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ORDINANCE NO. 4~
(Series of 1980)
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 30, SERIES OF 1976,
AND ORDINANCE NO. 38, SERIES OF 1978, AND ESTABLISHING
A NEW FORMAT FOR SETTING ELECTRICAL RATES FOR CUSTOMERS
SUPPLIED BY CITY-OWNED UTILITY
WHEREAS, Section 23-13 of the Aspen Municipal Code provides
that all electric rates shall be set forth in the most recent rate
schedule to be set by City Council, and
WHEREAS, the City Council is of the opinion that the rates
imposed by the City of Aspen for its electric utility service
should be adjusted immediately to reflect additional costs of
supply and administration, and to conserve the energy resources;
and
WHEREAS, the City Council desires
schedule which automatically passes to
to establish a rate
the public any future
increase in costs of supply and administration.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE
CITY OF ASPEN, COLORADO:
Section 1
The electrical rates for City
IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
utility customers established
in Section 1 of Ordinance No. 30, Series of 1976, and as amended
by Ordinance No. 38, Series of 1978, such that on and after the
July 31, 1980, billing there shall be imposed on all electricity
customers of the City of Aspen for retail sales of electricity a
usage charge for electricity actually used during a meter reading
cycle (monthly) which usage charge shall be determined as the sum
of the following factors times the consumer's kilowatt-hours used
during the billing period:
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(a) Monthly Service Fee The amount of Five Dollars ($5.00)
per month.
(b) Base Charge - The amount of which shall be determined by
dividing the annual base charge billed to the city by
Public Serice Company by the total number of kilowatt
hours billed to the City during the preceding twelve
month period.
(c) Demand Charge - The amount of which shall be determined
by multiplying the current demand charge rate billed to
the City by Public Service Company on a kilowatt basis
times the ratio of the preceding twelve month period
demand usage divided by the total kilowatt hours pur-
chased. This formula historically reflects the averag-
ing of peak demand to energy usage.
(d) Fuel Adjustment Charge The amount of which shall be
determined monthly to be equal to the City's cost of
fuel adjustment as billed to it by Public Service
Company.
(e) Energy Charge - The amount of which shall be determined
monthly to be equal to the City's energy charge per
kilowatt hour as billed to it by Public Service Com-
(f)
pany.
Operations Charge - The amount of which shall be com-
puted annually by dividing the amount of the City's
adopted budget for the Electric Fund's operations,
including the cost of line loss, capital costs and
return on capital investment to the total kilowatt hours
estimated to be purchased from Public Service Company
during the ensuing year. The commercial and residential
operations rates shall be allocated on the basis of
their relative weighted share of the kilowatt hour
sales. 2
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Section 2
If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or
portion of this ordinance is for any reason held invalid or
unconstitutional by any court of competent jurisdiction~ such
portion shall be deemed a separate, distinct and independent
provision and such holding shall not
remaining portions thereof.
Section 3
A public hearing on the ordinance
day of ~ '
City Council Chambers, Aspen City Hall,
affect the validity of the
shall be held on the ~
1980, at 5:00 P.M. in the
Aspen, Colorado.
INTRODUCED,
the City Council of
meeting held on the
ATTEST:
READ AND ORDERED published as provided by law by
the City of Aspen, Colorado, at its
~ey~oran Ede '
regular
, 1980.
Kathryn ~
City Clerk
FINALLY adopted, passed and
approved on the J~
, 1980.
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Mayor
day of
ATTEST:
City Clerk
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STATE OF COLORADO )
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COUNTY OF PITKIN )
CERTIFICATE
I, Kathryn S. Koch, 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 City Council of the
City of Aspen on ~ /~ _, 19~_~, and published
in the Aspen Times a weekly newspaper of general circul-
ation, published in the City of Aspen, Colorado, in its
issue of ~ /'~ , 19~, and was finally adopted
and approved at a regular meeting of the City Council on
Ordinance No. ~_~ ,
provided by law.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF,
19~'~, and ordered published as
Series of 19~ of said City, as
I have h.ereunto set my hand and
the seal of said City of Aspen, Colorado, this ~/_
day of ~ , 19~.
, City C. lerk
SEAL
Deputy City Clerk