HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinances - No. 1137ORDINANCE NO. 1137
AN ORDINANCE REPEALING ORDINANCES NO. 1089
AND NO. 1121 OF THE CITY OF LODI AND ENACTING
A NEW ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING RATES FOR THE
SALE OF ELECTRIC ENERGY BY THE CITY OF LODI.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LODI DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Ordinance No. 1089 of the City of Lodi entitled "AN ORDINANCE
REPEALING ORDINANCE NO. 1043 OF THE CITY OF LODI AND ENACTING A NEW ORDINANCE
ESTABLISHING RATES FOR THE SALE OF ELECTRIC ENERGY BY THE CITY OF LODI AND
DECLARING THE SAME TO BE AN URGENCY MEASURE'' is hereby repealed as of the
effective date of this Ordinance.
Section 2. Ordinance No. 1121 of the City of Lodi entitled "ORDINANCE
ESTABLISHING RATES FOR THE SALE OF ELECTRIC ENERGY BY THE CITY OF LODI FOR MULTI-
FAMILY DOMESTIC SERVICE" is hereby repealed as of the effective date of this
Ordinance.
Section 3. The sale of electric energy by the City of Lodi shall be at the
rates hereinafter set forth.
Section 4. SCHEDULE EA DOMESTIC SERVICE - Domestic service is applicable to
domestic lighting, heating, cooking and single-phase domestic power service in
single-family dwellings and in flats and apartments separately metered by the City
and to single-phase service used in common for residential purposes by tenants in
multi-family dwellings.
RATES :
Per Meter
Per Month
Customer Charge: ....................... $1.55
Energy Charge (to be added to Customer Charge):
First 300 kwhr, per kwhr ................. .0180
Over 300 kwhr, per kwhr ................. .0227
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Fuel Cost Adjustment:
A fuel cost adjustment will be included in each bill for service. The
adjustment amount shall be the product of the total kilowatt hours for which
the bill is rendered times the adjustment amount per kilowatt hour. The
adjustment amount per kilowatt hour will be calculated to recover fuel cost
adjustment amounts charged to the City by the Pacific Gas and Electric Co.
for bulk power.
SPECIAL CONDITIONS :
(a) When a business or commercial establishment is conducted in conjunction
with a residence and both are measured through one meter, this rate does not apply.
(b) Service on this schedule will be supplied at the single-phase secondary
voltage available - either 120/240 or 120/208 volts.
Section 5. SCHEDULE EB GENERAL SERVICE - General service is applicable to
single-phase or polyphase alternating current service, or to a combination thereof,
provided that all polyphase service to any customer on the same premises shall be
supplied through one meter.
in the same building, and which do not overlap within the same premises, may be
Service to each of two or more separate areas, but not
individually metered .
RATES :
Single-Phase Service:
Per Meter
Per Month
Customer Charge: ..................... $1.55
Energy Charge (to be added to Customer Charge):
First 800 kwhr, per kwhr .............. .0427
,0382 Next 1,200 kwhr, per kwhr ..............
Over 2,000 kwhr, per kwhr .............. .03 10
Polyphase Service:
The single-phase rate plus $1.20 per meter per month.
Minimum Charge:
$2.75 per month, but not less than $.90 per month per kva of connected
welder load and per horsepower of polyphase connected motor load.
Fuel Cost Adjustment:
A fuel cost adjustment will be included in each bill for service. The
adjustment amount shall be the product of the total kilowatt hours for which
the bill is rendered times the adjustment amount per kilowatt hour. The
adjustment amount per kilowatt hour will be calculated to recover fuel cost
adjustment amounts charged to the City by the Pacific Gas & Electric Co. for
bulk power.
Section 6. SCHEDULE DA GENERAL POWER - MAXIMUM DEMAND BASIS - General power -
maximum demand basis is applicable to alternating current used in motors, heating
and cooking devices, and rectifiers for battery charging; but is not applicable to
current used for lighting , either directly or through transforming or converting
equipment, combined with power on the same meter. This schedule is applicable only
to customers of record on May 1, 1973 who thereafter maintain continuous service at
the same location under this schedule,
RATES :
Billing Demand
kw
0-18.. .. ...
Rate per kwhr for Monthly Consumption
per kw of the Billing Demand
First Next Next All Over
100 kwhr 100 kwhr 100 kwhr 300 kwhr
per kw per kw per kw per kw
.. .049 1 .0284 .0221 .0203
19 . 37 ........... .446 .0257 ,0203 ,0194
38 - 74 ........... .0419 .0221 .0203 .0176
75 and over ......... .0365 .0212 ,0194 .0167
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Minimum Charge:
$70.00 per month for the first 40 kw or less of the billing demand plus
$1.20 per kw for any excess, accumulative annually.
Fuel Cost Adjustment:
A fuel cost adjustment will be included in each bill for service. The
adjustment amount shall be the product of the total kilowatt hours for which
the bill is rendered times the adjustment amount per kilowatt hour. The
adjustment amount per kilowatt hour will be calculated to recover fuel cost
adjustment amounts charged to the City by the Pacific Gas & Electric Co. for
bulk power.
SPECIAL CONDITION:
Billing Demand: For the purpose of this schedule the billing demand is the
maximum demand made by the customer's equipment for electrical power during the
month for which bill is rendered, but not less than the diversified resistance
welder load, The maximum demand in any month will be the maximum average power
taken during any 15-minute interval in the month; provided, that in cases where
the use of energy is intermittent or subject to violent fluctuations, a 5-minute
interval may be used.
Section 7. SCHEDULE ED GENERAL POWER - CONNECTED LOAD BASIS - General power -
connected load basis is applicable to alternating current used in motors, heating
and cooking devices, and rectifiers for battery charging; but is not applicable to
current used for lighting, either directly or through transforming or converting
equipment.
who thereafter maintain service at the same location under this schedule.
This schedule is applicable only to customers of record on May 1, 1973
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Rate per kwhr for Monthly Consumption of
Energy Charge: First 50 Next 50 Next 150 All Over
H.P. of kwhr kwhr kwhr 250 kwhr
Connected Load in hp. per hp. per hp. per hp. per hp.
2 - 9.9 hp ....... .0666 .0387 .0252 .0216
10 . 24.9 hp ....... .0603 .0378 .0234 .0216
25 hp. and over ..... .05 13 .0351 .0225 .0207
Minimum Charge :
Per H.P.
Per Month
First 50 hp. of connected load .............. $1.50
All over 50 hp. of connected load ............ 1.00
The Minimum Charge shall be based on a connected load of at least 2 hp.
for single-phase service and at least 3 hp. for three-phase service.
Fuel Cost Adjustment:
A fuel cost adjustment will be included in each bill for service. The
adjustment amount shall be the product of the total kilowatt hours for which
the bill is rendered times the adjustment amount per kilowatt hour.
adjustment amount per kilowatt hour will be calculated to recover fuel cost
adjustment amounts charged to the City by the Pacific Gas & Electric Co. for
bulk power.
The
SPECIAL CONDITION:
Connected Load: For the purposes of this schedule, connected load is the sum
of the capacities of all of the customer's equipment that may be connected to the
City's lines at the same time.
Section 8. SCHEDULE EL OUTDOOR DUSK-TO-DAWN LIGHTING - Outdoor dusk-to-dawn
lighting is applicable to City-owned and maintained outdoor overhead lighting
service where street light service is not available.
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UTE :
For each 175-watt Mercury Vapor lamp - $5.15 per month.
For each 400-watt Mercury Vapor lamp - $8.00 per month.
Fuel Cost Adjustment:
A fuel cost adjustment will be included in each bill for service. The
adjustment amount shall be the product of the total kilowatt hours for which
the bill is rendered times the adjustment amount per kilowatt hour. The
adjustment amount per kilowatt hour will be calculated to recover fuel cost
adjustment amounts charged to the City by the Pacific Gas & Electric Co. for
bulk power.
energy used is 73 kwhr and for the 400-watt lamp, 162 kwhr is used.
Average monthly kwhr will be used; for the 175-watt lamp the
CHARACTER OF SERVICE:
Lamps shall be approximately 175-watt or 400-watt Mercury Vapor with luminaire
and bracket, as specified by City of Lodi Utility Department, and shall be supported
on City-owned poles which are used to carry distribution system circuits for other
City purposes and shall be at locations approved by City of Lodi. Lamps will be
controlled to burn from dusk to dawn each night so as to give approximately 4,300
hours of lighting service annually.
LAMP SERVICING AND RELOCATIONS:
Upon receipt of notice from customer of failure of light to operate as
scheduled, the City of Lodi Utility Department will, within a reasonable period
of time, make the necessary repairs.
City of Lodi will, at customer's request, relocate existing outdoor lighting
service equipment provided customer reimburses the City for the net expense to
City incurred therewith.
Any additional facilities required other than mentioned in character of service
shall be at customer's expense prior to installation.
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Section 9. SCHEDULE EM MULTI-FAMILY DOMESTIC SERVICE - Multi-family domestic
service is applicable to domestic lighting, heating, cooking and power supplied to
mobile home parks through a master meter and submetered to all individual mobile
home units.
RATES :
Per Meter
Per Month
Customer Charge:. ....................... $1.55
Energy Charge (to be added to Customer Charge):
First 300 kwhr per mobile home spaces wired
for service, per kwhr ................ .0160
Over 300 kwhr per mobile home spaces wired
for service, per kwhr ................ .0227
Fuel Cost Adjustment:
A fuel cost adjustment will be included in each bill for service.
The adjustment amount shall be the product of the total kilowatt hours for
which the bill is rendered times the adjustment amount per kilowatt hour.
The adjustment amount per kilowatt hour will be calculated to recover fuel
cost adjustment amounts charged to the City by the Pacific Gas & Electric Go.
for bulk power.
SPECIAL CONDITION:
It is the responsibility of the customer to notify the City Finance Department
within 15 days following any change in the number of mobile home spaces wired for
service.
Section 10. SCHEDULE S GENERAL SERVICE - DEMAND METERED - General service -
demand metered is applicable to single-phase or polyphase alternating current service,
or to a combination thereof, provided all polyphase power service to any customer on
the same premises shall be supplied through one meter. Service to each of two or
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more separate areas, but not in the same building, and which do not overlap within
the same premises may be individually metered.
RATE I:
Demand Charge:
Per Meter
Per Month
First 50 kw of billing demand or less .......... $100.00
Over 50 kw of billing demand, per kw .......... 1.73
Energy Charge:
First 5,000 kwhr, per kwhr ................ .0198
All excess over 5,000 kwhr:
First 100 kwhr per kw of billing demand, per kwhr . . .0198
Next 200 kwhr per kw of billing demand, per kwhr . . .0155
All excess, per kwhr ................ .0126 -
RATE 11:
Demand Charge:
First 1,000 kw of billing demand or less ......... $2,220.00
Over 1,000 kw of billing demand, per kw ......... 1.58
Energy Charge (in addition to the Demand Charge):
First 100 kwhr per kw of billing demand, per kwhr. ..... .0173
Next 200 kwhr per kw of billing demand, per kwhr. .... .0132
All excess, per kwhr ................... .0114
Minimum Charge, per month:
The Demand Charge constitutes the minimum charge for both rates I and 11.
Fuel Cost Adjustment:
A fuel cost adjustment will be included in each bill for service. The
adjustment amount shall be the product of the total kilowatt hours for which
the bill is rendered times the adjustment amount per kilowatt hour.,
adjustment amount per kilowatt hour will be calculated to recover fuel cost
The
adjustment amounts charged to the City by the Pacific Gas & Electric Co. for
bulk power.
for voltage or power factor.)
(The fuel cost adjustment amount is not subject to any adjustment
SPECIAL CONDITIONS :
(a) Maximum Demand: The maximum demand in any month will be the maximum
average power taken during any 15-minute interval in the month, but not less than
the diversified resistance welder load. However, when the recorded monthly maximum
demand has exceeded 400 kw for three consecutive months and thereafter until it has
fallen below 300 kw for 12 consecutive months, a 30-minute interval will be used.
In cases where the use of energy is intermittent or subject to violent fluctuations,
a 5-minute interval may be used.
reset after a definite time interval may be used.
A thermal type of demand meter which does not
(b) Billing Demand: The billing demand to be used in computing charges will
be the mean of the actual maximum demand as determined under Special Condition (a)
above for the current month and the highest such demand occurring in the year ending
with the current month.
(c) Off-peak Demand: Any customer whose billing demand has exceeded 400 kw
forthree consecutive months and thereafter until it has fallen below 300 kw for
twelve consecutive months may, upon request, for billing purposes, have demands
ignored which occur between 10:30 p.m. and 6:30 a.m. of the following day and on
Sundays and the following holidays: New Year's Day, Washington's Birthday, Memorial
Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Veterans' Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day,
as said days are specified in Public Law 90-363 (U.S.C.A. Section 6103).
(d) Voltage: Service on this schedule will be supplied at the transmission
or the primary distribution voltage available or, at the option of the customer, at
the secondary voltage available. Where secondary voltage is desired and polyphase
power is to be combined with single phase, a four-wire service will be supplied.
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(e) Voltage Discount: (1) When delivery hereunder is made at the same
primary distribution voltage as that of the line from which the service is supplied,
or (2) when sufficient capacity is not available in distribution facilities
existing in the area to supply the customer's requirements, and the City has
elected to supply service from a transmission line for its operating convenience
by means of City-owned transformers on the customer's property, a discount will
be allowed on the above charges, including the minimum charge, provided, however,
the City is not required to supply service at a non-standard voltage.
discount will be 4% of the demand and energy charge.
14c per kw of billing demand in the month.
its line voltage at any time, after reasonable advance notice to any customer
receiving a discount hereunder and affected by such change, and such customer then
has the option to change his system so as to receive service at the new line voltage
or to accept service (without voltage discount) through transformers to be supplied
by the City.
Rate I
Rate I1 discount will be
The City retains the right to change
(f) Power Factor: When the billing demand has exceeded 400 kw for three con-
secutive months and thereafter until it has fallen below 300 kw for twelve consecutive
months, bills will be adjusted for weighted monthly average power factor as follows:
The total charge (except the minimum charge) for any month as computed on the
above rates will be decreased or increased, respectively, by 0.1% for each 1% that
the average power factor of customer's load in the month was greater or less than
85%, such average power factor to be computed (to the nearest whole per cent) from
the ratio of lagging kilovolt ampere hours to kilowatt hours consumed in the month.
Section 11. EFFECTIVE DATE. The Ordinance is being published one time in
the "Lodi News-Sentinel," a daily newspaper of general circulation printed and
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published in the city of Lodi and shall be in force and take effect with respect
to all electric bills prepared on and after April 1, 1978.
Approved this 1st day of March, 1978
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WALTER J. KATNICH, Mayor
City Clerk
State of California
County of San Joaquin, ss.
I, Alice M. Reimche, City Clerk of the City of Lodi do hereby certify that
Ordinance No. 1137 was introduced, passed, adopted and ordered to print at a
regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Lodi held March 1, 1978 by
the following vote:
Ayes: Councilmen - Ehrhardt, Hughes, Katzakian, Pinkerton and
Noes : Councilmen - None
Absent: Councilmen - None
I further certify Ordinance No. 1137 was approved and signed by the Mayor
Katnich
on the date of its passage-and the same has been published pursuant to law.
Alice M. Reihche
City Clerk
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