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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1138• • f /-;":74,./) 4151.2 ORDINANCE NO. ll56 An Ordinance relating to the municipal light and power plant and system of the City of Port Angeles, prescribing the rates, terms and conditions for the sal', use and purchase of electric energy, defininL offences, prescribing penalties, and repealing Ordinance No. 1075 and, amending Sections 17 and 20 of Ordinance No. 890 and all other ordinance or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith, and declaring an emergency, placing this Ordinance in full force and effect..after its lawful pub- lication. THE'CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF PORT ANGELES DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:- Section 1. That Section 17 of Ordinance No. 890, as the same was originally enacted, be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows, to -wit: Section 17. The monthly rate for electricity consumed shall jbe in accordance with the following schedules: Schedule #1 Residential Lighting Service This schedule covers general lighting of residences and similar anon- commercial installations. Incidental power, single phase, may be connected under this schedule. 3.5¢ per KWH for the first 20 KWH per month 3¢ T` " " next 80 KWH per month 2¢ " " . " " " 200 KWH per month 10 " " " all over 300 KWH' p e r -month Minimum 20 KWH or less - 75¢ per month Schedule #2 Residence Lighting, Heating and Cooking Service This schedule covers residence light, heating and cooking when the connected load exclusive of lamp socket appliances is.3,000 Watts or greater and at least 90 per cent of load is non - commercial use. Single phase incidental power may be connected under this schedule. 30 per KWH for the first 80 KWH per month 2d " " " n next 120 TT " n 10 " " " all over 200 " " " Minimum #2.40 per month. Schedule #3 Optional Residence All Electric Service This schedule is available upon application to customers and single family residences using electrical service exclusively for their lighting, cooking and water heating requirements when such ser- vices can be supplied by a single meter. Off -peak water heating shall be insulated storage tanks of 40 gallon minimum capacity and must comply with the limitations of Schedule #4. For the first 400 KWH or less - A5.00 per month For the next 600 KWH - .7¢ per KWH per month For all over 1000 KWH - ,10 " " " " Minimum $5.00 per month. Schedule #4 WATER HEATING SERVICE The monthly rate for Water Heating Service shall be in accord- ance with the following schedule: Availability: This service shall be off -peak, single phase at a nominal potential of 120/240 volts and is available for a maximum of 18 hours use per day. The City will furnish, connect to the customer's wiring and retain ownership of a suitable time - switch to regulate the hours of use. This service shall be metered on a circuit which shall include all the heaters for one or more storage tanks but exclude all other service. Service under this schedule may be limited to 6,000 watts capacity at the City's option. The following are the maximum allowable capacities for tank heaters: 30 gallon tank or smaller, 75 watts per gallon. 40 gallon tank, 62.5 watts per gallon. Over 40 gallon tank, 60.0 watts per gallon. Heating elements shall be non - inductive and installations in excess of 1250 watts shall consist of two elements, each to be pro- tected by a thermostat, the base thermostat shall be set to maintain water not hotter than 170 degrees and the top thermostat to maintain water not hotter than 150 degrees Farenheit. One element shall be placed to heat the whole tank and the other to heat the upper part of the tank. The capacity of the upper element shall not exceed twice that of the lower element. • • To provide adequate and economical hot water service for the customer, the tank and heater if external, shall be covered with suffi- cient heat insulation as approved by the City. Each installation shall be provided with a pressure - relief valve that will properly protect the tank and piping from excessive pressure. All installations served through a water meter shall also be provided with a check -valve that will prevent the hot water from entering the cold water line. This check -valve is recommended in all installations so that the tank will not drain in case the water supply should fail. Other methods of heating the water shall not be directly con- nected to the insulated storage tank. Rate:- .7¢ per KWH Minimum charge of 4.00 per month. Schedule #4A Monthly rat for electrical energy used for churches shall be as follows: - 3.5¢ per KWH for the first 50 KWH per month 2.5V „ " " " next 40 " " ►, 2. ¢ is n " n " 100 " n �r .70 " " all over 190 T° " Minimum 75¢ per month. TEMOMPBEUEGEATEMEMEXECTEGAVDEMIXIMEDAMMICazomaxxxximiumExmaff TEELMDMIIMMICTIEIREZEC COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL SCHEDULES Schedule #5 COMMERCIAL LIGHTING SERVICE - SMALL DEMAND. The monthly rate for Commercial Lighting Service - Small Demand, shall be in accordance with the following schedule: Availability This service is single -phase at a nominal potential of 120/240 volts and is available for lighting and incidental small power for com- mercial customers having a calculated connected lighting load of less than 12,000 watts. Connected load to be determined by load check or by demand meter. Rate:- 3.55 per KWH for the first 100 KWH per month 34 rr " rr " next 200 " tr tr 2.0 tt " tr " " 400 tr 1.5¢' n " " " " 700 rt n tt tr n " all over 1400 " rr " Minimum .800 for the first 20 KWH per month. Schedule #6 COMMERCIAL LIGHTING SERVICE - LARGE DEMAND The monthly rate for Commercial Lighting 12,000 watts or greater shall be according to the following schedule. Connected load is to be determined by load check or demand meter. Empty light socket shall be figured at 100 watts. Single -phase motors of 5 hp and less may be connected under this schedule. 3.50 per KWH for the first 100 KWH per month 3.0 " " " rr next 200 " " ft " IT " 1500 rt " 1. " " " all over 1800 " " r' Minimum $3.50 per month. Schedule #7 GENERAL POWER SERVICE The monthly rate for General Power Service shall be in ac- cordance with the following schedule: Availability This service covers single -phase power at a nominal potential 120/240 volts for 5 HP and less, and three -phase power where available at a nominal potential of 240/480 volts. Less than 1 HP connected load to be taken under the lighting schedule. Fractional HP loads less than one -half HP to be taken as next lower whole number and one -half HP and above to be considered as the next higher whole number. Connected lighting load of 10% or less of the connected motor load allowed under this schedule when a separate service and meter is not required. Heating load under Schedule 8 may be combined with this schedule to arrive at total load when taken througt the same service and meter. Rate 'Connected First 250 Next 50 KWH per Next 80 KWH per Load KWH connected HP Connected HP 1 -24 HP 30 2¢ 1.5¢ 25 -99 HP 30 1.8¢ 1.4¢ 100 -249 HP 30 1.7¢ 1.3¢ 250 -750 HP 30 1.60 1.2¢ Minimum charge per month of 90¢ per HP for 15 HP or less HP above 15 HP Discount 10% Excess l(WH 1¢ 1¢ 0.9¢ 0.8¢ and 9¢ per Schedule #8 GENERAL COMMERCIAL HEATING The monthly rate for General Commercial Heating shall be in accordance with the following schedule: Availability This service is available for commercial heating and cooking and covers singleEphase service at a nominal potential of 129 -240 volts, and three -phase service where available at a nominal potential of 240/480 volts. Less than 1 KW connected load to be taken under Lighting Sechedule, Frantional loads of less than 500 watts taken as next lower KW and 500 watts and above taken as next higher KW. Connected lighting load of 10% or less of the connected heating load allowed sander this schedule where a separate service and meter is not required. Power under Schedule #7 may be combined with this schedule to arrive at total load when taken through the same service and meter. Rate Connected Load 1 -24 KW 25 -99 KW 100 -249 KW 250 -750 KW First 250 Next 50 KWH per Next 80 KWH per Excess KWH connected KWH connected KWH KWH 30 2.0¢ 1.5¢ 1.0¢ 30 1.8¢ 1.4¢ 1 :0¢ 3¢ 1.70 1.3¢ 0.9¢ 30 1.2¢ 0.8¢ Discount 10% Schedule #9 Primary Industrial Power This schedule applies to Industrial Power Service at primary Distribution Voltage, upon execution of a standard contract for not less than five years. Unregulated lighting at the Plant may be taken at Primary Voltage under this schedule. KWH 150,000 0 .009¢ 100,000 0 .006¢ over 0 .005¢ Minimum - $1.50 per KWH per month of maximum demand, not less than 90¢ per HP connected. The following power factor clause will apply to all Consumers having a demand of 100 horsepower or more unless the operation of a .smaller load causes unsatisfactory conditions on the City's System. If the average power factor at which electric energy is de- livered to the consumer during the billing period is 85 percent or more, no adjustment will be made in the registered kilowatt demand. If such average power factor is less than .85, then the registered kilowatt demand shall be adjusted by multiplying by .85 and dividing the result by the average power factor. This adjustment may be waived in whole or in part to the extent that the Superintendent determines that a power factor of less than .$5 would in any particular case be advan- tageous to the City. Unless specifically otherwise agreed, the City shall not be obligated to deliver electric energy to the consumer at any time at a power factor below .75. The formula for determining average power factor is as follows: Kilowatt hours average power factor V (kilowatt hours) 2 f (reactive kilovo t ampere hours) Schedule #10 The rate for the City of Port Angeles St. Lighting shall be 2¢ per KWH. The Light Department to supply all lamps and other material to maintain the system. Other municipal building lighting and power shall be charged at Schedule #3. Schedule #11 TEMPORARY SERVICES Where no construction work is necessary, service will be furnished under regular schedules, plus an estimated amount as the cost of connection and disconnection. Section 2. Schedule #12 The Superintendent may at his option, when deemed advisable to the interests of the City, make such other special rates to indi- vidual customers as he may see fit, but only with the approval of and confirmation by the City Commission. Apartments that are individually metered will each be con- sidered as a residence. If one person pays for all of the individual bills the monthly minimum will be waived and individual meter deposits will not be required. Apartment buildings with matter meters will be classed as "COMMERCIAL." The lighting will be included with heat when determining the connected load for apartment buildings using electric heating and cooking under master meter which is classed as "COMMERCIAL HEATING." Section 3. That Section 20 of Ordinance 890 of the City of Port Angeles, approved November 30, 1929, be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows: Section 20. It shall be the duty of the Superintendent to regularly read the meters of the consumers of electric current and to enter all said accounts and charges in his meter books. The meter books each month shall thereupon be turned over to the City Treasurer for entry in the proper ledgers of the City Treasurer and for collection. All charges against consumers of electric current shall be due and payable at the office of the City Treasurer, without notice to the consumer, on the first day of each month for the month preceding. Should an account not be paid before the 21st day of the month in which .it becomes due, the City Treasurer shall notify the Superintendent who shall immediately cut off electricity from the premises and it shall not again be turned on until all arrears are paid together with a fee of 1k1.00 for the turning on of the current. It shall be unlawful for any person other than the Superin- tendent or a duly authorized employee of the City to connect any house, premises, wire, or other equipment with the City Electric System, until the provisions of Ord. 1004 has been complied with. All meters and other facilities furnished by the City shall be and remain the City's property and the right to remove, replace or repair the same is expressly reserved. All meters read by the Superintendent shall be carried as separate accounts and billed as separate accounts by the City, and the readings of separate meters shall not be added together except that under certain circumstances where the facts and conditions in the opinion of the Superintendent justify adding together the readings of meters on premises under the same ownership or control, a service charge of 75¢ per month shall be added for each meter more than one master meter.- Section 4. That except as herein amended, Ordinance No. S90 of the City of Port Angeles shall be and remain in all respects, in full force and effect. Section 5. That Ordinance No. 1075, and all other Ordinances or parts of Ordinances in conflict herewith, be and the same are hereby repealed. Section 6. This Ordinance is declared to be urgent and necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health and safety of the inhabitants and people of the City of Port Angeles, and shall take effect and be in force immediately upon and from the time and after its passage and approval by the City Commission and lawful publication. Passed first reading by City Commission this J7\day of July, 1945. Passed second reading by City Commission this es- day of duly, 1945. fPPassed third reading and finally adopted by City Commission this J$ "�� day of July, 1945.