(a) 
It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to do, commit or assist in the commission of any of the following things or acts in the city:
(1) 
To interfere with, tamper with, destroy, deface, impair, injure, or wantonly force open any gate, lid, door or meter, or in any way whatsoever destroy, injure, or deface any part of any fixture, property or apparatus of the electric system of the city.
(2) 
To resort to any fraudulent device or arrangement for the purpose of procuring electricity for himself or others contrary to the city regulations or ordinances.
(b) 
Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provision of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction in municipal court shall be fined in accordance with the general penalty provision found in section 1.01.009 and each day’s violation of this section shall constitute a separate offense or violation of this section.
(Ordinance 2003-05 adopted 6/17/03)
(a) 
Separate metering required.
From and after June 17, 2003, each individual residence or building making connection with or receiving service from the city electric system shall have a separate meter, and no new connection shall be made by the city unless each said individual residence or building is separately metered.
(b) 
Meter serving more than one residence, business or building, added minimum required.
In existing cases where more than one (1) residence, business or building is served by a single meter, the entire amount of electricity consumed and registered through such meter shall be billed to the meter and shall include an additional minimum for each and every other residence, business or building served by such meter, and such procedure shall continue until such are separately metered.
(c) 
Multiple businesses.
For the purposes of this section, multiple businesses shall be considered one business if there is at least 25% common ownership of the multiple businesses at the same location.
(Ordinance 2003-05 adopted 6/17/03)
(a) 
Schedule R - Residential service.
(1) 
Applicable: To single-family residential customers of all domestic usage where energy is taken through a single meter.
(2) 
Customer charge: $15.67 per month.
(3) 
Energy charge: $0.0362 per kilowatt hour for all kilowatt hours.
(4) 
Minimum bill: $15.67 per month.
(5) 
Multiple dwelling units: Where served under one meter, shall be billed under the applicable commercial rate.
(6) 
Power cost adjustment: The net energy charge under the above rate schedule shall be increased or decreased to reflect the application of a power cost adjustment per kilowatt hour of energy used, calculated in accordance with schedule PCA.
(b) 
Schedule SC - Small commercial service.
(1) 
Applicable: To all nonresidential customers and multiple dwelling residential customers billed through one meter whose peak usage does not exceed 104,901 kWh per month in any single month.
(2) 
Character of service: A.C., 60 cycles per second, single phase, 120/240 volts; three-phase, 120/240, 120/208/240/480 volts, as available the point of service. Three-phase customers served via underground primary to pad-mounted transformers are offered only 120/208 or 277/480 volt service.
(3) 
Customer charge: $26.38 per month.
(4) 
Energy charge: $0.0315 per kilowatt hour for all kilowatt hours.
(5) 
Minimum bill: $26.38 per month.
(6) 
Power cost adjustment: The net energy charge under the above rate schedule shall be increased or decreased to reflect the application of a power cost adjustment per kilowatt hour of energy used, calculated in accordance with schedule PCA.
(c) 
Schedule LP-1 - Medium commercial and industrial service.
(1) 
Applicable: To all commercial and industrial customers where service is taken through one meter at one point of delivery and where the peak usage exceeds 104,901 kWh per month in any single month. Customers exceeding a peak usage of 104,901 per kWh in any single month will be billed under applicable LP-1 rate for the next consecutive 12 months.
(2) 
Character of service: A.C., 60 cycles per second, single-phase, 120/240 volts; three-phase, 120/240, 120/208/240/480, 2400/4160, 7200/12,470 volts, as available the point of service. Three-phase customers service via underground primary to pad-mounted transformers are offered only 120/208 or 277/480 volt service.
(3) 
Customer charge: $58.44 per month.
(4) 
Energy charge: $0.0299 per kilowatt hour for all kilowatt hours.
(5) 
Minimum bill: $58.44 per month.
(6) 
Power cost adjustment: The net energy charge under the above rate schedule shall be increased or decreased to reflect the application of a power cost adjustment per kilowatt hour of energy used, calculated in accordance with schedule PCA.
(7) 
Primary service: Where service is taken by the customer at the city’s available primary voltage, and where the customer owns, operates, and maintains all service facilities, except metering equipment, required to take service at such voltage, a credit of two (2) percent of the base rate charges will be allowed. Metering may be primary or secondary (corrected for the transformer losses) at the city’s option.
(d) 
Schedule TISD - School service.
(1) 
Applicable: To all Tulia Independent School District school facilities where service is taken through one meter at one point of delivery.
(2) 
Customer charge: $21.02 per month.
(3) 
Energy charge: $0.0262 per kilowatt hour for all kilowatt hours.
(4) 
Minimum charge: $21.02 per month.
(5) 
Power cost adjustment: The net energy charge under the above rate schedule shall be increased or decreased to reflect the application of a power cost adjustment per kilowatt hour of energy used, calculated in accordance with schedule PCA.
(e) 
Schedule IPR - Irrigation service.
(1) 
Applicable: To all crop irrigation facilities where service is taken through one meter at one point of delivery.
(2) 
Customer charge: $21.02 per month.
(3) 
Energy charge: $0.0262 per kilowatt hour for all kilowatt hours.
(4) 
Minimum bill: $21.02 per month.
(5) 
Power cost adjustment: The net energy charge under the above rate schedule shall be increased or decreased to reflect the application of a power cost adjustment per kilowatt hour of energy used, calculated in accordance with schedule PCA.
(f) 
Schedule MUN - Municipal service.
(1) 
Applicable: To all facilities owned, operated, and/or maintained by the city.
(2) 
Customer charge: $21.02 per month.
(3) 
Energy charge: $0.0245 per kilowatt hour for all kilowatt hours.
(4) 
Minimum bill: $21.02 per month.
(5) 
Power cost adjustment: The net energy charge under the above rate schedule shall be increased or decreased to reflect the application of a power cost adjustment per kilowatt hour of energy used, calculated in accordance with schedule PCA.
(g) 
Schedule PCA - Power cost adjustment.
(1) 
The purpose of this schedule is to accurate recover from city customers the cost of total delivered wholesale power purchases. Wholesale power purchases shall include, but are not limited to transmission charges, delivery charges, and any other delivery fees necessary. All wholesale power cost realized shall be billed by the city on its monthly bills as a power cost adjustment, determined in accordance with the provisions set forth below:
(2) 
The formula for calculation of the power cost adjustment factor is as follows:
PCA
=
WC - (P)(K)
S
PCA
-
Power cost adjustment ($/kWh) rounded to the nearest 0.0001 cent.
WC
-
Total delivered cost of power including but not limited to transmission charges, delivery charges, and any other delivery fees purchased by the city from its supplier for the immediately preceding wholesale billing period (kWh).
P
-
Total energy (kWh) purchased by the city from its supplier for the immediately preceding wholesale billing period (kWh).
K
-
Base wholesale power cost included in the city’s retail electric rate schedules ($0.00 per kWh).
S
-
Total sales (kWh) to city customers for the current city billing period (kWh).
$5.00 of the monthly minimum charge shall be set aside and allocated for electric automated metering infrastructure (AMI) maintenance, repair, replacement, construction and installation.
(Ordinance 2014-12 adopted 9/9/14; Ordinance 2018-06 adopted 9/18/2018)
The following rules and regulations shall be applicable to the connection of electric service, collection of bills for electric service, deposits, cut-off administration fees, reconnect fees and return check fees:
(1) 
Late charge for delinquent bills.
All bills not paid by the 10th day following the mailing of the monthly bill to a customer by the city are delinquent. A late charge of 5% of the amount of the electric bill for service will be made against all electric bills not paid timely as herein set forth.
(2) 
Deposits.
(A) 
Before furnishing electric service to any person, firm, corporation, or other entity, the city shall require the following advance deposits to be made therefor:
(i) 
For apartment houses: $100.00 per apartment.
(ii) 
For all other commercial users: The estimated billing for two months as solely determined by the city or the user may furnish city with an irrevocable letter of credit acceptable to the city in its sole discretion from a bank within the city, covering the estimated billing for two months.
(iii) 
For all residential users other than apartment houses: $100.00 per meter.
(iv) 
If an electric utility customer fails to pay the electric bill and appears on the delinquent bill cut-off list prepared by the city on or after the 20th day after mailing of the monthly bill to a customer by the city, an additional deposit of $50.00 shall be required of the customer for continuation of service or reconnecting of service already cut off. For each subsequent appearance by a customer on the delinquent bill cut-off list, an additional deposit of $50.00 shall be required of the customer for continuation of service or reconnecting of service already cut off up to a two-month average bill of electric service for said customer. Failure to pay any additional deposits hereinabove set forth and required will result in the immediate discontinuance or renewal of electric service to the customer.
(B) 
Customers who have not been delinquent in payment of billing for five years will receive a refund of their deposits.
(3) 
Cut-off administrative fees.
If a customer is placed on the initial cut-off list by not paying said customer’s electric bill before the same becomes delinquent, a cut-off list administrative fee of $6.50 will be charged to the customer and added to said customer’s electric bill to be immediately due and payable.
(4) 
Reconnect fees.
If the cut-off list has been processed and delivered to a city employee for cut-off of the electric service to a customer, a reconnect fee of $17.50 shall be required to be paid by the customer to discontinue the process of cutting off or reconnecting the electric service. If the customer requests that the electric service be reconnected after 5:00 p.m., and before 8:00 a.m., Monday through Friday, or on a Saturday, Sunday or holiday, the reconnect fee shall be $20.00, and such a requested reconnecting of electric service shall be contingent upon availability of city staff qualified to perform the reconnect.
(5) 
Return check fees.
A return check fee of $35.00 shall be charged and added to the electric bill of the customer on all payments by check that are paid for any reason, including, but not limited to, checks which are not paid for insufficient funds in the account.
(Ordinance 2012-13, sec. 1, adopted 9/11/12)