Base rate.
The rate stated in this division for each kilowatt beyond
the minimum usage.
Church customer.
Any facility receiving electrical service which is owned
by an established church and not used for living quarters or business
purposes.
City limits.
The city limits of the City of Bellville, Texas.
Demand.
Each time electrical usage of ten (10) kW or greater is recorded
and such rate of use continues for a period of fifteen (15) minutes
or longer.
Large commercial customer.
Any entity receiving electrical service not meeting the definition
of a residential customer or municipal customer and which has demands
of greater than ten (10) kilowatts.
Month.
The thirty (30) day billing period, and does not necessarily
coincide with the calendar month.
Municipal customer.
Any entity receiving electrical service which has been duly
incorporated as a city, town or village under the laws of the state.
Power cost adjustment (PCA).
The difference, expressed in cost per kilowatt hour, between
the cost of power and related costs actually charged to the city by
its wholesale supplier at the time of billing and the cost of power
and related costs charged to the city at the time of the adoption
of this division. The PCA shall be computed as follows:
PCA = A - B + (-) C/kWh
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A = Total purchased power cost.
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B = Total purchased power cost included in the city’s
current base rates computed as follows:
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B = D x kWh
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D = Power cost per kWh sold included in city’s current
base rates ($0.04482/kWh).
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kWh = Estimated kWh sales for billing period.
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C = Adjustment to be applied to the current monthly billing
to account for differences in actual power costs and related costs
from the prior billing period.
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Residential customer.
Any person receiving electrical service provided to a dwelling
used by a person or persons as living quarters and at which place
no business for profit is conducted.
Small commercial customer.
Any entity receiving electrical service which does not meet
the definition of a residential customer and which has demands less
than ten (10) kilowatts.
(1994 Code, sec. 11.501)
The city has the right to require a customer to reimburse the
city for the cost of extending lines or the purchase and installation
of three (3) phase or special equipment required to provide service
to the customer.
(1994 Code, sec. 11.505(e))
The service shall be alternating current, single or three (3)
phase, sixty (60) cycles.
(1994 Code, sec. 11.504)
All rates are based on a single point of delivery to the entire
premises through a single metering device. Delivery to any other point
of consumption shall be metered and billed separately.
(1994 Code, sec. 11.505(a))
All rates described herein are net rates; gross rates begin ten percent (10%) higher. In the event a current monthly bill is not paid within ten (10) days of the date of the bill, gross rates shall apply. Any account delinquent for more than ten (10) days is subject to disconnection. A reconnection fee as provided for in the fee schedule found in appendix
A of this code shall be charged to reconnect service to any account disconnected.
(1994 Code, sec. 11.505(b))
A deposit as required by section
13.01.004 shall be placed with the city at the time connection is requested.
(1994 Code, sec. 11.505(c))
All taxes imposed by any governmental entity on electrical services
supplied herein shall be collected in addition to charges required
under this division.
(1994 Code, sec. 11.505(d))
(a) If reasonable and practical, security lights shall be installed at the request of the customer. The cost shall be as provided for in the fee schedule found in appendix
A of this code. The city may in addition impose a reasonable fee per month to enable the city to recoup the cost of lights and related equipment.
(b) Any customer requesting an ordered security light be discontinued
within twelve (12) months from the installation date shall be charged
with a minimum fee equivalent to the cost of the security light for
one (1) year.
(1994 Code, sec. 11.505(f), (g))