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Home My WebLink AboutRESO 6142. ., .. e RESOLUTION NO. 6142 9 ORIGINAL RESOLUTION OF COUNCIL OF THE CJTY OF PALO ALTO AMENDING SCHEDULES E-1, E-2, E-3 AND E-4 OF THE CITY OF PALO ALTO UTILITIES RATES AND CHARGES PERTAINING TO DOMESTIC, COMMERCIAL, CUSTOMER-OWNED GENER~TION AND STREET AND HIGHWAY LIGHTING RA'rES ----- The Council of the City of Palo Alto does RESOLVE as fol- lows: SECTION 1. Pursuant to Section 12.20.010 of the Palo Alto Municipal Code, Schedules E-1 (Domestic Electric Service), E-2 (Commercial Electric Service), E-3 (Customer-Owned Gen,?ration) and E-4 (Street and Highway Lighting) of the Palo Al to Util i- ties Rates and Charges hereby are amended to read as shown on Sheets E-1-1, E-2-1, E-2-2, E-2-3, E-2-4, E-3-1, E-3-2, E-4-1, E-4-2, E-4-3, and E-4-4, respectively, attached hereto and in~ corporated herein. SECTION 2. Three mils ($.003) per kilowatt-hour for all sales under Schedules E-1 and E-2, excluding sales of kilowatt hours within b•1~ first rateblock shown on Schedule E-1 shall be placed into a "Reserve for the Calaveras Project" which shall be applied periodically or otherwise to the financial obligations of t~e City ari.$ing from its participation in the NCPA Calaveras Hydroelectric Project. This sum is separate and apart from the one mil ( $. 001) per kilowatt-hour previously authorized by the Council for the Reserve for System Improvements. SECTION 3. This Council finds that the revenue derived from the authorized adjustments of said electric rates by the City Manager shall be used only for the purposes set forth in the Palo Al to City Charter, Article VII, Sect ion 2, entitled "Public Utilities Revenue•. The adoption of this Resolution is, therefore, specifically exempted under Public Resources Code Section 21080(b)(8) from the requirements of CEQA. SECTION 4. The foregoing changes shall become effective July 1, 1983. INTRODUCED AND PASSED: June 27, 1983 AYES: Bechtel, Cobb, Eyerly, Fazzino, Fletcher, Klein, Levy, Renzel, Witherspoon NOES: None ABSENT: None ABSTENTIONS: None APPROVED~ M'So sel?iOi;~ant City APPRo.JEo: Attorney Acting -2- • • • DOMESTIC ELECTRIC SERVICE UTILITY RATE SCHEDULE E-1 APPL I CAB IL ITV: This schedule applies to single-phase electric service to separately metered singl~-family domestic dwellings.* TERRITORY: RATE: Within the incorporated limits of the City of Palo Alto and on land owned or leased by the City. Enerqy Char~e: Per Meter Per Month First 300 kwh •••.•• Next 300 kwh ••••• All Over 600 kwh •••• Minimum Charge, per 1TXJnth . Per Kilowatt-Hour $0.0216 $0.0363 $0.0402 • $0.65 Special Remote Meter Register Charge, Per Month • • $1.00 Solar Energy Discount: Upon approval by the City, a 10 percent di scou.it wil 1 be applied to a customer's electric bill if such customer has installed a solar energy system and met the following criteria: {1) The solar energy system is in conformance with the City's performance and aesthetic standards; {2) The so 1 ar energy sys tern is designed to provide for 50 percent or ioore of the residential domestic water heatiog or space heating requirements; and (3) Appropriate City permits are acouired. *A "single-family domestic dwelling11 is designated as any house, cottage, fldt, or apartment unit having a kitchen, bath, and sleeping facilities. CITY OF PALO ALTO UTILITIES Issued by the City Council Supersedes Sheet No. 10lm dated ?-1-e2 I i Effective 7-1-83 Sheet No. E-1-1 • • • APPLICABILITY: COMMERCIAL ELECTRIC SERVICE UTILITY RATE SCHEOULf E~2 This schedule applies to electric service to all customers other than separately ~etered single-phase service to single-family domestic dwellings. This schedule applies to all three-phase electric service. TERRITORY: Within the incorporated limits of the City of Palo Alto and land owned or leased by the City. RATES: Applicable to Non-Demand Metered Customers Per Meter Per Month Energy Ch~rge Applicable to Demand Metered Customers Demand Charge: Per kilowatt of billing demand Energy Charge: All kilowatt-hours, per kwh Maximum Demand Meter: Per Kilowatt-Hour $.0402 Per Meter Per Month $2.00 $0.0311 Whenever the llK>nthly use of energy has exceeded 8,000 kilowatt-hours for three consecutive months, a maxim1111 demand meter will be installed as pr~mptly as is practicable and thereafter continued in service until the monthly use of energy has fallen below 6,000 kilowatt-hours for twelve consecutive months, whereupon, at the option of the City, it may be removed. · CITY OF PALO ALTO UTILITIES Issued by the City Council Supersedes Sheet No. 102m dated 7·1-82 Effective 7-1-83 Sheet No. E-2-1 • • • CO,..ERCIAL ELECTRIC SERVICE UTILITY RATE SCHEDULE E-2 (CONTINUED) The maximum demand in any month will be the maximum average power in kilow~tts taken during any 15-m~nute interval in the month provided that in case the load is intermittent or subject to violent fluctuations, the City may use a 5-m1nute interval. A thermal-type demand meter which does not reset after a definite time interval may ~e used at the City's option. The billing demand to be used in computing charges under this schedule will be the mean of the actual maximum demand in kilowatts for the current rronth and the highest such demand occurring in the year ending with the current month, Minimum Charge: A minimum charge of $1.00 per l'll)nth will apply to all accounts. Pr;mary Voltage Discount: Where delivery hereunder is made at the same voltage as that of the line from which the service is supplied, a discount of 4 percent for 11 kilovolts or higher available line voltages and 3 percent for available line voltages of from 2 kilovolts to 10 kilovolts wil1 be allowed provided the City is not reQuired to supply service at a particular line voltage where it has, or will insta11, amp1~ facilities for supplying at another vo1tage equa11y or better suited to the customer's electrical requirements. The City retains the right to change its line voltage at any t1me after providing reasonable advance notice to any customer receiving a discount hereunder and affected by such change. The 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 subject to a maximum KVA stze limitation. CITY OF PALO ALTO UTILITIES Issued by the City Council Supersedes Sheet No. 103m dated 7-1-82 Effective 7-1-83 Sheet No. E-2-2 ·. • • • COMMERCIAL ELECTRIC SERVICE UTILITY RATE SCHEDULE E-2 (CONTINUED) Solar Energy Discount: Upon approval by the City, a 10 percent discount will be applied to a customer•s electric bill if such customer has installed a solar energy system and met the following criteria: (1) The solar energy system is in conformance with the City's performance and aesthetic standards; (2) The solar energy system is designed to pr~~ide for 50 percent or more of the residential domestic water heating or space h~ating requirements; and (3) Appropriate City permits are acquired. Power Factor: At the City's option, VAR-hour metering, used for power factor calcu- 1 at ion, wil 1 be installed on the service of any new cocstomer whose demand is expected to ~xceed 200 kilowatts and upon the service of any existing customer whose demand has exceeded 200 kilowatts for three consecutive months. The City may exercise the option of removing the VAR-hour metering from the service of a customer whose demand has been below 200 kilowatts for four consecutive Jll)nths. When such power-factor metering is installed on a customer's service, the total charge for any month 1 s electric service as computed on Schedule E-2 shall be decreased or increased, respectively, by 0.2 percent for each one percent that the average power facto~ of the customer's load during the month was greater or less than 90 percent, such average power factor to be computed (to the nearest whole percent) from the ratio of lagging kilovoltamphere hours to kilowatt hours consumed during the month. This adjustment shall be applied to a customer's bill prior to the application of the primary-voltage discount clause. Any electric service char9e increase attributable to customer's failure to achieve 90% of the average power factor is referred to herein as the "power factor penalty." Before installing VAR-hour metering on an existing customer's service, the utility will measure the customer's power factor and notify the customer of the result of the measurement. The customer shall then be allowed 60 days to enter in a mutually agreed upon factor correction program. The program shall be based on the City's dollar estimate of the annual potential power factor penalty. The customer shall agree to install power-factor corrective devices on CITY OF PALO ALTO UTILITIES Issued by the City Council Supersedes Sheet No. 104g dated 7-1-82 Effective 7-1-83 Sheet No. E-2-3 • • • COMMERCIAL ELECTRIC SERVICE UTILITY RATE SCHEDULE E-2 (CONTINUED) his system equivalent to the annual dollar value of the City•s estimate of the power-factor penalty. This corrective program sha11 continue in effect at the initial power-factor average up to a maximum of five (5) years, until the customer's power-factor reaches 90 percent for six (6) consecutive months. If the customer fails to achieve a 90 percent power fdctor for six (6) consecutive months durin9 such five (5)-year period, the power factor penalty ~hall then become effective on the customer billing. During the time this agreement is in effect, the City shall not impose any other power-factor penalty on the customer. If the above agreement is not implemented, VAR-hour metering shall be installed and the customer shall be billed in accordance with the above provisions, including the power-factor penalty • CITY OF PALO ALTO UTILITIES Issued by the City Council Supersedes Sheet No. 105 dated 7-1-82 Effective 7~i-83 Sheet No. E-2-4 • • • CUSTOMER-OWNED &ENERATIOfi UTILITY RATE SCHEDULE E-3 APPLICABILITY: The following rates shall apply to customer-owned generating facilities. Firm power shall be defined as power that can be exactly interchangeable w1th the utility's current resources. Non-firm power shall be defined as that power which is available to the utility on a random basis and no schedule or control shall be available for such power. Such determination shall be made by the utility after reviewing the character of such power generated with respect to reliability, scheduling, availability, terms and conditions, scheduled outages, system emergencies and other factors which the utility shall deem relevant. RATES: The following rates shall apply to the power produced by a qualifying facility on a monthly billing basis~ Tn:e of Power RQ-Ro. ~AR 1. Finn $3.56 S.00810 2. Non-Firm xxxxx $.00810 SPECIAL CONDITIONS: 1 • 2. 3. Adjustments shall be made to the quantity of power delivered tr the utility to account for the effect of losses ~nd for administrative costs associated with the facility. Generation credit, as calculated under the rate above, will be applied to the customer's monthly charge for electric service from the utility. The utility shall provide payment to the customer in the event generation credits are in excess of the monthly charge. A 11 cond it 1 ans relating to the terms of interconnect 1on and sa 1 es sh a 11 be covered by a service c:c~-.~ract. CITY OF PALO ALTO UTILITIES Issued by the City Co~nc11 Supersedes Sheet No. la dated 7·1-82 Effective 7-1-83 Sheet No. E-3-1 ·. • • • Spec 1a1 Cond 1t1 ons ·c Cont 1 nued) CUSTOMER-OWNED GENERATION UTILITY RATE SCHEDULE E-3 (CONTINUEDJ 4. The utility reserves the right to establish a customer charge in order to recover costs of certain facilities required to serve load for which the utility 1s standing by. Such charges shall be specified in the service contract with the customer. S. A qua11fy1ng facility is defined as set forth in the Federal Energy Regulatory Conwn1ssion's Order Number 69t of Title 18. Code of Federal Regulations, Part 292. Subpart 8 entitled "Small Power Production and Cogeneration Facilities, Qualifying StatusH. This subpart implements Section 201 of the Public Utilities Regulatory Policies Act (PURPA) • CITY Of PALO ALTO UTILITIES Issued by the City Council Supersedes Sheet No. 21 dated 7-1-82 Effect1ve 7-1-83 Sheet No. E-3-2 .. t • • STREET AND HIGHWAY LIGHTING UTILITY RATE SCHEDULE E-4 APPLICABILITY: This schedule applies to street and highway lighting installations either owned by the City of P~lo Alto or owned by any other governmental agency. TERRITORY: Within the incorporated limits of the City of Palo Alto and land owned or leased by the City. RATE: Laq> Rating: Mercury-Vapor Lamps 175 watts 400 watts kwh's ~er month All nig t/Midn1ght 68/35 154/71 High Pressure Sodi1111 Va~or Lamps At: 12G volts 70 watts 29/15 100 watts 41/20 150 watts 60/30 240 volts 70 watts 34/17 100 watts 49/25 150 watts 70/35 200 watts 90/45 250 watts 110/55 310 watts 134/167 400 watts 167/84 CITY OF PALO ALTO UTILITIES Issued by the City Council Supersedes Sheet No. 108a dated 7·1-82 Per Lamp Per Month Class A City supplies energy and switching service on1y. All Night $4.40 8.80 $3.10 4.40 5.60 3.70 4.70 5.60 6.25 6.90 8.10 10.00 Midnight $3.50 7 ')O $2.40 3.20 4.80 2.80 3.50 4.40 5.00 5.10 6.10 7.50 Effect1ve 7-1-83 Sheet No. E-4-1 ( .. • • RATE: Burning Schedule: La111> Rating: Mercury-Vapor Lamps 100 watts 175 watts 250 watts 400 watts 700 watts Incandescent lamps 189 watts ( 2.soo L) 295 watts ( 4,000 L) 405 watts ( 6,000 L) 620 watts (10.000 L} Fluorescent Lamps 25 watts 40 watts 55 watts CITY OF PALO ALTO UTILITIES Issued by the City Council STREET AND HIGHWAY LIGHTING UTILITY RATE SCHEDULE E-4 {CONTINUED) kwh's per month All Night/Midnight 4;2/20 68/35 97/49 154/71 262/131 65/32 101/50 139/70 212/106 12/6 15/8 18/9 Per Lamp Per Month Class C City supplies energy and switching service and maf n- tains entire system incl. 1 aJ11>S and gl ass~are. All Night $ 4.10 4.90 6.00 9.00 11.20 $ 4.40 5.40 6.90 9.40 $ 1.60 1.80 1.90 !!,_idnight $3.20 3.90 4.80 7.20 9.40 $3.60 4.50 5.90 8.10 Sl.30 1.40 1.50 Supersedes Sheet No. 109a dated 7-1-82 Effective 7-1-83 Sheet No. E-4-2 .. • • • STREET AND HIGHWAY LIGHTING .!:!!!h.ITY RATE SCHEDULE E-4 (CONTINUtD) SPECIAL CONDITIONS: a. TyPe of Service: This schedule is applicable to series circuit and multiple street lighting systems to which the r.ity ~ill deliver current at secondary voltage. Unless otherwise agreed, multiple current will be delivered at 120/240 volts, three-wire, single-phase. In certain localities the Utility may supply service from 120/208 volt star-connected poiyphase lines in place of 240-volt service. Single phase service from 480-volt sources will be available in certain areas at the option of the Utility when this type of service is practical from the Utility's engineering standpoint. All currents and voltages stated heiein are nominal. reasonable variations being permitted. New lights will normally be supplied as multiple syst-ems. b. Po1nt of Delivery: Delivery will be made to the customer's system at a point or at points mutually agreed upon. The City will furnish the service connection to one point for each group of lamps, provided the customer has arranged his system for the least prdcticable number of points of delivery. All underground conntct1ons will be made by the customer or at the customer's expense. c. Switching: Switching will be performed by the City of Palo Alto {on the City's side of points of delivery) and no charge will be made for switching provided there are at least 10 kilowatts of lamp load on each circuit separately switched. including all laJ11)S on the circuit whether served under this schedule or not; otherwise. an extra charge of $2.50 per nonth will be made for each circuit separately swf tched unless such switching install at ion is made for the City's convenience or the customer furnishes the switching fac11it1es and, if installed on the City's equipment, reimburses the C1ty for installing and maintaining the111. d. Annual Burning Schedule: The above rates apply to lamps which will be turned on and off once each night fn accordance with a regular burning schedule agreeable to the customer but not exceeding 4,100 hours per year for all- nfght service and 2,050 hours per year for midnight service. e. Maintenance: The rates under Class C include all labor necessary for replacement of glassware and for inspection and cleaning of the same. Maintenance of glassware by the City 1s 1fm1ted to standard glassware such as 1s conmonly used and manufactured in reasonably large quantities. A suitable charge will be made for maintenance of ~lassware of a type entailing unusual expense. U~der Class C, the rates include maintenance of c1rcu1ts between lamp posts and of circuits and equipment tn and on the CITY OF PALO AL.TO UTILITIES Issued by the City Council Supersedes Sheet No. llOa dated 7-1-82 Effect~ .. e i-·i-83 Sheet. No. £-4 ... 3 . ·J • • • STREET AND HIGHWAY LIGHTING UTILITY RATE SCHEDULE E-4 (CONTINUEO} posts, provided these are all of good standard construction; otherwise, the City may declfne to grant Class C rates. Class C rates applied to any agency other than the C1ty of Palo Alto also ;nclude painting of posts with Qne coat of good ordfnary paint as required to mafnta1n good appearance but do not include replacement of posts broken by traffic accidents or otherwise. f. MultilatnJ:l Elettroliers: The above charges are made on per-lamp basis. For posts supporting one or more lamps, where the l~s are less than nine feet apart, the above charges for Class C will be reduced by 6 percent computed to the nearest whole cent, for all l~s other than the first one. g. Ooeratfng Schedules Other Than A11-N1oht and Midniaht: Rates for regular operat1n9 schedules other than all·n1ght aoo m1dn1ght "ill be the midnight rates plus or minus one-eleventh of the difference between the midnight and the all-night rate, computed to the nearest whole cent, for each half hour per night more or less thin midnight service. This a!.ljustment will apply only to lamps on regular operat1ng schedules which do not exceed 4,500 hours per year. h. 1. j. k. Street light Lamps, Standard and Nonstandard Ratings: The rates for incandescent lamps under Class A are app11ca61e for service to regular street l•Jnps only and must be increased by 6 percent, computed to the nearest whole cent, for servfce to group-replacement street lamps. The rates under Class C are applicable to both regular and group-replacement street lamps. Continuous Operation: The rate for continuous 24-hour operatfon under Class A service will be twice the all-night r~te. Sxstem Owned In-Part bf City: Where, at customer's request, the City installs, owns, arid ma nta1ns any portion of the lighting fixtures. supportst and/or interconnect1ng c1rcu1ts, en extra monthly charge of one and one-fourth percent of the City's estimate of additional investment shall be made. Rates For Lamps Not on Schedule: In the event a customer installs a lamp which ts not presently represented on this schedule, the utflity will prepare an 1nterfm rate reflecting the ut111ty's estimated costs associated with the specific lamp size. This fnter1m rate will serve as the effectfve rate for bf 111ng purposes until the new lamp rating is added to Schedule E-4 • CITY OF PALO Al.TO UTILITIES Issued by the City Council Supersedes Sheet No. 1111 dated 7-1-82 Effecttve 7-1-83 Sheet No. E-4-4