(A)
Rates.
(1)
Residential service rate.
(a)
Designation: RS (Code 300).
(b)
Application: The following rate applies to any customer using electric service for residential purposes in individual, private dwellings and in individually metered apartments for electricity supplied at one point of delivery and measured through one meter. The residential service rate is not applicable to resale, temporary, standby or supplemental service.
(c)
Monthly rate: The total monthly bill for RS customers shall be equal to the sum of: (i) the monthly customer charge; (ii) the applicable energy charge multiplied by the number of kilowatt hours used; and (iii) the recovery adjustment factor multiplied by the number of kilowatt hours used. The charges applicable to RS customers are designated in the Master Fee and Rate Schedule, Article VII, Section 10.85, of Chapter 10.
(d)
Type of service: The City will supply single-phase service (or three-phase service if available at the point of delivery) at sixty (60) cycles and at any standard voltages available from the City’s distribution system through one standard transformation. Where service of the type desired by the customer is not already available at the point of service, special contract arrangements between the City and the customer may be required prior to furnishing service.
(e)
Payment: Bills are due and payable and become past due if not paid within twenty (20) days after mailing. If payment has not been received by the Customer Service Department within twenty-four (24) days after mailing, a late payment penalty of five percent (5%) shall be due on the unpaid balance. Utility service may be discontinued to any customer having a past-due bill.
(f)
Recovery adjustment factor: Each electric customer utility billing shall contain a recovery adjustment factor, expressed as a charge per kwh, which will allow for the recovery of the electric system’s total revenue requirements not recovered by the customer charge and energy charge, while maintaining a competitive market position. The Managing Director of the Electric Department shall determine and approve a recovery adjustment factor each month.
(g)
Tax adjustment clause: Bills may be increased by the proportionate part of any new tax, or increased rate of tax, or governmental imposition or charge (except state, county, City and special district ad valorem taxes, payments in lieu of taxes, and any taxes on net income) levied or assessed against the municipal electric utility or upon its electric business as a result of any new or amended laws after October l, 1989.
(2)
General service-small.
(a)
Designation: GS-S (Code 310).
(b)
Application: The following rate is applicable to electric service supplied at one point of delivery and measured through one meter. At the City’s option, more than one meter may apply. The rate is not applicable to resale, temporary, standby or supplemental service, except in conjunction with an applicable rider.
(c)
Monthly rate: The total monthly bill for GS-S customers shall be equal to the sum of: (i) the monthly customer charge; (ii) the applicable energy charge multiplied by the number of kilowatt hours used; and (iii) the recovery adjustment factor multiplied by the number of kilowatt hours used. The charges applicable to GS-S customers are designated in the Master Fee and Rate Schedule, Article VII, Section 10.85, of Chapter 10.
(d)
Demand limitations: When the customer’s monthly usage exceeds seven thousand three hundred (7,300) kwh for two (2) consecutive months and if measured demand exceeds twenty (20) kw thereafter, the customer shall have the option to change to GS-l rate for a minimum of one year. When the customer’s monthly measured demand exceeds thirty (30) kw for two (2) consecutive months, the customer shall be transferred to the GS-L (Code 314) rate for a minimum of one year.
(e)
Type of service: Service shall be single- or three-phase at sixty (60) cycles and any standard voltages available from the distribution system and through one standard transformation. Where entire service cannot be measured at one utilization voltage with one standard-type meter, consumption on each meter will be billed separately. At the request of the customer, primary metering may be provided at customer’s expense.
(f)
Payments: Same as for rate RS.
(g)
Recovery adjustment factor: Same as for rate RS.
(h)
Tax adjustment clause: Same as for rate RS.
(3)
General service-large.
(a)
Designation: GS-L (Code 314).
(b)
Application: The following rate is applicable to any customer for all electric service and all customers with welding equipment supplied at one point of delivery and measured through one meter. The rate is not applicable to resale, temporary, standby or supplemental service, except in conjunction with an applicable rider.
(d)
Billing demand: The demand shall be the kw supplied during the fifteen-minute period of maximum use during the current month, as determined by utility’s demand meter, but not less than seventy percent (70%) of the maximum kw similarly determined during the previous billing months of May, June, July, August, September or October in the twelve (12) months ending with the current month, nor less than twenty (20) kw.
(e)
Type of service: Service shall be single- or three-phase service at sixty (60) cycles and any standard voltages available from the distribution system with one standard transformation. Where entire service cannot be measured at one utilization voltage with one standard-type meter, consumption on each meter will be billed separately. At the request of the customer, primary metering may be provided at customer’s expense.
(f)
Welding service: Where the City furnishes service hereunder for the operation of welders from its existing distribution facilities without additional investment and when the welding equipment is operated in a normal manner and does not cause disturbances in the distribution system, the City agrees to take fifty percent (50%) of the customer’s connected load in welders as a basis in determining the minimum charge as long as it is not less than the minimum charge as determined by this rate schedule.
(g)
Payments: Same as for rate RS.
(h)
Contract period: As provided for in the agreement for service.
(i)
Recovery adjustment factor: Same as for rate RS.
(j)
Tax adjustment clause: Same as for rate RS.
(k)
Pursuant to the City’s obligation to comply with ERCOT Protocol 3.15.2 (including any subsequent ERCOT power factor requirements), customers that have meters capable of interval demand readings shall comply with the requirements specified in this clause. Sufficient static reactive power capability shall be installed by the customer to maintain the required ERCOT lagging power factor for the maximum net active power measured for the customer’s facilities at the customer’s point of delivery. If the City is subject to regulatory fines or penalties as a result of customer’s failure to meet the requirements specified in this clause, the City will charge customer for such fine or penalty and customer shall be responsible for compensating the City for the amount of the fine or penalty. The City may make such changes to its system to mitigate the effects of customer’s non-compliance with requirements specified in this clause at the customer’s expense for the proportional cost of such changes. In addition, for customers that fail to meet the requirements specified in this clause, billed demand shall be adjusted by the following formula:
Adjusted billed demand | = | Metered demand for the month X ERCOT lagging power factor |
Measured power factor for the month |
(4)
Public institutional electric service rate.
(a)
Designation: PS-1 (Code 333).
(b)
Application: The following rate is applicable to all churches, public schools and public welfare nonprofit organizations that charge no dues or membership fees, for all lighting, heating and power used for nonprofit institutional service. The rates are not applicable to resale, temporary, standby or supplementary service.
(d)
Type of service: The service shall be single- or three-phase at sixty (60) cycles and at any standard voltages available from the distribution system through one standard transformation. Where the entire service cannot be measured at one utilization voltage with one standard-type meter, consumption on each meter will be billed separately. At the request of the customer, primary metering may be provided at customer’s expense.
(e)
Payments: Same as for rate RS.
(f)
Recovery adjustment factor: Same as for rate RS.
(g)
Tax adjustment clause: Same as for rate RS.
(5)
Municipal water and sewerage pumping service rate.
(a)
Designation: MWS-1 (Code 340).
(b)
Application: The following rate is applicable to all governmental agencies for power used for the pumping of water and sewage. It is also applicable to lighting and heating incidental to water and sewage pumping facilities. It is not applicable to resale, temporary, standby or supplemental service.
(d)
Billing demand: The average kw supplied during the fifteen-minute periods of maximum use during the current month, as determined by utility’s demand meter, but not less than twenty (20) kw.
(f)
Type of service: The service shall be single- or three-phase at sixty (60) cycles and at any standard voltage available from the distribution system through one standard transformation at each meter location. Where the entire service cannot be measured at one utilization voltage with one standard-type meter, consumption on each meter will be billed separately. At the request of the customer, primary metering may be provided at customer’s expense.
(g)
Payments: Same as for rate RS.
(h)
Recovery adjustment factor: Same as for rate RS.
(i)
Tax adjustment clause: Same as for rate RS.
(j)
Contract period: As provided for in the agreement for service.
(6)
Intracity service.
(a)
Designation: ICS (Code 345).
(b)
Application: The following rates are applicable to governmental agencies of the City, for power, other than the pumping of water and sewage.
(d)
Minimum bill: None.
(e)
Type of service: The service shall be single- or three-phase at sixty (60) cycles and at any standard voltage available from the distribution system through one standard transformation at each meter location. Where the entire service cannot be measured at one utilization voltage with one standard-type meter, consumption on each meter will be billed separately.
(f)
Recovery adjustment factor: Same as for rate RS.
(g)
Tax adjustment clause: Same as for rate RS.
(7)
Intracity water and sewer pumping service rate.
(a)
Designation: IMP.
(b)
Application: The following rate is applicable to governmental agencies and departments of the City, for power used for the pumping of water and sewage. It is also applicable to lighting and heating incidental to water and sewage pumping facilities.
(d)
Billing demand: The average kw supplied during the fifteen-minute period of maximum use during the current month, as determined by the utility’s demand meter, but not less than ten (10) kw.
(e)
Type of service: The service shall be single- or three-phase at sixty (60) cycles and at any standard voltage available from the distribution system through one standard transformation at each meter location. Where the entire service cannot be measured at one utilization voltage with one standard-type meter, consumption on each meter will be billed separately.
(f)
Recovery adjustment factor: Same as for rate RS.
(g)
Tax adjustment clause: Same as for rate RS.
(8)
High-tension service (up to 5 MW).
(a)
Designation.
HTS (Code 350).
(b)
Application.
(i)
The following rate is available to transmission service customers whose monthly measured demand did not exceed 5 MW during the preceding 12 consecutive months, or whose expected monthly measured demand will not exceed 5 MW over an extended period, as determined by the City in its sole discretion.
(ii)
Customers that are a party to an economic development incentive agreement with the City that provides an electric rate or method of electric rate calculation may be ineligible to participate in this rate.
(iii)
This rate is not applicable to resale, temporary, standby, or supplemental service, except in conjunction with an applicable rider.
(d)
Billing demand.
The average kw supplied during the 15-minute periods of maximum use during the current month, as determined by the utility's demand meter.
(f)
Type of service.
Service received by a customer at standard voltage available from the City's transmission system at 60,000 volts or higher.
(g)
Contract period.
As provided for in the agreement for service.
(h)
Payments.
Same as for rate RS.
(i)
Recovery adjustment factor.
Same as for rate RS.
(j)
Tax adjustment clause.
Same as for rate RS.
(k)
Pursuant to the City's obligation to comply with ERCOT Protocols (including any subsequent ERCOT power factor requirements), customers that have meters capable of interval demand readings shall comply with the requirements specified in this clause. Sufficient static reactive power capability shall be installed by the customer to maintain the required ERCOT lagging power factor for the maximum net active power measured for the customer's facilities at the customer's point of delivery. If the City is subject to regulatory fines or penalties as a result of customer's failure to meet the requirements specified in this clause, the City will charge customer for such fine or penalty and customer shall be responsible for compensating the City for the amount of the fine or penalty. The City may make such changes to its system to mitigate the effects of customer's non-compliance with requirements specified in this clause at the customer's expense for the proportional cost of such changes. In addition, for customers that fail to meet the requirements specified in this clause, billed demand shall be adjusted by the following formula:
Adjusted billed demand | = | Metered demand for the month X ERCOT lagging power factor ____________________________________________ Measured power factor for the month |
(9)
Guard light service-residential.
(a)
Designation: GL(R).
(b)
Application: The following rate applies to any residential customer for unmetered lighting service supplied exclusively to one or more outdoor-type 7,000-lumen lamps operating automatically every night from dusk to dawn.
(d)
Installation and maintenance of facilities: The City will own and maintain, at its own expense at each lamp location, one 7,000-lumen outdoor luminaire together with its associated mounting bracket, supporting pole and service conductor. The customer will pay the City, in advance, the estimated expense of all labor, equipment cost and cartage for installing the number of luminaires the customer desires.
(e)
Payments: Same as for rate RS.
(10)
Guard light service-commercial.
(a)
Designation: GL(C)
(b)
Application: The following rate applies to any nonresidential customer for unmetered lighting service supplied exclusively to one or more outdoor-type 25,000-lumen lamps operating automatically every night from dusk to dawn.
(d)
Installation and maintenance of facilities: The City will own and maintain, at its own expense at each lamp location, one 25,000-lumen outdoor luminaire together with its associated mounting bracket, supporting pole and service conductor. The customer will pay the City, in advance, the estimated expense of all labor, equipment cost and cartage for installing the number of luminaires the customer desires.
(e)
Payments: Same as for rate RS.
(11)
Large load customer service.
(a)
Designation: LLC.
(b)
Application:
(i)
The following rate is available to distribution service customers whose monthly measured demand is at least 1,000 kW for at least two consecutive months of the previous twelve months. Customers that select this rate option are eligible for twelve or twenty-four month terms of service. Upon expiration of the applicable term of service, if the customer has not met the monthly measured demand requirement, then customer shall no longer be eligible for the Large Load Customer Service rate and shall be charged under an applicable service rate for the customer’s level of service. Customer shall regain eligibility for the rate upon satisfactorily meeting the required monthly measured demand.
(ii)
Customers that are a party to an economic development incentive agreement with the City that provides an electric rate or method of electric rate calculation may be ineligible to participate in this rate.
(iii)
Customers switching from LLC to GS-L shall be required to stay enrolled in GS-L for at least twelve months before moving back to LLC.
(iv)
This rate is not applicable to resale, temporary, standby, or supplemental service, except in conjunction with an applicable rider.
(c)
Type of Service: Distribution Service - Service received by a customer at standard voltage from the City’s distribution system at less than sixty thousand (60,000) volts.
(d)
Standard Rates: The customer’s rate shall consist of the following components:
(i)
Energy rate.
Based on customer’s load profile and characteristics and term of service, grossed up for distribution system losses.
(ii)
Transmission rate.
Based on GP&L’s net transmission system cost and postage stamp expense, grossed up for distribution system losses. The transmission rate shall be adjusted after PUCT approval of each annual total ERCOT postage stamp rate.
(iii)
ERCOT administration rate.
Based on ERCOT’s administration charges and fees at the effective date of the term of service, grossed up for distribution system losses. The ERCOT administration rate shall be adjusted upon ERCOT’s implementation of new administration charges and fees.
(iv)
Congestion rate.
Based on GP&L’s average congestion cost for the 12-month period preceding the effective date of the term of service, grossed up for distribution system losses.
(v)
Ancillary services rate.
Based on GP&L’s average ancillary services cost for the 12-month period preceding the effective date of the term of service, grossed up for distribution system losses.
(e)
Power Factor Adjustment: Pursuant to the City’s obligation to comply with ERCOT Protocol 3.15.2 (including any subsequent ERCOT power factor requirements), customers that have meters capable of interval demand readings shall comply with the requirements specified in this clause. Sufficient static reactive power capability shall be installed by the customer to maintain the required ERCOT lagging power factor for the maximum net active power measured for the customer’s facilities at the customer’s point of delivery. If the City is subject to regulatory fines or penalties as a result of customer’s failure to meet the requirements specified in this clause, the City will charge customer for such fine or penalty and customer shall be responsible for compensating the City for the amount of the fine or penalty. The City may make such changes to its system to mitigate the effects of customer’s non-compliance with requirements specified in this clause at the customer’s expense for the proportional cost of such changes. In addition, a power factor adjustment charge will be included if the customer does not meet the requirements specified in this power factor requirement, calculated as follows:
Power factor adjustment | = | ERCOT lagging power factor |
Measured power factor for the month |
For customers not meeting the power factor requirements, the distribution service rate shall be multiplied by the power factor adjustment.
(12)
Transmission voltage service (< 20MW).
(a)
Designation.
TVS.
(b)
Application.
(i)
The following rate is available to transmission service customers whose actual monthly measured demand did not exceed 20 MW during the preceding twelve consecutive months, or whose expected monthly measure demand will not exceed 20 MW over an extended period, as determined by the City in its sole discretion. Customers that select this rate option are eligible for 12 or 24 month service terms.
(ii)
Upon expiration of the service term, if customer does not meet the actual or expected monthly measured demand requirement, as determined by the City in its sole discretion, then customer shall not be eligible for this rider and shall be charged under the applicable service rate.
(iii)
Customers that are a party to an economic development incentive agreement with the City that provides an electric rate or method of electric rate calculation may be ineligible to participate in this rate.
(iv)
This rate is not applicable to resale, temporary, standby, or supplemental service, except in conjunction with an applicable rider.
(c)
Type of service.
Transmission service - service received by a customer at standard voltage available from the City's transmission system at 60,000 volts or higher.
(d)
Standard rates.
Customer's rate and structure and terms and conditions shall be based on the customer's load profile and characteristics, capability to implement service terms and conditions, and the term of service. The customer's rate shall consist of the following components. The customer's rate shall consist of the following components.
(i)
Energy rate.
Based on customer's load profile and characteristics and term and type of contract.
(ii)
Transmission rate.
Based on GP&L's net transmission system cost and postage stamp expense. The transmission rate shall be adjusted after PUCT approval of each annual Total ERCOT Postage Stamp Rate.
(iii)
ERCOT administration rate.
Based on ERCOT's administration charges and fees at the effective date of the term of service. The ERCOT administration rate shall be adjusted upon ERCOT's implementation of new administration charges and fees.
(iv)
Congestion rate.
Based on GP&L's average congestion cost for the 12-months preceding the effective date of the term of service.
(v)
Ancillary services rate.
Based on GP&L's average ancillary services cost for the 12-months preceding the effective date of the term of service.
(vi)
GP&L administration rate.
Based on GP&L's administrative costs at the effective date of the term of service.
The foregoing rate components shall be grossed up by the percentage used by the City to determine its return on investment from GP&L into the City's general fund.
(e)
Power factor adjustment.
Pursuant to the City's obligation to comply with ERCOT Protocols (including any subsequent ERCOT power factor requirements), customers that have meters capable of interval demand readings shall comply with the requirements specified in this clause. Sufficient static reactive power capability shall be installed by the customer to maintain the required ERCOT lagging power factor for the maximum net active power measured for the customer's facilities at the customer's point of delivery. If the City is subject to regulatory fines or penalties as a result of customer's failure to meet the requirements specified in this clause, the City will charge customer for such fine or penalty and customer shall be responsible for compensating the City for the amount of the fine or penalty. The City may make such changes to its system to mitigate the effects of customer's non-compliance with requirements specified in this clause at the customer's expense for the proportional cost of such changes.
In addition, the City shall charge customer for failure to meet the requirements specified in this power factor requirement a power factor adjustment calculated as follows:
Power factor adjustment | = | ERCOT lagging power factor _________________________________ Measured power factor for the month |
For customers not meeting the power factor requirements, the foregoing rate components shall be multiplied by the power factor adjustment.
(f)
Operational requirements.
Customer may be required to comply with its proportional share of automatic and manual firm load shedding that the City is subject to, as well as any other operational obligations, such as low voltage ride-through and frequency ride-through, as required by ERCOT Protocols, Public Utility Commission of Texas rules, the Public Regulatory Act, or any other applicable laws or regulations.
(g)
Security.
Customers may be required to provide security, in a form acceptable to the City at its sole discretion, in recognition of market power price movements relative to the cost of power purchased to meet customer's load requirement.
(13)
Large transmission voltage service (≥ 20 MW).
(a)
Designation.
LTVS.
(b)
Application.
(i)
The following rate is available to transmission service customers whose actual monthly measured demand was at least 20 MW for the previous 12 consecutive months, or whose expected monthly measured demand will be at least 20 MW over an extended period, as determined by the City in its sole discretion. Customers that select this rate option are eligible for 12, 24, or 36 month service terms.
(ii)
Upon expiration of the service term, if customer does not meet the actual or expected monthly measured demand requirement, as determined by the City in its sole discretion, then customer shall not be eligible for this rider and shall be charged under the applicable service rate.
(iii)
Customers that are a party to an economic development incentive agreement with the City that provides an electric rate or method of electric rate calculation may be ineligible to participate in this rate.
(iv)
This rate is not applicable to resale, temporary, standby, or supplemental service, except in conjunction with an applicable rider.
(c)
Type of service.
Transmission service - service received by a customer at standard voltage available from the City's transmission system at 60,000 volts or higher.
(d)
Rates.
Customer's rate and structure and terms and conditions shall be based on the customer's load profile and characteristics, capability to implement service terms and conditions, and the term of service. The customer's rate shall consist of the following components.
(i)
Energy rate. Based on customer's load profile and characteristics and term and type of contract.
(ii)
Transmission rate. Based on GP&L's net transmission system cost and postage stamp expense. The transmission rate shall be adjusted after PUCT approval of each annual Total ERCOT Postage Stamp Rate.
(iii)
ERCOT administration rate.
Based on ERCOT's administration charges and fees at the effective date of the term of service. The ERCOT administration rate shall be adjusted upon ERCOT's implementation of new administration charges and fees.
(iv)
Congestion rate.
Based on GP&L's average congestion cost for the 12- months preceding the effective date of the term of service.
(v)
Ancillary services rate.
Based on GP&L's average ancillary services cost for the 12-months preceding the effective date of the term of service.
(vi)
GP&L administration rate.
Based on GP&L's administrative costs at the effective date of the term of service.
The foregoing rate components shall be grossed up by the percentage used by the City to determine its return on investment from GP&L into the City's general fund.
(e)
Power factor adjustment.
Pursuant to the City's obligation to comply with ERCOT Protocols (including any subsequent ERCOT power factor requirements), customers that have meters capable of interval demand readings shall comply with the requirements specified in this clause. Sufficient static reactive power capability shall be installed by the customer to maintain the required ERCOT lagging power factor for the maximum net active power measured for the customer's facilities at the customer's point of delivery. If the City is subject to regulatory fines or penalties as a result of customer's failure to meet the requirements specified in this clause, the City will charge customer for such fine or penalty and customer shall be responsible for compensating the City for the amount of the fine or penalty. The City may make such changes to its system to mitigate the effects of customer's non-compliance with requirements specified in this clause at the customer's expense for the proportional cost of such changes.
In addition, the City shall charge customer for failure to meet the requirements specified in this power factor requirement a power factor adjustment calculated as follows:
Power factor adjustment | = | ERCOT lagging power factor ________________________________ Measured power factor for the month |
For customers not meeting the power factor requirements, the foregoing rate components shall be multiplied by the power factor adjustment.
(f)
Operational requirements.
Customer shall comply with its proportional share of automatic and manual firm load shedding that the City is subject to, as well as any other operational obligations, such as low voltage ride- through and frequency ride-through, as required by ERCOT Protocols, Public Utility Commission of Texas rules, the Public Regulatory Act, or any other applicable laws or regulations.
(g)
Security.
(i)
Customer may be required to provide security, in a form acceptable to the City at its sole discretion, in recognition of market power price movements relative to the cost of power purchased to meet customer's load requirement.
(ii)
Customer may be required to provide security equivalent to three consecutive months of customer's anticipated monthly electricity payments to the City.
(B)
Riders to rate schedule.
The following riders to the foregoing rate schedule are hereby established:
(1)
Industrial development rider.
(a)
Availability: This rider is available only with rate general service-large (GS-L).
(b)
Application: This rider is available to:
(i)
New customers building new electrical power consuming facilities resulting in a minimum of 500 kw demand for electrical service under rate GS-L; or
(ii)
Existing GS-L customers with a minimum of 500 kw demand for electrical service that increase electrical demand and consumption by at least five percent (5%) and result in increased employment.
(c)
Method of charge: Rate shall be applied as set forth in the rate schedule GS-L except for the monthly billing demand which will be adjusted according to the following table:
Time period | Reduction to billing demand |
|---|---|
Initial 12 months | 30% of demand |
Second 12 months | 20% of demand |
Third 12 months | 10% of demand |
(d)
Conditions of service: Reduction to billing demand shall apply as follows:
(i)
All demand of new customers qualifying for service under subsections (b)(i) and (ii) of this rider.
(ii)
Demand in excess of the highest actual peak demand established during the current and the twenty-three previous billing periods of existing customers applying under subsection (b)(ii) of this industrial development rider.
(2)
Residential distributed generation rider.
(a)
Availability: This rider is available only to residential customers with solar or wind electric power producing facilities of 10 kilowatts (kw) or less that are located on a residential premises and serve that premises exclusively. This rider is available for use only with the residential service rate.
(b)
Application: This rider is available to customers with a solar or wind powered device that generates 10 kilowatts (kw) or less of electric power at a voltage of 600 volts or less from a residential electric customer’s premises in parallel with the City’s electric utility systems.
(c)
Method of charge: The customer shall be entitled to a produced energy credit based upon the energy produced and delivered by the power producing facility into the City’s electric utility system during a specific billing period. The customer shall be credited an amount equal to the recovery adjustment factor that the City has in place at the time of billing, times the energy delivered into the utility system.
(d)
Conditions of service: The customer must execute a distributed generation interconnection agreement for residential solar and wind electric power producing facilities.
(3)
Green rate rider.
(a)
Availability: This rider is available to all customer classes, except LLC and TVS.
(b)
Application: The following rider applies to any customer using electric service supplied at one point of delivery and measured through one meter. The rider is not applicable to resale, temporary, standby or supplemental service.
(c)
Requirement: Customers opting for the Green Rate Rider will be required to stay enrolled for a period of at least twelve months.
(4)
Transmission voltage service rider.
(a)
Availability: This rider is available only with rate Transmission Voltage Service (TVS).
(b)
Application: This rider is available to customers whose monthly measured demand is at least 10 MW for at least two consecutive months of the previous twelve months. Customers that are a party to an economic development incentive agreement with the City that provides an electric rate or method of electric rate calculation may be ineligible to participate in this rate.
(c)
Method of Charge: Customers that select this option are eligible for twelve or twenty-four month terms of service. Customer’s rate and structure and terms and conditions shall be based on the customer’s load profile and characteristics, capability to implement service terms and conditions, and the term of service. Upon expiration of the service term, if customer has not met the monthly measured demand requirement, then customer shall not be eligible for this rate and shall be charged under the applicable service rate.
(C)
Deposits.
Any person who makes a deposit for utility services with the City, or who accepts or receives utility service from the City agrees thereby that, in the event of a default in payment for such utility services, venue for proceedings to collect payment shall lie in Dallas County, Texas. A deposit to ensure payment of utility charges shall be paid in accordance with the following schedule:
(1)
Residential customers.
(a)
Electric, water, and sewer service customers.
(i)
Upon application for electric, water and sewer services provided by the City to a residential account, a deposit shall be placed with the City by the applicant in the amount designated in the Master Fee and Rate Schedule, Article VII, Section 10.85, of Chapter 10. The deposit may be waived by the City if the customer provides:
(ii)
If utility services are disconnected to any one customer for a second time within the most recent twelve (12) months, then the deposit amount may be increased to the amount of service charges for an estimated sixty (60) days’ usage for that customer, such amount to be determined by the Customer Service Department. Once an existing customer demonstrates an acceptable pay record, based on the last twelve (12) months’ payments, the deposit may be refunded.
(iii)
If a customer requests termination of services and the deposit has not been refunded, any outstanding charges due the City after termination of services shall be withdrawn from the deposit and the balance thereafter remaining, if any, shall be returned to the customer.
(b)
Water and sewer service customers.
(i)
Upon application for water and sewer services provided by the City to residential property, a deposit shall be placed with the City by the applicant in the amount designated in the Master Fee and Rate Schedule, Article VII, Section 10.85, of Chapter 10. If the applicant provides a recent letter of credit acceptable to the City from another utility, the deposit may be waived. If water and sewer services are disconnected to any one customer for a second time within the most recent twelve (12) months, then the deposit amount may be increased to the amount of service charges for an estimated sixty (60) days’ usage for that customer, such amount to be determined by the Customer Service Department.
(ii)
Once an existing customer demonstrates an acceptable pay record based on the last twelve (12) months’ payments, the deposit may be refunded.
(iii)
If a customer requests termination of services and the deposit has not been refunded, the outstanding charges due the City after termination of such services will be withdrawn from the deposit and any balance shall be returned to the customer.
(2)
Commercial or industrial customers.
Commercial and industrial customers shall be required to make a deposit equivalent to service charges for an estimated sixty (60) days’ service. Deposits may be refunded upon acceptable pay history for one year. The deposit may be waived if the applicant has established acceptable credit.
(D)
Service charges and fees.
(5)
Tampering with service fee.
This fee applies in any case of tampering with a customer’s meter installation or interference with the proper working thereof, or any other tampering with utility service by any person on the customer’s premises or evidence of any such tampering, interference, theft or service diversion, by whomsoever done, at the customer’s premises. The regular fee covers the costs associated with the detection and confirmation of service diversion, the disconnection and reconnection of service, and the estimation (but not usage) of the cost of power, energy, and water not recorded on the meter by reason of the tampering or service diversion:
(b)
Additional charges: In addition to the regular fee, the customer will be billed for expenses for damage to, replacement of, destruction of or misuse of the City’s equipment and for power, energy, water, and sewer services not recorded on the customer’s meter by reason of the tampering or service diversion at the appropriate rate (the amount of which may be estimated by the City from the best available data).
(6)
Meter upgrade fee.
A customer receiving electric service through a 75 KVA transformer or larger or having a measured demand of 50 KW or greater may obtain a meter upgrade from the City’s standard-issue mechanical analog meter to a solid-state multi-functional meter capable of digital data transmission upon payment of the applicable fee designated in the Master Fee and Rate Schedule, Article VII, Section 10.85, of Chapter 10.
(9)
Other miscellaneous service fees.
(Ordinance 4109, sec. 1, adopted 7/21/87; Ordinance 4238, sec. 1, adopted 10/18/88; Ordinance 4271, secs. 1, 3, adopted 11/15/88; Ordinance 4321, secs. 1, 2, adopted 4/4/89; Ordinance 4365, sec. 1, adopted 9/5/89; Ordinance 4369, sec. 1, adopted 9/19/89; Ordinance 4441, sec. 1, adopted 8/21/90; Ordinance 4501, sec. 1, adopted 5/21/91; Ordinance 4528, sec. 1, adopted 10/1/91; Ordinance 4607, sec. 1, adopted 7/21/92; Ordinance 4619, sec. 16, adopted 8/25/92; Ordinance 4627, sec. 1, adopted 9/22/92; Ordinance 4685, sec. 1, adopted 6/15/93; Ordinance 4711, sec. 5, adopted 9/21/93; Ordinance 4747, sec. 1, adopted 2/15/94; Ordinance 4793, sec. 1, adopted 8/2/94; Ordinance 4799, sec. 1, adopted 9/6/94; Ordinance 4809, sec. 2, adopted 9/20/94; Ordinance 4835, secs. 1–5, adopted 1/10/95; Ordinance 5116, sec. 1, adopted 9/16/97; Ordinance 5146, sec. 1, adopted 1/6/98; Ordinance 5217, sec. 1, adopted 10/20/98; Ordinance 5403, sec. 5, adopted 9/20/99; Ordinance 5569, sec. 1, adopted 6/5/01; Ordinance 5617, sec. 2, adopted 12/18/01; Ordinance 5675, secs. 1–3, adopted 11/5/02; Ordinance 5847, sec. 10, adopted 9/7/04; Ordinance 5886, sec. 1, adopted 3/22/05; Ordinance 6054, sec. 3, adopted 9/19/06; Ordinance 6171, sec. 1, adopted 10/16/07; Ordinance 6260, secs. 18, 19, adopted 9/2/08; Ordinance 6285, secs. 1, 2, adopted 12/2/08; Ordinance 6432, sec. 3, adopted 10/19/10; Ordinance 6797, secs. 1–2, adopted 8/18/15; Ordinance 7024, secs. 1–8, adopted 10/1/18; Ordinance 7363 adopted 9/6/2022; Ordinance 7600 adopted 7/22/2025)