(a)
The city shall be the sole provider of electric power within the
city’s designated certificate of convenience and necessity (CCN),
as defined by the state public utility commission, with the exception
of emergency generators as defined herein.
(b)
Interconnections to the city’s electric system by a customer
distributed generation device, regardless of the size or nature of
the device, shall be strictly prohibited. For purposes of this section,
customer distributed generation shall mean a device that converts
a form of energy (typically petrochemical or gas) into electricity,
commonly called a generator.
(c)
This prohibition shall not apply to emergency generators during periods
of outages of the city’s electric system, if the use of the
customer’s emergency generator is used only to power common
household appliances connected by extension power cord(s). However,
residences or businesses wishing to permanently connect (hard wire)
emergency generators to their residence or business, i.e., through
a main breaker box, shall be required to obtain a city inspection
and approval, prior to connection.
(d)
The city manager is authorized to develop administrative rules to
facilitate the efficient implementation of this section and protect
the best interest of the city.
(e)
Nothing in this section prohibits distributed renewable generation
(solar or wind) as defined by the state public utility commission
provided all state and city rules and regulations are met.
(Ordinance 1188 adopted 1/5/16)
