Special electrical apparatus service.
Columbus City Codes § 1163.10
in effect1163.10 - Special electrical apparatus service.
Whenever the customer's installed utilization equipment includes special apparatus which has excessive momentary or intermittent demands, or other electrical characteristics, which, in normal use, do not permit accurate or complete registration of the actual demand required, or energy consumed, by conventional metering instruments, then the city may make a test to determine the same, or at its option may add to the regular bill an additional charge of $5.30 per month per kilovolt-ampere of required rated capacity for block energy rate schedules; or it may add kilowatts equal in number to sixty percent (60%) of the kilovolt-ampere rated capacity to the otherwise indicated demand. Said additional charges shall pertain only to the aforesaid special apparatus.
(Ord. 972-94.)
Source: City of Columbus, City Codes and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/oh/columbus/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=TIT11WASEELCO_CH1163MUELRA_1163.10SPELAPSEFetched: 10/27/2026
