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l' e RESOLUTIOU UO. 5581 ORIGINAL
RESOLUTIOU OF nm COUUCIL OF Tim CITY OF PALO ALTO
AMENDIUG SCHEDULE E-2 OF THE CITY OF PALO ALTO
UTILITIES RATES AND CHARGES TO IUCLUDE POWER-FACTOR
IU COMMERCIAL ELECTRIC 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, Schedule E-2 (Commercial Electric Service) of the
Palo Alto Utilities Rates and Charges hereby is amended to read as
shown on Sheets 104£ and 105, respectively, attached liereto and ·
incorporated herein.
SECTIOU 2. The Council of .the City of Palo Alto hereby finds
that the enactment of this resolution is not a "projectn within
the meaning of that term as defined in Section 11.04.140 of the
Palo Alto Municipal Code and, ·therefore, no environmental assessment
is necessary.
SECTIOU 3. The foregoing change shall become effective Septem-
ber 1, 1978.
IH'l'RODUCED AUD PASSED: August 7, 1978
AYES:
HOES:
Brenner, Clay, Eyerly, Fazzino, Fletcher, Henderson~ Sher, Witherspoon
None
ABSTE?ITIOUS : None
ABSEUT: Carey
APPROVED:
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Vice Mayor
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Sheet No. 104f
Canceling Sheet No. 104e
v"TILITY RATE SCHEDULE
SCHEDULE E-2
COMMERCIAL ELECTRIC SERVICE
(Continued)
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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 ac~ept service (without voltage discount) throuhh
transfonners to be supplied by the City.
Power Factor:
At the City's option, VAR-hci1r metering will be installed on
the service of any new customer whose demand is expected to
G~ceed 300 kilowatts and upon the servic~ of any existing
customer whose demand has exceeded 300 kilowatts for three
consecutive months. 'ibe City may exercise the op~ion of re-
moving the VAR-hour metering from the service of a customer
-whose demand has been below 30_0 kilowatts for -four consecutive
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~"hen such power-factor metering is installed on a customer's
service, the total charge for any month's electric service as
computed on Schedule E-2 shall be decreased or increased, res-
pectively, by 0.2 percent for each one percent that the average
power factor of the customer's ioad during the month was greater
or les~ than 90 percent, such average power factor to be com-
puted (to the nearest ~hole percent) from the ratio of lagging
kilovolt-ampere-hours to kilowatt-hours consumed during the
month. ~Chis adjustment shall be applied to a customer's bill
prior to the application of the primary-voltage discount clause.
Before installing VAR-hour metering on an existing customer's.
ser.ris;e, t.'le utility will measure the customer's power factor·
a.,d notify the custocer of the ~esult of the measurement.
The customer shall then be allowod 60 days to enter_into a
E?Utually agreed-upon power-factor correction program. The
program shall be based on the City's dollar estimate of the
Issued by
The City Council
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Effective Date:
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trrI l.ITY RATE SCllf.DULF.
SCHEDULE E-2
COMMERCIAL ELECTRIC SERVICE
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annual potential penalty. The customer shall agreo to install
power-factor corrective devices on his system equivalent to
the annunl dollar value of the City's estimate of the power-
factor penalty. 11iis progra.tn shail continue in effect at the
initial penalty base, until the customer: s power factor reaches
90 percent for six (6) consecutive months, or five (S) years
maximum. The power-fac.tor clause shall then become effective
on the customer billing. During the time this agreement is in
e~fect~ 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. 1 _.L_
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