[Adopted 12-27-1993 by Ord. No. 37-93]
[Amended 10-11-2006 by Ord. No. 48-2006]
A. The procedures and practices of the Madison Electric
Utility and customer requirements shall be carried out in accordance
with the terms and conditions of the rules and regulations of the
electric utility of the Borough of Madison currently in effect and
as amended from time to time by ordinance or resolution of the Madison
Council.
B. The rules and regulations of the electric utility
shall be as set forth in Appendix C annexed hereto and entitled “Borough
of Madison - Rules and Regulations of the Electric Utility.”
[Added 10-11-2006 by Ord. No. 48-2006; amended 4-26-2023 by Ord. No. 27-2023]
An electric utility customer who plans to install
a generator to produce electricity on the customer side of the meter
must comply with Section 6 of the Rules and Regulations of the Electric
Utility Department of the Borough of Madison (see Appendix C) and:
A. Apply for service under the self-generation rules,
pay the plan review fee of $500 at the time of application and obtain
the proper construction permits. If resubmission of plans is required,
customer must pay a fee of $250 for each subsequent submission of
plans.
B. Acknowledge and accept the terms of this schedule
and the rules and regulations regarding the interconnection and operation
of a self-generation system.
C. Enter into an agreement with the Borough of Madison
as provided in Section 6 of the Rules and Regulations of the Electric
Utility Department of the Borough of Madison (see Appendix C).
[Amended 10-11-2006 by Ord. No. 48-2006]
All ordinances and amendments to ordinances
establishing rates for the electric utility contrary to the provisions
of this article are hereby repealed and/or amended as required.
[Amended 10-11-2006 by Ord. No. 48-2006]
Each section of this article and every part
of each section is an independent section or part of a section, and
the holding of any section or a part thereof to be unconstitutional,
void or ineffective for any cause shall not be deemed to affect the
validity or constitutionality of any other section or part thereof.
[Added 3-28-2011 by Ord. No. 11-2011]
A. The Borough
of Madison Electric Utility System or its authorized designee is the
sole entity permitted to bid demand response on behalf of retail customers
served by the Borough of Madison Electric Utility System directly
into any Federal Energy Regulatory Commission-approved independent
system operator’s or regional transmission organization’s
organized electric markets.
B. Retail customers
served by the Borough of Madison Electric Utility wishing to bid their
demand response into a Federal Energy Regulatory Commission-approved
independent system operator’s or regional transmission organization’s
organized electric markets may do so by participating in the program
established by the Borough of Madison Electric Utility or its authorized
designee. Retail customers are not permitted to participate in the
demand response program of any other entity without the express prior
authorization of the Borough of Madison Electric Utility.
[Added 3-28-2011 by Ord. No. 11-2011]
A. The Borough
of Madison Electric Utility or its authorized designee is the sole
entity permitted to bid demand response on behalf of retail customers
served by the Borough of Madison Electric Utility directly into any
Commission-approved independent system operator’s or regional
transmission organization’s organized markets for energy imbalance,
spinning reserves, supplemental reserves, reactive power and voltage
control, or regulation and frequency response ancillary services (or
its functional equivalent in the Commission-approved independent system
operator’s or regional transmission organization’s tariff).
B. Retail customers
served by the Borough of Madison Electric Utility wishing to bid their
demand response into a Commission-approved independent system operator’s
or regional transmission organization’s organized markets for
energy imbalance, spinning reserves, supplemental reserves, reactive
power and voltage control, or regulation and frequency response ancillary
services (or its functional equivalent in the Commission-approved
independent system operator’s or regional transmission organization’s
tariff) may do so only by participating in the program established
by the Borough of Madison Electric Utility or its authorized designee.
Retail customers are not permitted to participate in the demand response
program of any other entity without the express prior authorization
of the Borough of Madison Electric Utility.
[Added 12-13-2021 by Ord.
No. 47-2021; amended 7-25-2022 by Ord. No. 33-2022; 5-22-2023 by Ord. No. 30-2023; 5-13-2024 by Ord. No. 14-2024]
A. There shall be an electric utility connection fee established in accordance with Chapter 62 of Title 40 of the Revised Statutes of the State of New Jersey. This connection fee is in addition to the fees for department services set forth in Chapter
94 of the Borough Code. The electric connection fee is effective July 1, 2024, and shall be:
(1) For
single-family dwelling units, $3,117, and for multiple-dwelling units,
$3,117 per unit.
(2) In the
case of any building or portion thereof to be used for industrial,
commercial, educational or other than dwelling purposes, the Borough
Consulting Electrical Engineer shall determine by accepted standards
the number of units to be connected or added to an existing connection;
where a unit equals an average annual consumption of 9,000 kWh.
B. This fee
shall, pursuant to statute, be recalculated at the end of each budget
year and may be reset by ordinance of the Borough Council after public
hearing, on a yearly basis. The electric utility connection fee shall
be payable in full to the Borough of Madison at the time a building
electric connection permit is issued for connection to the municipal
electric distribution system by the Borough of Madison.