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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - No. 2010-195RESOLUTION NO 2010-195 A RESOLUTION OF THE LODI CITY COUNCIL APPROVING AMENDMENTS TO ELECTRIC UTILITY DEPARTMENT RULES AND REGULATIONS NOS. 1, 13, 15, AND 16 WHEREAS, on March 1 ,1989, the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 1447, Section 13.20.010 of the Lodi Municipal Code, authorizing and allowing adoption by resolution Rules and Regulationsfor the Electric Utility Department (EUD); and WHEREAS, on May 18, 1994, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 94-58 adopting by reference, certain Rules and Regulations; and WHEREAS, amendments to the EUD Rules and Regulations are necessary from time to time; and WHEREAS, the current EUD policy is to require a nonrefundable payment from Developers/Applicants for construction costs based on an estimate prepared before work begins; and WHEREAS, the proposed changes to Rules 1, 13, 15, and 16 will cause the EUD to reconcile billing of these estimates at the completion of the project; and WHEREAS, the proposed changes to Rules 1, 13, 15, and 16 provide for a rebate to the Developer/Applicant whenever the project estimate exceeds actual cost and that an invoice be issued should reasonable costs exceed the original estimate; and WHEREAS, staff recommends modification of the existing EUD Rules and Regulations in order to provide actual cost reconciliation for EUD work. These costs include temporary service, extension of facilities, service connections, and facilities on customer's premises. The proposed amendments to EUD's Rules and Regulations No. 1 (General Statement and Definitions), No. 13 (Temporary Service), No. 15 (Extension of Facilities), and No. 16 (Service Connections and Facilities on Customer's Premises) are shown in Attachments A, B, C, and D respectively. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Lodi City Council does hereby amend Electric Utility Department Rules and Regulations No. 1(General Statement and Definitions), No. 13 (Temporary Service), No. 15 (Extension of Facilities), and No. 16 (Service Connections and Facilities on Customer's Premises) as shown in Attachments A, B, C, and D respectively attached hereto; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the amended regulations will be effective for new electric service projects submitted on or after January 1,201 1 _ Dated: November 17, 2010 I hereby certify that Resolution No. 2010-195 was passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of Lodi in a regular meeting held November 17, 2010, by the following vote: AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS — Hansen, Hitchcock, Johnson, Mounce, and Mayor Katzakian NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS — None ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS— None ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS — Non NDI ity Clerk 2010-195 A. B. CITY OF LODI ELECTRIC UTILITY DEPARTMENT RULE AND REGULATION NO.I GENERAL STATEMENTAND DEFINITIONS General Statement The City of Lodi Municipal Electric accordance with the adopted Rules resolutions and ordinances to any limits of the City. Definitions Department will furnish electric service in and Regulations and all other applicable premises completely within the corporate Actual Cost: Total of all expenses charged to a project to include labor, materials, supplies, overhead costs, contracted costs and consultant costs. Applicant: A person, agency or corporation requesting the City to supply electric service. City: The City of Lodi, or the City Council, City Manager, Electric Utility Department, Building Inspection Division, Finance Department or any authorized City employee. Commercial/Industrial Development: Shall mean the development cf enterprises engaged in trade or furnishing of services or a process which creates a product or changes material into another form or product and bona fide electric load will exist as a direct result of the development Construction Service: Single-phase service of 100 amperes or less supplied to contractors for construction purposes. Customer: A person, agency or corporation in whose name electrical service from the City is rendered as well as all persons, agencies and corporations who are the actual users of the electric service. Developer: A person, agency or corporation seeking electric service for a particular development and responsible for all" costs associated therewith. Distribution Facilities: Overhead and/or underground lines and associated equipment, operated at the primary and/or secondary voltage level, installed, operated and maintained by the City to supply electric service. Effective January 1,2011 Page No. 1-1 CITY OF LODI ELECTRIC UTILITY DEPARTMENT Estimated Cost: Projected expenses for a project to include labor, materials, supplies, overhead costs, contracted costs and consultant costs. Permanent Service: Service which, in the opinion of the City, is of a permanent and established character. Point of Interconnection: Where the City's electric system is connected to the customer's service entrance facilities, usually: a. overhead, the weatherhead on the service riser. b. underground, the customer's service entrance panel. Premises: All structures, apparatus or portions thereof occupied or operated by an individual, a family or a business enterprise, and situated on an integral parcel of land undivided by a public highway, street, other public thoroughfare or a railway. Primary or Primary System: The voltage level or the portion of the system above 600 volts. Reconciled: The procedure by which the difference between the Estimated Cost and the Actual Cost of a project is calculated, resulting in the issuance of an invoice or a refund, as appropriate. Residential Development: Shall mean the construction of a single family residence, townhouses, apartment complexes, mobile home parks, etc. Secondary or Secondary System: The portion of the system between distribution transformers and the last pole or service box when moving toward the load and operated below 600 volts. Service: The electric system, conductor, conduits, etc., that connect the customer's point of interconnection with the City's distribution facilities, i.e. the first pole, secondary box or transformer when moving toward the source and the commodity (electric energy) being supplied to the customer. Service Drop: An overhead service. Service Entrance Panel and/or Service Equipment: Customer -owned facilities designed to receive electric service and including, but not limited to service termination facilities, main disconnect and provisions for metering. Service Voltage: The voltage at the point of interconnection. Effective January 1,2011 Page No. 1-2 CITY OF LODI ELECTRIC UTILITY DEPARTMENT Subdivision (Residential or Commercial Industrial): As used herein shall mean the division of a parcel of land into two or more parcels for the purpose of sale or lease for subsequent development. Temporary Service: Service for an enterprise or activity which is temporary in character, where it is known in advance that service will be of limited duration, or the permanency of which has not been established Utilization Equipment: Customer -owned equipment, within the premise served, utilizing the electric energy supplied by the City. Utilization Voltage: The voltage at the point, within the customer's premise, where the electrical energy is being utilized. END Effective January 1,2011 Page No. 1-3 CITY OF LODI ELECTRIC UTILITY DEPARTMENT RULE AND REGULATION NO. 13 TEMPORARY SERVICE A. Establishmentof Temporary Service The City will furnish temporary service, including service to operations of a speculative nature or of questionable permanency, under the following conditions: If undue hardship to the City or to its customers does not result therefrom. 2. The applicant shall pay to the City, in advance, the Estimated Cost of installing and removing all facilities required for temporary service. In each case that a Developer/Applicant is required to pay for services based on the Estimated Cost prior to construction, the billing will be Reconciled with the Actual Cost upon the completion of the project. This cost to include, but not limited to, non- salvageable material, prorated cost (3 yrs/life) of salvageable material (excluding transformer(s)) and labor for the installation and removal. 3. The applicant shall establish credit pursuant to Rule and Regulation No. 6. 4. Construction Service will be installed by the City for a fixed non-refundable "Temporary Service Hook-up Charge" provided such hook-up is for connection of customer -owned service pole per City standards, to existing City facilities, only. Facilities may be installed under Section 2 above. `Construction Service whereby the contractor installs the service entrance in a permanent location may be assessed for the line extension and/or service connection as per Rule No. 15 and/or 16. 5. Nothing in this Rule and Regulation shall limit or affect the right of the City to collect from the customer any other or additional sums of money, which may become due and payable to the City from the customer by reason of the temporary service furnished or to be furnished. The City may refuse electric service if, in the judgment of the City, unsafe or hazardous conditions exist. Effective January 1, 2011 Page No. 13-1 CITY OF LODI ELECTRIC UTILITY DEPARTMENT B. Change to Permanent Status If at any time the character of a temporary customer's operations change such that, in the opinion of the City, the customer should be classified as permanent, or when a customer served under this Rule has operated the electrical equipment originally installed or electrical equipment of the same power requirements for a period of 36 consecutive months from the date service is first delivered under this Rule and has proved the permanency of the business to the City's satisfaction, the customerwill be classified as permanent. 2. Upon reclassification from Temporary to Permanent Service, the customer will be billed for the original transformer(s) cost. C. Customer -Owned Generation Facilities There shall be no connection of customer -owned generation facilities to the City's electric system under this Rule. A special agreement is required for connection of any customer -owned generation facilities to the City's electric system. (See Rule and Regulation No. 21). END Effective January 1,2011 Page No. 13-2 • CITY OF LODI ELECTRIC UTILITY DEPARTMENT RULE AND REGULATION NO. 15 EXTENSION OF FACILITIES A. Individual Applications and Advance Notice: Electric line extensions will be constructed, owned, operated and maintained by the City to supply individual applicants with electric service at their request in accordance with this and other applicable City Rules and Regulations. 2. Applicants shall provide sufficient advance notice in order that service can be rendered by the time such service is required. The required advance notice will vary in consideration of the scope of the project, availability of equipment and material, and the City's workload at the time of application. 3. In each case that a Developer/Applicant is required to pay for services based on an Estimated Cost prior to construction, the billing will be Reconciled with the Actual Cost upon the completion of the project. B. Extensions of Questionable Permanencv: Line extensions to provide temporary service or to serve installations which in the opinion of the City are of a speculative nature or of questionable permanency shall be served under Rule No. 13. C. ExtensionsSubiect to Riahts-of-Wav or Easements: City line extensions will be constructed only along public roads and highways and upon private property across which satisfactory easements and/or rights-of-way can be obtained without cost to or condemnation by the City. D. Line Extensions: 1. General: The City will extend all permanent distribution lines underground and connect to underground services in accordance with this rule and Rule No.16. However, the following exceptions allow for continued construction and use of overhead distribution facilities: a. Where overhead distribution facilities exist and are expected to remain indefinitely. Effective January 1, 2011 Page No. 15-1 CITY OF LODI ELECTRIC UTILITY DEPARTMENT b. In areas where growth and development indicate the area will remain unchanged for many years. c. In light and heavy industrial areas for the operating convenience of the City. d. in certain areas where lines may be constructed along major rights-of-way to supply bulk power to other areas beyond the area they traverse. 2. Developer's/Applicant's Construction Responsibilities: a. Provide all trenching, excavation, backfill (including imported backfill) and compaction per specifications and requirements of the City. At the City's option, the City may actually perform all or a part of this work in which case the Developer/Applicant is required to pay for the work based on the Estimated Cost prior to construction, the billing will be Reconciled with the Actual Cost upon the completion of the project. b. Furnish and install all substructures per City design and specifications. Substructures shall include all conduits, primary and secondary vaults, service boxes, transformer pads and ground rods and conductors. At the City's option, the City may actually perform all or a part of this work, in which case the Developer/Applicant is required to pay for the work based on the Estimated Cost prior to construction, the billing will be Reconciled with the Actual Cost upon the completion of the project. If the Developer/Applicant installs the substructure, the City will periodically inspect for quality of work and a fee will be assessed. c. Upon installation of electrical components by the City, the substructure system installed under 2b shall be owned and operated by the City. However, the Developer/Applicant at his/her expense shall repair all damages to the substructure system for a period of one year following the date of acceptance of the development by the City Council or date of energization in developments not subject to acceptance by the City Council, whichever is later. Such repair shall include trench, transformer pad or service box settlement, damage to vaults, boxes or conduits, etc. Effective January 1,2011 Page No. 15-2 CITY OF LODI ELECTRIC UTILITY DEPARTMENT d. All conduits shall be mandrel proved by the Developer/Applicant in the presence of an Electric Utility Department inspector prior to installation of any electrical components. A pull string shall be installed in all conduits. Pull string and mandrel shall be to the specifications of the City. e. The Developer/Applicant shall notify the Electric Utility Department48 hours in advance of any substructure installation scheduled outside of the normal workday (Monday through Friday). Developer/Applicant shall pay all overtime premiums associated with inspections outside of the normal workday. f. For any line extension outside the boundary of the development for relocation or modification of any existing facilities the Developer/Applicant is required to pay for the work based on the Estimated Cost prior to construction, the billing will be Reconciled with the Actual Cost upon the completion of the project. g. For on-site line extensions the Developer/Applicant is required to pay for the work based on the Estimated Cost prior to construction, the billing will be Reconciled with the Actual Cost upon the completion of the project. h. Provide all surveying and staking of grades, property lines, right- of-way, and sidewalks for the proposed sites of electrical equipment. i. Provide, install and dedicate all street lighting materials, per City design and specifications, on all public roadways. Developer/Applicant is responsible for the design, installation and maintenance of streetlights on private roadways or traffic areas. k. All work that will be performed by the Developer/Applicant shall be subject to the approval by the City. 3. City's Responsibility: a. Provide final project design of improvement plans submitted for review and approval by the City. b. The City reserves the right to furnish substructures and/or conduits to be installed by developer/applicant. The City will require payment for these materials and equipment prior to delivery and construction. If such is desired by the City, the City will issue a written notice to Developer/Applicant. Effective January 1, 2011 Page No. 15-3 • CITY OF LODI ELECTRIC UTILITY DEPARTMENT c. Furnish and construct transmission line (60kV) and distribution substation facilities to accommodate new development within the service area. E. Special Service Request: An applicant requesting service at a different voltage than that presently available in an area or requesting capacity for intermittent use (X-ray equipment, motor testing power, etc.) may obtain such service if in the sole judgment of the City it is practical to supply such service without adverse effect on the existing system. The Developer/Applicant is required to pay for the work based on the Estimated Cost prior to construction, the billing will be Reconciled with the Actual Cost upon the completion of the project. F. Exceptional Case: In unusual circumstances, when the application of this rule appears impractical or unjust to either party, the City or the Developer/Applicant may refer the matter to the City Council for special ruling or for the approval of special conditions which shall be mutually agreed upon prior to commencing construction. G. Modification of Existing Svstem: A customer wanting to modify the City's existing system solely for the customer's benefit may have the City do so provided: a. Such modification has no adverse effect on the City's system or existing customers. b. ?he Developer/Applicant is required to pay for the work based on the Estimated Cost prior to construction, the billing will be Reconciled with the Actual Cost upon the completion cf the project. H. Noncontinuous Developments: The City will extend its facilities to serve noncontiguous developments within city limits provided: a. The Developer/Applicant is required to pay for the work based on the Estimated Cost prior to construction, the billing will be Reconciled with the Actual Cost upon the completion of the project. b. The Developer/Applicant obtains at no cost to the City the necessary and satisfactory easements and/or rights-of-way for the extension(s). Effective January 1, 2011 Page No. 15-4 " CITY OF LODI ELECTRIC UTILITY DEPARTMENT Citv-Furnished Facilities: The City may furnish and install, at its expense: a. Distribution system components solely for the operating convenience of the City. b. Bulk transmission and substation facilities to serve the combined load growth of the City, i.e., the combined load of existing customers. J. Conflictwith Equipmentand Facilities: Equipment and facilities, including metering equipment, installed by the City within easements and rights-of-way that subsequently become obstructed, covered, inaccessible, exposed to traffic, incorrectly applied, etc., as a result of actions such as landscaping, screening, fencing, driveway widening, etc., solely caused by and to the benefit of the property owner and/or occupant of the property where such equipment and facilities were originally installed, shall have corrective measures implemented, per City's approval, at the property owner's and/or occupant's expense. K. Tree Trimming (Line Clearing): The Electric Utility Departmentwill from time to time trim, clear away and, if necessary, cut down trees and brush in the vicinity of its overhead lines. "Vicinity" as used herein shall mean from six to ten feet clearance around the primary and secondary conductors, if possible, but in no event shall less than four feet be obtained. These clearances around services (service drops), although desirable, may require extreme impact on landscaping. Tree trimming (line clearing) is done to improve the overall system reliability, to eliminate hazards from trees and branches falling on the lines and per General Order No. 95 of the State of California, Rule 35 which states, "Where overhead wires pass through trees, safety and reliability of service demand that a reasonable amount of tree trimming be done in order that the wires may clear branches and foliage." The City will perform the necessary trimming to clear the lines, will remove all brush and trimmings from the premises and, if requested by the property owner, will leave any and all valuable timber and wood at the site. The City will not perform any shaping or overall trimming of trees. The property owner agrees as a condition of service to line clearing Effective January 1, 2011 Page No. 15-5 100 CITY OF LODI ELECTRIC UTILITY DEPARTMENT consistent with this rule. Effective January 1, 2011 Page No. 15-6 END f CITY OF LODI ELECTRIC UTILITY DEPARTMENT RULE AND REGULATION NO. 16 SERVICE CONNECTIONSAND FACILITIES ON CUSTOMERS PREMISES A. Service in Areas Supplied by Overhead Facilities Below 600 Volts The City will install, own, operate and maintain an overhead service along the shortest practical route from the City's distribution system to the Point of Interconnection. The customer shall furnish, install, own and maintain all conduits, conductors and other equipment, except metering equipment, beyond the Point of Interconnection. 2. Primary Overhead Service (12,000 Volt) a. The City will install, own, operate and maintain a primary overhead service along the shortest practical route from the City's distribution system to the Point cf Interconnection. Such overhead primary service will include a pole with associated hardware and cabinets for metering equipment, if necessary. The Developer/Applicant is required to pay for the work based on the Estimated Cost prior to construction, the billing will be Reconciled with the Actual Cost upon the completion cf the project. b. The customer/applicant shall install, own and maintain the Point of Interconnection consisting of facilities for termination of primary overhead service conductors, protection devices and a three-phase gang -operated disconnect switch all to be approved by the City. The customer's Point of Interconnection may include facilities for metering equipment. Such metering facilities shall be approved by the City and conform to the requirements of Electric Utility Service Equipment Requirements Committee (EUSERC). 3. Overhead Service at Transmission Voltage (60,000 Volt) Service at this voltage level is available only at select locations throughout the City. Specific requirements for this type of service will be determined at time of application. Effective January 1, 2011 Page No. 16-1 CITY OF LODI ELECTRIC UTILITY DEPARTMENT 4. underground Service from Overhead Facilities (Transformation on Overhead System) The City will install a service along the shortest practical route from the City's distribution system to the customer's service equipment under the following conditions: a. The customer shall provide all trenching, backfill and compaction and shall furnish and install all conduits, including riser, all per City's specifications. b. The Citywill furnish and install all conductorsfrom the distribution system to the customer's termination facilities, including completion of the riser. The Developer/Applicant is required to pay for the work based on the Estimated Cost prior to construction, the billing will be Reconciled with the Actual Cost upon the completion of the project. C. Underground services installed under this section of the rule, upon energization, shall be owned, operated and maintained by the City with the exception of any conduit or duct on or within the outside perimeterof the building. B. Service in Areas Supplied by Underground Facilities Below 600 Volts The City will install a service along the shortest practical route from the City's distribution system to the customer's service equipment under the following conditions: a. The customer shall provide all trenching, backfill and compaction and shall furnish and install all conduits per City's specifications. b. The City will furnish and install all conductor(s) from the distribution system to the customer's termination facilities. The Developer/Applicant is required to pay for the work based on the Estimated Cost prior to construction, the billing will be Reconciled with the Actual Cost upon the completion of the project. C. Underground services installed under this section of the rule, upon energization, shall be owned, operated and maintained by the City with the exception of any conduit or duct on or within the outside perimeterof the building Effective January 1,2011 Page No. 16-2 CITY OF LODI ELECTRIC UTILITY DEPARTMENT 2. Primary Underground Service (12.000 Volt) The City will install, own, operate and maintain conduit and conductor along the shortest practical route from the City's distribution system to the customer's termination facilities. The Developer/Applicant is required to pay for the work based on the Estimated Cost prior to construction, the billing will be Reconciled with the Actual Cost upon the completion of the project. All trenching, excavation, backfill and compaction, to City specifications, shall be furnished by the customer. Customer termination facilities (service equipment) shall be approved by the City and shall include a three-phase gang -operated switch, protection devices, cable termination devices per City requirements and provisions for metering equipment per EUSERC. 3. Underground Service (60,000 Volt) Underground service at this voltage level (60,000 volt) is not available. C. Temporary Services Temporary services, including services to installations of a speculative nature or of questionable permanency, shall be provided under Rule No. 13. D. Electrical Service Inspections 1. No new or newly rewired electrical installation will be energized by the City without a signed electrical Service Order from the Building Inspection Division of the City of Lodi. 2. In cases where the Building Inspection Division of the City of Lodi does not have direct jurisdiction and inspections are performed by another agency, a service order generated from a 'courtesy inspection' by the City's Building Inspection Division will be required prior to energization. Effective January 1, 201 1 Page No. 16-3 CITY OF LODI ELECTRIC UTILITY DEPARTMENT E. Service Connections 1. The City will not connect to any single building more than one service for each voltage classification, either overhead or underground, except: a. For the City's operating convenience; b. Where such additional service may be warranted because of load requirements; and/or C. Where the customer is required by law to have certain emergency services. 2. Connection of service to or disconnection from the City's lines shall be made only by authorized employees of the City. F. Ownership of Facilities 1. All facilities installed on a customer's premises, including, but not limited to poles, conductors, transformers, meters etc., which are furnished by the City in order to render service, shall remain the sole property of the City. 2. The customer shall not charge the City rent or any other charge for the facilities placed on the customer's premises. G. Right of Access 1. The City shall have the right of access to the customer's premises, without payment of any charge therefore, at all reasonable hours for any purpose related to the furnishing of electric service, including, but not limited to meter reading, testing, inspection, construction, maintenance, tree trimming and repair of facilities. 2. Service may be refused or disconnected pursuant to Rule No. 11, if permanent accessibility is not provided by the customer. 3. Upon termination of service, the City shall have right of access to the customer's premises to remove its facilities installed thereon. 4. The customer shall obtain and provide the City with all necessary easements as required by the City. Effective January 1, 2011 Page No. 16-4 IN CITY OF LODI ELECTRIC UTILITY DEPARTMENT Metering Installations Location a. All meters and metering equipment except cabinets will be supplied and installed by the City upon the customer's premises at a location approved by the City's Electric Utility Department. b. All meters shall be accessible to authorized employees of the City at all times for inspection, testing and reading. C. The City may require a customerto relocate a metering installation, at his expense, if an existing meter location becomes inaccessible or an infraction has been created. 2. Sealing a. The customer shall furnish a suitable means for the City to place its seal on the main switch and on the meter and any other enclosure which contains unmetered service conductors. b. All metering installation shall be sealed by the City and no such seal shall be broken or tampered with except by a representative of the City authorized to do so. 3. General Metering Requirements The City's metering requirements are, in general, those of the Electric Utility Service Equipment Requirements Committee (EUSERC). Contact the City for specific details. Metering installations shall conform to Lodi Municipal Code Chapter 13.20, Article II. Customer Responsibility for Facilities 1. The customer shall exercise reasonable care to prevent facilities of the City installed on his/her premises from being damaged or destroyed and shall refrain from tampering or interfering with such facilities, and if any defect therein is discovered by the customer, he/she shall promptly notify the City thereof. 2. The customer shall, at his/her sole risk and expense, furnish, install, inspect, and keep in good and safe condition all electrical facilities required for receiving electric energy from the lines of the City, regardless Effective January 1,2011 Page No. 16-5 CITY OF LODI ELECTRIC UTILITY DEPARTMENT of the location of the transformers, meters, or other equipment of the City, and for utilizing such energy, including all necessary protective devices and suitable housing therefore, and the customer shall be solely responsible for the transmission and delivery of all electric energy over or through the customer's wires and equipment, and the City shall not be responsible for any loss or damage occasioned thereby. 3. The City shall not be responsible for any failure of a customer -owned main disconnect and/or circuit breaker, at the Point of Interconnection, or any other customer -owned equipment as a result of being operated by City personnel for the purpose of establishing safety isolation between the customer's and the City's electrical system or as a result of the City's normal operating practice. 4. All service switches, cutouts and similar devices required in connection with a service and meter installation on customer's premises shall be furnished and installed by the customer in accordance with City specifications. Such equipment shall be maintained in good working order by the customer. S. All electrical equipment by the customer shall conform to the standards of governing agencies. Reconciliation of Billing 1. In each case that a Developer/Applicant is required to pay for services based on the Estimated Cost prior to construction, the billing will be Reconciled with the Actual Cost upon the completion of the project. Effective January 1,2011 1:1►U] Page No. 16-6