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HomeMy WebLinkAbout017 - 12/27/1950 - AMENDING ORDINANCES NO. 013, 1947, RELATING TO THE GRANTING OF A FRANCHISE TO PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY k ORDINANCE NO 17 , 1950 BEING AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO 13, 1947" RELATING TO THE GRPNTING OF A FRANCHISE TO PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF COLORADO, A CORPORATION, ITS SJCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS, FOR FURNISHING GAS EITHER NATURAL, ARTIFICIAL OR MIXED, AND GAS SERVICE TO THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS AND ITS INHABITANTS, AND GRPNTING TO SAID COMPANY THE RIGHT TO USE AND OCCUPY THE STREETS, AVENUES, ALLEYS, BRIDGES, ROADS, PUBLIC udAYS AND PLACES ITT THE CITY, PROVIDING FOR AN AMENDED SCHEDULE OF RATES AND CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH THE SAME SHALL BE APPLIED WHEREAS, the Public Service Company of Colorado, to which corporation was granted on October 14, 1947, the franchise for the furnishing of gas, either natural, artificial or mixed, and gas service to the City of Fort Collins and its inhabitants, has submitted a proposed amended schedule of rates, together with conditions under which the same shall be applied, to become effective with meter readings begin^ing December 26, 1950, and WFFREAS, the City Manager has recommended the approval of said proposed amended schedule of rates, which recommendation has been approved by the City Council of the City of Fort Collins. BE IT ORDAINFD BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS Section 1 That Section 8 of Ordinance No. 13, 1947, be amended to read as follows "Section 8 All rates together with conditions under which all rates shall be applied and the General Gas Service Rules and Regulations, the Special Gas Service Rules and Regula- tions pertaining to the various classes of service ands the Service Connection and Main Extension Policy under which Rules, i Regulations and Policy all service is supplied shall be kept on file at the office of the City Clerk and available for inspection at the office of the Company The following schedule of rates shall be in effect as of meter readings beginning December 26, 1950 and shall continue in accordance with the terms of this franchise RESIDENTIAL SERVICE GENERAL AND HOUSEHEATING APPLICABILITY pplicable only to residential service RATE (Net ) First 400 cubic feet or less used per month $0 90 Next 1100 cubic feet per month, per 100 cubic feet . . . . . . 0 0 08 Next 2500 cubic feet per month, per 100 cubic feet . . . . . . 0 . . 05 Additional cubic feet per month, per 100 cubic feet. . . . . . . . . .036 MINIMUM Net minimum charge per meter, per month . . 90 PAYMENT The above rates are net Bills for gas service are due and payable within ten days from date of bill. DONTRACT PERIOD 11 contracts under this schedule shall be for a period of thirty days and thereafter until terminated on two days' written notice. RULES AND REGULATIONS Service under this schedule is for Residentigl customers only and is not applicable to Commercial customers including clubs, fraternities, sororities, lodges, hotels, restaurants, apartment houses, rooming houses, tourist camps, cottage camps and multiple dwellings where more than one dwelling or^more than one living quarter is served through one meter. Service is for the exclusive use of the customer and shall not be resold or shared with others. The General and Residential Gas Service Rules and Regu- lations, together with such supplements thereto and revisions thereof as are currently in effect , are made a part hereof by reference thereto provided that copies of all such rules shall be kept on file with the City Clerk and at the office of the Company -2- COBBIERCIAL SERVICE GENERAL AND SPACEHEATING APPLICABILITY pp icable to commercial service. RATE First 400 cubic feet or less used per month $0.90 Next 1100 cubic feet used per month, per 100 cubic feet . . . . . . . 0 08 Next 2500 cubic feet used per month, per 100 cubic feet 0 . . . . . . . 05 Additional cubic feet used per month, per 100 cubic feet . . . . . . . .036 MINIMUM Net minimum charge per meter, per month . . .90 PAYMENT The above rates are net Bills for gas service are due and payable within ten days from date of bill CONTRACT PERIOD All contracts under this schedule shall be for a period of thirty days and thereafter until terminated on two days' written notice. RULES AND REGULATIONS Service hereunder is applicable only to commercial customers for general use (Rate 5G) or spaceheating use (Rate 7G) . Service is for the exclusive use of customer and shall not be resold or shared with others Service is not applicable for temporary or intermittent use, gas engines or for use as standby to other sources of fuel. If the estimated or actual gas requirement of 4 customer in any month during the months of November to March inclusive is in excess of twenty-five percent (25%) of the total annual use, this rate does not apply Service hereunder is subject to the "General" and "Commercial" Gas Service Rules and Regulations, together with such supplements thereto and revisions thereof as are from time to time in effect , provided that copies of all such rules shall be kept on file with the City Clerk and at the office of the Company. COMMERCIAL SERVICE GENERAL AND SPACEHEATING OPTIONAL APPLICABILITY pplicable to existing customers for commercial service. Not applicable for service to new customers taken after the effective date hereof .3- In consideration of the special commodity charge all contracts under this schedule are subject to prior rights to any available gas of all customers on the Residential Rate. RATE — Tommodity Charge First 5,000 cubic feet used per month, per 1000 cubic feet . . $0.40 Next 15,000 cubic feet used per month, per 1000 cubic feet . . .35 Next 30,000 cubic feet used per month, per 1000 cubic feet. . 30 Next 50,000 cubic feet used per month, per 1000 cubic feet. . .25 All additional cubic feet used per month, per 1000 cubic feet. . . . 20 Customer Charge Per meter, per year, payable in twelve monthly payments 9.00 Reserved Capacity Charge Per cubic foot of reserved maximum hourly demand, per year, payable in twelve monthly payments. . . .24 MINIMUM Net minimum charge equal to sum of Customer Charge and Reserved Capacity Charge of rate, but not less per meter, per month, than. . . . . . . 1.20 PAYMENT The above rates are net. Bills for gas service are due and payable within ten days from date of bill CONTRACT PERIOD 11 contracts under this schedule shall be for a minimum period of twelve months and thereafter until terminated, where service is no longer required, on three days' written notice The reserved capacity specified shall prevail during the contract period unless customer makes new application for additional capacity and Company accepts same, in which event a new agreement for a full contract period of twelve months shall be made RULES AND REGULATIONS Demand or capacity reservations shall in all cases be contracted for on an annual basis and shall be made available in the following standard quantities in cubic feet per hour 22 1/21 30, 37 1/22 45, 602 75, 900 1202 150, 180, 2409 300 The discontinuance of service or removal of meter by or for any customer shall not entitle such customer to avoid payment of Reserved Capacity Charge or Customer Charge under prior contract if service is re-applied for by such customer at the same premises during the annual period covered by the prior contract. -4- The company shall limit the demand of each customer to the contract reservation by means of a standard demand meter installed by the Company on the customer' s premises but at the expense of the Company. It is agreed that in the event of failure to supply any demand or capacity reservation so contracted for, the customer shall be entitled to receive and agree to accept as full compensa- tion for such failure an amount equal to ten times the prorated amount of the yearly demand or capacity reservation charge for the period and proportion of such failure. 19here use is seasonal, as for spaceheating, the yearly Customer and Reserved Capacity Charges may be billed and paid in eight monthly installments equal to ten percent of said yearly charges plus four monthly installments (during months of June to September, inclusive) equal to five percent of said yearly charges. The General and Commercial Gas Service Rules and Regula- tions, together with such supplements thereto and revisions thereof as are currently in effect , are made a part hereof by reference thereto provided that copies of all such rules shall be kept on file with the City Clerk and at the office of the Company INTERRUPTIBLE INDUSTRIAL SERVICE OFF-PEAK SERVICE - COMPLETE AND ADEQUATE STANDBY REQUIRED RATE E APPLICABILITY —Tnlicable to Industrial and Large Commercial Service where Company has available a supply of gas in excess of that required for service to higher priority customers and where customer has complied with the standby requirements of the rate as set forth in the Industrial Gas Service Rules and Regulations and in the indivi- duel agreement between customer and Company RATE First 10,000 cubic feet or less used per month. $10.00 Next 40,000 cubic feet used per month, per 1000 cubic feet. . . . . 1 . 50 Next 50,000 cubic feet used per month, per 1000 cubic feet 0 35 Next 200,000 cubic feet used per month, per 1000 cubic feet. 25 All additional cubic feet used per month, per 1000 cubic feet 18 Plus, an On-Peak Demand Charge for the maximum Daily On-Peak use of gas occurring during the twelve months' period ending with the current month, per 1000 cubic feet 21.00 -5- The Demand Charge payable per month for On-Peak gas used shall be one-twelfth (1/12) of the total Demand Charge determined above. In calculating the bill for gas service the volume of gas as registered on the meter shall be adjusted to a volume based on sixty degrees Fahrenheit and at a pressure of four ounces per square inch above average atmospheric pressure. MINIMUM Net minimum charge per month, .10.00 but not less per year than. . . . . .500.00 PAYMENT The above rates are net Bills for gas service are due and payable within ten days from date of bill CONTRACT PERIOD 11 contracts hereunder shall be for a minimum period of one year or for such longer periods as may be specified in the individual agreement. CUT-OFF PROVISIONS n consideration of this special rate for Industrial Gas Service, all use of gas under this rate is interruptible and is subject to immediate cut-off by discontinuance of gas service to customer by Company without notice. Company, whenever circumstances permit , will endeavor to give customer advance notice of inter- ruption or cut-off by telephone or otherwise. Company will interrupt or cut-off all gas service to customer under this rate in order to prevent a shortage of gas for the use of customers supplied on higher priority service rates. Company will interrupt or cut-off all gas- service to customer under this rate, excepting On-Peak Gas Service supplied under contract , in order to prevent an increase in the demand charge to Company under Company' s gas purchase contract. Customer shall immediately discontinue the use of gas (including On-Peak gas) when and as directed by Company Authorized representatives of Company shall have at all times the right of ingress and egress to customer's premises Upon determination by Company that the necessity for interruption or cut-off has ceased service shall be resumed. Residential and Commercial Gas Services have priority to the use of gas service over all Industrial Gas Services. The interruption of gas deliveries in whole or in part under this rate shall not be the basis for claims for damages sustained by customer. -b. ON-PEAK SERVICE On-Peak gas shall be construed as "any gas used during the period beginning at the time when customer is directed by Company to discontinue or curtail his use of gas and ending at the time when customer is authorized by Company to resume full use of gas." The term "Daily" as used herein, shall be construed as the 24-hour period commencing at 8 00 o'clock A M. Commitments for On-Peak Service shall be at the option of Company dependent upon the sufficiency of pipeline and distri- bution system capacities with respect to the requirements of Company' s other gas customers. The maximum Daily volume of On-Peak gas to be supplied to customer shall be specified in the individual agreement for service between customer and Company and customer, when and as directed by Company, shall curtail his use of gas to an amount not to exceed such Daily maximum If customer uses On-Peak gas in excess of said Daily maximum or uses On-Peak gas without contracting for same, customer shall pay Company for such use at the rate herein set forth for On-Peak Service Such gas so taken, however, shall have only the same priority as the Off-Peak gas supplied under this rate On-Peak Service contracted for shall have priority to the use of gas over all Off-Peak Service supplied hereunder but shall be subject to the priority to the use of gas of customers supplied under all other of Company's rates. RULES AND REGULATIONS Service hereunder shall be by individual agreement between customer and Company for the exclusive use of customer and shall not be resold or shared with others. Gas purchased under this rate shall not be used as fuel for gas engines nor shall it be used either as standby to other fuels or for auxiliary purposes Any customer requesting service under this rate shall make provision for interruptions of service as follows Customer shall (1) install and maintain auxiliary equipment capable of supplying the total heat re- quirements normally supplied by the as burning equipment served under this rate, (2 maintain a supply of fuel adequate for a period-of not less than seven (7) consecutive days maximum use of such auxiliary equipment, and (3 ) have qualified personnel employed and available at all times to operate such auxiliary equipment In the event that customer is unable to provide complete and adequate standby for any portion of customer' s gas burning equipment, customer, at his expense, shall arrange the gas piping to the equipment not provided with standby so that the gas to such equipment can be separately metered and gas service to such equip- ment shall be supplied only under the appropriate commercial rate. -7- Necessary extensions and reinforcements of Companyts established distribution system shall be made by individual agreement between applicant and Company based upon the character and permanency of the load Service hereunder is subject to the "General" and "Industrial" Gas Service Rules and Regulations, together with such supplements thereto and revisions thereof as are from time to time in effect , provided that copies of all such rules shall be kept on file with the City Clerk and at the office of the Company " Section 2 In the opinion of the City Council an emergency exists for the preservation of the public health, peace and safety, and this ordinance shall take effect upon its passage under and by virtue of the authority contained in Sections 6 and 7 of Article IV of the City Charter. Introduced, read at length and adopted by the unanimous vote of all members of the City Council, at an adjourned meeting held this 27th day of December, A D 1950. Gt> azi y. iUbmmissioner of 5afetyfand Ex-Officio Mayor Attest City Clerk STATE OF COLORADO) ) ss COUNTY OF LARIMER) I, Miles F House, City Clerk of the City of Fort Collins, do hereby certify and declare that the foregoing Ordinance, consisting of two sections, was duly proposed and read at length at a regular meeting of the City Council, held on the 27th day of December, A D. 1950, and was duly adopted and ord red published in the Fort Collins Coloradoan, a daily newspaper and the official newspaper of the City of Fort Collins, by the unanimous vote of all members of the City Council as an emergency ordinance, in accordance with the provisions of Sections 6 and 7 of Article IV of the City Charter, and thereafter and on to-wit the 2nd day of January , -$. A. D. 1951, said Ordinance No 17 was duly published in the Fort Collins Coloradoan, a daily newspaper published an the City of Fort Collins, Colorado IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said City, this 2nd day of January , A. D. 195(l. City Clerk -9-