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1975-025NO 75-25 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS, PROVIDING NEW MONTHLY RATES FOR ELECTRIC UTILITY SERVICE, PROVIDING A PENALTY FOR OVERDUE PAYMENT, PROVIDING CERTAIN OTHEP REGULATIONS AND STATEMENTS OF POLICY, REPEALING CONFLICTING ORDIN- ANCES, PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE, AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS, HEREBY ORDAINS SECTION I That the Code of Ordinances of the City of Denton, Texas, is hereby amended and supplanted by substituting new subsections (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), and (f) of Article 17 09 in Chapter 17 of said Code of Ordinances which shall hereafter read as follows ARTICLE 17 09 - ELECTRIC RATES (a) Residential Service Rate Schedule A-1 (1) Net 14onthly Rate Billing months of May through October First 50 kWh @ $3 15 Next 75 kWh @ 4 090 per kWh Next 75 kWh @ 3 01G per kWh Next 500 kWh @ 2 56c per kWh Billing months of November through April First 50 kWh @ $3 15 Next 75 kWh @ 4 09C per kWh Next 75 kWh @ 3 Olfi per kWh All Additional kWh @ 2 560 per kWh Energy used during each of the months of November through April which is in excess of 700 kWh will be supplied at 1 850 per kWh if the entire home is electrically heated - heat pump or resistance (2) Minimum Charge $3 15 per month (3) Availability Rate Schedule A-1 is applicable to all electric ser- vice required for single family residential purposes where usage is not in excess of 700 kWh per month during the billing months of June, July, August, or September In any such month if usage exceeds 700 kWh, billing will be rendered that month under Rate Schedule A-2 and thereafter for a period extending through the 12 billing months of the next fiscal year ending September 30 In instances where multiple dwelling units (family or housekeeping units) are being served through the same meter as of the effective date of this rate schedule and the kWh in the billing months of June, July, August, or September does not exceed a total of 700 kWh times the number of dwellin units so served (and has not exceeded such total during the next preceding billing months of June, July, August or September), the number of kWh in each block of the rate and the minimum charge will be multiplied by the number of family or housekeeping units in any such month if the total kWh exceeds 700 kWh times the number of dwelling units, the billing for that month and thereafter will be rendered under Rate Schedule A-2 (4) Service Single phase service at utilization voltage will be supplied hereunder In the event three phase service is required by the user and is available at the pre- mises to be served, a charge of $100 00 will be made for such installation (5) Payment Billing for service 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 Service to users having overdue bills may, at the discretion of the utility, be discontinued without notice, and a charge of ten (10%) percent of the billing shall be paid by the user in addition to the net monthly amount There shall be a charge of $4 00 for reconnecting such discontinued service (6) Fuel Adjustment All charges of the net monthly rate will be increased or decreased 0 0122(, per kWh for each whole 0 O1r, per kWh by which the average cost of fuel used in the utility's electric generating plants* plus the cost of purchased energy during the calendar month next preceding the billing month is above or below 1 00~, per kWh Such average cost is determined based on the sum of net kWh generated in the utility's plants* and the kWh purchased during each said month The cost of purchased energy does not include demand charges for purchased power or rental charges for facilities *The determination of cost of fuel and net kWh gene- ration will exclude the cost of specific fuel pur- chased for and the related kWh generation supplied for off-system contractual sales (b) Residential Service Rate Schedule A-2 (1) Net Monthly Rate Billing months of May through October Fixed Cost of All kWh $4 40 plus @ 2 75 per kWh -2- Billing months of November through April Fixed Cost of $4 40 plus First 700 kWh @ 2 750 per kWh All Additional kWh @ 2 56p per kWh Energy used during each of the months of November through April which is in excess of 700 kWh will be supplied at 1 85S per kWh if the entire home is electrically heated - heat pump or resistance (2) Minimum Charge $4 40 per month plus the charge for energy used (3) Availability Applicable for single family residential use Where multiple dwelling units are served through the same meter, the fixed cost and the number of kWh in each block of the rate will be multiplied by the number of family or housekeeping units (4) Service (Same as Rate Schedule A-1) (5) Payment (Same as Rate Schedule A-1) (6) Fuel Adjustment (Same as Rate Schedule A-1) (c) Commercial and Industrial Lighting and Power Service Rate (0-Approximately 20 kW Demand) Schedule B-1 (1) Net Monthly Rate First 50 kWh @ $3 15 Next 450 kWh @ 4 63 per kWh Next 500 kWh @ 4 00 per kWh Next 2,000 kWh @ 3 55 per kWh Next 2,000 kWh @ 3 28 per kWh All Addit ional kWh @ 2 92 per kWh *For each kW of Demand in excess of 20, add 100 kWh to the 4 63p block (2) Minimum Charge $3 15 per month plus $1 70 for each kW of Demand in excess of 10 kW based on the highest Demand established during the twelve (12) month period ending with the current month (3) Availability Available to commercial and industrial users having a power requirement of approximately 20 kW or less, ex- cept that service hereunder is not available for re- sale, breakdown or standby power (4) Demand The kW load metered during the 15-minute period of maximum use during the current monthly billing period -3- (5) Service At the utility's available secondary voltage and phase (6) Payment (Same as the payment conditions under Rate Schedule A-1 ) (7) Fuel Adjustment (Same as the fuel adjustment under Rate Schedule A-1 ) (d) Commercial and Industrial Lighting and Power Service Pate (For Medium and Large Usage) Schedule B-2 (1) Net Monthly Rate Demand Charge $40 00 per month for the first 20 kW of billing demand $ 1 50 per month per kW for the next 80 kW of billing demand $ 1 30 per month per kW for all over 100 kW of billing demand Energy Charge 2 85F per kWh for the first 300 hours use per month of the billing demand, but not more than 10,000 kWh 1 95G per kWh for the next 180 hours use per month of the billing demand, but not more than 60,000 kWh 1 55p per kWh for the next 200 hours use per month of the billing demand 1 45C per kWh for all additional kWh per month (2) Billing Demand Equal to the kW load metered during the 15-minute period of maximum use during the current monthly billing period The billing demand for service hereunder shall not be less than 20 kW (3) Minimum Charge An amount equal to the demand charge as calculated above but not less than fifty (50%) percent of the maximum monthly demand charge for any month during the preced- ing 11 months (4) Availability Available to commercial and industrial users having a connected load of approximately 20 kW or greater, ex- cept that service hereunder is not available for re- sale, breakdown or standby power (5) Commercial Residential Use Multiple apartments containing a minimum of five units may be served under this rate If in such service all apartments are electrically heated - heat pump or resistance - the power and energy used during each of the months of November through April will be supplied at the following modified rate -4- For the Demand Charge only, the Billing Demand will be adjusted by multiplying the 15 minute metered rate of maximum usage during the month by fifty (50%) percent The adjusted Billing Demand so de- termined will not be less than 20 kW (6) Service At the utility's available secondary voltage and phase In the event the utility elects to meter the user's service at the high voltage windings of service transformers, the user will be allowed a two (2%) percent reduction from the net billing (7) Payment Game as the payment conditions under rate Schedule A-1 ) (8) Fuel Adjustment (Same as the fuel adjustment under rate Schedule A-1 ) (9) Power Factor Requirements and Adjustment The utility reserves the right to make tests to de- termine the power factor of the user's installation served hereunder during periods of maximum demand or by measurement of the average power factor for the monthly billing period Should the power factor so determined be below ninety (90%) percent, the demand for billing purposes will be determined by multiply- ing the unco=ected kW Billing Demand by ninety (90%) percent and dividing by the determined power factor (10) Alternate Primary Service and Discount (Transfo Primary service will, upon request, be made available to users with a twelve (12) month average monthly de- mand of 750 kW or greater Primary service will be rendered at one point on the user's premises at a nominal voltage of 13,200 volts or 69,000 volts three- phase, at the option of the utility When the alternate primary service is supplied, the user shall own, operate and maintain all facilities necessary to receive primary service and all trans- formation facilities required for conversion to utili- zation voltage The utility shall own, operate and maintain all metering facilities (either primary or secondary metering at the utility's option) Where the user owns, operates and maintains the trans- formation equipment and where the utility elects to apply its metering facilities on the high voltage side of such transformation equipment, the user will be allowed a fifteen (15%) percent reduction from the monthly Demand Charge Where the user owns, operates and maintains the trans- formation equipment and where the utility elects to apply its metering facilities on the low voltage side of such transformation equipment, the user will be allowed a thirteen (13%) percent reduction from the monthly Demand Charge, the difference between fifteen (15%) percent and thirteen (13%) percent being the allowance for losses in the user's facilities -5- (e) Local Governmental Agency (City, County, Independent School District) (1) Net Monthly Rate For all electric energy used per month at each point of delivery the charge will be 2 lOq per kWh (2) Payment Late payment charges as listed in payment conditions under Rate Schedule A-1 are not applicable to cus- tomers under this subsection (3) Minimum Charge None (4) Fuel Adjustment (Same as the fuel adjustment under Rate Schedule A-1 ) (f) Dusk-to-Dawn Lighting (1) Net Monthly Rate 175 watt Mercury Vapor Lamp @ $4 35 250 watt Mercury Vapor Lamp* @ 5 35 400 watt Mercury Vapor Lamp @ 7 00 *No new or additional 250 watt lamps will be in- stalled after the effective date of this schedule Where necessary for proper illumination or where existing poles are inadequate the city will install or cause to be installed one (1) pole for each in- stalled light, at a distance not to exceed eighty (80') feet from said existing lines, at no charge to the customer Each additional pole span shall not exceed a span spacing of one hundred (100') feet Additional poles required to install a light in a customer's specifically desired location, and not having a light installed on same, shall bear a cost of One Hundred Sixty-Five ($165 00) Dollars payable by the customer prior to installation (2) Availability To any customer within the area served by the city's electric distribution system for outdoor area light- ing when such lightin~ facilities are operated as an extension of the city s distribution system (3) Service The city shall furnish, install, maintain and de- liver electric service to automatically controlled, mercury vapor lighting fixtures conforming to the utility's standards and subject to its published rules and regulations (4) Payment (Same payment conditions as under Pate Schedule A-1 ) (5) Term of Contract A two (2) year contract shall be agreed to and signed by each customer desiring Dusk-to-Dawn Lighting Ser- vice authorizing fixed monthly charges to be applied -6- to the monthly municipal utilities bill In the event that a customer desires the removal of the unit or discontinuance of the service prior to completion of two years, the remainder of the con- tract shall become due and payable After the completion of two years, service shall continue on a month to month basis and may be cancelled by either party upon thirty (30) days notice SECTION II That all ordinances or parts of ordinances in force when the provisions of this ordinance become effective which are inconsistent or in conflict with the terms or provisions contained in this ordin- ance are hereby repealed to the extent of any such conflict SECTION III 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 jurisdiction, 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 SECTION IV That this ordinance shall become effective the -2 day of C& -6'r7lge e 1975, and the City 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 PASSED AND APPROVED This the 4.2 day of 1975 ATTES LAITY OF DENTON, TEXAS APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM PA~JIS~t~I"l'OR1QEY CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS - 7-