No. 1124, Sec. 6; Ord. No. 1329, Sec. 12; Ord. No. 1382, Sec. 12; Ord. No. 1583, Sec. 10)
Sec. 8-16 Underground Service from City Secondary Lines.
Whenever desirable, the City may, at its option and at its expense, install underground service loops from the City's distribution system to a customer. The ownership of the underground service loops shall revert to the customer after installation and shall be maintained and replaced, if necessary, by him. (Ord. No. 1124, Sec. 6; Ord. No. 1257, Sec. 1; Ord. No. 1329, Sec. 13; Ord. No. 1382, Sec. 13; Ord. No. 1583, Sec. 10)
Sec. 8-17 Discontinuance of Service by Consumer and by Electric Department.
Any consumer desiring to discontinue electric service shall give the Electric Department at least three days notice prior to the time disconnection is desired to permit meter reading, disconnection and final billing for service rendered. The consumer shall be liable in any event for electric service rendered until final meter reading is obtained. Further, such notice by the consumer shall not relieve him in any way from any minimums or payments guaranteed under his service contract as defined by this chapter.
If any consumer's wiring or equipment is considered unsafe, service may be discontinued by the Electric Department after notice and shall not be reconnected until the unsafe condition has been corrected. The Electric Department shall discontinue service without notice to the consumer if the unsafe condition could be considered dangerous to the life, health or safety of any person.
Service may be discontinued by the Electric Department after notice to the consumer if service to his equipment is considered detrimental by the Electric Department to service to other consumers served by such department.
Service may be discontinued by the Electric Department for non-payment of past-due service accounts after seven days notice to the consumer.
No consumer shall connect any energy consuming appliance or device on the Electric Department's side of a meter nor tamper or otherwise interfere with the proper operation or registration of the Electric Department's meter or permit others to perform such connection, interference or tampering and for violation of this regulation service shall be disconnected by the Electric Department without notice and shall not be reconnected until consumer shall have paid a service bill estimated by the Electric Department for the period during which such violation existed and shall have installed standard service entrance wiring in accordance with the prevailing requirements of this Code or other ordinances of the City relating to electrical installations, inspections, licensing, permits and regulations.
In the event of discontinuance of electric service by the Electric Department for any of the foregoing causes, and after evidence is submitted that the cause for discontinuance has been corrected, electric service may not be restored until payment to the Electric Department of a combined disconnection and reconnection fee in accordance with Section 26A-7.
(Ord. No. 1124, Sec. 7; Ord. No. 1329, Sec. 14; Ord. No. 1382, Sec. 14; Ord. No. 1413, Sec. 10; Ord. No. 1583, Sec. 10; Ord. No. 2138, Sec. 7)
Sec. 8-18 Consumer's Installation; Easements; City Access; Foreign Power; Resale of Electricity; Demand-Motor Limits; Welders and X-rays; Indemnity to City.
Before acquiring motors or other electric energy consuming devices or providing for the installation of electric wiring for same, the consumer or prospective consumer of electric service shall notify the Electric Department in ample time of its intent to ascertain if such motors or devices may be connected to the City's system under the Electric Department's rules and regulations governing electrical installations and if the Electric Department has electrical service of the desired phase and voltage therefor, or whether extensions and improvements of the City's system will be required, and to ascertain points of delivery for service and meter locations. Only authorized employees of the Electric Department shall be permitted to make and energize the connection between such department's service wires and the consumer's service entrance conductors. The costs incurred by the Electric Department through any change in point of delivery or in the location of the City's meters necessitated by changes on a consumer's premises shall be subject to reimbursement to the Electric Department by the consumer. Where service is supplied at primary voltages, the consumer shall provide, own, operate and maintain all facilities beyond the point of delivery at the end of the primary service unless specific arrangements are made with the Electric Department to the contrary. If any consumer desires electric service at voltages either primary or secondary other than those available from the Electric Department's distribution system, the consumer shall furnish, own and maintain all special transformers and special control and wiring occasioned thereby. If special metering shall be required in such cases, the costs thereof shall likewise be paid by the consumer. Such metering equipment, however, shall be and remain the property of the City and will be tested and maintained by the Electric Department. It shall be unlawful for any consumer to connect equipment, the operation of which is detrimental to service to other consumers served by the Electric Department, unless such consumer shall, as approved by the Electric Department, install motor generators, isolation transformers or transformers of line capacity beyond that normally required, and all such remedial measures shall be paid for by the consumer. At the request of the Electric Department, the consumer shall furnish and maintain indoor or underground space and facilities for the installation of the City's transformers and other equipment necessary to properly render electric service to such consumer.
By making application for electric service, the consumer agrees to grant or arrange for an easement on consumer's property for the installation, operation and maintenance of electric lines, wires and other equipment of the Electric Department necessary to render service to the consumer. When requested by the Electric Department, the consumer shall, without expense to such department, make or procure conveyance to the City of satisfactory right-of-way easements across the property owned or controlled by the consumer for the City's lines or extensions thereof necessary or incidental to the furnishing of service to the consumer. If such installation must be made on or over the property of a third party, the consumer shall obtain the necessary easement for the Electric Department from the third party before installation is made and service rendered. If, after service is originally rendered, the consumer shall divide his
property in such a manner that part of it no longer has access to the right-of-way of the City's distribution system, the consumer shall reserve an easement for the benefit of the City so that the Electric Department may render electric service to such isolated part when desired.
Authorized employees of the City shall have the right of access to any consumer's premises at all reasonable times for any purpose incidental to the supplying of electric service.
The consumer shall make exclusive use of service provided by the Electric Department and no other source of electric energy shall be connected to any installation which in turn is connected to the City's electric distribution systems owned by the consumer, provided, that switching arrangements are installed to prevent the possibility of the emergency generator and the Electric Department's service being connected to the load simultaneously. No emergency generating system shall be installed unless it has been approved by the Electric Department prior to such installation.
Electric service shall be furnished for the sole use of the consumer at the premises designated in the service application and contract and the consumer shall not directly or indirectly sell or otherwise dispose of such service to any other person.
The Electric Department reserves the right to refuse to furnish electric service to any consumer where such service is to be resold to others. In the event that such resale comes to the attention of the Electric Department, such department shall have the right to either discontinue service to the consumer or to furnish service directly to the subconsumer.
Single-phase, fractional horsepower motors may be used on residential or business service, however, motors served at a normal voltage of one hundred twenty shall not have locked rotor starting current in excess of twenty amperes. Single-phase fractional horsepower motors having locked rotor currents in excess of the foregoing limits at one hundred twenty volts shall be operated from circuits having a normal voltage of two hundred forty. By special authorization of the Electric Department, single-phase motors of greater than fractional horsepower may be operated on service to residential and commercial lighting users depending upon motor and load characteristics including starting frequency and capability of the City's electric system serving the load. Approval of the Electric Department shall be obtained before installation of any such motors and such approval will be valid only for specific locations. Single-phase, two hundred forty volt motors up to a maximum rating of five horsepower may be operated under the commercial power and combined commercial lighting and power service rate schedules. All five horsepower single-phase motors shall be approved by the Electric Department before installation is completed and shall have such characteristics or be equipped with starters of such design that the instantaneous current will be limited to three hundred percent of normal full load current. Three-phase motors up to two hundred horsepower may be supplied under the commercial power or combined commercial lighting and power service rate schedules, provided, that such motors have been manufactured in accordance with NEMA standards and, further provided, that suitable protection equipment and devices have been installed. The installation of reduced voltage starting equipment shall be made by the consumer when required by the Electric Department.
Single-phase induction type welders with an input exceeding forty amperes at a normal two hundred forty volts or twenty amperes at a nominal one hundred twenty volts shall not be supplied from electric service rendered under residential or commercial lighting rate schedules. Welders requiring less than the foregoing input will be permitted under the residential and commercial lighting schedules where adequate transformer and distribution capacity is available and upon the approval of the Electric Department. Welders exceeding the foregoing input limitations may be served under commercial power and combined commercial lighting and power rate schedules upon the approval of the Electric Company.
The City shall not be held responsible for any injury to persons or damage to property occasioned or caused by the acts, omissions or negligence of the consumer or any of his agents, employees or licensees in installing or maintaining, operating or using any of the consumer's lines, wires, equipment, machinery or apparatus and for injury and damage caused by defects in the same. The consumer shall hold the City harmless and indemnify it against all claims and liabilities for injury or damage when such injury or damage results from or is occasioned by the facilities located on the consumers' side of the point of delivery unless caused by the negligence or wrongful acts of the Electric Department's agents or employees. (Ord. No. 1124, Sec. 8; Ord. No. 1583, Sec. 10)
Sec. 8-19 Adoption of Electric Rate Charges, Service Deposits, Disconnection and Reconnection Fees.
The electric rate charges and service deposits shall be set by Resolution of the City Council and shall be on file in the City offices for public inspection at any reasonable time. Disconnection and reconnection fees shall be set in accordance with Section 26A-7.
(Ord. No. 1583, Sec. 11; Ord. No. 2138, Sec. 8)
Sec. 8-20 Production Cost Adder Charges.
The City reserves the right to include any production cost adder charge received from the power supplier to the City. (Ord. No. 2137, Sec. 17)
Sec. 8-21 Primary Metering.
Primary metering shall be used where transformation equipment and appurtenances are customer owned and maintained and may be used at any time at the convenience of the City. Billings derived from primary metering data shall be reduced 1.5 percent for transformer losses and an additional 2 percent if all transformation is owned and maintained by the customer.
(Ord. No. 2137, Sec. 18)