HomeMy WebLinkAboutORDINANCE 21-740 0
ORDINANCE NO.21 -74
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 13.12 OF THE
MUNICIPAL CODE OF THE TOWN OF ESTES PARK,
COLORADO,THE SAME PERTAINING TO THE LIGHT
AND POWER RATE SCHEDULES CONTAINING CHARGES
FOR THE SERVICE OF ELECTRIC ENERGY BY THE
LIGHT AND POWER DEPARTMENT OF THE TOWN OF
ESTES PARK,COLORADO.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE TOWN
OF ESTES PARK,COLORADO:
Section 1.That Chapter 13.12 of the Municipal Code
of the Town of Estes Park,Colorado,be and the same is
hereby amended to read as follows:
Chapter 13.12
Light and Power Rate Schedules
13.12.010 Generally.The schedules of rates set forth
in this chapter for the service of electric energy by the
town of Estes Park are fixed and adopted to begin with the
billing period beginning after October 1,1974 and shall
remain in effect until repealed or amended.
13.12.020 Rate 1--Residential Service.A.Applicability:
The rates set forth in this section shall be applicable in
Estes Park service territory.
B.Availability—-Single Family Basis:This schedule
is available to residential consumers for all domestic users
in single family private dwellings or individually metered
apartments and is not available for resale service.
C.Rate:
The first 30 kwh per month $2.20
The next 20 kwh per month,per kwh at .073
The next 50 kwh per month,per kwh at .048
The next 200 kwh per month,per kwh at .024
All additional kwh used per month,per
kwh at .0185
Minimum —Net minimum charge per meter
per month 2.20
D.Availability--Multi-Family Basis:The foregoing
rate schedule is also available for multi-family residential
use by multiplying the blocks of the rate and the minimum
by the following factors:
Two units 1.9
Three units 2.7
Four units 3.4
Five units 4.1
More than 5 units,
add 0.7 per unit
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E.Payment:The above rates are net.Bills for
electric service are due and payable within ten days from
date of bill.
F.Contract Period and Conditions:All contracts
under this schedule shall be for a minimum period of twelve
months and thereafter until terminated,where service is no
longer required,on three days’written notice.
13.12.030 Rate 2--Combined residential and water heating.
A.Applicability:The rates set forth in this section
shall be applicable in Estes Park service territory.
3.Availability--Single Family Basis:This schedule
is available to residential consumers for all domestic uses
in single family private dwellings or individually metered
apartments,metered through one meter,where in addition to
the use of lighting and household appliances,the consumer
installs and uses for all his water heating requirements a
solidly connected electric water heater.This schedule is
not available for resale service.
C.Rate:
The first 30 kwh per month $2.20
The next 20 kwh per month,per kwh at .073
The next 50 kwh per month,per kwh at .049
The next 150 kwh per month,per kwh at .024
The next 250 kwh per month,per kwh at .0155
All additional kwh used per month,per
kwh at .0185
Minimum —Net minimum charge per meter
per month 2 .20
D.Availability--Multi-Family Basis:The foregoing
rate schedule is also available for multi—family residential
use by niultipyling the blocks of the rate and the minimum
by the following factors:
Two units 1.9
Three units 2.7
Four units 3.4
Five units 4.1
More than 5 units,
add 0.7 per unit
E.Payment:The above rates are net.Bills for electric
service are due and payable within ten days froni date of
bill.
F.Contract Period and Conditions:All contracts under
this schedule shall be for a minimum period of twelve months
and thereafter until terminated where service is no longer
required on three days’written notice.This rate is not
available to hotels,motels,clubs,hospitals,rest homes
or similar uses.
This rate shall be applicable only where all of the water
heating requirement is provided with automatic storage type
water heaters.
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Service for water heating may be limited to off-peak
hours as determined by the town.The off—peak hours,subject
to change at the option of the town,shall not total less
than eighteen hours per day.
Control equipment for automatically limiting the use of
service for water heating to off—peak hours may be furnished
by the town for all electric water heating installations but
shall be installed by consumer’s electrical contractor at
consumer’s expense.All control equipment shall be sealed
and controlled by the town.
Water heaters shall be oE a two—element storage type
approved by the town.Each element shall be noninductive
and shall be connected through a separate thermostat.The
capacity rating of the lower and upper units shall be twenty
and thirty watts per gallon,respectively,to the nearest
NEMA Standard.Water heaters of the quick recovery type
shall be forty gallons or larger and the capacity rating of
each of the lower and upper elements shall not exceed five
thousand watts.The upper thermostat and element shall be
interconnected with the lower thermostat and element to allow
operation of only one element at the same time.The lower,
or base,element shall be placed so as to heat the entire
tank and the upper,or booster,element shall lie placed so
as to heat not more than the upper one—third of the tank.
13.12.040 Rate 3-—All-electric residential service.
A.Applicability:The rates set forth in this section
shall be applicable in Estes Park service territory.
B.Availability--Single Family Basis:This schedule
is available through a single meter for residential electric
service for all domestic purposes in single family private
dwellings or individual apartments where electricity is the
sole source of energy for space heating,cooking and water
heating.Air conditioning use is permissible under this
rate.This schedule is not available for resale service.
C.Rate:
The first 100 kwh per month $6.20
The next 150 kwh per month,per kwh at .025
The excess kwh per month,per kwh at .0155
Minimum per month 6.20
D.Availability—-Multi-Family Basis:The foregoing
rate schedule is also available for ;ulti—fami1y residential
use by multiplying the blocks of the rate and the minimum by
the following factors:
Two units 1.9
Three units 2.7
Four units 3.4
Five units 4.1
More than 5 units,
add 0.7 per unit
E.Payment:The above rate is net.Bills for electric
service are due and payable within ten days from the date of
bill.
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F.Contract Period and Conditions:All contracts
under this schedule shall be for a minimum period of twelve
months and thereafter until terminated where service is no
longer required on three days’written notice.
This rate may not be applied to hotels,motels,clubs,
hospitals,rest homes or similar uses.
Electric space heating units or electrically operated
central year—round air conditioning equipment shall be the
sole means of heating the dwelling unit.Fireplaces using
wood for fuel are the only supplementary heating sources
permitted.The electric water heater shall be the exclusive
source of hot water.
The town shall be advised as to the impending installation
of the electric space heating equipment in advance in order
to determine if extensions of,or additions to the town’s
facilities will be required and to allow arrangements therefor,
and to determine the available voltage at the consumer’s
installation.
Each space heating element over one thousand six hundred
fifty watts shall be individually controlled by a thermostat.
No single space heating element shall have a rated capacity
greater than five kilowatts.No thermostat shall control
more than five kilowatts.
Water heaters shall be of the two-element storage type
approved by the town.Each element shall be noninductive
and shall be controlled by a separate thermostat.The capa
city rating of the lower and upper units shall be twenty and
thirty watts per gallon,respectively,to the nearest NEMA
Standard.Water heaters of the quick recovery type shall be
forty gallons or larger and the capacity rating of the lower
and upper elements shall not exceed five thousand watts
each.The upper thermostat and element shall be intercon
nected with the lower thermostat and element to permit opera
tion of only one element at the same time.The lower,or
base,element shall be placed so as to heat the entire tank
and the upper,or booster,element shall be placed so as to
heat not more than the upper one-third of the tank.
13.12.050 Rate 4—-Commercial lighting-—General.
A.Applicability:The rates set forth in this section
shall be applicable in Estes Park service territory.
B.Availability:This schedule is available for busi
ness lighting and small power use including only single-phase
motors not exceeding five horsepower in size.All service
will be supplied only through a single meter.This schedule
is not available for resale service.
C.Rate:For all energy used between meter readings
taken approximately May 20th to September 20th —-
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First 22 kwh used per month-$2.40
The next 78 kwh used per month,per kwh at .088
The next 100 kwh used per month,per kwh at .065
The next 800 kwh used per month,per kwh at .056
The next 1500 kwh used per month,per kwh at .041
The next 2500 kwh used per month,per kwh at .030
All additional kwh used per month,per
kwh at .0205
For all energy used between meter readings ajproximately
September 20th to May 20th —-
First 23 kwh used per month $2.40
The next 77 kwh used per rcLonth,per kwh at--.078
The next 100 kwh used per month,per kwh at-.039
The next 800 kwh used per month,per kwh at-.034
The next 2000 kwh used per month,per kwh at .0265
All additional kwh used per month,per kwh
at .0205
D.Minimum:Net minimum charge per meter per month $2.40
E.Payment:The above rates are net.Bills for electric
service are due and payable within ten days from date of bill.
F.Contract Period and Conditions:All contracts
under this schedule shall be for a minimum period of twelve
months and thereafter until terminated,where service is
no longer required,on three days’written notice.
The foregoing provisions of this schedule are subject
to the definitions,terms and conditions of the GEneral
and Business Lighting Schedule Rules and Regulations made
a part hereof by reference thereto.
Energy supplied for business lighting,incidental power
and miscellaneous uses will be approximately sixty cycle,
single—phase alternating current,one hundred twenty—volt,
two—wire or one hundred twenty/two hundred forty volt,
three—wire service.Single—phase motors with “locked—rotor’
values in excess of twenty amperes shall not be used on
one hundred twenty-volt service.Single-phase motors in
excess of five horsepower shall not be used on two hundred
forty volt service.
Luminous electric discharge tubes or other equipment
of inheriently low power factor characteristics shall,at
all times,be provided with effective power factor correc
tion such that the power factor of customer’s electric
service shall not be less than ninety percent.
13.12.060 Rate 5—-Commercial water heating.
A.Applicability:The rates set forth in this section
shall be applicable in Estes Park service territory.
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3.Availability:This schedule is available for
electric water heating service for corruitercial users where
such service may be rendered without additional distribution
system investment by the town.This schedule is not
available for resale service.
C.Rate:All kwh used per month,per kwh at $0.0188
D.Minimum:Net minimum charge per month $1.60
E.Payment:The above rate is net.Bills for electric
service are due and payable within ten days from date of
bill.
F.Contract Period and Conditions:All contracts
under this schedule shall be for a minimum period of thirty
days and thereafter until terminated,where service is no
longer required,on three days’written notice.
Water heating equipment shall be connected by a separate
circuit enclosed for its entire length in rigid metal conduit
or armored cable.No equipment,except approved water heat
ers,shall be connected to such circuit.The town will in
stall a separate meter to measure the energy used for water
heating under this schedule.Service for water heating may
be limited to off-peak hours as determined by the town.The
off-peak hours,subject to change at the option of the town,
shall not total less than eighteen hours per day.Control
equipment for automatically limiting the use of service
for water heating to off-peak hours may be furnished by the
town for all electric water heating installations but shall
be installed by consumer’s electrical contractor at consumer’s
expense.All control equipment shall be sealed and controlled
by the town.Water heaters shall be of a two—element storage
type approved by the town.Each element shall be noninduc
tive and shall be connected through a separate thermostat.
The capacity rating of the lower and upper units shall be
twenty and thirty watts per gallon,respectively,to the
nearest NEMA Standard.Water heaters of the quick recovery
type shall be forty gallons or larger and the capacity rating
of each of the lower and upper elements shall not exceed
five thousand watts.The upper thermostat and element shall
be interconnected with the lower thermostat and element to
allow operation of only one element at the same time.The
lower,or base,element shall be placed so as to heat the
entire tank and the upper,or booster,element shall be
placed so as to heat not more than the upper one—third of
the tank.
13.12.070 Rate 6--Secondary power.
A.Availability:Available throughout the entire
territory served by the town of Estes Park for three—phase
power service,where available,at the voltage of the town’s
existing distribution,for loads aggregating in excess of
ten kw.Single—phase power loads may be used from this
service.The customer will provide any necessary transformers
to adapt the service voltage to customer’s requirements.
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B.Rate Per Month:
First 20 kwh per kw of billing demand
but not less than 200 kwh,per kwh $.06
Next 40 kwh per kw of billing demand
but not less than 400 kwh,per kwh .048
Next 100 kwh per kw of billing demand
but not less than 1000 kwh,per kwh .036
All additional kwh,per kwh .03
C.Determination of Billing Demand:The billing de
mand,which in no event shall be taken as less than ten
kw,nor less than seventy—five percent of the manufacturer’s
rating of largest motor connected,shall be determined at
the option of the town,by either of the following methods:
1.Connected Load Basis:The following percentages
of the total connected load shall determine the billing de
mand.For installations of:
a.One motor 100%
b.Two motors 80%
c.Three motors 70%
d.Four motors 60%
e.Five motors 50%
f.Six or more motors 45%
Provided that motors of less than one horsepower rating
and miscellaneous appliances of less than one thousand watts
shall not be counted as motors in the determination of the
above percentages but shall be considered as part of the
total connected load.
2.Measured Demand Basis:The contract kw shall
be taken as the measured demand,determined by suitable
meter measurement,but shall in no event be less than thirty
percent of the total connected load.
D.Minimum:
Subject to special provisions of extension policy.
The monthly minimum per kw of billing demand $1.20
But not less than 12.00
Subject to special provisions of extension policy.
All contracts under this schedule shall be for a
minimum period of three months and thereafter until termi
nated,where service is no longer required,on thirty days’
notice.
E.Power Factor:If the power factor during the time the
billing demand is established falls below 90%lagging,adjust
ment may be made by increasing the measured demand for each
month by 1%for each 1%or major fraction thereof by which the
power factor during the billing period is less than 90%lagging.
F.Rules and Regulations:The above provisions of this
schedule are subject to the definitions,terms and conditions
of the general and power service rules and regulations made
a part hereof by reference thereto.
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13.12.080 Rate 7-—Large combined light and power.
A.Applicability:The rates set forth in this section
shall be applicable in Estes Park service territory.
B.Availability:This schedule is available on an op
tional basis for supplying all of the electric lighting and
power requirements of a consumer through a single meter and
not for stand—by or for resale to others.Service under
this schedule is available at three—phase at the established
voltage of either the town’s primary or secondary distribution
system.
C.Rate:
The first 100 kwh per month per kw of
demand,but not less than 10,000 kwh
per month per kwh at $.035
The next 100 kwh per month per kw of
demand,but not less than 10,000 kwh
per month per kwh at .024
The excess kwh used per month,per kwh at .0094
D.Minimum:The minimum charge per meter per month
shall be not less than $280.00 per month nor $1.20 per kw of
billing demand,whichever shall be the greater.
E.Payment:The foregoing rate is net.Bills for
electric service are due and payable within ten days from
date of bill.
F.Contract Period and Conditions:All contracts under
this schedule shall be for a minimum period of twelve months
and thereafter until terminated where service is no longer
required on ten days’written notice.
The billing demand shall be determined by suitable
meter measurement of the highest fifteen—minute integrated
demand occurring during the monthly billing period,provided
that it shall be not less than seventy percent of the highest
billing demand occurring during the preceding months of
June through and including September.The consumer shall be
required to properly balance his loads.
If the power factor during the time the billing demand
is established falls below ninety percent lagging,adjustment
may be made by increasing the measured demand for each month
by one percent for each one percent or major fraction thereof
by which the power factor during the billing period is less
than ninety percent lagging.
The foregoing schedule shall be net where service is
metered at the primary voltage of the distribution system
and consumer owns and maintains transformer equipment.
Where service is metered under this schedule at secondary
voltage,an additional charge shall be made each month of
two percent of the bill for service.Where service is taken
at the town’s established secondary voltage and the town
furnishes the transformers and substations converting to
secondary voltage,an additional charge shall be made of two
percent of the monthly bill.
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13.12.090 Rate 8-—Electric rates--Urban street lighting.
A.Applicability:The rates set forth in this section
shall be applicable in corporate limits of Estes Park.
B.Availability:Available for municipal Street,
park lighting and public buildings.
C.Rate:(net)
Metered service
All kwh used per month,per kwh $0.02
13.12.100 Rate 9-—Reserved.Rate 9 shall be reserved
for future filing.
13.12.110 Rate 10-—Reserved.Rate 10 shall be reserved
for future filing.
Section 2.Except as herein specifically amended,
Title 13 and all ordinances or parts of ordinances of the
Municipal Code of the Town of Estes Park relative to the
Light and Power Department shall be and are hereby designated
to remain in full force and effect and are hereby ratified,
confirmed and approved.
Section 3.The Board of Trustees hereby authorizes the
Town Clerk and other officials of the Town to file with the
Public Utilities Commission of the State of Colorado such
documents and to take such action,including the employment
of personnel and the payment therefor,as may be required
to obtain the approval of said Public Utilities Commission
as may be required under the applicable law,but subject
only to such jurisdiction as may exist in the Public Utilities
Commission relative to the matters herein stated.The rates
and rules and regulations set forth in this Ordinance shall
be effective outside the boundaries of the Town of Estes
Park upon the first billing for service commencing after
October 1,1974,provided approval thereof by the Public
Utilities Commission has been theretofore received and
said rules,regulations and rates shall be effective
within the boundaries of the Town of Estes Park beginning
with the service and billing period beginning after said
October 1,1974.
Section 4.The provisions of this Ordinance are hereby
declared to be severable,and if any section,provisions,or
part thereof shall be declared unconstitutional or invalid,
the remainder of this Ordinance shall continue in full force
and effect,it being the legislative intent that this Ordinance
would have been adopted even if such unconstitutional or
invalid matter had not been included therein.It is further
declared that if any provision or part of this Ordinance,or
the application thereof to any person or circumstances,is
held invalid,the remainder of this Ordinance and the ap
plication thereof to other persons shall not be affected
thereby.
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Section 5.All ordinances or parts of ordinances of
the Town of Estes Park or sections of the Municipal Code
of the Town of Estes Park in conflict with the provisions
of this Ordinance are hereby repealed.Provided,however,
that Section 13.12 shall be and is hereby specifically
repealed as enacted in prior ordinances.
Section 6.The Board of Trustees herewith finds,
determines and designates that this Ordinance is necessary
for the immediate preservation of the public peace,health
and safety,for the establishment of light and power rate
schedules affects the public peace,health and safety;and
whereas,in the opinion of the Board of Trustees,an emer
gency exists,this Ordinance shall take effect and be in
force five (5)days after its final passage,adoption and
publication.
(SEAL)
PASSED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND SIGNED THIS
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Published:
1974.
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TOWN OF ESTES PARK,COLORADO
,1974.
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