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HomeMy WebLinkAbout004 - 02/04/1975 - AMENDING ARTICLE III OF CHAPTER 112 OF THE CITY CODE RELATING TO THE CITY ELECTRIC UTILITY AND RATES y ORDINANCE NO 4 1975 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 SERVICES FROM SUCH UTILITY BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS Section 1 That Section 112-118 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins be, and the_same hereby is amended by deletion thereof and by subst ituting therefor the following The following schedule of rates is hereby adopted and approved which shall be the lawful rates for the City of Fort Collins to charge and collect for all electrical service of every kind, but within and without the corporate limits of the City of Fort Collins for customers connected to the distributing system of the said City of Fort Collins being the schedule of rates referred to in Section 112-117 of this Code 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 is available to residential consumers for all domestic uses in single-family private dwellings or individually metered apartments and is not available for hotels motels, fraternities, sororities clubs rooming houses , rest homes churches hospitals or for businesses operated in conjunction with a residence (3) Rates Kilowatt-Hours Charges per Used per Month Kilowatt-Hour First 35 kilowatt- hours per month $0 05 Next 40 kilowatt- hours per month 04 Next 300 kilowatt- hours per month 0223 All additional kilowatt- hours per month 015 (4) Minimum charge The net minimum charge per meter per month shall be one dollar and seventy-five cents ($1 75) (5) Service charge A service charge of $7 25 will be collected for the processing of a request for electrical service under this Schedule (6) Availability multifamily basis The foregoing rate schedule is also available for multifamily 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- 0 8 per unit family add over 5 units (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) 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 (9) Rules and regulations (a) A family unit is defined as living quarters for a family as herein defined plus the space provided 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 each four (4) or less additional roomers shall be considered as an additional family unit For the purpose of the foregoing a family shall be con- strued to mean two (2) or more persons related by blood or marriage In the event a residence is 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 (Amended 3-7-74 by Ord No 13, 1974) -2- (b) 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 B Schedule No 2 Business Service (1 ) 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 (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 (1 ) to five (5) horsepower may be connected with the approval of the Department (3) Rates Kilowatt-Hours Charges per Used per Month Kilowatt-Hour First 50 kilowatt- hours used per month $0 05 Next 100 kilowatt- hours used per month 04 Next 1 350 kilowatt- hours used per month 036 All additional kilowatt- hours per month 029 -3- (4) Minimum charges The minimum charge shall be not less than three dollars and sixty cents ($3 60) 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) Service charge A service charge of $7 25 will be collected for the processing of a request for electrical service under this Schedule (6) 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 (7) Power factor The customer shall install power factor correction equipment if necessary to ensure a power factor of not less than ninety percent (90%) lagging (8) 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 (9) 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 con- ditions of this schedule and the provisions of the Electric Service Rules and Regulations of the city as approved by the City Council 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 (2) Availability This schedule is available at either single-phase or three-phase secondary voltage power service (3) Rates Kilowatt-Hours Charges per Used per Month Kilowatt-Hour First 40 kilowatt- hours used per month per kilowatt of demand, but not less than for first 80 kilowatt-hours used $0 055 -4- Next 60 kilowatt- hours used per month per kilowatt of demand but not less than for next 120 kilowatt-hours used 0485 All additional kilowatt-hours used per month 0175 (4) Minimum charges (a) The net monthly minimum charge per kilowatt of demand shall be one dollar and fifty cents ($1 50) (b) The minimum monthly charge shall be not less per meter than three dollars and sixty cents ($3 60) (5) Service charge A service charge of $27 50 will be collected for the processing of a request for electrical service under this Schedule (6) 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 (7) 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 (8) Power factor adjustment If the power factor during the time the billing demand is established falls below the figure ninety percent (90%) lagging, adjustment may be made by increasing the measured demand for each month by one percent (1%g for each one percent (1%) or major fraction thereof by which the power factor during the billing demand period is less than ninety percent (90/) lagging (9) 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 (10) Rules and regulations Those desiring service under this schedule shall apply at the office of the Depart- ment 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 -5- D Schedule No 5 Industrial Power (1 ) Applicability This schedule shall be applicable within the corporate limits of Fort Collins and the suburban fringe (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 (3) Rates Kilowatt-Hours Charges per Used per Month Kilowatt-Hour First 50 kilowatt- hours used per month per kilowatt of billing demand, but not less than 6 250 kilowatt-hours $0 04 Next 40 kilowatt- hours used per month per kilowatt of billing demand, but not less than 5 000 kilowatt-hours 0366 Next 500 000 kilowatt- hours used per month 0082 Excess kilowatt-hours 007 (4) 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 00) per month for combined lighting and power service where the connected lighting load exceeds twenty-five percent (25%) (5) Service charge A service charge of $27 50 will be collected for the processing of a request for electrical service under this Schedule (6) Payment of charges The foregoing rate is net Bills for electric service are due and payable within ten (10) days from the date of billing (7) 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 -6- 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 (11 ) months (8) Power factor adjustment If the power factor during the time the billingg demand is established falls below ninety percent (90%) lagging adjustment may be made by increasing the measured demand for each month by one percent (1%) for each one percent (1%) or major fraction thereof by which the power factor during the billing period is less than ninety percent (90%) lagging (9) Secondary service Where service is rendered under this schedule at secondary voltage and the city owns and furnished the transformer and substation con- verting to the lower voltage desired by the customer an additional charge shall be made each month of two percent (2%) of the bill for service If for any reason metering is accomplished at secondary voltagge an additional one and one-half percent (1-1/2%) 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 (10) 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 (11 ) 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 E Schedule No 10 Special Area Floodlighting (1 ) Applicability This schedule shall be applicable within the corporate limits of Fort Collins and the suburban fringe for outdoor area floodlighting of consumer's property from dusk to dawn where such service can be rendered directly from existing secondary distribution lines of the city (2) Rates Size of Mercury Vapor Lamp Charges per Month Single 175-Watt $ 4 75 250-Watt 6 25 -7- 400-Watt 8 50 1 000-Watt 17 50 High Pressure Sodium Lamps Charges per Month 250-Watt $ 8 50 400-Watt 17 50 (3) 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 (4) Contract period and conditions (a) Service under this schedule is available for a minimum period of twelve (12) months and there- after until terminated by ten (10) days notice in writing to the city (b) The city will install own operate and maintain all area lighting equipment installed on existing pole line facilities under this schedule If underground service is desired or additional poles and wire or special fixtures should be required approval of the city must be obtained and the additional costs therefor shall be paid in advance to the city by the consumer on a nonrefundable basis (c) The burning of the lamps shall be controlled by automatic control equipment installed by the city, and burning time shall be approximately thirty (30) minutes after sunset to approximately thirty (30) minutes before sunrise (d) The city shall be notified by the consumer of any operational failure of the lamps Lamp replace- ments or repairs will be performed only during regular working hours (5) 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 F Schedule No 11 Combined Lighting and Power Service (1 ) 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 -8- (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 (3) Rates Charges Per Kilowatt-Hours Used Kilowatt-Hour First 60 kilowatt- hours used per month per kilowatt of billing demand but not less than 2 400 kilowatt-hours $0 04 Next 75 kilowatt- hours used per month per kilowatt of billing demand but not less than 3,000 kilowatt-hours 033 Next 20 000 kilowatt- hours used per month 015 Excess kilowatt-hours 007 (4) Minimum charge The minimum charge shall be not less than two hundred dollars ($200 00) per month (5) Service charge A service charge of $27 50 will be collected for the processing of a request for electrical service under this Schedule (6) 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 (7) 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 adjust- ment 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 (8) Power factor adjustment If the power factor during the time the billing demand is established falls below ninety percent (90%) lagging adjustment may be made by increasing the measured demand for each month by one percent (1%) for each one percent (1%) or major fraction thereof by which the power factor during the billing demand period is less than ninety percent (90%) lagging -9- (9) 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 (1-1/2%) 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 (10) 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 (11 ) 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 G Schedule M Municipal Street Lighting (1 ) Applicability This schedule shall be applicable only to municipal street lighting service (2) Availability This service shall be available within the city limits of Fort Collins, Colorado (3) Rates Mercury Vapor Lamps Charge Burning Dusk to Dawn per Year 175-Watt $ 45 25 250-Watt 53 00 400-Watt 66 00 1 000-Watt 125 25 High-Pressure Sodium Lamps Charge Burning Dusk to Dawn per Year 250-Watt $ 65 00 400-Watt 90 50 (4) Payment of charges Bills for municipal street lighting service will be rendered by the Light and Power Depart- ment and paid by the city at the end of each month Monthly billing will be based on the inventory of completed installations at the time of billing -10- (5) Lighting districts (a) Artificial lighting districts if not covered by the provisions of Chapter 16 Improvements Local Public of this Code are to be financed by the subdivider on a cash basis subject to material and installation costs at the time of the installa- tion Participation by the city at large in artificial lighting districts shall be limited to the additional costs incurred due to lighting levels in excess of residential standards (b) Where requested by the city the Light and Power Department shall install all lamps wire poles and fixtures and other necessary equipment for service Such installations are to be financed by the city general fund H Schedule T Traffic Signal Service (1 ) Applicability This schedule shall be applicable only to municipal traffic signal service (2) Rates Charqe per Kilowatt-Hour Kilowatt-hours used $ 0211 (3) Equipment rental charges when applicable will be determined by cost analysis by the Department Service extensions and signal installations by the Department are to be financed by the city general fund, subject to material and installation costs at the time of installation (4) Payment of charges Bills for traffic signal energy consumption and equipment rental shall be rendered by the Light and Power Department and paid by the city at the end of each month Monthly billings shall be based on the inventory of completed installations at the time of billing I Electric Rates Gencral Service Rules and Regulations The rules and regulations applicable to electric service and persons receiving electric service from the City of Fort Collins shall be such rules and regulations as are adopted by the Department of Municipal Public Utilities and approved by resolution of the Council of the City of Fort Collins Upon such adoption and approval all such rules and regulations shall be in full force and effect and shall apply to any person, corporation or other entity receiving electric service from the city -11- L Section 2 That Section 112-121 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins be and the same hereby is amended by deletion thereof and by substituting therefor the following Interference with meters prohibited No person shall willfully injure alter or in any manner interfere with or obstruct the action or operation of any meter provided for measuring or registering the amount of electricity passing through it without the knowledge and consent of the Department of Municipal Public Utilities It shall be unlawful to remove electric meters and to break electric meter seals Section 3 That Section 112-123 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins be and the same hereby is amended by deletion thereof and by substituting therefor the following Prima facie evidence of violations Proof of the existence of any wire connection or of any injury alteration or obstruction of a meter as provided in Section 112-119 to 112-122 above shall be taken as prima facie evidence of the guilt of the person in possession of the premises where such connection injury alteration or obstruction is proved to exist Such evidence shall be just cause for the immediate discontinuance of electric service without notice Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 216' day of J, ,A W A D 1975 and to be presented for final passage on the � day of Februar4 , A D 1975 ATTEST Ma TitY Clerk L/ A D 1975 Passed and adopted on final reading this day of�rcc/� ATTEST M / City C er -12-