§ 52.30 ESTABLISHMENT.
There is hereby established rates and charges for the use of and for the service supplied by the electric system of the city, based upon the amount of electricity consumed and for facilities as provided in this subchapter.
(Ord. 532, passed 4-6-87; Am. Ord. 625, passed 9-20-93; Am. Ord. 654, passed 9-5-95)
§ 52.32 COMMERCIAL RATE C1.
(A) Availability. Any customer located in territory served by utility may take service under this rate subject to the following conditions:
(1) Customer is non-residential;
(2) That the energy delivered is not resold or redistributed; and
(3) That the customer does not have any electric generating equipment used to produce all or a portion of customer’s electrical load requirements on a regular basis.
(B) Conditions of service.
(1) Service will be delivered to customer at no more than one of the following standard delivery voltages:
(a) Single phase service – 3 wire 120/240 volts;
(b) Three phase service – 4 wire 120/208 volts, grounded WYE;
(c) Three phase service – 4 wire 277/480 volts, grounded WYE.
(2) Utility will provide and maintain all facilities necessary to deliver one standard delivery voltage at one specified location to customer. Customer shall provide all necessary facilities for utilization of service at the specified delivery voltage and for the receipt at a single point of delivery.
(3) Customer will maintain its electric service entrance facilities in good repair and in full compliance with the requirements of all local, state, and national codes and standards including all applicable terms and conditions of the National Electric Code (“NEC”) and the National Electric Safety Code (“NESC”).
(C) Rates.
(1) Facilities charge $28.75 per month.
(2) Energy charge. The following charges shall be adjusted annually (May 1) for the cost of living adjustment:
Kilowatt-hours (kWhrs)
used in any one month Charges
First 800 $0.1423 per kWhr.
Over 800 $0.1108 per kWhr.
(a) Summer season is the billing period for June usage and having an ending meter reading date on or after July 1st and the 3 succeeding monthly billing periods.
(b) Non-summer season is all billing periods not in the summer season.
(3) Energy cost adjustment. The energy charges in subdivision (C)(2) are subject to the ECA outlined in Section 3.c. of the Residential Rate RI.
(4) Penalty charge for delayed payment. A charge equal to 10% of the bill for service shall be added to all bills not paid by the 10th day of the month after rendition of bills. If the 10th day shall be a Sunday or holiday, the net bill may be paid on the next day without penalty. All bills become delinquent if not paid by the 15th of the same month. All accounts in arrears will be charged at a rate of 1.5% per month, on the outstanding balance, on the 15th of the month.
(5) Tax adjustment. Any tax or charge imposed or levied by any taxing authority including the State of Illinois State Public Utility Revenue Tax shall be added to the customers net bill.
(Ord. 532, passed 4-6-87; Am. Ord. 625, passed 9-20-93; Am. Ord. 654, passed 9-5-95; Am. Ord. 854, passed 4-6-09; Am. Ord. 889, passed 8-15-11; Am. Ord. 906, passed 9-18-12; Am. Ord. 910, passed 12-3-12)
