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HomeMy WebLinkAbout154 - 11/18/2014 - AMENDING CHAPTER 26 OF THE CITY CODE TO REVISE ELECTRIC RATES, FEES AND CHARGES ORDINANCE NO. 154, 2014 OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS AMENDING CHAPTER 26 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS TO REVISE ELECTRIC RATES, FEES AND CHARGES WHEREAS, the City Council is empowered and directed by Article X11, Section 6, of the City Charter to fix, establish, maintain and provide for the collection of such rates, fees or charges for utility services furnished by the City as will produce revenues sufficient to pay the costs, expenses and other obligations of the electric utility, as set forth therein; and WHEREAS, the City purchases bulk wholesale electric power from Platte ,River Power Authority ("PRPA") pursuant to an Amended Contract for Supply of Electric Power and Energy, dated September 1, 2010; and WHEREAS, PRPA costs are increasing due to reduced wholesale market prices and surplus sales, increased costs for coal, and increased operating costs for aging plants; and WHEREAS, PRPA will increase the City's wholesale cost of power approximately 2.5% in 2015; and WHEREAS, the increased wholesale power costs will require an 'average•1.9%o increase in the City's electric rates; and WHEREAS, the proposed rate increase will vary by customer class based on the cost of service to each class; and WHEREAS, the Energy Board considered the proposed electric rates, fees and changes for 2015 at its September 4, 2014, meeting and recommended approval of the rate changes by an unanimous vote; and WHEREAS, the City Manager and staff have recommended to the City Council the following electric rate adjustments for all billings issued with meter readings on or after January 1, 2015; and WHEREAS,.based on the foregoing, it is the desire of the City Council to amend Chapter 26 of the City Code to revise the electric rates, fees and charges. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS as follows: Section 1. That Sections 26-464(c), (d), (p) and (r) of the Code of the City of Fort Collins are hereby amended to read as follows: Sec. 26-464. Residential energy service, schedule R. (c) Monthly rate. The monthly rates for this schedule are as follows: (1) Fixed charge, per account: five dollars and seven cents•($5.07). (2) Distribution facilities charge, per kilowatt-hour: two and thirty-eight one- hundreds cents ($0.0238). (3) Energy and demand charge, during the summer season billing months of June, July and August, with the summer season billing month determined by the month the meter is read, and provided that no customer shall be billed more than three (3) full billing cycles at the summer rate. The energy and demand charge shall be billed as follows: a. For the first five hundred (500) kilowatt hours per month, per kilowatt hour: six and five one-hundredths cents ($0.0605). b. For the next five hundred (500) kilowatt hours per month, per kilowatt hour: seven and sixty-nine one-hundredths cents ($0.0769). C. For all additional kilowatt hours per month, per kilowatt hour: ten and ninety-seven one-hundredths cents ($0.1097). (4) Energy and demand charge, during the non-summer season billing months of January through May and September through December: a. For the first five hundred (500) kilowatt hours per month, per kilowatt hour: five and forty-five one-hundredths cents ($0.0545). b. For the next five hundred (500) kilowatt hours per month, per kilowatt hour: five and eighty-five one-hundredths cents ($0.0585). C. For all additional kilowatt hours per month, per kilowatt hour: six and seventy-three one-hundredths cents ($0.0673). (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) Medical assistance program. (1) The rates described in Subsection (c) above shall be discounted for those electric customers to whom this rate schedule applies and who apply for such discount, as long as: a. the applicant's annual household income falls below sixty (60) percent of the Larimer County Area Median Income (as determined by the Federal Housing Authority); and - 2 - b. the application is accompanied by a certified, signed statement from a licensed physician that electrical durable medical equipment used at the residential premises is medically necessary and that such medical equipment has been assigned a Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System number; and/or C. a certified, signed statement from a licensed physician that air conditioning at the residential premises is medically necessary for a resident thereof who, in the absence of the air conditioning, may suffer medical deterioration due to a severe immune-compromising medical condition, including, but not limited to, multiple sclerosis, quadriplegia, paraplegia, scleroderma or hemiplegia; and d. the application is accompanied by a sworn affidavit from the applicant verifying that all information contained in the application, including, if applicable, the representation that air conditioning will be operational at the applicant's address during the summer billing months, is true and correct. (2) Applications for rate discounts under this Section must be submitted annually in accordance with an administratively established schedule. (3) The discounted rates for customers with electrical durable medical equipment only shall be calculated as follows: a. Fixed charge, per account: five dollars and seven cents ($5.07). b. Distribution facilities charge, per kilowatt hour: two and thirty- eight one-hundredths cents ($0.0238). C. Energy and demand charge, during the summer season billing months of June, July and August, with the summer season billing month determined by the month the meter is read, and provided that no customer shall be billed more than three (3) full billing cycles at the summer rate. The energy demand charge shall be billed as follows:, 1. For the first five hundred (500) kilowatt hours per month, per kilowatt hour: three and forty-two one-hundredths cents ($0.0342). 2. For the next five hundred (500) kilowatt hours per month, per kilowatt hour: seven and sixty-nine one-hundredths cents ($0.0769). 3. For all additional kilowatt hours per month, per kilowatt hour: ten and ninety-seven one-hundredths cents: ($0.1097). - 3 - d. Energy and demand charge, during the non-summer season billing months of January through May and September through December: 1. For the first five hundred (500) kilowatt hours per month, per kilowatt hour: two and ninety-eight one-hundredths cents , ($0.0298). 2. For the next five hundred (500) kilowatt hours per month, per kilowatt hour: five and eighty-five one-hundredths cents ($0.0585). 3. For all additional kilowatt hours per month, per kilowatt hour: six and seventy-three one-hundredths ($0.0673). C. 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. (4) The discounted rates for customers with medical needs requiring air conditioning only shall be calculated as follows: a. Fixed charge, per account: five dollars and seven cents ($5.07). b. Distribution facilities charge, per kilowatt hour: two and thirty- eight one-hundredths cents ($0.0238). C. Energy and demand charge, during the summer season billing months of June, July and August, with the summer season billing month determined by the month the meter is read, and provided that no customer shall be billed more than three (3) full billing cycles at the summer rate. The energy and demand charge shall be billed as follows: 1. For the first five hundred (500) kilowatt hours per month, per kilowatt hour: three and thirty-five one-hundredths cents ($0.0335). 2. For the next five hundred (500) kilowatt hours per month, per kilowatt hour: four and twenty-five one-hundredths cents ($0.0425). 3. For all additional kilowatt hours per month, per kilowatt hour: ten and ninety-seven one-hundredths cents*($0.1097). d: Energy and demand charge, during the non-summer season billing months of January through May and September through December: -4 - 1. For the first five hundred (500) kilowatt hours per month, per kilowatt hour: five and forty-five one-hundredths cents ($0.0545). 2. For the next five hundred (500) kilowatt hours per month, per kilowatt hour: five and eighty-five , one-hundredths cents ($0.0585). 3. For all additional kilowatt hours per month, per kilowatt hour: six and seventy-three one-hundredths cents ($0.0673). C. 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. (5) The discounted rates for customers with electrical durable medical equipment and medical needs requiring air conditioning shall be calculated as follows: a. Fixed charge, per account: five dollars and seven cents ($5.07). b. Distribution facilities charge, per kilowatt hour: two and thirty- eight one-hundredths cents ($0.0238). C. Energy and demand charge, during the summer season billing months of June, July and August, with the summer season billing month determined by the month the meter is read, and provided that no customer shall be billed more than three (3) full billing cycles at the summer rate. The energy and demand charge shall be billed as follows: 1. For the first five hundred (500) kilowatt hours per month, per kilowatt hour: two and nineteen one-hundredths cents ($0.0219). 2. For the next five hundred (500) kilowatt hours per month, per kilowatt hour: two and seventy-eight one-hundredths cents ($0.0278). 3. For all additional kilowatt hours per month, per kilowatt hour: ten and ninety-seven one-hundredths cents ($0.1097). d. Energy and demand charge,during the non-summer season billing months of January through May and September through December: 1. For the first five hundred (500) kilowatt hours per month, per kilowatt hour: two and ninety-eight one-hundredths cents ($0.0298). - 5 - 2. For the next five hundred (500) kilowatt hours per month, per kilowatt hour: five and eighty-five one-hundredths cents ($0.0585). 3. For all additional kilowatt hours per month, per kilowatt hour: six and seventy-three one-hundredth cents ($0.0673). e. 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. (6) Notwithstanding the foregoing, no rate established under this Subsection shall reflect a discount exceeding an amount consistent with the use of one hundred fifty (150) kilowatt hours per month for the operation of electrical durable medical equipment or, if applicable, an additional amount consistent with the use of three hundred fifty (350) kilowatt hours per month for air conditioning. (7) A decision that an applicant does not qualify to participate in this program for a medical or financial reason may be appealed to the Utilities Executive Director, who shall, prior to making his or her decision, and as he or she deems appropriate, confer with one (1) or more medical or financial experts in reviewing such appeal. (p) Net metering. (1) Net metering service is available to a customer-generator producing electric energy exclusively with a qualifying facility using a qualifying renewable technology when the generating capacity of the customer-generator's qualifying facility meets the following two (2) criteria: a. the qualifying facility is sized to supply no more than one hundred twenty (120) percent of the customer-generator's average annual electricity consumption at that site, including all contiguous property owned or leased by the customer-generator, without regard to interruptions in contiguity caused by easements, public thoroughfares, transportation rights-of-way or utility rights-of-way; and b. the rated capacity of the qualifying facility does not exceed the customer-generator's service entrance capacity. (2) The energy generated by an on-site qualifying facility and delivered to the utility's electric distribution facility shall be used to offset energy provided by the utility to the customer-generator during the applicable billing period. (3) The customer-generator and electric service arrangements shall be subject to the requirements and conditions described in the City of Fort Collins Utility - 6 - Services Interconnection Standards for Generating Facilities Connected to the Fort Collins Distribution System. (4) A customer-generator who receives approval from the electric utility to obtain net metering service shall be subject to the monthly rates described above in this rate schedule section. (5) The customer-generator's consumption of energy from the utility and production of energy that flows into the utility's distribution system shall be measured on a monthly basis. The energy consumed from the utility by the customer-generator shall be billed at the applicable seasonal tiered rate as outlined in Subsection (c) of this Section. The energy produced by the customer-generator shall be credited to the customer as follows: a. Distribution facilities charge, per kilowatt-hour: two and thirty- eight one-hundredths cents ($0.0238). b. The energy and demand credit, per kilowatt-hour: six and five one- hundredths cents ($0.0605). (r) Net metering-community solar projects. (1) Net metering service is available to a customer who holds an exclusive interest in a portion of the electric energy generated by a community solar project when the generating capacity of the customer's interest is sized to supply no more than one hundred twenty (120) percent of the customer's average annual electricity consumption at the customer's point of service, including all contiguous property owned or leased by the customer, without regard to interruptions in contiguity caused by easements, public thoroughfares, transportation rights-of-way or utility rights-of-way. (2) The community solar project-generator and electric service arrangements shall be subject to the requirements and conditions described in the City of Fort Collins Utility Services Interconnection Standards for Generating Facilities Connected to the Fort Collins Distribution System. (3) Both the customer's consumption of energy from Fort Collins Utilities and interest in the production of energy that flows into Fort Collins Utilities' distribution system shall be measured on a monthly basis. The energy consumed from Fort Collins Utilities by the customer shall be billed at the applicable seasonal tiered rate as outlined in Subsections (c) and (d) of this Section. The energy produced by the customer's portion of the qualifying facility shall be credited to the customer as follows: - 7 - I. Distribution facilities charge, per kilowatt-hour: one and nineteen one-hundredths cents ($0.0119). 2. The energy and demand credit, per kilowatt-hour: six and five one-hundredths cents ($0.0605). Section 2. That Sections 26-465 (c), (f), (q), and (r) of the Code of the City of Fort Collins are hereby amended to read as follows: Sec. 26-465. Residential demand service, schedule RD (c) Monthly rate. The monthly rates are as follows: (1) Fixed charge, per account: five dollars and seven cents ($5.07). (2) Demand charge, per kilowatt: two dollars and twenty-six cents ($2.26). (3) Distribution facilities charge, per kilowatt-hour: two and eleven one- hundredths cents ($0.021 1). (4) Eneigy charge, per kilowatt-hour: a. During the summer season billing months of June, July and August: four and sixteen one-hundredths cents ($0.0416). b. During the non-summer season billing months of January through May and September through December: four and zero one-hundredths cents ($0.0400). C. The meter reading date shall generally determine the summer season billing months; however, no customer shall be billed more than three (3) full billing cycles at the summer rate. (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. (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 thirty- three cents ($2.33) 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 six dollars and ninety-nine cents ($6.99) per kilowatt. - 8 - (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. (q) Net metering. (1) Net metering service is available to a customer-generator producing electric energy exclusively with a qualifying facility using a qualifying renewable technology when the generating capacity of the customer-generator's qualifying facility meets the following two (2) criteria: a. the qualifying facility is sized to supply no more than one hundred twenty (120) percent of the customer-generator's average annual electricity consumption at that site, including all contiguous property owned or leased by the customer-generator, without regard to interruptions in contiguity caused by easements, public thoroughfares, transportation rights-of-way or utility rights-of-way; and b. the rated capacity of the qualifying facility does not exceed the customer-generator's service entrance capacity. (2) The energy generated by an on-site qualifying facility and delivered to the utility's electric distribution facility shall be used to offset energy provided by the utility to the customer-generator during the applicable billing period. (3) The customer-generator and electric service arrangements shall be subject to the requirements and conditions described in the City of Fort Collins Utility Services Interconnection Standards for Generating Facilities Connected to the Fort Collins Distribution System. (4) A customer-generator who receives approval from the electric utility to obtain net metering service shall be subject to the monthly rates described above in this rate schedule section. (5) The customer-generator's consumption of energy from the utility and production of energy that flows into the utility's distribution system shall be measured on a monthly basis. The energy consumed from the utility by the customer-generator shall be billed at the applicable seasonal tiered rate as outlined in Section Subsection (c) of this Section. The energy produced by the customer- generator shall be credited to the customer as follows: - 9 - a. Distribution facilities charge, per kilowatt hour: two and thirty-eight one-hundredths cents ($0.0238). b. The energy and demand credit, per kilowatt-hour: six and five one- hundredths cents ($0.0605). (r) Net metering-community solar projects. (1) Net metering service is available to a customer who holds an exclusive interest in a portion of the electric energy generated by a community solar project when the generating capacity of the customer's interest is sized to supply no more than one hundred twenty (120) percent of the customer's average annual electricity consumption at the customer's point of . service, including all contiguous property owned or leased by the customer, without regard to interruptions in contiguity caused by easements, public thoroughfares, transportation rights-of-way or utility rights-of-way. (2) The community solar project-generator and electric service arrangements shall be subject to the requirements and conditions described in the City of Fort Collins Utility Services Interconnection Standards for Generating Facilities Connected to the Fort Collins Distribution System. (3) Both the customer's consumption of energy from Fort Collins Utilities and interest in the production of energy that flows into Fort Collins Utilities' distribution system shall be measured on a monthly basis. The energy consumed from Fort Collins Utilities by the customer shall be billed at the applicable seasonal tiered rate as outlined in Subsection (c) of this Section. The energy produced by the customer's portion of the qualifying facility shall be credited to the customer as follows: 1. Distribution facilities charge, per kilowatt-hour: one and nineteen one-hundredths cents ($0.0119). 2. The energy and demand credit, per kilowatt-hour: six and five one- hundredths cents ($0.0605). Section 3. That Section 26-466 (c) and (r) of the Code of the City of Fort Collins is hereby amended to read as follows: Sec. 26-466. General service,schedule GS. (c) Monthly rate. The monthly rates for this schedule are as follows: (1) Fixed charge, per account: 10 - a. Single-phase, two-hundred-ampere service: three dollars and twenty-six cents ($3.26). b. Single-phase, above two-hundred-ampere service: nine dollars and sixty cents ($9.60). C. Three-phase, two-hundred-ampere service: four dollars and ninety- six cents ($4.96). d. Three-phase, above two-hundred-ampere service: eleven dollars and seventy-four cents ($11.74). (2) Demand charge, per kilowatt-hour: a. During the summer season billing months of June, July and August: two and seventy-seven one-hundredths cents ($0.0277). b. During the non-summer season billing months of January through May and September through December: one and forty-nine one- hundredths cents ($0.0149). C. The meter reading date shall generally determine the summer season billing months; however, no customer shall be billed more than three (3) full billing cycles at the summer rate. (3) Distribution facilities charge, per kilowatt-hour: Two and twenty-seven one-hundredths cents ($0.0227). (4) Energy charge, per kilowatt-hour: a. During the summer season billing months of June, July and August: four and sixteen one-hundredths cents ($0.0416). b. During the non-summer season billing months of January through May and September through December: four and zero one-hundredths cents ($0.0400). C. The meter reading date shall generally determine the summer season billing months; however, no customer shall be billed more than three (3) full billing cycles at the summer rate. (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. - 11 - (r) Net metering-community solar projects. (1) Net metering service is available to a customer who holds an exclusive interest in a portion of the electric energy generated by a community solar project when the generating capacity of the customer's interest is sized to supply no more than one hundred twenty (120) percent of the customer's average annual electricity consumption at the customer's point of service, including all contiguous property owned or leased by the customer, without regard to interruptions in contiguity caused by easements, public thoroughfares, transportation rights-of-way or utility rights-of-way. (2) The community solar project-generator and electric service arrangements shall be subject to the requirements and conditions described in the City of Fort Collins Utility Services Interconnection Standards for Generating Facilities Connected to the Fort Collins Distribution System. (3) Both the customer's consumption of energy from Fort Collins Utilities and interest in the production of energy that flows into Fort Collins Utilities' distribution system shall be measured on a monthly basis. The energy consumed from Fort Collins Utilities by the customer shall be billed at the applicable seasonal tiered rate as outlined in Subsection (c) of this Section. The energy produced by the customer's portion of the qualifying facility shall be credited to the customer as follows: 1. Distribution facilities charge, per kilowatt-hour: one and fourteen one- hundredths cents ($0.0114). 2. The energy and demand credit, per kilowatt-hour: four and sixteen one-hundredths cents ($0.0416). Section 4. That Sections 26-467 (c) and (f) of the Code of the City of Fort Collins are hereby amended to read as follows: Sec. 26-467. General service 25, schedule GS25. . (c) Monthly rate. The monthly rates for this schedule are as follows: (1) Fixed charge, per account: a. Single-phase, two-hundred-ampere service: three dollars _ and twenty-six cents ($3.26)." b. Single-phase, above two-hundred-ampere service: nine dollars and sixty cents ($1-0$3$9.60). C. Three-phase, two-hundred-ampere service: four dollars.and ninety- six cents ($4.96). 12 - d. Three-phase, above two-hundred-ampere service: eleven dollars and seventy-four cents ($1 1.74). (2) Demand charge, per kilowatt: a. During the summer season billing months of June, July and August: seven dollars and fifty-two cents ($7.52). b. During the non-summer season billing months of January through May and September through December: four dollars and thirty-seven cents ($4.37). C. The meter reading date shall generally determine the summer season billing months; however, no customer shall be billed more than three (3) full billing cycles at the summer rate. (3) Distribution facilities charge, per kilowatt-hour: one and seventy-six one- hundredths cents ($0.0176). (4) Energy charge, per kilowatt-hour: a. During the summer season billing months of June, July and August: four and sixteen one-hundredths cents ($0.0416). b. During the non-summer season billing months of January through May and September through December: four and zero one-hundredths cents ($0.0400). C. The meter reading date shall generally determine the summer season billing months; however, no customer shall be billed more than three (3) full billing cycles at the summer rate. (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. (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 three dollars and eighty- two cents ($3.82) 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 eleven dollars and forty-five cents ($11.45) per kilowatt. 13 - (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. Section 5. That numbered Section 26-468 (c), (f) and (g) of the Code of the City of Fort Collins are hereby amended to read as follows: Sec. 26-468. General service 50, schedule GS50. (c) Monthly rate. The.monthly rates for this schedule are as follows: (1) Fixed charge, per account: nine dollars and forty-five cents ($9.45). 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: a. During the summer season .billing months of June, July and August: eleven and eighteen cents ($1 1.19). b. During the non-summer season billing months of January through May and September through December: seven dollars and eighty cents ($7.80). C. The meter reading date shall generally determine the summer season billing months; however, no customer shall be billed more than three (3) full billing cycles at the summer rate. (3) Distribution facilities demand charge, per kilowatt: five dollars and ninety cents ($5.90). (4) Energy charge, per kilowatt-hour: a. During the summer season billing months of June, July and August: four and sixteen one-hundredths cents ($0.0416). b. During the non-summer season billing months of January through T� May and September through December: four and zero one-hundredths cents ($0.0400). C. The meter reading date shall generally determine the summer season billing months; however, no customer shall be billed more than three (3) full billing cycles at the summer rate. 14 - (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. (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 four dollars and seventy-two cents ($4.72) 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 fourteen dollars and sixteen cents ($14.16) 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) Excess circuit charge. In the event a utility customer in this rate class desires excess circuit capacity for the purpose of controlling the available electric capacity of a backup circuit connection, this service, if available, will be provided on an annual contract basis at a level at least sufficient to meet probable backup demand (in kilowatts) as determined by the customer and approved by the utility according to the following: (1) The excess circuit charge shall be eighty-six cents ($0.86) per contracted kilowatt of backup capacity per month. For any metered kilowatts in excess of the r: contracted amount, the excess circuit charge shall be two dollars and fifty-eight cents ($2.58) per kilowatt. (2) In the event the contractual kilowatt limit is exceeded, a new annual contract period will automatically begin as of the month the limit is exceeded. The metered demand in the month of exceedance shall become the minimum contracted demand level for the excess circuit charge. - 15 - Section 6. That numbered Sections 26-469 (c), (f) and (g) of the Code of the City of Fort Collins are hereby amended to read as follows: Sec. 26-469. General service 750, schedule GS750. (c) Monthly rate. The monthly rates for this schedule are as follows: (1) Fixed charge, per account: fifteen dollars and twenty-four cents ($15.24). a. Additional charge for each additional metering point: nine dollars and fifty cents ($9.50). 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: a. During the summer season billing months of June, July and August: eleven and one cent($11.01). b. During the non-summer season billing months of January through May and September through December: seven dollars and sixty-nine cents ($7.69). C. The meter reading date shall generally determine the summer season billing months; however, no customer shall be billed more than three (3) full billing cycles at the summer rate. (3) Distribution facilities demand charge, per kilowatt: a. First seven hundred fifty (750) kilowatts: five dollars and eighty- five cents ($5.85). b. All additional kilowatts: three dollars and forty-eight cents ($3.48). (4) Energy charge, per kilowatt-hour: a. During the summer season billing months of June, July and August: four and ten one-hundredths cents ($0.0410). b. During the non-summer season billing months of January through. May and September through December: three and ninety-four one- hundredths cents ($0.0394). C. The meter reading date shall generally determine the summer season billing months: however, no customer shall be billed more than three (3) full billing cycles at the summer rate. 16 - (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. (f) Standby service charger. 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 fifty-two cents ($3.52) 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 fifty-six cents ($10.56) 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) Excess circuit charge. In the event.a utility customer in this rate class desires excess circuit capacity for the purpose of controlling the available electric capacity of a backup circuit connection, this service, if available, will be provided on an annual contract basis at a level at least sufficient to meet probable backup demand (in kilowatts) as determined by the customer and approved by the utility according to the following: (1) The excess circuit charge shall be sixty-four cents ($0.64) per contracted kilowatt of backup capacity per month. For any metered kilowatts in excess of the contracted amount, the excess circuit charge shall be one dollars and ninety-two cents ($1.92) per kilowatt. (2) In the event the contractual kilowatt limit is exceeded, a new annual contract period will automatically begin as of the month the limit is exceeded. The metered demand in the month of exceedance shall become the minimum contracted demand level for the excess circuit charge. - 17 - Section 7. That 26-470 (b), (c) and (e) of the Code of the City of Fort Collins are hereby amended to read as follows: Sec. 26-470. Substation service, schedule SS. (b) Applicability. This schedule applies to customers served directly from a City substation who do not utilize any part of the City's electric distribution system (including, but not limited to, duct banks, circuits or conduits) to receive service. This schedule applies only to individual services with an average metered demand of seven hundred fifty (750) kilowatts or greater. (c) Monthly rate. The monthly rates for this schedule are as follows: (1) Fixed charge, per account: thirty-nine dollars and forty-seven cents ($39.47). (2) Coincident demand charge, per kilowatt: a. During the summer season billing months of June, July and August: ten dollars and eighty-four cents ($10.84). b. During the non-summer season billing months of January through May and September through December: seven dollars and fifty-seven cents ($7.57). C. The meter reading date shall generally determine the summer season billing months; however, no customer shall be billed more than three (3) full billing cycles at the summer rate. (3) Distribution facilities demand charge, per kilowatt: two dollars and fifty cents ($2.50). (4) Energy charge, per kilowatt-hour: a. During the summer season billing months of June, July and August: four and four one-hundredths cents ($0.0404). b. During the non-summer season billing months of January through May and September through December: three and eighty-eight one- hundredths cents ($0.0388). C. The meter reading date shall generally determine the summer season billing months; however, no customer shall be billed more than three (3) full billing cycles at the summer rate. (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. 18 - (e) 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 twenty-two cents ($2.22) 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 six dollars and sixty-six cents ($6.66) 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. Section 8. That the amendments herein are effective shall go into effect for all bills issued with meter readings on or after January 1, 2015. Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 21st day of October, A.D. 2014, and to be presented for final passage on the 18th day of November, A.D. 2014. �� L Ma+or ATTEST: W City Clerk 19 - Passed and adopted on final reading on the ISth day of November, A.D. 2014. Mayo ATTEST: G1TY pF •. O��f City Clerk 1 :0 o ;p 0 r� - 20 -