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ORDINANCE NO. ~
(Series of 1976)
AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING NEW ELECTRIC RATES FOR CUSTOMERS SUPPLIED
BY THE CITY OWNED UTILITY; IMPOSING A MINIMUM CHARGE OF $5.00 FOR
ALL CUSTOMERS USING 100 ~4H OR LESS PER MONTH; ~ND, IN ADDITION, A
USAGE CHARGE FOR USERS OF MORE THAN 100 KWH PER MONTH CONSISTING
OF A DE~AND CHARGE, FUEL ADJUSTMENT CHARGE AND ENERGY CHARGE; ESTAB-
LISHING ENERGY CHARGES FOR COMMERCIAL USERS OF $.0267/KWH AND FOR
RESIDENTIAL USERS OF $.0242; AND ESTABLISHING AN ENERGY CHARGE FOR
ESTABLISHED ALL-ELECTRIC USERS OF $.0167/~4H (TO BE INCREASED IN
$.025/K~ INCREMENTS EVERY YEAR FOR THE NEXT THREE YEARS) ~ND FOR
NEW ALL-ELECTRIC USERS AFTER JULY 1, 1976,0F $.0242; AND, FINALLY,
ESTABLISHING A NEW RECONNECT CHARGE OF $30.00, ALL AS MORE SPECIFICAL-
LY DESCRIBED HEREIN
~HEREAS, Section 23-18 of the Aspen Municipal Code provides
that all electric rates shall be as set forth in the most recent rate
schedule to be set by the City Council, and
WHEREAS, the City Council, pursuant to a series of
recommendations found in a report submitted by the Finance Department
simultaneously with the first reading of this ordinance, and at a
study session conducted on May 26, 1976, is of the opinion that
the rates imposed by the City of Aspen for its electric utility
service should be adjusted to reflect additional costs of supply and
administration, and to conserve the energy resources, and
WHEREAS, the City Council has agreed on an appropriate new
rate schedule and wishes to adopt the same in the most expedient
manner,
~IOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF ASPEN, COLORADO:
Section 1
That from and after the effective date of this ordinance
there shall be imposed on all electricity customers of the City of
Aspen for retail sales of electricity the following charges:
A minimum charge of Five ($5.00) Dollars to each customer (commercial,
residential or all-electric user) for usage of the first 100 kilowatt
hours or less during a meter reading cycle (monthly).
And, in addition, a usage charge to each customer for electricity
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actually used in excess of 100 kilowatt hours during a meter read-
ing cycle ~onthl~ which usage charge shall be a cumulation of the
following Assessments:
Demand Charge - the amount of which shall be deter-
mined to be an annualized equivalent to the City's
cost of demand charge as billed to it by Public
Service Company. The current annualized charge
is Six Dollars and 00/03 ($6.03) per kilowatt.
Fuel Adjustment Charge - the amount of which will
~e determined monthly to be equal to the City's
cost of fuel adjustment as billed to it by Public
Service Company. ?he current charge is $.001515 per
kilowatt hour.
~nergy Charge
(a) Commercial (per kilowatt hour) $ .0267
(b) Residential (per kilowatt hour). .0242
(e) All-Electric (per kilowatt hour) .0167
PROVIDED that such all-electric rate shall be increased
by $.0025/KWH increments on each of the next three
anniversarys of the effective date of this ordinance;
PROVIDED FURTHER that all electric users establishing
new all-electric services from and after July 1, 1976,
~hall be immediately assessed the rate of $.0242/~H
for electricity supplied.
Section 2
That from and after the effective date of this ordinance
there shall be imposed on electricity customers of the City of
Aspen a non-refundable charge for reconnection of service in the
amount of Thirty ($30.00 Dollars.
Section 3
thereof
shall not affect other provisions or applications of the ordinance
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~f any provision of this ordinance or the application
to any person or circumstance is held invalid, such invalidity
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which can be given effect without the invalid provisions or applications,
and to this end the provisions or applications of this ordinance are
declared to be severable.
Section 4
A public hearing on this ordinance shall be held on the
14th day of June, 1976, at 5:90 P.~. in the City Council Chambers,
Aspen City Hall, Aspen, Colorado.
INTRODUCED, ~AD AND ORDE~D published as provided by law
by the City Council of the City of Aspen, at its regular meeting
held May 24th, 1976 ~'~-//~c~/~
ATTEST: /~~/~'<~/~/~iOIII, R/
i~THRYN S~HAUTER, CITY CLERK
FINALLY ADOPTED AND APPROVED AS AMENDED on ~ /~ ,
1976.
ATTE ST:
KATHRYN S,J _7~AUTER,
C IT~Y"~ ~ DLEY~ 2~y
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STATE OF COLORADO
COUNTY OF PITKIN
ss. CERTIFICATE
I, Kathryn S. Hauter, City Clerk of Aspen,
Colorado, do hereby certify that the above and foregoing
ordinance was introduced, read in full, and passed on
~~. reading at a regular meeting of the
Cit CounciI of the City of Aspen On
7 , and published in the Aspen Times, a weekly newspaper
of general circulation, published in the City of Aspen,
Colorado, in its issue of ~c~.~
and was finally adopted and approved at a regular meeting
of the City Council on ~
and ordered published as Ordinance No. ~_~, Series of
197~, of said City, as provided by law.
IN WITNESS WHEREOP, I have hereunto set my hand
City of Aspen, Colorado, this
and
the
seal
of
said