The following are terms and definitions that apply to this chapter:
BOROUGH
The Borough of Park Ridge Electric Department.
CUSTOMER
Any person, business, or corporation being served, or to
be served, from the Borough's electric system.
DEVELOPER/BUILDER
Any person, agent, firm or corporation having a legal or
equitable interest in the property and legally responsible to the
owner.
LOAD MANAGEMENT
A program by which the Borough cycles residential and commercial
appliances for the purpose of reducing kilowatt demand.
N-1 REDUNDANCY
Resilient design that ensures system availability in the
event of component failure. Components (N) have at least one independent
backup component.
OWNER
Any person, agent, firm or corporation having a legal or
equitable interest in the property.
POINT OF DELIVERY
The place where the Borough's responsibility terminates and
the customer's responsibility begins.
RISER POLE
A utility pole which serves primary and/or secondary voltage
to underground facilities.
SECONDARY SYSTEM VOLTAGE
The Borough service to customers with configurations of voltages
less than or equal to 600 volts.
SERVICE CONNECTIONS
The point in which the customer's equipment comes into electrical
contact with the Borough's facilities.
The applicable rules and regulations of the American National
Standards Institute (ANSI) and Institute of Electrical and Electronic
Engineers (IEEE) titled "National Electrical Safety Code," are hereby
adopted by reference as the electric safety construction rules of
the Borough and are applicable to this chapter or any subparts.
The developer will be required to grant adequate easements to
the Borough for the installation, operation and maintenance of all
electrical facilities, including transformers, riser poles, cable
runs for primaries, secondaries, manholes, handholds and vaults. Easements
must grant the Borough ingress and egress rights to its facilities
at all times for operation, maintenance, repair, and replacement and
must be duly recorded in the proper County Clerk's office. Width of
all easements shall be a minimum of 20 feet. No structures, walls
or obstacles are to be so located as to interfere with the Borough's
ability to operate, repair, replace or maintain its facilities.
In all cases where it is the responsibility of the contractor
to provide trenching for the Borough, the following guidelines must
be followed:
A. The applicant may not start the excavation for the electric utility
installation until the following requirements are met:
(2) The curbing for the development has been installed.
(3) The site is graded to plus or minus six inches of the final grade.
(4) All property lines have been surveyed and marked.
B. The contractor is required to excavate the trench a minimum of one
foot wide and 24 inches deep in locations approved by the Electric
Department.
C. The contractor shall supply and install a six-inch sand bedding in
the bottom of the trench before the Electric Department provides and
installs the primary conduits (and secondary conduits for new residential
subdivisions).
D. Once the conduits are installed, the contractor shall provide an
additional six inches of sand backfill over the conduit and then fill
the remainder of the trench to grade with clean backfill.
E. The contractor shall be responsible for the installation of all materials
required at the final grade (e.g., grass, asphalt, concrete).
F. A minimum separation of 12 inches must be provided between the electric
conduit and all other communications utilities.
G. Gas and water distribution and services may not be installed in the
same trench as the electric utilities.
H. Any additional requirements for installation and backfill for other
utilities must be coordinated directly by the developer/builder with
those utility companies.
I. It shall be the responsibility of the developer to secure the area
and provide all safety measures for the trenching operation.
J. In certain circumstances, the applicant may be required to provide
concrete to encase the conduit in concrete.
[Added 4-23-2024 by Ord. No. 2024-010]
A. There shall be an electric service regulations connection fee established in accordance with Chapter
62 of Title 40 of the Revised Statutes of the State of New Jersey. This connection fee is in addition to the fees for department services set forth in Chapter
56 of the Borough Code. The electric connection fee is effective immediately and shall be:
(1) For single family dwelling units, $2,262, and for each additional
dwelling unit up to four dwelling units, $2,262 per unit. For any
multiple dwelling units in excess of four dwelling units, the BPW
Engineer shall determine by accepted standards the number of units
to be connected or added to an existing connection; where a unit equals
an average annual consumption of 9,600 kWh.
(2) In the case of any building or portion thereof to be used for industrial,
commercial, educational or other than dwelling purposes, the BPW Engineer
shall determine by accepted standards the number of units to be connected
or added to an existing connection; where a unit equals an average
annual consumption of 9,600 kWh.
B. This fee shall, pursuant to statute, be recalculated at the end of
each budget year and may be reset by ordinance of the Borough Council
after public hearing, on a yearly basis. The revised connection fee
may be imposed upon those who subsequently connect to the system in
that budget year. The electric service regulations connection fee
shall be payable in full to the Borough of Park Ridge at the time
a building electric connection permit is issued for connection to
the municipal electric distribution system by the Borough of Park
Ridge.