[R.O. 2006 §710.010; CC 1986 §69.400]
No person except the City Administrator or persons working under his/her orders shall attach any wire to the primary or secondary lines, install any such lines or turn on the electrical service to any building, residence, dwelling house or premises of any kind whatever; and no person shall in any manner take or use service furnished by the electric plant without first applying therefor and receiving a permit to do so.
[R.O. 2006 §710.020; CC 1986 §69.410]
Each consumer of electrical service shall be required to furnish, install and maintain a proper size, approved, standard, enclosed, fused, externally operated meter entrance switch trimmed and sealed to the meter, connected to the City's service wires by wires protected throughout their entire length by an unbroken iron conduit, properly secured to a meter switch and terminating at the outer end with approved conduit. All to be without expense whatever to the City and to be installed in accordance with the rules and requirements of the Electrical Code of the City.
[R.O. 2006 §710.030; CC 1986 §69.420]
All expenses necessary for either work or material to wire any building or premises of any kind, including all fixtures for light, cooking, heat, power, signs and appliances and for the maintenance and repair of all such wiring and other equipment, shall be borne and paid for by the owner or occupant of such building or premises and all such wiring and the connecting of all fixtures, stoves, motors, signs and appliances must be done in accordance with the rules and requirements of the Electrical Code of the City in effect at the time such work is done. The City will furnish, install and maintain all necessary poles, wires and wire holders for attaching wires outside the building or premises to be served at the expense of the City, provided that when electrical service is furnished to any consumer for thirty (30) days or less, such consumer shall be required to pay all the expenses for the installation and removal of all equipment incident and necessary to the furnishing of such service. The size, number and location of all meters necessary for any building or premises of any kind is to be determined by the City Administrator and may be removed by the City at any time for any cause. It shall be the duty of the owner or occupant of the building or premises to provide space for and to protect all such poles, wires and wire holders on such premises from injury or damage of any kind. All service lines and meters shall be located where most convenient for the service to be furnished and the locating and installing of all such lines and meters shall be determined and done under the direction and general supervision of the City Administrator. Nothing in this rule shall be construed to mean that the City will furnish, install or maintain any underground service to any building, dwelling house or premises of any kind whatever.
[R.O. 2006 §710.040; CC 1986 §69.430]
Electric meter and entrance switches shall be kept sealed and service shall be cut off from any house, building or premises where seals or the meter or wiring shows traces of having been tampered with. Any person who shall connect or disconnect or in any way molest or tamper with any electric wire in the City without authority from the City Administrator shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Where the identity of the person who has molested a seal, a meter or a wire is not otherwise proven, the consumer to whom the electric service is being furnished through such meter or wire shall be held responsible.
[R.O. 2006 §710.050; CC 1986 §69.440]
A. 
No person shall hitch or tie any horse or any other animal or in any manner attach any placard, notice, bill or advertisement of any kind whatever to any pole, standard, wire, fixture, transformer or property of any kind whatever belonging to the City electrical system.
B. 
No person shall erect, build, place or install or plant, grow or permit to grow or cause to be built or place any pole, wire, building of any kind, tree, shrub, vine or undergrowth or anything of any kind whatever that shall touch or interfere with any wire or other equipment belonging to the City electric plant or over any part of any street, alley, sidewalk or parkway in the City so as to in any manner interfere with the electric service and where any such obstruction to the operation or building of any line necessary or convenient for the transmission of electricity of the electric plant is found, it may be removed by employees of the City with as little damage to property as necessary.
C. 
No person shall in any way hinder, prevent or obstruct the operation of the City's electric plant or any part thereof.
[R.O. 2006 §710.060; Ord. No. 1374 §§1 — 3, 12-12-2005; Ord. No. 1422 §§1 — 3, 12-22-2008]
A. 
Beginning with the billing date of January 2009, the City of Willow Springs, Missouri, shall have and receive each month as compensation for electricity which it sells through its public electrical distribution system the following:
Residential/Rural Residential Rate
Customer charge
$5.57
1st 200 kw
$0.1050
Next 1,000 kw
$0.0805
Next 2,000 kw
$0.0744
All over 3,200 kw
$0.0683
Commercial/Exempt Commercial/Rural Commercial
Customer charge
$11.73
1st 500 kw
$0.0963
Next 500 kw
$0.0914
Next 1,000 kw
$0.0866
Next 1,000 kw
$0.0829
All over 3,000 kw
$0.0768
For schools, customer charge is waived.
Large Commercial
Customer charge
$11.73
Demand charge/kw
$6.80
All energy
$0.0553
Definition of "Large Commercial": Three (3) whole consecutive monthly billings exceed five thousand (5,000) kw per month or a connected load of twenty-five (25) kw or more.
Industrial and Government
Demand charge/kw
$6.80
All energy
$0.0497
Definition of "Industrial": This schedule is available for service to any customer located on the lines of the City for power whose average yearly demand is two hundred fifty (250) kw and above or fifty thousand (50,000) kw per month. Not applicable to seasonal service.
B. 
In addition to the above compensation, the City of Willow Springs, Missouri, shall collect a purchased power adjustment on the sale of each kw to each customer. For each one cent ($0.01) increase or decrease or major fraction thereof in the City's monthly purchased power of forty-three cents ($0.43) per kw in the first three (3) of four (4) months preceding the billing period, there shall be correspondingly added to or subtracted from each customer's bill an amount equal to one cent ($0.01) per kw times the total kw billed to the customers on all of the above rates.
C. 
In addition to the above compensation, the City of Willow Springs, Missouri, shall collect sales tax as provided by the Statutes of the State of Missouri on the total charges for electric by commercial and industrial users. City sales tax on all users shall be collected as specified by City ordinance.