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HomeMy WebLinkAbout~Master - Repealing Certain Sections of Municipal Code; Establishing Electric Rates NJL 9/27/68 ORDINANCE NO. 2271 AN ORDINANCE REPEALING SECTIONS 36-8002, 36-8003, 36-8004 AND 36-8005 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE OF THE CITY OF AMES, IOWA; ESTAB- LISHING NEW SECTIONS TO BE NUMBERED 36-8002, 36-8003, 36-8004 AND 36-8005, ESTABLISHING THE RATES AT WHICH CHARGES WILL BE MADE FOR ELECTRIC ENERGY AND SERVICE; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES AND PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH AND ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. IT IS ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF AMES, IOWA: Section 1. Sections 36-8002, 36-8003, 36-8004 and 36-8005 of the Municipal Code of the City of Ames, Iowa, as hitherto existing, is hereby repealed. Section 2. New Sections 36-8002 through 36-8005 are hereby added to the Municipal Code of the City of Ames, Iowa, and are as follows : Sec. 36-8002. Rates established. The following are the rates at which charges will be made for electric energy and service rendered to consumers by the electric utility of the City. Sec. 36-8003 . Residential Rates . (a) General Residential Rate. (1) Availability: To residential customers for all single-phase domestic uses in single-family houses or separately metered single-family apartments . (2) Net Rate : (per month) First 50 Kwhr at 5.00ji per Kwhr Next 100 Kwhr at 3 . 10ji per Kwhr Next 850 Kwhr at 2 . 303� per Kwhr Over 1, 000 Kwhr at 1. 253� per Kwhr (3) Minimum Bill : $2.00 per month. (4) Conditions : General conditions (a) , (b) and (c) as set forth in Sec. 36-8005 are applicable. (b) Residential Water Heating Rate. (1) Availability: To residential customers for all single-phase domestic uses in single-family houses or separately metered single-family apartments provided the customer has installed and exclusively in use an approved electric hot water heater. (2) Net Rate: (per month) First 50 Kwhr at 5.00,1 per Kwhr Next 100 Kwhr at 3. 10�4_ per Kwhr Next 250 Kwhr at 1.10¢ per Kwhr Next 850 Kwhr at 2. 200 per Kwhr Over 1, 25,) Kwhr at 1. 25�4_ per Kwhr (3) Minimum Bill : $2. 50 per month. (4) Conditions : General conditions (a) , (b) , (c) and (d) as set forth in Sec. 38-8005 are applicable. (c) Residential Space Heating Rate. (1) Availability: To residential customers for all single-phase domestic uses in single-family houses or separately metered single-family apartments pro- vided the residence is regularly and completely heated by approved permanently installed electric heating equipment„ during October through May. _ (2) Net Rates: ' (per•month) First 50 Kwhr at 5.00pZ_ per Kwhr Next 100 Kwhr at 3 .10,�4_ per Kwhr Next 250 Kwhr at 2. 10ji per Kwhr Next 350 Kwhr at 1. 50, per Kwhr Over 750 Kwhr at 1.00ji per Kwhr (3) Minimum Bill : $2. 50 per month. (4) Conditions: General conditions (a) , (b) , (c) , (d) , and (e) as set forth in Sec. 38-8005 are applicable. Sec. 36-8004. Commercial and Industrial Rates. (a) General Power Rate. (1) Availability: To commercial and industrial custo- mers taking single-phase or three-phase electric service for general commercial usage and for miscell- aneous power uses where the consumption of electric energy in any month during the calendar year does not exceed 12, 000 Kwhr. (2) Net Rates: (per month) (a) Rate A - Available to commercial and industries customers where the consumption of electrical energy in any month during the calendar year does not exceed 5, 000 Kwhr. First 50 Kwhr at 5.0ji per Kwhr Next 350 Kwhr at 3 .80 per Kwhr Next 3, 600 Kwhr at 2. 8�4_ per Kwhr Over 4, 000 Kwhr at 1.7;� per Kwhr Minimum Bill : $2. 50 per month. (b) Rate B - Available to commercial and industries customers where the consumption of electrical energy in any month during the calendar year exceeds 5000 Kwhr but does not exceed 12, 000 Kwhr. First 100 Kwhr at 5.000 per Kwhr Next 900 Kwhr at 3 .600 per Kwhr Next 9, 000 Kwhr at 2.400 per Kwhr Over 10, 000 Kwhr at 1. 70,1 per Kwhr Minimum Bill : $10, 00 per month. (3) Electric Space Heating Rider: Where permanently installed electric space heating equipment is the exclusive source of heating in the building, the monthly rate shall be as follows for bills dated October through May. Bills dated June through September will be billed on Rate A or B above whichever is applicable. First 50 Kwhr at 5.0,(Z per Kwhr Next 350 Kwhr at 3 .8,(� per Kwhr Over 400 Kwhr at 1.70 per Kwhr Minimum Bill: $10, 00 per month. (4) Conditions : (a) General conditions (a) and (b) as set forth in Sec. 36-8005 are applicable. (b) The following specific conditions also apply: (1) Unless three-phase service is determined by the City to be economically available, motors up to and including 5 H.P. shall be single-phase. Motors above 5 H.P. shall be three-phase. Three-phase service will normally be 120/208 volt, 4-wire. Where conditions warrant (outside the business district area) , 4-wire 120/240 volt service may be furnished if mutually agreeable to the City and the customer. -2Z- (2) Fluctuating Loads. Loads requiring excessive transformer capacity because of large momen- tary current requirements, or to provide close voltage regulation, shall be subject to an additional charge of $0.30 per rated Kva. No charge shall apply if customer furnishes transformers . -3- (3) Should the electrical energy furnished under this schedule for any reason be metered on the primary side of the service transformers, a discount of lz percent of the energy charge shall apply. (4) To qualify for the space heating rate, the total connected load of the permanent space heating equipment shall be at least 4, 000 watts. Before the space heating rider is put into effect, the heating system shall be inspected and approved by the City of Ames Electric Utility. (b) Large Power Rate. (1) Availability: To commercial and industrial custo- mers whose consumption in any month during the calendar year exceeds 10, 000 Kwhr. A customer who exceeds 10, 000 Kwhr in any one month may elect to receive power under this rate. A customer who exceeds 10, 000 Kwhr per month in any three months or who exceeds 12, 000 Kwhr in any one month during a calendar year shall be required to receive power under this rate at the option of the City. A customer who elects at his own option to receive power under this rate may not return to the General Power rate except at the option of the City. (2) Net Rate: (per month) Demand Charge: First 30 Kw of Billing Demand at $2. 75 per Kw Next 40 Kw of Billing Demand at $1. 90 per Kw Over 70 Kw of Billing Demand at $1. 25 per Kw Energy Charge: First 100 Kwhr per Kw of Billing Demand at 1. 60,(Z per Kwhr Next 200 Kwhr per Kw of Billing Demand at 1. 20�4_ per Kwhr Over 300 Kwhr per Kw of Billing Demand at 0 . 65�Z per Kwhr (3) Electric Space Heating Rider: Where permanently installed electric space heating equipment is the exclusive source of heating in the building, the monthly rate shall be the same as above during October through May except the demand charge for the first 70 Kw of billing demand shall be $1.60 per Kw and the first 100 Kwhr per Kw of billing demand shall be at 1. 5¢ per Kwhr. (4) Billing Demand: The billing demand shall be the maximum measured 30-minute integrated demand in the billing month. (5) Minimum Bill : The monthly minimum bill shall be the highest demand charge in the current or pre- ceding eleven months. (6) Power Factor Adjustment : A power factor adjustment may be made, at the option of the City, when the power factor at the time of maximum monthly demand is less than 85% lagging. If the power factor is less than 85/, the billing demand may be increased as follows: (85/o Minus Measured Power Factor)times (Current Month Maximum Measured Demand) (7) Service Facilities: The City shall furnish as a standard installation facilities adequate to supply service at a single point of deliveryto a normal load equal to the maximum 30-minute demand of the customer. Each standard installation shall include, where necessary, facilities for one standard trans- formation and the demand and energy consumption of the entire premises. ('8) Excess Facilities Charge: In the event service facilities in addition to, or different from, a standard installation are requested by the customer, or are required to serve the customer ' s load, the City shall furnish, install, and maintain such facilities subject to the following considerations : (a) The type, extent, and location of such service facilities shall be determined by agreement between the City and the customer. (b) Such service facilities shall be the property of the City of Ames Electric Utility. (c) The customer shall pay a monthly rental charge on those facilities in excess of the facilities included in a standard installation. (d) If the optional or non-standard facilities are used for other customers also, the rental payable by the customer shall be that portion of the total rental which is reasonably assignable to the customer. (9) Multiple Metering: Where two or more demand meter- ing installations are provided, the maximum 30 - minute demand shallbe determined by adding together the separate demands at each metering installation. However, primary metering may be installed to measure the total demand at one point, if feasible. Where two or more watthour metering installations are provided, the total Kwhr used for billing pur- poses shall be determined by adding together the Kwhr metered at each installation. However, the maximum demand and Kwhr supplied at two or more premises will not be combined for billing purposes hereunder. (10) Primary Service: Customers who take service at primary voltage shall be granted discounts as follows : (a) llz/ of the demand and energy charge where metering is on the high voltage side of City- owned transformers. (b) 5/ of the demand charge and 11Z/ of the energy charge where metering is on the high voltage side of customer-owned transformers . (11) Conditions : (a) General condition (a) as set forth in Sec. 36-8005 applies. (b) The following specific conditions also apply: (1) The customer' s total usage on a single premise shall determine whether the cus- tomer qualifies for service under this rate structure. In no event will the customer be billed on both the General Power and Large Power rates. A premise is defined as the main building of a commercial or industrial establishment, and shall include the outlying or adjacent buildings used by the same pro- vided the use of service in the out- lying buildings is supplemental and similar to the service used in the main building. (2) Before the space heating rider is put into effect, the heating system shall be inspected and approved by the City of Ames Electric Utility. (3) Fluctuating Loads. If use of energy is intermittent or subject to violent fluctu- ation, the city may base the metered demand upon a 10-minute demand period, or add to the 30-minute measured demand an amount equal to 65/ of the rated capac- ity in Kw of apparatus which causes such fluctuations . Sec. 38-8005. General Conditions. the following general conditions are applicable to the foregoing as indicated in each rate schedule: (a) Above service provided subject to City of Ames rules and regulations. (b) This schedule will be applied to each meter and point of delivery and in no event will meter readings be combined. (c) Where a residence and a business are combined on one premise, service for the combined use will be consider d residential only if the predominant use is for resi- dential purposes. If the use is predominantly for business purposes, the customer is required to take all service under the applicable General Power or Larg Power rate. (d) The standard approved type of electric water heater shall consist of a tank of 30 gallons capacity, or more, which has two thermostatically controlled non- inductive 240-volt heating elements of not more than 5, 000 watts per element. The elements must be connected interlocRing in order that both elements may not operate simultaneously. (e) The permanent space heating equipment shall be a 240 j volt single-phase electric system such as the heat pump, radiant base board, radiant panel or radiant ceiling panel equipment. The heating system shall have a total connected load of not less than 4, 000 watts. Before the above schedule is put into effect, the heating system shall be inspected and approved by the City of Ames Electric Utility. Section 3 . All ordinances and parts of ordinances in con- flict herewith are hereby repealed. Section 4. This ordinance is in full force and effect from and after its passage and publication as provided by law. Adopted this 22nd day of October 1968. e�e 1-d Lo ise Whitcome, City Clerk Stuart N. Smith, Mayor 10/1/68 Moved by LeBaron-Fellinger the ordinance pass on lst reading Aye : Thurston, Fellinger, Newell, LeBaron, Fisher Nay: Judge Ordinance declared passed on lst reading. 10/15/68 Moved by LeBaron-Newell the ordinance pass on 2nd reading Aye: Thurston, Fellinger, Newell, LeBaron, Fisher Nay: Judge Ordinance declared passed on 2nd reading. 10/22/68 Moved by Newell-Fellinger the ordinance pass on final reading. Aye: Thurston, Fellinger, Newell, LeBaron Nay: Judge, Fisher Ordinance declared adopted.