A.
Every applicant for electrical service shall complete, sign and provide
to the Borough a standard electric service application form covering
all special requirements of the applicant's installation or use of
electricity, including agreement to comply with the provisions of
this chapter and such other reasonable requirements as may be deemed
by the Borough or the Borough's Electric Department to be reasonable
or necessary for safe and efficient service. The standard electric
service application is available from the Borough's Electric Department.
B.
Selection of rate schedule. Whenever there is a choice of rates,
the choice lies with the customer. The full and active assistance
of the Borough is freely offered and, on request, will be given to
assist the customer in order to determine which rate is then the most
favorable to the customer.
C.
Borough assistance with rate schedule selection. Upon request by
an applicant, the Borough may furnish such information as may be requested
for use in the selection of the most desirable schedule from the standpoint
of the applicant. Applicant expressly agrees that no liability is
assumed by the Borough if the schedule selected by the applicant is
not the least costly rate schedule.
D.
Change in demand or consumption. If customer demand or consumption
changes at any time, it remains the responsibility of the customer
to request a different rate, if applicable, from the Borough. When
a customer has selected the classification for service, its application
shall remain in effect for a minimum of 12 months; provided, however,
if a customer's consumption characteristics change so that they fall
within the parameters of different service classifications, the Borough
reserves the right to change the customer's service classification
at any time. However, the Borough does not guarantee that the customer
will be served under the most favorable applicable rate, and no refund
will be made by the Borough to the customer representing the difference
in the charge made under the rate applied and that which would have
been made if a more favorable applicable rate had been chosen and
applied.
E.
Capacity of service. Capacity of service received from the Borough
shall be at the discretion of the Borough. All applications for service
shall be accompanied by written support of applicable number phases
required, voltage characteristics, installed service size and estimated
loads with load calculations.
The Borough may reject any application for service not available
under a standard rate, or which would involve excessive service or
installation costs, or which might affect the supply of service to
other customers, or failure to pay applicable deposit, or if an outstanding
balance is owned on another account with the Borough, or for other
good reasons.
Although every reasonable effort will be made to maintain continuous
service at required voltage, the Borough will not be responsible to
any consumer for any loss or damage suffered by any interruption of
service, loss of one or more phases, voltage spikes, surges or improper
voltage.
A.
Generally. All electric current and service furnished by the Borough
shall be for the consumer's own use, and no consumer shall directly
or indirectly sell, sublet, assign, or otherwise dispose of the electric
current or service, or any part thereof, to others.
B.
Individual metering. Each hotel, apartment, living quarters, household,
store, office, or business shall be individually metered with one
point of delivery, except that this requirement shall not apply to
high-tension, commercial or industrial customers who elect to submeter
as outlined below.
C.
Multi-dwelling building service.
(1)
It shall be the duty of every owner of a residential building which
contains one or more dwelling units not individually metered to notify
the Borough of ownership and the fact that the premises served are
used for rental purposes.
(2)
Upon receipt of the notice provided in this section, if the residential
building contains one or more dwelling units not individually metered,
the Borough shall list the account for the premises in question in
the name of the owner, and the owner shall be responsible for the
payment for the electric service rendered thereunto. In the case of
individually metered dwelling units, unless notified to the contrary
by the tenant or an authorized representative, the Borough shall list
the account for the premises in question in the name of the owner,
and the owner shall be responsible for the payment for electric service
to the premises.
(3)
Any owner of a residential building failing to notify the Borough
as required by this section shall nonetheless be responsible for payment
of the electric service as if the required notice had been given.
The owner of a residential building shall be responsible for electric
service when the dwelling units are not metered individually. The
units shall not be considered metered individually when wiring from
other parts of the building, another dwelling unit or from common
use areas or other electrical equipment is connected to a meter serving
a dwelling unit.
(4)
For any rental property, upon discovery of a foreign load in a residential
apartment, the Borough shall switch the account into the name of the
owner and bill the owner's account for any unpaid billing on the account.
(5)
Any waiver of tenant's rights, lease or any agreement contrary to
this section shall be null and void and shall not be enforced by the
Borough.
D.
Submetering. Submetering shall be allowed only for existing single-structure
commercial or industrial facilities. In no case shall any residential,
hotel, apartment, living quarter, household, or other use be submetered.
New multiple-occupancy facilities shall not be submetered.
E.
High-tension commercial and industrial customer submetering. High-tension
commercial or industrial customers who elect to use submetering on
their premises shall also have metering owned, maintained, and read
by the Borough on either the primary or secondary side of the thirty-four-thousand-five-hundred-volt
line. The submetering on the customer's premises shall be owned, maintained,
and read by the customer. Submetering shall be used for Borough electric
bill cost allocation only. No markup or additional charges, including
metering charges, may be assessed upon the submetered consumer.
F.
Customer-owned-and-operated generation shall be allowed as permitted
by the Borough of Lansdale.
[Amended 11-20-2018 by Ord. No. 2018-1919]
(1)
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.
(2)
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 525 kilowatts if installed for nonresidential
customers.
(3)
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.
(4)
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.
(5)
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 calendar year. This average wholesale Borough
electric rate shall be based on the previous calendar year 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.
(6)
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.
(7)
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.
(8)
Fees shall include Borough charges, including but not limited to
an application fee and any 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.
(9)
All customer-owned generation shall be subject to the Borough Technical
Requirements for Customer-Owned Generation, as amended by resolution
of the Borough.
A.
New installation and major alteration. In all buildings located in
the Borough where wiring for electric service is new or where a major
alteration in wiring has been made as determined by the Borough, electric
current or service shall not be furnished to the building until the
electrical wiring conforms to the Borough's standards; a certificate
of occupancy is issued by the Building Inspector of the Borough; and
a certificate of approval is issued by any Borough approved electrical
inspection agency.
B.
Temporary connection. No person or organization shall occupy any
dwelling or building of any sort within the Borough until proper electric
service is furnished in accordance with the provisions of this chapter;
a certificate of occupancy has been issued by the Borough; and an
electrical inspection certificate has been issued. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, a temporary service connection may be provided where
necessary for the owner to have electric service available for construction
work on a property before securing the requisite certificate of occupancy
and inspection certificate. Such temporary connection will be granted,
in writing, by the Borough subject to conditions, rules and/or regulations
which the Borough places on the temporary connection. Temporary connections
shall be for a period of time that the Borough deems reasonable, but
not to exceed 90 days. A temporary connection period may be extended
by the Borough for cause shown. All temporary connection service shall
be at the risk of the property owner and applicant.
