[Gen. Ords. 1959, § 24.01(a)]
No building or premises shall be connected with the electric
system of the City until an application shall be made therefor on
printed blanks to be furnished by the Director of Finance giving the
full name of the person desiring to use the electric current and the
location of the property.
[Ord. No. 8564, § 3, 11-21-1996; Ord. No. 10025, § 2, 8-4-2011]
All applications for electric service shall carry the following
legend:
"Electric service may be discontinued if any bill is not paid in full for three consecutive months, as provided for in §
23-88 of the Kirkwood Code of Ordinances. The bill may also be specially assessed against the real property. Further, if a bill for any month is not paid in full before the next monthly bill is sent out, interest will be charged on the unpaid balance and continue until the bill is paid in full."
[Ord. No. 1959, § 24.01(b); Ord. No. 6248, § 1, 3-16-1978; Ord. No. 7128, § 1, 12-1-1983; Ord. No. 8742, § 1, 7-16-1998]
Before electric service is provided, the commercial applicants
and renters shall deposit with the Director of Finance such sum as
will, in the judgment of the Director of Finance, cover the charge
for the consumption of the electric current for 90 days, but not less
than $60. If a customer has a period of two years of continuous timely
payments, the security deposit for a new account may be waived at
the direction of the Director of Finance or designee. The Director
of Finance may require consumers to increase their deposit at any
time so as to bring it up to a sum equal to the charge for the consumption
of electric current for the preceding 120 days, and if the consumer
fails to make such additional deposit within 10 days after being notified
to do so, the current shall be shut off. The sum so collected shall
remain on deposit until electric services have been discontinued,
or may be credited to the customer's account after a period of two
years of continuous timely payments, or may be extended for additional
years. Interest on deposits held by the City as of March 31, 1978
shall commence to earn such interest April 1, 1978. Sums deposited
on or after April 1, 1978, shall commence to earn interest from the
first day of the month following such deposit. Upon withdrawal of
deposit, interest shall be earned to the last day of the month preceding
withdrawal. If any funds are on deposit when the service is discontinued,
the Director of Finance shall apply the deposit plus interest to any
unpaid bills of the consumer and issue a warrant for the balance,
if any, to the consumer.
[Gen. Ords. 1959, § 24.01; Ord.
No. 8792, § 1, 2-18-1999]
The commencement of electric service shall not occur to any
premises until the applicant and/or owner of the premises pays all
delinquent electric, water, sanitation, and/or any other amounts due
and payable to the City of Kirkwood.
[Gen. Ords. 1959, § 24.07]
The duly authorized officers or employees of the City shall
have the right at all reasonable hours to freely enter the premises
of any consumer for the purpose of examining, repairing or reading
any meter used in connection with its electric system, or for any
other purpose that may be deemed essential for the protection of the
interests of the City in relation to its electric system. The refusal
of the consumer to permit such entry shall entitle the City to discontinue
the service.
[Gen. Ords. 1959, § 24.08]
No electric current shall be supplied to any consumer except
through a meter, which meter shall be furnished and installed by the
City and shall be under the exclusive control, jurisdiction and supervision
of the City.
[Ord. No. 6281, § 1, 5-18-1978]
(1) The Electric Department of the City of Kirkwood shall conduct tests
of electric meters upon requests and the following fees shall be charged:
(a)
Charge for testing meter shall be as set by the Council by resolution
from time to time, unless the meter registers in excess of 102% of
the actual usage, then there shall be no charge for such test.
[Gen. Ords. 1959, § 24.11]
No person shall, without the consent of the City, unlawfully
and intentionally convert to his use or the use of another person,
from any wire or conductor of the City, any portion of the electric
current or electricity distributed by the City, or unlawfully and
intentionally prevent such current, or any portion thereof, from passing
through any meter provided for measuring the same, or unlawfully and
intentionally prevent such meter from registering correctly the current
passing through it, or aid in any manner the unlawful conversion to
his use, or the use of another, or any portion of such electric current,
or knowingly accept or receive the use and benefit of electric current
which should pass through a meter but has been diverted therefrom
or which has been prevented from being correctly registered by a meter
provided therefor, or which has been diverted from the wires or conductors
of the City. The presence at any time on or about the meter or meters,
wires or conductors of any device whatsoever which affects the diversion
of electric current without the same being measured or registered
by the City, shall constitute prima facie evidence of knowledge on
the part of the person, who as owner or lessee, or otherwise at the
time has the use, custody or control of the room or building where
such device exists, of the existence thereof and the effect thereof,
and shall further constitute prima facie evidence of the intention
on the part of such person to defraud, and in case a check meter installed
by the City registers more current than is registered by the meter
installed in the customer's premises, such condition shall constitute
prima facie evidence that such unregistered current has been wrongfully
diverted by such customer, and shall further constitute prima facie
evidence of the intention on the part of such customer to defraud.
[Gen. Ords. 1959, § 24.12]
No person shall unlawfully and maliciously destroy, injure or
otherwise tamper with any engine, generator, dynamo, machinery, meter,
pipe, conduit, line or pole belonging to the City, or destroy, injure
or otherwise tamper with any wires, cables, lamps or other apparatus
placed upon poles belonging to or leased by the City.
[Gen. Ords. 1959, § 26.09; Ord.
No. 4675, § 3, 2-9-1961; Ord. No. 5552, § 1, 11-16-1972; Ord. No. 6682, § 1, 1-22-1981; Ord. No. 6913, § 1, 8-5-1982; Ord. No. 7122, § 1(a), 11-17-1983; Ord. No. 7656, § 3, 5-7-1987; Ord. No. 9430, § 6, 10-7-2004]
(a) The City reserves the right to discontinue the supply of electric
current to any consumer for a violation of any of the rules and regulations
of the City relating to the electric system.
(b) The Director of Finance shall give notice in writing to the customer
by United States mail, postage prepaid, to the billing address of
such customer as shown on the application originally made for such
electric service, or on any amendment to such application as to mailing
address or if no such mailing address is set forth, to the address
of the premises where the current was consumed, which notice shall
set forth the violation of the rule or regulation or rules and regulations
complained of, and if within five days of the date of the notice,
the violation has not ceased, the City Clerk shall certify such fact
to the Superintendent of the Electric Department, or to the person
acting in the capacity of the Superintendent of the Electric Department
if there is none, and the Electric Department shall forthwith discontinue
the electric service to such consumer.
(c) A failure on the part of the consumer to actually receive the notice set forth in Subsection
(b), shall not be an excuse or justification for the failure to correct the violation nor shall it prevent the discontinuance of the electric service to such consumer.
(d) After electric service has been discontinued as provided in this
section, it shall not be renewed until all bills for electric service
due and owing to the City have been paid, the deposit for service
required by this division has been made, and the actual cost of the
discontinuance of the service not to exceed $50 has been paid; if
the reconnection is made other than during normal working hours, the
actual cost, without limit, shall be charged.
[Gen. Ords. 1959, § 2.402; Ord.
No. 4617, §§ 1 — 3, 6-23-1960; Ord. No. 4746, § 1, 1-11-1962; Ord. No. 4748, § 1, 2-8-1962; Ord. No. 4781, §§ 1, 2, 8-9-1962; Ord. No. 4826, § 2, 6-20-1963; Ord. No. 4863, §§ 1, 2, 12-12-1963; Ord. No. 4864, § 1, 12-12-1963; Ord. No. 4865, § 1, 12-12-1963; Ord. No. 4901, § 1, 7-9-1964; Ord. No. 4938, § 1, 1-7-1965; Ord. No. 5009, § 1, 1-20-1966; Ord. No. 5109, § 1, 7-13-1967; Ord. No. 5147, § 1, 12-20-1967; Ord. No. 5148, § 1, 12-20-1967; Ord. No. 5321, §§ 1 — 10, 3-12-1970; Ord. No. 5458, § 1, 1-22-1972; Ord. No. 5576, § 1, 3-8-1973; Ord. No. 5693, § 1, 5-2-1974; Ord. No. 5733, § 1, 7-11-1974; Ord. No. 5911, § 1, 1-22-1976; Ord. No. 5978, § 1, 6-17-1976; Ord. No. 6071, § 1, 1-13-1977; Ord. No. 6244, § 2, 2-16-1978; Ord. No. 6264, § 1, 3-23-1978; Ord. No. 6283, §§ 1,
2, 5-18-1978; Ord. No.
6300, § 1, 7-20-1978; Ord. No. 6383, § 1, 2-15-1979; Ord. No. 6398, §§ 1, 2, 3-15-1979; Ord. No. 6466, § 1, 9-20-1979; Ord. No. 6467, §§ 1,
3, 9-20-1979; Ord. No.
6468, § 1, 9-20-1979; Ord. No. 6493, §§ 1, 2, 10-22-1979; Ord. No. 6494, § 1, 10-22-1979; Ord. No. 6608, § 3, 6-19-1980; Ord. No. 6743, § 1, 5-21-1981; Ord. No. 6744, §§ 1, 2, 5-21-1981; Ord. No. 6758, § 1, 7-2-1981; Ord. No. 6792, §§ 1,
2, 9-3-1981; Ord. No.
6784, §§ 1 — 3, 8-6-1981; Ord. No. 6785, § 1, 8-6-1981; Ord. No. 6851, § 1, 3-18-1982; Ord. No. 6914, §§ 1, 2, 8-5-1982; Ord. No. 6994, §§ 1,
2, 2-3-1983; Ord. No.
7072, §§ 1, 2, 7-21-1983; Ord. No. 7196, § 1, 5-17-1984; Ord. No. 7236, §§ 1, 2, 8-16-1984; Ord. No. 7304, §§ 1, 2, 2-7-1985; Ord. No. 7339, §§ 1, 2, 4-18-1985; Ord. No. 7369, § 1, 6-20-1985; Ord. No. 7433, § 1, 12-5-1985; Ord. No. 7529, §§ 1, 2, 5-1-1986; Ord. No. 7656, §§ 1, 2, 5, 6, 5-7-1987; Ord. No. 7720, § 1, 12-17-1987; Ord. No. 7734, §§ 1, 2, 1-21-1988; Ord. No. 7759, § 1, 5-5-1988; Ord. No. 7829, §§ 1, 2, 11-7-1988; Ord. No. 8024, §§ 1,
2, 1-3-1991; Ord. No.
8450, § 1, 9-21-1995; Ord. No. 8920, § 1, 6-1-2000; Ord. No. 9192, § 1, 9-5-2002; Ord. No. 9326, § 1, 8-21-2003; Ord. No. 9336, § 1, 9-18-2003; Ord. No. 9429, § 1, 9-16-2004; Ord. No. 9682, § 1, 7-19-2007; Ord. No. 9831, § 1, 2-19-2009; Ord. No. 9932, § 1, 6-17-2010; Ord. No. 10118, § 1, 2-7-2013; Ord. No. 10310, 1-21-2016; Ord. No. 10593, 6-6-2019]
Electric current disposed by the City shall be sold at the rates
set forth below:
(a) Definitions. As used in this section, the terms and symbols shall
have the meanings indicated.
CLASS OF CUSTOMER
Each customer shall be in a rate class according to the type
of customer, quantity of current used, demand for current and type
of service as set forth:
(i)
a.
A single-family residential structure.
b.
Separately metered units occupied for residential or sleeping
purposes only in a multiple-unit structure.
c.
Single metered multiple-occupancy buildings used for residential
occupancy only subject to rate calculations set forth for such class.
(ii)
GENERAL SERVICE CLASSThis class shall include all nonresidential, secondary service customers, including:
a.
CLASS GS-ASmall general service customers are those whose demand is usually less than 100 kw in the summer.
b.
CLASS GS-BLarge general service customers are those whose demand is 100 kw or greater in the summer.
(iv)
a.
Incandescent lamps installed and approved prior to September
30, 1963.
b.
Standard side-mounted mercury vapor hood with open bottom glassware.
c.
Pole-mounted, directional, mercury vapor luminaire; limited
to installation on existing wood pole accessible to Electric Department
basket truck and provided that capacitors, sectionalizers, regulators,
cable terminations or 34.5 kw switches are not mounted on such pole.
d.
Post-top-mounted, enclosed, mercury vapor luminaire, including
standard post; limited to installations taken under ten-year contracts
only.
SEASONAL RATE
Winter and summer rates are as follows:
(i)
WINTERThe winter rate includes the months in which bills are rendered in October, November, December, January, February, March, April and May.
(ii)
SUMMERThe summer rate includes the months in which bills are rendered in June, July, August and September.
SYMBOLS UTILIZED
As used within this section, the following symbols have the
meanings set forth:
(b) Effective dates. The effective dates for the rates previously set
forth above shall be as follows:
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Class R
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Effective date - October 2002 Billing Cycle
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Class GS-A
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Effective date - October 2002 Billing Cycle
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Class GS-B
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Effective date - October 2002 Billing Cycle
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Class OL
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Effective date - October 2002 Billing Cycle
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Class P
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Effective date - October 2002 Billing Cycle
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Class MA
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Effective date - October 2002 Billing Cycle
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(c)
Services to be supplied.
The City shall furnish the service indicated to each of the specific
rate classes as indicated:
1. R. Standard single-phase service voltage. Three-phase residential
secondary service may be added, but readings shall be combined with
single-phase service. No more than one single-phase and one three-phase
meter will be accumulated for billing.
2. GS-A, B. Standard single- or three-phase secondary voltage. In the
event consumption exceeds 25,000 kwh per month, or in the event the
Superintendent of Utilities has reason to believe the customer's demand
exceeds 250 kw, the City may require the installation of a demand
meter.
3. P. Standard three-phase primary voltage with demand meter.
4. OL. Supply, install and maintain approved fixtures and supply appropriate
current for fixtures. The service rendered to this class shall, in
addition to all other applicable provisions of the City ordinances,
be subject to the following terms and conditions:
(i)
Standard equipment. Customers shall select the type of lamp
and lumen rating of the standard equipment offered by the Electric
Department and shall specify the desired location of the fixture.
The outdoor area lighting service provided a customer hereunder shall
be supplied through fixtures attached to distribution poles of the
Electric Department, if in the sole determination of the Electric
Department such pole can be utilized. No more than one additional
pole may be installed and utilized for the exclusive purpose of rendering
service hereunder unless for the purpose of providing private street
or private outdoor area lighting.
(ii)
Special equipment. At the request of the customer and in the
sole discretion of the Electric Department, the City may install nonstandard
equipment. Before any such installation shall be made by the Electric
Department, customers shall pay to the Electric Department, in advance,
the estimated installed cost of special equipment and the payment
shall not be subject to refund. Rates for such special installation
shall be determined by the City and set forth in the contract between
the City and customer.
(iii)
Contract. The customer shall enter into a contract on approved
forms for the type of service desired. In the case when only lamps
and fixtures are to be installed, the minimum term of such a contract
shall be one year. If any additional facilities or special installation
work is required, the minimum contract period shall be three years.
After the original contract term is completed, the contract shall
continue in force and shall be subject to termination upon the giving
of 30 days' notice either by the Electric Department or the customer.
(iv)
Permits. The customer shall furnish to the City without cost
to the City or the Electric Department, and in such form as shall
be suitable and approved by the City, all rights, permits and easements
necessary to permit the installation and maintenance of the equipment
on, over, under and across private property where and as needed by
the Electric Department in providing service under this subsection.
(v)
City owns and maintains equipment. All equipment installed by
the Electric Department shall remain the property of the City, and
may be removed by the Electric Department if service is discontinued.
Such equipment as herein installed shall be maintained by the Electric
Department during normal business hours.
(d) Surcharge. In addition to the above rates there will be imposed a 7 1/2% surcharge in lieu of the license tax of 7 1/2% of the gross receipts of persons selling or distributing electricity in the City of Kirkwood in accordance with §
23-208 of the Code of the City of Kirkwood.
(e) Fee for service and installation of electric meters and transformers.
There shall be a service and installation fee on the installation
of electric meters and transformers at commercial and industrial establishments.
Such fee shall be determined by the Superintendent of the Electric
Department and shall be determined by the cost of such equipment to
the City and the cost of labor to complete the installation. Such
fee shall be due and payable within 10 days after billing by the City
and shall be subject to the same conditions and penalties for delinquency
as applies to charges for electrical energy. At all times and for
all purposes such equipment shall be deemed the property of the Electric
Department of the City of Kirkwood and the payment of such fees to
the City shall not be deemed to be a purchase of such equipment from
the City.
(f)
Special regulations with regard
to customers in Classes GS-A, GS-B and P.
(1)
The City's rates applicable to industrial and commercial services
are based on all such customers maintaining a power factor of not
less than 90% lagging. In the event a customer's power factor is less
than 85% during periods of normal operation, the City shall have the
right to require the customer to install, at his own expense, such
corrective equipment as may be required to increase the customer's
power factor to not less than 85%.
(2)
All of the customer's lighting equipment, motor-driven equipment,
apparatus, and appliances shall have such characteristics or be equipped
with corrective devices so as to enable the City to maintain a satisfactory
standard of service. In the case of high motor starting current, violently
fluctuating or intermittent loads, the City reserves and shall have
the right to require the customer to install, at his own expense,
apparatus to correct the objectionable conditions.
(3)
When a separate or oversized substation or transformer must be installed specifically to eliminate the effect of the objectionable load characteristic from the distribution system which would otherwise have the capacity to supply a normal load of the same size, or where separate transformers and/or service are installed at customer's request to supply apparatus which is sensitive to voltage, the cost of such substation or transformer is considered as a corrective device under Subsection
(2) above.
(4)
When a customer fails to install the necessary facilities on
its premises to correct the objectionable conditions of its load,
or to prevent such objectionable conditions from interfering with
the City's supply of satisfactory service to other customers, the
City shall have the right to deny service to such customer until the
objectionable condition shall have been corrected in a manner satisfactory
to the City, provided that no service to any customer shall be discontinued
unless such customer has been given 10 days' notice of such termination
and the right to consult with an appropriate employee of the Electric
Department during such ten-day period.
(5)
Where corrective equipment may be and is installed by the City
on its distribution system to correct any of the aforesaid objectionable
conditions, the customer will be required to pay to the City, without
refund, the installed cost of such corrective equipment plus 3/10
of 1% per month of such costs for maintenance of said facilities.
All such equipment shall remain the property of the City. In lieu
of such payment, and subject to approval by the City, the customers
may elect to pay the City a monthly charge equal to 3/4% of the installed
cost of such corrective equipment, which monthly charge shall continue
for a minimum period of 10 years. Such charges are not subject to
refund.
(g)
Rider I rates.
(1)
Determination of monthly billing demand definitions. The monthly
billing demand of any nonresidential customer who is taking secondary
service shall, upon his request therefor, be determined as follows:
a.
The billing demand in any month shall be the highest demand
established during peak hours or 50% of the highest demand during
off-peak hours, which ever is highest during the month, but in no
event less than 100 kw.
b.
Peak hours and off-peak hours are defined as follows:
OFF-PEAK HOURS
10:00 p.m. of Monday through Thursday to 10:00 a.m. of the
following day, and from 10:00 p.m. Friday to 10:00 a.m. Monday. The
entire 24 hours of the following days:
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New Year's Day
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Good Friday
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Memorial Day
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Independence Day
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Labor Day
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Thanksgiving Day
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Thanksgiving Friday
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Christmas Eve Day
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Christmas Day
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PEAK HOURS
10:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m., Monday through Friday.
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All times stated above apply to the local effective time.
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(2)
Metering equipment cost borne by customer. The customer shall
pay for all metering equipment necessary for the application of the
provisions of this rider at the charges specified below:
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Single meter (1-TM-80)
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$14 per month
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(3)
Effective period of rider. This
rider, if requested by a customer, shall remain in effect for an initial
period of three years, and shall be terminable thereafter on three
days' notice.
(h)
Rider II rates: net metering service.
(1)
Applicable service territory. Net metering is available in the
distribution service territory of Kirkwood Electric at any point on
the Utility's existing facilities that have adequate capacity and
suitable voltage for delivery of service.
(2)
Availability of service. Net metering service is available to
any customer that owns and operates a solar, wind, or biomass generating
facility or hydrogen fuel cell with a capacity of not more than 60
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
of this service is limited by a system total of 60 kilowatts for the
Kirkwood Electric distribution system. Once the total installed customer-generation
(as defined by RSMo. 386.887) on Kirkwood Electric's distribution
system reaches 60 kilowatts, no additional customer-generation will
be allowed to connect to the system. This rider is offered in compliance
with Consumer Clean Energy Act (Section 386.887, RSMo. Supp. 2002).
(3)
Definitions.
NET METERING
Measuring the difference between the electricity supplied
by the Utility and the electricity generated by an eligible customer-generator
and fed back to the electric grid over the applicable billing period.
(4)
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 customer-generator's bill are affected.
2.
If the electricity supplied by the Utility exceeds the electricity
generated by the customer-generator during the applicable billing
period, the customer-generator shall be billed for the net billable
kwh supplied by the Utility in accordance with the rates and charges
under the Utility's standard rate schedule applicable to the customer.
3.
If the electricity generated by the customer-generator exceeds
the electricity supplied by the Utility, the customer-generator shall
be credited for the net value of the electric energy delivered to
the Utility during the applicable billing period at the Utility's
avoided cost, with this credit appearing on the customer-generator's
bill no later than the following billing period.
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Kirkwood Electric's Avoided Cost
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Energy cost, per kwh
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$0.175
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(5)
Special conditions.
1.
The customer-generator must have a signed standard interconnection
application/agreement with the Utility.
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 Utility for purposes of safety and reliability.
3.
A net metering facility shall meet all applicable safety and
performance standards established by the National Electrical Safety
Code, the National Electrical Code, the Institute of Electrical and
Electronics Engineers, and Underwriters' Laboratories.
(i) Rider PPA - purchase power adjustment clause:
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Rider PPA
Purchase Power Adjustment Clause
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Applicability
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This Rider is applicable to kilowatt-hours (kwh) of energy supplies
to customers served by Kirkwood Electric Bill Codes E1, E2, E3, E4,
including City-owned and customer-owned outdoor lighting.
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Costs passed through this Purchased Power Adjustment Clause
(PPA) reflect differences between actual purchase power costs, estimated
purchased power costs and targeted reserve fund levels.
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For purposes of this PPA, the true-up year shall be from January
1 through the last day of December of the current year. The accumulation
periods and recovery periods are set forth in the following table:
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Accumulation Period (AP)
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Filing Date
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Recovery Period (RP)
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February through May
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By August 1
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October through September
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June through September
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By December 1
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February through January
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October through January
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By April 1
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June through May
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Accumulation period (AP) means the historical calendar months
during which the purchased power costs are determined.
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Recovery period (RP) means the billing months set forth in the
above table during which the difference between the actual purchase
power costs, the estimated purchased power costs, and the targeted
reserve fund levels are applied to and recovered through the customer
billings on a per kwh basis.
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The Electric Department will make a purchased power adjustment
filing (FPPA) to the City Council by each filing date. The new rates
for which the filing is made will be applicable starting with the
recovery period that begins following the filing date. All FPPA filings
shall be accompanied by detailed work papers supporting the filing
in an electronic format.
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FPPA Determination
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The difference between the actual power supply costs, the estimated
purchased power costs, and the targeted reserve fund levels for all
kwh supplied to Kirkwood Electric customers during the respective
accumulation periods shall be reflected as an FPPA credit or debit,
stated as a separate line item on the customer's bill and will be
calculated according to the following formulas.
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For the FPPA filing made by each filing date, the FPPAC rate, applicable starting with the recovery period
following the applicable filing date, to recover purchased power costs
as defined below, during the recently-completed accumulation period,
is calculated as:
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FPPA(RP)=((CPP-ECPP) + (ARFL-TRFL))/SRP
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The PPA rate, which will be multiplied by the voltage level
adjustment factors set forth below, applicable starting with the following
recovery period, is calculated as:
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FPPAC = FPPA(RP) + FPPA(RP-1) + FPPA(RP-2)
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Where:
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FPPAC
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=
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Purchased Power Adjustment rate applicable starting with the
recovery period following the applicable filing date
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FPPA(RP)
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=
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FPPA recovery period rate component calculated to recover under/over
collection during the accumulated period that ended prior to the applicable
filing date
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FPPA(RP-1)
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=
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FPPA recovery period rate component from prior FPPA(RP) calculation, if any
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FPPA(RP-2)
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=
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FPPA recovery period rate component from prior FPPA(RP) calculation prior to FPPA(RP-1), if any
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CPP
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=
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Cost of purchased power reflected in the wholesale purchased
power billings
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ECPP
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=
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Estimated cost of purchased power reflected in the fiscal year
budget
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ARFL
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=
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Actual reserve fund level reflected in the current fiscal year
activity
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TRFL
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=
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Targeted reserve fund level reflected in the current fiscal
year budget
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SRP
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=
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Applicable recovery period estimated kwh, at the generation
level, subject to the FPPARP to be billed.
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To determine the FPPA rates applicable to the individual service
classifications, the FPPAC rate determined
in accordance with the foregoing will be multiplied by the following
voltage level adjustment factors:
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Secondary voltage service
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1.0888
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Primary voltage service
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1.0492
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The FPPA rates applicable to the individual service classifications
shall be rounded to the nearest $0.001, to be charged on a cents/kwh
basis for each applicable kwh billed.
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TRUE-UP FPPA
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After the completion of each fiscal year, the Electric Department
will make a true-up filing during the normal budget cycle with the
City Council. Such a filing will be made every year until all purchased
power costs accumulated during the effective period of the PPA have
been recovered and trued-up.
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The true-up adjustment shall be the difference between the revenues
billed and the revenues authorized for collection during the fiscal
year.
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(j) Rider KGVP - Kirkwood Green Voluntary Program:
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Rider KGVP
Kirkwood Green Voluntary Program
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Purpose
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The purpose of this Kirkwood Green Voluntary Program is to provide
customers with the option to contribute to the further development
of renewable energy purchased or developed by the Electric Department.
Qualified renewable energy sources include solar, wind, hydroelectric,
geothermal, landfill gas, biomass, biodiesel used to generate electricity,
agricultural crops or waste, all animal and organic waste, wood chips,
all energy crops, and other renewable resources deemed to be Green-e
Certified by the Center for Resource Solution's Green-e standard.
All Electric Department customers can voluntarily contribute $0.0165
per kwh based on their monthly metered kwh usage.
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MONTHLY CHARGES
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$0.0165 per kwh based on the customer's actual metered usage.
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[Gen. Ords. 1959, § 24.03]
(a) Bills
for the use of electric current from the City electric lighting system
shall be made out by the Director of Finance from the records of the
latest inspections of electric meters. The amounts charged to each
customer shall conform to the rates established by this division.
(b) Electric
meters will be reinspected for the correction of bills on request
of the customer, if the bill is returned and the request is made not
later than five days after the bill becomes due. Failure to receive
bills shall not entitle customer to any extension of time for reinspection.
When the reinspection shows that an overcharge has been made on the
original bill, the Director of Finance shall thereupon refund the
amount of the overcharge to the customer.
[Gen. Ords. 1959, § 24.04]
(a) Bills for the use of electric current shall in general be made up
for the period of 30 or 31 days, except that bills for shorter periods
may be rendered in those cases where the Director of Finance deems
it essential for the protection of the City, or where the use of electric
current for a specified purpose is restricted to a definite period
of time less than the regular period.
(b) It shall be the duty of the Director of Finance to divide the City
into as many districts and subdistricts as he may deem necessary.
The boundaries of the districts and subdistricts may be changed at
the discretion of the Director of Finance.
(c) All bills for the use of electric current on premises within any
district or subdistrict shall be made payable on any weekday of the
calendar month designated by the Director of Finance, except where
applications are made for use of electric current on premises newly
built or reconstructed, or where applications for use of electric
current made because of a change in owners, tenants or occupants,
or because of the occupancy of premises previously vacated, or for
any use of electric current necessitating an application for such
use on any other date than the one fixed for payment of bills in that
district or subdistrict. All short-term bills shall be issued so as
to terminate on the same date as the full-term bills.
[Gen. Ords. 1959, § 24.01]
The person who applies for and is granted electric service shall
be liable for all current consumed until written notice is delivered
to the Director of Finance to discontinue the service.
[Ord. No. 8564, § 4, 11-21-1996; Ord. No. 10025, § 2, 8-4-2011]
(a) Interest charge. In the event an electric service bill is not paid
within 21 days of the bill date, interest at the rate of 1 1/2%
will be charged on the unpaid balance as of the cash cutoff date of
the new bill, including the gross receipts tax amount, and continue
to be charged each month thereafter until all overdue amounts are
paid in full. A fee as set by the Council by resolution from time
to time is charged to the customer on any check returned for insufficient
funds.
(b) Discontinuance of service.
(1)
In the event a customer has an unpaid balance on an electric
service account for three consecutive months, the electric service
account is deemed to be delinquent. Once an electric service account
is deemed delinquent, the City's credit and utility billing supervisor
shall provide written notice to the most current billing address of
the customer, containing the following:
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"NOTICE OF INTENDED DISCONTINUANCE OF ELECTRIC SERVICE"
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"Your electric bills from the City of Kirkwood for the past three months up to and including the bill of ______________, 20_____ have not been paid in full. Therefore, pursuant to § 23-88 of the Ordinances of the City of Kirkwood, your electric service will be discontinued if the balance is not paid in full or other arrangements are made with the City's credit and utility billing supervisor within six calendar days from the date of this notice."
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(2)
If the customer of electric service fails to pay the bill in
full or make other arrangements with the Director of Finance within
the aforementioned six-day notice period provided in this section,
the City's Electric Department will forthwith discontinue the electric
service to such customer and the bill may be specially assessed against
the real property.
Notwithstanding the other provisions of this section, the City
will not discontinue electric service to residential properties during
the months of November through March.
(3)
If a customer is notified of a delinquent electric service account,
that customer, prior to the expiration of the six-day notice period
provided in this section can request the City's installment payment
plan to allow the customer to make partial payments over a specific
period of time of the overdue amount. Along with these partial payments
as determined by the Director of Finance, the customer must pay in
full each succeeding monthly electric service bill.
(4)
The City's credit and utility billing supervisor may, in his/her
discretion, consider account history and/or general credit history
of the customer in determining whether to allow an installment plan
and, if so, the parameters of that plan. The Director of Finance may
also order the installation of a current limiting device for the customer.
No current limiting device, however, shall be installed at any residential
property with central electric heating during the months of November
through March.
(c) At the time of the discontinuance of the electric service to a consumer as set forth in Subsection
(b),
a final reading of the meter of such consumer shall be made, and that reading shall be certified to the Director of Finance. The Director of Finance shall determine the full amount due to the City for electric service consumed by the consumer up to the time of the discontinuance of the service, and shall apply any deposit on hand against said amount. If the deposit on hand shall exceed the total amount of the final bill for electric service, the balance thereof shall be transmitted to the consumer. If the deposit on hand shall be insufficient to pay the full amount of the final billing, the Director of Finance shall render a final bill for the balance due to the consumer and also transmit the account to the City attorney for further action and collection. At the time of the transmission to the consumer of either a refund from an excess deposit or a final billing for additional amounts due over and above any deposit on hand, the Director of Finance shall set forth all pertinent details as to the amount of electric current consumed, used to determine the final billing.
(d) The failure on the part of the consumer to receive the notice as set forth in Subsection
(b) shall be no reason or excuse or justification for the failure to pay the bill as required or to prevent the discontinuance of electric service.
(e) When any electric service of a consumer has been discontinued as
provided in this section it shall not be resumed for such consumer
at the same or any other address until all unpaid bills shall have
been paid, and the actual cost of the discontinuance of the service,
not exceeding $50 for reconnections during normal working hours, or
the actual cost after normal working hours, shall also have been paid.
[Ord. No. 7113, § 1, 10-20-1983]
Connection to the City electric supply and the use of such current
is accepted by the user of such current upon the express understanding
that the City shall not be liable for any damages or injuries by reason
of termination of the supply of such electric current for any reason
whatsoever.
[Ord. No. 9130, § 1, 2-7-2002]