Huntsville Code of Ordinances § 26-171 Schedule GSA.
Sec. 26-171. - Schedule GSA.
(a) Scope and availability. This section establishes the general power rate—schedule GSA and is applicable to such schedule. This shall apply to the firm power requirements for electric service to commercial, industrial and governmental customers; institutional customers including, without limitation, churches, clubs, fraternities, orphanages, nursing homes, rooming or boarding houses and like customers; and other customers except those to whom service is available under other resale rate schedules.
(b) Character of service. Electrical service provided to those commercial, industrial and governmental customers listed in subsection (a) of this section will be alternating current, single or three-phase, 60 hertz. Under subsection (c)(1) of this section power shall be delivered at a voltage available in the vicinity or agreed to by the electric department. Under subsections (c)(2) and (c)(3) of this section power shall be delivered at a transmission voltage of 161 kv or if such transmission voltage is not available, at the highest voltage available in the vicinity, unless at the customer's request a lower standard voltage is agreed upon.
(c) Base charges.
(1) If the higher of the customer's currently effective contract demand, if any, or its highest billing demand during the latest 12-month period is not more than 50 kw and the customer's monthly energy takings for any month during such period do not exceed 15,000 kwh:
a. Customer charge. $7.15 per delivery point per month.
b. Energy charge. $0.05895 per kwh per month.
(2) If the higher of the customer's currently effective contract demand or its highest billing demand during the latest 12-month period is greater than 50 kw but not more than 1,000 kw or if the customer's billing demand is less than 50 kw and its energy takings for any month during such period exceed 15,000 kwh:
a. Customer charge. $7.65 per delivery point per month.
b. Demand charge. First 50 kw of billing demand per month, no demand charge. Excess over 50 kw of billing per month, at $7.86 per kw.
c. Energy charge. First 15,000 kwh per month at $0.05895 per kwh. Additional kWh per month at $0.03181 per kwh.
(3) If the higher of the customer's currently effective contract demand or its highest billing demand during the latest 12-month period is greater than 1,000 kw:
a. Customer charge. $7.65 per delivery point per month.
b. Demand charge. First 1,000 kw of billing demand per month, at $8.10 per kw. Excess over 1,000 kw of billing demand per month at $9.12 per kw per month for each kw, if any, of the amount by which the customer's billing demand exceeds the higher of 1,000 kw or its contract demand.
c. Energy charge. $0.03147 per kwh per month.
(d) Facilities rental charge. This subsection applies only to subsections (c)(2) and (c)(3) of this section. There shall be no facilities rental charge under the general power rate schedule for delivery at bulk transmission voltage levels of 161 kv or higher. For delivery at less than 161 kv, there shall be added to the customer's bill a facilities rental charge. This charge shall be $0.36 per kilowatt per month except for delivery at voltages below 46 kv, in which case the charge shall be $0.93 per kilowatt per month for the first 10,000 kilowatts and $0.73 per kilowatt per month for the excess over 10,000 kilowatts. Such charge shall be applied to the higher of the highest billing demand established during the last 12 consecutive month period or the customer's currently effective contract demand and shall be in addition to all other charges under this subdivision including minimum bill charges.
(e) Reactive demand charges. If the reactive demand (in kvar) is lagging during the 30-consecutive-minute period beginning or ending on a clock hour of the month in which the customer's highest metered demand occurs, there shall be added to the customer's bill a reactive charge of $0.78 per kvar of the amount, if any, by which the reactive demand exceeds 33 percent of such metered demand. If the reactive demand (in kvar) is leading during the 30-consecutive-minute period beginning or ending on a clock hour of the month in which the customer's lowest metered demand (excluding any metered demands which are less than 25 percent of the highest metered demand) occurs, there shall be added to the customer's bill a reactive charge of $0.33 per kvar of the amount of reactive demand. Such charges shall be in addition to all other charges under this rate schedule, including minimum bill charges.
(f) Determination of demand. The electric department shall meter the demands in kw of all customers served. The metered demand for any month shall be the highest average during any 30-consecutive-minute period beginning or ending on a clock hour of the month of the load metered in kw, and such amount shall be used as the billing demand, except that the billing demand for any month shall in no case be less than the sum of:
(1) Thirty percent of the first 5,000 kw; and
(2) Forty percent of any kw in excess of 5,000 kw of the higher of the currently effective contract demand or the highest billing demand established during the preceding 12 months.
(g) Minimum bill. The monthly bill, excluding any facilities rental charges and any reactive charges, shall not be less than the sum of the base customer charge, the base demand charge, as adjusted (but excluding the additional portion thereof applicable to excess of billing demand over contract demand) applied to the customer's billing demand, and the base energy charge, as adjusted, applied to the customer's energy takings. The distributor may require higher minimum bills.
(h) Seasonal service.
(1) Customers who contract for service on a seasonal basis shall be limited to 2,500 kw and shall pay the above charges, as adjusted, plus an additional seasonal use charge determined as follows:
a. Under subsection 26-171(c)(1) of the base charges, said charge shall be equal to $0.01 per kwh per month.
b. Under subsection 26-171(c)(2) and (3) of the base charges, said charge shall be equal to $0.01 per kwh per month of the lesser of the amount computed by multiplying 300 hours by the customer's billing demand or the customer's energy takings for the month, except in the case under subsection 26-171(c)(2) where the customer's billing demand is less than 50 kw, in which case said charge shall be equal to $0.01 per kwh for the first 15,000 kwh of the customer energy takings for the month.
(2) Consistent with the distributor's standard policy, the customer may arrange for seasonal testing of equipment during offpeak hours.
(3) For such customers, the exception language under subsection (f) of this section and the minimum bill provided for in subsection (g) of this section shall not apply. The distributor may require additional charges to provide recovery of costs for customer-specific distribution facilities.
(i) Contract requirement. The distributor shall require contracts for all service provided under this subdivision. The contract shall be an initial term of at least five years and any renewals or extensions of the initial contract shall be for a term of at least one year; after ten years of service, any such contract for the renewal or extension of service may provide for termination upon not less than four months' notice. The customer shall contract for its maximum requirements, which shall not exceed the amount of power capable of being used by the customer, and the distributor shall not be obligated to supply power in greater amount at any time than the customer's currently effective contract demand. If the customer uses any power other than that supplied by the distributor under this division, the contract may include other special provisions. The rate schedule in any power contract shall be subject to adjustment, modification, change, or replacement from time to time as provided under the power contract between the distributor and TVA.
(j) Payment. Bills will be rendered monthly. Any amount of the bill unpaid after the due date specified on the bill may be subject to additional charges under the distributor's standard policy.
(k) Single-point delivery. Charges are based upon the supply of service through a single delivery and metering point, and at a single voltage. If service is supplied to the same customer through more than one point of delivery or at different voltages, the supply of service at each delivery and metering point and at each different voltage shall be separately metered and billed.
(l) Rules and regulations. Service is subject to rules and regulations of the electric department.
(Code 1982, §§ 16-93—16-104)