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.
[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.