The following definitions shall apply to this chapter:
Customer requesting service.
The Borough of Lansdale.
The maximum use of energy by the customer during a fifteen-minute
interval, expressed in kilowatts ("kw").
The Borough Council of the Borough of Lansdale.
Any corporation, municipality, governmental agencies, entity,
individual, real person or partnership to whom the Borough may furnish
service. Each dwelling unit, individual domestic establishment, single-family
residence or apartment shall be a customer.
The use of energy by the customer, expressed in kwh (kilowatt-hours)
(i.e., the use of 1,000 watts of electricity for one hour).
The period between two consecutive monthly meter readings,
taken as nearly as practicable on the same date each calendar month
as selected by the Borough.
A rate which may be obtained by a customer if customer's
use of service conforms to the character of supply contemplated in
the rate, and customer's location is such that this service can be
supplied from existing facilities of the Borough.
Any electricity which the Borough may supply or make provision
to supply, or any service, work or material furnished or any obligation
performed by the Borough in accordance with this chapter or under
any rate ordinance adopted by the Borough.
The point of connection between the electric lines of the
Borough and the electric system of the customer.
A.
General. The furnishing of electric current to customers of the Borough
of Lansdale shall be subject to all of the provisions of this chapter.
This chapter shall be considered as incorporated by reference in every
contract for service, including, without limitation, electric service
supplied to a customer by the Borough. The failure of the Borough
to enforce any provisions of this chapter shall not be deemed a waiver
of its right to do so.
B.
Single meter service. The Borough will undertake to furnish service
to a building or a group of buildings for use only in or on the premises
owned, leased to, occupied, or managed by the customer. Each such
building, or in the case of residential building, each dwelling unit,
apartment or single-family residence shall be metered separately and
considered a separate service. Adjoining nonresidential buildings
or nonresidential groups of buildings located on a single or contiguous
land parcel may receive service through a single meter, provided that
the customer furnishes the necessary electrical interconnection among
the buildings or units approved by the Borough; and said buildings
or units are used and operated by the customer, and held out to the
public, as one single business. Any intervening lease or other transfer
of ownership shall prohibit single meter service.
C.
No extension across public spaces. Customer shall not extend electrical
facilities across public space to supply electricity to other properties.
Master metering to new multifamily dwellings units is prohibited.
D.
Responsibility for electrical connections. Customer shall conform
to any and all requirements for connections to the electrical supply
lines of the Borough, including, without limitation, the requirements
which are established by the Borough of Lansdale Electric Service
and Meter Installation Requirements.
E.
Electrical service. Failure to obtain or maintain electrical service
to a residential customer shall deem the residential customer location
unfit for human habitation and shall further render the residential
structure as dangerous and unsafe, regardless of whether the residential
customer location is a dwelling unit, single-family residence, boarding
room in a boardinghouse, apartment or dwelling unit in a multifamily
residential structure.
F.
Right to refuse or discontinue service. The Borough reserves the
right to refuse to supply or to discontinue the supply of electricity
until such time as an applicant shall conform to the requirements
of this chapter and the Borough's applicable ordinances and service
requirements.
