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Home My WebLink About~Master - Amending Chapter 26 of Municipal Code (Electric Rates) ORDINANCE NO. 1038 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 26 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE OF THE CITY OF AMES, IOWA, BY REPEALING SECTIONS 26-2, 26-3, 26-4, 26-5, 26-5 (a) and 26-5 (b) ; AND ENACTING NEW RESIDENTIAL, WATER HEATING, COMMERCIAL AND GENERAL POWER RATE SCHEDULES FOR ELECTRICAL ENERGY AND SERVICE. Be It Ordained By The City Council of the City of Ames, Iowa, as follows: Section 1. That Sections 26-2, 26-3, 26-4, 26-5, 26-5 (a) and 26-5 (b) of the Municipal Code of the City of Ames, Iowa, be and the same are hereby repealed, and the following enacted in lieu thereof to be known as Sections 26-2, 26-3, 26-4, -, 26-5, re- spectively, of the Municipal Code of the City of Ames, Iowa: 25-2. Residential Rate Schedule. Residential use for the purpose of this chapter shall include only single phase electric service for residential use in a single family dwelling, or to individually metered apartments within apartment buildings and to lighting for entrances, halls, stairways and other use of electricity in con- nection with operation of such apartment buildings. Where a residence and a business are combined in one premise, service for the combined use will be consider- ed residential only if the predominate use is for residential purposes. If the use is predominately for business purposes, the customer shall be required to take all service under the applicable commercial rate. Rate: Per meter for electric energy used during meter reading intervals of approximately 30 days. For the first 25 Kwh 6. 0C per Kwh For the next 125 Kwh 3. 2G per Kwh For the next 850 Kwh 2 .04� per Kwh All in excess of 1000 Kwh 1.0G per Kwh Minimum charge $1. 50 per meter reading interval or portion thereof. 25-3. Water Heating. This rate is available for sepa- rately metered operation of heating units or units of an automatic water heater. This rate shall not be available for water heaters used to produce hot water concerned in a commercial or industrial operation. Rate: Per meter for electrical energy used during meter reading intervals of approximately 30 days. 1.0,� per Kwh Minimum charge, $1. 00 per meter reading interval or fraction thereof. 25-4. Commercial. This rate is available for general commercial usage and for miscellaneous power uses where the consumption of electrical energy in any meter reading period in any calendar year does not exceed 10,000 Kwh. 2 - Rate: Per meter for electrical energy used during meter reading intervals of approximately 30 days. For the first 25 Kwh 6. OG per Kwh For the next 375 Kwh 4. 04 per Kwh For the next 3600 Kwh 3.04� per Kwh All in excess of 4000 Kwh 1. 5C per Kwh Minimum charge, $1. 50 per meter reading interval or fraction thereof. 25-5. General Power. This rate is available for ser- vice supplied to any commercial or industrial customer where the consumption of electrical energy in any month during a calendar year exceeds 10, 000 Kwh. A customer who exceeds 10,000 Kwh per month in any one month may elect to receive power under this rate. A customer who exceeds 10, 000 Kwh consumption per month in any three months within a calendar year, or who exceeds 12, 000 Kwh consumption per month in any one month, shall be required to receive power under this rate at the option of the City. A customer who elects at his option to receive power under this rate may not return to the commercial rate, except at the option of the City. Rate: Per meter for electrical energy used during meter reading intervals of approximately 30 days. Demand Charge: For the first 30 KW of maximum demand per month $2. 50 per KW For all maximum demand per month in excess of 30 KW $1. 25 per KW Energy Charge: For the first 100 Kwh per KW of maximum demand per month 2.04� per KWH For the next 200 Kwh per KW of maximum demand per month 1. 24 per KWH All in excess of 300 Kwh per KW of maximum demand per month. 0. 54` per KWH Minimum charge shall be the demand charge for the month. The maximum demand shall be either the highest inte- grated KW load during any 30 minute period occurring in the billing month for which the determination is made, or 75% of the highest maximum demand which has occurred in the preceding 11 months, whichever is greater. Customers who elect to take service at primary volt- age shall be granted discounts of the following type: (a) Five percent of energy charge where metering is on the high voltage side of customer owned transformers. (b) One and one-half percent of energy charge where metering is on the high voltage side of utility owned transformers. Power factor adjustment may be made at the option of the City in the billing demand when the customer' s power factor is determined to be less 85% lagging or more than 90% lagging. The measured maximum demand will be multi- plied by 85 and divided by the customer ' s lagging power factor expressed as a percentage. No credit shall be given for leading power factors. 3 - Section 2. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in con- flict with the provisions of this ordinance are hereby repealed. Section 3. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after September 10, 1962 and its passage and publication as provided by law. Passed this 4th day of September 1962. M _k- 63"a, I M. W. Jord ity Clerk Pearle P. DeHart, Mayor Moved by Eschbach and seconded by Armstrong Ordinance No. 1038 be passed on its first reading. Voting Aye: Armstrong, Judge, Eschbach, Brouhard, Bledsoe Schilletter Voting Nay: None Absent: None Moved by Judge and seconded by Eschbach the rules governing the passage of ordinances be suspended, the second and third read- ings be omitted and Ordinance No. 1038 be placed on its final passage. Voting Aye: Armstrong, Judge, Eschbach, Brouhard, Bledsoe Schilletter Voting Nay: None Absent: None Moved by Eschbach and seconded by Bledsoe Ordinance No. 1038 do now pass. Voting Aye: Armstrong, Judge , Eschbach, Brouhard, Bledsoe Schilletter Voting Nay: None Absent: None Mayor DeHart declared Ordinance No. 1038 duly adopted. I, M. W. Jordan, City Clerk of the City of Ames, Iowa, do hereby certify that the above and foregoing Ordinance No. 1038 was duly and properly passed at a meeting of the City Council on the 4th day of September, 1962, and published in the Ames Daily Tribune on the 22nd day of September, 1962. M . tip, Jorda ity Clerk