[R.O. 2011 §715.010; Ord. No. 476 §1, 1-4-1979]
As used in this Chapter, the following terms shall have these
prescribed meanings:
The Municipal electric service of the City of Cabool, Missouri.
Includes any person, firm, corporation, or establishment
connected to or using, or applying to be connected to or using the
facilities of the Municipal electric service of the City of Cabool.
[R.O. 2011 §715.020; Ord. No. 476 §2, 1-4-1979]
The City will provide electric service to all consumers presently
receiving service from its electric system and in addition will serve
all new consumers within the city limits where such service requires
the use of streets, avenues, alleys, etc., to construct the distributing
lines.
[R.O. 2011 §715.030; Ord. No. 476 §3, 1-4-1979]
The City will require a security deposit at installation of
service from all new consumers or those who have been disconnected
for violation of any of the provisions of this Chapter or for non-payment
of bills, equal to two (2) times the estimated monthly bill, and never
less than fifty dollars ($50.00) and shall give a receipt therefor.
At the termination of service, the City will refund the deposit upon
full payment of all bills for service due to the City and the surrender
of the deposit receipt. Any such deposit may be applied by the City
to the payment of any or all bills due the City at the time of termination
of service to the consumer, either for electric or water service,
or may be applied on any outstanding tax or license due to the City,
and may be so applied with or without permission or consent of the
consumer. Any deposit receipt given by the City for security deposit
herein required shall not be transferable or assignable.
[R.O. 2011 §715.040; Ord. No. 476 §4, 1-4-1979]
A.
The
following regulations are hereby adopted and prescribed as standards
for the wiring of consumers installations in the City of Cabool:
1.
All new wiring must be done in accordance with National Electric
Codes, and such further specifications as may be set up from time
to time by the City.
2.
The consumer will be required to furnish, install and maintain at
all times in good condition all interior wiring, apparatus and equipment,
including all fixtures, appliances, and everything pertaining to the
use of electric service on their premises. When wiring is to be done
before service wires of the City are extended to the consumer's premises,
the City shall be notified and it shall specify the point of service
for the consumer.
[R.O. 2011 §715.050; Ord. No. 476 §5, 1-4-1979; Ord.
No. 766 §1, 9-17-2001]
A.
Meters will be read and bills mailed to consumers on or before the first (1st) of each month. All bills for service will be due upon presentation of the bill and shall be payable by the tenth (10th) day of the month succeeding that for which service was rendered. In case a meter does not record or is incorrectly recorded or is not read, the bill for that period will be based upon an average of the preceding three (3) months. If the bill for service remains unpaid on the fourteenth (14th) day of the month succeeding that for which service was rendered, the consumer will be notified that service will be discontinued. Service will be discontinued by the sixteenth (16th) day of the month succeeding that for which service was rendered for non-payment and a charge of ten dollars ($10.00) shall be made to cover the cost of disconnecting and reconnecting the service, which sum shall be added to the bill and collected therewith before service is restored. The City reserves the right to collect in addition thereto a security deposit as set out in Section 715.030. Consumers are liable for all current registered on the meter until ten (10) hours after notification has been received at the City's offices of desire to disconnect services.
B.
The
City shall have the right at any time to discontinue service or partial
service from its lines for the purpose of making repairs, extensions,
replacements or inspections, and for such other reasons as may become
necessary. The City, however, will arrange such interruptions so that
the smallest possible number of consumers will be affected. The City
shall not be liable or responsible for failure to supply electric
service or for interruptions of the supply, and the City shall not
be responsible or liable for damages resulting to a consumer or to
a third (3rd) person, company or corporation from the above causes
or from the use of electricity or the presence of the City's equipment
or apparatus upon a consumer's premises.
C.
The
City shall have the power to disconnect service and disconnect electric
connections upon the user's non-payment of any account for more than
fifteen (15) days after its due date, being the first (1st) day of
the month.
[R.O. 2011 §715.060; Ord. No. 476 §6, 1-4-1979]
Any service for less than twelve (12) months shall be considered
temporary service and the cost of all labor, equipment, and material
in installing same shall be borne by the consumer. In addition to
the regular security deposit required, a consumer requesting temporary
service, shall deposit with the City a sum equal to the estimated
cost of installing and connecting such service. After the termination
of such temporary service the materials and equipment shall be salvaged
and consumer given credit for that portion which is fit for reuse.
[R.O. 2011 §715.070; Ord. No. 476 §7, 1-4-1979]
The City may refuse to connect or supply motors or other apparatus
of such type or of such installation as may impose low voltage or
an insufficient power factor, or such as may otherwise impair service
to other consumers.
[R.O. 2011 §715.080; Ord. No. 476 §8, 1-4-1979]
A.
The
City will supply electricity through meters furnished and owned by
it, and delivery of electric current is considered completed at the
load terminals of the meters. No City employee shall be permitted
to do any work beyond the load terminals of said metering equipment.
B.
The
register of the meter shall be prima facia evidence of the amount
of electricity used by the consumer, and he/she shall be held and
shall pay for said electricity in accordance with the provisions of
this Chapter.
C.
In
case of interference with or unnecessary injury to metering equipment
or other property belonging to the City, the City may remove same
and refuse further service until such damage is paid.
D.
If
the City finds, at any time, that taps have been made ahead of the
metering equipment, it shall estimate as nearly as possible the amount
of electric service illegally used, and bill the same to the consumer.
E.
The
City shall, at all times, have the right to inspect, any and all wiring,
equipment, installations and appliances upon the premises of a consumer;
and should such inspection disclose dangerous or defective conditions
of service or conditions likely to interfere with proper service to
and use of electric facilities to and by other consumers, the City
shall have the right to require correction or removal of such defective
wiring, installation, equipment and appliances by the consumer upon
reasonable notice; and upon his/her failure or refusal to do so, shall
discontinue service to such consumer until such defective condition
shall be corrected.
[R.O. 2011 §715.090; Ord. No. 476 §9, 1-4-1979]
A.
Overhead.
1.
All electrical services provided by the City shall be on the basis
of overhead primary and secondary facilities with secondary service
being brought to the customer's meter box. The customer shall obtain
the meter base from the City and shall furnish and install all other
materials required for the service except for the service wire and
meter which will be furnished and installed by the City.
2.
The maximum length secondary shall be one hundred (100) feet. Secondary
lengths greater than one hundred (100) must first be approved by the
City and the customer shall pay all costs relating to the additional
requirement.
B.
Underground.
1.
Underground single phase services to residential customers will be
furnished by the City in lieu of overhead services if so requested
by the customer. Lengths of underground secondary service shall be
limited to one hundred (100) feet and the maximum lot crossing length
of primary conductor to a pad mounted transformer shall be limited
to a maximum of one hundred fifty (150) feet. The customer shall obtain
the meter base from the City and the City shall install the meter
base and its conduit. The customer shall furnish and install galvanized
steel conduit of code size for the required service conductors from
the building to a point three (3) feet below grade and four (4) feet
from the foundation wall. The customer will trench and backfill for
any underground secondary and/ or service installation.
2.
The customer shall pay all costs incurred for primary runs in excess
of one hundred fifty (150) feet and secondary runs in excess of one
hundred (100) feet.
3.
Three (3) phase pad mounted transformers will be furnished for commercial
and industrial customers if three (3) phase underground service can
be made available and if the estimated underground costs do not exceed
the overhead costs. Three (3) phase service utilizing pad mounted
transformers will be furnished for front 208Y/120 volt and 480Y/277
volt services only. Three (3) phase four (4) wire delta secondary
services will not be available from pad mounted transformers. The
City will furnish three (3) phase, four (4) wire delta secondary service
from "Transclosure" type assemblies, however, the customer shall be
obligated to pay for the "Transclosure" assembly less the cost of
distribution transformers.
[R.O. 2011 §715.100; Ord. No. 476 §10, 1-4-1979]
A.
The
fees for installation of electric meters shall be:
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Size
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Fee
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100 Ampere Overhead
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$75.00
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100 Ampere Underground
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$100.00
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200 Ampere & Larger Overhead
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$100.00
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200 Ampere & Larger Underground
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$150.00
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B.
These
fees shall be paid by the property owner or person requesting the
installation of such meter. These fees include the cost of work and
materials furnished in the installation of such meter.
[R.O. 2011 §715.110; Ord. No. 476 §11, 1-4-1979; Ord. No. 824, 6-20-2005]
A.
The
City shall supply electric service to consumers in accordance with
the following schedules, except that all schedules shall be subject
to upward or downward adjustment due to changes in the wholesale power
cost from Sho-Me Power Corporation.
B.
All
demand and energy rates set forth in each rate schedule shall be increased
by a factor of 1.2 times the increase or decrease in demand and energy
costs made by Sho-Me Power Corporation to the City and as approved
by the Missouri Public Service Commission.
[R.O. 2011 §715.120; Ord. No. 550 §2, 11-4-1985; Ord. No. 824, 6-20-2005]
A.
Availability.
These schedules are available for residential service, separately
metered, to a one-family dwelling, located within the urban area of
the community, or served from a common law tension network serving
such area. This schedule is not available for service through a single
meter to multiple-family dwellings, rooming houses, etc., nor for
service to two (2) or more dwellings.
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Rate R1 — Residential Service:
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Net Rate
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First 50 kwh
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$21.00 cts/kwh
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Next 150 kwh
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$9.15 cts/kwh
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Next 1300 kwh
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$7.17 cts/kwh
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Excess kwh
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$5.70 cts/kwh
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Net Minimum
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$10.50
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Rate subject to power cost adjustment
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B.
Payment.
The above rate and minimum apply only in case a bill is paid on or
before ten (10) days after the date thereof. If not so paid, the gross
rate, which is the net rate and minimum, plus ten percent (10%) then
applies.
D.
Short-Term Service. A landlord, who owns at least two (2) rental
properties and has a regular deposit up for one of these, will be
charged the actual electric charge. This minimum monthly charge would
be in effect for a period of ten (10) days. If the time were more
than ten (10) days, the minimum monthly charge, at the base rate of
the first 50 kwh, would be applicable.
[Ord. No. 011-2016 § 5 — 6, 11-21-2016]
[R.O. 2011 §715.130; Ord. No. 646 §3, 5-3-1993]
A rate of four and one-half (0.045) cents per kilowatt shall
be charged for all residential service furnished to full time City
employees, Mayor, Board of Aldermen, and City Attorney of the City
of Cabool, which is separately metered to a one-family dwelling located
within the Corporate limits of the City of Cabool. This schedule is
not available for service through a single meter to multiple-family
dwellings, rooming houses, etc., nor for service to two (2) or more
buildings.
[R.O. 2011 §715.140; Ord. No. 598 §1(11B), 1-23-1989; Ord. No. 824, 6-20-2005]
A.
Availability. These schedules are available for service
within the urban area of the community, or from a common low tension
network serving such area, to commercial establishments, rooming houses,
multiple-family dwellings, or from combined commercial and residential
use for family dwellings, or for combined commercial and residential
use for usage up to five thousand (5,000) kwh/month or demand of twenty
(20) kilowatts.
When the customer's usage exceeds twenty (20) kilowatts or five
thousand (5,000) kwh during any one (1) month, the City shall have
the right to place the customer on the applicable large power rate.
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Rate CL — Small Commercial Service
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Net Rate
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First 75 kwh
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$18.667 cts/kwh
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Next 225 kwh
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$9.30 cts/kwh
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Next 1450 kwh
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$7.20 cts/kwh
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Next 3250 kwh
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$5.80 cts/kwh
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Excess
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$6.55 cts/kwh
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B.
Net
Minimum: $14.00/month.
[R.O. 2011 §715.150; Ord. No. 646 §1 (11C), 5-3-1993; Ord. No. 824, 6-20-2005]
A.
Availability. This schedule is available for service to
any customer on the lines of the City when the customer's estimated
demand is 20 kilowatts or greater. This schedule is available for
service within the urban area of the community, or from a common low
tension network serving such area, to commercial establishments, rooming
houses, multiple family dwellings, or for combined commercial and
residential use. Now applicable to seasonal service .
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Rate LC1 — Large Commercial
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Net Rate — LC1
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Billing Demand Charge
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$6.75 /kw
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Energy Charge
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First 300 kwh/kw of demand
Excess kwh/kw of demand
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$5.25 cts/kwh
$4.50 cts/kwh
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Rate subject to power cost adjustment.
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B.
Net Minimum — The Demand Charge. No bill will be
rendered for months in which no service is used, but customer is subject
to an annual minimum bill of fifty-seven dollars ($57.00) per kw of
the highest demand established during the calendar year.
[R.O. 2011 §715.160; Ord. No. 646 §2(11D), 5-3-1993; Ord. No. 824, 6-20-2005]
A.
This
schedule is available for service to any customer located on the lines
of the City for lighting or power whose average yearly demand is one
hundred (100) kw and above or twenty thousand (20,000) kwh/minimum
month. This schedule is available for service in the community, to
industrial, or commercial use. Not applicable to seasonal service.
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Net Rate LP 1 — Industrial:
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Billing Demand:
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All kw of Demand
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$7.25 /kw
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Energy Charge:
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First 300 kwh/kw of Demand
Excess kwh/kw
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$5.00 cts/kwh
$4.00 cts/kwh
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B.
Net Minimum — The Demand Charge. No bill will be rendered
for months in which no service is used, but customer is subject to
an annual minimum bill of fifty-seven dollars ($57.00) per kw of the
highest demand established during the calendar year.
[R.O. 2011 §715.165; Ord. No. 685 §§1 — 2, 6-17-1996; Ord. No. 824, 6-20-2005]
A.
This
schedule is available for service to any customer located on the lines
of the City or lighting or power whose average yearly demand is five
hundred (500) kw and above or one hundred thousand (100,000) kwh per
month. This schedule is available for service in the community, to
industrial, or commercial use. This rate is not applicable to any
seasonal service.
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Net Rate — Large Industrial:
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Demand Charge:
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All kw of Demand
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$7.50 per kw
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Energy Charge:
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First 300 kwh/kw of Demand
Excess kwh
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$.044/kwh
$.032/kwh
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Minimum bill is the Demand Charge
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B.
This
Section shall be in full force and effect beginning with the January
1, 2006, billing.
[R.O. 2011 §715.170; Ord. No. 476 §11E, 1-4-1979]
A.
Availability. This schedule is available for overhead outdoor
lighting service to any customer located on the lines of the City.
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Rate PL — Private Outdoor Lighting Services:
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Charge for installation of standard construction (as set forth
hereinafter under Conditions of Service, No. 1):
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Mercury-vapor lamp sizes Per lamp, Per month
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6,800 Lumen
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$5.00
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20,000 Lumen
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$8.50
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Additional charge for installation requiring additions to, or
rearrangement of, existing facilities shall be at actual cost. This
cost to be paid prior to commencement of service.
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B.
Conditions Of Service.
1.
Standard construction shall consist of a Mercury-vapor lamp unit
with refractor, bracket, control device, wire and hardware mounted
on existing poles and on existing secondary circuits.
2.
All lamps shall burn every night from dusk to dawn, subject to a
time allowance of three (3) work days after notice is given by customer
to the City for maintenance and lamp renewals.
3.
The facilities installed by the City under this schedule shall remain
the property of the City.
4.
The above net rate applies only in case a bill is paid on or before
ten (10) days after the date thereof. If not so paid, the gross rate,
which is the net rate, plus ten percent (10%), then applies.
5.
The term of service under this schedule shall be not less than one
(1) year.
[R.O. 2011 §715.180; Ord. No. 476 §11F, 1-4-1979]
A.
Availability. This schedule is available for electrical
service to any customer located on the lines of the City. This schedule
provides service for special applications such as fire pumps or other
installations which require intermittent operation.
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Rate SS — Special Services
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Billing Demand
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First 100 kw of Demand
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$4.70 /kw
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Next 300 kw of Demand
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$4.00 /kw
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Excess kw of Demand
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$3.40 /kw
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Energy Charge
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All kwh/kw
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2.6cts /kwh
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Rate subject to power cost adjustment.
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B.
Net Minimum. The demand charge or one and one-fourth percent
(l¼%) of the investment charge, whichever is greater.
C.
Payment. The net rate applies only in case a bill is paid
on or before ten (10) days after the date thereof. If not so paid,
the gross rate, which is the above rate, plus ten percent (10%) then
applies.
D.
Transformer Ownership. Where the customer supplies all facilities
(other than metering equipment) for utilization of service at the
voltage of the City's primary line feeding to such location, a discount
of 5% of the demand shall apply.
E.
Determination Of Billing Demand. The maximum measured fifteen
(15) minute demand in the month, as measured by a suitable meter.
F.
Primary Metering Discount. The above rates apply for service
metered at secondary voltage. Where service is metered at the primary
line feeding to such locations, adjustment for billing shall be made
by decreasing the metered kwh by three percent (3%) if only one transformer
bank is installed,
G.
Deposit. A deposit equal to two and one-half percent (2½%)
of the investment shall be made prior to commencement of service.
H.
Determination Of Investment Charge. The investment charge
shall be calculated on the total labor overhead and material cost
of the installation, including all additional lines, transformers
and miscellaneous equipment required.
I.
Conditions Of Service.
1.
The voltage, phase and frequency of service hereunder shall be approved
by the City.
2.
This service shall be considered as a separate service not to be
combined with any other meter reading.
3.
Service shall be of the overhead type. In event the customer desires
an underground type of service, the City will furnish and install
such service and the customer shall pay the City for all expenses
incurred over and above the normal overhead type service.
4.
Service to each separate location or point of delivery hereunder
shall be billed separately.
5.
Service under this schedule is for the sole use of the customer,
and shall not be resold or sub-metered.
[R.O. 2011 §715.190; Ord. No. 513, 3-16-1981]
A.
Availability. Electric service, under this schedule, is
available to points on the City's existing distribution facilities
within the existing service area, to customers whose total parallel
generation facility does not exceed 100 kw.
B.
Applicability. Applicable to residential, small commercial,
or large commercial customers who contract for the purchase of capacity
and/or energy from the City at one delivery point and who desire to
generate at least a portion of their energy requirements by operating
in parallel with City's system. Customers source of parallel generation
may include windmills, water wheels, solar generators, geothermal
devices, or other renewable resources.
This schedule is not applicable to maintenance, backup, interruptible,
supplementary, or resale electric service.
C.
Character Of Service. Alternating current, 60 hertz, at
the voltage and phase of the City's established secondary distribution
system at the location of the customer. City shall not be required-to
furnish three phase service for generators less than 10 KVA in size
nor to furnish single phase service to generators more than 50 KVA
in size.
D.
Net Monthly Bill. The customer shall pay the City for capacity
and energy supplied to the customer at the applicable rate for the
customer class.
The City shall pay the customer for energy supplied the City
at the cost of purchased energy per kilowatt hour during the previous
month including fuel cost adjustment.
The monthly minimum charge shall be calculated as provided in
the tariff applicable to such class of customers except that if a
special transformer installation is necessary for the benefit of the
customer or to protect the quality of service to other customers,
such minimum shall not be less than one dollar ($1.00) per KVA of
the required transformer capacity.
The City will credit the customer's account monthly for energy
received from customer.
E.
Payment. Monthly bills will be rendered net after deduction
for energy received, payable within ten (10) days of the date of the
bill, and will become delinquent thereafter. Ten percent (10%) shall
be added to the net amount on the date the bill becomes delinquent.
F.
Additional Terms And Conditions Of Service.
1.
Metering. The City will supply, own, and maintain
all necessary meters and associated equipment utilized for measuring
capacity and energy delivered to customer and energy delivered to
City. In addition, for purposes of monitoring customer generation
and load, the City may install at its expense, load research metering.
The customer shall supply, at no expense to the City, a suitable location
for meters and associated equipment used for billing and for load
research.
2.
Interconnection facilities. The customer shall furnish,
install, operate, and maintain in good working order all facilities
beyond City's metering facilities including such automatic synchronism,
control and protective devices, breakers, relays, locks and seals,
as shall be designated by City as being required for operation of
the generator in parallel with City's system. Interconnection facilities
shall be accessible to City personnel at all times.
The customer may be required to reimburse the City for any equipment
or facilities required as a result of the installation by the customer
of parallel generation equipment.
The customer shall furnish plans and drawings of the generation
and interconnecting facilities to the City for City's approval or
disapproval prior to construction of these facilities. The customer
shall notify the City prior to the initial energization and start-up
testing of the customer-owned generator, and the City shall have the
right to conduct and/or witness tests.
3.
The City may require the customer to limit the production of electrical
energy from the parallel generator to an amount no greater than the
load at the customer's facility of which the generating facility is
a part at certain times and as operating conditions may warrant.
4.
The City may require the customer to furnish information that the
customer is a "qualified facility" as defined by Federal Regulations.
5.
The facilities of the customer shall equal or exceed the requirements
of the National Electric Code, The National Electric Safety Code,
and any Municipal, County, or State Codes applicable. The City reserves
the right to disconnect facilities if safety or operating stability
warrants such disconnect.
[Ord. No. 001-2022, 3-21-2022]
A.
Applicable
Service Territory. Net metering shall be available at any point within
the distribution service territory of the City of Cabool's electric
utility where existing utility facilities would have adequate capacity
and suitable voltage for delivery of service.
B.
Availability
Of Service. Net metering service is available to any customer that
owns and operates a solar, wind, biomass or hydrogen fuel cell generation
unit with a capacity of not more than one hundred (100) kilowatts
that is located on the customer's premises, is interconnected and
operates in parallel with the utility's existing transmission and
distribution facilities and is intended primarily to offset part or
all of the customer's own electrical power requirements. Availability
is limited by a system total of one hundred (100) kw for the Cabool
electric distribution system. Once the total installed customer generation
(as defined by Section 386.887, RSMo.) on the utility's distribution
system reaches one hundred (100) kilowatts, no additional customer
generation will be allowed to connect to the system per the Net Metering
and Easy Connection Act (Section 386.890, RSMo., Supp. 2007).
C.
Definition
Of Net Metering. "Net Metering" means measuring the difference between
the electricity supplied by the utility and the electricity generated
by an eligible generation unit and fed back to the electric grid over
the applicable billing period.
D.
Monthly
Billing.
1.
The electric service charge shall be computed in accordance with
the monthly billing under the customer's effective standard rate schedule.
Under this net metering rider, only the kilowatt-hour (kwh) units
of a generation are affected.
2.
If the electricity supplied by the utility exceeds the electricity
generated by the generation unit during the applicable billing period,
the customer shall be billed for the net billable kwhs supplied by
the utility in accordance with the rates and charged under the utility's
standard rate schedule applicable to the customer.
3.
If the electricity generated by the generation unit exceeds the electricity
supplied by the utility, the customer shall be credited for the net
value of electric energy delivered to the utility during the applicable
billing period at the utility' s avoided cost, with the credit appearing
on the customer' s bill no later than the following billing period.
E.
Special
Conditions.
1.
The customer must have signed interconnection and net metering agreements
for alternative energy generation unity with the utility.
2.
The customer is responsible for all costs associated with their generation
unit and is also responsible for all costs related to any modifications
to the generation unit that may be required by the utility for purposes
of safety and reliability.
3.
A generation unit shall meet all applicable safety and performance
standards established by the National Electric Safety Code, the National
Electric Code, the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
and the Underwriters Laboratory.
4.
The customer will be responsible for any cost incurred to the City
of Cabool for upgrade to the required meter and meter base.
