Village of Argyle, WI Article VII Refunds of Customer Contributions by Type of Customer

§ 263-42 Eligibility for refunds.

A. The Utility shall make refunds to a customer who made a contribution for an extension (a contributed extension) when the Utility makes an extension from the contributed extension to a second customer which does not require a contribution from the second customer (a noncontributed extension).

B. In all cases, refunds to the customer making the original contributions shall be limited to the first five years from the installation date. The Utility shall make the refund to the customer who made the original contribution or the current property owner of record unless it has a written record from that customer assigning the refund rights to another customer.

§ 263-43 Application for the refund.

A. When additional customers are connected to an existing extension which required an installation charge from the original customer for whom the extension was first made, that original customer may received a refund paid by the Utility.

B. If the cost of adding a new customer to an existing extension is less than the average depreciated embedded cost to serve the new customers, the new customer will not be charged. The original contributor of the extension shall be refunded the difference between the average depreciated embedded cost and the cost of adding the new customer.

C. If the cost of additional distribution facilities exceeds the average depreciated embedded cost of a customer classification, the construction will be considered a new extension. In this case no refund is due the original contributor.

D. The original contributor or successive owner shall receive refunds, if any, for only the first five years from the date the original extension is energized.

E. Refunds shall be made to the original contributing customer(s) by the Utility within 20 days after the additional customer's cost of installation is determined.

F. The amount of the refund shall be based on the embedded cost allowance in effect at the time the contributed extension was installed or the current embedded cost allowance, whichever is greater. In no case shall the total refund exceed the total installation charge.