If the power factor at which power is delivered to the customer is less than 97 percent lagging, the billing demand may be increased by one percent for each one percent or major fraction thereof that the average power factor is less than 97 percent lagging.
The average power factor will be determined by measurement of kilowatt hours and reactive kilovolt-ampere hours during the billing period using the following formula:
(Ord. 90; Ord. 334; Ord. 453; Ord. 10-03; Ord. 16-03)