A.
A customer desiring service must make application to
the Utility before receiving use of the Utility's service. The Utility reserves
the right to require a signed application or a written contract for the service
to be furnished. Receipt of service, however, shall constitute the receiver
a customer of the Utility, subject to its rates, rules and regulations, whether
service is based upon a signed application, contract or otherwise. All applications
and contracts for service shall be made in the legal name of the party to
be obligated to pay for the service.
B.
Subject to its rates, rules and regulations, the Utility
will continue to supply service until requested to discontinue, and the customer
will be responsible for payment of all service furnished until discontinued.
A.
All agreements for service shall be for a period of one
year unless otherwise specified in the contract. Contracts are automatically
renewed at the end of their term under conditions stated in the various contracts.
B.
No agent or employee of the Utility shall have the power
to or shall amend, modify, alter or waive any of the rates or rules of the
Utility or bind the Utility by making any representation not incorporated
in the contract.
C.
Contracts shall not be transferred unless authorized
by the Utility; new occupants of premises previously receiving service must
make official application to the Utility before commencing the use of service.
D.
Customers who have been receiving service must notify
the Utility when discontinuing service; otherwise, they will be liable for
the use of the service by their successors should said successors refuse to
pay.
A.
Classification of customers.
(1)
An electric consumer or unit of service shall consist
of any aggregation of space or area occupied for a distinct purpose, such
as a residence, an apartment, flat, store, office, factory, etc., which is
equipped with one or more fixtures for rendering service separate and distinct
from other users. The public portions of buildings, such as hallways, toilets,
etc., may be treated separately depending on the requirements.
(2)
Unless otherwise defined, the ultimate use of energy
purchased by a customer determines the rate applicable to his installation.
B.
COMMERCIAL CUSTOMER
INTERDEPARTMENTAL SALES
MISCELLANEOUS CUSTOMERS
POWER CUSTOMER, STANDARD OR LARGE
PUBLIC STREET AND HIGHWAY LIGHTING CUSTOMER
RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMER
The following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
Includes each separate business enterprise, occupation or institution
taking service through a single meter, occupying for its exclusive use any
unit or units of space, such as an entire building, entire floor, suite of
rooms or a single room, and using energy for the illumination of such space
and for such incidental use as the schedule of rates applicable to the particular
installation may permit.
Includes service for pumping water by the municipal water department
and/or pumping sewage by the municipal sewage department of a municipality
which also operates an electric utility.
Customers using electric service for purposes not included in other
classifications.
Includes each residence, separate business enterprise or institution
occupying, for its exclusive use, any unit or units of space, such as an entire
building, entire floor, suite of rooms or a single room, and using energy
for driving motors or other electrical loads larger than permitted on the
Utility's other rate schedules.
Includes governmental agencies which take service for the purpose
of lighting public streets, highways or traffic signs.
Includes each separate house, apartment, flat or other living quarters
occupied by a person or persons constituting a distinct household and using
energy for general illumination and for operating household appliances. Residence
lighting use may be extended to include the use of energy for lighting the
land and buildings which are adjacent to, connected with and used exclusively
by the residence being served.
A.
The schedules of rates apply when electricity is furnished
in any one month to one customer at one location for a class of service through
one meter. The schedules of rates are based on delivery and billing service
to the ultimate user for retail service and do not permit resale or distribution.
B.
For all extensions of new or increased service, each
unit must be separately metered before service will be rendered.
C.
Where a customer occupies more than one unit of space,
each unit will be metered separately and a separate bill will be computed
and rendered based on the readings of each individual meter unless a customer
makes arrangements with a Utility to provide the approved circuits and loops
by which the different units can be connected and all energy metered through
one meter.
D.
Where a commercial and one or more residential units
are combined so as to obtain electric service through one meter, the commercial
rate will be applied.
Service may be taken at the following service voltages:
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Service voltages
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120 single phase
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12 0/240 single phase
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12 0/240 three phase
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12 0/208 three phase
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22 0/440 three phase
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If a customer requires service at a voltage other than that offered
by the Utility or at more than one voltage, the customer shall furnish and
maintain the additional equipment required. If the customer's service requires
two or more transformer settings or points of delivery to a structure, the
customer shall also furnish and maintain the additional equipment required.
A.
Where emergency systems and buildings are so wired as
to require a separate meter, the energy so metered will be billed as a separate
customer. Emergency systems are systems supplying power and illumination essential
to safety and life and property where such systems or circuits are legally
required by municipal, state, federal or other codes or by any governmental
agency having jurisdiction.
B.
Emergency illumination shall include only the required
exit lights and other lights specified as necessary to provide sufficient
illumination.
