[Ord. No. A-248 §1, 9-24-1990]
All electric service shall be furnished upon a metered basis
and a separate meter shall be installed for each dwelling, business
establishment or property serviced with electricity.
[Ord. No. A-248 §2, 9-24-1990; Ord. No. A-327 §1, 1-7-2003; Ord.
No. A-350 §1, 10-10-2005; Ord. No. A-405 §1, 2-8-2010]
Residential customers who own their property shall pay a meter
deposit of one hundred dollars ($100.00) or an amount equal to one
(1) month's anticipated bill before installation of a meter, said
deposit to be returned to the customer when the service is discontinued,
less any unpaid balance owed for electric service. Residential customers
who are renters or have a rent to own agreement shall pay a deposit
of three hundred dollars ($300.00), said deposit to be returned to
the customer when the service is discontinued, less any unpaid balance
owed for utility service. Commercial customers shall pay a one hundred
fifty dollar ($150.00) deposit, said deposit to be returned to the
customer when the service is discontinued, less any unpaid balance
owed for utility service.
[Ord. No. A-248 §3, 9-24-1990]
All electric meters shall be read and bills rendered monthly.
All bills shall be due and payable from and after the date such bills
are rendered at the office of the City Clerk or other place designated
by the Board of Aldermen, during the regular hours of business.
[Ord. No. A-248 §4, 9-24-1990]
If any bill for electric service shall be and remain due and
unpaid after the fifteenth (15th) day following the rendition thereof,
an additional charge of ten percent (10%) thereof shall be added thereto.
[Ord. No. A-245 §5, 9-24-1990; Ord. No. A-312 §1, 8-16-1999); Ord. No. A-414 §1, 10-11-2010]
If any bill for electric service shall be and remain past due
and unpaid as long as twenty-five (25) days, service to such customer
shall be disconnected and shall not be reconnected until all past
due bills are paid in full, together with a reconnection charge of
twenty-five dollars ($25.00) cash during normal business hours or
fifty dollars ($50.00) cash after normal hours. The Superintendent
of the Electric Company shall be notified of such delinquency and
shall proceed immediately to disconnect the electric service of the
customer so in arrears.
[Ord. No. A-248 §6, 9-24-1990]
Application for electric service shall be made to the City Clerk,
or such other person as shall be designated by the Board of Aldermen,
by the owner or the occupant of the property to be served.
[Ord. No. A-304 §1, 9-21-1998]
Applications for electrical service to premises never before
connected with the City's electrical system shall be made to the City
Clerk or the other person designated by the Board of Aldermen by the
owner or occupant of the property to be served, and upon payment of
the following fee(s):
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Conventional 3-phase electrical connection
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$250.00
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Transformer metering electrical connection
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$450.00
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shall be connected to the electrical system. Said fee shall
be to reimburse the electrical system for the cost of material and
labor used in making the service connection to the electrical system.
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[Ord. No. A-248 §7, 9-24-1990]
It shall be a misdemeanor for any person or persons to tamper
with any electric wires or change any electric meters or make connection
to the electric wiring without written permission from the City, or
to reconnect service when it has been disconnected for non-payment
of a bill for services until such bill has been paid in full, including
the reconnection fee. Upon conviction, there shall be a fine of not
less than ten dollars ($10.00) nor more than five hundred dollars
($500.00).
[Ord. No. A-263, 10-14-1996; Ord. No. A-326 §1, 1-7-2003; Ord. No. A-327A §1, 5-29-2003; Ord. No. A-403-A §1, 3-15-2010; Ord. No. A-436 §1, 8-13-2012; Ord. No. A-455 §1, 6-9-2014; Ord. No. A-517, 4-24-2018; Ord. No. A-587, 4-12-2021]
A.
For
residential rates, "Liberty Fuel Charge" shall mean the current monthly
Liberty Fuel Adjustment Charge for each kwh for all hours of service,
pursuant to the current Service Agreement between the City of Lockwood
and Liberty Utilities.
B.
Charges for monthly electric service to residential customers shall
be in accordance with the following:
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Residential Rates
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$15.00 base service charge
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Inside City Limits
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.1080 for the first 850 kwh
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.0925 per kwh over 850 kwh
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Plus, monthly Liberty Fuel Charge per kwh
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Plus, current State, County and City Sales Tax
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Residential Rates
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$15.00 base service charge
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Outside City Limits
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.1080 for the first 850 kwh
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.0925 per kwh over 850 kwh
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Plus, monthly Liberty Fuel Charge per kwh
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Plus, current State, County and City Sales Tax
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[Ord. No. A-263, 10-14-1996; Ord. No. A-326 §2, 1-7-2003; Ord. No. A-327A §2, 5-29-2003; Ord. No. A-403-A §2, 3-15-2010; Ord. No. A-436 §2, 8-13-2012; Ord. No. A-455 §2, 6-9-2014; Ord. No. A-523, 7-17-2018; Ord. No. A-587, 4-12-2021]
A.
For
commercial rates, "Liberty Fuel Charge" shall mean the current monthly
Liberty Fuel Adjustment Charge for each kwh for all hours of service,
pursuant to the current Service Agreement between the City of Lockwood
and Liberty Utilities.
B.
Charges for monthly electric service to commercial customers shall
be in accordance with the following:
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Commercial Rates
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$25.00 base service charge
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Inside City Limits
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.13168 for the first 700 kwh
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.11838 per kwh over 700 kwh
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Plus, monthly Liberty Fuel Charge per kwh
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Plus, current State, County and City Sales Tax
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Commercial Rates
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$25.00 base service charge
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Outside City Limits
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.13168 for the first 700 kwh
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.11838 per kwh over 700 kwh
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Plus, monthly Liberty Fuel Charge per kwh
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Plus, current State, County and City Sales Tax
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[Ord. No. A-248 §10, 9-24-1990; Ord. No. 263-A, 10-14-1996; Ord. No.
A-326 §3, 1-7-2003; Ord. No. A-327A §3, 5-29-2003; Ord. No. A-436 §4, 8-13-2012; Ord. No. A-455 §3, 6-9-2014; Ord.
No. A-524, 7-17-2018]
A.
Demand meters shall be installed for all commercial customers whose
demand load exceeds forty (40) Kw (40, 000 watts) in a connected load
for any period of fifteen (15) consecutive minutes as indicated or
recorded by a suitable demand meter. Rates for such demand customers
shall be as follows:
1.
Access Charge: $69.49; and
2.
Demand charge: $7.80 for each Kw of billing demand; and
3.
Energy Charge: .06 cents per Kwh for the first one hundred (100)
hours of billing demand and .0485 cents per Kwh for all hours of billing
demand exceeding one hundred (100) hours plus monthly Empire fuel
charge; and
4.
Fuel Adjustment Charge: Current monthly Liberty Fuel Adjustment
Charge for each Kwh for all hours of billing demand.
B.
Billing demand will be determined from the highest (15) minutes integrated
kilowatt demand registered during the month by a suitable demand meter.
[Ord. No. A-496, 4-10-2017]
A.
Applicable
Service Territory. Net metering and electrical system interconnection
is available on a first-come, first served basis in the distribution
service territory of the City of Lockwood at any point on the City's
existing facilities that has adequate capacity and suitable voltage
for delivery of service until:
1.
The total rated generating capacity of all net metering systems on
the utility equals five percent (5%) of the utility's single-hour
peak load during the previous year; or
2.
The total rated generating capacity of approved new interconnection
agreements during the current calendar year equals or exceeds one
percent (1%) of the utility's single-hour peak load for the previous
calendar year.
B.
Availability
Of Service. Net metering service is available to any existing business
or home owner customer who is in good standing under the City's electric
service schedules. The customer can own and operate a renewable energy
electric generator powered by solar (thermal or photovoltaic), hydro,
or wind or fuel cells using hydrogen produced by solar, hydro or wind
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 phase and synchronization with the City's existing transmission
and distribution facilities, and is intended primarily to offset part
or all of the customer's own electrical power requirements. This rider
is offered in compliance with the "Net Metering and Easy Connection
Act" (Section 386.890, RSMo., and appropriate Missouri Public Service
Commission Rules). Additional sources of renewable energy may be certified
by the Department of Natural Resources and they will be accepted by
the City. All agreements hereunder are between the customer-generator
and the City and shall not include a third party.
C.
Definitions.
"Net metering" means measuring the difference between the electric
energy supplied by the City and electric energy generated by an eligible
customer-generator and fed back to the electric grid over the applicable
billing period. All other definitions shall be those contained in
the Missouri "Net Metering and Easy Connection Act" (Section 386.890,
RSMo.) except where noted in this Section.
D.
Monthly
Billing. 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 energy units indicated
in kilowatt hour (kWh) units of a customer-generator's bill are affected.
1.
If the electricity supplied by the City exceeds the electricity generated
by the customer-generator during the applicable billing period, the
customer-generator shall be billed for the net billable kWhs supplied
by the City in accordance with the rates and charges under the City's
standard rate schedule applicable to the customer.
2.
If the electricity generated by the customer-generator exceeds the
electricity supplied by the City, the customer-generator shall be
credited for the net value of the electric energy delivered to the
City during the applicable billing period at the City's "avoided fuel
cost," with this credit appearing on the customer-generator's bill
no later than the following billing period.
3.
The "avoided fuel cost" is that amount determined by the City's governing
board with responsibility for setting rates, as outlined in Section
386.890.2(1), RSMo. The Lockwood Board of Aldermen hereby determines
that the "avoided fuel cost" shall be the sum of the fuel charge and
usage charge billed by Empire District Electric to the City of Lockwood,
divided by kilowatt hours.
E.
Transfer
Of Ownership. Upon change in assuming ownership or operational control
of the qualified unit, or of the premises on which the unit is located,
the new customer-generator shall file a new application with the City
for net metering.
F.
Terms
And Conditions.
2.
The customer-generator is responsible for all costs associated with
its generating facility and is also responsible for all costs related
to any modifications to the facility that may be required by the City
for purposes of safety and reliability. In addition, an established
customer-generator agrees to notify the City at least thirty (30)
days prior to modifications to the system components or design that
may alter the systems' overall design or performance.
3.
A net metering facility 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,
the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, and the Underwriters Laboratory.
In addition, it shall:
a.
Be equipped at the customer-generator's expense with a meter or meters
supplied by the City and capable of measuring the net amount of electrical
energy produced or consumed by the customer-generator. Any additional
costs necessary for the City to permit the meters or generator to
be integrated into the City's distribution system shall be borne by
the customer-generator. At the request of the customer-generator those
costs can be initially paid by the City which may bill the customer-generator
the costs over the subsequent twelve (12) billing cycles, including
a reasonable rate of interest.
b.
Have a mechanism that automatically disables and disconnects the
unit from the supplier's electrical lines in the event that service
to the customer-generator is interrupted.
c.
Have an easily accessible device or feature in immediate proximity
to the metering equipment to allow a utility worker to manually and
instantly disconnect the unit from the City's distribution system
at any time. This device shall be capable of being locked in an "off"'
position by the City.
4.
For systems of ten (10) kilowatts or less, a customer-generator shall
not be required to purchase any liability insurance. Insurance for
systems above ten (10) kilowatts shall be negotiated as part of the
Interconnection Agreement.
