HomeMy WebLinkAbout168 - 11/16/1999 - AMENDING CITY CODE RELATING TO ELECTRIC RATES AND CHARGES ORDINANCE NO. 1 K 1999
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
AMENDING CHAPTER 26, ARTICLE VI, DIVISION 4 OF
THE CODE OF THE CITY RELATING TO ELECTRIC RATES AND CHARGES
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS as follows:
Section 1. That Section 26-464, paragraphs (f) and(g), of the Code of the City of Fort
Collins are hereby amended to read as follows:
Sec.26-464. Residential energy service, schedule R.
(f) Service charge. There shall be a service charge of fourteen dollars and fifty-
nine cents ($ 14.59) for the processing of a request for electrical service under this
schedule except where the request is made for after-hours service, in which case the
service charge shall be forty dollars and sixty-four cents($40.64).The service charge
is further applicable for a special meter reading and/or fractional period billing.
(g) Water heater control rebate. Upon customer application, controlled water
heater service will be provided to uncontrolled, all-electric and solely residential
water heaters with single-element capacity of three and one-half (3%) or more
kilowatts whereby the utility may interrupt electric power to the water heaters by
remote control at times of electrical system emergencies and periods of anticipated
peak load. Customers of record with active accounts under which service is received
during the March billing cycle and whose household has received controlled water
heater service for the preceding six(6)months pursuant to contract with the city will
receive an annual credit on their utility bill of fifty dollars ($50.) per contract. All
necessary remote control switching equipment shall be owned, installed, operated
and maintained by the utility. If the customer's water heater system utilizes an
alternative supplementary heat source, such customer will receive an annual credit
on their utility bill of twenty-five dollars ($25.) per contract, subject to the above
conditions. Customers who discontinue or terminate this service or who choose not
to extend service initiated for the service address by a preceding customer are not
eligible to reapply for such service at the same address until after the passage of
twelve (12) months from the date on which such discontinuance or termination was
effective. This service is not available to customers with Load-limiting devices
installed within their electrical systems. Installation of such load-limiting devices
subsequent to initiation of this service voids the rebate provisions. The utility or the
applicant may discontinue this service at any time upon ten(10)days written notice.
This service is subject to the availability of suitable load-control equipment and radio
transmission frequencies.
Section 2. That Section 26-465, paragraphs (g) and(h), of the Code of the City of Fort
Collins are hereby amended to read as follows:
Sec. 26-465. Residential demand service, schedule RD.
(g) Service charge. There shall be a service charge of fourteen dollars and fifty-
nine cents ($14.59) for the processing of a request for electrical service under this
schedule except where the request is made for after-hours service, in which case the
service charge shall be forty dollars and sixty-four cents($40.64).The service charge
is further applicable for a special meter reading and/or fractional period billing.
(h) Water heater control rebate. Upon customer application, controlled water
heater service will be provided to uncontrolled, all-electric and solely residential
water heaters with single-element capacity of three and one-half (3'/2) or more
kilowatts whereby the utility may interrupt electric power to the water heaters by
remote control at times of electrical system emergencies and periods of anticipated
peak load. Customers of record with active accounts under which service is received
during the March billing cycle and whose household has received controlled water
heater service for the preceding six(6)months pursuant to contract with the city will
receive an annual credit on their utility bill of fifty dollars ($50.) per contract. All
necessary remote control switching equipment shall be owned, installed, operated
and maintained by the utility. If the customer's water heater system utilizes an
alternative supplementary heat source, such customer will receive an annual credit
on their utility bill of twenty-five dollars ($25.) per contract, subject to the above
conditions. Customers who discontinue or terminate this service or who choose not
to extend service initiated for the service address by a preceding customer are not
eligible to reapply for such service at the same address until after the passage of
twelve(12)months from the date on which such discontinuance or termination was
effective. This service is not available to customers with load-limiting devices
installed within their electrical systems. Installation of such load-limiting devices
subsequent to initiation of this service voids the rebate provisions. The utility or the
applicant may discontinue this service at any time upon ten(10)days written notice.
This service is subject to the availability of suitable load-control equipment and radio
transmission frequencies.
Section 3. That Section 26-466, Residential time-of-demand, schedule RT, is hereby
repealed in its entirety.
Section 4. That Section 26-467 is hereby renumbered as Section 26-466,and paragraphs
(g) and (n) amended to read as follows:
Sec. 26-466. General service, schedule GS.
(g) Service charge. There shall be a service charge of fourteen dollars and fifty-
nine cents ($14.59) for the processing of a request for electrical service under this
schedule except where the request is made for after-hours service, in which case the
service charge shall be forty dollars and sixty-four cents($40.64).The service charge
is further applicable for a special meter reading and/or fractional period billing.
(n) Seasonal rate provision. Where service is provided under this schedule for
seasonal irrigation pumping, the monthly fixed charge, excess capacity charge and
billing demand provisions of this schedule shall not apply during the months of
October through March. Upon approval of the utility, this provision may apply to
other loads with similar characteristics.
Section 5. That Section 26-468, General service time-of-demand, schedule GST, is
hereby repealed in its entirety.
Section 6. That Section 26-469, General service 50, schedule GS50, is hereby
renumbered as Section 26-467.
Section 7. That Section 26-470,General service 50X,schedule GS50X,and Section 26-
471,General service 50 time-of-demand X,schedule GS50TX,are hereby repealed in their entirety.
Section 8. That Section 26-472, General service 750, schedule GS750, is hereby
renumbered as Section 26-468.
Section 9. That Section 26-473 is hereby renumbered as Section 26-469 and paragraph
(b) is hereby amended to read as follows:
Sec. 26-469. Special area floodlighting, schedule 10.
(b) Monthly rate. The monthly rates are as follows:
(1) Charge per lamp, mercury vapor:
a. One-hundred-seventy-five-watt: Thirteen dollars and sixty-eight cents
($13.68).
b. Two-hundred-fifty-watt: Sixteen dollars and nine cents ($16.09).
c. Four-hundred-watt: Twenty-one dollars and two cents ($21.02).
(2) Charge per lamp, high-pressure sodium:
a. Seventy -watt: Five dollars and seventy-eight cents ($5.78).
b. One-hundred-watt: Eight dollars and eighteen cents ($8.18).
c. One-hundred-fifty-watt: Twelve dollars and ninety-six cents ($12.96).
d. Two-hundred-fifty-watt: Sixteen dollars and forty-six cents ($16.46).
e. Four-hundred-watt: Twenty-one dollars and sixty-eight cents ($21.68).
Section 10. That Section 26-474,Traffic signal service, schedule T.and Section 26-475,
Schedule of rates, are renumbered as Sections 26-470 and 26-471, respectively.
Section 11. That the amendments to Chapter 26 of the City Code contained herein shall
go into effect with respect to all City utility bills issued after January 1, 2000.
Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 2nd day of
November, A.D. 1999, and to be presented for final passage on the 16th day of November, A.D.
1999.
Mayor -
ATTEST:
City Cierk
Passed and adopted on final reading this 16th day of November, A.D. 1999.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk