[Adopted 6-20-1966 (Ch. 34 of the 1975 Code)]
The following service classifications are hereby
established and defined:
A. Residential service: service for individual residences
or individual apartments in multiple-family dwellings.
B. General service, small: all uses other than residential
and establishing billing demands less than 10 kilowatts.
C. General service, large: all other uses not heretofore
defined.
[Added 12-15-1986 by Ord. No. 9-1986; amended 4-19-2004 by Ord. No. 2004-4; 3-22-2005 by Ord. No. 2005-3; 4-19-2010 by Ord. No.
2010-5; 5-16-2011 by Ord. No. 2011-5; 3-19-2012 by Ord. No. 2012-3]
The following maintenance charge is applicable
to all electrical users:
A. Maintenance charge. There shall be a maintenance charge
to all users for which each user shall pay a base charge of $7 per
month.
[Last amended 3-19-2012 by Ord. No. 2012-3]
The following rates per month are hereby established:
A. Residential.
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Rate Schedule RS
Service Classification 1 Residential
Season One: April 1 through September
30
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Amount per Month
(kilowatt-hours)
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Rate
(per kilowatt-hour)
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First 20
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$7.00
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Excess over 20
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$0.21
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Excess over 500
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$0.22
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Rate Schedule RS
Service Classification 1 Residential
Season Two: October 1 through March 30
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Amount per Month
(kilowatt-hours)
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Rate
(per kilowatt-hour)
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First 20
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$7.00
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Excess over 20
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$0.22
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Excess over 300
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$0.19
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B. General service, small.
Rate Schedule GLP
General Lighting and Power
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Amount per Month
(kilowatt-hours)
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Rate
(per kilowatt-hour)
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First 20
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$11.00
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Excess over 20
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$0.27
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Excess over 200
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$0.25
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Excess over 750
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$0.21
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C. General service, large.
Rate Schedule GLP
Measured Demand
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Amount per Month
(kilowatt-hours)
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Rate
(per kilowatt-hour)
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First 20
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$11.00
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Excess over 20
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$0.23
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Excess over 1,000
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$0.21
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Excess over 2,500
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$0.19
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Kilowatt Demand Charge
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Amount per Monthly Maximum Demand
(kilowatts)
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Rate
(per kilowatt)
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First 2-9
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$13.00
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Next 99
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$10.00
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All over 99
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$9.00
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D. Monthly charge for area lighting.
Minimum
(watts)
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Charge
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100
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$20
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150
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$22
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175
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$24
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200
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$26
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250
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$28
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300
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$30
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350
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$32
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400
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$34
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Additional 25
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$2
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E. Annual rate for the purchase of energy pursuant to §
90-12B from a resident-customer operating a PURPA qualifying facility shall be the rate paid by the Borough to purchase power. The rate shall be set by resolution.
[Added 2-20-2013 by Ord.
No. 2013-1; amended 2-19-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-1; 8-17-2020 by Ord. No. 2020-3]
F. Billing
and payment by and to the Borough of Pemberton.
[Added 2-20-2013 by Ord.
No. 2013-1]
(1) The
Borough of Pemberton shall be responsible for reading the producer’s
meter on an annual basis to determine the amount of energy actually
delivered.
(2) The
Borough of Pemberton shall mail to the producer, within 10 working
days after the meter is read, the statement showing the total amount
of kilowatt-hours delivered from the producer to the borough of Pemberton
during that annual billing period, (“Annual billing period”
means June 1 to May 31.)
(3) The
Borough shall send the amount due to the producer on or by the 15th
day of June of each year for the energy delivered to the Borough for
the previous annual billing year. (“Annual billing year”
means June 1 to May 31 of any given year.)
(4) Amounts
not paid on or before the due date shall accrue interest at the rate
of 1 1/2% per month.
Uncontrolled water heating service will be rendered
to a customer using an automatic electric water heater as the only
source of running hot water requirements for a premises. In no event
shall this service be available for the supply of hot water for heating
buildings or for any use where hot water is circulated in a closed
system of pipe and tanks or any combination thereof. The monthly charge
for this service is $0.015 per kilowatt hour, with a monthly minimum
charge of $2.
[Added 10-15-1979 by Ord. No. 15-1979]
A. Purpose. The purpose of this section is to allow the
Borough of Pemberton to pass on to its electric customers their proportionate
share of the energy adjustment cost which the Federal Power Commission
has allowed the New Jersey Central Power and Light Company to charge
the Borough of Pemberton.
B. Energy adjustment costs. All energy adjustment costs
levied upon the Borough of Pemberton shall be charged to all electric
customers of the Borough of Pemberton, regardless of classification,
on a per-kilowatt-hour basis, including a nominal administrative cost
of 15%.
C. Billing. All billing for the energy adjustment cost
will be in addition to the regular billing, and it will be charged
to all electric users at the time of regular periodic billing.
[Added 10-15-1979 by Ord. No. 15-1979]
A. Definitions. As used in this article, the following
terms shall have the meanings indicated:
APPROVED
With reference to an electrical installation, meeting the
requirements of and being acceptable to an authorized inspector of
the National Board of Fire Underwriters. With reference to equipment
or material, having the approval of a recognized laboratory, such
as the Underwriters' Laboratory, after test, or of a recognized acceptable
authority, after inspection, trial or general use.
CUSTOMER
A present or prospective user of the Department's electric
service.
DEPARTMENT
The Electric Department of the Borough of Pemberton.
DEPARTMENT PROPERTY
Transformers, network protectors, meters, instrument transformers
and associated wiring and equipment, furnished by the Department and
placed in or on the customer's premises and which remain the property
of the Department and will be removed therefrom when no longer required.
METER READER
The employee of the Department authorized to enter the customer's
premises to read meters.
METER TESTER
The employee of the Department authorized to enter the customer's
premises for the testing and/or servicing of meters.
PORTABLE APPLIANCES
Are considered to be the plug-in type, of single phase and
are not to consume more than 1,750 watts nor have operating characteristics
causing an excess starting or initial load on the line.
REPRESENTATIVE
An employee of the Department authorized to handle transactions
with customers.
SERVICE
The supplying of electric energy by the Borough to the customer.
SERVICE CREW
The designation of the linemen of the Department authorized
to enter the customer's premises for testing voltage, meters or for
such other duties as are authorized and proper.
SERVICE DROP
The Department's wires connecting the customer's wiring to
the Department's pole and lines.
SERVICE ENTRANCE
The customer's wires, conduit and fittings between the service
drop and the main entrance switch (usually inside the structure).
UNDERGROUND AREA
The area being served by electric underground conduits and
conductors.
B. Responsibility for payment. All contracts for electrical
service shall be signed by the occupant in possession and by the owner
of the property where the electric energy is supplied. The owner of
the property where said energy is supplied shall be responsible to
the Borough for any unpaid bills for electric energy; and any and
all charges for electric energy shall be and remain, until paid, municipal
liens against the property and premises where electric energy is furnished
and, if the same shall remain unpaid, shall be collected in the manner
hereinafter set forth.
C. Deposits for meters.
(1) Residential.
(a)
Not electrically heated: $40.
(b)
Electrically heated: $80.
(2) Apartments.
(a)
Less than five units: $40.
(b)
More than five units: $80/apartment.
D. Fees for new service and reconnections.
(1) New service.
(a)
The installation fee for new service shall be
$500.
[Amended 12-20-2021 by Ord. No. 2021-7]
(b)
There shall be no replacement charge for existing
service.
(2) Reconnections. There is hereby established a fee of
$75 in the event a customer desires reconnection of service due to
nonpayment of service charges, provided that the customer desires
reconnection services between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.
Monday through Friday. Any customer desiring reconnection of service
after 4:00 p.m. Monday through Friday or on Saturday or Sunday due
to nonpayment of service charges shall pay a fee of $100; any customer
desiring reconnection of service on national and state holidays due
to nonpayment of service charges shall pay a fee of $150.
[Amended 12-15-2003 by Ord. No. 2003-11]
E. Date due; late payment. All electric bills shall be
due and payable by the 15th day of the month, and in the event the
same are not paid, they shall be considered delinquent, and from and
after said 15th day of the month, interest at the rate of 7% shall
be charged. On the 16th day, a letter will be sent to the consumer.
Ten days later, if no payment in full is forthcoming, service will
be discontinued.
[Amended 12-15-2003 by Ord. No. 2003-11]
F. Discontinuance of service; reconnection. In the event
that a discontinuance of service has been effected by reason of nonpayment
as hereinabove set forth, the reconnection of the electric service
may only be made upon payment of the total outstanding bill, all accrued
interest due thereon and a deposit of $100 to be used in connection
with future consumption of electric energy. During said period of
disconnection, the user shall be required to pay the minimum rates.
G. Fine for unmetered electric users. Any unmetered electric
user will be fined up to $500.
H. Access to electric meters required. Employees of the
Electric Department of the Borough of Pemberton shall be allowed access
to individual electric meters at all times during the regular workweek
between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Said access shall be
given after the employee properly identifies himself. Anyone who refuses
said employee access or who interferes with said employee shall be
subject to a fine not to exceed $500.
I. Determination of demand.
(1) By measurement. Where the total connected load exceeds
10 kilowatts or the consumption for two consecutive months exceeds
1,000 kilowatt-hours per month, the company will provide a demand
meter which, except in unusual cases, will measure the highest fifteen-minute
integrated kilowatt demand during each month. Where the demand so
measured does not exceed 10 kilowatts over a period of 12 consecutive
months, the demand meter shall be removed. When consumption for two
consecutive months exceeds the higher of 2,500 kilowatt-hours or 120%
of the highest kilowatt use in any month during the previous period
of demand measurement, a demand meter shall be reinstalled to determine
the demand.
(2) By estimate. Where the connected load is 10 kilowatts
or less, the demand shall be 100% of the connected load unless under
the measurement provision hereof a demand has been previously established
by measurement, in which case the highest demand so established during
the last 12 months of measurement shall be used.
J. Applications for service.
(1) Before electric service will be furnished to a new
property, the owner must obtain from the business office, sign and
file an owner's electric permit for service.
(2) The consumer (if not the owner) must pay all required
deposits.
(3) The owner is liable for all electric bills and service
charges properly due from and unpaid by the lessee. Such unpaid bills
and charges become a lien against the property in accordance with
the provisions of the Revised Statutes of the State of New Jersey.
K. Service provided.
(1) In new residential developments in new streets being
installed in the development, the owner will install all poles, streetlights,
transformers and lines, whether overhead or underground, and, upon
completion, the system will be dedicated to the Borough. If in any
new development a lot has a side yard or fronts on an accepted street
and the service drop can be made from that accepted street, the Borough
will install the service drop. The owner will give to the Borough
executed rights-of-way, easements, tree-trimming rights and rights
to install anchor guys on private property where such are needed before
any service, including construction service, is supplied.
(2) The layout of electric service and materials shall
be approved or specified by the Borough's Electric Department for
all electric utility lines on private property and nonaccepted streets.
All rights-of-way and easements, including maintenance and tree trimming,
shall be executed and presented to the Borough before any service
is supplied.
(3) In the event that the Borough is required to supply
electricity through lines and equipment which are not the property
of the Borough or dedicated to public use, such lines and equipment
shall be placed or installed along the rear or side property lines
and not in any street area. In such instances the Borough reserves
the right:
(a)
To place a meter at the end of the public supply
line.
(b)
To discontinue service when the charges indicated
by said meter to be due to the Borough are not promptly paid.
(c)
Upon notice to the affected consumers, to discontinue
the service of electricity to and through lines and equipment located
on private property which the Borough considers to be inadequate,
substandard, in a state of disrepair or dangerous to persons and property.
L. Normal service. For normal lighting and residential
use, the Department maintains approximately 120 volts, 60 cycles,
alternating current at the consumer's meter. This voltage should not
normally vary more than 10% above or below that figure. Direct current
is not supplied by the Electric Department of the Borough of Pemberton.
M. Types of service supplied.
(1) Three-wire, single-phase, 120/240 volts.
(a)
For all residential lighting use and combinations
of lighting and power, provided that individual motors do not exceed
7 1/2 horsepower each. The Department should be advised if any
motors in excess of one horsepower are to be used.
(b)
The voltage supplied is 120 from one wire to
neutral, or 240 across the outside wires.
(c)
A one-hundred-ampere service entrance switch
is the minimum permitted.
(2) Four-wire, three-phase, 120/208 volts. On secondary
installations where, in the judgment of the Electric Department, the
customer's installation and power demand is sufficiently large to
warrant it, the Department will require the customer to furnish, at
his expense and on his premises, either a transformer vault or the
equivalent outdoor structure to house and support transformers.
N. Service installations. The normal service drop will
be overhead, from a Borough line at a Borough pole directly to a residence
or place of business. The Borough will supply and install at its expense
such overhead service drop for a distance of 100 feet from its mains
without the installation of a pole on the property of the residence
or business. If the installation of a pole is required, the Borough
will install the drop to the pole, but the cost of the pole and of
the installation thereof will be at the order and expense of the property
owner or other person requesting the installation. Any additional
poles or further extensions of lines to the residence or business
beyond 100 feet from the Borough mains will also be at the expense
of the property owner or other person requesting the installation.
Such extensions beyond the normal service drop will be dedicated to
the Borough, and the necessary easement, license or other form of
permission will be given to the Borough for the purposes of maintaining
such lines and further extending the same, if required.
O. Meters.
(1) The Department installs, reads, tests, repairs, removes
and replaces all electric energy meters.
(2) All meters installed are the property of the Borough
of Pemberton, and only employees of the Electric Department are permitted
to install, service, adjust, test, repair or remove them. No person,
other than authorized Borough personnel, shall remove any electric
meter from any location where the same has been installed, nor shall
any unauthorized person attach wires to or around a meter or interfere
with its normal operation.
(3) When any customer believes a meter to be registering
improperly, he may request the business office to have it tested.
A charge of $20 shall be made for the test and must be paid when application
is made for it. Should the test indicate that the meter is registering
more than 3% inaccurately either way, the $20 fee will be returned
to the person who paid for it.
(4) It is the responsibility of both owner and tenant
to keep the meters free from obstructions and readily available to
Electric Department employees during normal business hours.
(5) A consistently wet cellar is a hazard to employees
when reading or servicing a meter. Either a dry floor or duckboards
must be provided; otherwise the Electric Department may require that
the meter be moved, at the expense of the owner, to a safe, accessible
location.
(6) Meters located in attics, closets or other inaccessible,
congested or hard-to-reach locations shall be moved upon request to
an accessible location satisfactory to the Department. The Department
will notify the owner and/or consumer of any such meters.
(7) Owners of premises where outdoor meters are installed
must not permit shrubbery, brush, trees or other obstructions to hinder
access to such meters. No planting shall be permitted nor shrubbery
allowed to encroach within 36 inches of the sides or face of any meter.
(8) When a meter is found to be obstructed or in an unsafe
or unusually difficult location to reach, the Department will notify
the owner of the premises thereof, and such meter shall be relocated
to a site satisfactory to the Department within 10 days after notification,
at the owner's expense. At the end of the ten-day period, the premises
will be inspected, and, if the unsatisfactory conditions have not
been corrected, the service may be discontinued until satisfactory
remedial measures have been completed.
P. Meters and connections.
(1) All meters will be furnished and set by the Department
and remain the property of the Borough of Pemberton.
(2) Only authorized personnel of the Public Utilities
Department may set, adjust, test or remove a meter.
(3) No person may connect any appliance or device on the
Department's side of the customer's fuse box.
Q. Sealing of meters and devices.
(1) It is the practice of the Electric Department to seal
all meters, service entrance switches or indoor meters, instrument
transformer cabinets and test switches.
(2) When service is provided prior to completion of the
wiring or if service is temporarily discontinued, the Department reserves
the right to seal or padlock all service cabinets with the main switch
locked in the off position instead of removing the meter. Only authorized
personnel of the Department are permitted to interfere with or remove
such a seal or padlock.
R. Additions and alterations. Changes in apparatus or
electrical equipment connected to the Borough's lines, either by addition
or placement, which alter the characteristics of or increase the demand
upon the service must not be made without the prior approval of the
Electric Department.
S. Dedication of rights-of-way.
(1) Trees contained in the area between the curb and sidewalk
are the sole responsibility of the property owner. However, the Borough
Electric Department reserves the right to trim such trees in order
to ensure continuity of service and protection of the distribution
system.
(2) All of the rights-of-way, easements, rights of entry
and tree-trimming rights shall be executed and presented to the Department
before any service, including the construction service, is supplied
to any unit.
T. Meter pans and weather heads. Meter pans and weather
heads shall be securely fastened to accommodate the Borough's equipment.
All poorly secured meter pans will necessitate removal of the Borough's
meter and discontinuance of service until remedy is made.
U. Matters of general application.
(1) No attachments of any kind may be made to the poles,
structures, equipment or other property under the jurisdiction of
the Electric Department.
(2) Only duly authorized persons are permitted to climb
poles or structures of the Electric Department.
(3) Admission to the operations buildings, structures
and property under the control of the Electric Department is authorized
only by written permission from the office.
(4) The Borough will not be responsible in any way for
failures, defects, deficiencies or inadequacies in the consumer's
wiring, fixtures or electrical equipment, nor for any power loss or
damage which may result from such defects, deficiencies or inadequacies.
(5) The Borough does not guarantee uninterrupted service
but will use reasonable care to provide an uninterrupted supply of
electricity to the customer's premises. The Borough will not be liable
for damages, direct or consequential, or for interruption to or curtailment
of the customer's service supply by reason of acts of God, accidents,
strikes, legal process, governmental interference or other causes
beyond Borough control.
(6) Single point of delivery. The rates specified for
each class of service are predicated upon the delivery of service
to a single metering point for the total requirements of each separate
premises of the consumer. Service at different points and at different
premises shall be separately metered and billed.
(7) Residential purposes. Service rendered to consumers
for domestic and household use within a single dwelling unit is classified
as residential service. Residential service does not include service
to hotels and boarding- or rooming houses where the number of guest
bedrooms available for public rental exceeds four in number.
(8) Unusual conditions. The Company may refuse to supply
service to loads of unusual characteristics which might affect the
supply of service to the detriment of other consumers of the company.
Service to such unusual loads may be supplied where the consumer has
installed necessary regulating and protective equipment in accordance
with the requirements and specifications of the company.
[Added 2-16-1981 by Ord. No. 2-1981;
amended 7-19-1982 by Ord. No. 2-1982; 3-19-1984 by Ord. No. 3-1984; 3-20-1989 by Ord. No.
3-1989; 5-15-2006 by Ord. No. 2006-8]
A. All persons, corporations, partnerships and other
entities, including those who rent or lease, who seek to purchase
electricity supplied by the Borough of Pemberton shall deposit with
the Clerk of the Borough of Pemberton or such other designee ordained
by the Borough Council a sum of money as follows:
(1) Residential: a sum of $300.
(2) Commercial: a sum of $600.
(3) Electrical heating systems: a sum of $600.
B. The user shall, so long as he, she or it receives electricity from the Borough of Pemberton, maintain the deposit in the sum set forth in Subsection
A.
C. A failure to maintain the deposit level as set forth
above shall be equivalent to a failure to pay the monthly billing
charges, in which event the Borough may initiate all proceedings heretofore
reserved to the Borough for nonpayment.
D. Said deposit shall be maintained by the Borough Clerk
in a non-interest-bearing account and shall be returned to the user
upon termination of service to the user and upon satisfaction to the
Borough Clerk that all outstanding charges for electrical use attributable
to said user have been paid in full.
E. This section shall not apply to existing customers
on the effective date hereof but shall apply to existing customers
whose accounts hereafter are shut off for nonpayment of a bill who
thereafter desire restoration of service.
[Adopted 9-20-2004 by Ord. No. 2004-12]