HomeMy WebLinkAbout1833ORDINANCE NO. / ?..33
AN ORDINANCE of the City of Port Angeles amending the
electric rate and repealing Ordinance No. 1599.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PORT ANGELES DO ORDAIN as
follows:
Section 1. The monthly rate for electricity consumed
shall be in accordance with the following schedules:
SCHEDULE I. Water Heating
AVAILABILITY: Existing Schedule I accounts only. Not
available for new accounts.
RATE:
Minimum charge $1.20
All Kilowatt hours $0.0096 per KWH
SCHEDULE IA. Yard Lighting
AVAILABILITY:
Upon request. After approval by the
Light Department, yard lights will be
installed and energy furnished on pri-
vate or public property for the use and
convenience of customers. The customer
will be responsible for installation of
any new poles required. A one year
contract for service will be required
before the light will be installed.
RATE: $3, 60
SCHEDULE II. Residential Services
AVAILABILITY:
RATE:
This schedule covers general residential
lighting, cooking and water heating.
This schedule is available to customers
for single phase electric services in
residences, apartments, duplex houses,
and multiple family dwellings.
Minimum charge $1.20
First 100 KWH 0.024 per KWH
Next 200 KWH 0 -.012 per KWH
Excess 0.0084 per KWH
SCHEDULE IIA. Residential Service with Electric Heat
AVAILABILITY:
This schedule is available to customers
for single phase electric services in
residences, apartments, duplex houses,
and multiple family dwellings. This
schedule covers general residential
lighting, cooking, water heating, and
electric space heating.
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RATE:
Minimum charge $6.00
First 100 KWH 0.024 per KWH
Next 200 KWH 0.012 per KWH
Excess 0.0084 per KWH
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SCHEDULE III. Optional Residential Service
AVAILABILITY:
RATE:
Optional all electric schedule available
only to single family residences, and
individual residential accounts in
apartments, duplexes, and multiple
family dwellings individually metered
and using electric energy exclusively,
including water heating and cooking.
Non - approved space heating is eligible
for this rate.
Minimum charge $6.00
First 500 KWH 6.00
Next 1000 KWH 0.0066 per KWH
Excess 0.0084 per KWH
SPECIAL SERVICE CONDITIONS:
Water heaters shall be of insulated tank
storage type of not less than 40 gallons
capacity, heated by at least two nonin-
ductive elements, each individually con-
trolled by its associated thermostat.
The upper element wattage is not to ex-
ceed 3.5 times the lower element watt-
age and the maximum total wattage shall
not be more than 100 watts per gallon
of tank capacity.
Clothes dryers shall not exceed 6,500
watts.
SCHEDULE IIIA: Preferred Residential Service
AVAILABILITY:
RATE:
Optional all electric schedule available
only to single family residences, and
individual residential accounts in
apartments, duplexes and multiple family
dwellings, individually metered using
electric energy exclusively. Only
approved electric space heating is
qualified for this rate.
Minimum charge $6,00
First 500 KWH 6.00
Next 1000 KWH 0.0066 per KWH
Excess 0.0072 per KWH
SPECIAL SERVICE CONDITIONS:
Electric space heating to qualify for
this schedule shall be 220 volt units
and have individual thermostatic control
for any heater or combination of heaters,
of a capacity of 4,000 watts, except that
single thermostats for each room may be
approved where floor, ceiling or base-
board heating equipment is installed.
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Water heaters shall be bf insulated tank
storage type of not less than 40 gallons
capacity, heated by at least two nonin-
ductive elements, each individually con-
trolled by its associated thermostat.
The upper element wattage is not to ex-
ceed 3.5 times the lower element wattage
and the maximum total wattage shall not
be more than 100 watts per gallon of
tank capacity.
Clothes dryers shall not exceed 6,500
watts.
SCHEDULE IV. Commercial Service
AVAILABILITY:
RATE:
DISCOUNT:
Available to Governmental Agencies,
Schools, Churches, business and commer-
cial accounts and multiple dwellings
with a single meter. An establishment
having a commercial and residential load
on a single meter shall be billed under
this schedule.
Minimum charge $1.20 for single phase
service
$3.60 for three phase
service
but not less than $0.60 , per kilowatt of
connected load in excess of 10 kilowatts,
or the full kilowatt demand as determined
by metering at the discretion of the
Light Department.
First 100 KWH ,$0•03
Next 400 KWH 0.015 per KWH
Next 2500 KWH 0,009 per KWH
Over 3000 KWH 0,.0084 per KWH
Governmental and educational organiza-
tions where the connected load is in ex-
cess of 200 kilowatts and owning their
primary distribution facilities shall
be allowed a 10% discount except that
no discount shall be allowed on a mini-
mum charge billing.
SPECIAL SERVICE CONDITIONS:
Not more than a total of 20 horsepower
of small motors allowable under the
General Provisions shall be permitted
on a service, unless prior approval from
the Department is granted.
The City :reserves the right to meter at
primary voltage any loads in excess of
50 kilowatts.
The City shall have the right to install
such metering equipment as it desires to
determine any and all operating conditions.
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SCHEDULE V. Industrial in excess of 50 K.
AVAILABILITY:
RATE:
Service pursuant to this subsection
shall be available to all industrial,
manufacturing, and processing plants and
other commercial load approved by the
Light Department where the connected
load is in excess of fifty KW, where
lighting load does not exceed fifteen
percent of total connected load, and
optional to governmental and municipal
accounts.
The rate or charge for such service
shall be the energy charge plus the demand
charge and shall be no less than the
minimum charge, computed as follows:
Energy Charge:
First 200 KWH of billing demand $0..0066 per KWH
Next 100 KWH of billing demand $0.0054 per KWI-
Excess KWH's $0,0042' per KWH
Demand charge:
$'0..9` per KW of billing demand
Billing demand as used in this subsection
shall be the highest of the following:
1. Highest actual measured fifteen minute
demand for the month.
2. Seventy per cent of the highest demand
established for the eleven preceding
months.
SPECIAL SERVICE CONDITIONS:
City reserves the right to meter at primary
voltage any consumer served under this
schedule. A discount of 5% from gross
billing will be granted to any consumer owning
and maintaining his own substation and
associated equipment for exclusive use only
and taking energy at primary distribution
voltage.
Consumers are required to maintain a power
factor of 95% or better. If the average
power factor is below 95% then the registered
kilowatt demand shall be adjusted by multi-
plying by 95% and dividing the result by the
average power factor. The City shall not be
obligated to deliver electrical energy to
consumers whose power factor is below 75%
lagging.
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Method of adjusting power factor shall be
in conformity with accepted standards of
the industry.
City shall have the right to install such
metering equipment as it desires to deter-
mine 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. This schedule is based
on a single delivery voltage of either
single or three phase at primary or
secondary distributionnvoltages commonly
used for industrial loads.
The minimum charge under this schedule
is not less than $1.20 per kilowatt of
billing demand per month, or fraction
thereof.
SCHEDULE VI. Industrial 500 kilowatts and over.
AVAILABILITY:
RATE:
Industrial rate 500 kilowatts of demand
and over. Energy delivered under this
schedule shall be unregulated three
phase, 60 cycle, A. C. The metering
shall be provided for as specified by
the Light Department.
This schedule shall cover energy supplied
for industrial purposes where the connected
load is 500 kilowatts and over.
The rate or charge for such service shall
be the energy charge plus the demand charge
and shall be no less than the minimum charge,
computed as follows:
Energy charge:
First 200 KWH per KW billing demand per
month at ($0.0066 per KWH.
Second 200 KWH per KW of billing demand per
month at ($0.003` per KWH.
All over 400 KWH per KW of billing demand
per month at 1.$0..0029) per KWH. ..
Demand charge:
'$0,90 per KW of billing demand per month.
Billing demand shall be no less than 75% of
the highest billing demand occurring during
the preceding eleven months, or 500 KW,
whichever is greater.
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SERVICE CONDITIONS:
Minimum charge:
$2.10 per KW of billing demand per month,
and not less than $600.00 per month.
The demand shall be the maximum fifteen
minute demand of the month, to the nearest
whole number, measured by a demand meter.
A l0% discount shall be allowed customers
who supply their own substation.
The City shall have the right to install
such metering equipment as it desires to
determine any and all operating conditions.
When the customer's average power factor
falls below 95% as measured by a reactive
meter, the billing demand will be increased
one percent for each percentage point below
the 95% required. Minimum billing and
demand charges will be applied after the
correction for low power factor.
This schedule and service shall be subject
to the general rules and regulations of
this chapter.
SCHEDULE VII. Municipal Service
AVAILABILITY: Available to Municipal services of the
City of Port Angeles only.
RATE:
Energy charge:
Minimum charge $1.20
All kilowatt hours t$0.006. per KWH.
Section 2. CONTRACT SALES: The City reserves the right to
enter into special contracts covering electric power service at
rates other than herein specified to meet specific operating conditions.
The City may also enter into guaranteed revenue contracts designed
to repay capital outlay and service costs, provided such contracts do
not exeeed a term of five years.
Section 3. GENERAL PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO ALL SERVICES:
A. Any single motor of over three horsepower, single phase;
any single motor of over five horsepower, polyphase; welders and
x -ray equipment shall not be placed in service without prior approval
from the Light Department.
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B. Extensions: When a request for service requires an
extension of distribution facilities to serve new loads or customers,
the Light Department will determine the amount of construction costs,
if any, that is to be paid by the customer?prior to actual con-
struction. It shall be the customer's responsibility to provide
and clear at least a 20 foot access to within 150 feet of the metering
point. All required rights of way and /or easements properly executed
must be in the City's possession before construction is started.
The City 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 150 feet from the City's supply facilities to
the customer's metering point.
C. Re- arrangement of electric facilities: Any changes or
re- arrangements of the Light Department's facilities at the request
of the customer will be accomplished only if that customer pays
for the entire cost of the job, including overhead.
D. The following service charges shall apply:
Temporary service
Turn -ons during regular working
hours $3.60)
Turn -ons after regular working
hours `$12.00 y•
Service call for trouble on
customer's equipment ,$6.00..
SECTION 4: The effective date of this ordinance shall be the
customer's cycle billing date immediately following Jan. 1, 1975.
PASSED by the City Council of the City of Port Angeles and
approved by its Mayor /��at a regular meeting of the Council held on
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the /7 day of /U�ee), , 1974.
A+&ceec.•G . /?2v-rirr4
City Clerk
Approved form:
City •ttorney
PUBLISHED:., 4 /g7
Mayor