Electric Department - Rates

Availability:

Available to all City‑owned pumps on an off‑peak basis to be controlled by the Electric Department SCADA System so that pumps will be off when load management is in operation.

Energy Charge:

First 15,000 KWHR at $.0424 per KWHR per month.        

Balance KWHR at $.0321 per KWHR per month                   

Demand Charge:

All City pumps are operated on an off-peak basis if they are controlled by the SCADA system. Demand billing is not billed unless: 1) pumps are removed from SCADA, or 2) the pumps are on during the time of the City's billed peak demand period.  In either case, all demand shall be billed at $5.45 per KW.

Determination of Demand:

Demand for any month shall be defined as the average kilowatt delivery during the 30-minute period in which consumption of energy is the greatest during the month for which determination is made.  

Reactive Billing Demand and Ratchet:

The customers Reactive Billing Demand shall be the larger of:

A    The maximum 30-minute reactive demand for the month where KVAR demand is in excess of 25% of the kilowatt demand for the same month will be billed at $.28 per KVA of such excess reactive demand.

B    The Ratchet Demand for Reactive Power.

The Ratchet Demand for Reactive Power will be the largest Reactive Demand that has been set, and will be charged for 11 months after being set.

If a new 30-minute KVAR demand is set that is higher than the Ratchet Demand for Reactive Power, then Section A applies, and a new 11 month ratchet period is started, charging that new ratchet amount.

If no higher Reactive Demand charge is set during the 11 month ratchet period, the City will look back in that 11 month period for the next highest Reactive Demand and charge that as the new Ratchet Demand for Reactive Power for a period of 11 months from the month in which that next highest charge was set.