08/28/2018 Ordinances 9704ORDINANCE NO. 9704
An ordinance to amend the Grand Island City Code; Sections 15-55, 15-57, 15-60, 15-63,
15-64, 15-68, 15-70 and 15-74, pertaining to electric utility rates; to repeal Sections 15-55, 15-
57, 15-60, 15-63, 15-64, 15-68, 15-70 and 15-74, as now existing, and any ordinance or parts of
ordinances in conflict herewith; and to provide for publication and the effective date of this
ordinance.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GRAND
ISLAND, NEBRASKA:
SECTION 1. Section 15-55 of the Grand Island City Code is hereby amended to read as
follows:
§15-55. O10 Residential Service
Applicable in urban and rural distribution areas. Available at single phase, through a
single meter, to residential consumers for domestic use in a single-family dwelling unit; but is
not available for commercial or non-domestic use.
Individual single-phase motors, not to exceed 10 HP each, may be connected; however,
the City Utilities Department must be notified in writing, if a motor over 5 HP is installed.
This schedule has two sets of rates: one for the summer period of five months, beginning
with the June billing; and the second for the winter season of seven months, beginning with the
November billing.
Rate:
Effective Date: October 1, 2018
Summer Winter
(June-October) (November-May)
Customer Charge, per month $8.00 $8.00
Energy Charge
First 300 kWh, per kWh $0.105 $0.105
Next 700 kWh, per kWh 0.083 0.064
All additional kWh, per kWh 0.083 0.057
Plus the applicable Power Cost Adjustment charge.
Minimum Bill: The minimum monthly bill shall be the monthly customer charge.
Approved as to Form tt _
August 27, 2018 tt ity ttorney
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ORDINANCE NO. 9704 (Cont.)
SECTION 2. Section 15-57 of the Grand Island City Code is hereby amended to read as
follows:
§15-57. 030 Single-Phase Commercial Service
Applicable in urban and rural distribution areas. Available for commercial customers, for
lighting and small appliances. Available for single meter apartment units, and combined
residential-commercial use, where the Residential Rate is not applicable. Service shall be
through a single meter.
Individual single-phase motors, not to exceed 10 HP each, may be connected; however,
the City Utilities Department must be notified in writing if a motor over 5 HP is installed.
Rate:
Effective Date:
Customer Charge, per month
Energy Charge
First 1,000 kWh, per kWh
All additional kWh, per kWh
Plus the applicable Power Cost Adjustment charge.
October 1, 2018
$12.00
$0.107
0.080
Minimum Bill: The minimum monthly bill shall be the monthly customer charge.
SECTION 3. Section 15-60 of the Grand Island City Code is hereby amended to read as
follows:
§15-60. O50 Three-Phase Commercial Service
Applicable in the territory served by the City of Grand Island; and is available through a
single meter at three-phase for any electric service uses where three-phase service is available.
This schedule has two sets of rates: one for the summer period of five months, beginning
with the June billing; and the second for the winter season of seven months, beginning with the
November billing.
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ORDINANCE NO. 9704 (Cont.)
Rate:
Effective Date:
Customer Charge, per month
Energy Charge
First 1,000 kWh, per kWh
Next 4,000 kWh, per kWh
All additional kWh, per kWh
First 500 kWh, per kWh
Next 1,000 kWh, per kWh
All additional kWh, per kWh
October 1, 2018
Summer Winter
(June-October) (November-May)
$16.00 $16.00
$0.107
0.095
0.087
Plus the applicable Power Cost Adjustment charge.
$ 0.107
0.095
0.082
Minimum Bill: The minimum monthly bill shall be the larger of the following:
1. Customer Charge, or
2. Total connected HP x$0.70
If questions arise as to the actual billing HP, the City Utilities Department may, at its
option, install demand meters. The kilowatt reading shall determine the HP on the
basis of 0.75 kilowatt = 1.0 HP.
It is the responsibility of the customer to inform the City Utilities Department of changes
that may affect minimum billings.
SECTION 4. Section 15-63 of the Grand Island City Code is hereby amended to read as
follows:
§15-63. 100 Three-Phase Power Service
Applicable in the territory served by the City of Grand Island, available through a single
meter at three-phase. Available for any commercial or industrial use of energy.
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ORDINANCE NO. 9704 (Cont.)
Rate:
Effective Date:
Customer Charge, per month
Demand Charge, per kW
Energy Charge, per kWh
First 450 kWh per kW of demand
All additional energy
October 1, 2018
Summer Winter
(June-October) (November-May)
$300.00 $300.00
14.30 9.70
$0.051 $0.047
0.042 0.039
Plus the applicable Power Cost Adjustment charge (applied to energy consumption only).
Minimum Bill: The minimum monthly bill shall be no less than $700.
SECTION 5. Section 15-64 of the Grand Island City Code is hereby amended to read as
follows:
§15-64. Billing Demand
The Monthly Demand shall be the highest integrated demand (in kW) during a 15-minute
time interval in the billing period. For purposes of this section, SLU11mer Months shall be June
through October. Winter Months shall be November through May. The Billing Demand shall be
the greater o£
1. The Monthly Demand
2. 65% of the Monthly Demand in the five (5) most recent Summer Months
SECTION 6. Section 15-68 of the Grand Island City Code is hereby amended to read as
follows:
§15-68. Rate 114 Area Floodlighting
Applicable in the territory served by the City of Grand Island; and is available for any
outdoor area floodlighting of consumer's property from dusk to dawn, where such service can be
rendered directly from existing secondary distribution lines of the City.
Luminaire will be selected by Utilities Department and provided from Utilities
Department stock. Installation will be on an existing wood pole and connected to existing
secondary conductors on such pole. If installed lamp is not listed on the rate schedule, the rate
for the nearest sized lamp of the same type shall be charged.
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ORDINANCE NO. 9704 (Cont.)
Monthly Rate per Lamp:
Effective Date: October 1, 2018
Mercury Vapor:
175 watt lamp
400 watt lamp
1,000 watt lamp
High Pressure Sodium:
100 watt lamp
250 watt lamp
400 watt lamp
Metal Halide:
100 watt lamp
400 watt lamp
1,000 watt lamp
LED:
25 watt lamp
50 watt lamp
100 watt lamp
Halogen:
500 watt lamp
$8.41
$14.32
$28.19
$7.50
$10.03
$11.10
$9.33
$16.98
$31.26
$4.60
$5.70
$7.37
$19.26
SECTION 7. Section 15-70 of the Grand Island City Code is hereby amended to read as
follows:
§15-70. Power Cost Adjustment
The rates set out are predicated upon a base power cost of 35.00 mills per kilowatt-hour.
When the City's cost of energy per kilowatt-hour shall temporarily be greater than 35.00 mills
per kilowatt-hour, there shall be added to the consumer's monthly charge for electricity used an
amount equal to the number of kilowatt-hours used during the month to which the consumer's
charge applies, multiplied by the amount by which the cost of energy for kilowatt-hour shall be
greater than 35.00 mills per kilowatt-hour.
Cost of energy per kilowatt-hour as determined for any month shall be applicable to all
charges rendered to consumers after the last day of the following month, without any City
Council action.
The cost of energy per kilowatt-hour applied to the consumer's monthly charge shall be
an average of the previous six-months cost of energy per kilowatt-hour.
For purposes of this section, the following words shall have the following meanings:
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ORDINANCE NO. 9704 (Cont.)
Cost of Energy shall mean the power cost for the generating plants owned by the City,
consisting of the monthly natural gas cost and the cost of any fuel oil consumed; the cost of coal
and air quality reagents consumed, including freight and handling charges; plus costs of
payments by the City for power, energy, and transmission purchased from other power suppliers,
less receipts from energy sold to other electric utilities.
Cost ofEner�per Kilowatt-Hour shall mean "Cost of Energy" as above defined, divided
by 95 percent (95%) of the total kilowatt-hours; consisting of the kilowatt-hour output of the
City's electric generating plants, plus the kilowatt-hours purchased from other power suppliers,
less the kilowatt hours of energy sold to other electric utilities.
SECTION 8. Section 15-74 of the Grand Island City Code is hereby amended to read as
follows:
§15-74. Rate 116; Interdepartmental; Streetlights
Applicable for various size lights used for public street lighting and public parks lighting,
whether City or privately-owned. If installed lamp is not listed on the rate schedule, the rate for
the nearest sized lamp of the same type shall be charged.
Monthly Rate per Lamp:
Effective Date:
Mercury Vapor:
175 watt lamp
400 watt lamp
1,000 watt lamp
High Pressure Sodium:
100 watt lamp
250 watt lamp
400 watt lamp
Metal Halide:
100 watt lamp
400 watt lamp
1,000 watt lamp
LED:
50 watt lamp
100 watt lamp
October 1, 2018
$5.00
$9.39
$18.55
$3.75
$6.19
$7.34
$4.50
$12.05
$21.63
$3.50
$4.78
Power Cost Adjustment is not applicable to the Interdepartmental Streetlights rate.
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ORDINANCE NO. 9704 (Cont.)
SECTION 9. Those portions of Sections 15-55; 15-57; 15-60; 15-63, 15-64, 15-68, 15-
70 and 15-74 as now existing, and any ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith be,
and hereby are, repealed.
SECTION 10. The validity of any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this
ordinance shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other section, subsection, sentence,
clause or phrase thereof.
SECTION 11. That this ordinance shall be in force and take effect from and after its
passage and publication, in pamphlet form, with fifteen (15) days in one issue of the Grand
Island Independent as provided by law.
Enacted: August 28, 2018
ATTEST:
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RaNae Edwards, City Clerk
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