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Home My WebLink Aboutordinance.council.037-08ORDINANCE NO. ~_ Series of 2008 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ASPEN, COLORADO, AMENDING THE MUNICIPAL CODE OF THE CITY OF ASPEN TO INCREASE CERTAIN ELECTRIC SERVICE RATES. WHEREAS, the City Council has adopted a policy of requiring all users of the electric systems operated by the City of Aspen to pay fees that fairly approximate the costs of providing such services; and WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that certain fees currently in effect do not raise revenues sufficient to pay for the attendant costs of providing said programs and services; and WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that rates charged for electric service should provide an incentive for conservation of natural resources. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ASPEN. COLORADO: Section 1. That Section 25.04.040 of the Municipal Code of the City of Aspen, Colorado, which section sets forth monthly electric service rates, is hereby amended to read as follows: 25.04.040 Electric service rates. (a) All retail customers of the Aspen Electric Department shall pay a monthly customer availability charge as follows: residential customers shall pay five and 20/100 dollars ($5.20) per 100 amp, per bill; small commercial customers shall pay five and 20/100 dollars ($5.20) per 100 amp, per bill; and, large commercial customers (those having a minimum usage of 30 kilowatts (kW) as well as a operable demand metering system) shall pay five and 20/100 dollars ($5.20) per 100 amp, per bill. In addition to the monthly customer availability charge, the customer shall pay the sum of the metered use of electric energy measured in kilowatt-hours (kWh) during the department's monthly meter reading cycle multiplied by the appropriate retail service rate as follows. (i) The retail rate for 100 AMP residential customers shall be $0.0660 per kWh for first five hundred (500) kWh of metered usage; $0.0957 per kWh for metered usage from five hundred one (501) to one thousand three hundred fifty (1,350) kWh; $0.1436 per kWh for metered usage from one thousand three hundred fifty-one (1,351) to two thousand four hundred (2,400); and, $0.2153 per kWh for metered usage in excess of two thousand four hundred (2,400) kWh. (ii) The retail rate for 200 AMP residential customers shall be $0.0660 per kWh for first six hundred fifty (650) kWh of metered usage; $0.0957 per kWh for metered usage from six hundred fifty-one (651) to one thousand seven hundred (1,700) kWh; $0.1436 per kWh for metered usage from one thousand seven hundred one (1,701) to three thousand five hundred (3,500); and, $0.2153 per kWh for metered usage in excess of three thousand five hundred (3,500) kWh. (iii) The retail rate for 300 AMP residential customers shall be $0.0660 per kWh for first two thousand one hundred (2,100) kWh of metered usage; $0.0957 per kWh for metered usage from two thousand one hundred one (2,101) to four thousand two hundred (4,200) kWh; $0.1436 per kWh for metered usage from four thousand two hundred one (4,201) to six thousand five hundred (6,500); and, $0.2153 per kWh for metered usage in excess of six thousand five hundred (6,500) kWh. (iv) The retail rate for 400 AMP residential customers shall be $0.0660 per kWh for first two thousand (2,000) kWh of metered usage; $0.0957 per kWh for metered usage from two thousand one (2,001) to four thousand five hundred (4,500) kWh; $0.1436 per kWh for metered usage from four thousand five hundred one (4,501) to seven thousand seven hundred (7,700); and, $0.2153 per kWh for metered usage in excess of seven thousand seven hundred (7,700) kWh. (v) The retail rate for 600 AMP residential customers shall be $0.0660 per kWh for first three thousand five hundred (3,500) kWh of metered usage; $0.0957 per kWh for metered usage from three thousand five hundred one (3,501) to six thousand eight hundred (6,800) kWh; $0.1436 per kWh for metered usage from six thousand eight hundred one (6,801) to eleven thousand (11,000); and, $0.2153 per kWh for metered usage in excess of eleven thousand (11,000) kWh. (vi) The retail rate for 1,200 AMP residential customers shall be $0.0660 per kWh for first three thousand five hundred (3,500) kWh of metered usage; $0.0957 per kWh for metered usage from three thousand five hundred one (3,501) to six thousand eight hundred (6,800) kWh; $0.1436 per kWh for metered usage from six thousand eight hundred one (6,801) to eleven thousand (11,000); and, $0.2153 per kWh for metered usage in excess of eleven thousand (11,000) kWh. (vii) The retail rate for 100 AMP small commercial customers shall be $0.0840 per kWh for first one thousand one hundred (1,100) kWh of metered usage; $0.1008 per kWh for metered usage from one thousand one hundred one (1,101) to two thousand nine hundred (2,900) kWh; $0.1512 per kWh for metered usage from two thousand nine hundred one (2,901) to six thousand (6,000); and, $0.2268 per kWh for metered usage in excess of six thousand (6,000) kWh. (viii) The retail rate for 200 AMP small commercial customers shall be $0.0840 per kWh for first one thousand six hundred (1,600) kWh of metered usage; $0.1008 per kWh for metered usage from one thousand six hundred one (1,601) to three thousand nine hundred (3,900) kWh; $0.1512 per kWh for metered usage from three thousand nine hundred one (3,901) to seven thousand two hundred (7,200); and, $0.2268 per kWh for metered usage in excess of seven thousand two hundred (7,200) kWh. (ix) The retail rate for 400 AMP small commercial customers shall be $0.0840 per kWh for first four thousand two hundred (4,200) kWh of metered usage; $0.1008 per kWh for metered usage from four thousand two hundred one (4,201) to eight thousand nine hundred (8,900) kWh; $0.1512 per kWh for metered usage from eight thousand nine hundred one (8,901) to fifteen thousand three hundred (15,300); and, $0.2268 per kWh for metered usage in excess of fifteen thousand three hundred (15,300) kWh. (x) The retail rate for 600 AMP small commercial customers shall be $0.0840 per kWh for first eight thousand two hundred (8,200) kWh of metered usage; $0.1008 per kWh for metered usage from eight thousand two hundred one (8,201) to sixteen thousand five hundred (16,500) kWh; $0.1512 per kWh for metered usage from sixteen thousand five hundred one (16,501) to twenty- three thousand (23,000); and, $0.2268 per kWh for metered usage in excess of twenty-three thousand (23,000) kWh. (xi) The retail rate for 800 AMP small commercial customers shall be $0.0840 per kWh for first fourteen thousand (14,000) kWh of metered usage; $0.1008 per kWh for metered usage from fourteen thousand one (14,001) to fifty-one thousand five hundred (51,500) kWh; $0.1512 per kWh for metered usage from fifty-one thousand five hundred one (51,501) to one hundred thousand (100,000); and, $0.2268 per kWh for metered usage in excess of one hundred thousand (100,000) kWh. (xii) The retail rate for 1,000 AMP small commercial customers shall be $0.0840 per kWh for first seventeen thousand (17,000) kWh of metered usage; $0.1008 per kWh for metered usage from seventeen thousand one (17,001) to thirty- five thousand (35,000) kWh; $0.1512 per kWh for metered usage from thirty- five thousand one (35,001) to fifty-six thousand (56,000); and, $0.2268 per kWh for metered usage in excess of fifty-six thousand (56,000) kWh. (xiii) The retail rate for 1,200 AMP small commercial customers shall be $0.0840 per kWh for first seventeen thousand (17,000) kWh of metered usage; $0.1008 per kWh for metered usage from seventeen thousand one (17,001) to thirty- five thousand (35,000) kWh; $0.1512 per kWh for metered usage from thirty- five thousand one (35,001) to fifty-six thousand (56,000); and, $0.2268 per kWh for metered usage in excess of fifty-six thousand (56,000) kWh. (xiv) The retail rate for 1,600 AMP small commercial customers shall be $0.0840 per kWh for first seventeen thousand (17,000) kWh of metered usage; $0.1008 per kWh for metered usage from seventeen thousand one (17,001) to thirty- five thousand (35,000) kWh; $0.1512 per kWh for metered usage from thirty- five thousand one (35,001) to fifty-six thousand (56,000); and, $0.2268 per kWh for metered usage in excess of fifty-six thousand (56,000) kWh. (xv) The retail service rate for lazge commercial customers, with operable demand metering systems in place and measured usage of thirty (30) kW and greater, shall be $0.0760 per kWh for metered usage plus a demand chazge of $6.00 per kW of metered peak usage for that meter reading cycle. (xvi) Until such time as large commercial customers have operable demand metering systems in place, they shall be chazged the retail service rate of small commercial customers as defined in section 25.04.040 (ii). (xvii) Payments for electric service chazges shall be due twenty (20) days after the billed date. Any amount due, but not received by the city on or before the next billing date, shall be subject to a past due chazge of one and one-half (1 '/~) percent of the total amount due; subject, however, to a minimum chazge of three dollars ($3.00). Balances of less than five dollars ($5.00) shall not be subject to this charge. A public hearing on the ordinance shall be held on the 8th day of December, 2008, in the City Council Chambers, Aspen City Hall, Aspen, Colorado. INTRODUCED, READ ANLD ORDERE~DJ ,PUBLISHED as provided by law by the City Council of the City of Aspen on the ~-"' day of /' y~-E%•;~~1~; 2008. ~j ~~ > Michael C. Ireland, ayor ATTEST: athryn S. Koch 'ity Clerk FINALLY adopted, passed and approved this day of~l'~~~~~~"' `"~, 2008. Michael C. Ireland, M or ATTEST: Kathryn S. Ko ,City Clerk