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HomeMy WebLinkAbout013 - 02/15/1977 - AMENDING ARTICLE III OF CHAPTER 112 OF THE CITY CODE RELATING TO THE CITY ELECTRIC UTILITY AND RATES C1 ORDINANCE NO 13 1977 BEING AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ARTICLE III OF CHAPTER 112 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS RELATING TO THE CITY ELECTRIC UTILITY AND RATES FOR SERVTCES FROM SUCH UTILITY BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS Section 1 That Section 112-118 (A) of the Code of the City of Fort Collins be, and the same hereby is, amended to read as follows "A Schedule No 1 Residential Service (1) Applicability This schedule shall be applicable within the corporate limits of Fort Collins and the suburban fringe (2) Availability, single-family basis This schedule shall be available to residential consumers for all domestic uses in single-family private dwellings, individually metered apartments, and home occupations as defined in Section 118-81 (C) , but is not available for hotels, motels, fraternities, sororities, clubs, rooming houses, rest homes, churches, hospitals or for businesses operated in conjunction with a residence This schedule shall not be available for standby or auxiliary service. (3) Rates Kilowatt-Hours Charges per Used per Month Kilowatt-Hour First 35 kilowatt- $0 06 hours per month Next 40 kilowatt- 045 hours per month Next 425 kilowatt- 0308 hours per month All additonal kilowatt- .0223 hours per month (4) Minimum charge. The net minimum charge per meter per i month shall be two dollars and ten cents ($2.10) -1- T (51 Excess Capacit charge A capacity charge of two dollars ($2 00 per kilowatt may be added to the above rates and charges for service to intermittent loads (6) Service charge There shall be a service charge of $8 00 for the processing of a request for electrical service under this schedule, except when said request is made for after-hours service in which case the service charge shall be $49 50 There shall further be a service charge of $8 00 for a special meter reading and/or a special billing (7) Availability, multi-family basis. The foregoing rate schedule is also available for multi-family residential use by multiplying each step of the rate and the minimum by the following factors. Type of Unit Multiplication Factor Two-family 1 .9 Three-family 2.7 Four-family 3 4 Five-family 4 1 More than five- family, add 0 8 per unit over 5 units (8) Payment of charges The foregoing rates are net Bills for electric services are due and payable within ten (10) days from the date of billing (9) Contract period All contracts under this schedule shall be for a minimum period of thirty (30) days and there- after until terminated upon three (3) days' written notice to the city (10) Rules and regulations (a) A family unit is defined as living quarters for a family as herein defined plus the space provided E for rent of sleeping rooms only without cooking facilities for not exceeding two (2) roomers In ; private residences where space is arranged to be ? rented to more than two (2) roomers, space for t each four (4) or less additional roomers shall be 1 considered as an additional family unit For the purpose of the foregoing, a family-shallsbescon- strued to mean two (2) or more per�s4ons related by blood or marriage. In the event a resiiden& Is` h -2- ,�.adaiiw y^—Yrt_.31Yi4 not occupied by a family, then a single family unit shall be construed to be no more than five (5) persons not related by blood or marriage, whether roomers or otherwise, and the space for each four (4) or less additional residents shall be considered as an additional family unit Cb) Those desiring service under this schedule shall apply at the office of the Light and Power Department and agree to abide by the conditions of this schedule and the provisions of the Electric Service Rules and Regulations of the City, as approved by the City Council Any person requesting or receiving electric service from the City shall make his premises subject to inspection by the Light and Power Department as required " Section 2 That Section 112-118 (B) of the Code of the City of Fort Collins be, and the same hereby is, amended to read as follows "B, Schedule No 2 Business Service Cl) Applicability This schedule shall be applicable within the corporate limits of Fort Collins and the suburban fringe (2) Availability (a) This schedule is available for lighting service or combined lighting and power service to commercial and industrial customers including hotels, motels, fraternities, sororities, clubs, lodges, rooming houses, rest homes, tourist camps, churches, hospitals and similar uses, and optionally for apartments and multiple dwellings where more than one (1 ) dwelling or single living quarter is served through one (1 ) meter This schedule shall not be available ; for standby or auxiliary service (b) Service under this schedule is available through a single meter at single-phase or, where service is available, three-phase secondary voltage, Single- phase motors from one Cl) to five (5) horsepower may be connected with the approval of the Department. E C3) Rates I Kilowatt-Hours Charges per Used per Month Kilowatt-Hour First 50 kilowatt- $0,065 hours used per month < i Next 450 kilowatt- 049 hours used per month Next 1 ,500 kilowatt- .045 hours used per month t -3- Next 3,000 kilowatt- 039 hours used pPr month A11 additional kilowatt- 031 hours per month (4) Minimum charges The minimum charge shall be not less than four dollars ($4 00) per month The minimum demand charge shall be not less than two dollars ($2 00) per thousand watts of connected load or two dollars ($2 00) , per kilowatt, fifteen-minute integrated demand if a demand meter is installed in connection with the service (5) Excess Capacity charge A capacity charge of two dollars ($2 00) per kilowatt may be added to the above rates and charges for service to intermittent loads (6) Service Charge There shall be a service charge of $8 00 for the processing of a request for electrical service under this schedule, except when said request is made for after-hours service in which case the service charge shall be $49 50 There shall further be a service charge of $8 00 for a special meter reading and/or a special billing (7) Payment of charges The foregoing rates are net Bills for electric service are due and payable within ten (10) days from the date of billing (8) Power factor The customer shall install power factor correction equipment if necessary, to ensure a power i factor of not less than ninety percent (90%) lagging i (9) Contract period All contracts under this schedule shall be for a minimum period of thirty (30) days and ' thereafter until terminated, where service is no longer required, on three (3) days' written notice to the City 1 (10) Rules and regulations Those desiring service under i this schedule shall apply at the office of the Light and Power Department and agree to abide by the con- ditions of this schedule and the provisions of the Electric Service Rules and Regulations of the City, as approved by the City Council " I Section 3 That Section 112-118 (C) of the Code of the City of Fort Collins be, and the same hereby is, amended to read as follows "C Schedule No 4 General Secondary Power Service (1) Applicability This schedule shall be applicable within the corporate limits of Fort Collins and the suburban fringe i (2) Availability This schedule is available at either single-phase or three-phase secondary voltage power service This schedule shall not be available for standby or auxiliary service -4- C31 Rates Kilowatt-hours Charges per Used per Month Kilowatt-,Hour First 40 kilowatt- $0 079 hours used per month per kilowatt of demand, but not less than for first 80 kilowatt-hours used Next 60 kilowatt- .07 hours used per month per kilowatt of demand, but not less than for next 120 kilowatt-hours used All additional kilowatt- .0254 hours used per month (4) Minimum charges (a) The net monthly minimum charge per kilowatt of demand shall be two dollars and fourteen cents ($2 14) (b) The minimum monthly charge shall be not less per meter than four dollars and thirty cents ($4 30) (5) Excess Capacity charge A capacity charge of two dollars ($2 00) per kilowatt may be added to the above rates and charges for service to intermittent loads (6) Service Charge There shall be a service charge of $30 00 i for the processing of a request for electrical service under this schedule, except when said request is made for after-h.ours service in which case the service charge shall be $49 50 There shall further be a service charge of $30 00 for a special meter reading and/or a special billing (7) Payment of charges The foregoing rates are net Bills for electric service are due and payable within ten (10) days from the date of billing (8) Determination of billing demand The highest rate of use in kilowatts during any fifteen-minute interval of the billing period shall be as determined at the Light and Power Department's option by demand meter or periodic load test. r t -5- (91 Power factor adjustment Power factor shall be determined by periodic testing using graphic watt and var instruments, such test results shall be the basis of billing adjustment until the next periodic test i Periodic testing shall be conducted on an approximate six (6) month schedule or as may be required by the Department If the power factor falls below ninety j percent (90%) lagging, power factor adjustment may be made by increasing the highest fifteen-minute integrated demand occurrinq during the monthly billing period by one percent l%) for each one percent (1%) or major i fraction thereof by which the power factor is less than ninety percent (90%) lagging The power factor adjust- ment shall be based on the power factor at the time of maximum demand as recorded during periodic test. (10) Contract period Service under this schedule is available for a minimum period of ninety (90) days and thereafter until terminated by three (3) days' written notice to the City (11) Rules and regulations Those desiring service under this schedule shall apply at the office of the Department and agree to abide by the conditions of this schedule and the provisions of the Electric Service Rules and Regulations of the City, as approved by the City Council." Section 4 That Section 112-118 (D) of the Code of the City of ° Fort Collins be, and the same hereby is, amended to read as follows " "D. Schedule No 5 Industrial Power Cl) Applicability This schedule shall be applicable within the corporate limits of Fort Collins and the suburban fringe i (2) Availability This rate is intended to be available at the voltage of the City's primary electric system at thirteen thousand eight hundred (13,800) volts for three-phase industrial power and combined lighting and power This schedule is not available for standby or auxiliary service (31 Rates Kilowatt-hours Charges per Used per Month Kilowatt-Hour First 20 kilowatt- hours used per month per kilowatt of billing demand, but not less than 2,500 kilowatt-hours $0,0447 , -6- Next 70 kilowatt- hours used per month per kilowatt of billing demand, but not less than 8,750 kilowatt-hours 0446 Next 500,000 kilowatt- hours used per month .013 Excess kilowatt-hours ,0111 (41 Minimum charges The minimum charge shall be not less than five hundred dollars ($500,00) per month for power service, provided that the connected lighting load used does not exceed twenty-five percent (25%) of the total connected load, and not less than five thousand dollars ($5,000,001 per month for combined lighting and power service where the connected lighting load exceeds twenty-five percent (25%) (51 Excess Capacity charge. A capacity charge of two dollars ($2 00) per kilowatt may be added to the above rates and charges for service to intermittent loads (6) Service charge There shall be a service charge of $30 00 for the processing of a request for electrical service under this schedule, except when said request is made for after-hours service in which case the service charge shall j be $49 50 There shall further be a service charge of $30 00 for a special meter reading and/or a special billing (7) Payment of charges The foregoing rate is net Bills for electric service are due and payable within i ten (10) days from the date of billing (8) Billing demand The billing demand shall be the highest rate of use in kilowatts during any fifteen- minute interval of the billing period, as determined at the Light and Power Department's option by demand meter or periodic load test, adjusted by the power factor adjustment, provided that it shall be not less than sixty percent (60%) of the highest billing demand occurring during any of the preceding eleven (111 months (9) Power factor adjustment Power factor shall be determined by periodic testing using graphic watt and var instruments, such test results shall be the basis of billing adjustment until the next periodic test Periodic testing shall be conducted on an approximate six (6) month schedule or as may be required by the Department If the power factor falls below ninety percent (90%) lagging, power factor adjustment may be made by increasing the highest fifteen-minute integrated demand occurring during the monthly billing period by one percent (1%) for each one percent (1%1 or major fraction thereof by which the power i -7- factor is less than ninety percent (90%) lagging, The power factor adjustment shall be based on the power factor at the time of maximum demand as recorded during periodic test (10) Secondary service Where service is rendered under this schedule at secondary voltage and the City owns and furnished the transformer and substation converting to the lower voltage desired by the customer, an additional charge shall be made each month of two precent (2%) of the bill for service. If for any reason metering is accomplished at secondary voltage, an f additional one and one-half percent (%%) shall be added to the monthly bill A charge additional to the schedule shall be made each month of two percent (2%) of the bill for service at two thousand four hundred (2,400) volts or four thousand one hundred sixty (4,160) volts (11) Contract period Service under this schedule is available for a minimum period of twelve (12) months and thereafter until terminated by ten (10) days' notice in writing to the City. (12) Rules and regulations Service under this schedule is subject to provisions of the Electric Service Rules and Regulations of the City, as approved by the City Council " Section 5 That Section 112-118 (E) (2) of the Code of the City of Fort Collins be, and the same hereby is, amended to read as follows. "E. Schedule No 10 Special Area Floodlighting, (2) Rates Size of Lamp Charges per Month Mercury Vapor On Peak Off Peak k 175 Watt $ 6 55 $ 5 55 250 Watt 8,65 7,30 400 Watt 11 75 9 65 f 1 ,000 Watt 24.15 19.15 High Pressure Sodium 150 Watt 7.85 6.95 240 Watt 11.75 10.35 400 Watt 24.15 22.00 -8- Section 6. That Section 112-118 (F) of the Code of the City of Fort Collins be, and the same hereby is, amended to read as follows 'IF. Schedule No 11 Combined Lighting and Power Service (11 Applicability This schedule shall be applicable in the service area of the City of Fort Collins for supplying all of the electric lighting and power requirements of a customer through a single meter (2) Availability This rate is available at the established secondary voltage of the City`s distribution system. Service shall be at three-phase except that it may be rendered at single-phase with the approval of the Light and Power Department, Voltages for four-wire service shall be subject to the requirements of the Department. This schedule shall not be available for standby or auxiliary service, (3) Rates. Kilowatt-Hours Used Charges Per Kilowatt Hour First 135 kilowatt- hours used per month per kilowatt of billing demand, but not less than 5,400 kilowatt-hours $0 0452 Next 20,000 kilowatt- hours used per month 02 Excess kilowatt-hours 01 (4) Minimum charge, The minimum charge shall be not less than two hundred dollars ($200 00) per month (5) Excess Capacity charge A capacity charge of two dollars ($2 00) per kilowatt may be added to the above rates and charges for service to intermittent loads (6) Service charge There shall be a service charge of $30 00 for the processing of a request for electrical service under this schedule, except when said request is made for after-hours service in which case the service charge shall be $49.50. There shall further be a service charge of $30.00 for a special meter reading and/or a special billing, (71 Payment of charges The foregoing rates are net, Bills for electric service are due and payable within • ten (10) days from the date of billing (81 Billing demand, The billing demand shall be determined by suitable meter measurement of the highest fifteen- minute integrated demand occurring during the monthly billing period, adjusted by the power factor adjustment, provided that it shall be not less than sixty percent (60%) of the highest billing demand occurring during any of the preceding eleven (11) months M Power factor adjustment Power factor shall be determined by periodic testing using graphic watt and var instruments, such test results shall be the basis of billing adjustment until the next periodic test Periodic testing shall be conducted on an approximate six (6) month schedule or as may be required by the Department If the power factor falls below ninety percent (90%) lagging, power factor adjustment may be made by increasing the highest fifteen-minute integrated demand occurring during the monthly billing period by one percent (1%) for each one percent (1%) or maJor fraction thereof by which the power factor is less than ninety percent (90%) lagging, The power factor adjust- ment shall be based on the power factor at the time of maximum demand as recorded during periodic test (10) Primary service Where service is metered under this schedule at primary voltage, a discount shall be made each month of one and one-half percent (1k%) of the bill for service Where service is taken at the City's established primary voltage and the City does not own the transformers and substations converting to secondary voltage, an additional credit of two percent (2%) of the monthly bill shall be allowed, 0 1) Contract period Service under this schedule is available for a minimum period of twelve (12) months •and thereafter until terminated by ten (10) day's notice in writing to the City (12) Rules and regulations Those desiring service under this schedule shall apply at the office of the Light and Power Department and agree to abide by the conditions of this schedule and the provisions of the Electric Service Rules and Regulations of the City, as approved by the City Council." -10- �r Section 7 That Section 112-118 01 0) of the Code of the City of Fort Collins be, and the same hereby is, amended to read as follows. "G. Schedule M. Municipal Street Lighting, C3) Rates Size of Lamp Charges per Year Mercury Vapor On Peak Off Peak 175 Watt/yr $ 62,23 $ 50.47 250 Watt/yr 72 90 56 82 400 Watt/yr 90 77 65.69 1 ,000 Watt/yr 172 25 112 25 High Pressure Sodium 150 Watt/yr 69 46 58 42 250 Watt/yr 89 40 72 48 400 Watt/yr 124 46 98.42 Metal Halide 1 ,000 Watt/yr 214 93 142.78 Controlled Lighting Discount Non-burn kwh/kwh 0061 0061" Section 8 That Section 112-118(HK2)of the Code of the City of Fort Collins be, and the same hereby is, amended to read as follows "H Schedule T Traffic Signal Service (2) Rates Charge per Kilowatt-hour Kilowatt-hours used $0 02416 Section 9 That Section 112-118 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins be, and the same hereby is, amended by adding thereto at the end thereof, the following. -11- t tt "J Definitions For the purposes of Section 112-118, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated (11 AFTER-HOURS - Those hours between 4,00 P,M, and 8.00 A M., Monday through Friday ' and 1 holidays, (2) INTERMITTENT LOADS - An electrical demand of an intermittent or fluctuating character or which reflects frequent starting with high current inrush, (3) OFF PEAK - That period of time beginning two (2) hours after dusk and ending at dawn (4) ON PEAK - That period of time beginning at dusk and extending for two (2) hours (5) SPECIAL METER READING AND/OR SPECIAL BILLING - A meter reading or billing performed at the request of the consumer in addition to the normal monthly meter reading or billing," Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 1st day of February , A,D 1977, and to be presented for final passage on the 15thday of February , A.D. 1977. Mayor t ATTEST C fry er Passed and adopted on final reading this day of A D 1977, Mayor ATTEST C1 Clerk -12-