[R.O. 2006 §710.010; CC 1986 §69.400]
No person except the City Administrator or persons working under
his/her orders shall attach any wire to the primary or secondary lines,
install any such lines or turn on the 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. 2006 §710.020; CC 1986 §69.410]
Each consumer of electrical service shall be required to furnish,
install and maintain a proper size, approved, standard, enclosed,
fused, externally operated meter entrance switch trimmed and sealed
to the meter, connected to the City's service wires by wires protected
throughout their entire length by an unbroken iron conduit, properly
secured to a meter switch and terminating at the outer end with approved
conduit. All to be without expense whatever to the City and to be
installed in accordance with the rules and requirements of the Electrical
Code of the City.
[R.O. 2006 §710.030; CC 1986 §69.420]
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, wires and wire holders for attaching wires outside
the building or premises to be served 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 the 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 City Administrator 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 City Administrator. 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. 2006 §710.040; CC 1986 §69.430]
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 City Administrator shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. 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. 2006 §710.050; CC 1986 §69.440]
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 place 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. 2006 §710.060; Ord. No. 1374 §§1 — 3, 12-12-2005; Ord. No. 1422 §§1 — 3, 12-22-2008]
A.
Beginning
with the billing date of January 2009, the City of Willow Springs,
Missouri, shall have and receive each month as compensation for electricity
which it sells through its public electrical distribution system the
following:
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Residential/Rural Residential Rate
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|---|---|
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Customer charge
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$5.57
|
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1st 200 kw
|
$0.1050
|
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Next 1,000 kw
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$0.0805
|
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Next 2,000 kw
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$0.0744
|
|
All over 3,200 kw
|
$0.0683
|
|
Commercial/Exempt Commercial/Rural Commercial
| |
|---|---|
|
Customer charge
|
$11.73
|
|
1st 500 kw
|
$0.0963
|
|
Next 500 kw
|
$0.0914
|
|
Next 1,000 kw
|
$0.0866
|
|
Next 1,000 kw
|
$0.0829
|
|
All over 3,000 kw
|
$0.0768
|
|
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For schools, customer charge is waived.
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Large Commercial
| |
|---|---|
|
Customer charge
|
$11.73
|
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Demand charge/kw
|
$6.80
|
|
All energy
|
$0.0553
|
|
|
Definition of "Large Commercial": Three (3)
whole consecutive monthly billings exceed five thousand (5,000) kw
per month or a connected load of twenty-five (25) kw or more.
|
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Industrial and Government
| |
|---|---|
|
Demand charge/kw
|
$6.80
|
|
All energy
|
$0.0497
|
|
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Definition of "Industrial": This schedule is
available for service to any customer located on the lines of the
City for power whose average yearly demand is two hundred fifty (250)
kw and above or fifty thousand (50,000) kw per month. Not applicable
to seasonal service.
|
B.
In
addition to the above compensation, the City of Willow Springs, Missouri,
shall collect a purchased power adjustment on the sale of each kw
to each customer. For each one cent ($0.01) increase or decrease or
major fraction thereof in the City's monthly purchased power of forty-three
cents ($0.43) per kw in the first three (3) of four (4) months preceding
the billing period, there shall be correspondingly added to or subtracted
from each customer's bill an amount equal to one cent ($0.01) per
kw times the total kw billed to the customers on all of the above
rates.
C.
In
addition to the above compensation, the City of Willow Springs, Missouri,
shall collect sales tax as provided by the Statutes of the State of
Missouri on the total charges for electric by commercial and industrial
users. City sales tax on all users shall be collected as specified
by City ordinance.
