Rate Schedule
SCHEDULE G
GENERAL SERVICE
12.06.215
AVAILABILITY:
For general power use where a demand meter is installed, for standby
capacity to customers generating all or a part of their electric power
requirements, and for intermittent use. The customer's actual
demand as determined by Tacoma Power must exceed 50 kilovolt amperes or
total connected load as estimated by Tacoma Power must exceed 65
kilowatts upon initial service energization.
For customers providing all their own transformation from Tacoma Power’s
distribution system voltage, a discount for transformer investment and
maintenance will be provided by reducing the monthly bill by 0.8
percent. For customers metered on the primary side of a
transformer, a discount for transformer losses will be provided by
reducing the monthly bill by 1 percent. These discount percentages
are additive, and not compounded.
MONTHLY RATE:
The sum of the
following energy, delivery and customer charges:
1. Energy:
All energy measured in
kilowatt-hours at $0.032729 per kWh.
2. Delivery:
All kilowatts of
Billing Demand delivered at $5.73 per kW.
3. Customer
Charge:
$46.00 per month or any
fraction thereof.
4. Exceptions:
(a) With in the
City of Fife:
(1) Energy:
All energy measured in
kilowatt-hours at $0.033856 per kWh.
(2) Delivery:
All kilowatts of Billing
Demand delivered at $5.93 per kW.
(3) Customer
Charge:
$47.58 per month or any
fraction thereof.
(b) With in the
City of Fircrest:
(1) Energy:
All energy measured in
kilowatt-hours at $0.035063 per kWh.
(2) Delivery:
All kilowatts
of Billing Demand delivered at $6.14 per kW.
(3) Customer
Charge:
$49.28 per month or any
fraction thereof.
(c) With in
the City of Lakewood:
(1) Energy:
All energy measured in
kilowatt-hours at $0.035063 per kWh.
(2) Delivery:
All kilowatts of
Billing Demand delivered at $6.14 per kW.
(3) Customer
Charge:
$49.28 per month or any
fraction thereof.
(d)
With in the City of Steilacoom:
(1) Energy:
All energy measured in
kilowatt-hours at $0.035063 per kWh.
(2) Delivery:
All kilowatts of
Billing Demand delivered at $6.14 per kW.
(3) Customer
Charge:
$49.28 per month or any
fraction thereof.
(e) With in the
City of University Place:
(1) Energy:
All energy measured in
kilowatt-hours at $0.035063 per kWh.
(2) Delivery:
All kilowatts of
Billing Demand delivered at $6.14 per kW.
(3) Customer
Charge:
$49.28 per month or any
fraction thereof.
BILLING DEMAND:
Determined by means of
a demand meter, 30-minute interval, reset monthly. The Billing
Demand shall be the highest of:
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The highest measured
demand for the month adjusted for power factor;
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60 percent of the
highest measured demand occurring during any of the preceding 11 months
after adjustment for power factor; or
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100 percent of the
standby capacity.
For purposes of the
determination of Billing Demand in subsection 2 above, the 11 months
history shall be carried forward from the customer’s previous account(s).
STANDBY CAPACITY:
That amount of power
requested by written application or estimated by the Director to be made
continuously available for exclusive use of the customer.
SERVICE CONDITIONS:
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At the option of Tacoma Power, primary metering may be installed where
the service transformers aggregate 500 kVA or more.
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At the option of Tacoma Power, a customer may be transferred to a
non-demand metered rate if the customer's actual demand has not exceeded
50 kilovolt amperes in the prior 24-month period.
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Power factor provision applicable.
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Applicable provisions of the Tacoma Municipal Code, General Provisions,
and Customer Service Policies governing the sale of electric energy
shall apply.
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