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1981-011AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 25-21 OF CHAPTER 25, CODE OF ORDINANCES PROVIDING FOR ELECTRIC UTILITY RATES, PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS, HEREBY ORDAINS PART I That Section 25-21 of Chapter 25 of the Code of Ordinances of the C~ty of Denton, Texas ~s hereby amended to read as follows ARTICLE II ELECTRIC SERVICE Section 25-21 Rate Schedule The rates to be charged by the c~ty for electricity are hereby estabhshed as follows (A) RESIDENTIAL SERVICE RATE (Schedule R-I) (1) Net Monthly Rate B~lllng months of June through September Ail kwh a 4 6S~ per kwh Billing months of October through May All kwh @ 4 3S¢ per kwh Energy billed during each o£ the months of December through February whxch is ~n excess of 1000 kwh ~n a s~ngle family unit or 1000 kwh t~mes the number of un,ts ~n a multiple famly unit w~ll be supphed at 4 15~ per kwh ~f the entire home electrically heated-heat pump or resistance (2) Customer Facility Charge $2 50 per month (3) Ava~lablllty Rate Schedule R-1 ~s applicable to all electric serwce reqmred for single family residential purposes where usage ~s not ~n excess of 700 kwh per month during the billing months of June, July, August, or September In any such month ~f usage exceeds 700 kwh, bzlling w~ll be rendered that month under Rate Schedule R-2 and thereafter for a period extending through the 12 billing months of the next f~scal year ending September 30 In ~nstances where multiple dwelling un~ts (family or housekeeping un,ts) are being served through the same meter as of the effective date of th~s rate schedule and the kwh ~n the billing months of June, July, August or September exceeds 700 kwh t~mes the number of dwelling units, the billing for that month and thereafter w~ll be rendered under Rate Schedule (4) Serwce At the ut~l~ty's available szngle phase secondary voltage (5) Payment B~lllng for serwce hereunder will be at the net monthly rate, payment of which ~s due when b~lls are ~ssued B~lls which are not paid w~thln ten (10) calendar days from the date of ~ssuance thereof will be considered overdue (6) Energy Cost Ad3ustment All charges of the net monthly rate w~ll be increased or decreased according to the current energy ad3ustment clause (7) Special Facilities Ail services which require special facilities in order to meet the customer's serwce requrrements shall be prowded subject to special facilities r~der (B) RESIDENTIAL SERVICE RATE (Schedule R-2) (1) Net Monthly Rate B~lhng Months of June through September All kwh @ 4 6S¢ per kwh Billing months of October through May All kwh @ 4 55~ per kwh Energy billed during each of the months of December through February which is in excess of 1000 kwh for a s~ngle family unit or 1000 kwh times the number of un,ts ~n a multiple family unit w~ll be suppl~ed at 4 15~ per kwh ~f the entire home ~s electrically heated-heat pump or resistance (2) Customer Facility Charge S~ngle Phase @ $4 50 per month Three Phase @ $8 00 per month (5) Availability Applicable for s~ngle family residential use (4) Serwce At the ut~l~ty's available secondary voltage and phase (5) Payment Billing for serwce hereunder w~ll be at the net monthly rate, payment of which ~s due when b~lls are ~ssued B~lls which are not pa~d w~th~n ten (10) days from the date of ~ssuance thereof w~ll be considered overdue (6) Energy Cost Ad3ustment All charges of the net monthly rate w~ll be ~ncreased or decreased according to the current energy ad3ustment clause (7) Special Facilities Ail serwces which require special facilities ~n order to meet the customer's serwce requirements shall be prowded sub3ect to special facxl~t~es r~der PAGE 2 (C) COMMBRCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL LIGHTING ~ POWER SERVICE RATE Schedule C (1) Net Monthly Rate Demand Charge Primary Service $1 80 per month per kW for all kW of billing demand Secondary Service $2 10 per month per kW for all kW of billing demand Bnergy Charge Billing months of June through September Primary Service All kwh @ 4 10¢ per kwh Secondary Service All kwh @ 4 15¢ per kwh Billing months of October through May Primary Service All kwh @ 3 804 per kwh Secondary Service All kwh @ 5 $54 per kwh (2) Customer Facility Charge Primary Service @ $46 00 per month Secondary Service 5~ @ $ 8 00 per month Secondary Service 14 @ $ 4 50 per month (3) Availability Available to commercial and ~ndustrlal users except that service hereunder is not available for resale, breakdown or standby power (4) Billing Demand Equal to the kW load metered during the iS-minute period of maximum use during the current monthly billing period, or in cases where the connected load is constant, the city may, at its option, estimate the kW demand For neon type s~gns one volt ampere shall be considered the equlvllent of 3/4 watt (5) Minimum Charge An amount equal to the demand charge as calculated above but not less than fifty percent (50%) of the maximum monthly demand charge for any month during the preceding 11 months (6) Payment Billing for services hereunder will be at the net monthly rate, payment of which is due when bills are issued Bills which are not paid within ten (10) calendar days from the date of issuance thereof will be considered overdue (7) ~nergy Cost Ad3ustment All charges of the net monthly rate will be ~ncreased or decreased according to the current energy ad3ustment clause (8) Power Factor Requirements ~ Ad3ustments PAGE 5 The utlllty reserves the r~ght to make tests to determCne the power factor of the user's ~nstallat~on served hereunder during per~ods of maxmum demand or by measurement of the average power factor for the monthly b~ll~ng per¢od Should the power factor so determined be below n~nety (90%) percent, the demand for b~ll~ng purposes w~ll be determined by multiplying the uncorrected kW B~lllng Demand by n~nety (90 %) percent and d~wd~ng by the determined power factor (9) Alternate Primary Serwce ~ D~scount (Transformation Equipment Owned by the User) Primary serwce w~ll, upon request, be made available to users w~th a twelve (12) month average monthly demand of 7S0 kW or greater Primary serwce w~ll be rendered at one point on the user's premises at a nominal voltage of 15,200 volts or 59,000 volts three-phase, at the option of the utility When the alternate primary serwce ~s suppl~ed, the user shall own, operate and maintain all fac~llt~es necessary to receive primary service and all transformation facilities required for conversion to utilization voltage The utility shall own, operate and maintain all metering facilities (e~ther primary or secondary metering at the ut~l~ty's option) Where the user owns, operates and maintains the transformation equipment and where the utility elects to apply ~ts metering facilities on the ~ voltage s~de of such transformation equipment, the user w~ll be allowed a f~fteen (15%) percent reduction from the monthly Demand Charge Where the user owns, operates and maintains the transformatzon equipment and where the utility elects to apply ~ts metering fac~l~tzes on the low voltage s~de of such transformation equipment, the user w--q-il be allowed a thirteen (15%) percent reduction from the monthly Demand Charge, the dzfference between f~fteen (15%) percent and thirteen (1~%) percent being the allowance for losses ~n the user's facilities (10) Special Facilities All serwces whzch require special facilities ~n order to meet the customer's serwce reqmrements shall be prowded sub3ect to speczal facilities r~der (D) LOCAL GOVERNMENT LIGHTING g POWER SERVICE RATE (Cit¥~ Count¥~ Independent School D~str~ct) SCHEDULE (1) Net Monthly Rate Energy Charge B~llzng months of June through September All kwh @ 4 15~ per kwh B~ll~ng months of October through May Ail kwh @ 3 85¢ per kwh (2) Customer Facility Charge $7 25 per month (3) Availability Application for local government use PAGE 4 (4) Service At the utlllty's available secondary and primary voltage and phase (5) Payment Billing for service hereunder will be at the net monthly rate, payment of which is due when bills are ~ssued Bills which are not paid within ten (10) calendar days £rom the date of issuance thereof will be considered overdue (6) Energy Cost Ad3ustment Ail charges o£ the net monthly rate will be increased or decreased according to the current energy adsusrment clause (7) Special Facilities All service which requires special facilities in order to meet the customer's service requirements shall be provided sub3ect to special facilities rider [E) STREET LIGHTING Schedule {1} Net Monthly Rate All kwh @ $ 4¢ per kwh (2) Availability Available to the City for street lights (5) Service At the ut~llty's available secondary voltage and phase (S) Payment Billing for service hereunder will be at the net monthly rate, payment of which is due when bills are ~ssued Bills which are not pa~d within ten (10) days from the date of ~ssuance thereof will be considered overdue (4) Energy Cost Adjustment All changes of the net monthly rate w~ll be ~ncreased or decreased according to the current energy adjustment clause (F) STREET LIGHTING ~ TRAFFIC SIGNALS Schedule (1) Net Monthly Rate All kwh @ 5 65~ per kwh {2) Availability Available to State and local government agencies that install and maintain their own street lights and traffic signals ($) Service At the utlllty's available secondary voltage and phase PAGE 5 (4) Payment B~llzng for serwce hereunder w~ll be at the net monthly rate, payment of which is due when bills are ~ssued Bills which are not pa~d w~th~n ten (10) days from the date of ~ssuance thereof w~ll be considered overdue (S) Energy Cost Adjustment All changes of the net monthly rate w~ll be ~ncreased or decreased according to the current energy adjustment clause (5) Maintenance Charge Maintenance expenses b~lled at cost (G) DUSK-TO-DAWN LIGHTING Schedule D-1 (1) Net Monthly Rate 100 watt Sodium Vapor Lamp @ $ 6 75 175 watt Mercury Vapor Lamp @ $ $ 00 '2S0 watt Mercury Vapor Lamp @ $ 7 00 400 watt Mercury Vapor Lamp @ $10 00 *No new or add~txonal 250 watt lamps wxll be ~nstalled after the effectxve date of thxs schedule Where necessary for proper xllum~nat~on or where ex~stxng poles are xnadequate the cxty wxll install or cause to be xnstalled one (1) pole for each xnstalled l~ght, at a dxstance not to exceed e~ghty (80') feet from sa~d exxstlng lxnes, at no charge to the customer bach addxtxonal pole span shall not exceed a span spacxng of one hundred (100') feet Add~txonal poles requxred to xnstall a lxght ~n a customer's specxf~cally desxred locatxon, and not hawng a lrght ~nstalled on same, shall bear the cost (2) Ava~labxlxty To any customer w~thxn the area served by the ctty's electrxc dxstrxbutxon system for outdoor area lxghting when such lxghtxng facxlxtxes are operated as an extensxon of the city's d~stnbut~on system (3) Servzce The cxty shall furnish, ~nstall, ma~ntaxn and deliver electric service to automatically controlled, mercury/sodium vapor l~ght~ng f~xtures conforming to the ut~l~ty's standards and subject to ~ts published rules and regulations (4) Payment B~ll~ng for serwce hereunder w~ll be at the monthly rate, payment of which ~s due when b~lls are ~ssued B~lls which are not pa~d w~th~n ten (10) calendar days from the date of ~ssuance thereof w~ll be considered overdue (S) Energy Cost Adjustment The energy cost adjustment applxcable to the monthly dusk-to-dawn l~ght~ng charge shall be the amount equal to "X" cents multiplied by following factor corresponding to the bulb wattage PAGE 6 Bulb Wattage Factor 100 46 175 68 250 103 400 153 All charges of the net monthly rate w~ll be ~ncreased or decreased according to the current energy adjustment clause (6) Term of Contract A two (2) year contract shall be agreed to and sxgned by each customer des~rxng Dusk-to-Dawn L~ght~ng Serwce authorxz~ng f~xed monthly charges to be applxed to the monthly municipal utxl~t~es bxll In the event that a customer desires the removal of the unxt or dxscontxnuance of the serwce prxor to completion of two years, the remainder of the contract per~od shall become due and payable After the end of the initial two year contract, service shall continue on a month to month bas~s and may be cancelled by e~ther party upon thirty (50) days notxce (7) Special Facxlxt~es All service which requires specxal facxl~txes xn order to meet the customer's serwce reqmrements shall be prowded subject to special fac~lxt~es r~der (H) TEMPORARY SERVICE SCHEDULE Schedule T-1 (1) Net Monthly Rate Bxll~ng months of June through September Ail kwh @ 4 65¢ per kwh B~llxng months of October through May All kwh @ 4 55~ per kwh (2) Customer Fac~ltty Charge Sxngle Phase $4 50 per month (5) Availability Temporary service ~s deftned as servtce that ~s supplted for less than twelve months (4) Serwce At the ut~ltty's avatlable 120/240 volt single phase secondary supply (5) Payment B~ll~ng for serwce hereunder w~ll be at the net monthly rate, payment of which zs due when bills are issued B~lls which are not pa~d wxth~n ten (103 calendar days from the date of issuance thereof wtll be considered overdue PAGE 7 (6) Energy Cost Adjustment All charges of the net monthly rate w~ll be ~ncreased or decreased according to the current energy adjustment clause (7) SpecCal Facilities All serwces which require special facilities ~n order to meet the customerts serwce reqmrements shall be prowded subject to special facilities r~der See Section 25-25(e) £or standard requirements (8) M~n~mum Same as R-2 Facilities Charge but not less than $5 75 for the entire per~od serwce ~s suppl~ed (I) TIME OF USE RATES GENERAL SERVICE~ SECONDARY Schedule S-1 (1) Net Monthly Rate Demand Charge $2 10 per month per kW for all kW of B~ll~ng Demand Energy Charge B~ll~ng months of June through September 12 00 Noon through 9 00 P M @ 7 204 per kwh 9 00 P M through 12 00 Noon @ 5 204 per kwh B~llxng months of October through May All kwh @ $ 204 per k~h (2) Customer Fac~lxty Charge Sxngle Phase @ $ 7 SO per month Three Phase @ $12 00 per month (5) Avaxlabxlxty Rate Schedule S-1 ~s applicable to approved electric serwce required for secondary dlstrxbut~on serwce at voltage levels not to exceed 480 volts (4) B~ll~ng Demand The k~ load metered during the 15-m~nute per~od of maximum use during the current month's peak b~ll~ng per~ods from 12 00 Noon through 9 00 P M (S) M~n~mu~ Charge An amount equal to the demand charge as calculated above but not less than f~fty percent (50%) of the maximum monthly demand charge for any month during the preceding 11 months (5) Serwce At the ut~l~ty's available secondary voltage and phase PAGE 8 (7) Payment B~lllng for service hereunder w~ll be at the net monthly rate, payment of which is due when the bills are received B~lls whxch are not pa~d w~th~n ten (10) calendar days from the date of ~ssuance thereof w~11 be considered overdue (8) Energy Cost Ad3ustment All charges of the net monthly rate will be increased or decreased according to the current energy adjustment clause (9) Power Factor Requirements ~ Ad3ustments The utility reserves the right to make tests to determine the power factor of the user's tnstallatlon served hereunder during per~ods of maximum demand for the monthly btlllng period Should the power factor so determined be below n~nety {90%) percent, the demand for bllltng purposes will be determined by mult~ptylng the uncorrected kW Btlllng Demand by ntnety (90%) percent and dividing by the determined power factor (10) Special Facilities All service which requires special facilities in order to meet the customer's service requirements shall be prowded subject to special facilities r~der (J) TIME OF USE RATES GENERAL SERVICE~ PRIMARY SCHEDULE P-1 (1) Net Monthly Rate Demand Charge $1 80 per month per kW for all kW o£ billing demand Energy Charge Billing months of June through September 12 00 Noon through 9 00 P M @ 7 05¢ per kwh 9 O0 P M through 12 00 Noon @ 3 15¢ per kwh Billing months of October through May All kwh @ 3 15¢ per kwh (2) Customer Facilities Charge $60 00 per month (3) Availability Rate Schedule P-1 ~s appltcable to approved electric serwce required for primary dxstrlbutlon service at voltage levels not to exceed 69,000 volts and billing demand equal to or greater than 20 kW (4) Billing Demand The kW load metered during the 15-mtnute period of maximum use during the current month's peak billing per~ods from 12 00 Noon through 9 00 P M PAGE 9 (S) Minimum Charge An amount equal to the demand charge as calculated above but not less than fifty percent (S0%) of the maximum monthly demand charge for any month during the preceding 11 months (6) Service At the utlllty's available secondary voltage and phase (7) Payment Billing £or service hereunder will be at the net monthly rate, payment o£ which is due when the bills are received Bills wh¢ch are not pa~d within ten (10) calendar days from the date o£ issuance thereo£ will be considered overdue (8) Energy Cost Ad3ustment All charges o£ the net monthly rate will be xncreased or decreased according to the current energy ad3ustment clause (9) Power Factor Requirements ~ Ad3ustments The utility reserves the right to make tests to determine the power factor of the user's installation served hereunder during per¢ods o£ maxCmum demand for the monthly billing ~erlod Should the power factor so determined be below ninety 90%) percent, the demand for billing purposes will be determined by multiplying the uncorrected kW B~111ng Demand by ninety (90%) percent and d~vldlng by the determined power factor (10) Special Facllxtles All serwce which requires special facilities in order to meet the customer's serwce requirements shall be provided sub3ect to special £acxl~txes r~der (K) INTERRUPTIBLE SERVICE RATE Schedule PI-1 (Primary service for a £~rm power load exceeding 5,000 KVA in June, July, August or September) (1) Net Monthly Rate £or Firm Power Demand Charge $1 80 per month per kW for all kW of billing demand Energy Charge Blllxng months of June through September All kwh @ 4 1~ per kwh Blllxng months of October through May All kwh @ 5 8~ per kwh (2) Net Monthly Rate for Interrupt~ble Load When the Electric Department requests a customer to interrupt load and the customer elects not to interrupt his load then the following rates shall apply for all kW and kwh the Electric Department requests to be interrupted PAGE 10 (5) Demand Charge The actual cost of all kW purchased by the Electric Department necessary to service the customer's load adjusted for losses (4) Minimum Charge An amount equal to the demand charge as calculated above but not less than fifty percent (50%) of the maximum monthly demand charge for any month during the preceding 11 months (S) Energy Charge The actual cost of all kwh purchased by the Electric Department necessary to serve the customer's load adjusted for losses (6) Customer Facility Charge $46 00 per month (7) Availability Available for all customers taking primary service at a firm power load exceeding S,000 KVA during the months of June, July, August or September (8) Billing Demand The kW load metered during the iS-minute period of ma×lmum use during the current monthly billing period (9) Conditions of Interruption The Electric Department shall notify the customer by telephone at least thirty (50) minutes prior to the time at which the load is required to be curtailed The request shall be for all or part of the customer load exceeding S,000 KVA The maximum period of interruption shall be for six hours The interruption shall be at the request of the Electric Department during the periods when a potential forced outage could deny power to other customers or when available spinning reserves are threatened The customer shall respond by stating he will or will not comply with the Electric Department's request within fifteen (15) minutes after notification (10) Payment Billing for service hereunder will be at the net monthly rate, payment of which is due when the bills are received Bills which are not paid within ten (10) calendar days from the date of issuance thereof will be considered overdue (11) Energy Cost Adjustment All charges of the net monthly rate will be increased or decreased according to the current energy adjustment clause (12) Power Factor Requirements ~ Adjustments The utility reserves the right to make tests to determine the power factor of the user's installation served hereunder during periods of maximum demand for the monthly billing perloa Should the power factor so determined be below ninety (90%) percent, the demand for billing purposes will be determined by multiplying the uncorrected kW Billing Demand by PAGE 11 ninety (90%) percent and dividing by the determined power factor (15) Special Faclht~es Ail service which requires special facilities in order to meet the customer's service requirements shall be prowded subject to special facilities rider (L) ENERGY COST ADJUSTMENT Ail monthly kwh charges shall be Increased or decreased by an amount equal to "X" cents per kwh "X" = A + B + D + E G + H 0 05 C F J A - Estimated next month's cost of fuel used ~n the utll~ty's electric generating plants B - Estimated next month's cost of purchased energy C - Estimated next month's kwh sales D - Estimated cost of fuel two months prewous used ~n the utll~ty's electric generating plants E - Estimated cost of purchased power two months previous P Mst~mated kwh sales two months prewous G - Actual cost of fuel two months prewous used ~n the ut~11ty's electric generating plants H - Actual cost of purchased energy two months prewous J - Actual kwh sales two months prewous NOTES 1 Elements A, B, D, B, G and H exclude costs associated with sales to non-Denton Electric Department 3urlsdlctlonal customers 2 Elements C, F and J exclude kW sales to non-Denton ~lectr~c Department 3urlsd~ct~onal customers Elements B, E and H exclude demand charges ~ncluded ~n purchased power costs and rental charges for facll~t~es {K) SPECIAL FACILITIES RIDBR (1) Applicability All service shall be offered from available facll~t~es If a customer service characteristic requires facilities and devices which are not normally and readily available at the location at which the customer requests serwce, then the Electric Department shall provide the serwce subject to paragraph 2 of this schedule {2} The total cost of all fac~llt~es required to meet the customer's load characteristics which are incurred by the Electric Department shall be subject to a special contract entered into between the Electric Department and the customer Th~s contract shall be signed by both part~es prior to the Electric Department providing serwce to the customer PAGE 12 P~T II That if any section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause, phrase or word in this ordinance, or application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid by any court of competent 3urlsd~ction, such holding shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance, and the City Council of the City of Denton, Texas, hereby declares it would have enacted such remaining portions despite any such invalidity P~T III That this ordinance shall become effective ~y (~ days from the date of ~ts passage, and the C~ty Secretary is hereby directed to cause the caption of this ordinance to be published twice in the Denton Record-Chronicle, the official newspaper of the City of Denton, Texas, within ten (10) days of the date of its passage CITY OF DBNTON, TI~XAS APPROVRD AS TO LRGAL FORM C J TAYLOR, JR , CITY ATTORNEY CITY OF D~,NTON, T~,XAS PAGE 15