[Ord. No. 285 §2, 11-2-1987]
The entity hereinafter referred to as the City refers to the
City of St. Robert.
BILLING DEMAND
The highest 15-minute kilowatt demand occurring during the
month as measured by a suitable instrument.
COMMERCIAL CUSTOMER
Any customer not classified as a residential customer. The
following conditions of service shall apply to, and be complied with,
by all commercial customers:
1.
The voltage, phase, and frequency of energy supplied shall be
as specified by the City.
2.
Service shall be furnished for the sole use of the commercial
customer, and there shall be no submetering or resale of service,
unless otherwise authorized in writing by the City.
3.
Service shall be supplied through a single meter unless otherwise
authorized in writing by the City. If a commercial customer is supplied
both single phase and polyphase service, each service will be billed
separately as though two (2) customers were being billed.
4.
All motor driven devices of more than ten (10) horsepower shall
be designed for operation on three-phase service.
5.
All motors of twenty-five (25) horsepower or more shall be served
by a reduced voltage starter, which shall limit starting current to
a maximum of three hundred percent (300%) of normal operating current.
6.
Any commercial customer whose fifteen-minute kilowatt demand
exceeds twenty-five (25) KW shall be billed a demand charge according
to the rate as described in the Section labeled "Electric
Rates".
RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMER
A customer receiving service for a single-family or multi-family
dwelling. Residential customers shall comply with the following conditions
of service:
1.
Service shall be furnished for the sole use of the residential
customers and shall not be resold or submetered.
2.
Welding, x-ray, or other equipment characterized by severe or
fluctuating demand shall not be served under a residential customer
meter. Single phase motor loads shall be limited to ten (10) horsepower
or less.
The City of St. Robert will no longer have a Large Power Customer
classification.
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[Ord. No. 285 §3, 11-2-1987; Ord. No. 3376, 5-7-2019]
A. Meters will be read as may be expedient to the City, and each customer,
having applied for utility service, shall be deemed to have authorized
the officers and employees of the City to go upon his/her premises
at all times for the purposes of reading meters, making inspections
of the utility facilities, and making repairs to the services.
B. Meter Reader Denied Access.
1.
If the meter reader is denied access to read the electric meter,
an average bill will be rendered to the customer, at the option of
the City, based on either the average of the three (3) months'
average use or based on the premises' usage of the same month
of the preceding year. When the meter reader is denied access, the
City will notify the customer in writing:
a.
Of the failure to provide access to the electric;
b.
That the charges billed for the billing period were calculated
using an average of the prior three (3) bills or on the bill for same
month of the preceding year; and
c.
That a second failure to provide access could result in the
City's disconnection of services without further notice to the
customer.
2.
If, at the time of the next (second month) billing period, access
is denied again, the City may proceed with a disconnection of service
without notice to the customer.
C. Whenever the City finds that any meter is failing to register the
customer's usage of electricity, for any reason, including damage
to the meter, an average bill may be rendered to the customer, at
the option of the City, based on either the previous three (3) months
average' use when said meter was in good order or based on the
same month or months of the preceding year. Whenever the City has
reason to believe that a meter is not registering correctly, an average
bill, as stated above, may be rendered, and the meter may be removed
for testing. If the average bill proves to be incorrectly estimated,
either by actual testing or by the documentation of the customer's
actual electrical consumption after a corrected meter is installed,
the average bill shall be adjusted accordingly.
[Ord. No. 2910 §§1 —
4, 5-3-2016]
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 Saint Robert
at any point on the Utility'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 customer who is in good standing under the
City's electric service schedules, that owns and operates a renewable
energy electric generator powered by solar, 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 utility's existing transmission
and distribution facilities, and is intended primarily to offset part
or all of the customer's own electrical power requirements. This
is offered in compliance with the "Net Metering and Easy Connection
Act" (Section 386.890, RSMo., and appropriate Missouri Public Service
Commission Rules).
All agreements hereunder are between the customer-generator
and the City and shall not include a third party.
C. Definitions. As used in this Section, the following
terms shall have the meanings indicated:
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.
All other definitions shall be those contained in the Missouri
"Net Metering and Easy Connection Act."
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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 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
kWhs 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 purchased power cost," with this credit appearing on the
customer-generator's bill no later than the following billing
period.
4.
The "avoided purchased power 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.
E. Transfer Of Ownership. Upon change in ownership
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. Special Conditions.
1.
The customer- generator must have:
a.
An approved application for net metering.
b.
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 Electric Safety
Code, the National Electric Code, the Institute of Electrical and
Electronic Engineers, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, and
Underwriters Laboratory.
4.
In addition it shall:
a.
Be equipped at the customer-generator's expense with a
meter or meters approved or supplied by the utility and capable of
measuring the net amount of electrical energy produced or consumed
by the customer-generator. Any additional costs necessary for the
utility to permit the meters or generator to be integrated into the
utility distribution system shall be borne by the customer-generator.
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 utility's distribution
system.
d.
Be labeled with a warning sign that says possible backfeed and
customer owned generation.
5.
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.
G. Modifications. Customer-generator shall not modify the customer-generator's
system without prior written approval from the City.
H. Testing Requirement.
1.
All cost associated in this Section shall be the customers responsibility.
2.
The customer-generator must, at least once every year, conduct
a test to confirm that the customer-generator's net metering
unit automatically ceases to energize the output (interconnection
equipment output voltage goes to zero) within two (2) seconds of being
disconnected from the City's electrical system. Disconnecting
the net metering unit from City's electrical system at the visible
disconnect switch and measuring the time required for the unit to
cease to energize the output shall satisfy this test. The test must
be performed by a professional electrical engineer licensed in the
State of Missouri or a qualified electrician licensed in the City
of Saint Robert, Missouri. If the customer-generator's equipment
fails any test, the customer-generator shall immediately disconnect
the customer-generator's system from the City's system.
The customer-generator shall maintain a record of the results of these
tests and, upon request by the City, shall provide a copy of the test
results to the City. The City may immediately disconnect the customer-generator's
system if:
a.
The test results show that the customer-generator's system
is not functioning properly, or
b.
The customer-generator does not provide a copy of the test results
to the City upon request.
3.
The customer-generator's system shall not be reconnected
to the City's electrical system by the customer-generator until
the customer-generator's system is repaired and operating in
a normal and safe manner.
I. Indemnification. Customer-generator shall indemnify,
defend, and hold harmless the City, its officers, directors, agents,
and employees, from and against all claims, damages, losses, and expenses,
including attorney's fees, arising out of this agreement caused
by customer-generator's acts or omissions or by customer-generator's
system, except to the extent that such claims, etc., are caused by
the negligence of the City. This indemnification agreement shall not
be limited in any way by any limitation on the amount or type of damages,
compensation, or benefits payable by or for customer-generator under
workers' compensation acts, disability benefit acts, or other
employee benefit acts.