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RESOLUTION NO. 6707
RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY CF PALO ALTO
AMENDING SCHEDULES E-1, E-2, F.-3 AND E-4 OF THE CITY OF PALO ALTO
UTILITIES RATES AND CHARGES PERTAINING TO DOMESTIC, COMMERCIAL,
CUSTOMER-OWNED GENERATION AND STREET AND HIGHWAY LIGHTING RATES
The Council of the City of Palo Alto does RESOLVE as
follows:
SECTION l: Pursuant to Section 12.20.010 of the Palo
Alto Municipal Code, Schedules E-1 (Domestic Electric Service),
E-2 (Commercial Ele·::tric Service), E-3 (Customer-Owned Generation)
and E-4 (Street and Highway Lighting) of the Palo Alto Utilities
Rates and Charges is hereby 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-4-1, E-4-2, E-4-3, and
E-4-4, respectively, attached hereto and incorporated herein:
SECTION 2: 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
Alto City Charter, Article VII, Section 2, entitled •Public Utili-
ties Revenue•. The adoption of this Resolution, is, therefore,
specifically exempted under Public Reso~rces Code Section
2108n(b)(8) from ths requirements of CEQA.
SECTION 3: The foregoing chang~s shall become effective
July 11, ITI8.
INTRODUCED AND PASSED: July 11, 1988
AYES: Bechtel, Cobb, Fletcher, Klein, Levy, PaGitucci, Renzel, Sutozius,
NOES: None Woolley
ABSTENTIONS: None
ABSENT: None
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DOMESTIC ELECTRIC SERVICE
UTILITY RATE SCHEDULE E-1
APPLICABILITY:
This schedule applies to single-phase electric service to separately metered
single-family domestic dwellings. A "single-family domestic dwelling" is
designated as any house. cottage. flat, or apartment unit having a kitchen.
bath. and sleeping facilities.
TERRITORY:
Within the incorporated limits of the City of Palo Alto and on land owned or
leased by the City.
RATE:
Per Meter Per Month Per Kilowatt-Hour
First 300 kwh ........................ $0. 0376
Next 300 kwh ........................ $0. 0562
All Over 600 kwh ••.......•.•......•..... $0.0760
Mini mum Charge. per month ............•.......•...•......... $ll. 65
Special Remote Mete1 .. Register Charge. Per Month ..•......... Sl. 00
Solar Energy Discount:
Upon approval by the City. a 10 percent discount will be applfed to a customer's
electric bill if such customer has installed a solar energy system and met the
following criteria before April 1, 1987: (1) The solar energy system is in
conformance with the City's performance and aesthetic standards; (Z) The solar
energy system is designed to provide for 50 percent cir more of the reside~tial
domestic water heating or space heating requirements; and (3) Appropriate City
permits are acquired.
CITY OF PALO ALTO UTILITIES
Issued by the City Council
Supersedes Sheet No. E-1-1 dated 10-1-86
Effective 7-11-88
Sheet No. E-1-1
COMMERCIAL ELECTRIC SERVICE
UTILITY RATE SCHEDULE E-2
Af1PLICABILITY:
This schedule applies to electric service to all customers other than
separately metered 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 Charge (Per Kwh) ..................................... $. 0696
Effective During Sumner Period
Energy Charge (Per Kwh) ..................................... $.0622
Effective During Winter Period
Applicabie to Demand Metered Customers
Demand Charge (Per kilowatt of billing demand)
Per Meter
Per Month
Effective During Sumner Period •..•..•••.....•......•.••.•. $8.00
Effective During Winter Period ............................ $6. 00 .
Energy Charge (All Kilowatt-hours, per Kwh)
Effective During Summer Period .....•••.•.••••••....••••. $0.0465
Effective During Winter Period ..•...•.•••..•....••.•...• $0.0398
Seasonal Rate Changes: The Summer Period is effective May 1 to October
31 and the Winter Period is effective from Novembar 1 to April 30. When
the period of service covere6 by a customer's bill is partly in the summer
period and partly in the winter period. the billing will be computed by
prorat·:ng the total Kwh usage. Kw deman1 and the rates applicable thereto,
between the two seasonal periods according to the ratio of the number of
days in each seasonal period to the total number of days in the billing
period.
CITY OF PALO ALTO UTILITIES
Issued by the City Council
Supersedes Sheet No. E-2-1 dated 10-1-86
Effective 7-11-88
Sheet No. E-2-1
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COMMERCIAL ELECTRIC SERVICE
UTILITY RATE SCHEDULE E-2 (CONTINUED)
Maximum Demand Met2r: Whenever the mvnthly use of energy has exceeded 8,000
kilowatt-hours for three ~onsecutive months, a maximum demand meter will be
installed as promptly as is practicable and thereafter continued in service
until the monthly use of energy has fallen below 61000 kilowatt-hours for
twelve consecutive months, whereupon, at the option of the City, it may be
removed.
The maximum demand in any month will be the maximum average power in
kilowatts taken during any 15-minute interval in the month provided that in
case the load is intermittent or subject to violent fluctuations, the City
may use a 5-minute interval. A thermal-type demand meter which does not
reset after a definite time interval may be used at the City's option.
The billing demand to be used in computing charges under this schedule will
be the actual maximum demand in kilowatts for the current n>nth. An exception
is that the billing demand for customers with Thermal Energy Storage (TES) will
be based upon the actual maximum demand of such customers between the hours of
noon and 6 pm on weekdays.
MinilWJI Charge:
A minimum charge of $1.00 per month will apply to all accounts.
Primary 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 2 1/2 percent for available line
voltages above 2 kilovolts will be allowed provided the city is not requ1red to
supply service at a particular line voltage where it has. or will instail, ample
facilities for supplying at another voltage equally or better suited to the
customer's electrical requirements. The City retains the right to change its
line voltage at any time 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 maxim1.111 KVA size
limitation.
CITY Of PALO ALTO UTILITIES
Issued by the City Council
Supersedes Sheet No. E-2-2 dated 7-1-86
Effective 7-11-88
Sheet No. £-Z-2
Solar Energy Discount:
COMMERCIAL ELECTRIC SERVICE
UTil.ITY RATE SCHEDULE E-2 (CONTINUED)
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 before April 1, 1987: (1) The solar energy system
is in conformance with the City's performance and aesthetic standards; (2) The
solar energy system is designed to provide for 50 percent or more of the resi-
dential domestic water heating or space heating requirements; and (3} Appropriate
City permits are acquired.
Power Factor:
At the City's option, VAR-hour meteri!"lg, used for power factor calculation,
will be installed on the service of any new customer whose demand is expected
to exceed 300 kilowatts and upon the service of any existing customer whose
demand has exceeded 300 kilowatts for three consecutive months. The City may
exercise the option of removing the VAR-hour metering from the service of a
customer whose de~and has been below 200 kilowatts for four consecutive
months.
When such metering is instalied on a customer's service. the total monthly
electric bill shall include a "power factor penaltyu or upower factor credit".
if applicable. Effective June, 1988 the "power factor credit" will be eliminated
(see below). The penalty or credit adjustment shall be applied to a customer's
bill prior to the computation of any primary voltage discount. Where VAR-hour
metering is installed, the monthly power factor shall be the average power factor
based on the ratio of kilowatt hours to kilovoltampere hours consumed during
the month. Where time-of-day metering is installed. the cust011~r's monthly
power factor shall be the power factor coincident with the customer's maximum
demand.
Prior to June, 1989, the power factor penalty is applied by increasing the total
energy and demand charges for any month by 0.2 percent for each one percent that
the monthly power factor of the customer's load was less than 90 percent. The
power factor credit is applied by decreasing the total energy and demand charges
for any month by 0.2 percent for each one percent that the monthly power factor
of the customer's load was greater than 95 percent. When the monthly power factor
is between 90 and 95 percent, no power factor adjustment is applied.
Effective June 1, 1989, the "power factor credit" will be discontinued. In
addition, the "power far.tor penaltyq will be revised as follows:
The power factor .,enalty is applied by increasing the total energy and demand
charges for any month by 0.25 percent for each one percent that the monthly
power factor of the customer's load was less than 95 percent.
CITY OF PALO ALTO UTILITIES
Issued by the City Council
Supersedes Sheet No E-2-3 dated 1-12-87
Effective 7-11-88
Sheet No. E-2-3
Load Management Programs
COMMERCIAL ELECTRIC SERVICE
UTILITY RATE SCHEDULE E-2 (CONTINUED)
These optional programs are available to all three-phase electric service
customers with average maxim1.1n demand greater than 100 kW and who can provide
at least 50 kW of load reduction. All conditions relating to the terms of these
programs, including additional details, shall be covered by a service contract.
The City may request that the customer under certain conditions curtail load
or reduce load to the demand limit set under the contract's terms. Partici-
pating customers will be compensated as specified in the service contract.
However, emergency load reductions may be requested from all customers when
required and are not considered load reduction periods under the Contract Load
Management Program.
All customers served under this program shal 1 have a time-of-day metering
sys~Jm installed by the City and an assigned number direct-dial telephone
line may be required to be provided by the customer. If the City requires
the customer to provide a phone line~ a compensatory credit will be applied
to the bill.
CITY OF PALO ALTO UT:~ITIES
Issued by the City Council
Supersedes Sheet No. E-2-4 dated 5-1-86
Effective 7-11-88
5heet No. E-2-4
APPLICABILITY:
CUSTOMER-OWNED GENERATION
UTILITY RATE SCHEDULE E-3
The following rates shall apply to customer-owned generating facilities.
Firm power shall be defined as power that can be exactly interchangeabie wi~h
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 schedu1e or con~rol
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 otrer factors which the utility shall deem relevant.
RATES:
The following rates shall apply to the po~er produced by a qualifying facility
on a monthly billing basis.
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SPECIAL CONDITIONS:
Type of Power
Firm
Non-Firm
KW-Mo.
$6. 77
xxxxx
KWH
$. 0175
$. 0175
1. Adjustments shall be made to the quantity of power delivered to the utility
to account for the effect of losses and for administrative costs asscciated
with the facility.
2. Generation credit, as calculated under the rate above, will be applied to
the customer's monthly charge for electric service fra:n the utility. The
utility shall provide payment to the customer in the event generation
credits are in excess of the monthly charge.
3. All conditions relating to the terms of interconnection and sales shall be
covered by a service contract.
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 is standing by. Such c1tJ.rges shall be specified in the service
contract with the customer.
5. A qualifying facility is defined as set forth in the Federal Energy Regulatory
CoDlllission's Order Nunber 69, of Title 18. Code of Federal Regulations, Part
292, Subpart B entitled "Small Power Production and Cogeneration Facilities,
Qualifying Status.11 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. E-3-1 dated 10-1-86
Effective 7-11~88
Sheet No. E-3-1
APPLICABILITY:
STREET AND HIGHWAY LIGHTING
UTILITY RATE SCHEDULE E-4
This schedule applies to street and highway lighting installations either
owned by the City of Palo Al to or owned by any other governmenta 1 agency.
TERRITORY:
Within the incorporated limits of the City of Palo Alto and land owned or
leased by the City.
RATE:
Burning Schedule:
Lamp Rating:
Mercury-Vapor Lamps
175 watts
400 watts
KWH 1s Per Month
All Night/Midnight
68/35
154/71
High Pressure Sodium VaEor Lam~s
120 volts
70 watts
100 watts
150 watts
240 volts
70 watts
100 watts
150 watts
200 watts
250 watts
310 watts
400 watts
CITY Of PALO ALTO UTILITIES
Issued by the City Counci 1
29/15
41/20
60/30
34/17
49/25
70/35
90/45
l 10/55
134/167
167/84
Supersedes Sheet No. E-4-1 dated 10-1-86
Per Lamp Per Month -Class A
City supplies energy and
switching service only.
All Night
$ 6.40
13.10
4. 70
6.30
8.10
5.20
6.80
8.10
9.10
10.30
12.10
14.80
~dnight
$5. 00
$10.10
3.30
4.60
6.80
3.90
5.00
5.60
7.20
7.30
9.58
10.90
Effective 7-11-88
Sheet No. £-4-1
STREET AND HIGHWAY LIGHTING
UTILITY RATE SCHEDULE E-4 (CONTINUED)
RATE:
Burning Schedule:
La~ Rating:
Mercury-Vapor Lamps
100 watts
175 watts
250 watts
400 watts
lncar,descent Lamps
189 watts ( 2,500 L)
295 watts ( 4,000 L}
405 watts ( 6,000 L}
620 watts (10,000 l)
Fluorescent Lamps
25 watts
40 watts
55 watts
KWH's Per Month
~11 Night/Midnight
42/20
68/35
97/49
154/71
65/32
101/50
139/70
212/106
12/6
15/8
18/9
High Pressure Sodium Vapor Lamps
120 volts
70 watts
100 watts
150 watts
240 volts
70 watts
100 watts
150 watts
200 watts
250 watts
CITY OF PALO ALTO UTILITIES
Issued by the City Council
29/15
41/20
60/30
34/17
49/25
70/35
90/45
110/55
Supersedes Sheet No. 4-4-2 dated 10-1-86
Per Lamp Per Month -Class C
City supplies energy and switch-
ing service and maintains entire
system. including lamps and
glassware.
All Night
$ 6.00
7.20
9.00
13.40
6.40
8.10
10.40
14.30
2.30
2.40
2.80
4.90
6.50
8.40
5.40
7.10
8.40
9.40
10.50
Midnight
$ 4.60
5. 70
6.90
10.30
S.10
6.40
8.50
11. 90
1.80
2.00
2.10
3.50
4.80
7.00
4. W
5.20
5.90
7.50
7. 70
Effective 7-11-88
Sheet No. E-4-2
SPECIAL CONDITIONS:
STREET ANO HIGHWAY LIGHTING
UTILITY RATE SCHEDULE E-4 (CONTINUED)
a. Type of Service: This schedule is applicable to series circuit and multiple
street lighting systems to which the City will 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 polyphase 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 herein are nominal, reasonable variations being permitted.
New lights ~ill normally be supplied as multiple s)stems.
b. Point 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 practicable number of points of delivery.
All underground ~onnections will be made by the customer or at the customer's
expense.
c. Switching: Switching will be performed by the City cf 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 lamps on the circuit whether s·~rved under
this schedule or not; otherwise, an extra charge of $2.50 per 111lnth will be
made for each circuit separately switched unless such switching installation
is made for the City's convenience or the customer furnishes the switching
facilities and, if installed on tne City's equipment, reimburses the City
for installing and maintaining them.
d. Annual Burning Schedule: The above rates apply to lamps which will be turned
on and off once edch night in accordance with a regular burning schedule
agreeable to the customer but not exceeding 4,100 hours per year for all-
night 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 is limit.ed to standard glassware such
as is collll!Only used and manufactured in reasonably large quantities. A
suitable c~rge will be made for maintenance of glassware of a type
entailing unusual expense. Under Class C, the rates include maintenance of
circuits between lamp posts ana of circuits and equipment in and on the
CITY OF PALO ALTO UTILITIES
Issued by the City Council
Supersedes Sheet No. E-4-3 dated 11-1-85
Effective 7-11-88
Sheet No. E-4-3
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STREET AND HIGHWAY LIGHTING
UTILITY RATE SCHEDULE E-4 (CONTINUEDl
posts, provided these are all of good standard construction; otherwise, the
City may decline to grant Class Crates. Class Crates applied to any
agency other than the City of Palo Alto also include painting cf posts with
one coat of good ordinary paint as required to maintain good appearance but
do not include replacement of posts broken by traffic accidents or
otherwise.
Multilamp Electroliers; The above charges are made on per-lamp basis. For
posts supporting one or more le.mps, where the lamps 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 lamps other th~n the first one.
Operating Schedules Other Than All-Night and Midnight; Rates for regular
operating schedules other than all-night and midnight will bl.-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 halt hour
per night more or less than midnight service. This adjustment will apply
only to lamps on regular operating schedules which do not exceed 4,500 hours
per year.
Street Light Lamps. Standard and Nonstandard Ratings: The rates for
incandesce"t lamps under Class A are applicable for service to regular
street lamps only and must be increased by 6 percent, computed to the
nearest whole cent, for service to group-replacement street lamps. The
rates under Class C are applicable to both regular and group-replacement
street 1 amps.
Continuous Oteration: The rate for continuous 24-hour operation under Class
A serv;ce wi 1 be twice the all-night rate.
System Owned In-Part by City: Where, at customer's request. the City
installs, owns, and maintains any portion of the lighting fixtures.
supports, and/or interconnecting circuits, an extra monthly charge of one
and one-fourth percent of the City's estimate of additional inve!•ment shall
be made.
Rates for Lamps Not on Schedule: In the event a customer installs a lamp
which is not presently represented on this schedule. the utility will
prepare an interim rate reflecting the utility's estimated costs associated
with the specific lamp size. This interim rate will serve as the effective
rate for billing purposes until the new lamp rating is added to Schedule
E-4.
CITY OF PALO ALTO UTILITIES
Issued by the City Council
Supersedes Sheet No. E-4-4 dated 11-1-85
Effective 7-11-88
Sheet No. E-4-4