For the purpose of this article, the following words and terms
shall have the meanings ascribed to them:
BILLING DEMAND
The highest averaged metered rate of use of electric energy
for any fifteen-minute interval in the billing period expressed in
whole kilowatts [except as otherwise defined in the primary commercial
class rate (251) and High-Voltage Service, Schedule HV (252, 291)].
BILLING PERIOD
The interval of time between two successive bills; under
normal conditions, it will be approximately 30 days.
BOROUGH
The Mayor and Town Council of the Borough of Chambersburg,
commonly known as the "Borough of Chambersburg," and/or its duly authorized
representative acting in its behalf.
BOROUGH USE
Any property owned or leased by the Borough and operated
and maintained by the Borough.
BOROUGH USE CLASS
The category of "Borough use" properties that take delivery
of the Borough's electric services.
COMMERCIAL OR INDUSTRIAL ESTABLISHMENT
Any business, commercial, professional, nonprofit, or governmental
undertaking functioning independently of other undertakings, whether
located upon a separate parcel of land or upon the same parcel of
land or within the same building or structure with other establishments.
Properties that constitute a Borough use are excluded from this definition.
This definition shall include common elements of a homeowners'
association.
COMMERCIAL USER
Any user who takes delivery of the electric services rendered
to a commercial or industrial establishment.
CUSTOMER CHARGE
A fixed charge per billing period charged to a user in an
amount established by resolution of Town Council from time to time.
DWELLING UNIT
A separate dwelling unit, apartment, room or group of rooms
used for separate dwelling purposes and equipped for the preparation
of food. In all cases, the determination of the Borough as to what
constitutes a separate dwelling unit shall be final.
INTERVAL METERING
A time-based electric metering arrangement that measures
energy, billing demand, and other power consumption components, usually
with the metering time intervals set to 15 minutes, and can be set
up to one hour depending on the rate schedule.
PERSON
Any individual, firm, corporation, association, trust, company,
or any other group or entity acting as a unit.
RESIDENTIAL PREMISES
Premises which are used solely for dwelling purposes and
other normal residential activity. Residential premises with publicly
advertised commercial operations shall be considered commercial establishments.
Common elements of a homeowners' association are excluded from
this definition.
RESIDENTIAL USER
Any user who takes delivery of the electric services rendered
to residential premises.
USER
Person who takes delivery of the electric services rendered
to a property.
Terms and conditions of service, including, but not limited
to, establishing service, billing for service, interest and penalties,
payment requirements, and termination of service, shall be in accordance
with the Utility Service Manual, as may be revised from time to time
by the Mayor and Town Council, and shall be available for public inspection
at the Utility Offices at Borough Hall, the Utilities Service Center
at 80 South Franklin Street, and online at www.chambersburgpa.gov.
Where, as a result of equipment malfunction, estimated billing,
billing error, or other circumstances, electric service is rendered,
but not billed, the unbilled electric service may be retroactively
charged to the user, provided that the services at issue were rendered
within the last three years. If the user obtained electric service
through fraud or deceit, the Borough shall not be precluded from retroactively
billing for all such services rendered, regardless of when such services
were rendered. The charges for service shall be determined in accordance
with the Utility Service Manual adopted by Town Council from time
to time.
Town Council shall have the right to establish, from time to
time, by resolution, rules, regulations, provisions, terms, or standards
under which electric service shall be rendered, which shall be supplemental
to the standards set forth in the Utility Service Manual.
The penalty added after the due date on the bill for all services
rendered will be 2.5%.
This article may be cited as the "Borough of Chambersburg Electric
Rate Ordinance of 2023."