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ORDINANCE NO. V ;4 7
AN ORDINANCE of the City of Port Angeles, Washington, revising Chapters
13.10 and 13.12 of the Port Angeles Municipal Code relating to
Electricity - Service and Charges.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PORT ANGELES DO HEREBY ORDAIN
AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Ordinance 2341, as amended, and Chapter 13.10 of the Port Angeles
Municipal Code are hereby amended by amending 13.10.060 PAMC to read as follows:
13.10.060 Meters.
A. When any customer desires to purchase electricity under a metered rate as
established by Chapter 13.12 PAMC, separate meters must be installed to measure the current
supplied at each rate, and the electricity passing through each meter must be charged for at the
price specified in the rate schedule for such separate uses. The City shall own, operate and
maintain all meters and metering transformers.
B. The Department will make periodic tests and inspections of meters and will make
additional tests or inspections of meters at the request of any customer. No charge shall be made
for any such additional test if there is a meter error of more than two percent. If the meter error
is two percent or less, the fee for a meter test shall be charged to and collected from the customer.
If any test shows a meter error of more than two percent, a pro rata adjustment shall be made in
the customer's billing for a period of not more than ninety days prior to the date of the test;
provided, that in no event shall any adjustment be made for any period prior to the date of any
previous meter test.
C. The Department may install sealable locking devices on certain enclosures
containing unmetered conductors, including but not limited to meter sockets, meter enclosures,
current transformer enclosures, test switch enclosures, wire troughs, bus gutters, and terminal
boxes.
D. New or enlarged services to a duplex or a multiple dwelling building shall have
common areas and common equipment supplied through a separate house meter.
E. The customer shall not install or use equipment or devices to submeter electricity
for the purpose of reselling or otherwise apportioning the costs of electric energy usage; except
that the Department shall permit the apportionment of electricity for boat mooring establishments
and recreational vehicle (RV) parks under the following circumstances:
1. Electrical service to boat mooring establishments and recreational vehicle
parks may be master metered. The Department will not provide meters for individual spaces nor
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irectly bill individual tenants at a boat moorage establishment or recreational vehicle park for
hich a master metering arrangement has been established.
2. Apportionment of electricity by customer - operator shall be considered a
ervice provided by a boat mooring establishment or recreational vehicle park. The charge for
uch service shall be reasonable and nondiscriminatory and shall not exceed the operator's
verage cost per KWH as billed by the City plus the operator's reasonable cost of providing such
ervice, and shall not exceed the proportion of the costs for which the boat moorage or
ecreational vehicle park tenant is responsible.
F. When the Department determines that, in the particular installation, it is in the best
nterest of the Department to do so, the Department may provide a portion of the customer's
ervice entrance equipment. The type of metering equipment (which may include meter, current
ransformer and enclosures, meter bases and junction boxes) shall be determined by the
epartment.
G. As to monthly demand charges established under Chapter 13.12, billing demand
hall be based on the maximum 15- minute average metered demand or the maximum 15- minute
olling average metered demand that occurs each month.
H. Meter sockets shall be placed only at those locations authorized by the Department
nd shall afford proper protection to meters. In order that the meter can be easily read, the center
• f the meter socket shall be located not less than five feet or more than seven feet above finish
rade. If, as determined by the Department, the meter is inaccessible or improperly located for
eading, the customer shall be required to relocate his service entrance to a suitable location or
he Department may install a remote metering device and all costs incurred shall be borne by the
ustomer.
I. Should the customer request additional metering equipment, the Department may
nstall such equipment as agreed upon. The cost of such additional equipment, including
ecessary spares if any, shall be borne by the customer, including labor, equipment rental,
aterial and overhead charges.
The cost of maintenance of such additional equipment shall be borne by the
ustomer. The charge for maintenance of such equipment shall be sufficient to cover the
epartment's costs as determined by the Public Works &and Utilities Director.
The Department may provide metering pulses from existing metering equipment
t the customer's cost.
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Section 2. Ordinance 2054, as amended, and Chapter 13.12 of the Port Angeles
unicipal Code are hereby amended as follows:
13.12.010 General Provisions Applicable to All Services.
A. Any single motor of over ten horsepower, single phase; any single motor of over
wenty horsepower, polyphase; any single electric load over fifty kVA; and welders and x -ray
quipment shall not be placed in service without prior approval from the Public Works &and
tilities Department. The Public Works &and Utilities Department may require a customer to
' nstall reduced voltage motor starters or other mitigation if operation of customer equipment may
'nterfere with the quality of service to other customers.
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B. When a request for service requires an extension of distribution facilities to serve
new loads or customers, the Public Works &and Utilities Department will determine the amount
of construction costs, if any, to be paid by the customer prior to actual construction. It shall be
the customer's responsibility to provide and clear at least a twenty -foot access to within one
hundred fifty feet of the metering point. All required rights -of -way and/or easements, properly
executed, must be in the Public Works &and Utilities Department's possession before
construction is started. The Public Works &and Utilities Department may require the customer
to install and maintain poles, wires and /or other equipment on his property necessary to serve at
a greater distance than one hundred fifty feet from the Public Works &and Utilities Department's
supply facilities to the customer's metering point.
C. Any changes or re- arrangements of the Public Works &and Utilities Department's
facilities at the request of the customer will be done only if the customer pays all costs associated
with the change or re- arrangement, including overhead.
D. Metering shall be provided as specified by the Public Works &and Utilities
Department, which shall have the right to install such equipment as it finds necessary to
determine any and all operating conditions.
E. The Public Works &and Utilities Department may meter accounts in accordance
with 13.12.041, 13.12.060 and 13.12.073 PAMC as it finds necessary for real power (kW), real
and reactive power (kVAR), or apparent power (kVA). Billing demand may be based on real
power, real and reactive power including power factor adjustment, or apparent power in lieu of
power factor adjustment. Accounts only metered for real power shall be assumed to have unity
power factor. The City shall have the right to refuse or discontinue service to any customer not
maintaining a power factor of at least eighty percent.
13.12.020 Electric Rate. The monthly rate for electricity consumed shall be in
accordance with Sections 13.12.030 through 13.12.070 073. The monthly rate includes all
applicable taxes.
13.12.021 Point of Delivery. Except for meters installed pursuant to Section 13.10.060,
the customer shall be responsible for all electrical facilities beyond the point of delivery. The
point of delivery shall be defined as:
A. For an overhead service, the point of delivery is the splice at the weatherhead
between the City overhead conductors and the customer's building wiring.
B. For an under round service the . oint of delive is the seconda bushin ! s of the
pad- mounted transformer or service pedestal.
C. The point of delivery is the primary meter for new services described in Sections
13.12.043 and 13.12.060. The point of delivery for existing primary services established prior
to 2008 shall be in accordance with City records.
13.12.025 Rate Class Assignment. The Director of Public Works and Utilities, or his
designee, shall assign each customer to the electric rate class that most appropriately reflects the
service provided to that customer.
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13.12.030 Schedule R -03 - Residential Service.
A. Applicability. This schedule applies throughout the City for domestic uses in
ingle- family residences, individual apartments or farms. Separately metered services incidental
o single - family residential and farm service may be served under this schedule.
B. Character of Service. Sixty cycle, alternating current, 120/240 volts nominal,
ingle phase service will be furnished under this schedule, supplied through a single meter and
ne point of delivery.
C. Uniform Rate:
1. Base Charge $11.00 per month
2. Energy Charge $ 0.05820 per kWh
3. If a person does not request the time -of -use rate, the uniform rate specified
ithin this section shall apply.
D. Time -of -Use Rate:
1. Base Charge $11.00 per month
2. Monthly Energy Charge $0.06600 kWh during heavy load hours and
0.04450 per kWh during light load hours.
3. Heavy load hours are all hours from 6:00 A.M. to 10:00 P.M., Monday
hrough Saturday. Light load hours are all other hours. Pacific Prevailing Time applies (Pacific
Standard Time or Pacific Daylight Time, as applicable).
4. The time -of -use rate is available upon request providing payment of the smart
eter charge and utility service fee have been made in accordance with 3.70.010.B.4 and
3.70.105 PAMC, respectively. The minimum term for this rate shall be one year. A utility
service fee, in accordance with 3.70.010.B.4 PAMC, shall be charged each time a customer, other
han a new customer at the service location, changes the rate applicable to the service location
rom the time -of -use rate to the uniform rate.
13.12.040 Schedule GS -03 - General Service.
A. Applicability. This schedule applies to all accounts not covered by other rate
schedules with the following types of service:
1. 120/208 or 120/240 volts, single or three phase, service panel of 400 amps
or smaller.
2. 240/480 or 277/480 volts, three phase, service panel of 200 amps or
smaller.
3. Municipal traffic signal and street lights.
4. Municipal emergency management systems.
5. Cable television system single phase power supplies in accordance with
Section 10.2 of Ordinance no. 3116.
B. Character of Service. Sixty cycle, alternating current at such phase and voltage
as the City may have available will be furnished under this schedule, applied through a single
meter and one point of delivery.
C. Uniform Rate:
1. Base Charge
a. Single phase $15.00 per month
b. Three phase $37.50 per month
c. Municipal traffic signal $125.00 per month
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d. Municipal street light $90.00 per month
e. Municipal emergency management
system $21.35 per month
2. Monthly Energy Charge: $0.05850 per kWh.
3. If a person does not request the time -of -use rate, the uniform rate specified
ithin this section shall apply.
D. Time -of -Use Rate:
1. Base Charge
a. Single phase $15.00 per month
b. Three phase $37.50 per month
2. Monthly Energy Charge $0.06610 kWh during heavy load hours and
$0.04500 per kWh during light load hours.
3. Heavy load hours are all hours from 6:00 A.M. to 10:00 P.M., Monday
hrough Saturday. Light load hours are all other hours. Pacific Prevailing Time applies (Pacific
Standard Time or Pacific Daylight Time, as applicable).
4. The time -of -use rate is available upon request providing payment of the smart
eter charge and utility service fee have been made in accordance with 3.70.010.B.4 and
.70.105 PAMC, respectively. The minimum term for this rate shall be one year. A utility
ervice fee, in accordance with 3.70.010.B.4 PAMC, shall be charged each time a customer, other
han a new customer at the service location, changes the rate applicable to the service location
rom the time -of -use rate to the uniform rate.
5. The base charges for municipal traffic signals and street lights includes
aintenance of existing luminaries and controls by the Public Works and Utilities Department.
6. The municipal emergency management system base charge shall apply to
systems with a normal operating load of 150 watts or less, which shall not be required to be
etered.
E. Adjustment: The monthly charges imposed under this Schedule GS -03 for
customers that were annexed into the City by Ordinance No. 3207, shall be adjusted. The
adjustment shall be calculated and applied as follows:
1. The adjustment amount shall be eighty percent of the difference between
(1) the amount charged by the City and (2) the amount that would have been charged by the
Clallam County Public Utility District for electric service during the same time period. The
amount so calculated shall be added to the customer's monthly utility statement. The calculation
shall use rates in effect during subsequent years by the City and the Clallam County Public Utility
It istrict.
2. As to the energy charge, the adjustment calculation shall be applied each
onth. Energy exceeding the amount consumed during calendar year 2005 shall not be subject
o an adjustment.
3. The adjustment shall apply only to customers receiving electric service
rom the Clallam County Public Utility District on or before June 30, 2005 and shall apply for a
5 year period starting with the first monthly billing after the customer is transferred to City
electrical service.
4. The adjustment shall be made only if the charges the Clallam County
I' ublic Utility District would have charged exceed the City's actual amount charged.
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13.12.041 Schedule GD -03 - General Service Demand.
A. Applicability. This schedule applies to all not covered by other rate schedules with
the following types of service:
1. 120/208 or 120/240 volts, single or three phase, service panel larger than
400 amps.
2. 240/480 or 277/480 volts, three phase service panel larger than 200 amps.
B. Character of Service. Sixty cycle, alternating current at such phase and voltage
as the City may have available will be furnished under this schedule, applied through a single
meter and one point of delivery.
C. Uniform Rate:
1. Base Charge:
a. Single phase $30.00 per month
b. Three phase $75.00 per month
2. Monthly Energy Charge: $0.03920 per kWh
3. Billing Demand:
a. Billing demand for each month shall be based on KW (real power)
after adjustment for power factor or KVA (apparent power)-in lieu of power factor adjustments.
b. Monthly Demand Charge: $3.35 per kW.
4. If a person does not request the time -of -use rate, the uniform rate specified
within this section shall apply.
D. Time -of -Use Rate:
1. Base Charge:
a. Single phase $30.00 per month
b. Three phase $75.00 per month
2. Monthly Energy Charge $0.04660 per kWh during heavy load hours and
$0.03750 per kWh during light load hours.
3. Billing Demand:
a. Billing demand for each month shall be the demand during heavy
load hours for the month based on KVA (apparent power) in lieu of power factor adjustments.
b. Monthly Demand Charge: $2.21 per KVA.
4. Heavy load hours are all hours from 6:00 A.M. to 10:00 P.M., Monday
through Saturday. Light load hours are all other hours. Pacific Prevailing Time applies (Pacific
Standard Time or Pacific Daylight Time, as applicable).
5. The time -of -use rate is available upon request providing payment of the smart
meter charge and utility service fee have been made in accordance with 3.70.010.B.4 and
3.70.105 PAMC, respectively. The minimum term for this rate shall be one year. A utility
service fee, in accordance with 3.70.010.B.4 PAMC, shall be charged each time a customer, other
than a new customer at the service location, changes the rate applicable to the service location
from the time -of -use rate to the uniform rate.
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Wherc kWh =
verage powcr factor
Kilowatt hours
FE. Adjustment. The monthly charges imposed under this Schedule GD -03 for
customers that were annexed into the City by Ordinance No. 3207, shall be adjusted. The
adjustment shall be calculated and applied as follows:
1. The adjustment amount shall be eighty percent of the difference between
(1) the amount charged by the City and (2) the amount that would have been charged by the
Clallam County Public Utility District for electric service during the same time period. The
amount so calculated shall be added to the customer's monthly utility billing statement. The
calculation shall use rates in effect during subsequent years by the City and the Clallam County
Public Utility District.
2. As to energy and demand charges, the adjustment calculation shall be
applied each month. Energy and demand exceeding the amount consumed during calendar year
2005 shall not be subject to an adjustment.
3. The adjustment shall apply only to customers receiving electric service
from the Clallam County Public Utility District on or before June 30, 2005 and shall apply for a
5 year period starting with the first monthly billing after the customer is transferred to City
electrical service.
4. The adjustment shall be made only if the charges the Clallam County
Public Utility District would have charged exceed the City's actual amount charged.
13.12.042 Schedule NP -03 - Nonprofit Tax - Deductible.
A. Applicability. This schedule applies to all nonprofit tax - deductible organizations.
B. Character of Service. Sixty cycle, alternating current at such phase and voltage
as the City may have available will be furnished under this schedule, applied through a single
meter and one point of delivery.
C. Uniform Rate:
1. Base Charge
a. Single phase $15.00 per month
b. Three phase $37.50 per month
2. Monthly Energy Charge: $ 0.06340 per kWh
3. If a person does not request the time -of -use rate, the uniform rate specified
within this section shall apply.
D. Time -of -Use Rate:
1. Base Charge
a. Single phase $15.00 per month
b. Three phase $37.50 per month
2. Monthly Energy Charge $0.07110 per kWh during heavy load hours and
$0.04970 per kWh during light load hours.
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3. Heavy load hours are all hours from 6:00 A.M. to 10:00 P.M., Monday
hrough Saturday. Light load hours are all other hours. Pacific Prevailing Time applies (Pacific
Standard Time or Pacific Daylight Time, as applicable).
4. The time -of -use rate is available upon request providing payment of the
mart meter charge and utility service fee have been made in accordance with 3.70.010.B.4 and
.70.105 PAMC, respectively. The minimum term for this rate shall be one year. A utility
ervice fee, in accordance with 3.70.010.B.4 PAMC, shall be charged each time a customer, other
han a new customer at the service location, changes the rate applicable to the service location
rom the time -of -use rate to the uniform rate.
13.12.043 Schedule GD -04 - General Service Demand — Primary Metered.
A. Applicability. This schedule applies to all accounts not covered by other rate
chedules with the following types of service:
1. 120/208 or 120/240 volts, single or three phase, service panel larger than
00 amps.
2. 240/480 or 277/480 volts, three phase service panel larger than 200 amps.
3. When electric current is measured at primary voltage and delivery to the
ustomer is at secondary voltage.
B. Character of Service. Sixty cycle, alternating current at such phase and voltage
s the City may have available will be furnished under this schedule, applied through a single
eter and one point of delivery
C. Uniform Rate:
1. Base Charge:
a. Single phase $30.00 per month
b. Three phase $75.00 per month
2. Billing demand for each month shall be based on KVA (apparent power)
3. Monthly Demand Charge:
All months: $3.30 per KVA of billing demand.
4. Monthly Energy Charge: $0.03860 per kWh.
5. If a person does not request the time -of -use rate, the uniform rate specified
ithin this section shall apply.
D. Time -of -Use Rate:
1. Base Charge:
a. Single phase $30.00 per month
b. Three phase $75.00 per month
2. Monthly Energy Charge $0.04590 per kWh during heavy load hours and
0.03690 per kWh during light load hours.
3. Billing Demand:
a. Billing demand for each month shall be the demand during heavy
oad hours for the month based on KVA (apparent power)
b. Monthly Demand Charge: $2.18 per KVA.
4. Heavy load hours are all hours from 6:00 A.M. to 10:00 P.M., Monday
hrough Saturday. Light load hours are all other hours. Pacific Prevailing Time applies (Pacific
tandard Time or Pacific Daylight Time, as applicable).
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5. The time -of -use rate is available upon request providing payment of the
mart meter charge and utility service fee have been made in accordance with 3.70.010.B.4 and
.70.105 PAMC, respectively. The minimum term for this rate shall be one year. A utility
ervice fee, in accordance with 3.70.010.B.4 PAMC, shall be charged each time a customer, other
han a new customer at the service location, changes the rate applicable to the service location
rom the time -of -use rate to the uniform rate.
13.12.060 Schedule PS -03 - Primary Service.
A. Applicability. This schedule applies to all accounts which own and operate a
rimary voltage distribution system with a connected load greater than 1,000 KVA.
B. Character of Service. Service to be furnished under this schedule is unregulated
hree phase, sixty cycle, alternating current at primary voltage, 12.5 KV nominal. Service under
his schedule shall be provided and measured metered at the point(s) of interconnection of the
istribution facilities of the customer and the City.
C. Uniform Rate:
1. Base Charge: $200.00 per month
2. Billing demand for each month shall be based on KVA (apparent power)
3. Monthly Demand Charge:
All Months: $4.15 per KVA of billing demand.
4. Monthly Energy Charge:
a. All billings between September 1 and May 31: $0.03940 per kWh.
b. All billings between June 1 and August 31: $0.02400 per kWh.
5. If a person does not request the time -of -use rate, the uniform rate specified
ithin this section shall apply.
D. Time -of -Use Rate:
1. Base Charge: $200.00 per month
2. Monthly Energy Charge $0.04200 per kWh during heavy load hours and
0.0330 per kWh during light load hours.
3. Billing Demand:
a. Billing demand for each month shall be the demand during heavy
oad hours for the month based on KVA (apparent power) -in licu of powcr factor adjustmcnts.
b. Monthly Demand Charge: $3.07 per KVA.
4. Heavy load hours are all hours from 6:00 A.M. to 10:00 P.M., Monday
hrough Saturday. Light load hours are all other hours. Pacific Prevailing Time applies (Pacific
Standard Time or Pacific Daylight Time, as applicable).
5. The time -of -use rate is available upon request providing payment of the smart
meter charge and utility service fee have been made in accordance with 3.70.010.B.4 and
3.70.105 PAMC, respectively. The minimum term for this rate shall be one year. A utility
service fee, in accordance with 3.70.010.B.4 PAMC, shall be charged each time a customer, other
han a new customer at the service location, changes the rate applicable to the service location
from the time -of -use rate to the uniform rate.
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13.12.071 Schedule IT -03 - Industrial Transmission.
A. Applicability. This schedule applies to all accounts where power is taken at
transmission voltage.
B. Character of Service. Service to be furnished under this schedule is unregulated
three phase sixty cycle, alternating current at transmission voltage, 69 KV nominal.
C. Point of Delivery. Service under this schedule shall be provided and measured
where the customer's facilities interconnect with the facilities of the City and the Bonneville
Power Administration.
D. Service Policy. Service under this schedule is subject to the Customer Service
Policies of the City.
E. Rate: The rate shall be the total of the following:
1. Monthly Basic Charge;
The Basic Charges shall be established annually as part ofthe City's annual
budget process.
2. Encrgy Generation Charges: The monthly wholesale generation cost of
energy to the City times based on the measured KWII metered energy and demand.
3. Efem-and Transmission Charges: the monthly wholesale transmission cost
o€dernand to the City times based on the customer one -hour peak metered energy and demand.
4. Other Charges and Credits: Any other power wholesale generation or
transmission charges or credits will be billed at thc wholesale rate charged to the City times the
shall be based on the metered energy and demand or proportional share serving the industrial
customer.
5. Rcactivc Power Chargc:
iccacnvc Lncrgy: i•roportionai snare of total c ity charges for lagging
rcactivc energy during I ILI I and leading rcactivc cncrgy during LLI I.
Rcactivc Dcmand: Proportional share of total City charges for lagging
reactive demand during IILI I and leading rcactivc demand during LLII.
Rcactivc ratchct demand: Any rcactivc demand ratchct established while
a customer of the City are duc until thc ratchet is rctired.
65. Taxes.
they recover the actual tax obligation of the Utility and City. An amount calculated to recover the
actual tax obligations of the Electric Utility and City for State Public Utilities tax and City Public
Utility tax and any other applicable taxes.
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13.12.072 - Schedule L -03 - Lighting.
A. Applicability. This schedule applies to all approved unmetered yard and area
lights.
B. Installation. Yard or area lights are available upon request. Upon approval by the
Public Works &and Utilities Department, lights will be installed only on existing utility -owned
poles for the use and convenience of customers. A one -year contract for service will be required
before the light will be installed. Customer ownership of lighting is limited to existing lights only.
C. Maintenance. The Public Works &and Utilities Department retains ownership of
the area lighting; maintenance of City owned lights shall be the responsibility ofthe Public Works
&and Utilities Department, maintenance of customer owned lights shall be the responsibility of
the customer.
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D. Rate.
1. Lighting which remains in Public Works &and Utilities Department
ownership:
a. 100 watts or less: $ 8.60 per month
b. More than 100 watts,
but 150 watts or less: $12.50 per month
c. More than 150 watts,
but 200 watts or less: $13.90 per month
d. More than 200 watts: $16.10 per month
2. Lighting which remains in customer ownership (existing lights only):
a. 100 watts or less: $6.45 per month
b. More than 100 watts,
but 150 watts or less: $7.15 per month
c. More than 150 watts,
but 200 watts or less $7.90 per month
d. More than 200 watts: $11.10 per month
13.12.073 Schedule MW -03 - Municipal Water Pumping.
A. Applicability. This schedule applies to municipal water pumping facilities where
the connected load is greater than 500 KVA.
B. Restrictions. Timers approved by the Public Works &and Utilities Department
shall be installed to prevent pumping during restricted hours as determined by the Public Works
&and Utilities Department.
C. Character of Service. Service to be furnished under this schedule is three phase,
sixty cycle, alternating current at availablc such phase and voltage as the City may have available
will be furnished under this schedule, applied through a single meter and one point of delivery.
D. Rate:
1. Basic Charge: $200.00 per month
2. Billing demand for the month shall be based on KVA (apparent power) in
lieu of power factor adjustments.
3. Monthly Demand Charge:
a. No charge for demand occurring during the hours of 2:00 P.M.
through 6:00 A.M., Monday through Saturday, and all hours Sunday, and other hours as approved
by the Public Works &and Utilities Director.
b. All other hours:
All Months: $3.50 per KVA
4. Monthly Energy Charge:
a. All billings between September 1 and May 31: $0.06440 per kWh
during heavy load hours and $0.03210 per kWh during light load hours.
b. All billings between June 1 and August 31: $0.03830 per kWh
during heavy load hours and $0.02100 per kWh during light load hours.
c. Heavy load hours shall include all hours from 6:00 A.M. to 10:00
P.M., Monday through Saturday, light load hours shall include all other hours.
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13.12.080 Contract Sales and Purchases.
A. The Director of the Public Works &and Utilities Department shall have the
authority to enter into special contracts covering electric power service, purchases, and sales, at
rates other than specified in this Chapter, to meet specific operating conditions, provided that such
rates recover the cost of providing the service, and provided that the City Manager, Mayor and
Council Members of the Utility Advisory Committee are notified, and provided that such
contracts have a term of no more than ninety (90) days before formal adoption by the City
Council.
B. The Director of the Public Works &and Utilities Department shall have the
authority to enter into the following contracts, provided that such contracts do not exceed a term
of five (5) years:
1. Guaranteed annual revenue contracts designed to repay capital outlay and
service costs.
2. Facilities construction contracts for contributions in aid of construction and
for revenues from jobbing and contract work as follows:
a. As a condition of construction of Public Works &and Utilities
Department electrical facilities, including, but not limited to, substations, meter extensions,
distribution systems, and services to provide permanent service to any new construction,
development, mobile home park, or facility, the owner or developer requesting such service may
be assessed a facilities charge.
b. The facilities charge shall be equal to 50 percent of the estimated
cost of the system, if the estimated cost is over $5,000 as estimated by the Engineering Division
of the Public Works &and Utilities Department.
c. This facilities charge shall not apply to local improvement districts,
or to Federal, State, County, or local government entities; provided that the government provides
a purchase order for billing.
d. The actual cost of the system may include the cost of using or
providing substation capacity, if any, for the system.
e. Prior to construction of any such electrical facilities, the amount
of such facilities charges shall be estimated by the Engineering Division of the Public Works &
and Utilities Department, and such estimated amount shall be billed to and paid by the developer
or owner prior to commencement of any such construction. Any balance remaining shall be
refunded to or collected from the developer or other, as the case may be, upon completion of
construction and determination of the actual cost thereof. Any balance remaining shall be
collected before any reimbursements are given.
3. Frontage and lot reimbursement contracts for customers where facilities
are installed in the dedicated public street and customers have donated public right -of -way and
paid for construction of the facilities.
4. Contracts with the Washington State Department of Transportation
designed to recover the City's cost of traffic signal maintenance services for State owned
facilities.
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C. The Director or Deputy Director for Power Systems of the Public Works &and
Utilities Department shall have the authority to enter into contracts for the purchase of nonfirm
energy, provided that the City Manager, Mayor and Councilmembers of the Utility Advisory
Committee are notified, and provided that such contracts have a term of no more than one year
and the energy purchased does not exceed 40,000 megawatt hours.
13.12.100 frrspeetion Electrical Work Permits and Fees. The fees for electrical
inspections performed by the City pursuant to State statute orand City ordinance shall be
in accordance with Chapter 3.70 PAMC, which may
be amended from time to time.
13.12.110 Contract and Administration Charge. A contract and administration charge,
in the amount set forth in Chapter 3.70 PAMC, shall be charged to any person or entity proposing
a power generating project that would be integrated with the City's electrical distribution system.
This fee shall be for the purpose of compensating the City for the costs of negotiating and
preparing contracts and accomplishing the necessary engineering for integrating the project into
the City's system and shall be collected before such costs are incurred.
Section 3 - Severability. If any provisions of this Ordinance or its applications to any
person or circumstances is held to be invalid, the remainder of the Ordinance or application of
the provisions of the Ordinance to other persons or circumstances is not affected.
Section 4 - Corrections. The City Clerk and the codifiers of this ordinance are
authorized to make necessary corrections to this ordinance including, but not limited to, the
correction of the scrivener's /clerical errors, references, ordinance numbering, section/subsection
numbers and any references thereto.
Section 5 - Effective Date. This ordinance, being an exercise of a power specifically
delegated to the City legislative body, is not subject to referendum. This ordinance shall take
effect January 1, 2009.
PASSED by the City Council of the City of Port Angeles at a regular meeting of said
Council held on the 21st day of October, 2008.
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ATTEST:
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
William E. Bloor, City Attorney
PUBLISHED: October 26 , 2008
By Summary
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Summaries of Ordinances Adopted by the
Port Angeles City Council
on October 21, 2008
Ordinance No. 3344
This Ordinance of the City of Port Angeles, Washington, amends Chapter 3.70 of the Port
Angeles Municipal Code relating to fees for use of William Shore Memorial Pool. This
Ordinance shall take effect five days following the date of its publication by summary.
Ordinance No. 3345
This Ordinance of the City of Port Angeles, Washington, revises Chapter 13.54 of the Port
Angeles Municipal Code relating to Solid Waste Collection Rates. This Ordinance shall take
effect January 1, 2009.
Ordinance No. 3346
This Ordinance of the City of Port Angeles, Washington, revises Chapter 13.57 of the Port
Angeles Municipal Code relating to Solid Waste Processing Facility Rates. This Ordinance shall
take effect January 5, 2009.
Ordinance No. 3347
This Ordinance of the City of Port Angeles, Washington, revises Chapters 13.10 and 13.12 of the
Port Angeles Municipal Code relating to Electricity — Service and Charges. This Ordinance shall
take effect January 1, 2009.
Ordinance No. 3348
This Ordinance of the City of Port Angeles, Washington, revises Chapter 3.70 and Chapter 14.05
of the Port Angeles Municipal Code relating to Electrical Code Inspection and Permit Fees. This
Ordinance shall take effect January 1, 2009.
The full texts of the Ordinances are available at City Hall in the City Clerk's office or will be
mailed upon request. Office hours are Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Becky J. Upton, MMC
City Clerk
Publish: October 26, 2008