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HomeMy WebLinkAboutORDINANCE 105-45ORDINANCE NO.W 105 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING RULE THREE Of SECTION THREE OF ‘RULES AND REGULATIONS’,TOGETHER WITH THE ‘EXTENSION POLICY’IN ITS ENTIRETY, OF ORDINANCE NO.102,OF THE TOWN OF ESTES PARK,COLORADO. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE TOWN OF ESTES PARK,COLORADO: That Rule Three of Section Three of “Rules and Regu lations”of Ordinanc e No.102 be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows: Rule 3.The Department will furnish at its own expense,the necessary meter or meters and their en closures,which shall be and remain its property.All other wiring on the customer’s premises,exclusive of service lines from the distribution system •to the cus tomer’s premises shall be done by the customer,and the Department assumes no responsibility with reference thereto.In case faults develope in the customer’s wiring which might jeopardize service to other ,customers or cause damage to Town’s system the Town shall have the right to disconnect service to such faulty wiring until faults have been corrected. That the “Extension Policy”of Ordinance No.102 be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows: EXTENSION POLICY ELECTRIC SERVICE The Town of E tea Park,Colorado will construct extensions to exising distribution facilities in ac cordance with the general provisions hereinafter set forth.This policy is filed with the Public Utilities Commission of the State of Colorado in compliatice with and by the Authorities of General Rules Numers 42A and 423 of the Public Utilities Commission of the State of Colorado. PERMANENT EXTENSIONS The following provisions shall apply only to ex tensions where the Town has recieved satisfactory as surance that the minimum annual revenue to be recieved continuously for a period of four years will be not less than thirty per cent (30%)of the investment re— quired,and that the service is of such character as may be expected to be permanent and in such case the Town shall make the extension according to the following provisions: — 1,When in the judgement of the Town the con struction of the extension is economically feasible. 2.The consumer or consumers to be served by such an extension shall guarantee to the Town an annual rev enue of thirty per cent (30%)of the cost of said ex tension for a period of four years,either by a cash deposit or other guarantee satisfactory to the Town, before the extension will be constructed. 3.When the revenue guarantee is made by cash deposit: All cash deposits made to the Town to guarantee the revenue shall be credited to the account of each con sumer in the amount of his individual deposit,from which credit account shall be deducted each month the amount of the consumer’s bill for electric service,and this method shall be continued until the deposit is ex hausted,provided,however,that said deductions shall not continue for more than four years,nor shall the de ductions total annually less than twenty—five per cent (25%)of the total deposit. Interest at 2%will be credited to the consumer’s account on the credit balance on each anniversary of the contract. 4.Where there is more than one consumer on an extension,the guarantee of each individual consumer may be determined by any method satisfactory to the consumers, or may be determined by the Town in general proportion to the cost of construction necessary to serve each con sumer. 5.In those cases where additional consumers de sire service from an extension already built,the amount of guaranteed revenue necessary and its apportionment among consumers will be recalculated on the basis of existing and proposed new consumers.If the addition of new consumers reduces the guaranteed revenue required of existing consumers,advanced deposits made by new consumers will be credited to existing consumers accounts, in direct proportion to the amount originally advanced. If the inclusion of new consumers increases the amount of guaranteed revenue required of existing consumers, the extension necessary for the new consumers will be calculated separately as a new extension according to the provisions in the preceding paragraphs. TEMPORARY EXTENSI ONS The following requirements apply to all extensions or construction expenditures necessary to serve con sumers such as transient shows,carnivals,fairs,cir cuses,concessions,construction works or others of a temporary nature and other projects which in the judge— merit of the Town are of doubtful financial feasibility: 1.The consumer or consumers shall be required to advance the entire estmated cost of the construction, including full cost of all material and equipment. 3.Upon the discontinuance of the use of service the salvage value of the material and equipment re covered,less the labor and expense required in dis manteling the same,will be refunded to the consumer. 4.If such temporary service shall continue for a period of eighteen months,the consumer shall then be considered permanent and then and in that case the con sumer shall,at the direction of the Town,comply with the provisions of this extension policy relating to Permanent Extensions. 5.The Town may refuse to connect additional con sumers to temporary extension until said temporary ex tension has been declared by the Town to be permanent. That except as amended herby,Ordinance No.102 shall remain in full force and effect. Passed and adopted this 10th _day of Deceme__ A.D.1945. ATTEST: / _____________— , 2,The consumer shall pay for electric service under the regularly filed rates applicable.