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.
(2) 
If all conditions are met in Subsection B(1), the senior citizen customers as defined above shall receive net billing only. This waiver of the delayed-payment charge shall apply to the residential rate only.
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.
(2) 
If all conditions are met in Subsection C(1), the disabled American veteran customers as defined above shall receive net billing only. This waiver of the delayed-payment charge shall apply to the residential rate only.
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.
(2) 
If all conditions of Subsection D(1) are met, the permanently and totally disabled customers as defined above shall receive net billing only. This waiver of the delayed-payment charge shall apply to the residential rate only.
[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.