HomeMy WebLinkAbout056 - 06/02/2009 - AMENDING CHAPTER 26, ARTICLE VI OF THE CITY CODE RELATING TO CERTAIN ELECTRIC SERVICE PROGRAMS AND R ORDINANCE NO. 056, 2009
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
AMENDING CHAPTER 26, ARTICLE VI OF THE CODE OF THE
CITY OF FORT COLLINS RELATING TO CERTAIN ELECTRIC
SERVICE PROGRAMS AND REQUIREMENTS
WHEREAS,new forms of renewable energy routinely become available to the City's Utility
through its energy generator, Platte River Power Authority ("Platte River"); and
WHEREAS, Platte River's efforts to further develop new forms of renewable energy
resources have allowed the Utility to provide newly developed forms of renewable energy to City
utility customers; and
WHEREAS, the City Council intends that the renewable resources energy program be
sufficiently flexible to allow the purchase of various forms of newly developed or newly available
renewable energy; and
WHEREAS, energy conservation programs have expanded to meet customer demand in
accordance with Council-adopted policy; and
WHEREAS,the City Council intends that the energy conservation programs as discussed in
the electric rate schedules found in Chapter 26, Article VI of the City Code allow for the
administration of newly developed energy conservation programs; and
WHEREAS, in order to clarify that the special services agreements are available to electric
utility customers in a manner consistent with City Code language applicable to the other City utilities
functions, staff has proposed certain revisions to the City Code; and
WHEREAS, staff has proposed additional revisions to the City Code in order to clarify that
the Utility may more accurately calculate power factor adjustment for its larger commercial and
industrial customers.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS as follows:
Section 1. That Section 26-464 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins is hereby amended
to read as follows:
Sec. 26-464. Residential energy service, schedule R.
(a) Availability. The residential energy service, schedule R, shall be available
within the corporate limits of the City and the suburban fringe.
(b) Applicability.This schedule applies to residential customers for all domestic
uses in single-family dwellings, individually metered apartments and home
occupations as defined in Article 5 of the Land Use Code.This schedule may also be
applied to existing master metered residential buildings served under this schedule
prior to January 1, 1980. Master metering is not available for new or remodeled
residential buildings with more than one (1) dwelling unit unless authorized by the
General Manager. This schedule does not apply to auxiliary or standby service.
(c) Monthly rate. The monthly rates for this schedule are as follows:
(1) Fixed charge,per account:Three dollars and sixty-nine cents($3.69).
(2) Demand charge, per kilowatt-hour: Two and eighty-eight one-
hundredths cents ($0.0288).
(3) Distribution facilities charge, per kilowatt-hour: One and fifty-six
one-hundredths cents ($0.0156)._
(4) Energy charge,per kilowatt-hour:One and eighty-six one-hundredths
cents ($0.0186).
(5) In lieu of taxes and franchise: a charge at the rate of six and zero-
tenths (6.0)percent of all monthly service charges billed pursuant to
this Section.
(d) Renewable resource. Renewable energy resources,including but not limited
to energy generated by the power of wind, may be offered on a voluntary basis to
customers at a premium price of one cent($.01)per kilowatt hour. The utility may
establish and offer voluntary programs designed to increase and enhance the use of
energy generated by renewable energy resources in support of Council-adopted
policy applicable to the utility.
(e) Excess capacity charge.A monthly capacity charge of two dollars($2.)per
kilowatt may be added to the above charges for service to intermittent loads in
accordance with the provisions of the electric service rules and regulations.
(f) Service charge. Service charges and connection fees shall be as set forth in
Subsection 26-712(b).
(g) Conservation Assistance,Rebates and Incentives. The utility may establish
programs to assist customers or provide incentives to customers in order to reduce
energy consumption or system peak demands consistent with Council-adopted policy
applicable to the utility. Such programs may include financial or technical assistance,
incentives or rebates and shall be consistent with program objectives approved by the
General Manager.
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(h) Service rights fee in certain annexed areas. A fee for defraying the cost of
acquisition of service rights from Poudre Valley Rural Electric Association(PVREA)
shall be charged for each service in areas annexed into the City after April 22, 1989,
if such area was previously served by PVREA. The service rights fee will be
collected monthly for a period of ten (10) consecutive years following the date of
acquisition by the City of electric facilities in such area from PVREA. If service was
previously provided by PVREA,the fee shall be twenty-five(25)percent of charges
for electric power service. For services that come into existence in the affected area
after date of acquisition,the fee shall be five(5)percent of charges for electric power
service. In the event that the City Council has determined that a reduction of the
service rights fee is justified in order to mitigate the economic impacts to a lot or
parcel of land at the time of annexation of said lot or parcel of land,the service rights
fee charged pursuant to this Subsection may be reduced by the City Council pursuant
to a schedule set forth in the ordinance annexing said parcel or lot. The service rights
fee charged pursuant to this Subsection shall not be subject to a charge in lieu of
taxes and franchise otherwise required in this Section.
(i) Special services. Special services or complex service arrangements that are
beyond those required for service under this rate schedule may be arranged by a
written services agreement that the General Manager may negotiate and enter into on
behalf of the utility. Said agreement shall establish the terms and conditions for any
special services or arrangements and shall incorporate by reference the requirements
of this Chapter, as applicable. Any special services agreement modifying the rates,
fees or charges for said services from those set forth in this Article shall be subject
to approval by the City Council in accordance with Section 6 of Article XII of the
Charter.
(j) Parallel generation. Operation or connection of any electric generator in
parallel with the utility system is not permitted under this schedule unless authorized
by the General Manager. See appropriate alternate schedules for this service.
(k) Commodity delivery. If the electric utility authorizes the delivery of electric
capacity or energy utilizing the utility's distribution system under mandatory
provisions of state or federal law, a credit will be applied to the customer's monthly
electric bill based upon the electric utility's displaced costs as credited to the utility
by its supplier of electric energy.Capacity,energy,standby capacity,backup capacity
and special services shall be delivered,metered,billed, dispatched and controlled in
accordance with a special services agreement with the electric utility.
(1) Payment of charges. The foregoing rates are net. Payment becomes
delinquent twenty-five (25) days after the billing date.
(m) Contract period. The applicant shall take electric service under this or any
other applicable schedule which is in effect during the term of the contract subject
to adjustment from time to time by the City Council. All contracts under this
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schedule shall be for twelve (12) months and shall be automatically renewed
annually. The contract may be terminated at the end of the term upon the giving of
thirty (30) days' advance written notice to the City or may be terminated upon the
giving of thirty(30)days'advance written notice to the City in the event of vacation
of the premises or a change in ownership or tenant occupancy status.During the first
ninety(90)days after initiating electric service under this schedule,the customer may
request a one-time rate change to schedule RD.
(n) Rules and regulations. Service supplied under this schedule is subject to the
terms and conditions set forth in the electric utility rules and regulations as approved
by the City Council. Copies may be obtained from the Utility's Customer Service
Office.
Section 2. That Section 26-465 of the Code of the city of Fort Collins is hereby amended
to read as follows:
Sec. 26-465. Residential demand service, schedule RD.
(a) Availability. The residential demand service rate, schedule RD, shall be
available within the corporate limits of the City and the suburban fringe.
(b) Applicability. This schedule applies to residential customers for all domestic
uses in single-family private dwellings, individually metered apartments and home
occupations as defined in Article 5 of the Land Use Code.
(c) Monthly rate. The monthly rates are as follows:
(1) Fixed charge, per account: Six dollars and eight cents ($6.08).
(2) Demand charge,per kilowatt:Four dollars and nineteen cents($4.19).
(3) Distribution facilities charge,per kilowatt-hour:One and twelve one-
hundredths cents ($0.0112).
(4) Energy charge,per kilowatt-hour:One and eighty-six one-hundredths
cents ($0.0186).
(5) In lieu of taxes and franchise: A charge at the rate of six and zero-
tenths(6.0)percent of monthly service charges billed pursuant to this
Section.
(d) Renewable resource. Renewable energy resources,including but not limited
to energy generated by the power of wind, may be offered on a voluntary basis to
customers at a premium price of one cent($.01)per kilowatt hour. The utility may
establish and offer voluntary programs designed to increase and enhance the use of
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energy generated by renewable energy resources in support of Council-adopted policy
applicable to the utility.
(e) Excess capacity charge. A monthly capacity charge of two dollars($2.)per
kilowatt may be added to the above charges for service to intermittent loads in
accordance with the provisions of the electric service rules and regulations.
(f) Standby service charges. Standby service,if available,will be provided on
an annual contract basis at a level at least sufficient to meet probable service demand
(in kilowatts) as determined by the customer and approved by the utility according
to the following:
(1) The monthly standby distribution charge shall be one dollar and
twenty-one cents($1.21)per kilowatt of contracted standby service.
This charge shall be in lieu of the distribution facilities charge.For all
metered kilowatts in excess of the contracted amount, the standby
distribution charge shall be three dollars and sixty-three cents($3.63)
per kilowatt.
(2) In the event the contractual kilowatt amount is exceeded, the
beginning date of the contract period will be reset. The first month of
the new contract period will become the current billing month and
such month's metered demand shall become the minimum allowable
contract demand for the standby service.Requests for standby service
may be subject to a waiting period. An operation and maintenance
charge may be added for special facilities required to provide standby
service.
(g) Service charge. Service charges and connection fees shall be as set forth in
Subsection 26-712(b).
(h) Conservation Assistance,Rebates and Incentives. The utility may establish
programs to assist.customers or provide incentives to customers in order to reduce
energy consumption or system peak demands consistent with Council-adopted policy
applicable to the utility. Such programs may include financial or technical assistance,
incentives or rebates and shall be consistent with program objectives approved by the
General Manager.
(i) Service rights fee in certain annexed areas. A fee for defraying the cost of
acquisition of service rights from Poudre Valley Rural Electric Association(PVREA)
shall be charged for each service in areas annexed into the City after April 22, 1989,
if such area was previously served by PVREA. The service rights fee will be
collected monthly for a period of ten (10) consecutive years following the date of
acquisition by the City of electric facilities in such area from PVREA.If service was
previously provided by PVREA,the fee shall be twenty-five(25)percent of charges
for electric power service. For services that come into existence in the affected area
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after date of acquisition,the fee shall be five(5)percent of charges for electric power
service. In the event that the City Council has determined that a reduction of the
service rights fee is justified in order to mitigate the economic impacts to a lot or
parcel of land at the time of annexation of said lot or parcel of land,the service rights
fee charged pursuant to this Subsection may be reduced by the City Council pursuant
to a schedule set forth in the ordinance annexing said parcel or lot.The service rights
fee charged pursuant to this Subsection shall not be subject to a charge in lieu of
taxes and franchise otherwise required in this Section.
0) Special services. Special services or complex service arrangements beyond
those normally provided for service under this rate schedule may be arranged by a
written services agreement that the General Manager may negotiate and enter into on
behalf of the utility. Said agreement shall establish the terms and conditions for any
special services or arrangements and shall incorporate by reference the requirements
of this Chapter, as applicable. Any special services agreement modifying the rates,
fees or charges for said services from those set forth in this Article shall be subject
to approval by the City Council in accordance with Section 6 of Article XII of the
Charter.
(k) Parallel generation. Customers may operate all or part of their
instantaneous energy or capacity needs by operation of a qualifying facility in parallel
with the utility system, provided that electric service is being rendered under the
special services provisions of this schedule,and provided further that such facility is
constructed, operated and maintained in accordance with the provisions of the
electric service rules and regulations.
(1) Commodity delivery. If the electric utility authorizes the delivery of electric
capacity or energy utilizing the utility's distribution system under mandatory
provisions of state or federal law, a credit will be applied to the customer's monthly
electric bill based upon the electric utility's displaced costs as credited to the utility
by its supplier of electric energy.Capacity,energy,standby capacity,backup capacity
and special services shall be delivered,metered,billed,dispatched and controlled in
accordance with a special services agreement with the electric utility.
(m) Payment of charges. The foregoing rates are net. Payment becomes
delinquent twenty-five (25) days after the billing date.
(n) Billing demand. The billing demand shall be determined for each point of
delivery by suitable meter measurement of the highest fifteen-minute integrated
demand occurring during the billing period.
(o) Contract period. The applicant shall take electric service under this or any
other applicable schedule which is in effect during the term of the contract subject
to adjustment from time to time by the City Council. All contracts under this
schedule shall be for twelve (12) months and shall be automatically renewed
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annually. The contract may be terminated at the end of the term upon the giving of
ten (10) days' advance written notice to the City or may be terminated upon the
giving of ten(10)days'advance written notice to the City in the event of vacation of
the premises or a change in ownership or tenant occupancy status. During the first
ninety(90)days after initiating electric service under this schedule,the customer may
request a one-time rate change to schedule R. r
(p) Rules and regulations. Service supplied under this schedule is subject to the
terms and conditions set forth in the City electric utility rules and regulations as
approved by the City Council. Copies may be obtained from the Utility's Customer
Service Office.
Section 3. That Section 26-466 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins is hereby amended
to read as follows:
Sec. 26-466. General service, schedule GS.
(a) Availability. The schedule GS shall be available within the corporate limits
of the City and the suburban fringe.
(b) Applicability. This schedule applies to individual commercial and industrial
services,served at the established secondary voltage of the City's distribution system;
and optionally, for apartments and multiple dwellings in existence prior to January
1, 1980,or as authorized by the Director,where more than one(1)dwelling or single
living quarters are served through one (1) meter. Single-phase motors from one (1)
to five (5) horsepower may be connected with the approval of the utility. This
schedule applies to an individual single or three-phase service with an average
metered demand of not greater than fifty(50) kilowatts.
(c) Monthly rate. The monthly rates for this schedule are as follows:
(1) Fixed charge, per account:
a. Single-phase, two-hundred-ampere service: Two dollars and
eighty-four cents ($2.84).
b. Single-phase,above two-hundred-ampere service: Seven dollars
and forty-six cents ($7.46).
c. Three-phase, two-hundred-ampere service: Four dollars and
sixty-one cents ($4.61).
d. Three-phase, above two-hundred-ampere service: Eight dollars
and seventy-three cents ($8.73).
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(2) Demand charge, per kilowatt-hour:
a. First two thousand (2,000) kilowatt-hours: Four and fourteen
one-hundredths cents ($0.0414).
b. Next five thousand(5,000)kilowatt-hours: One and ninety-five
one-hundredths cents ($0.0195).
c. All additional kilowatt-hours: Zero ($0.00).
(3) Demand charge, per kilowatt:
a. All kilowatts billed in excess of twenty-five (25) kilowatts:
Seven dollars and twenty-four cents ($7.24).
(4) Distribution facilities charge, per kilowatt-hour: One and forty-two
one-hundredths cents ($0.0142).
(5) Energy charge,per kilowatt-hour:One and eighty-six one-hundredths
cents ($0.0186).
(6) In lieu of taxes and franchise: a charge at the rate of six and zero-
tenths (6.0)percent of all monthly service charges billed pursuant to
this Section.
(d) Renewable resource. Renewable energy resources,including but not limited
to energy generated by the power of wind, may be offered on a voluntary basis to
customers at a premium price of one cent($.01)per kilowatt hour. The utility may
establish and offer voluntary programs designed to increase and enhance the use of
energy generated by renewable energy resources in support of Council-adopted policy
applicable to the utility.
(e) Excess capacity charge. A monthly capacity charge of two dollars($2.)per
kilowatt may be added to the above charges for service to intermittent loads in
accordance with the provisions of the electric service rules and regulations.
(f) Standby service charges. Standby service,if available,will be provided on
an annual contract basis at a level at least sufficient to meet probable service demand
(in kilowatts) as determined by the customer and approved by the utility according
to the following:
(1) The monthly standby distribution charge shall be two dollars and
fifty-five cents ($2.55) per kilowatt of contracted standby service.
This charge shall be in lieu of the distribution facilities charge.For all
metered kilowatts in excess of the contracted amount, the standby
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distribution charge shall be seven dollars and sixty-five cents($7.65)
per kilowatt.
(2) In the event the contractual kilowatt amount is exceeded, the
beginning date of the contract period will be reset. The first month of
the new contract period will become the current billing month and
such month's metered demand shall become the minimum allowable
contract demand for the standby service.Requests for standby service
may be subject to a waiting period. An operation and maintenance
charge may be added for special facilities required to provide standby
service.
(g) Service charge. Service charges and connection fees shall be as set forth in
Subsection 26-712(b).
(h) Conservation Assistance,Rebates and Incentives. The utility may establish
programs to assist customers or provide incentives to customers in order to reduce
energy consumption or system peak demands consistent with Council-adopted policy
applicable to the utility. Such programs may include financial or technical assistance,
incentives or rebates and shall be.consistent with program objectives approved by the
General Manager.
(i) Billing demand. The billing demand shall be determined for each point of
delivery by suitable meter measurement of the highest fifteen-minute integrated
demand occurring during the billing period.
0) Power factor adjustment. Power factor shall be determined by using watt
and volt-ampere measurements collected by the electric meter at the point of service.
The power factor calculated from such measurements shall be the basis of billing
adjustment until satisfactory correction has been made. Review shall be conducted
on a monthly basis by the utility. If the power factor falls below ninety-percent
lagging,a power factor adjustment may be made by increasing the billing demand by
one(1)percent for each one(1)percent or fraction thereof by which the power factor
is less than ninety-percent lagging. This adjustment shall be based on the power
factor at the time of maximum demand as recorded during the billing period.
(k) Service rights fee in certain annexed areas. A fee for defraying the cost of
acquisition of service rights from Poudre Valley Rural Electric Association(PVREA)
shall be charged for each service in areas annexed into the City after April 22, 1989,
if such area was previously served by PVREA. The service rights will be collected
monthly for a period of ten(10)consecutive years following the date of acquisition
by the City of electric facilities in such area from PVREA. If service was previously
provided by PVREA,the fee shall be twenty-five(25)percent of charges for electric
power service.For services that come into existence in the affected area after date of
acquisition,the fee shall be five (5)percent of charges for electric power service. In
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the event that the City Council has determined that a reduction of the service rights
fee is justified in order to mitigate the economic impacts to a lot or parcel of land at
the time of annexation of said lot or parcel of land, the service rights fee charged
pursuant to this Subsection may be reduced by the City Council pursuant to a
schedule set forth in the ordinance annexing said parcel or lot. The service rights fee
charged pursuant to this Subsection shall not be subject to a charge in lieu of taxes
and franchise otherwise required in this Section.
(lk) Special services. Special services or complex service arrangements beyond
those normally provided for service under this rate schedule may be arranged by a
written services agreement that the General Manager may negotiate and enter into on
behalf of the utility. Said agreement shall establish the terms and conditions for any
special services or arrangements and shall incorporate by reference the requirements
of this Chapter, as applicable. Any special services agreement modifying the rates,
fees or charges for said services from those set forth in this Article shall be subject
to approval by the City Council in accordance with Section 6 of Article XII of the
Charter.
(m) Parallel generation. Customers may operate all or part of their
instantaneous energy or capacity needs by operation of a qualifying facility in parallel
with the utility system, provided that electric service is being rendered under the
special services provisions of this schedule,and provided further that such facility is
constructed, operated and maintained in accordance with the provisions of the
electric service rules and regulations.
(n) Commodity delivery. If the electric utility authorizes the delivery of electric
capacity or energy utilizing the utility's distribution system under mandatory
provisions of state or federal law, a credit will be applied to the customer's monthly
electric bill based upon the electric utility's displaced costs as credited to the utility
by its supplier of electric energy.Capacity,energy,standby capacity,backup capacity
and special services shall be delivered,metered,billed, dispatched and controlled in
accordance with a special services agreement with the electric utility.
(o) Payment of charges. The foregoing rates are net. Payment becomes
delinquent twenty-five (25) days after the billing date.
(p) Contract period. The applicant shall take electric service under this or any
other applicable schedule which is in effect during the term of the contract subject
to adjustment from time to time by the City Council. All contracts under this
schedule shall be for twelve (12) months and shall be automatically renewed
annually. The contract may be terminated at the end of the term upon the giving of
ten (10) days' advance written notice to the City or may be terminated upon the
giving of ten(10)days'advance written notice to the City in the event of vacation of
the premises or a change in ownership or tenant occupancy status.
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(q) Rules and regulations. Service supplied under this schedule is subject to the
terms and conditions set forth in the electric utility rules and regulations as approved
by the City Council. Copies may be obtained from the Utility's Customer Service
Office.
Section 4. That Section 26-467 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins is hereby amended
to read as follows:
Sec. 26-467. General service 50, schedule GS50.
(a) Availability. The general service 50, schedule GS50 shall be available
within the corporate limits of the City and the suburban fringe.
(b) Applicability. This schedule applies to customers served at the established
secondary voltage of the City's distribution system. This schedule applies only to
individual services with an average metered demand not less than fifty(50)kilowatts
and not greater than seven hundred fifty (750) kilowatts.
(c) Monthly rate. The monthly rates for this schedule are as follows:
(1) Fixed charge,per account: Twenty-five dollars and zero cents($25.).
An additional charge of forty dollars and zero cents ($40.) may be
assessed if telephone communication service is not provided by the
customer.
(2) Coincident demand charge,per kilowatt: Thirteen dollars and twelve
cents ($13.12) but not less than one cent ($.01) per kilowatt-hour.
(3) Distribution facilities demand charge, per kilowatt: Four dollars and
thirty-one cents ($4.31).
(4) Energy charge,per kilowatt-hour:One and eighty-six one-hundredths
cents ($0.0186).
(5) In lieu of taxes and franchise: A charge at the rate of six and zero-
tenths (6.0)percent of all monthly service charges billed pursuant to
this Section.
(d) Renewable resource. Renewable energy resources,including but not limited
to energy generated by the power of wind, may be offered on a voluntary basis to
customers at a premium price of one cent($.01)per kilowatt hour. The utility may
establish and offer voluntary programs designed to increase and enhance the use of
energy generated by renewable energy resources in support of Council-adopted policy
applicable to the utility.
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(e) Excess capacity charge. A monthly capacity charge of two dollars($2.)per
kilowatt may be added to the above charges for service to intermittent loads in
accordance with the provisions of the electric service rules and regulations.
(f) Standby service charges. Standby service,if available,will be provided on
an annual contract basis at a level at least sufficient to meet probable service demand
(in kilowatts) as determined by the customer and approved by the utility according
to the following:
(1) Standby distribution charge.
a. The monthly standby distribution charge shall be three dollars
and sixty-two cents ($3.62) per kilowatt of contracted standby
service. This charge shall be in lieu of the distribution facilities
charge. For all metered kilowatts in excess of the contracted
amount, the standby distribution charge shall be ten dollars and
eighty-six cents ($10.86)per kilowatt.
b. In the event the contractual kilowatt amount is exceeded, the
beginning date of the contract period will be reset. The first
month of the new contract period will become the current billing
month and such month's metered demand shall become the
minimum allowable contract demand for the standby service.
Requests for standby service may be subject to a waiting period.
An operation and maintenance charge may be added for special
facilities required to provide standby service.
(2) Standby generation and transmission charge.All charges incurred by
the utility under Platte River Power Authority's applicable tariffs, as
may be amended from time to time, will be billed to the customer as
a standby generation and transmission charge.
(g) Service charge. Service charges and connection fees shall be as set forth in
Subsection 26-712(b).
(h) Conservation Assistance,Rebates and Incentives. The utility may establish
programs to assist customers or provide incentives to customers in order to reduce
energy consumption or system peak demands consistent with Council-adopted policy
applicable to the utility. Such programs may include financial or technical assistance,
incentives or rebates and shall be consistent with program objectives approved by
the General Manager.
(i) Coincident demand. The coincident demand for any month shall be the
customer's sixty-minute integrated kilowatt demand recorded at the hour coincident
with the monthly system peak demand for Platte River Power Authority.The monthly
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system peak demand for Platte River Power Authority shall be the maximum
coincident sum of the measured demands for the participating municipalities
recorded during the billing month.
0) Distribution facilities demand. The distribution facilities demand shall be
determined for each point of delivery by suitable meter measurement of the highest
one-hour integrated demand occurring during the billing period and shall not be less
than seventy(70)percent of the highest distribution facilities demand(in kilowatts)
occurring in any of the preceding eleven (11) months.
(k) Power factor adjustment. Power factor shall be determined by using watt
and volt-ampere reactive measurements collected by the electric meter at the point
of service. The power factor calculated from such measurements shall be the basis
of billing adjustment until satisfactory correction has been made. Review shall be
conducted on a monthly basis by the utility. If the power factor falls below ninety-
percent lagging,a power factor adjustment may be made by increasing the coincident
and distribution facilities demand by one (1) percent for each one (1) percent or
fraction thereof by which the power factor is less than ninety-percent lagging. This
adjustment shall be based on the power factor at the time of maximum demand as
recorded during the billing period.
(1) Primary service. When service is metered under this schedule at primary
voltage,a discount shall be made each month of one and one-half(1'/z)percent 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 (2)percent of the monthly bill shall be allowed.
(m) Service rights fee in certain annexed areas. A fee for defraying the cost of
acquisition of service rights from Poudre Valley Rural Electric Association(PVREA)
shall be charged for each service in areas annexed into the City after April 22, 1989,
if such area was previously served by PVREA. The service rights fee will be
collected monthly for a period of ten (10) consecutive years following the date of
acquisition by the City of electric facilities in such area from PVREA. If service was
previously provided by PVREA,the fee shall be twenty-five(25)percent of charges
for electric power service. For services that come into existence in the affected area
after date of acquisition,the fee shall be five(5)percent of charges for electric power
service. In the event that the City Council has determined that a reduction of the
service rights fee is justified in order to mitigate the economic impacts to a lot or
parcel of land at the time of annexation of said lot or parcel of land;the service rights
fee charged pursuant to this Subsection may be reduced by the City Council pursuant
to a schedule set forth in the ordinance annexing said parcel or lot. The service rights
fee charged pursuant to this Subsection shall not be subject to the charge in lieu of
taxes and franchise otherwise required in this Subsection.
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(n) Special services. Special services or complex service arrangements beyond
those normally provided for service under this rate schedule may be arranged by a
written services agreement that the General Manager may negotiate and enter into on
behalf of the utility. Said agreement shall establish the terms and conditions for any
special services or arrangements and shall incorporate by reference the requirements
of this Chapter, as applicable. Any special services agreement modifying the rates,
fees or charges for said services from those set forth in this Article shall be subject
to approval by the City Council in accordance with Section 6 of Article XII of the
Charter.
(o) Parallel generation. Customers may operate all or part of their
instantaneous energy or capacity needs by operation of a qualifying facility in parallel
with the utility system, provided that electric service is being rendered under the
special services provisions of this schedule and provided that such facility is
constructed, operated and maintained in accordance with the provisions of the
electric service rules and regulations. Parallel generation will be provided under the
terms and conditions of Platte River Power Authority's Tariff Schedule 3: Parallel
Generation Purchases, as may be amended from time to time, or other applicable
provisions of Platte River Power Authority Tariffs.All charges incurred by the utility
under this tariff will be billed to the customer.
(p) Commodity delivery. If the electric utility authorizes the delivery of electric
capacity or energy utilizing the utility's distribution system under mandatory
provisions of state or federal law, a credit will be applied to the customer's monthly
electric bill based upon the electric utility's displaced costs as credited to the utility
by its supplier of electric energy.Capacity,energy,standby capacity,backup capacity
and special services shall be delivered,metered,billed, dispatched and controlled in
accordance with a special services agreement with the electric utility.
(q) Payment of charges. The foregoing rates are net. Payment becomes
delinquent twenty-five (25) days after the billing date.
(r) Contract period. The applicant shall take electric service under this or any
other applicable schedule which is in effect during the term of the contract, subject
to adjustment from time to time by the City Council. All contracts under this
schedule shall be for twelve (12) months and shall be automatically renewed
annually. The contract may be terminated at the end of the term upon the giving of
thirty (30) days' advance written notice to the City or may be terminated upon the
giving of thirty(30)days'advance written notice to the City in the event of vacation
of the premises or a change in ownership or tenant occupancy status.
(s) Rules and regulations. Service supplied under this schedule is subj ect to the
terms and conditions set forth in the electric utility rules and regulations as approved
by the City Council. Copies may be obtained from the Utility's Customer Service
Office.
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Section 5. That Section 26-468 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins is hereby amended
to read as follows:
Sec. 26-468. General service 750, schedule GS750.
(a) Availability. The general service 750, schedule GS750 shall be available
within the corporate limits of the City and the suburban fringe.
(b) Applicability. This schedule applies to customers served at the primary
voltage of the City's electric system, thirteen thousand two hundred/seven thousand
six hundred twenty (13,200/7,620) volts nominal for three-phase power. This
schedule applies only to individual services with an average metered demand of
seven hundred fifty (750) kilowatts or greater. The General Manager, at his or her
option, may enter into individual, written agreements with customers having an
aggregated connected load of one thousand (1,000) kilowatts or more, which
agreements shall establish the services to be provided and the amount to be charged
to such customers.
(c) Monthly rate. The monthly rates for this schedule are as follows:
(1) Fixed charge, per account: Thirty dollars and sixty cents ($30.60).
a. Additional charge for each additional metering point: Twenty-
five dollars and ninety-two cents ($25.92).
b. An additional charge of forty dollars and zero cents ($40.) for
each metering point may be assessed if telephone
communication service is not provided by the customer.
(2) Coincident demand charge, per kilowatt: Twelve dollars and ninety-
two cents ($12.92) but not less than one cent ($0.01) per kilowatt-
hour.
(3) Distribution facilities demand charge, per kilowatt:
a. First seven hundred fifty (750) kilowatts: Four dollars and
twenty-five cents ($4.25).
b. All additional kilowatts: Two dollars and ninety-one cents
($2.91).
(4) Energy charge, per kilowatt-hour: One and eighty-three one-
hundredths cents ($0.0183).
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(5) In lieu of taxes and franchise: A charge at the rate of six and zero-
tenths (6.0)percent of all monthly service charges billed pursuant to
this Section.
(d) Renewable resource. Renewable energy resources, including but not
limited to energy generated by the power of wind, may be offered on a voluntary
basis to customers at a premium price of one cent ($.O1) per kilowatt hour. The
utility may establish and offer voluntary programs designed to increase and enhance
the use of energy generated by renewable energy resources in support of Council-
adopted policy applicable to the utility.
(e) Excess capacity charge. A monthly capacity charge of two dollars($2.)per
kilowatt may be added to the above charges for service to intermittent loads in
accordance with the provisions of the electric service rules and regulations.
(f) Standby service charges. Standby service,if available,will be provided on
an annual contract basis at a level at least sufficient to meet probable service demand
(in kilowatts) as determined by the customer and approved by the utility according
to the following:
(1) Standby distribution charge.
a. The monthly standby distribution charge shall be two dollars and
eighty-four cents ($2.84) per kilowatt of contracted standby
service. This charge shall be in lieu of the distribution facilities
charge. For all metered kilowatts in excess of the contracted
amount,the standby distribution charge shall be eight dollars and
fifty-two cents ($8.52) per kilowatt.
b. In the event the contractual kilowatt amount is exceeded, the
beginning date of the contract period will be reset. The first
month of the new contract period will become the current billing
month and such month's metered demand shall become the
minimum allowable contract demand for the standby service.
Requests for standby service may be subject to a waiting period.
An operation and maintenance charge may be added for special
facilities required to provide standby service.
(2) Standby generation and transmission charge.All charges incurred by
the utility under the Platte River Power Authority's applicable tariffs,
as may be amended from time to time, will be billed to the customer
as a standby generation and transmission charge.
(g) Service charge. Service charges and connection fees shall be as set forth in
Subsection 26-712(b).
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(h) Conservation Assistance, Rebates and Incentives. The utility may establish
programs to assist customers or provide incentives to customers in order to reduce
energy consumption or system peak demands consistent with Council-adopted policy
applicable to the utility. Such programs may include financial or technical assistance,
incentives or rebates and shall be consistent with program objectives approved by
the General Manager.
(i) Coincident demand. The coincident demand for any month shall be the
customer's sixty-minute integrated kilowatt demand recorded at the hour coincident
with the monthly system peak demand for Platte River Power Authority.The monthly
system peak demand for Platte River Power Authority shall be the maximum
coincident sum of the measured demands for the participating municipalities
recorded during the billing month.
0) Distribution facilities demand. The distribution facilities demand shall be
determined for each point of delivery by suitable meter measurement of the highest
one-hour integrated demand occurring during the billing period and shall not be less
than seventy-five (75) percent of the highest distribution facilities demand (in
kilowatts) occurring in any of the preceding eleven(11) months.
(k) Interruptible service. Interruptible service may be provided in accordance
with the terms and conditions described in a special services agreement between the
customer and the utility.
(1) Power factor adjustment. Power factor shall be determined by using watt
and volt-ampere reactive measurements collected by the electric meter at the point
of service. The power factor calculated from such measurements shall be the basis
of billing adjustment until satisfactory correction has been made. Review shall be
conducted on a monthly basis by the utility. If the power factor falls below ninety-
percent lagging,a power factor adjustment may be made by increasing the coincident
and distribution facilities demand by one (1) percent for each one (1) percent or
fraction thereof by which the power factor is less than ninety-percent lagging. This
adjustment shall be based on the power factor at the time of maximum demand as
recorded during the billing period.
(m) Secondary service. Where service is rendered under this schedule at
secondary voltage and the City owns and furnishes the transformer and substation
converting to the lower voltage desired by the customer, an additional charge shall
be made each month of two (2) percent of the bill for service. If, for any reason,
metering is accomplished at secondary voltage,an additional one and one-half(1%)
percent shall be added to the monthly bill. Instrument-rated metering transformers
shall be at the expense of the owner.The utility may require that transformers greater
than one thousand(1,000)kilo volt-amperes be owned by the customer and that such
load be primary metered.
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(n) Service rights fee in certain annexed areas. A fee for defraying the cost of
acquisition of service rights from Poudre Valley Rural Electric Association(PVREA)
shall be charged for each service in areas annexed into the City after April 22, 1989,
if such area was previously served by PVREA. The service rights fee will be
collected monthly for a period of ten (10) consecutive years following the date of
acquisition by the City of electric facilities in such area from PVREA. If service was
previously provided by PVREA,the fee shall be twenty-five(25)percent of charges
for electric power service. For services that come into existence in the affected area
after date of acquisition,the fee shall be five(5)percent of charges for electric power
service. In the event that the City Council has determined that a reduction of the
service rights fee is justified in order to mitigate the economic impacts to a lot or
parcel of land at the time of annexation of said lot or parcel of land,the service rights
fee charged pursuant to this Subsection may be reduced by the City Council pursuant
to a schedule set forth in the ordinance annexing said parcel or lot. The service rights
fee charged pursuant to this Subsection shall not be subject to the charge in lieu of
taxes and franchise otherwise required in this.
(o) Special services. Special services or complex service arrangements beyond
those normally provided for service under this rate schedule may be arranged by a
written services agreement that the General Manager may negotiate and enter into on
behalf of the utility. Said agreement shall establish the terms and conditions for any
special services or arrangements and shall incorporate by reference the requirements
of this Chapter, as applicable. Any special services agreement modifying the rates,
fees or charges for said services from those set forth in this Article shall be subject
to approval by the City Council in accordance with Section 6 of Article XII of the
Charter.
(p) Parallel generation. Customers may generate all or part of their
instantaneous energy or capacity needs by operation of a qualifying facility in parallel
with the utility system, provided that electric service is being rendered under the
standby provisions of the schedule, and provided further that such facility is
constructed operated and maintained in accordance with the provisions of the electric
service rules and regulations. Parallel generation in excess of one(1)megawatt will
be provided under the terms and conditions of Platte River Power Authority's Tariff
—Schedule 10: Back-up Service. All charges incurred by the utility under this tariff
will be billed to the customer.
(q) Commodity delivery. If the electric utility authorizes the delivery of electric
capacity or energy utilizing the utility's distribution system under mandatory
provisions of state or federal law, a credit will be applied to the customer's monthly
electric bill based upon the electric utility's displaced costs as credited to the utility
by its supplier of electric energy.Capacity,energy,standby capacity,backup capacity
and special services shall be delivered,metered,billed,dispatched and controlled in
accordance with a special services agreement with the electric utility.
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(r) Payment of charges. The foregoing rates are net. Payment becomes
delinquent twenty-five (25) days after the billing date.
(s) Contract period. The applicant shall take electric service under this or any
other applicable schedule which is in effect during the term of the contract subject
to adjustment from time to time by the City Council. All contracts under this
schedule shall be for twelve (12) months with automatic renewal on a year-to-year
basis. The contract may be terminated at the end of the term upon the giving of one
(1)year's advance written notice to the City or may be terminated upon the giving of
one (1) year's advance written notice to the City in the event of vacation of the
premises or a change in ownership or tenant occupancy status.
(t) Rules and regulations. Service supplied under this schedule is subject to the
terms and conditions set forth in the electric utility rules and regulations as approved
by the City Council. Copies may be obtained from the Utility's Customer Service
Office.
Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 19th day of
May, A.D. 2009, and to be presented for final passage on the 2 y of June, A.D. 2009.
Mayo
ATTEST:
Chief Deputy City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading on the 2nd day of June A.D. 2009.
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Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
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