Large volume, high load factor, gas sales services (schedule LVS-2).
Richmond, Va., City Code § 28-249
in effectSec. 28-249. - Large volume, high load factor, gas sales services (schedule LVS-2).
(a) Scope. The rates, terms and conditions in this section shall apply to customers who are provided large volume, high load factor firm, and gas sales services under schedule LVS-2.
(b) Availability. Service is available throughout the service territory served by the City to all gas sales nonresidential customers that take in excess of 600,000 ccf per year of gas.
(c) Monthly rates and charges. The customer shall pay the rates and charges for gas under the schedule for large volume, high factor, gas sales services (LVS-2), per month, as follows:
Monthly rates and charges for large volume, high load factor, gas sales services under Schedule LVS-2
Customer charge, per month | $764.12
Demand charge, if applicable, per ccf of billing demand | $1.62
Distribution charge, all gas, per ccf | $0.076
Purchased gas cost, for high load factor gas sales service under Schedule LVS-2, per month. Purchase gas cost charge (weighted average commodity cost of gas (WACCOG)), includes all commodity charges, surcharges, tracking adjustments and other nonfixed charges of pipelines and gas supplies incurred by the City. The charge also includes gas bought by the City at a fixed cost to serve a customer or group of customers approved by the Director. Any agreement to fix such costs shall be specified in the service agreement (addendum).
(d) Determination of demand. The demand may, at the option of the Director, be determined by measurement, by estimate or by agreement with the Director in accordance with the following:
(1) By measurement. The demand in any month shall be the highest use of gas in ccf in any period of 24 consecutive hours as measured by the demand meter.
(2) By estimate. The demand in any month shall be taken as 1/20 or 1/30 of the ccfs used in such month.
(3) By agreement. At a level to recover the upstream demand charges used to serve the customer. Such level shall be specified in the service agreement. Customer usage above this firm daily demand level shall be regarded as interruptible and will be subject to the terms in Section 28-246(g), which pertains to flexibly priced interruptible gas sales service.
(e) Billing demand. The billing demand in any month shall be the higher of:
(1) The demand as determined in such month under Subsection (d) of this section; or
(2) The highest billing demand in any of the preceding months of November through April; provided, however, that for new customers or customers transferring from another rate schedule, the highest billing demand may, at the option of the Director, be estimated based on the proposed use of service under this rate schedule.
(f) Utility tax. All bills rendered under this schedule shall be subject to any applicable utility tax.
(g) Service agreement. The customer shall execute a service agreement with the City in the form attached to this rate schedule on file in City offices and in accordance with the following:
(1) Service agreements for gas service made under this schedule shall be one year and may automatically be renewed from year to year unless canceled by the customer or the Director upon 30 days' written notice to that effect. Such notice must be given before the beginning of any contract year.
(2) If a customer takes gas from the City under this rate schedule at more than one delivery point and if all such delivery points are located at one plant or facility or are located at physically contiguous plants or facilities, these delivery points will be included in one service agreement and will be treated as a single delivery point for purposes of the customer charge, the distribution charge, and meeting the minimum take requirement to qualify for service under this rate schedule. In all other instances, each delivery point will require a separate service agreement and will be treated as a separate customer for all purposes.
(3) This service requires the installation and use of telemetering equipment at the delivery point. The City shall install, own and maintain the telemetering and other equipment necessary to transmit the telemetering information to the City. The customer shall provide a telephone line necessary for the reliable operation of the telemetering equipment and the transmission of the telemetering information. Customers who do not provide the City a phone line will be charged a monthly surcharge for alternative communications equipment. This equipment will be owned and maintained by the City.
(h) Force majeure. If either the City or the customer is rendered unable, either wholly or in part, to carry out its obligations under this section because of a force majeure, the obligations of the party affected by such force majeure, other than the obligation to make payments under this section, shall be suspended during the continuance of any inability so caused, but for no longer period. Such force majeure shall, insofar as possible, be remedied with all reasonable dispatch. The term "force majeure," as used in this subsection, shall include acts of God; strikes; lockouts; wars; riots; insurrections; epidemics; landslides; lightning; earthquakes; fires; storms; floods; washouts; interruptions by government or court orders; civil disturbances; explosions; breakage, freezing, or accident to lines of pipe or facilities; failure of interstate or intrastate pipeline transportation, but only if caused by an event constituting force majeure curtailment or discontinuation of such pipeline of transportation or other services; and any other cause, whether of the kind defined in this subsection or otherwise, not within the control of the party claiming suspension and which, by the exercise of reasonable foresight, such party is unable to avoid and, by the exercise of due diligence, such party is unable to overcome.
(Code 1993, § 29-250; Code 2004, § 106-211; Code 2015, § 28-203; Code 2020, § 28-203; Ord. No. 2009-57-80, 5-26-2009; Ord. No. 2010-82-95, § 1, 5-24-2010; Ord. No. 2011-57-84, § 1, 5-23-2011; Ord. No. 2012-50-65, § 1, 5-14-2012; Ord. No. 2013-53-85, § 1, 5-28-2013; Ord. No. 2014-63-113, § 1, 5-27-2014; Ord. No. 2015-71-102, § 1, 5-15-2015; Ord. No. 2016-071, § 1, 5-13-2016; Ord. No. 2017-059, § 1, 5-15-2017; Ord. No. 2018-091, § 1, 5-14-2018; Ord. No. 2019-068, § 1, 5-13-2019; Ord. No. 2021-056, § 1, 5-24-2021; Ord. No. 2022-071, § 1, 5-9-2022; Ord. No. 2023-071, § II(3), 5-8-2023; Ord. No. 2024-099, § III(§ 8), 5-13-2024)
Source: City of Richmond, Virginia, Code (2026 recodification) and Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/va/richmond/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=CH28UT_ARTIVRAFE_DIV1GARA_S28-249LAVOHILOFAGASASESCLFetched: 11/8/2026