NOTICE OF A PUBLIC HEARING
ON PROPOSED RATES AND CHARGES
Property owners, ratepayers and other interested parties in, served by or to be served by the Electric Utility of the City of Bluffton are hereby notified that Ordinance No. 1561, amending the rates and charges for services to be rendered by the Electric Utility, was introduced at a meeting of the City Council held on July 5, 2022. At a meeting of the City Council to be held at 6:00 p.m. (local time) on August 2, 2022, in the Bluffton City Hall, 128 East Market Street, Bluffton, Indiana 46714, there will be a public hearing on the matter of the rates and charges, and consideration of adoption of said Ordinance No. 1561, which provides in part:
13.04.030 RATE RS ELECTRIC RESIDENTIAL SERVICE AVAILABILITY
Availability. Residential Services shall be available for single phase residential service including residential lighting, residential space heating, household appliances, refrigeration and cooking appliances, water heating and small motors not exceeding three (3) horsepower individual capacity.
Character of Service. Alternating current, sixty Hertz, single phase, at a voltage of approximately 120/240 volts three wire.
Rate
Customer Charge $3.87 per meter per month
Energy Charge
For the first 500 KWH $0.062658 per KWH
For all the KWH above 500 KWH $0.053087 per KWH
Minimum Charge
The minimum monthly charge shall be the Customer Charge
13.04.040 Rate CS Electric Commercial Service
Availability. Commercial Service shall be available for any light and/or power purpose with a Monthly Maximum Load of 149 kilowatts, or under. Customer must be located on or adjacent to a distribution line of the utility which is adequate and suitable for supplying the service required.
Character of Service. Alternating current, sixty Hertz, at any standard single phase and/or polyphase voltage supplied by Utility in locality for which the service is requested.
Rate
Customer Charge:
Single-Phase
Three Phase
Energy Charge
For the first 500 KWH For the next 2000 KWH
For all the KWH above 2500 KWH
$7.71 per meter per month
$9.76 per meter per month
$0.08266 per KWH 0.072846 per KWH
0.060353 per KWH
Minimum Charge
The minimum monthly charge shall be the Customer Charge
Special Terms and Conditions
A customer which has equipment installed having intermittent or violently fluctuating characteristics such as welders, cranes, etc. and which has combined input capacity in excess of 50 KVA, service will be permitted under this rate schedule, provided, however, that such service will be provided only through a separate transformer bank and with separate metering, and billed separately.
13.04.050 Rate MS Electric Municipal Service
Availability. Municipal Service shall be available for any light and/or power purpose of a metered municipal customer.
Character of Service. Alternating current, sixty hertz, at a standard single phase and/or polyphase voltage supplied by Utility in the locality for which the service is requested.
Rate
Customer Charge Energy Charge
$7.28 per meter per month
$0.06154 per KWH for all KWH
Minimum Charge
The minimum monthly charge shall be the Customer Charge.
13.04.060 Rate GS Electric General Service
Availability. General Service shall be available through one meter to any customer having a Maximum Load of 150 kilowatts or more. The applicant must be adjacent to the Utility’s distribution line that is adequate and suitable for supplying the service requested.
Character of Service. Alternating current having a frequency of sixty Hertz, and furnished at a voltage which is standard with the Utility in the area served.
Rate
Maximum Load Charge (monthly)
Each kilowatt of Billing Maximum Load $8.32 per kilowatt
Energy Charge (in addition to the Maximum Load charge)
For all energy used per month $0.032651 per KWH
Minimum Charge
The minimum monthly charge shall be the Maximum Load Charge.
Measurement of Maximum Load and Energy
Maximum Load shall be measured by suitable instruments, and, in any month, the maximum load shall be the average number of kilowatts in the 15- minute interval during which the energy metered is greater than in any other 15- minute interval in such month. For the purpose of billing, the Billing Maximum Load shall be the greater of the maximum load for the month or 150 kilowatts.
Energy shall be measured by suitable integrating instruments.
Metering Adjustment
If service is metered at a voltage of approximately 480 volts or lower, the maximum load and energy measurements shall be increased by two percent (2%) to convert such measurements to the equivalent of metering at the Utility’s primary voltage.
Equipment Adjustment
When customer furnishes and maintains the complete substation equipment, including any and all transformers, and/or switches and/or the equipment necessary to take his entire service at the primary voltage of the transmission or distribution line from which service is to be received, a credit of 0.33 per kilowatt of Billing Maximum Load will be applied to each month’s net bill.
Special Terms and Conditions
A customer which has equipment installed having intermittent of violently fluctuating characteristics such as welders and cranes and which has combined input capacity in excess of 50 KVA, will be permitted service under this rate schedule, provided, however, that such service will be provided only through a separate transformer bank and with separate metering, and billed separately.
13.04.080 Rate of Outdoor Lighting Service
Availability. Outdoor lighting service shall be available only for continuous year- round service for outdoor lighting to any customer located adjacent to an electric distribution line of Utility that is adequate and suitable for supplying the service requested.
Character of Service. Outdoor Lighting Service using lamps available under this rate schedule.
Rate
Type of Lamp Rate per Lamp per Month
175 watt mercury vapor $5.74
250 watt mercury vapor $12.78
At such hearing and prior to final adoption of said Ordinance, all interested parties may appear and be heard. A copy of Ordinance No. 1561 may be examined at the office of the Clerk-Treasurer.
Dated this ___ day of July 2020.
Tamara D. Runyon, IAMC, MMC
Municipal Clerk Treasurer
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