[Ord. No. 285 §2, 11-2-1987]
The entity hereinafter referred to as the City refers to the City of St. Robert.
BILLING DEMAND
The highest 15-minute kilowatt demand occurring during the month as measured by a suitable instrument.
COMMERCIAL CUSTOMER
Any customer not classified as a residential customer. The following conditions of service shall apply to, and be complied with, by all commercial customers:
1. 
The voltage, phase, and frequency of energy supplied shall be as specified by the City.
2. 
Service shall be furnished for the sole use of the commercial customer, and there shall be no submetering or resale of service, unless otherwise authorized in writing by the City.
3. 
Service shall be supplied through a single meter unless otherwise authorized in writing by the City. If a commercial customer is supplied both single phase and polyphase service, each service will be billed separately as though two (2) customers were being billed.
4. 
All motor driven devices of more than ten (10) horsepower shall be designed for operation on three-phase service.
5. 
All motors of twenty-five (25) horsepower or more shall be served by a reduced voltage starter, which shall limit starting current to a maximum of three hundred percent (300%) of normal operating current.
6. 
Any commercial customer whose fifteen-minute kilowatt demand exceeds twenty-five (25) KW shall be billed a demand charge according to the rate as described in the Section labeled "Electric Rates".
RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMER
A customer receiving service for a single-family or multi-family dwelling. Residential customers shall comply with the following conditions of service:
1. 
Service shall be furnished for the sole use of the residential customers and shall not be resold or submetered.
2. 
Welding, x-ray, or other equipment characterized by severe or fluctuating demand shall not be served under a residential customer meter. Single phase motor loads shall be limited to ten (10) horsepower or less.
The City of St. Robert will no longer have a Large Power Customer classification.
[Ord. No. 285 §3, 11-2-1987; Ord. No. 3376, 5-7-2019]
A. 
Meters will be read as may be expedient to the City, and each customer, having applied for utility service, shall be deemed to have authorized the officers and employees of the City to go upon his/her premises at all times for the purposes of reading meters, making inspections of the utility facilities, and making repairs to the services.
B. 
Meter Reader Denied Access.
1. 
If the meter reader is denied access to read the electric meter, an average bill will be rendered to the customer, at the option of the City, based on either the average of the three (3) months' average use or based on the premises' usage of the same month of the preceding year. When the meter reader is denied access, the City will notify the customer in writing:
a. 
Of the failure to provide access to the electric;
b. 
That the charges billed for the billing period were calculated using an average of the prior three (3) bills or on the bill for same month of the preceding year; and
c. 
That a second failure to provide access could result in the City's disconnection of services without further notice to the customer.
2. 
If, at the time of the next (second month) billing period, access is denied again, the City may proceed with a disconnection of service without notice to the customer.
C. 
Whenever the City finds that any meter is failing to register the customer's usage of electricity, for any reason, including damage to the meter, an average bill may be rendered to the customer, at the option of the City, based on either the previous three (3) months average' use when said meter was in good order or based on the same month or months of the preceding year. Whenever the City has reason to believe that a meter is not registering correctly, an average bill, as stated above, may be rendered, and the meter may be removed for testing. If the average bill proves to be incorrectly estimated, either by actual testing or by the documentation of the customer's actual electrical consumption after a corrected meter is installed, the average bill shall be adjusted accordingly.
[Ord. No. 2910 §§1 — 4, 5-3-2016]
A. 
Applicable Service Territory. Net metering and electrical system interconnection is available on a first-come, first-served basis in the distribution service territory of The City of Saint Robert at any point on the Utility's existing facilities that has adequate capacity and suitable voltage for delivery of service until:
1. 
The total rated generating capacity of all net metering systems on the utility equals five percent (5%) of the utility's single-hour peak load during the previous year, or
2. 
The total rated generating capacity of approved new interconnection agreements during the current calendar year equals or exceeds one percent (1%) of the utility's single-hour peak load for the previous calendar year.
B. 
Availability Of Service. Net metering service is available to any existing customer who is in good standing under the City's electric service schedules, that owns and operates a renewable energy electric generator powered by solar, hydro, or wind or fuel cells using hydrogen produced by solar, hydro or wind with a capacity of not more than one hundred (100) kilowatts that is located on the customer's premises, is interconnected and operates in parallel phase and synchronization with the utility's existing transmission and distribution facilities, and is intended primarily to offset part or all of the customer's own electrical power requirements. This is offered in compliance with the "Net Metering and Easy Connection Act" (Section 386.890, RSMo., and appropriate Missouri Public Service Commission Rules).
All agreements hereunder are between the customer-generator and the City and shall not include a third party.
C. 
Definitions. As used in this Section, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
NET METERING
Measuring the difference between the electricity supplied by the Utility and the electricity generated by an eligible customer-generator and fed back to the electric grid over the applicable billing period.
All other definitions shall be those contained in the Missouri "Net Metering and Easy Connection Act."
D. 
Monthly Billing.
1. 
The electric service charge shall be computed in accordance with the monthly billing under the customer's effective standard rate schedule. Under this net metering rider, only the kilowatt hour (kWh) units of a customer-generator's bill are affected.
2. 
If the electricity supplied by the utility exceeds the electricity generated by the customer-generator during the applicable billing period, the customer-generator shall be billed for the net billable kWhs supplied by the utility in accordance with the rates and charges under the utility's standard rate schedule applicable to the customer.
3. 
If the electricity generated by the customer-generator exceeds the electricity supplied by the utility, the customer-generator shall be credited for the net value of the electric energy delivered to the utility during the applicable billing period at the utility's "avoided purchased power cost," with this credit appearing on the customer-generator's bill no later than the following billing period.
4. 
The "avoided purchased power cost" is that amount determined by the City's governing board with responsibility for setting rates, as outlined in Section 386.890.2(1), RSMo.
E. 
Transfer Of Ownership. Upon change in ownership of the qualified unit, or of the premises on which the unit is located, the new customer-generator shall file a new application with the City for Net Metering.
F. 
Special Conditions.
1. 
The customer- generator must have:
a. 
An approved application for net metering.
b. 
A signed standard interconnection application/agreement with the utility.
2. 
The customer-generator is responsible for all costs associated with its generating facility and is also responsible for all costs related to any modifications to the facility that may be required by the utility for purposes of safety and reliability.
3. 
A net metering facility shall meet all applicable safety and performance standards established by the National Electric Safety Code, the National Electric Code, the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, and Underwriters Laboratory.
4. 
In addition it shall:
a. 
Be equipped at the customer-generator's expense with a meter or meters approved or supplied by the utility and capable of measuring the net amount of electrical energy produced or consumed by the customer-generator. Any additional costs necessary for the utility to permit the meters or generator to be integrated into the utility distribution system shall be borne by the customer-generator.
b. 
Have a mechanism that automatically disables and disconnects the unit from the supplier's electrical lines in the event that service to the customer-generator is interrupted.
c. 
Have an easily accessible device or feature in immediate proximity to the metering equipment to allow a utility worker to manually and instantly disconnect the unit from the utility's distribution system.
d. 
Be labeled with a warning sign that says possible backfeed and customer owned generation.
5. 
For systems of ten (10) kilowatts or less, a customer-generator shall not be required to purchase any liability insurance. Insurance for systems above ten (10) kilowatts shall be negotiated as part of the Interconnection Agreement.
G. 
Modifications. Customer-generator shall not modify the customer-generator's system without prior written approval from the City.
H. 
Testing Requirement.
1. 
All cost associated in this Section shall be the customers responsibility.
2. 
The customer-generator must, at least once every year, conduct a test to confirm that the customer-generator's net metering unit automatically ceases to energize the output (interconnection equipment output voltage goes to zero) within two (2) seconds of being disconnected from the City's electrical system. Disconnecting the net metering unit from City's electrical system at the visible disconnect switch and measuring the time required for the unit to cease to energize the output shall satisfy this test. The test must be performed by a professional electrical engineer licensed in the State of Missouri or a qualified electrician licensed in the City of Saint Robert, Missouri. If the customer-generator's equipment fails any test, the customer-generator shall immediately disconnect the customer-generator's system from the City's system. The customer-generator shall maintain a record of the results of these tests and, upon request by the City, shall provide a copy of the test results to the City. The City may immediately disconnect the customer-generator's system if:
a. 
The test results show that the customer-generator's system is not functioning properly, or
b. 
The customer-generator does not provide a copy of the test results to the City upon request.
3. 
The customer-generator's system shall not be reconnected to the City's electrical system by the customer-generator until the customer-generator's system is repaired and operating in a normal and safe manner.
I. 
Indemnification. Customer-generator shall indemnify, defend, and hold harmless the City, its officers, directors, agents, and employees, from and against all claims, damages, losses, and expenses, including attorney's fees, arising out of this agreement caused by customer-generator's acts or omissions or by customer-generator's system, except to the extent that such claims, etc., are caused by the negligence of the City. This indemnification agreement shall not be limited in any way by any limitation on the amount or type of damages, compensation, or benefits payable by or for customer-generator under workers' compensation acts, disability benefit acts, or other employee benefit acts.