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ORDINANCE NO. 3 3 9 2
AN ORDINANCE of the City of Port Angeles, Washington, revising Chapter
3.70 relating to Electric Utility Service Fees and 13.12 relating to
Electricity - Services and Charges of the Port Angeles Municipal
Code.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PORT ANGELES DO HEREBY ORDAIN
AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Ordinance 2932, as amended, and Chapter 3.70 of the Port Angeles
Municipal Code relating to Electric Utility Service Fees are hereby amended by amending
3.70.105 PAMC to read as follows:
3.70.105 - Eight Electric Utility Service Fees. The following service charges shall apply
to service performed by the Light Electric Utility:
A. Connection of previously unserved residential lot with underground
electric service $713.00
B. Connection of previously unserved residential lot with overhead
electric service $410.00
C. Installation and removal of a temporary service $145.00
D. Service calls on customer's equipment $145.00
E. Service calls on customer's equipment after regular working hours $250.00
F. Labor billing rate for line crew personnel per hour $55.00
plus $27.00 billing charge
Over time per hour $85.00
plus $27.00 billing charge.
G. Contract and administration charge
1. Projects less than 500 kw $405.00
2. Projects 500 kw and larger $1,350.00
H. Paragraphs A & B above apply to all lots established after
January 1, 2005, and to lots established prior to January 1, 2000, with no prior
history of electric service.
I. Installation of a single or three phase smart meter. $375.00
J. For cancellation of residential service extension request after
payment in accordance with PAMC 13.12.010.D — cancellation fee for each lot. $250.00
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Section 2. Ordinance 2054, as amended, and Chapter 13.12 of the Port Angeles
Municipal Code relating to Electricity - Services and Charges are hereby amended by amending
13.12.010 PAMC to read 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
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 and
Utilities Department. The Public Works and Utilities Department may require a customer to
install reduced voltage motor starters or other mitigation if operation of customer equipment may
interfere with the quality of service to other customers.
B. When a request for residential service requires an extension or re- arrangement of
distribution facilities to serve new loads or residential customers, or when a request for non-
residential service requires a new transformer and/or an extension of distribution facilities to
serve new loads or non - residential customers, the Public Works and Utilities Department will
determine the amount of service extension Lonsti a.,tio,i costs, if any, and all applicable taxes to
be paid by the customer prior to actual construction. Non - residential service extension costs
shall include all design and construction labor, material, overhead, taxes, and transformer costs.
Residential service extension costs do not include transformer material costs which are charged
at the time of home construction accordance with PAMC 3.70.105, paragraphs (A) or (B).
C. If a re • nest for non - residential service is canceled in writin • after the service
extension costs determined in Paragraph B, above, have been paid to the Public Works and
Utilities Department a refund ma be issued to the original .a er less all service extension
costs incurred by the City prior to cancellation.
D. If a re uest for residential service is canceled in writin after the service extension
costs determined in Paragraph B above have been paid, a refund may be issued to the original
payer, less any actual construction costs incurred plus the cancellation fees in accordance with
PAMC 3.70.105.J.
E. 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.
F. 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.
GE. 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 and all applicable taxes.
HD. 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.
IE: 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
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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.
Section 3 - 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 4 - Severability. If any provisions of this Ordinance, or its application to any
person or circumstances, are held invalid, the remainder of the Ordinance, or application of the
provisions of the Ordinance to other persons or circumstances, is not affected.
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 five days following the date of its publication by summary.
PASSED by the City Council of the City of Po Angeles at a regular meeting of said
Council held on the 2 nd day of February, 2010.
ATTEST:
AYOR, 6 A Di : IO
APPROVED AS TO FO
Hurd, City Clerk William E. Bloor, City Attorney
PUBLISHED: February 7 , 2010
By Summary
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