§ 24-401. Generally.

(a)

Effective date: Bills rendered on or after February 19, 2013.

(b)

Availability: Available in all areas served by the City of Cartersville Electric System (CES) and subject to CES's service rules and regulations.

(c)

Applicability: Optional to all commercial or industrial electric service which is delivered or compensated to one (1) standard voltage and where the following criteria are met:

(1)

Billing demand for the current month and the preceding eleven (11) months must be greater than or equal to three thousand five hundred (3,500) kW as defined in the billing demand section of this tariff.

(2)

The customer may switch to another appropriate tariff following twelve (12) months of service on this tariff.

(3)

Customer must request this rate in writing.

(d)

Type of service: Three-phase, sixty (60) hertz, at a standard voltage.

(e)

Monthly rate:

Administrative charge ..... $400.00

Demand charge ..... 1.50
per kW
of billing demand

Energy charge:

  Summer - April through October consumption (kWh):

Peak 1 ..... 31.89¢
per kWh

Four-hour period from 1:00 p.m. through 5:00 p.m. for July and August only

Peak 2 ..... 7.69¢
per kWh

Eight-hour period from 11:00 a.m. through 7:00 p.m. not including Peak 1 hours

Off-Peak ..... 3.72¢
per kWh

All other hours

  Winter - November through March consumption (kWh):

Peak 3 ..... 6.89¢
per kWh

Four-hour period from 6:00 a.m. through 10:00 a.m.

Off-Peak ..... 3.74¢
per kWh

All other hours

(f)

Minimum monthly bill: Administrative charge, plus seven dollars ($7.00) per kW of billing demand, plus reactive demand charges, plus charges in any applicable rider.

(g)

Mandatory riders: The amount calculated in this tariff is subject to increase or decrease under the provisions of the effective future construction charge rider, environmental compliance charge rider, and power cost adjustment rider.

(h)

Optional riders: The amount calculated in this tariff is subject to increase or decrease under the provisions of any applicable rider that may be approved by the City Council of the City of Cartersville.

(i)

Peak rating periods: Peak rating periods occur on weekdays only and do not apply on national holidays of the United States of America. Peak periods are stated in Eastern Standard or Daylight Times, whichever is currently in effect.

There are ten (10) national holidays of the United States of America observed by this tariff. Dates that fall on a weekend day will roll to the date observed by the State of Georgia.

New Year's Day	January 1
M. L. King Jr.'s Birthday	January 16
Washington's Birthday	February 22
Memorial Day	May, last Monday
Independence Day	July 4
Labor Day	September, first Monday
Columbus Day	October 8
Veterans Day	November 11
Thanksgiving Day	November, fourth Thursday
Christmas Day	December 25

 

(j)

Billing demand: The maximum billing demand shall be based on the highest thirty-minute kW measurement during the current month and the preceding eleven (11) months.

The billing demand shall be the greater of:

(1)

The current actual demand; or

(2)

Ninety-five (95) percent of the highest actual demand occurring in any previous applicable month.

However, in no case shall the billing demand be less than the greater of:

(1)

The contract minimum demand; or

(2)

Fifty (50) percent of the contract capacity; or

(3)

Three thousand three hundred twenty-five (3,325) kW (ninety-five (95) percent of three thousand five hundred (3,500) kW).

(k)

Reactive demand: Where there is an indication of a power factor of less than ninety-five (95) percent lagging, CES may at its' option install metering equipment to measure reactive demand. The reactive demand is the highest thirty-minute kVAR measured during the month. The excess reactive demand is the kVAR which is in excess of one-third of the measured actual kW in the current month. CES will bill excess reactive demand at the rate of thirty-three cents ($0.33) per excess kVAR.

(Ord. No. 64-12, § 1, 11-1-12)