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HomeMy WebLinkAbout3145ORDINANCE NO. 3145 AN ORDINANCE of the City of Port Angeles, Washington, revising electric rates and amending Ordinance 2054 as amended and Chapter 13.12 of the Port Angeles Municipal Code. THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PORT ANGELES DOES HEREBY ORDAIN as follows: Section 1. Ordinance 2054 as amended and Chapter 13.12 of the Port Angeles Municipal Code are hereby amended by amending Chapter 13.12 PAMC to read as follows: Sections: 13.12.010 13.12.020 13.12.030 13.12.040 13.12.041 13.12.042 13.12.060 13.12.071 13.12.072 13.12.073 13.12.080 13.12.100 13.12.110 Chapter 13.12 ELECTRICITY - SERVICES AND CHARGES General Provisions Applicable to All Service. Electric Rate. Schedule R -0+03 - Residential Service. Schedule GS -0+03 - General Service. Schedule GD -0 +03 - General Service Demand. Schedule NP -0f03 - Nonprofit Tax - Deductible. Schedule PS -0+03 - Primary Service. Schedule IT -0+03 - Industrial Transmission. Schedule L -0+03 - Lighting. Schedule MW -0+03 - Municipal Water Pumping. Contract Sales and Purchases. Electrical Inspection Fees. Contract and Administration Charge. 13.12.010 General Provisions Applicable to All Services. A. Any single motor of over ten horsepower, single phase; any single motor of over twenty horsepower, polyphase; any single electric load over fifty kVA; and welders and x -ray equipment shall not be placed in service without prior approval from the Public Works & Utilities Department. B. When a request for service requires an extension of distribution facilities to serve new loads or customers, the Public Works & Utilities Department will determine the amount of - 1 - 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 & Utilities Department's possession before construction is started. The Public orks & 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 & Utilities Department's supply facilities to the customer's metering point. C. Any changes or re- arrangements of the Public Works & Utilities Department's facilities at the request of the customer will be done only if the customer pays all costs associated ith the change or re- arrangement, including overhead. D. Metering shall be provided as specified by the Public Works & Utilities epartment, which shall have the right to install such equipment as it finds necessary to determine any and all operating conditions. E. When the customer's average power factor falls below ninety -five percent, as easured by a reactive meter, the billing demand will be increased one percent for each percentage oint below ninety -five percent, unless otherwise specified. Minimum billing and demand charges, if applicable, will be applied after the correction for low 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 ercent. 13.12.020 Electric Rate. The monthly rate for electricity consumed shall be in accordance with Sections 13.12.030 through 13.12.070. 13.12.030 Schedule R -0+03 - Residential Service. A. Applicability. This schedule applies throughout the City for domestic uses in single- family residences, individual apartments or farms. Separately metered services incidental to single - family residential and farm service may be served under this schedule. B. Character of Service. Sixty cycle, alternating current, 120/240 volts nominal, single phase service will be furnished under this schedule, supplied through a single meter and one point of delivery. C. Rate: 1. Basic Charge $11.00 per month 2. Energy Charge *$ 0.0435 506 per kWh 13.12.040 Schedule GS -O+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. 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. *Effective tin all billings bcginnin,gidovembcr 1, 2001. for power delivered after October 1, 2003. - 2 - C. Rate: 1. Basic Charge a. Single phase $15.00 per month b. Three phase $37.50 per month 2. Monthly Energy charge: *$ 0.0 509 per kWh 13.12.041 Schedule GD -9+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. Rate: 1. Basic Charge: a. Single phase $30.00 per month b. Three phase $75.00 per month 2. Monthly Energy charge: *$0.03+ 341 per kWh 3. Billing Demand: a. Billing demand for each month shall be the maximum 15- minute demand for the month after adjustment for power factor. b. Monthly Demand Charge: $3.05 per kW. 4. Primary Metering Adjustment. When electric current is measured at primary voltage, meter readings shall be multiplied by a factor of 0.985 before charges are computed to reflect delivery to the customer at secondary voltage. 5. Power Factor Adjustments: If the average power factor at which power is delivered to the customer is less than 95% lagging, the billing demand may be increased by one percent for each percent or major fraction thereof that the average power factor is less than 95% lagging. The average power factor will be determined by measurement of kilowatt hours and reactive kilovolt- ampere hours during the billing period using the following formula: PF = kWh (kWh)2 + (kvarh)2 Where PF = Average power factor Where kWh = Kilowatt hours Where kvarh = Reactive kilovolt- ampere hours *Effective un all billings beginning November 1, 2001. for power delivered after October 1, 2003. - 3 - The metering reactive volt- ampere -hours shall be ratcheted to prevent reverse rotation when the power factor of the load is leading. 13.12.042 Schedule NP -9+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. Rate: 1. Basic Charge a. Single phase $15.00 per month b. Three phase $37.50 per month 2. Monthly Energy Charge: *$ 0.0526 557 per kWh 13.12.060 Schedule PS -9 +03 - Primary Service. A. Applicability. This schedule applies to all accounts which own and operate a primary 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 three phase, sixty cycle, alternating current at primary voltage, 12.5 KV nominal. Service under this schedule shall be provided and measured at the point(s) of interconnection of the distribution facilities of the customer and the City. C. Rate: 1. Basic Charge: $200.00 per month 2. Billing demand for the month shall be the maximum one -hour demand for the month, after adjustment for power factor. 3. Monthly Demand Charge: All Months: $3.76 per kW of billing demand - Monthly Energy Charge: a. *All billings between September 1 and May 31: $0.031 G 347 per kWh. b. *All billings between June 1 and August 31: $0.0 211 per kWh. 5. Power Factor Adjustments: If the average power factor at which power is delivered to the customer is less than 95% lagging, the billing demand may be increased by one percent for each percent or major fraction thereof that the average power factor is less than 95% lagging. The average power factor ill be determined by measurement of kilowatt hours and reactive kilovolt- ampere hours during the billing period using the following formula: PF = *Effective kWh (kWh)2 + (kvarh)2 for power delivered after October 1, 2003. - 4 - Where PF = Average power factor Where kWh = Kilowatt hours Where kvarh = Reactive kilovolt- ampere hours The metering reactive volt- ampere -hours shall be ratcheted to prevent reverse rotation when the power factor of the load is leading. 13.12.071 Schedule IT -0+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: 1. Monthly Basic Charge Daishowa America Co. LTD: $5,870 /month, basic chargc shall not be in effcct from Octobcr 1, 2001 through Septcmbcr 30, 2002. 2. Energy Charges: The average monthly wholesale cost of energy to the Port Angeles Electric Utility times the measured KWH i. ct of the monthly CSPE allocation. 3. *Demand Charge: the average monthly wholesale cost of demand to Port Angeles City Light times the customer one -hour peak nct of the monthly CSPI; allocation. 4. *Other Charges: Any other power or transmission charges will be billed at the wholesale rate charged to Port Angeles City Light times the proportional share serving the industrial customer. 5. Reactive Power Charge: Reactive Energy: Proportional share of total City charges for lagging reactive energy during HLH and leading reactive energy during LLH. Reactive Demand: Proportional share of total City charges for lagging reactive demand during HLH and leading reactive demand during LLH. Reactive ratchet demand: Any reactive demand ratchet established while a customer of City Light are due until the ratchet is retired. 6. Other Charges: 7. Taxes: Utility and other taxes will be added to customer bills such that they recover the actual tax obligation of the Utility and City. 13.12.072 - Schedule L -0+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 & Utilities Department, lights will be installed only on existing utility -owned poles - 5 - 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 & Utilities Department retains ownership of the area lighting; maintenance of such lights shall be the responsibility of the Public Works & Utilities Department. D. Rate. 1. Lighting which remains ownership: a. 100 watts or less: b. More than 100 watts, but 150 watts or less: c. More than 150 watts, but 200 watts or less: d. More than 200 watts: 2. Lighting which remains in a. 100 watts or less: b. More than 100 watts, but 150 watts or less: c. More than 150 watts, but 200 watts or less d. More than 200 watts: in Public Works & Utilities Department *$- 267.60 per month *$10.50 11.10 per month *$11.65 12.30 per month *$-1-36 14.25 per month customer ownership (existing lights only): *$5740 5.70 per month *$5:66 6.35 per month *$6760 T00 per month *$9.25 9.80 per month 13.12.073 Schedule MW -6 +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 & Utilities Department shall be installed to prevent pumping during restricted hours as determined by the Public Works & Utilities Department. C. Character of Service. Service to be furnished under this schedule is three phase, sixty cycle, alternating current at available voltage. D. Rate: 1. Basic Charge: $200.00 per month 2. Billing demand for the month shall be the maximum 15- minute demand for the month, after adjustment for power factor. 3. Monthly Demand Charge: a. Demand occurring during the hours of 10:60 8:00 P.M. through 6:00 A.M., Monday through Saturday Friday, and all hours Saturday and Sunday, and other hours as approved by the Public Works & Utilities Department: No Charge, except when the power factor adjustment results in a billing demand greater than actual demand, the difference shall be charged at the demand rates applicable for all other hours. *Effective un all billings l,cglum , 2001. for power delivered after October 1, 2003. - 6 - b. All other hours: All Months: $3.19 per kW of billing demand 4. Monthly Energy Charge: a. *All billings between August 1 and April 30: $0.034F 378 per kWh. b. *All billings between May 1 and July 31: $0.0216 247 per kWh. 5. Power Factor Adjustments: If the average power factor at which power is delivered to the customer is less than 95% lagging, the billing demand may be increased by one percent for each percent or major fraction thereof that the average power factor is less than 95% lagging. The average power factor will be determined by measurement of kilowatt hours and reactive kilovolt- ampere hours during the billing period using the following formula: PF = kWh (kWh)2 + (kvarh)2 Where PF = Average power factor Where kWh = Kilowatt hours Where kvarh = Reactive kilovolt- ampere hours The metering reactive volt- ampere -hours shall be ratcheted to prevent reverse rotation when the power factor of the load is leading. 13.12.080 Contract Sales and Purchases. A. The Director of the Public Works & 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 & 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 & 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. *Effective on all billings beginning Novcmbcr 1, 2001. for power delivered after October 1, 2003. - 7 - 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 & Operations Division of the Public Works & 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 & Operations Division of the Public Works & 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. C. The Director or Poweffibmrger Deputy Director for Power Systems of the Public Works & 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 Inspection Fees. The fees for electrical inspections performed by the City pursuant to State statute or City ordinance shall be established by the City Council by resolution, 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 2 - Severability. If any provisions of this Ordinance, or its application to any erson or circumstances, is held invalid, the remainder of the Ordinance, or application of the rovisions of the Ordinance to other persons or circumstances, is not affected. Section 3 - Effective Date. This Ordinance shall take effect on all billings beginning ctober 1, 2003. - 8 - PASSED by the City Council of the City of Port Angeles at a regular meeting of said Council held on the 16th day of September , 2003. ATTEST: Becky J. Up , 4 Clerk PUBLISHED: September 21, 2003 By Summary MAYOR APPROVED AS TO FORM: 7 Craig D. Kitson, City Attorney G: \Legal_ Backup\ ORDINANCES &RESOLUTIONS \2003 -10.o rd.wpd September 11, 2003 Summaries of Ordinances Adopted by the Port Angeles City Council on September 16, 2003 Ordinance No. 3145 This Ordinance of the City of Port Angeles, Washington, increases electric rates by $0.0031 per kWh for all rate classes and by 5.7% for all fixed charge classes of customers, except the industrial transmission class, and amends Ordinance 2054, as amended, and Chapter 13.12 of the Port Angeles Municipal Code. This Ordinance shall take effect on all billings beginning October 1, 2003. Ordinance No. 3146 This Ordinance of the City of Port Angeles, Washington, provides for the processing of septic waste from within Clallam County at the City's Sewage Treatment Plans and amends Ordinance 2394, as amended, and Chapter 13.64 of the Port Angeles Municipal Code. 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. Unless otherwise noted above, these Ordinances shall take effect five days after publication of these summaries. Becky J. Upton City Clerk Publish: September 21, 2003