(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:
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Adjusted billed demand
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=
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Metered demand for the month X ERCOT lagging power factor
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Measured power factor for the month
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(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 (5,000 kw and above).
(a)
Designation: HTS (Code 350).
(b)
Application: The following rate applies to any customer that owns,
operates and maintains all the facilities required for receiving service
at the voltage of delivery. The rate is not applicable to resale,
temporary, standby or supplementary service.
(d)
Billing demand: The average kw supplied during the fifteen-minute
periods of maximum use during the current month, as determined by
the utility’s demand meter.
(f)
Type of service: Service shall be three-phase service at sixty (60)
cycles and any standard voltage available from the transmission system
sixty thousand (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 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:
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Adjusted billed demand
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=
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Metered demand for the month X ERCOT lagging power factor
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Measured power factor for the month
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(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:
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Power factor adjustment
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ERCOT lagging power factor
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Measured power factor for the month
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For customers not meeting the power factor requirements,
the distribution service rate shall be multiplied by the power factor
adjustment.
(12)
Transmission voltage service.
(a)
Designation: TVS
(b)
Application:
(i)
The following rate is available to transmission service customers.
Customers that select this rate option are eligible for twelve or
twenty-four month service terms.
(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.
(c)
Type of Service: Transmission Service - Service received by a customer
at standard voltage available from the City’s transmission system
at sixty thousand (60,000) volts or higher.
(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 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.
(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, the City shall charge customer for failure to meet
the requirements specified in this power factor requirement a power
factor adjustment calculated as follows:
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Power factor adjustment
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=
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ERCOT lagging power factor
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Measured power factor for the month
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For customers not meeting the power factor requirements,
the foregoing rate components shall be multiplied by the power factor
adjustment.
(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:
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Time period
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Reduction to billing demand
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Initial 12 months
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30% of demand
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Second 12 months
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20% of demand
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Third 12 months
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10% of demand
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(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)
Wholesale transmission service may be provided to eligible transmission
service customers under the terms and at the rates set forth in the
most current tariff for electric service, wholesale transmission service
approved by the Public Utility Commission of Texas.
(Ordinance 5748, sec. 1, adopted 7/22/03; Ordinance 5929, sec. 1, adopted 9/6/05; Ordinance 6735, sec. 1, adopted 9/16/14)
(A)
Generally.
The Electric Department of the City may furnish temporary electric
service when and where the system has sufficient capacity in lines,
transformers, and generating equipment available for such service.
“Temporary service” is defined as short-term or recurring
seasonal service supplied through utility and/or customer facilities
that are wholly or substantially temporary.
(B)
Charges.
(1)
The applicable temporary electric service fee shall be paid to the City in advance for labor and materials to furnish service. An account establishment fee, as required by section 50.30, shall also be required. Temporary electric service fees are designated in the Master Fee and Rate Schedule, Article VII, Section 10.85, of Chapter 10.
(2)
Expenses
not covered by these standard conditions are charged on the basis
of an engineering estimate for the work required to provide services.
Monthly charges for energy will be in accordance with the applicable
electric service rate. In lieu of monthly billing, the City may, at
its option, elect to render a single bill for all energy consumed
during the period a temporary service is connected.
(C)
Extension
lines.
It shall be unlawful for any person to use an
extension line from any temporary service facility when such extension
line extends across any street, alley, or other public right-of-way.
It shall be unlawful for any extension line from a temporary service
facility to be used for the purpose of supplying energy to the installed
electrical wiring system of any facility, building, or structure,
subject to the provisions of the City Electrical Code.
(D)
Connection
and disconnection.
It shall be unlawful for any person
other than authorized employees of the City to connect temporary service
facilities to the City’s electric utility lines or to disconnect
such facilities from the City’s electric utility lines.
(Ordinance 6260, sec. 20, adopted 9/2/08; Ordinance
7363 adopted 9/6/2022)
(A)
Water
service installation fees.
Water service installation
fees shall be paid to the City to cover the cost of labor, materials,
and equipment used in setting water metering equipment.
(B)
Sewer
service installation fees.
Sewer service installation
fees shall be paid to the City to cover the cost of labor, materials,
and equipment to make the tap and extend the sewer lateral from the
main to the nearest property or easement line. These charges are for
new service installations where none existed and where new service
installations are required by builder or owner because of size or
location changes.
(C)
Estimated
costs.
The estimated cost of the water and/or sewer service
installation shall be furnished, upon request, on a case-by-case basis.
This estimate must be paid by the person requesting the service at
the time application is made for service installation. No work will
commence prior to the fee being paid.
(D)
Private
installation of water and sewer taps.
Installation of
water and sewer taps by private contractors is allowed, providing
contractor employs or is a master plumber, licensed by the state,
and has obtained all necessary permits and bonding required by the
City.
(E)
There
will be no installation charges for replacements of existing sewer
service connections.
(F)
Each
dwelling unit shall have its own water and sewer service except when
there are six (6) or more contiguous dwelling units in a single development
under one ownership and/or management when the installation shall
be considered as a commercial service.
(Ordinance 5932, sec. 3, adopted 9/6/05; Ordinance 6485, sec. 5, adopted 9/6/11)
(B)
(C)
Construction
and irrigation rates.
When necessary to measure water usage with a high velocity water meter for construction purposes and at the customer’s request, the water rate for that service shall be the same as the applicable commercial/industrial rate, including the prevailing monthly base charge based on a 3-inch meter size, plus the commercial/industrial volume charge per 1,000 gallons of use. A deposit in the amount set forth in the Master Fee and Rate Schedule of Chapter 10 of the Code of Ordinances shall be collected when the water meter is issued, which deposit shall be refunded less the cost of damage, if any, to the meter when the meter is returned. A meter that serves only an irrigation system (without an associated wastewater account) will be billed a base charge based on the meter size for the account, and a volume charge based on the class of service for the account.
(D)
Rates
outside city limits.
All rates for service outside the corporate limits of the City shall be at least one and one-half times the rate for that classification of service inside the City limits as provided in subsection (A) above, unless the customer has executed a contract that provides an alternate, specified rate.
(E)
City
departments.
Water furnished through the City’s water system to the various departments of the City shall be paid for by such departments out of appropriations made by the City Council for those respective operations at the commercial/industrial rates provided in subsection (A), above.
(F)
Payment.
Bills are due and payable and become past due if not paid within
20 days after the billing date. If payment is not received by the
Customer Service Department within 24 days after the billing date,
a late payment penalty of five percent shall be due on the unpaid
balance. Utility service may be discontinued to any customer having
a past due bill.
(G)
Adjustments
due to changes in law.
Until amended by the City Council,
the rates provided in this section will be increased as necessary
by the proportionate part of any new, increased or newly applicable
tax, charge or fee levied or assessed against the City’s municipal
water utility or upon its operations.
(H)
Fund
balance, review, and use of funds.
The rates established
by this section are intended to provide for a 45-day fund balance
and shall remain in effect during the applicable time period until
increased, decreased or further amended by the City Council. The City
Council shall review the rates established by this section semi-annually
to determine whether an increase or decrease in the applicable rates
is necessary or warranted. A balance in the water and wastewater fund(s)
in excess of that necessary to maintain a 45-day fund balance may
be used only for rate reduction, debt reduction, and capital improvements
for the water and wastewater systems. No transfers shall be made from
the excess fund balance of either the water or wastewater fund(s)
for any purpose not related to the water and wastewater systems.
(I)
Emergency
medical services fee.
(2)
The
monthly fee established by this subsection is applicable to each and
every customer served by a municipal water account and shall be due
and collected in conjunction with the bill for water services for
each meter serving the customer. If multiple dwelling units, business
operations or lease spaces are served through one meter, every such
dwelling unit, business operation or separate lease space served by
the meter shall be considered a separate customer on that meter, and
a separate fee shall be collected for each such customer.
(Ordinance 4238, sec. 1, adopted 9/20/88; Ordinance 4525, sec. 1, adopted 10/1/91; Ordinance 4619, sec. 17, adopted 8/25/92; Ordinance 5138, sec. 1, adopted 12/2/97; Ordinance 5666, sec. 7, adopted 9/17/02; Ordinance 5763, sec. 2, adopted 9/2/03; Ordinance 5847, sec. 11, adopted 9/7/04; Ordinance 5907, secs. 1, 2, adopted 6/21/05; Ordinance 6054, sec. 4, adopted 9/19/06; Ordinance 6260, secs. 21, 22
adopted 9/2/08; Ordinance
6318, sec. 1, adopted 6/2/09; Ordinance 6350, sec. 5, adopted 9/1/09; Ordinance 6423, sec. 1, adopted 9/7/10; Resolution 9959, secs. 1–2, adopted 9/21/10; Ordinance 6485, sec. 6, adopted 9/6/11; Ordinance 6568, sec. 1, adopted 9/4/12; Ordinance 6640, sec. 1, adopted 9/3/13; Ordinance 6730, sec. 1, adopted 9/2/14; Ordinance 6805, sec. 1, adopted 9/15/15; Ordinance 6857, sec. 4, adopted 9/6/16; Ordinance 6937, sec. 1, adopted 9/19/17; Ordinance 7017, secs. 10–11,
adopted 9/18/18; Ordinance
7035, sec. 1, adopted 2/5/19; Ordinance 7086, sec. 1, adopted 9/3/19; Ordinance 7252 adopted 9/14/21; Ordinance
7363 adopted 9/6/2022; Ordinance 7395 adopted 1/17/2023)
(B)
Residential
accounts.
The base charge for residential accounts is
the monthly charge for an account. The volume charge will be based
on 98% of the metered water consumption for the account. The maximum
charge will not exceed the base charge plus a volume charge for the
lesser of 17,000 gallons per month or 98% of the average metered water
volume billed to the account during the previous December–March
period for that specific customer. For a new account, if at least
three of the four months for the previous December–March period
are not complete months for that specific customer, the customer’s
individual ceiling is 9,000 gallons until a new average is established
for the customer.
(C)
Duplex
dwelling residential accounts.
The base charge for duplex
dwelling residential accounts is the monthly charge for an account.
The volume charge will be based on 98% of the metered water consumption
for the account. The maximum charge will not exceed the base charge
plus a volume charge for the lesser of 34,000 gallons per month or
98% of the average metered water volume billed to the account during
the previous December–March period for that specific customer.
For a new account, if at least three of the four months for the previous
December–March period are not complete months for that specific
customer, the customer’s individual ceiling is 18,000 gallons
until a new average is established for the customer.
(D)
Multifamily
accounts.
The base charge for multifamily accounts is
the monthly charge for an account. The volume charge is unrestricted
and will be based on 80% of metered water consumption.
(E)
General
commercial/industrial accounts.
The base charge for general
commercial/industrial accounts is the monthly charge for an account.
The volume charge is unrestricted. The volume charge will be based
on 80% of metered water consumption.
(F)
Major
commercial/industrial users.
A separate subclass and
rate may be established for major commercial and industrial users.
(G)
Payment.
Bills are due and payable and become past due if not paid within
20 days after the date of billing. If payment is not received by the
Customer Service Department within 24 days after the date of billing,
a late payment penalty of five percent shall be due on the unpaid
balance. Utility service may be discontinued to any customer having
a past due bill.
(H)
Outside city limits. Charges for service outside the
city limits shall be as established under the terms of the wastewater
service contract.
(I)
Adjustments due to changes in law. Until amended by the
City Council, the rates provided in this section will be increased
as necessary by the proportionate part of any new, increased or newly
applicable tax, charge or fee levied or assessed against the City’s
municipal wastewater system or upon its operations.
(J)
(K)
Noncompliant
wastewater surcharge.
(1)
A
surcharge will be applied to the rate provided in subsection (A) if
the wastewater discharged into the City’s wastewater system
by the customer exceeds the quality loading data (weighted average
biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) and weighted average total suspended
solids (TSS)) used in the development of the specified rate by fifty
percent or more. The surcharge will be computed using the following
formula:
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BOD and TSS Surcharge Calculation (mg/1)
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S1 = V x (BOD - C) * A
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S2 = V x (TSS - D) * B
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Where:
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S1 = BOD Surcharge S2 = TSS Surcharge
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S2 = TSS Surcharge
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V = Total water consumption in thousands of gallons
during the billing period
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A = Unit charge in dollars per liter for BOD
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B = Unit charge in dollars per liter for TSS
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C = Normal BOD strength allowance defined as 250
mg/1
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D = Normal TSS strength allowance defined as 250
mg/1
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BOD = Average 3-month biochemical oxygen demand
concentration in mg/1
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TSS = Average 3-month total suspended solids concentration
in mg/1
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(2)
If
the affected customer installs and operates pretreatment facilities,
improves its processes or otherwise improves the quality of the customer’s
effluent, the customer may request a review of its rate, the discontinuation
of the surcharge, or both. To obtain this review, the customer must:
(a)
Make a formal written request to the Director of Water for a rate
review;
(b)
Provide formal assurance that a change in the effluent because of
pretreatment, product manufacturing or process change, or other reason
will remain in effect for at least 12 months or until the next scheduled
rate review;
(c)
Agree that the cost of sampling by city staff (or an independent party at the city’s election) to determine the new loading factors, plus the cost of two more samples to be taken at the city’s own discretion, will be prepaid by the customer. In the event the city elects not to take additional samples or if the next samples are part of the regularly scheduled sampling plan, the cost of the prepaid samples will be refunded by the city to the customer. The cost of samplings is designated in the Master Fee and Rate Schedule, Article VII, Section 10.85, of Chapter 10.
(3)
The
city shall have 45 days from the date the written request is received
by the Director of Water to take action on the request for a rate
or surcharge review. If the customer is determined by the city to
be entitled to a rate reduction, the maximum amount of the reduction
to be allowed is the variable costs associated with the new effluent
loadings to be computed in the same manner as the surcharge as provided
above. The Director may take any action the Director deems equitable
with respect to the customer’s rate, but until such action is
taken, the customer’s obligation to pay rates previously established
shall not be relieved unless the customer’s rate as provided
in this section is amended by formal Council action.
(4)
Prior
to the implementation of the proposed rates for each budget year,
each customer will have the right to an administrative review of the
cost allocations that form the basis of the customer’s proposed
rate. Computer calculations, work papers and sampling data shall be
available for public review during normal business hours.
(Ordinance 4141, sec. 1, adopted 10/20/87; Ordinance 4168, sec. 1, adopted 12/8/87; Ordinance 4463, sec. 1, adopted 10/16/90; Ordinance 4257, sec. 1, adopted 10/18/88; Ordinance 4373, sec. 1, adopted 10/17/89; Ordinance 4530, sec. 1, adopted 10/15/91; Ordinance 4631, sec. 1, adopted 10/20/92; Ordinance 4722, sec. 1, adopted 10/19/93; Ordinance 4727, sec. 1, adopted 11/16/93; Ordinance 4814, sec. 1, adopted 10/18/94; Ordinance 4830, sec. 1, adopted 12/20/94; Ordinance 4907, sec. 1, adopted 10/3/95; Ordinance 4961, sec. 1, adopted 4/2/96; Ordinance 5019, sec. 1, adopted 10/1/96; Ordinance 5057, sec. 1, adopted 3/18/97; Ordinance 5121, sec. 1, adopted 10/21/97; Ordinance 5139, sec. 1, adopted 12/2/97; Ordinance 5216, sec. 1, adopted 10/20/98; Ordinance 5413, sec. 1, adopted 10/19/99; Ordinance 5508, sec. 1, adopted 10/17/00; Ordinance 5595, sec. 4, adopted 9/4/01; Ordinance 5606, sec. 1, adopted 10/2/01; Ordinance 5666, sec. 8, adopted 9/17/02; Ordinance 5672, sec. 1, adopted 10/15/02; Ordinance 5763, sec. 3, adopted 9/2/03; Ordinance 5776, sec. 1, adopted 10/21/03; Ordinance 5847, secs. 12, 13, adopted 9/7/04; Ordinance 5855, sec. 1, adopted 10/19/04; Ordinance 5932, secs. 4, 5, adopted 9/6/05; Ordinance 5947, sec. 1, adopted 10/18/05; Ordinance 6054, secs. 5, 6, adopted 9/19/06; Ordinance 6061, sec. 1, adopted 10/3/06; Ordinance 6112, sec. 1, adopted 4/3/07; Ordinance 6149, sec. 1, adopted 8/21/07; Ordinance 6158, secs. 2, 3, adopted 9/4/07; Ordinance 6167, sec. 1, adopted 10/2/07; Ordinance 6260, secs. 23–25,
adopted 9/2/08; Ordinance
6276, sec. 1, adopted 10/21/08; Ordinance 6350, secs. 6, 7, adopted 9/1/09; Ordinance 6363, sec. 1, adopted 10/20/09; Ordinance 6423, sec. 2, adopted 9/7/10; Ordinance 6485, sec. 7, adopted 9/6/11; Ordinance 6568, sec. 2, adopted 9/4/12; Ordinance 6640, sec. 2, adopted 9/3/13; Ordinance 6730, sec. 2, adopted 9/2/14; Ordinance 6805, sec. 2, adopted 9/15/15; Ordinance 6857, sec. 5, adopted 9/6/16; Ordinance 6937, sec. 2 adopted 9/19/17; Ordinance 7017, sec. 12, adopted 9/18/18; Ordinance 7035, sec. 2, adopted 2/5/19; Ordinance 7086, secs. 2–4,
adopted 9/3/19; Ordinance
7252 adopted 9/14/21; Ordinance 7363 adopted 9/6/2022)
All bills for utility services rendered by the City shall normally
be billed on a time interval of twenty-eight (28) days or more. The
date of mailing of a bill shall be rebuttably presumed to constitute
the date of receipt. Payment, delinquency, penalties and discontinuance
of service for nonpayment regarding utility services, whether for
water, sewer, electricity, or sanitation, or any combination of such
services, shall be governed by the provisions of this chapter.
(Ordinance 4271, sec. 2, adopted 11/15/88; Ordinance 5855, sec. 2, adopted 10/19/04)
(A)
A lien securing payment of delinquent bills for utility service is hereby imposed upon and against the real property to which such utility service was delivered. The lien includes and secures the payment of the delinquent amount and all penalties, interest, and costs of collection. The lien is superior to all other liens, claims and titles except the lien for ad valorem taxes and any bona fide mortgage lien that has been recorded before the recording of the notice of lien as provided in subsection (B) of this section.
(B)
The
lien may be perfected by recording a notice of the lien in the real
property records of Dallas County, Texas. The notice of lien shall
contain a legal description of the real property and the utility account
number of the delinquent account.
(Ordinance 4365, sec. 2, adopted 9/5/89)
(Ordinance 6423, sec. 3, adopted 9/7/10; Ordinance 6857, sec. 6, adopted 9/6/16; Ordinance 7363 adopted 9/6/2022)
