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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2009-3192 - Ordinance - 07/23/2009ORDINANCE NO. 3192 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 11, °UTILITIES ", OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, BY AMENDING CERTAIN SECTIONS AS SET OUT BELOW; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; DECLARING A PENALTY; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS: PART 1: That Chapter 11, "Utilities ", of the Code of Ordinances of the City of College Station, Texas, be amended as set out in Exhibit "A ", attached hereto and made a part of this ordinance for all purposes. PART 2: That if any provisions of any section of this ordinance shall be held to be void or unconstitutional, such holding shall in no way effect the validity of the remaining provisions or sections of this ordinance, which shall remain in full force and effect. PART 3: That any person, firm, or corporation violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punishable by a fine of not less than Twenty -five Dollars ($25.00) nor more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00). Each day such violation shall continue or be permitted to continue, shall be deemed a separate offense. Said Ordinance, being a penal ordinance, becomes effective ten (10) days after its date of passage by the City Council, as provided by Section 35 of the Charter of the City of College Station, PASSED, ADOPTED and APPROVED this 23rd day of Jn1y , 2009. E.... eI a P3 MAYOR ATTEST: rty gecregry APPROVED: wml ORDINANCE NO. 3192 Page 2 EXHIBIT "A" That Chapter 11, "Utilities ", Section 4, "Electrical Service ", of the Code of Ordinances of the City of College Station, Texas, is hereby amended, by amending the title of subsection (10), as set out hereafter to read as follows: SECTION 4: ELECTRICAL SERVICE A. ELECTRIC SCHEDULE OF RATES 10) Electric Rate — Schedule POF (Purchases from Oualifvin2 Small Power Production and Cogeneration Facilities less than or eaual to 100 kW Excluding Customers Oualifvina for the Electric Rate Schedule SRE) ORDINANCE NO. 3192 Page 3 That Chapter 11, "Utilities ", Section 4, "Electrical Service ", of the Code of Ordinances of the City of College Station, Texas, is hereby amended, by adding subsection (12), as set out hereafter to read as follows: SECTION 4: ELECTRICAL SERVICE A. ELECTRIC SCHEDULE OF RATES 12) Electric Rate — Schedule SRE (Small Renewable Energy Customers Connecting Single Phase Distributed Generation from Renewable Sources less than or equal to 20 kW) (a) Applicable to any retail customer receiving single phase electric service under a City of College Station electric rate schedule who owns and operates an on -site generating system powered by a renewable energy technology capable of producing not more than 20 kW of power and who interconnects with the City of College Station's electric distribution system. Renewable energy technology is any technology that exclusively relies on an energy source that is naturally .regenerated over a short time and derived directly from the sun, indirectly from the sun, or from moving water or other natural movements and mechanisms of the environment. Renewable energy technologies include those that rely on energy derived directly from the sun, wind, geothermal source, hydroelectric source, wave or tidal energy; or on biomass or biomass based waste products including landfill gas. A renewable energy technology does not rely on energy resources derived from fossil fuels, waste products from fossil fuels, or waste products from inorganic sources. This section applies to a retail customer owned generation system that primarily offsets part or all of the customer's electric service provided by the City of College Station. (b) All charges, character of service, and terms and conditions of the City of College Station's Electric Rate Schedule under which the retail customer receives service apply except as expressly altered by this section. (c) The retail customer shall comply with the current City of College Station technical requirements for distributed generation interconnection for facilities under 20 kW and any revisions to the requirements. The retail customer shall obtain approval from the City of College Station before the customer energizes the customer's on -site generating system or interconnects it with the City of College Station's electric distribution system. The retail customer shall submit to the City a completed interconnection application and signed agreement on a form approved by the City Manager or his designee. The minimum term of an ORDINANCE NO. 3192 Page 4 agreement under this section shall be one year, extended automatically unless terminated by either party with a sixty (60) day written notice. (d) The retail customer is responsible for the material and labor costs of interconnecting with the City of College Station's electric distribution system including transformers, metering, service lines, and other equipment determined necessary by the City for the safe installation and operation of the customer's equipment with the City's system. The customer is also responsible for the material and labor cost of all equipment required and /or installed on their side of the meter. (e) Metering - Metering under this section shall be performed by a single meter capable of registering and recording the flow of electricity in two directions (delivered and received) to separately measure the customer's usage from the City's electric distribution system and the amount of the customer's surplus energy that was passed to the City's electric distribution system. (f) Rate - In a billing month after the retail customer receives approval to interconnect their on -site generating system to the City of College Station's electric distribution system, the customer will be billed: (i) Based upon their current electric service rate for the kilowatt hours used from the City of College Station's electric distribution system. The excess kilowatt hours that are passed back to the system from their on -site generation will be purchased at a rate equal to the average base wholesale kilowatt hour energy cost for power paid by the City of College Station. This average base wholesale kilowatt hour energy cost will be calculated based upon the past year's average wholesale cost and will be updated once a year (in October) to update this value. (ii) The calculated amount for the excess kilowatt hours passed back to the system will be credited to the current balance of the retail customer's utility account. If a credit exists at any time on the account the customer may request in writing a refund for the credit amount. If the customer closes the account with a credit remainder in their account, they will be refunded this amount.