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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1342ORDINANCE NO. I0 y0 AN ORDINANCE relating to the sale of electrical energy by the Municipal Light and Power System of the City of Port Angeles, prescribing monthly rates, terms and conditions of the sale of such lenergy and the furnishing of electrical service, amending Ordinance No. 890 of the City of Port Angeles and repealing Ordinance No. 1294 and all other ordinances, or parts of ordinances, in conflict here- with. FOLLOWS : THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PORT ANGELES DO ORDAIN AS Sectionl. That section seventeen of Ordinance No. 890, as amended by Ordinance No. 1247 and Ordinance No. 1294 of the City of Port Angeles be, and the same is hereby amend- ed to read as follows: Schedule 1. Availability. All Commercial and Res- idential accounts: Type of Service - Commercial and Res - identail Water Heating. This service shall be off -peak single phase at nominal potential of 240 Volts and is available for a maximum of eighteen hours a day. The City will furnish for connection to the Customer's wiring and retain ownership of a suitable control device to regulate the hours of use. Installations over 4800 Watts shall be equipped with suitable relay furnished and installed by the customer for operation by the control device to be furnished by the City. This service shall be seperately metered on a circuit, which shall include only the heater for one or more stor- age tanks but exclusive of other utilization equipment. Service under this schedule may be limited to 6,000 Watt capacity at the City's option. The following are the maximum allowable capacity 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 instal- lation in excess of 1250 Watts shall consist of two ele- ments, each to be protected by a thermostat, the base thermostat shall be set to maintain water not hotter thin 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 sufficient heat insulation as approved by the City. Each installation installed on a closed water system or on City service where water meters are installed, shall be provided with a pressure relief valve that will proper- ly protect the tank and pipe from excessive pressure, and a check valve to prevent back pressure into the cold water supply. Other methods of heating the water shall not be dir- ectly connected to the insulated storage tank to which electric service is rendered. RATE: 8 Mills per Kilowatt Hour Minimum Charge of $1.00 per month. Schedule 2. Residential Service. Availability. To residential accounts in individually metered /residences, duplexes, apartments and multiple dwellings. This schedule covefs general residen- tial lighting, heating, cooking and uncontrolled water heating. Minimum Charge $1.00 per month where no electric space heating is installed First 100 KWH .02 per KWH Next 200 KWH .015 per KWH All over 300 KWH .01 per KWH except that the minimum monthly charge where space heating is installed -2- ;1 I shall be $7.00 per month and that customer shall be char- ged at a rate of $.0125 per KWH for all over the average monthly consumption established for the consumer. The average monthly consumption for the consumer shall be determined as one and one half times the monthly average of KWH's consumed during the four regular monthly ' billing periods immediately preceding October 15th of each year. Schedule 3. Availability. Optional all electric res- idential lighting, water heating and cooking rate avail- and individual res- able only to single family residences, /apartments, duplexes idential accounts in and multiple family dwellings where premises are wired for water heating peak limiting control. Water heating equip- ment shall meet the specifications of schedule one herein, but limited to a minimum size of forty gallon per res- idence. Minimum Monthly Charge First 400 KWH Next 600 KWH Excess $5.00 .0125 per KWH .008 per KWH .01 per KWH Except that consumers shall be charged at a rate of $.0125 per KWH for all energy used over the average monthly con- sumption established for the consumer. The average mon- thly consumption for the consumer shall be determined as one and one half times the monthly average of KWH's con- sumed during the four month billing period immediately preceding October 15th of each year. Any electric space heating equipment used or in- stalled under this schedule shall be of 220 Volt and in- dividual thermostatic control of any heater, or combin- ation of heaters, of a capacity of 2500 Watts, excdpt that single thermostatic control for each room may be author- ized where floor or baseboard heating is installed. The minimum charge where space heating is installed under this schedule shall be $7.00 per month. II Schedule 4. Commercial and Industrial. Availability. This rate is available to non - residential accounts and for non - residential lighting and idustrial power including baking and water heating. First 200 KWH Next 500 KWH Next 500 KWH All over 1200 KWH $ .03 per KWH .02 per KWH .015 per KWH .01 per KWH Except that customers shall be charged at a rate of $.0125 per KWH for all energy used over the average monthly con- sumption established for the customer, provided that said charge shall not apply to public and private schools which' are operated exclusively and solely as such, and which normally suspend operation during the summer months. The average monthly consumption for the consumer shall be determined as one and one half times the monthly average of KWH consumed during the four month billing periods immediately preceding October 15th of each year. In no case is the minimum charge to be less than $1.00 or $.50 per horse power of per month or fraction thereof; which ever is greater. The connected motor load, maximum allowable total connected motor rating shall be seven and one half horse power exclusive of fractional horse power motors. No individual motor welder or Xray type of equipment having a single phase rating of more than two horsepower or three phase rating of more than five horse power, may be installed, re- located or re- arranged under this schedule except with prior written approval from the Light Department., The City reserves the right to meter at primary voltage any loads in excess of fifty Kilowatts. Schedule 5. Availability. Industrial Power Rate. All I dustrial Manufacturing and Processing Plants and other commercial load approved by the Light Department in excess of fifty KW demand, where lighting load does not -4- it exceed fifteen per cent of total connected load, and optional to governmental and municipal accounts. Rate per Month Demand Charge $ .75 per KAY of billing demand 1st 200 KWH per KW of billing demand .006. per KWH Next 100 KWH per KW of billing demand .005 . t per KWH Excess KWH's .004 ligiakis. per KWH Billing demand shall be the highest of the following: 1. Highest actual measured fifteen minute demand for the month. 2. Seventy (70 %) per cent of the highest demand established for the eleven preceding months. City reserves the right to meter at primary voltage any consumer served under this schedule. A discount of five (5 %) per cent from gross billing will be granted to any consumer owning and maintaining its own substation and associated equipment for their exclusive use and taking energy at primary distribution voltage. Consumers are required to maintain a power factor at ninety five (95 %) per cent or better. If the average power factor is below ninety five (95%) per cent then the registered Kilowatt demand shall be adjusted by multiply- ing by ninety five (95%) per cent and dividing the result by the average power factor. The City shall not be obli- I gated to deliver electrical energy to consumers whose power factor is below seventy five (75 %) per cent lagging. Method of adjusting power factor shall be in conform- ity with accepted standards of the industry. City shall have the right to install such metering equipment as it desires to determine any and all operating conditions. In the event of fault with metering equipment the City shall have the right to estimate both demand and Kilowatt Hours on the basis of hours operated and previous experience of the consumer. The monthly demand may be determined by test or inspection of the premises served. -5- • II { The customer shall be entitled to the installation of recording demand meters when so desired. This schedule is based on a single delivery voltage of either single or three phase at either primary or secondary distribution voltages commonly used for industrial loads. Minimum Charge: The minimum charge under this schedule is not less than $1.00 per Kilowatt of billing demand per month or fraction thereof. Service at 69,000 volts or covering special con- ditions shall be covered by contract. STREET LIGHTING SERVICE The rate for the City of Port Angeles Street Light- ing shall be two cents per Kilowatt hour, which rate shall include all necessary electrical energy and complete main- tenance of the street lighting system. All other municipal service shall be charged for at the rate or rates applicable for similar private service. Churches may be billed at residential rates with all options available to residential customers. Special contracts may be entered into on a guaranteed revenue basis but such contracts shall be subject to approval of the City Council if the term thereof exceeds five years. Section 2. That Ordinances No. 913 passed October 1, 1930, No. 977 passed July 27, 1932, No. 1138 passed July 18, 1945, No.1247 passed April 30, 1951 and No. 1294 pissed January 12, 1953 and all .other ordinances and parts of ordinances of the City of Port Angeles in conflict herewith be and the same are hereby repealed. Section 3. This ordinance shall be in full force and [effect five days from and after its passage and lawful publication. • L Introduced ,zZ0 ,1955 APPROVED AND SIGNED BY THE MAYOR 00,1955 } Attest: Co `-,4 OflY...GLERK'. Approved as to form: -7- MAYOR