[R.O. 2001 § 720.010; CC 1984 § 114.010]
No person except the Mayor or persons working under his/her
orders shall attach any wire to the primary or secondary lines, install
any such lines, or turn on electrical service to any building, residence,
dwelling, house or premises of any kind whatever; and no person shall
in any manner take or use service furnished by the electric plant
without first applying therefor and receiving a permit to do so.
[R.O. 2001 § 720.020; CC 1984 § 114.020]
A.
When service is required for a temporary installation, the customer
shall pay the entire cost of installing and removing the necessary
transformer, poles, wires or other equipment, plus the loss of service
value of any material used, and shall pay for the current used on
the basis of the appropriate service classification for a period of
not less than one (1) month. The City will prepare an estimate of
the cost of installing and removing the temporary service and the
applicant shall pay in advance to the City this total estimated cost.
Such advance payment will be applied to the final actual cost.
1.
Temporary service shall be no less than sixty (60) amp, with
thirty (30) amp branch circuit, rain-tight grounded service, rain-tight
grounded receptacles, to be furnished and installed by the owner's
electrical contractor.
[R.O. 2001 § 720.030; CC 1984 § 114.030]
All expenses necessary for either work or material to wire any
building or premises of any kind, including all fixtures for light,
cooking, heat, power, signs and appliances and for the maintenance
and repair of all such wiring and other equipment, shall be borne
and paid for by the owner or occupant of such building or premises,
and all such wiring and the connecting of all fixtures, stoves, motors,
signs and appliances must be done in accordance with the rules and
requirements of the Electrical Code of the City in effect at the time
such work is done. The City will furnish, install and maintain all
necessary poles and wires. Wire holders to be placed by owner or his/her
electrical contractor, at the expense of the City, provided that when
electrical service is furnished to any consumer for thirty (30) days
or less, such consumer shall be required to pay all expenses for the
installation and removal of all equipment incident and necessary to
the furnishing of such service. The size, number and location of all
meters necessary for any building or premises of any kind is to be
determined by the Mayor and may be removed by the City at any time
for any cause. It shall be the duty of the owner or occupant of the
building or premises to provide space for and to protect all such
poles, wires and wire holders on such premises from injury or damage
of any kind. All service lines and meters shall be located where most
convenient for the service to be furnished and the locating and installing
of all such lines and meters shall be determined and done under the
direction and general supervision of the Mayor. Nothing in this rule
shall be construed to mean that the City will furnish, install or
maintain any underground service to any building, dwelling, house
or premises of any kind whatever.
[R.O. 2001 § 720.040; CC 1984 § 114.040]
Electric meter and entrance switches shall be kept sealed and
service shall be cut off from any house, building or premises where
seals or the meter or wiring shows traces of having been tampered
with. Any person who shall connect or disconnect or in any way molest
or tamper with any electric wire in the City without authority from
the Mayor shall be guilty of an ordinance violation. Where the identity
of the person who has molested a seal, a meter or a wire is not otherwise
proven, the consumer to whom the electric service is being furnished
through such meter or wire shall be held responsible.
[R.O. 2001 § 720.050; CC 1984 § 114.050]
A.
No person shall hitch or tie any horse or any other animal or in
any manner attach any placard, notice, bill or advertisement of any
kind whatever to any pole, standard, wire, fixture, transformer or
property of any kind whatever belonging to the City electrical system.
B.
No person shall erect, build, place or install, or plant, grow or
permit to grow, or cause to be built or placed any pole, wire, building
of any kind, tree, shrub, vine or undergrowth, or anything of any
kind whatever that shall touch or interfere with any wire or other
equipment belonging to the City electric plant, or over any part of
any street, alley, sidewalk or parkway in the City so as to in any
manner interfere with the electric service and where any such obstruction
to the operation or building of any line necessary or convenient for
the transmission of electricity of the electric plant is found, it
may be removed by employees of the City with as little damage to property
as necessary.
C.
No person shall in any way hinder, prevent or obstruct the operation
of the City's electric plant or any part thereof.
[R.O. 2001 § 720.060; CC 1984 § 114.060; Ord. No. 850 § 1, 10-4-2001; Ord. No. 917 § 1, 6-7-2007; Ord. No. 952 § 1, 6-4-2009]
E.
Minimum Charge. Regardless of actual usage, there shall be a minimum
charge of seven dollars seventy-one cents ($7.71) per month.
F.
Monthly Energy Charge. The stated base rate charge for residential
electric service, commercial and industrial electric service and electric
heat service shall be supplemented by the actual energy price charged
by the supplier of the electricity purchased by the City to the extent
that the actual energy price varies from $0.0703 per kwh. The City
is hereby empowered and directed to determine the amount of said supplement
upon a per kwh basis and to thereafter modify the electric charges
for all purchasers of electricity from the City for the billing period
next following the effective date of the invoice of the energy charges.
The calculation shall be based on the average of the three (3) most
recent months of invoices from the supplier of electricity purchased
by the City, the average of the three (3) most recent months of power
plant generation costs and the average of the three (3) most recent
months of electricity purchased from the City.
G.
Rate Review. The rate structure established under this Section shall
be reviewed annually by the Board of Aldermen in connection with the
review of the annual fiscal year audit report. The rates established
hereunder shall be automatically adjusted across the board so that
the income from the electric proprietary fund shall represent a reasonable
rate of return over actual expenses attributable to the electric utility
as shown by the latest fiscal year audit report.
H.
Special Contracts. The Board of Aldermen reserve the right to enter
into special contracts with electric customers. In deciding whether
to enter into a special contract, the Board of Aldermen shall consider
the overall economic impact the customer has had or is expected to
have on the City of Memphis, including, but not limited to, the impact
on the City's electric system as well as the economic development
impact.
[R.O. 2001 § 720.070; Ord. No.
1032 § 1, 10-2-2014; Ord. No. 1093, 11-2-2017]
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's electrical system
(hereinafter in the section called "the Utility") 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 calender year equals or exceeds one
percent (1%) of the Utility's single-hour peak load for the previous
calender year.
B.
Availability; Agreements.
1.
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 ten (10) kilowatts
(unless previously excepted by the City) that is located on the customer's
premises, is interconnected and operates in a 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 Section is offered in compliance
with the "Net Metering and Easy Connection Act" (Section 386.890,
RSMo.) and appropriate Missouri Public Service Commission Rules.
2.
Additional sources of renewable energy may be certified by the
Department of Natural Resources, and they will be accepted by the
City.
3.
All agreements hereunder are between the customer-generator
and the City and shall not include a third party and shall be in a
written form prepared and approved by the City.
C.
Definitions. As used in this Section:
1.
"Net metering" means 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.
2.
All other definitions used in this Section shall be those contained
in the Missouri "Net Metering and Easy Connection Act," Section 386.890,
RSMo., except where noted in this Section.
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 Section, 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.
The customer-generator shall be billed for net energy in accordance
with the normal billing procedures as set forth in the customer's
rate schedule. For billing periods in which net energy is less than
zero (0), credits for the amount of net energy shall be applied to
the account. Credits can be carried over and applied to the next billing
cycle except for the March billing, in which any credits remaining
after the March billing will be removed without compensation to the
customer-generator.
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.
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' Laboratories. In addition it shall:
a.
Be equipped at the customer-generator's expense with a
meter or meters approved 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. At the request of the customer-generator,
those costs can be initially paid by the Utility, which may bill the
customer-generator the costs over a twelve-billing-cycle period along
with a reasonable rate of interest.
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.
4.
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.
