[Adopted 11-9-1949 by Ord. No. 231 (Ch. 5, Part 2, of the 1995 Code)]
[Amended 9-9-1952 by Ord. No. 251; 12-9-1952 by Ord. No. 252; 5-10-1960 by Ord. No. 410; 12-12-1966 by Ord. No. 446; 11-12-1973 by Ord. No. 504; 4-14-1975 by Ord. No. 551; 10-26-1977 by Ord. No. 569; 7-13-1981 by Ord. No. 593; 12-14-1981 by Ord. No. 600; 3-1-1982 by Ord. No. 603; 11-19-1984 by Ord. No. 615; 6-9-1986 by Ord. No. 624; 12-14-1987 by Ord. No. 632; 12-14-1987 by Ord. No. 633; 6-13-1988 by Ord. No. 636; 5-8-1989 by Ord. No. 640; 4-30-1990 by Ord. No. 646; 12-10-1990 by Ord. No. 655; 5-13-1991 by Ord. No. 658; 10-14-1991 by Ord. No. 669; 5-20-1992 by Ord. No. 678; 5-10-1993 by Ord. No. 688; 12-8-2003 by Ord. No. 760]
A. 
Rates.
[Amended 2-26-2007 by Ord. No. 777-07; 6-14-2010 by Ord. No. 804-10[1]]
(1) 
The Borough Council for the Borough of Zelienople, Butler County, Pennsylvania, is hereby authorized to increase the rates charged for the use and consumption of electric. The electric rate increase shall take effect with the August 1, 2010 billings.
(2) 
The rates to be charged shall be set by the Zelienople Borough Council through an official resolution of the Council and, once set, may be changed from time to time by resolution of Council.
[1]
Editor's Note: Former Subsections B and D of this section, which contained specific rate or surcharge amounts, were also deleted in light of this ordinance.
B. 
All discounts for electric bills are hereby revoked, and in lieu thereof, if bills therefor are not paid on or before the 15th day of the month so issued, a penalty of 1 1/2% is hereby imposed, which penalty shall continue on the same basis until the bills shall be fully paid.
C. 
The above rates are based on service to a single customer served by a single meter. Where two or more consumers occupy a structure with a single wiring and served through a single meter, then energy blocks shall be multiplied by the number of consumers served. Where a single customer or service address is served by two or more meters, this deposit is applicable to each meter.
[Amended 4-29-2013 by Ord. No. 829-13]
D. 
A "single consumer unit" is construed as service to any single-family dwelling so designed and arranged as to provide cooking and kitchen accommodations for one family.
E. 
Where a residence occupied by a customer is also used as a commercial or business establishment, the wiring shall be so arranged as to meter the business separately or, if separation is not effected, the energy blocks shall be multiplied by the number of consumers served.
[Added 8-12-1958 by Ord. No. 395; amended 4-29-2013 by Ord. No. 829-13]
A. 
Residential consumers.
(1) 
From and after the effective date of this article, all nonproperty holders applying for electric service shall make a deposit of $150. This amount may be changed by the Zelienople Borough Council by resolution.
(2) 
The application for electric service will include language whereby the applicant acknowledges, if applicable:
(a) 
The applicant is a nonproperty holder requesting service; and
(b) 
The applicant authorizes the Borough to provide duplicate bills to the property owner in the case of a delinquency.
B. 
Commercial, business and industrial consumers:
(1) 
From and after the effective date of this article, all commercial, business and industrial nonproperty holders applying for electric service shall make a deposit of no less than $150. This base amount may be changed by Zelienople Borough Council by resolution.
(2) 
The application for electric service will include language whereby the applicant acknowledges, if applicable:
(a) 
The applicant is a nonproperty holder requesting service; and
(b) 
The applicant authorized the Borough to provide duplicate bills to the property owner in the case of a delinquency.
[Added 8-12-1958 by Ord. No. 395; amended 4-29-2013 by Ord. No. 829-13]
If any account of a nonproperty holder becomes delinquent, in addition to discontinuance of service, said deposit shall be applied to said delinquency and service shall not be resumed until said delinquent balance has been paid in full and a new deposit or such portion thereof, as is required to meet the deposits above set forth, is paid in full and all disconnect and connect fees paid in full.
[Added 4-29-2013 by Ord. No. 829-13]
A. 
The property owner is responsible for paying all delinquent bills in excess of 90 days. Such responsibility can result in liens being placed on the property.
B. 
To facilitate the awareness of delinquent bills, the property owner will be sent a duplicate bill each month when arrears are indicated.
[Added 9-13-1960 by Ord. No. 412; amended 5-13-1974 by Ord. No. 516; 12-11-1995 by Ord. No. 715]
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any provision of this article shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $600 plus costs and, in default of payment of said fine and costs, to a term of imprisonment not to exceed 30 days. Each day that a violation of this article continues shall constitute a separate offense.
[Added 3-10-1975 by Ord. No. 549; amended 4-29-2013 by Ord. No. 829-13]
The Borough of Zelienople shall charge to all electric consumers a fuel cost adjustment as now and hereafter chargeable to the Borough by its power supplier.
[Added 4-11-2011 by Ord. No. 808-11; amended 8-8-2016 by Ord. No. 847-16]
A. 
Customer generation may be installed to offset the customer energy consumption up to the annual consumption of the customer subject to the capacity limits contained herein. The installation shall comply with all applicable land use, zoning, planning, Borough Code rules and regulations and the applicable electric classification and rates.
B. 
The Borough shall provide net metering if a customer generates electricity and owns, operates or leases the electric generation facility with a capacity that will not exceed 25 kW per meter for residential customers and/or not larger than 500 kilowatts if installed for nonresidential customers.
C. 
The system capacity shall produce no more than 110% of the customer's expected aggregate electrical consumption, calculated on the average of the two previous twelve-month periods of actual electrical usage at the time of installation of energy-generating equipment and subject to the capacity limits specified herein. For new building construction or in instances where less than two previous twelve-month periods of actual usage is not available, electrical consumption will be estimated at 110% of the consumption of units of similar size and characteristics at the time of installation of energy-generating equipment and subject to the capacity limits herein. Net metering shall be accomplished through a single meter provided by the Borough, at the Borough's expense, that runs forward and backward in order to measure net energy flow during a billing period.
D. 
If the customer generates more energy than consumed during a monthly billing cycle, the customer shall receive an energy credit in kWh for the next billing month to offset consumption in subsequent billing periods until all credits are used. During any subsequent billing period prior to the end of an annualized billing period, the crediting of excess energy kWh will result in the reduction of cost paid by the customer for the equivalent volumetric energy kWh.
E. 
Monthly credit shall be applicable to energy only. Excess energy credits at the end of a twelve-month period established at the discretion of the Borough shall be credited in dollars and calculated by multiplying the excess kWh credits by the average Borough's all-in wholesale electric rate over the previous twelve-month period. This average wholesale Borough electric rate shall be based the previous twelve-month power supply cost to the Borough. Regardless of the in-service date of the installation, the twelve-month period shall be set by the Borough. The customer shall be required to pay all applicable charges, including customer, capacity, tax and any purchased power adjustment.
F. 
The customer shall retain ownership of all renewable energy certificates associated with electric energy produced from all eligible energy resources of the customer-generator facility and consumed by the customer.
G. 
If the total generating capacity of all customer-generation using net metering systems served exceeds 5% of the capacity necessary to meet the Borough's aggregated monthly peak demand for a particular calendar year, the Borough may elect not to provide net metering services to additional customers.
H. 
Fees shall include Borough costs, including but not limited to an application fee, inspection fee, and annual inspection fee. Each fee shall be set by resolution of the Borough. The customer shall be responsible for costs of any and all system studies and upgrades, including metering, required to accommodate generation.
I. 
All customer-owned generation shall be subject to the Borough of Zelienople Technical Requirements for Customer-Owned Generation, as amended by resolution of the Borough.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: The Technical Requirements for Customer-Owned Generation are on file in the Borough offices.