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HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso. 1983 - 008 - Establishing electrical utility rates for service to customers within the corporate limits for the city of redding • • RESOLUTION NO. 5- A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDDING ESTABLISHING ELECTRICAL UTILITY RATES FOR SERVICE TO CUS- TOMERS WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF REDDING. WHEREAS, Section 16 . 12. 320 of the Redding Municipal Code provides that ' the City Council shall establish electric utility rates by resolution; and WHEREAS, due to the projected increased cost of wholesale power provided to the City by the Western Area Power Adminis- tration of the United States Department of Energy and to provide funds for the power resource. development program and capital improvement programs of the City Electric Department, it has been recommended that. the ,Ci.ty, `Cdgr_cif adopt new increased electric utility rates as, . established, in the "CITY OF REDDING MUNICIPAL UTILITIES ScheduleofRates" , which is attached. hereto and marked Exhibit "A" ;; and ! .';' . WHEREAS, the City Council has carefully considered this recommendation and has reviewed the existing electric utility rate structure and has studied the proposed increased costs of wholesale power to the City and the power source development and capital improvement programs of the Electric Department and deems it to be in the best interests of the City of Redding to • establish the new increased electric rates as proposed; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the . City of Redding, pursuant to §16 . 12 . 320 of the Redding Municipal Ns Code, does hereby approve and adopt as the established rates for \--,J0 • • • • municipal electric service to customers within the corporate limits of the City of Redding those rates and charges set forth in the "CITY OF REDDING MUNICIPAL UTILITIES Schedule of Rates" , which is attached hereto as Exhibit "A" and incorporated herein. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the effective date of this Resolution shall be January 4 , 1983 as to the power furnished to the customers of the City of Redding electric utility after that date for which meter readings occur on or after February 4 , 1983 . BE IT FURTHER. RESOLVED that the purposes for the imposition of these increases are as follows : (1) to meet the costs of purchased power, J2) for .meeting, pperating expenses, including employee wage rates and fringe benefits , (3) purchasing and " leasing supplies; equipment or materials,* (4) meeting financial • reserve needs and requirements, (5btaining funds for capital • projects necessary to maintain service within existing services areas , or (6) obtaining funds necessary to maintain such intra-city transfers as are authorized by law. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Clerk and the Finance Director of the City of Redding both be and hereby are directed to maintain available certified copies of this Resolution in their respective offices for inspection and review by any • interested person or persons. I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution was intro- duced and read at a regular meeting of the City Council of the • City of Redding on the 3rd day of January , 1983 , and. was duly adopted at said meeting by the following vote: -2- . . • • AYES: COUNCILMEN: Fulton, Kirkpatrick, and Demsher NOES: COUNCILMEN: None ABSENT: COUNCILMEN: Gard and Pugh _ - ) DONALD M. DEMSHER, MAYOR PRO TEM City of Redding ATTEST: , b EHL A. NICHOLS, City Clerk FORM APPROVED: RANDALL A. HAYS, City ' torney , . , . .'„ k -3- • • CITY OF REDDING MUNICIPAL UTILITIES Schedule of Rates ELECTRIC SERVICE: RESIDENTIAL - Applicable to domestic lighting in combination . with heating, cooking and single-phase power service in single-family dwellings and apartments separately metered by the City of Redding. Service charge, per meter, per month - 1 . 15 Energy charge.., (to be added .to service charge) All kwh, per kwh 0 . 0305 GENERAL. SERVICE - Applicable to non-residential lighting and power combined - or separate ' single- and three-phase - for all purposes . Service charge, per meter, per month Demand meter 2 . 30 Non-Demand meter 1 . 30 Energy charge (to be added to service charge) First 20 , 000 kwh 0 . 040 All over 20 , 000 kwh 0. 023 . Demand charge (to be added to service and . energy charges) Per kw of billing demand in excess of 50 kw where monthly energy use exceeds 20 , 000 kw per month 3. 50 Primary Service Discount: Four percent (4%) when service is taken at available line voltages of 12 , 000 volts or higher; three percent (3%) when service is taken at available line voltages of 2, 000 to 12 , 000 volts. Power Factor Adjustment: When the billing demand has exceeded 500 kw for three . consecutive months and thereafter until it has fallen below 200 kw for 12 consecutive months, billing (except minimum bills) will . be decreased or increased respectively, point two percent ( . 2%) for each one percent (1%) that the average power factor of the customer' s load in the month was greater or lower than ninety five percent (95%) , computed to the nearest whole percent. -4- 410• Billing Period: The time period between consecutive readings of the electric meter for billing purposes shall establish a billing period. A billing period will be a minimum of 27 days and a maximum of 33 days . Billing Demand: The maximum fifteen .minute measured demand in the current month. When the load is ' intermittent or subject to violent fluc- tuations, utility,. may baseLbilling demand on a five minute interval instead' of a fifteen minute interval. Where monthly,, u:se„ of . energy exceeds 20, 000 kwh, a demand meter will be installed. During the time usage exceeds 20 , 000 kwh per billing period and a demand meter is not installed, demands will be estimated for billing purposes. For all accounts having a demand meter, a demand meter charge will be included for a billing period in which an account exceeds a usage of 20, 000 kwh and for every billing period thereafter until such time that the account is closed. FIXED RATE - Applicable to loads where metering equipment is not installed. May be utilized for single- and three-phase service where usage is fixed or subject to flat-rate contract per service, per month. Bills will be computed on the following basis : 730 total hours per month and 333 night time hours per month Minimum 5 . 50 KWH 0 . 0583 STREET LIGHTING - Applicable to lights installed and main- tained by the City on streets and highways and for individual customers who request lighting on private property (per light, per month) . Flat rate: 100 watts 7 . 85 150 watts 8 . 20 175 watts 8 . 50 250 watts 9. 55 400 watts 10. 65 1 , 000 watts 14 . 95 1 , 500 watts 20. 45 -5- COMMERCIAL HEATING AND GENERAL POWER SERVICE - Applicable to industrial and commercial heating, cooking, water heating, power, rectifier and small single-phase power service. Alternating current service will be supplied at standard voltage, single- and three-phase, 60 cycles. This rate will not be assigned to new customers after August 1 , 1975. Non-Demand Service Charge per meter, per month 6. 50 Demand Service Charge per meter, per month 7050, First 7, 000 kwh 0. 044 Next 13, 000 kwh 0.039 All over 20 ,000 kwh 0.024 Demand Charge . (to be added to energy and service charges) . Per kw of billing demand in excess of 50 kw where monthly energy use exceeds 20,000 kw per month 3. 50 • -6-