[Ord. No. 6176, 1-6-2020]
A.
This
rate is available to customers who:
1.
Have submitted an application for this rate prior to beginning the
project which meets the requirements of this rate,
2.
Are currently served under or will be served under BMU’s Large
General Service, Large Power Service, Large Industrial Service, or
Large Industrial Service >5MW electric service rates,
3.
Receive local, regional, or state governmental economic development
incentives in conjunction with the project generating the compliant
load growth, and
4.
Are not receiving electric service under any other economic development
or special incentive rate.
[Ord. No. 6176, 1-6-2020]
BMU will specify and provide a standard single and/or three-phase
alternating current secondary service voltage.
[Ord. No. 6176, 1-6-2020]
A.
To
single phase or three-phase service for all large commercial qualifying
load served solely by BMU. Qualifying load shall be the incremental
load of a new customer at a single premises or incremental load added
by an existing customer at a single premises. Should the existing
customer remove some existing BMU load and add the new load, the net
added load shall be the incremental load used as the determination
for a qualifying load. In addition, the incremental load must meet
the following requirements:
1.
For a new customer, the average demand of the customer’s incremental
load is equal to or greater than 300 kw during each contract year
of this rate’s application.
2.
For an existing customer, the average demand of the customer’s
incremental load is equal to or greater than 150 kw during each contract
year of this rate’s application.
3.
The average load factor of the customer’s incremental load
is equal to or greater than fifty-five percent (55%) during each contract
year of this rate’s application.
4.
The incremental load must be metered separately.
B.
BMU
may deny service under this rate to any customer that is not reasonably
projected to meet the requirements and may terminate any service under
this rate if the requirements are not maintained by the customer.
BMU may deny service under this rate if BMU’s current system
capacities cannot supply the customer’s projected incremental
load.
[Ord. No. 6176, 1-6-2020]
Contract year 1 — $0.035 per kwH
Contract year 2 — $0.035 per kwH
Contract year 3 — 60% of applicable rate
Contract year 4 — 60% of applicable rate
Contract year 5 — 60% of applicable rate
Minimum Charge: In contract years 3 — 5, the monthly minimum
charge will be the facilities charge plus the monthly billing demand
charge. This schedule contemplates year around service with at least
a minimum bill paid each month of the contract year. The amount of
these charges will be determined by the rates listed in the service
rate that applies to the customer.
[Ord. No. 6176, 1-6-2020]
Bills are rendered monthly and are due and payable within ten
(10) days from the date of billing. Any monthly bills not paid by
the 20th of the month shall be assessed a five percent (5%) add-on
penalty charge and be subject to disconnection. The customer, in order
to be reconnected, must pay all bills for electric service together
with any applicable reconnection charges.
[Ord. No. 6176, 1-6-2020]
A.
Customer
is required to provide:
1.
Verification from the local, regional, or State governmental entity
that they are currently receiving economic development incentives
in conjunction with the incremental load that is being added, and
2.
Description of the incremental load demand and load factor which,
in the case of eliminating existing load on the BMU system, includes
a description of the load being eliminated and the load being added
to determine the net load added.
B.
Customers
receiving service under this rate schedule are required to submit
an application and sign a contract with the BMU specifying the nature
of the service to be provided, the applicable BMU rate and any discounts
applied to the rate, the projected demand (kw) and load factor (%)
of the net incremental load, the term of the agreement, and such other
terms and conditions as are determined to be necessary and mutually
agreeable. No discount will be provided without an executed agreement.
Discount will only be applied to an operating facility capable of
meeting the projected demand (kw) and load factor (%) and does not
apply during any construction of such facility.
C.
As
far as practical, all energy delivered under this rate schedule should
pass through one (1) point of delivery and the BMU, at its option,
may meter at primary voltage.
D.
Power
sold to the customer under this rate shall not be resold or shared
with another entity or facility. Should a facility in a current agreement
under this rate be sold or otherwise change ownership, the BMU retains
the right to approve or deny the transfer of the remainder of the
agreement to the new owner.
E.
Maximum
term for an agreement is five (5) years. Shorter terms may be negotiated.
Any use and effect of distributed generation should be included in
the initial application. No distributed generation that changes the
original demand and load factor projections may be added during the
term of the agreement. No service under this rate will be offered
past 12/31/2023. Service existing under this rate as of 12/31/2023
will continue to either the end of the term or until terminated under
conditions listed herein. Beginning at the end of the second year
of the agreement and annually for the remainder of the agreement,
the customer’s average demand and load factor will be evaluated
for compliance with the requirements of the agreement. Force Majeure
conditions may be considered in this evaluation, but it is the customer’s
responsibility to report or confirm such conditions with the BMU prior
to the annual evaluation.
F.
BMU
shall terminate service under this rate if:
1.
The Customer fails to meet the demand or load factor minimum requirements,
2.
Any terms of this rate or the associated agreement are determined
to be unlawful,
3.
If during the term of the agreement, changes in Federal law, State
law, or other authorized regulatory requirements allow the customer,
in part or in total, to take electric service from a provider other
than the BMU, or
4.
The customer adds distributed generation to a degree that their demand
and load factor no longer meet the levels listed on the original application.
Customer will be given written notice of such termination.
G.
Customer
may terminate service under this rate upon written notice to BMU.
H.
BMU
shall terminate this rate on the billing cycle following the billing
cycle in which notice was given.
[Ord. No. 6176, 1-6-2020]
As used in this Chapter the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
The economic development incentive rate agreement between
BMU and the customer average demand – The average of the contract
year (12 months) demand values. Average load factor – one hundred
(100) times the contract year (12 months) energy usage divided by
the product of the average demand and 8,760. [100 * (contract year
energy usage)/(average demand x 8,760)]
The average of the contract year (12 months) demand values.
One hundred (100) times the contract year (12 months) energy
usage divided by the product of the average demand and 8,760. [100
* (contract year energy usage)/(average demand x 8,760)]
Begins with the first full billing period after execution
of the agreement and is comprised of the twelve (12) consecutive billing
periods for the ensuing 12-month period.
Customer load which is added to the system of BMU at either
a new or existing premises in the BMU electric service area.
Customer load that meets the requirements of the economic
development incentive rate.
A service address identified by number and street address.
[Ord. No. 6176, 1-6-2020]
This Section will apply beginning in year 3 of the agreement.
BMU will install a suitable demand meter for determining the
monthly maximum indicated demand. The customer will at all times maintain
a power factor of not less than eighty-five percent (85%) lagging.
If the power factor is less than eighty-five percent (85%) and the
customer does not expeditiously take corrective action, the BMU shall
adjust the customer’s billed demand in accordance with the following
formula:
Bill Demand (kw) = Actual Demand (kw) x (0.85/Actual Power Factor)
Continued failure to maintain an eighty-five percent (85%) power
factor may result in discontinuance of service to the customer until
such time the customer installs suitable devices to bring the power
factor up to eighty-five percent (85%), or higher, or BMU may install
necessary corrective equipment on its lines to improve the customer’s
power factor to at least eighty-five percent (85%) and will charge
the customer for the total installed cost for same (including material,
labor, and overhead costs).
