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
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(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
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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
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(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
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(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
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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
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(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
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(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
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(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
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(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
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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
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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
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