The rates charged for electric service furnished by the electric
light system of the city shall be as provided for in the fee schedule
found in appendix A of this code.
(2001 Code, sec. 13.1101)
Bills calculated under the above rates are subject to the application
of the fuel and purchased power clause and tax clause. The energy
charge per kilowatt-hour (KWH) shall be adjusted upward or downward
each month in accordance with the Lower Colorado River Authority billing
to the city. Any surcharges billed the city by the Lower Colorado
River Authority will be added to the customer’s bill.
(2001 Code, sec. 13.1102)
All rates provided for in this article are based upon the supply
of service to the entire premises through a single delivery and metering
point. Separate supply for the same customer at other points of delivery
shall be separately metered and billed.
(2001 Code, sec. 13.1103)
A franchise fee is hereby established so that the electric utility
will justly compensate the city for the use of the city’s street
rights-of-way. The amount of the franchise fee will be set annually
by the city council during the budget process. The payment of the
franchise fee will be recorded as an expense in the electric utility
budget and as revenue in the city’s general fund.
(2001 Code, sec. 13.1104)
This program is available to any retail customer receiving electric
service under a city electric rate schedule who owns and operates
an on-site generating system powered by a renewable resource capable
of producing not more than 10 kw of power, and who interconnects with
the city’s electric system. Renewable energy technology is any
technology that exclusively relies on an energy source that is naturally
regenerated over a short time and derived directly from the sun, indirectly
from the sun, or from moving water or other natural movements and
mechanisms of the environment. Renewable energy technologies include
those that rely on energy derived directly from the sun, wind, geothermal,
hydroelectric, wave, or tidal energy, or on biomass or biomass-based
waste products, including landfill gas. A renewable energy technology
does not rely on energy resources derived from fossil fuels, waste
products from fossil fuels, or waste products from inorganic sources.
This program applies to a customer-owned generating system that primarily
offsets part or all of the customer’s electric service provided
by the city.
(Ordinance 2009.8.1 adopted 8/11/09)
(a)
All charges, character of service, and terms and conditions of the
city electric rate schedule under which the customer receives service
apply except as expressly altered by this program.
(b)
The customer shall comply with the current city technical requirements
for distributed generation interconnection for facilities under 10
kw and any revisions to the requirements. The customer shall obtain
approval from the city before the customer energizes the customer’s
on-site generating system or interconnects it with the city’s
electric system. The customer shall submit to the city a completed
interconnection application form and signed agreement. The minimum
term of an agreement under this program is one year, extended automatically
unless terminated by either party with sixty days written notice.
(c)
The customer is responsible for the costs of interconnecting with
the city’s electric system, including transformers, service
lines, or other equipment determined necessary by the city for safe
installation and operation of the customer’s equipment with
the city’s system. The customer is responsible for any costs
associated with required inspections and permits.
(Ordinance 2009.8.1 adopted 8/11/09)
Metering under this program shall be performed by a single meter
capable of registering the flow of electricity in two directions (delivered
and received) to determine the customer’s net energy flow.
(Ordinance 2009.8.1 adopted 8/11/09)
(a)
In a billing month after a customer receives approval to interconnect
the customer’s on-site generating system from the city, if the
energy delivered by the customer’s approved system to the city’s
electric system exceeds the amount of energy delivered by the city
to the customer, the city shall credit the customer’s account
for the energy generated as described below.
(b)
The monthly credit, if any, is calculated as follows:
(1)
Each kwh delivered from the customer’s approved system to the
city’s electric system in excess of the kwh delivered by the
city is multiplied by the fuel rate as adjusted by the appropriate
multiplier in the then current fuel adjustment clause of the electric
rate schedule less a 25% administrative and grid maintenance service
charge.[1]
(c)
Any credit shall be applied to the utility charges due from the customer
to the city.
(Ordinance 2009.8.1 adopted 8/11/09)
