[R.O. 2013 § 710.010; Code 1952, Ch. 3, Article
10, § 40; Ord. No. 06-19 § 2, 4-24-2006]
A.
The City will supply electricity through City owned and furnished meters. Delivery of electricity shall be considered complete at the outlet of the meter. The City will keep an accurate record of the amount of electricity registered by such meter and unless such meter is proven incorrect as provided in Section 710.090, such record shall be accepted by all parties as prima facie evidence of the amount consumed and to be paid for by the customer.
B.
In the case of interference with or unnecessary injury or damage
to a meter or other City property on premises served by the City,
the City may remove such meter and refuse further service until such
damage has been paid for by the customer.
C.
If the City at any time finds that taps have been made ahead of the
meter, it shall estimate as nearly as possible the amount of electricity
taken without registering and shall bill such amount to the customer.
D.
Customers who have used service for one (1) year or more and desire
to temporarily discontinue service for a short period may do so by
notifying the City, having the meter read and disconnected, subject
to restoration on short notice. During such interval of suspension,
the City will not charge the regular monthly minimum but will, upon
notification to restore service, have service restored at once and
make a charge of two dollars ($2.00) to be added to the regular billing.
E.
No agent of the City shall have the power to amend, modify or alter
these conditions or any rate schedule or to bind the City by making
any promises or stipulations not contained in such conditions or rate
schedules.
[R.O. 2013 § 710.020; Code 1952, Ch. 3, Article
10, § 27; Ord. No. 06-19 § 2, 4-24-2006]
A.
All service shall be measured by an approved standard type integrating
watt hour meter, except streetlighting, park lighting or any other
service which is installed on a circuit under the direct control of
the City.
B.
The City will accept applications for service where standard conditions
apply and when service can be supplied from existing lines or extensions
thereof as provided in this Chapter. All applications for service
shall be subject to the City's rules and regulations. In the event
the service required is out of the ordinary, the rates and tariffs
shall be subject to a special agreement which shall set forth in detail
all particulars.
[R.O. 2013 § 710.030; Code 1952, Ch. 3, Article
10, § 32]
A.
The standard service for lighting, small household appliances and
motors of one-half (1/2) horsepower or less, will be one hundred twenty
(120) volts, sixty (60) cycles, single-phase alternating current.
B.
Service for small motors from one (1) horsepower to ten (10) horsepower
capacity shall be furnished at two hundred forty (240) volts, sixty
(60) cycles of single-phase alternating current. Service may be three-phase
when installed and operated in connection with larger three-phase
motors. Service for motors ten (10) horsepower and above will be furnished
at two hundred forty (240) volts, sixty (60) cycles, three-phase alternating
current. Service required other than above set out will be special
and subject to special consideration.
C.
All polyphase motors from ten (10) horsepower to two hundred fifty
(250) horsepower shall be of the squirrel cage or slip ring type.
All motors of ten (10) horsepower and larger shall be provided with
suitable starting and protective devices in addition to disconnecting
switches. Polyphase motors of twenty-five (25) horsepower and up may
be operated at two thousand three hundred (2,300) volts by permission
of the City. The City should be consulted in connection with the installation
of all large power service so that proper arrangements may be provided
for furnishing such service.
[R.O. 2013 § 710.040; Code 1952, Ch. 3, Article
10, § 39; Ord. No. 06-19 § 2, 4-24-2006]
No customer will be permitted to sell or deliver to others any electricity supplied by the City, except by written authority of the City to do so. The City reserves jurisdiction over all motors and other apparatus that may be connected to their services. The City further reserves the right to refuse service to such motors or apparatus that may impose a bad power factor or starting conditions upon the system to the detriment of other customers. The City reserves the right to refuse service to persons who are indebted or owe the City for service previously rendered until the amount due has been paid in full and the required deposit made as provided in Section 700.030 of this Code.
[R.O. 2013 § 710.050; Ord. No.
04-72 § 1, 12-13-2004; Ord. No. 06-19 § 2, 4-24-2006; Ord. No. 07-45 § 1, 10-8-2007; Ord. No. 10-43 § 1, 8-9-2010; Ord. No. 11-43 §§ 1
— 2, 8-22-2011; Ord. No. 11-54 § 1, 9-26-2011; Ord. No. 13-30 § 1, 9-23-2013; Ord. No. 14-36 § 1, 9-22-2014; Ord. No. 15-27 § 1, 9-28-2015; Ord. No. 15-33 § 1, 10-13-2015; Ord. No. 16-33 § 1, 9-26-2016; Ord. No. 17-14 § 1, 4-24-2017; Ord. No. 17-40, 10-10-2017; Ord. No. 18-27, 9-24-2018; Ord. No. 19-23, 9-23-2019; Ord. No. 21-29, 11-1-2021]
A.
Electric Service Rates. The rates for electric light and power service
furnished to the consumer by the City pursuant to this Chapter shall
be set from time to time by the Board of Aldermen, by ordinance, pursuant
to the recommendations of the Manager of City Utilities. A current
schedule of such rates shall be maintained on file in the office of
the City Clerk. The following rates shall be in effect until amended
or modified as provided herein:
[Ord. No. 22-15, 7-25-2022; Ord. No. 23-34, 10-10-2023]
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Service Type
|
Rate
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|---|---|
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Residential:
| |
|
Service availability charge
|
$18.50
|
|
Energy charge
|
$0.1044
|
|
Residential Rural:
| |
|
Service availability charge
|
$18.50
|
|
Energy charge
|
$0.1227
|
|
Commercial — Non-Demand:
| |
|
Service availability charge
|
$24.50
|
|
Energy charge
|
$0.1226
|
|
Commercial — Demand:
| |
|
Service availability charge
|
$45.00
|
|
Energy charge
|
$0.0869
|
|
Demand charge per kw
|
$8.65
|
|
Dusk-To-Dawn Lighting:
| |
|
Monthly charge — high-pressure sodium:
| |
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100 watts
|
$9.50
|
|
250 watts
|
$16.00
|
|
400 watts
|
$21.00
|
|
Pole rental
|
$2.50
|
|
Monthly charge — LED:
| |
|
80 watt decorative (4,000k lumens)
|
$18.00
|
|
Pole rental
|
$2.50
|
B.
Purchased Power Adjustment. In addition to the above charges, the
City of Fredericktown, Missouri, shall collect a purchased power adjustment
on the sale of each kilowatt-hour (kwh) to each calculated customer
as follows:
1.
The current month's purchased power cost shall be calculated
as the difference between those power costs to be recovered by the
City in the previous month and those power costs actually collected
by the City in the preceding month.
2.
The purchased power adjustment rate for the current month shall
be calculated as the difference between the current month's purchased
power cost and the City's monthly base purchased power cost of seven
and twenty- one hundredths cents ($0.0721) per kwh.
3.
The current month's purchased power adjustment rate shall be
multiplied by the total kwh billed to each customer on all of the
City's metered kilowatt-hour rates and correspondingly added to or
subtracted from each customer's bill rounded to each one cent ($0.01),
or major fraction thereof.
C.
Annual Operations Adjustment For Residential And Commercial Rates. For the residential rate, commercial rate and all other non-demand metered rates, the charges in Subsection (A) of this Section are subject to an annual operations adjustment. Commencing with the first billing date for each consumer after September 30 of each year, there shall be a five percent (5%) increase to the customer service charge and a five percent (5%) increase to the difference between the energy charge and the base energy charge of seven and twenty-one hundredths cents ($0.0721) as defined in the purchased power adjustment.
D.
Annual Operations Adjustment For Commercial Demand Rate. For the commercial demand rate and all other demand metered rates, the charges in Subsection (A) of this Section are subject to an annual operations adjustment. Commencing with the first billing date for each customer after September 30 of each year, there shall be a five percent (5%) increase to the customer service charge, a five percent (5%) increase to the demand charge, and a five percent (5%) increase to the difference, if positive, between the energy charge and the base energy charge of seven and twenty-one hundredths cents ($0.0721) as defined in the purchased power adjustment and a five percent (5%) increase to the difference, if positive, between the energy charge for excess energy and the purchased power adjustment.
E.
Electric Meter Charge. In addition to the other charges set forth in this Section, the City of Fredericktown, Missouri, shall collect a monthly fee per meter reading charge equal to the service availability charge set forth in Subsection (A) for each meter located on a customer's premises that has not measured any energy used.
F.
BASE ENERGY CHARGE
ENERGY CHARGE
MONTHLY BASE PURCHASE POWER COST
PURCHASE POWER COST
Definitions. The following definitions shall apply to this Section:
The historic cost of power calculated based on the average
costs of power from July 2021 through October 2021.
The price per kilowatt-hour (kwh) charged by the City of
Fredericktown for each kwh consumed by customers in each service type
prior to any purchase power adjustment.
The cost of the power purchased by the City of Fredericktown
increased by the cost incurred for the transmission of the power to
the City's system and divided by the total kilowatt-hours sold in
the City for the month of calculation.
The total price paid by the City of Fredericktown to purchase
power plus the costs incurred by the City to transmit the power to
the City system.
[R.O. 2013 § 710.060; Code 1952, Ch. 3, Article
10, § 37; Ord. No. 06-19 § 2, 4-24-2006; Ord. No. 13-06 § 1, 1-14-2013; Ord. No. 17-17 § 1, 5-22-2017]
A.
Short Term. Any service of less than twelve (12) months shall be termed "temporary service." In addition to the deposit required in Section 700.030 of this Code, payment to the City of an installation charge of seventy-five dollars ($75.00) is required for those sites where services are available from existing facilities. For those sites where services are not available from existing facilities, Section 710.140 et seq. shall apply for the costs of connection. Upon payment of the applicable deposit and costs required, the customer shall receive service at the standard rates applicable. No liability shall rest upon the City to give such service if it is not available from existing facilities or if such service shall be prejudicial to its service to other customers. Service to fairs, circuses, carnivals, etc., shall be subject to special contract and rules and rates in excess of standard tariffs, at the discretion of the City.
B.
Construction Projects. Temporary electrical service for construction projects shall be obtained by applying for an electric meter at the time the building permit application is made. A temporary electric meter shall be supplied by the City upon payment of a fee of one hundred twenty-five dollars ($125.00) if the City provides the temporary service box; or seventy-five dollars ($75.00) if the customer's contractor supplies the temporary service box. In the event that no permanent electrical service is needed to the structure, then the temporary electric meter shall be removed. In the event that permanent service is needed to the structure, then the electric meter shall be converted to permanent use for the benefit of the property at no additional charge as set forth in Section 710.260 of this Code.[1]
[R.O. 2013 § 710.070; Ord. No.
13-06 § 2, 1-14-2013]
The City shall determine the size and type of electrical meter
necessary for all customers. Commercial and industrial customers shall
bear the actual installation costs of all metering equipment for their
service. Further, customer shall bear all cost associated with any
increase in a customer's electrical load or change in the kind of
service which renders the metering equipment as initially installed
to be inadequate.
[R.O. 2013 § 710.080; Code 1952, Ch. 3, Art. 10,
§ 30; Ord. No. 92-6 § 1, 4-27-1992; Ord. No. 06-19 § 2, 4-24-2006; Ord. No. 13-06 § 3, 1-14-2013]
No service will be supplied to a customer's premises where the customer's wiring, apparatus and equipment are not in compliance with the National Electrical Code as adopted by the City in Section 500.090, the International Residential Code as adopted by the City in Section 500.080, and all the laws and governmental regulations applicable to the same. The City shall have the right to inspect the customer's premises to insure compliance with the National Electrical Code. No service wires shall be tapped or connected and no electricity turned on, except by the representatives of the City. The meter installed shall remain at all times the property of and under the complete control of the City. It shall be sealed by the City and tampering with such seal or meter is prohibited. The City reserves the right to change or test such meter at any time it may elect to do so.
[R.O. 2013 § 710.090; Code 1952, Ch. 3, Article
10, § 36; Ord. No. 06-19 § 2, 4-24-2006]
Should a customer, at any time within six (6) months from the
date of the last test made of the meter measuring electricity delivered
to his/her premises, doubt the correctness of such meter, he/she may
have such meter tested in accordance with Rule No. 34, G.O. No. 20,
of the Missouri Public Service Commission or he/she may, upon application
to the office of the City and upon depositing a fee of two dollars
($2.00) therewith, have such meter tested. Should such test show the
meter in question to be correct within two percent (2%) fast or two
percent (2%) slow as per Rule No. 41, Circular No. 37, of the Missouri
Public Service Commission, such customer shall bear the cost of the
test. Should such test show the meter in question to be registering
incorrectly and beyond such limits, such deposit shall be refunded
and the account adjusted according to the percentage of error shown
and the entire cost of the test shall be borne by the City. No adjustment
shall be made for a longer period than three (3) months preceding
the customer's request for the test.
[R.O. 2013 § 710.100; Code 1952, Ch. 3, Art. 10,
§ 35; Ord. No. 92-7 § 1, 4-27-1992; Ord. No. 06-19 § 2, 4-24-2006; Ord. No. 13-06 § 4, 1-14-2013]
Whenever the City shall find that the customer's service connection wires, wiring, entrance switch and fuses or motor starting switches controlling the supply of electricity to any premises are not in serviceable condition and are in violation of the National Electrical Code as set forth in Section 500.090, the City shall at once notify the customer of the fact and should the customer fail to promptly remedy such defects, service will be discontinued and not again resumed until the defective parts are put in a serviceable condition. If a bypass or a dangerous condition is found on customer's premises, the service may be discontinued immediately and the customer notified with reasons given for such discontinuance. The City shall have the right to discontinue its service on giving five (5) days' notice and to remove its property from the premises should the customer fail or refuse to comply with the City's rules and regulations or to perform any of the conditions or obligations of the City applying to such service.
[R.O. 2013 § 710.110; Code 1952, Ch. 3, Article
10, § 34; Ord. No. 06-19 § 2, 4-24-2006; Ord. No. 06-19 § 2, 4-24-2006]
The City reserves the right at any time to discontinue service
from its lines for the purpose of making repairs, extensions or inspections
and for such other purposes as may, from time to time, make this necessary.
The City will, whenever possible, arrange such interruptions in service
caused by repairs, extensions or inspections, so as to affect as few
users as possible. Risks of damage hereunder are assumed by the customer.
The City shall not be responsible for failure to supply electricity
or for the interruption of the supply and the customer agrees that
the City shall not be liable for damages resulting to the customer
or to a third person from such causes or from the use of electricity
or the presence of the City's equipment or apparatus upon the customer's
premises.
[R.O. 2013 § 710.120; Ord. No.
01-54 § 1, 11-26-2001; Ord. No. 06-19 § 2, 4-24-2006; Ord. No. 11-54 § 2, 9-26-2011; Ord. No. 13-06 § 5, 1-14-2013; Ord. No. 17-17 § 2, 5-22-2017; Ord. No. 17-20 § 1, 6-26-2017]
Customers with two (2) or more meters at the same location shall have all the meter readings combined for billing energy charges. The applicable monthly service availability charge established by § 710.050 shall be charged for each meter.
[R.O. 2013 § 710.130; Ord. No.
13-06 § 6, 1-14-2013]
Electrical service lines shall consist of the wire, accessories
and equipment necessary to conduct electricity from the City's distribution
system to the electrical user's meter or weatherhead.
[R.O. 2013 § 710.140; Ord. No.
13-06 § 6, 1-14-2013]
Standard service line installation shall consist of overhead
residential lines of a distance of no more than one hundred (100)
feet from the existing distribution lines requiring no more than a
fifteen (15) kva transformer for two hundred (200) amperes, one hundred
twenty/two hundred forty (120/240) volt, single-phase power.
[R.O. 2013 § 710.150; Ord. No.
13-06 § 6, 1-14-2013; Ord. No. 17-17 § 3, 5-22-2017]
A.
Electric service line installation shall be supplied by the City
only at such premises that are adjacent to the City's existing distribution
facilities which are adequate and suitable as to voltage, phase and
other characteristics to supply utility service for the requirements
of the customer, unless special arrangements are made between the
customer and the City.
B.
Overhead Electric Service Lines. All overhead electric service lines
shall be installed by the City. Electric meters shall be furnished
and installed by the City. The customer shall provide and maintain
at the location specified by the City an area for the installation
of the City's meter. The customer shall install the meter base at
the City-designated location. The customer shall provide, install,
and maintain the necessary meter mounting facilities (mast and trims,
etc.) as required by the City in a manner satisfactory to the City
and in full compliance with the provisions of the National Electrical
Code, International Residential Code, and all the laws and governmental
regulations applicable to the same.
C.
Underground Electric Service Lines. The City shall furnish and install
the electric meter necessary at a location as specified by the City.
1.
If the meter is installed on the customer's structure, the City
shall furnish, install and maintain the meter base at the location
as specified by the City. The customer shall maintain an area for
the installation of the City's meter. The customer shall provide and
install properly sized conduit from the City's pole to the meter location.
The City shall provide the properly sized wire for the service at
the customer's expense.
2.
The customer shall provide, install, and maintain the necessary
meter mounting facilities (conduit, etc.) as required by the City
in a manner satisfactory to the City and in full compliance with the
provisions of the National Electrical Code, International Residential
Code, and all the laws and governmental regulations applicable to
the same.
D.
The customer shall be responsible for all damage repairs to the customer's
maintained equipment. Further, the City shall not be obligated to
reinstate services to the customer's premises until damage and/or
unsafe conditions have been inspected and are deemed safe and acceptable
by the City.
[R.O. 2013 § 710.160; Ord. No.
13-06 § 6, 1-14-2013]
The customer shall provide or procure for the City such right-of-way
(including permission to trim trees or remove trees that may interfere
with the operation of the City's facilities) as are satisfactory to
the City across property owned or otherwise controlled by the customer
for the construction, operation, and maintenance by the City of its
facilities necessary or incidental to the supplying of such utility
service. The customer is to provide, at no cost to the City, all rights-of-way
and easements required for the City's primary, secondary and service
cables, pad-mounted transformers, secondary pedestals and any other
facilities that may be required to serve the customer. If said easement
is not donated, the City will not provide the service. The City will
not pursue these easements for the customer. The customer shall provide
all-weather hard-surface access for City vehicles to all electrical
facilities prior to sodding, landscaping and fencing. Lots and pad
locations must be pinned or staked, and the easement cleared of all
trees, stumps and obstructions before the City begins construction.
Excessive spoils (rock, tree, stumps, etc.) resulting from the installation
of utility facilities will be the responsibility of the customer to
remove.
[R.O. 2013 § 710.170; Ord. No.
13-06 § 6, 1-14-2013]
A.
Service Supply. Except as otherwise provided herein, utility service
will be supplied by the City under an available rate schedule only
at such premises as are adjacent to the City's existing distribution
facilities which are adequate and suitable as to voltage, phase and
other characteristics to supply utility service for the requirements
of the customer, unless special arrangements are made between the
customer and the City. The customer will provide the City with a written
easement for the installation and maintenance of the service at no
charge to the City. If said easement is not donated, the City will
not provide the service.
B.
Class Of Electric Service. Except as may be otherwise provided under
an applicable and available rate schedule of the City, all electric
service will be supplied in the form of sixty (60) cycles alternating
current and a primary and secondary electric service, which will be
designated by the City, will depend on the location, size, type and
other characteristics of the customer's load requirement.
C.
Electric Line Protection, Reliability And Interruptions. In order
to assure uniformly satisfactory service to all customers, it is important
that the customer follow the requirements for the customer's utilization
equipment contained herein. These requirements are not unduly restrictive
and can be met by commercially available equipment.
[Ord. No. 17-17 § 4, 5-22-2017]
1.
The customer shall use the electric service supplied by the City
with due regard to the effect of such service on its other customers
and on the facilities and equipment of the City. The City may refuse
to supply electric service or may suspend electric service to a customer
without notice if the customer's installation is in an unsafe or dangerous
condition or is so designed or operated as to disturb the electric
service supplied by the City to other customers.
2.
Equipment with excessive starting currents or that has intermittent
or rapidly fluctuating load characteristics shall not be connected
to the City without prior arrangements with the City. In order that
the utility lines and equipment be checked for adequacy, the customer
must notify the City whenever single-phase motors larger than seven
and one-half (7 1/2) horsepower, heating or cooling appliances
greater than ten (10) kilowatts or any special or unusual equipment
is to be installed. The electric service is subject to occasional
rapid voltage variations, which may adversely affect the operations
of sensitive controls on a customer's electrical equipment. Devices
are available for use with most electrical equipment that will minimize
the effect of such disturbances. It is the customer's responsibility
for the installation and maintenance of these devices and they must
be installed on the customer's side of the meter. The City will not
assume liability for damage to the customer's equipment nor to disturbances
in any customer process arising from such variations.
3.
When the customer installs lightning arresters, they must either
be connected to the customer's facilities on the load-side of the
customer's maintenance fuses or circuit breakers or be of the ground
lead disconnecting type.
4.
The City reserves the right to place any transmission or distribution
line underground where it is more economical or convenient for the
City to do so.
[R.O. 2013 § 710.180; Ord. No.
13-06 § 6, 1-14-2013; Ord. No. 17-17 § 5, 5-22-2017]
The customer must protect all three-phase motors and equipment
from single-phase and/or low voltage operating conditions. In addition,
the customer shall provide suitable protection for all motors. The
City will not be responsible for any damage to the customer's equipment
due to improper devices or the improper functioning of protective
devices.
[R.O. 2013 § 710.190; Ord. No.
13-06 § 6, 1-14-2013]
The City shall supply its service to the customer at the customer's
point of delivery. The customer shall provide a service entrance to
be located at a suitable point on or near the customer's premises
as specified by the City. Only authorized City employees shall be
permitted to energize the customer's installation from the City's
facilities.
[R.O. 2013 § 710.200; Ord. No.
13-06 § 6, 1-14-2013]
The customer shall give the duly authorized agents and employees
of the City, when properly identified, full and free access to the
premises of the customer without intimidation (dogs, etc.) at all
reasonable hours for the purpose of constructing, installing, inspecting,
adjusting, repairing, maintaining, replacing or removing any of the
City's facilities on the premises of the customer, reading meters,
or for any other purpose incidental to the electric service supplied
by the City. Denial of access may result in termination of service.
The City shall give the customer written notice of its intention to
discontinue service.
[R.O. 2013 § 710.210; Ord. No.
13-06 § 6, 1-14-2013; Ord. No. 17-17 § 6, 5-22-2017]
The obligation of the City to supply service to the customer
shall be completed by the supplying of such service at the customer's
point of delivery for the operation of all applicable equipment on
the premises of the customer.
[R.O. 2013 § 710.220; Ord. No.
13-06 § 6, 1-14-2013]
All facilities furnished and installed by the City on the premises
of the customer for the supply of electric service to the customer
shall be and remain the exclusive property of the City. All facilities
on the premises of the customer which are or become the property of
the City shall be operated and maintained by and at the expense of
the City, may be replaced by the City at any time, and may be removed
by the City upon termination of the customer's service agreement or
upon discontinuance by the City of electric service to the customer
for any reason.
[R.O. 2013 § 710.230; Ord. No.
13-06 § 6, 1-14-2013]
The City shall not be considered in default of its service agreement
and shall not otherwise be liable on account of any failure by the
City to perform any obligation if prevented from fulfilling such obligations
by reason of any delivery delay, breakdown or failure of or damage
to facilities, and electric disturbance originating on or transmitted
through the electrical system with which the City system is interconnected,
act of nature or public enemy, strike or other labor disturbance involving
the City or the customer, civil, military or governmental authority
or any cause beyond the control of the City. No liability shall attach
to the City for overhead and underground electric facilities which
are constructed and operated in compliance with safety rules for the
installation and maintenance of electric supply. Persons or workmen
in close proximity of utility lines must notify the City and request
protective devices, if available and feasible, to be set in place
due in part to the fact that the City may not have knowledge of the
presence of persons or of workmen performing in the near proximity.
By providing or not providing protective devices, the City shall not
be liable for persons or workmen working in close proximity to utility
lines.
[R.O. 2013 § 710.240; Ord. No.
13-06 § 6, 1-14-2013]
A.
Customer's Installation. Any and all wiring or equipment required
to transform, control, regulate or utilize beyond the point of delivery
the electric service supplied by the City shall be furnished, installed
and maintained by and shall be the sole responsibility of the customer
unless otherwise specified by written mutual agreement.
B.
Protection Equipment. Any customer desiring protection against interruptions,
cross- connection, phase failure, phase reversal, voltage, variations
or other temporary irregularities in electric shall, at his/her own
expense, furnish on such customer's installation such protective equipment
for such purpose. Any of these devices required by City ordinances
and not installed shall be sufficient reason for termination or penalties.
The City shall give the customer written notice of its intention to
discontinue service.
C.
Customer Responsibilities. The customer shall be responsible for
determining in advance, through application to the City, the class
or classes of electric service which will be designated by the City
and made available to the customer and the applicable conditions of
such electric service. The customer shall be responsible for determining
whether the customer's installation and all portions thereof are and
will be suitable for operation at the voltage, phase and other characteristics
of the class of service to be supplied by the City. All non-residential
customers shall provide to the City a detailed load profile which
shall include the total connected load and the calculated demand for
each installation or facility. Any miscalculations which result in
the City incurring additional expense due to damage or replacement
cost of supplied equipment shall be paid by customer. Replacement
of service conductors for a residential customer due solely to an
increase in on-peak load will be done at the expense of the customer.
D.
Unusual Loads. When the customer's load requirements are unusually
large or otherwise necessitate a substantial investment by the City
in special or additional equipment or facilities to serve the customer's
requirements, a payment by the customer will be required to be deposited
before construction. The charges and amount required will be at the
City's discretion to protect the investment of the City.
E.
Standards And Approvals. The customer's installation must conform
to all applicable laws, the requirements of all governmental authorities
having jurisdiction, the provisions and ordinances of the City of
Fredericktown and all rules, regulations and requirements of the City.
All required approvals of the customer's installation must be obtained
by the customer before the City shall be obligated to commence or
continue supplying electric service to the customer.
F.
Increasing Connected Load. A commercial or industrial customer shall
assume full responsibility for impairing the quality of customer's
service if the customer's connected load is substantially increased
without prior written notice to the City. Any such customer may substantially
increase customer's connected load or exceed customer's total estimated
demand only after written request by the customer and written notice
from the City that the City's facilities are adequate to supply such
increased load requirements of the customer. For the purpose of this
Subsection, the term "substantial" shall mean fifteen percent (15%)
or more.
G.
Facilities Location. The customer shall provide on customer's premises
necessary space and right-of-way for the installation by the City
of its transformation equipment and other necessary facilities. Such
space, if enclosed, shall be adequately ventilated and otherwise acceptable
to the City. The City shall have the right of full and free ingress
to and egress from all of its facilities. After such facilities have
been located on the premises of the customer, the customer shall pay
the costs of any subsequent change in the location thereof made at
the request of the customer.
H.
Protection Of City Property. The customer, at all times, shall protect
the property of the City on the premises of the customer and shall
permit no person other than the employees and agents of the City and
other persons authorized by law to inspect, work on, open or otherwise
handle the wires, meters or other facilities of the City. In case
of loss or damage to the property of the City on account of any carelessness,
neglect or misuse by the customer or any member of customer's family,
agents, servants or employees, the customer shall, at the request
of the City, pay to the City the cost of any necessary repairs or
replacements of such facilities or the value of such facilities.
I.
Tampering With City Facilities. The City may discontinue service
to a customer and remove its facilities from the customer's premises,
without notice, if evidence is found that any portion of the City's
facilities has been tampered with in such manner that the customer
may have received unmetered service. In such event, the City may require
the customer to pay for such amount of service as the City may estimate,
from available information, to have been used but not registered by
the City's meter and to increase the amount of customer's cash deposit
or indemnity bond or other credit arrangement before service is restored;
and, in addition thereto, the customer shall be required to bear all
costs incurred by the City for such protective equipment as in the
judgment of the City is determined to be necessary.
J.
Attachments To City Facilities. Except upon prior written consent
of the City, no person shall attach anything of any kind or nature
to the facilities of the City wherever located and City reserves the
right to remove forthwith and without notice any unauthorized attachments
to its facilities.
K.
City's Spare Inventory. The City will attempt to maintain, but not
guarantee, an inventory of spare equipment for immediate replacement
or use in emergency repairs and to minimize the customer's down time
due to equipment failure. Absolute critical spares or backup systems
shall be the responsibility of the customer. The City shall make every
effort to expedite any such equipment needed to return the customer
to prior normal operating status.
L.
Indemnity To City. The customer shall indemnify, save harmless and
defend the City against all claims, demands, cost or expense for loss,
damage or injury to persons or property in any manner directly or
indirectly connected with or growing out of the distribution or use
of electric service by the customer at or on the customer's side of
the point of delivery.
M.
Proration Of Demand Charges. In the event the customer's electric
load requirements are temporarily curtailed or substantially reduced
because of damage to or destruction of the customer's premises or
equipment due to an act of God, the City shall, upon request by the
customer, prorate the demand charges which would otherwise be applicable
for the electric service supplied to the customer during the affected
period of curtailed or reduced load requirements of the customer.
N.
Parallel Operations. No customer or governmental agency shall operate
or permit operation of electric generating equipment in parallel with
electric service supplied by the City except as may be permitted under
the customer's service agreement. The City has the right to refuse
any parallel operation it determines abnormal or dangerous. If this
equipment is permitted, it shall have automatic fail-safe back-feed
prevention devices for safety of City personnel. Further, the City
reserves the right to periodically inspect and witness the testing
of paralleling isolation equipment, and all cost of testing and inspection
are the responsibility of the customer.
[R.O. 2013 § 710.250; Ord. No.
13-06 § 6, 1-14-2013; Ord. No. 17-17 § 7, 5-22-2017]
A.
Upon the completion of installation of overhead electric service
lines, the City shall own and be responsible for same. The City's
ownership shall be from the City's pole to the weatherhead on customer's
structure. The customer shall retain ownership and be responsible
for the weatherhead's conduit, wire and mast.
B.
Upon the completion of installation of underground electric service
lines:
1.
If the meter is installed on the customer's structure, the customer's
ownership shall be the service conductor from the transformer to the
meter base.
2.
If the meter is installed on the City's pole, the customer ownership
shall be the conductor from the meter base on the City's pole to the
customer's structure.
[R.O. 2013 § 710.260; Ord. No.
13-06 § 6, 1-14-2013; Ord. No. 17-17 § 8, 5-22-2017]
A.
Residential.
1.
Electric Meters. The fee for each electric meter (regardless
of single-family or multi-family residential) shall be two hundred
dollars ($200.00). Payment for an electric meter must be made before
the City will supply electrical service. Fees for the electric meter
will be collected at the same time and in the same manner as fees
for building permits.
B.
Commercial And Industrial.
1.
Service Lines. Commercial and industrial customers shall pay
to the City the actual cost of the secondary line installation charges,
including, but not limited to, all materials. An estimate of cost
shall be furnished upon request and a signed agreement for installation
shall be submitted before installation begins.
2.
Electric Meters. All metering costs shall be based on the cost of the metering equipment to the City as set forth in Section 710.070. Payment for an electric meter must be made before the City will supply electrical service. Fees for the electric meter will be collected at the same time and in the same manner as fees for building permits.
[R.O. 2013 § 710.280; Ord. No.
13-06 § 6, 1-14-2013]
The customer shall submit to the City detailed plans, specifications,
equipment, descriptions and other details pertinent to the proposed
installation as may be required by the City. These plans, specifications,
etc., must be approved by the City before parallel operation will
be allowed. The City has the right to refuse any parallel operation
it determines abnormal or dangerous. Further, the City reserves the
right to periodically inspect and witness the testing of paralleling
isolation equipment, and all cost of testing and inspection shall
be the responsibility of the customer.
[R.O. 2013 § 710.290; Ord. No.
13-06 § 6, 1-14-2013]
The City will use reasonable diligence to supply continuous
service to the customer, but does not guarantee the supply of electricity
against irregularities or interruptions. The City shall not be considered
in default of its services and shall not otherwise be liable for any
damages occasioned by any irregularity or interruption of electric
service or acts of God, such as rain, snow, ice, lightning, wind,
extreme temperatures or other nature-related elements or by vehicular
or construction accidents or device failures beyond the control of
the City.
[R.O. 2013 § 710.300; Ord. No.
13-06 § 6, 1-14-2013]
A.
The City shall have the right to curtail (including voltage reduction),
interrupt or suspend electric to the customer for temporary periods
as may be necessary for the inspection, maintenance, alteration, change,
replacement, load management or repair of its facilities or for the
preservation or restoration of its system operations or of operations
on the interconnected electrical systems of which the City's system
is a part. During any period of emergency conditions on the City's
system or on the interconnected electric systems of which the City's
system is a part, the City shall have the right of selective curtailment,
interruption, suspension or restoration of electric service, both
within and without its system and as among customers served directly
from its system through the operation of protective devices or equipment
or by other means deemed by it to be appropriate to preserve or restore
the operational integrity of any portion of its generating resources
and transmission facilities or those of the interconnected electric
systems of which the City's system is a part. During the continuance
of any such emergency conditions and depending upon the operating
characteristics of the City's system and its interconnected electric
systems, the nature of the deficiency, and the extent of time availability,
the City's procedures for the curtailment, interruption or suspension
to customers served directly from the City's system shall generally
provide that:
1.
Interruptible electric service will be suspended;
2.
Voluntary reduction of use of electric will be requested directly
by the City of major use customers and will be requested by the City
of all customers by public appeals through the news media;
3.
Selective curtailment, interruption or suspension of service
will be made by the City either manually or through the automatic
operation of protective devices or equipment pursuant to load shedding
programs coordinated by the City with other regional interconnected
electric systems; and
4.
News media will, insofar as practicable, be kept informed of
the City's progress in the restoration of electric service during
the period of such emergency conditions.
B.
The City, in its sole judgment, may effect any additional or alternative
procedures during the period of such emergency conditions as it deems
necessary or more appropriate in the preservation or restoration of
electric service on its system and the interconnected systems of which
the City's system is a part; provided that if such emergency conditions
would prevail on the City's system or its interconnected systems for
substantially more than six (6) hours, then, to the extent of the
City's critical categories of its system of electric loads under such
coordinated plans, the City shall manually rotate service among such
less critical categories of loads served directly from its system
so as to limit the continuous period of interruption to such loads.
Upon restoration of the operational integrity of the affected systems,
the reenergizing of the City's system or those parts upon which service
has been curtailed, interrupted or suspended will proceed as rapidly
as practicable, dependent upon the availability of water, generation
and/or stability of the interconnected electric system.
[R.O. 2013 § 710.310; Ord. No.
13-06 § 6, 1-14-2013]
In all cases of interruption or suspension of service, the City
will make reasonable efforts to restore service without unnecessary
delay. Order and timing of restoration shall be determined solely
by the City. The ability to restore the greatest number of customers
to normal operation in the shortest period of time shall be given
priority consideration.
[R.O. 2013 § 710.320; Ord. No.
13-06 § 6, 1-14-2013]
Neither interruption nor suspension of service by the City shall
relieve the customer from charges provided for in the customer's service
agreement.
[R.O. 2013 § 710.340; Ord. No.
13-06 § 6, 1-14-2013; Ord. No. 17-17 § 10, 5-22-2017]
A.
Where a secondary voltage source exists, the customer shall pay to
the City the City's estimated cost of connecting and disconnecting
its facilities to supply a temporary seasonal power service. A temporary
seasonal service installation may include an overhead extension of
secondary lines, transformer, service conductors, and metering equipment.
All temporary seasonal installations shall be metered if at all possible
and the City shall have sole jurisdiction in determining otherwise.
For metered temporary seasonal services [single-phase one hundred
twenty/two hundred forty (120/240) volts], the City will require payment
of a deposit in advance of two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00) and
a non-refundable installation charge of two hundred fifty dollars
($250.00) and the actual usage as recorded on the meter at the residential
electrical customer rate. The deposit is refundable upon payment of
actual usage. For non-metered temporary seasonal services (usually
less than seven (7) days), the following charges are applicable:
1.
Single-phase 120/240 service without air conditioning (during
warm months): seventy-five dollars ($75.00).
2.
Single-phase 120/240 service with air conditioning (during warm
months): ninety-five dollars ($95.00).
3.
Single-phase 120/240 service with gas heat (during cold months):
fifty dollars ($50.00).
4.
Single-phase 120/240 service with electric heat (during cold months):
one hundred fifty dollars ($150.00).
B.
These fees may be changed at any time at the option of the Board
of Aldermen in order to adjust for increased costs of operation, service
or otherwise. The customer will notify the City one (1) week in advance
before service is needed. Meters will be located at the nearest power
source on a pole or otherwise approved location by the City. The customer
will provide a suitable disconnect with no less than thirty-six (36)
inches of conductors extending out of the top of meter trim for overhead
connections and enough conductor extending out from the bottom of
meter trim to be connected to the pad-mount transformer for underground
services.
[R.O. 2013 § 710.350; Ord. No.
13-06 § 6, 1-14-2013; Ord. No. 17-17 § 11, 5-22-2017]
Customers shall be responsible to maintain the integrity of
their electrical service line.
[R.O. 2013 § 710.360; Ord. No.
13-06 § 6, 1-14-2013]
If the City is requested for any reason to relocate any part
of a permanently installed underground or overhead distribution system
in a residential subdivision, the customer requesting said relocation
of facilities shall pay to the City the entire estimated cost thereof,
including the estimated cost of removal and any loss of investment
by the City.
[Ord. No. 15-33 § 2, 10-13-2015; Ord. No. 17-17 § 12, 5-22-2017]
At the time of application, each applicant for dusk-to-dawn
lighting shall be charged a non-refundable and non-transferable installation
fee of seventy-five dollars ($75.00) for each light installed on an
existing utility pole. If the installation of dusk-to-dawn lighting
service requires the setting of a pole, the applicant shall also pay
a fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00).
[R.O. 2013 § 710.400; Ord. No.
13-06 § 6, 1-14-2013]
The City's electrical distribution system shall consist of all
equipment, poles, wires, power plants and other accessories necessary
for the production and distribution of electricity to end user, exclusive
of service lines as described herein; provided however, the City retains
ownership of the wire necessary for service lines as herein provided.
[R.O. 2013 § 710.500; Ord. No.
13-06 § 6, 1-14-2013; Ord. No. 17-17 § 15, 5-22-2017]
A.
In any area of the City where primary and secondary distribution
facilities are of underground construction, only underground service
conductors will be permitted.
B.
In any area of the City where primary and secondary distribution
facilities are of overhead construction, if approved by the City,
the commercial or industrial customer may elect to have either overhead
or underground service conductors to service the customer's premises.
C.
Commercial or industrial customers shall furnish, install, own, operate
and maintain at the customer's expense the underground service conductor
from the City's transformer. The commercial or industrial customer
shall furnish and install the concrete pad, per the City's specifications,
for the City's transformer. The customer shall provide an added length
of continuous conductor at the transformer or terminal pole, at a
point designated by and as specified by the City, to allow connections
to the City's distribution system. The customer shall pay to the City
its actual cost for installation of electric service thereafter including,
but not limited to, materials and engineering fees.
D.
If a customer is being served from overhead service conductors, and
for any reason not initiated by the City the service conductors are
to be converted to an underground installation, the customer shall
bear the full cost of the service conductor installation plus the
cost of removal of the City's existing overhead facilities, including,
but not limited to, materials and engineering fees.
E.
If a residential customer, not covered under Section 710.420 hereof, elects to have underground service conductors on the customer's premises, the underground service conductors shall be installed in accordance with the physical specifications set out in Section 710.420 hereof. The customer shall pay to the City the actual amount of its costs of installation.
F.
All underground service facilities installed by the customer shall
meet the City's specifications and be approved by the City in advance
of their installation. All easements must be donated to the City at
no cost. The City has no obligation to accept any installation that
does not have prior approval and construction inspections.
[R.O. 2013 § 710.520; Ord. No.
13-06 § 6, 1-14-2013; Ord. No. 17-17 § 17, 5-22-2017]
All construction and installation of electric service lines
for new multi-family residential units or subdivisions within the
corporate limits of the City shall be installed underground. Unless
otherwise authorized in writing by the City, the service line for
a building containing three (3) or more residential units shall be
combined for all units of the building and shall terminate in a multiple
unit type meter pedestal. The developer or customer shall furnish
and install the multiple unit meter pedestal, trenching, conduit and
continuous wire from the building to the City's pole. The customer
shall further provide an additional amount of continuous wire to reach
from the base of the City's pole to the City's transformer. The developer
or customer shall pay to the City its actual cost for construction
and installation of electric service thereafter including, but not
limited to, materials.
[R.O. 2013 § 710.530; Ord. No.
13-06 § 6, 1-14-2013]
The area around pad-mounted transformers must be kept clear
so that the electric utility may have sufficient room to work on or
replace this equipment. For single-phase residential electric transformers,
a clear area of ten (10) feet in front, four (4) feet on the sides
and back shall be maintained. The City is not responsible for any
bushes, shrubs or other vegetation or decorative enclosures around
or inside these "clear areas" that become damaged during maintenance
or repairs by the City.
[R.O. 2013 § 710.540; Ord. No.
13-06 § 6, 1-14-2013]
If the City is requested for any reason to relocate any part
of a permanently installed underground or overhead distribution system
in a residential subdivision, the customer requesting said relocation
of facilities shall pay to the City the entire estimated cost thereof,
including the estimated cost of removal and any loss of investment
by the City.
[Ord. No. 19-01, 1-14-2019]
The following words and terms, as used in this Article, shall
be deemed to have the following meanings:
The owner or operator of a qualified electric energy generation
unit which:
Is powered by a renewable energy resource;
Has an electrical generating system with a capacity of not more
than one hundred (100) kilowatts;
Is located on a premises owned, operated, leased, or otherwise
controlled by the customer-generator;
Is interconnected and operates in parallel phase and synchronization
with the electric distribution system of the City of Fredericktown,
and has been approved by the Board of Aldermen of the City of Fredericktown;
Is intended primarily to offset part or all of the customer-generator's
own electrical energy requirements;
Meets all applicable safety, performance, interconnection, and
reliability standards established by the National Electrical Code,
the National Electrical Safety Code, the Institute of Electrical and
Electronics Engineers, Underwriters Laboratories, the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, and any local governing authority; and
Contains a mechanism that automatically disables the unit and
interrupts the flow of electricity back onto the City of Fredericktown's
electricity lines in the event that service to the customer-generator
is interrupted.
Using metering equipment sufficient to measure the difference
between the electrical energy supplied to a customer-generator by
the City of Fredericktown and the electrical energy supplied by the
customer-generator to the City of Fredericktown over the applicable
billing period.
Electrical energy produced from wind, solar thermal sources,
hydroelectric sources, photovoltaic cells and panels, fuel cells using
hydrogen produced by one (1) of the above-named electrical energy
sources, and other sources of energy that become available after August
28, 2007, and are certified as renewable by the Department of Natural
Resources of the State of Missouri.
City of Fredericktown Electric Department, a municipal utility.
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All other definitions shall be those contained in the Missouri
net metering and easy connection act, pursuant to Section 386.890,
RSMo., except as otherwise provided in this Article.
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[Ord. No. 19-01, 1-14-2019]
A.
Net metering and electrical system interconnection is available on
a first-come, first-served basis in the electric distribution service
territory of the City of Fredericktown at any point on the City'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 City's single-hour
peak load during the previous year; or
2.
In a calendar year, the total rated generating capacity of all
applications for interconnection already approved to date in said
calendar year equals or exceeds one percent (1%) of the City's single-hour
peak load for the previous calendar year.
[Ord. No. 19-01, 1-14-2019]
A.
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 City's existing
transmission and distribution facilities, and is intended primarily
to offset part or all of the customer's own electrical power requirements.
Net metering is available in compliance with the "Net Metering and
Easy Connection Act," pursuant to Section 386.890, RSMo., and appropriate
Missouri Public Service Commission Rules.
B.
Additional sources of renewable energy may be certified by the Department
of Economic Development and will be accepted by the City.
C.
Any agreements between a customer-generator and the City of Fredericktown
shall not include a third party.
[Ord. No. 19-01, 1-14-2019]
A.
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, only the kilowatt hour (kWh) units of a customer-generator's
bill are affected.
B.
If the electricity supplied by the City exceeds the electricity generated
by the customer-generator during the applicable billing period, the
customer-generator shall be billed for the net billable kilowatt hours
supplied by the City in accordance with the rates and charges under
the City's standard rate schedule applicable to the customer.
C.
If the electricity generated by the customer-generator exceeds the
electricity supplied by the City, 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 City's avoided
fuel cost, with this credit appearing on the customer-generator's
bill no later than the following billing period. Any credits granted
shall expire without any compensation at the earlier of either twelve
(12) months after their issuance or when the customer-generator disconnects
service or terminates the net metering relationship with the City.
D.
Avoided fuel cost is the current average cost of fuel for the City
of Fredericktown, as determined by the City's Board of Aldermen pursuant
to Section 386.890.2(1), RSMo.
[Ord. No. 19-01, 1-14-2019]
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 of Fredericktown for net metering.
[Ord. No. 19-01, 1-14-2019]
A.
The customer-generator must have an approved Application for Net
Metering, and a signed Standard Interconnection Application/Agreement
with the City.
B.
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 City
for purposes of safety and reliability.
C.
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.
D.
A net metering facility shall be equipped at the customer-generator's
expense with a meter or meters approved by the City and capable of
measuring the net amount of electrical energy produced or consumed
by the customer-generator. Any additional costs necessary for the
City 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 may be initially paid
by the City which may bill the customer-generator the costs over a
twelve (12) billing cycle period along with a reasonable rate of interest.
E.
The net metering facility shall have a mechanism that automatically
disables and disconnects the unit from the City's electrical lines
in the event that service to the customer-generator is interrupted.
F.
The net metering facility of a customer-generator shall have a switch,
circuit breaker, fuse, or other easily accessible device or feature
located in immediate proximity to the customer-generator's metering
equipment that will allow a utility worker to manually and instantly
disconnect the unit from the City's distribution system.
[Ord. No. 19-01, 1-14-2019]
A.
Applications by a customer-generator for interconnection shall be
accompanied by the plan for the customer-generator's electrical generating
system, including but not limited to a wiring diagram and specifications
for the generating unit, and shall be reviewed and responded to by
the City within thirty (30) days of receipt for systems of ten (10)
kilowatts or less, and within ninety (90) days of receipt for all
other systems.
B.
Prior to the interconnection of the qualified generation unit, the
customer-generator shall furnish the City a certification from a qualified
professional electrician or engineer that the installation meets the
requirements of the Missouri Net Metering and Easy Connection Act,
aforesaid.
C.
If the application for interconnection is approved by the City and
the customer-generator does not complete the interconnection within
one (1) year after receipt of notice of the approval, the approval
shall expire and the customer-generator shall be responsible for filing
a new application.
[Ord. No. 19-01, 1-14-2019]
For systems of ten (10) kilowatts or less, a customer-generator
shall not be required to purchase any liability insurance. For systems
greater than ten (10) kilowatts, a customer-generator shall be required
to purchase liability insurance in the amount required by the Board
of Aldermen.
[Ord. No. 19-01, 1-14-2019]
Absent clear and convincing evidence of gross malfeasance on
the part of City, the City shall have no liability for any cause of
action relating to any damages to property or person caused by the
generation unit of a customer-generator or the interconnection thereof.
[Ord. No. 19-01, 1-14-2019]
Any costs incurred by the City under this Chapter shall be recoverable
in the City's rate structure.
[Ord. No. 19-01, 1-14-2019]
No customer-generator shall connect or operate an electric generation
unit in parallel phase and synchronization with City's electric distribution
system without prior written approval from the City that all of the
requirements under this Chapter have been met. For any customer-generator
who violates this provision, the City may immediately and without
notice disconnect the electric facilities of said customer and terminate
said customer's electric service.
