This rate shall be available in the City of
Vineland.
This rate is applicable to residential service
through one meter to customers in individual residences and in individual
apartments for lighting, cooking, heating, refrigeration, appliances
and for single-phase motors of limited capacity, including service
for agricultural purposes incidental to the domestic service. In residential
premises, use for purposes other than residential will be permitted
only where such use is incidental to the residential use.
[Amended 3-24-1964 by Ord. No. 475; 9-8-1970 by Ord. No. 772; 4-27-1971 by Ord. No.
798; 3-22-1977 by Ord. No. 1074; 11-12-1980 by Ord. No. 1231; 1-14-1986 by Ord. No. 85-66; 12-12-1989 by Ord. No. 89-1996; 3-10-1992 by Ord. No.
92-14; 4-26-1994 by Ord. No. 94-30; 7-11-2017 by Ord. No. 2017-48; 3-27-2018 by Ord. No.
2018-17]
A.
The following rates shall be effective April 1, 2018:
|
Rate
|
Kilowatt-Hours Used per Month
| |
|---|---|---|
|
$7
|
Minimum customer charge
| |
|
$0.13028
|
Per kilowatt-hour for the first in the billing months of October
through May, inclusive
|
500
|
|
$0.13028
|
Per kilowatt-hour for the first in the billing months of June
through September, inclusive
|
600
|
|
$0.09181
|
Per kilowatt-hour in the billing months of October through May,
inclusive, for all over
|
500
|
|
$0.14256
|
Per kilowatt-hour in the billing months of June through September,
inclusive, for all over
|
600
|
[Amended 9-8-1970 by Ord. No. 772; 3-22-1977 by Ord. No. 1074; 11-12-1980 by Ord. No.
1231; 1-14-1986 by Ord. No. 85-66; 12-12-1989 by Ord. No. 89-96; 3-10-1992 by Ord. No. 92-14; 4-26-1994 by Ord. No. 94-30; 7-11-2017 by Ord. No. 2017-48]
The next minimum bill under the above rate shall
be $7 per month, effective September 1, 2017.
This rate will apply where two or more individual
apartments or dwelling units on a single premises are served through
one meter, provided that the minimum charge and the number of kilowatt-hours
in each block of the rate are multiplied by the number of individual
apartments or dwelling units, whether occupied or not, served through
one meter. Service to a multiple dwelling may, at the option of the
customer, be taken under the general light and power service rate
GLP.
[Amended 4-26-1960 by Ord. No. 341; 9-8-1970 by Ord. No. 772; 3-22-1977 by Ord. No.
1074]
No allowances will be made for water-heating
service.
[Amended 11-26-1985 by Ord. No. 85-56; 2-23-1988 by Ord. No. 88-10; 6-27-1989 by Ord. No.
89-39]
A.
The above rate is net and is contingent upon payment
of bills within 15 days of the date rendered. An additional charge
of 5% of the current amount billed, net of any payments applied thereon,
will be added to bills not paid within the specified payment time.
[Amended 3-12-1991 by Ord. No. 91-22; 5-8-2000 by Ord. No. 2000-34]
B.
Senior citizens.
(1)
The delayed-payment charge shall be waived to senior
citizens 65 years of age or older, provided that a written application
is made and service is in the applicant's name. Proof of age must
be presented at time of application.
C.
Disabled American veterans.
(1)
The delayed-payment charge shall be waived to disabled
American veterans, provided that a written application is made and
service is in the applicant's name. Proof of disabled American veteran
status must be presented at time of application. For purposes of this
section, a "disabled American veteran" is any veteran who has been
or shall be declared by the United States Veterans' Administration,
or its successor, to have a service-connected disability.
D.
Permanently and totally disabled persons.
(1)
The delayed-payment charge shall be waived to permanently
and totally disabled persons, provided that a written application
is made and service is in the applicant's name. Proof of permanent
and total disability status must be presented at time of application.
For purposes of this section, a "permanently and totally disabled
person" is any person who has been or shall be declared by the United
States Social Security Administration, or its successor, to be permanently
and totally disabled.
[Amended 9-27-1955 by Ord. No. 188]
The contract term under this rate shall be variable.
Service under this rate is subject to the general
terms, rules and regulations as adopted by the City of Vineland Electric
Utility.
[Added 4-27-1971 by Ord. No. 798; amended 3-22-1977 by Ord. No. 1074; 11-12-1980 by Ord. No.
1231; 12-8-1981 by Ord. No. 1281; 1-14-1986 by Ord. No. 85-66; 4-26-1994 by Ord. No. 94-30; 12-10-1996 by Ord. No. 96-99; 5-8-2000 by Ord. No. 2000-34; 12-23-2003 by Ord. No. 2003-67; 12-9-2008 by Ord. No.
2008-82]
A.
The energy cost clause (fuel adjustment factor) shall be computed
thrice annually, for service billed in the months of October through
December (winter rates), January through May (winter rates) and June
through September (summer rates). The fuel-adjustment factor shall
adjust monthly billings either upward or downward. When said fuel-adjustment
factor is above or below $0.02164 per kilowatt-hour, an additional
charge or deduction will be made to each kilowatt-hour supplied under
this rate schedule, except those applied to street and traffic lighting.
Such added charge or decreased charge, as the case may be, will be
the amount per kilowatt-hour by which such fuel purchased power and
interchanged power cost is estimated to be above or below $0.02164
per kilowatt-hour.
[Amended 7-11-2017 by Ord. No. 2017-48]
B.
The increase or decrease in the cost of fuel consumed and of power
purchased or interchanged per kilowatt-hour sold, as determined by
budgeted funds and projected seasonal sales, will be applied to billings
in the summer- or winter-rate period applicable. Each month, the fuel-adjustment
factor calculated above shall be compared to actual fuel, purchased
power and interchange power costs and the difference calculated. The
difference between the fuel-adjustment factor and the actual costs
of fuel, purchase power and interchanged power will be accumulated,
as a recovery factor, such that the balance nets out over or under
recoveries against each other. The net balance will be accumulated
for the months of September through November (inclusive), December
through April (inclusive), and May through August (inclusive). The
net September through April balance will be applied, as either an
increase or decrease, to the fuel-adjustment calculation (as described
above) in the next accumulated period immediately following the adjustment
period. The net May through August balance will be applied, as either
an increase or decrease, to the fuel-adjustment calculation (as described
above) in the winter-rate season immediately following the adjustment
period. The cost per kilowatt-hour for all calculations shall be carried
out to the nearest one-thousandth of a mill. Kilowatt-hours sold,
as used in making such determinations, will not include the kilowatt-hours
of a rate schedule to which this adjustment clause does not apply.
The minimum bill shall not be reduced by reason of this energy cost
clause, but the adjustment, when positive, will be billed to all kilowatt-hours
delivered.
C.
In the event that, in the Utility's judgment, pass-through of 100%
of the accumulated seasonal differential in fuel costs in the rate
season immediately following the rate season in which the differential
was experienced will result in a fuel-adjustment factor which varies
substantially from the actual fuel costs during that subsequent season,
the Utility may defer pass-through of a portion of the net difference
to subsequent rate seasons. The specific proportion to be deferred
shall be determined by the Utility as necessary to avoid price distortions
and undue price volatility to customers.
