This rate shall be available in the City of Vineland.
This rate is applicable to general lighting and power service requirements of offices and professional, commercial or industrial establishments and other applications outside the scope of the residential service rate. Residence service, when used through the same meter and in conjunction with general light and power service, will be supplied under this rate unless the customer so separates and arranges his wiring that domestic use can be separately metered.
[Amended 9-27-1955 by Ord. No. 188; 9-8-1970 by Ord. No. 772; 3-22-1977 by Ord. No. 1074; 11-12-1980 by Ord. No. 1231; 1-14-1986 by Ord. No. 85-66; 12-12-1989 by Ord. No. 89-96; 3-10-1992 by Ord. No. 92-14; 4-26-1994 by Ord. No. 94-30; 12-23-2003 by Ord. No. 2003-67; 7-13-2004 by Ord. No. 2004-31; 7-11-2017 by Ord. No. 2017-48; 3-27-2018 by Ord. No. 2018-17]
A. 
The following rates shall be effective April 1, 2018:
(1) 
Commercial rate service with no demand meter (three kilowatts or less).
(a) 
Minimum customer charge per month: $20.
(b) 
Monthly energy charges:
[1] 
First 200 kilowatt-hours used per month: $0.11056 per kilowatt-hour.
[2] 
Over 200 kilowatt-hours additional used in the same month: $0.14956 per kilowatt-hour.
(2) 
Commercial rate service with demand meter.
(a) 
Minimum customer charge per month: $16.
(b) 
Monthly energy charges:
[1] 
Summer season. All kilowatt-hours used per month in the billing months of June through September: $0.10026 per kilowatt-hour.
[2] 
Winter season. First 15,000 kilowatt-hours used per month in the billing months of October through May: $0.10026 per kilowatt-hour. Over 15,000 kilowatt-hours used per month in the months of October through May: $0.09526 per kilowatt-hour.
(c) 
Monthly demand charges:
[1] 
Summer season. Each kilowatt of monthly billing demand in the billing months of June through September: $10.50 per kilowatt.
[2] 
Winter season. Each kilowatt of monthly billing demand in the billing months of October through May: $10.25 per kilowatt.
(3) 
Commercial rate farm irrigation service with demand meter.
(a) 
Minimum customer charge per month: $16.00.
(b) 
Monthly energy charges:
[1] 
Summer season. All kilowatt-hours used per month in the billing months of June through September: $0.10856 per kilowatt-hour.
[2] 
Winter season. First 15,000 kilowatt-hours used per month in the billing months of October through May: $0.10856 per kilowatt-hour. Over $15,000 kilowatt-hours used per month in the months of October through May: $0.10056 per kilowatt-hour.
(c) 
Monthly demand charges:
[1] 
Summer season. Each kilowatt of monthly billing demand in the billing months of June through September: $3 per kilowatt.
[2] 
Winter season. Each kilowatt of monthly billing demand in the billing months of October through May: $2.50 per kilowatt.
[Amended 3-24-1964 by Ord. No. 475; 3-22-1977 by Ord. No. 1074; 11-12-1980 by Ord. No. 1231]
A. 
The demand, for billing purposes, shall be the highest thirty-minute kilowatt demand occurring during the month as registered by a demand indicator or meter adjusted for power factor as hereinafter provided, but not less than three kilowatts. Effective July 1, 1996, all new demand meters installed and any meter changes to existing accounts shall have a fifteen-minute demand interval, and the demand for billing purposes shall be the highest fifteen-minute kilowatt demand occurring during the billing month. The City of Vineland Electric Utility may, at its option, elect to forego measurement of demand when it is anticipated that the demand will not exceed three kilowatts. When the demand is not measured and the consumption exceeds 750 kilowatt-hours in a month, the billing demand will be determined by dividing the measured kilowatt-hours by 200. If the monthly consumption exceeds 750 kilowatt-hours in three of the 12 months ended with the current month, a demand-measuring meter shall be installed, or the customer may request that a demand-measuring meter be installed at any time.
[Amended 6-11-1996 by Ord. No. 96-45]
B. 
For customers presently being so served and for the existing heating load presently so served, permanently installed electrical space-heating equipment which is the sole source of space and comfort heating and which is less than the total of all other connected loads may be so connected as to be excluded from demand registration. Customers connected after May 1, 1977, and additional loads connected by existing customers after such date will not be served under this demand exclusion provision.
[Amended 6-27-1961 by Ord. No. 384; 9-8-1970 by Ord. No. 772; 3-22-1977 by Ord. No. 1074; 11-12-1980 by Ord. No. 1231; 1-14-1986 by Ord. No. 85-66; 12-12-1989 by Ord. No. 89-96; 3-10-1992 by Ord. No. 92-14; 4-26-1994 by Ord. No. 94-30; 7-11-2017 by Ord. No. 2017-48]
The above commercial rates are subject to the following minimum net monthly charge per month, effective September 1, 2017:
A. 
Commercial rate service with no demand meter - minimum charge: $20.
B. 
Commercial rate service with demand meter - minimum charge: $16.
C. 
Commercial rate farm irrigation service with demand meter - minimum charge: $16.
The above rate is based upon the maintenance by the customer of an average power factor of 85%. The City of Vineland Electric Utility reserves the right to determine, by test, the power factor of the customer's load at the point where the electrical energy is metered, and, if the average monthly power factor is less than 85%, the demand as determined under the provisions of this rate shall be increased for billing purposes by multiplying the demand by the required power factor and dividing the product by the measured power factor.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Original § 438-38, Primary metering, as amended 4-26-1994 by Ord. No. 94-30 and which immediately followed this section, was repealed 8-9-2005 by Ord. No. 2005-50.
[Amended 3-24-1964 by Ord. No. 475; 9-8-1970 by Ord. No. 772; 3-22-1977 by Ord. No. 1074; 11-12-1980 by Ord. No. 1231; 12-8-1981 by Ord. No. 1281; 1-14-1986 by Ord. No. 85-66; 4-26-1994 by Ord. No. 94-30; 12-10-1996 by Ord. No. 96-99; 5-8-2000 by Ord. No. 2000-34; 12-23-2003 by Ord. No. 2003-67; 12-9-2008 by Ord. No. 2008-82]
A. 
The energy cost clause (fuel adjustment factor) shall be computed thrice annually, for service billed in the months of October through December (winter rates), January through May (winter rates) and June through September (summer rates). The fuel-adjustment factor shall adjust monthly billings either upward or downward. When said fuel-adjustment factor is above or below $0.02164 per kilowatt-hour, an additional charge or deduction will be made to each kilowatt-hour supplied under this rate schedule, except those applied to street and traffic lighting. Such added charge or decreased charge, as the case may be, will be the amount per kilowatt-hour by which such fuel purchased power and interchanged power cost is estimated to be above or below $0.02164 per kilowatt-hour.
[Amended 7-11-2017 by Ord. No. 2017-48]
B. 
The increase or decrease in the cost of fuel consumed and of power purchased or interchanged per kilowatt-hour sold, as determined by budgeted funds and projected seasonal sales, will be applied to billings in the summer- or winter-rate period applicable. Each month, the fuel-adjustment factor calculated above shall be compared to actual fuel, purchased power and interchange power costs and the difference calculated. The difference between the fuel-adjustment factor and the actual costs of fuel, purchase power and interchanged power will be accumulated, as a recovery factor, such that the balance nets out over or under recoveries against each other. The net balance will be accumulated for the months of September through November (inclusive), December through April (inclusive), and May through August (inclusive). The net September through April balance will be applied, as either an increase or decrease, to the fuel-adjustment calculation (as described above) in the next accumulated period immediately following the adjustment period. The net May through August balance will be applied, as either an increase or decrease, to the fuel-adjustment calculation (as described above) in the winter-rate season immediately following the adjustment period. The cost per kilowatt-hour for all calculations shall be carried out to the nearest one-thousandth of a mill. Kilowatt-hours sold, as used in making such determinations, will not include the kilowatt-hours of a rate schedule to which this adjustment clause does not apply. The minimum bill shall not be reduced by reason of this energy cost clause, but the adjustment, when positive, will be billed to all kilowatt-hours delivered.
C. 
In the event that, in the Utility's judgment, pass-through of 100% of the accumulated seasonal differential in fuel costs in the rate season immediately following the rate season in which the differential was experienced will result in a fuel-adjustment factor which varies substantially from the actual fuel costs during that subsequent season, the Utility may defer pass-through of a portion of the net difference to subsequent rate seasons. The specific proportion to be deferred shall be determined by the Utility as necessary to avoid price distortions and undue price volatility to customers.
[Amended 3-12-1991 by Ord. No. 91-22; 4-26-1994 by Ord. No. 94-30; 5-8-2000 by Ord. No. 2000-34]
The above rate is net and is contingent upon payment of bills within 15 days of the date rendered. An additional charge of 6% of the current amount billed, net of any payments applied thereon, will be added to bills not paid within the specified payment time.
The contract term under this rate shall be annual.
Service under this rate is subject to the general terms, rules and regulations as adopted by the City of Vineland Electrical Utility.