HomeMy WebLinkAbout1982-043 Contract - Electric ServiceContract For Electric Service
Experimental Residential Partial Requirements Service
With Generator
THIS AGREEMENT, dated this day of , 19
by and between the CITY OF ASHLAND, OREGON, a municipal corporation, ("City")
and ("Customer").
W I TNE S S E T H:
WHEREAS, Customer has notified City that he or she intends to install
or has installed facilities on his or her property for the purpose of using
as a source of power for
the generation of electric energy for a portion of his or her own residential uses;
and
WHEREAS, the residential service schedule in City's rate ordinance provides
only for service without any other source of electric supply; and
WHEREAS, City pursuant to P.U.C. orders 82-514 and 82-515, and consistent
with its policy of encouraging innovation in the use of renewable resources, is
willing to waive the aforesaid limiting provision, and is willing to furnish
partial requirements residential service to Customer's residence with generating
facilities which meet the safety requirements of duly constituted authorities;
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto, each in consideration of the agreements
of the other, agree as follows:
1. City shall provide facilities for furnishing volt,
phase, 60 Hertz electric service for a connected residential load of
approximately kilowatts described as follows:
Such electric service shall be furnished at one point of delivery
and metering on Customer's premises.
2. Customer shall receive and pay for service furnished hereunder in
accordance with residential schedule and effective super-
seding schedules of the City's rate ordinance now or hereafter adopted
by the City Council.
3. An interconnection shall be provided by the Customer on the source
side of the residential meter to meter the total output of the
generation facilities described as follows:
4. City shall receive and pay for all separately metered kilowatt hours
of customer generation in accordance with experimental Schedule 5 and
effective superseding schedules of City's rate ordinance as hereafter
adopted by the City Council.
5. Customer agrees to protect, indemnify and hold harmless the City of
Ashland, its Mayor and City Council, officers, employees, agents, and
their representatives against and from any and all loss, claims,
actions, or suits, including costs and attorneys' fees, both at trial
and on appeal, for or on account of injury, bodily or otherwise, to
or death of any persons, or damage to or destruction of property
belonging to the City or others, resulting from, or arising out of,
any operations hereunder, excepting only such injury or death as may
be caused solely by the fault or negligence of the City, its Mayor
and City Council, officers, employees or agents.
6. Customer shall furnish and install a safety disconnect switch to be
approved by the City on the Customer's side of the metering which will
fully disconnect the generator circuit from City's electric service.
The disconnect switch shall be located adjacent to City's meters and
shall be of the visible break type in a metal enclosure which can be
secured by a City padlock. City shall have the right to disconnect
Customer's generating facility from City's supply at the disconnect
switch when necessary to maintain safe electrical operating conditions
if in the sole judgement of City, Customer's generating equipment at
any time adversely affects City's operation of its electrical system
or the quality of City's service to other Customers, or if Customer
has failed to maintain his generating facilities in satisfactory
operating condition. The disconnect switch shall be accessible at all
times to City personnel.
7. Customer shall provide a meter base and all necessary wiring to
measure the total generation independently from the Customer's load.
For three-phase generation the Customer will also provide a meter base
for a KVAR meter. Customer shall provide all necessary wiring to
locate the generation metering adjacent to the residential meter.
Customer shall not connect or permit connection of utilization loads to
the generation circuit.
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8. Customer shall furnish, install, operate and maintain in good order
and repair, and without cost to City, all facilities required for the
safe operation of Customer's generation in parallel with City's system.
These facilities shall include, but not be limited to, equipment
necessary to automatically establish and maintain synchronism with City's
electric supply, and circuit breaker protection which will automatically
disconnect Customer's generating equipment from City's supply in the
event of overload or of an outage of City's supply. These facilities
should for safety be specified by a publicly licensed electrical
engineer or licensed electrician and should be approved for the purpose
by a nationally recognized testing laboratory or by a public authority
having jurisdiction. The generator system output to City lines must
at all times operate with voltage and current distortion not to exceed
10%.
9. Excepting only City-owned metering equipment, all facilities on Customer
side of the point of delivery, including the required generator system
disconnect switch and generator synchronizing facilities, shall be
provided, installed and maintained in satisfactory operating condition
by Customer, and shall remain the property and responsibility of Customer.
City shall bear no liability for Customer's equipment or for consequences
of its operation or misoperation. For purposes of recording the energy
flows of Customer generation and load, City may at its expense, install
and operate load research recorders.
10. Customer's generator and associated interconnection equipment shall
meet the requirements of and be inspected and approved by state electrical
inspector and any other public authority having jurisdiction as a
condition of interconnection with City service.
11. Authorized City employees shall have the right to enter upon Customer's
property for the purpose of operating or inspecting the disconnect and
metering and making additional tests concerning output and operation and
the accuracy of its meters, but such inspections or any City review,
approval, test, or authorization to connect shall not relieve Customer
from his obligation to install and maintain the facilities in satisfac-
tory operating condition.
12. This agreement and all of the terms and provisions hereof shall be
binding upon and inure to the benefit of the respective successors and
assigns of the parties hereto, save that no assignment hereof shall be
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effective without the written consent of City being first obtained.
The furnishing and taking of service hereunder shall be subject to the
rates, rules and regulations contained in City's Municipal Code. The
rates, terms and provisions hereof are and shall be subject at all times
to the regulatory authority of the City Council and are subject to
change from time to time by superseding schedules adopted by the City
Council.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, City and Customer have caused this agreement to be
executed in duplicate as of the day and year first above written.
CUSTOMER
CITY OF ASHLAND, OREGON
By:
Director of Electric Utilities
Approved:
~ity Administrator
Approved as to form:
ASHLAND CITY COUNCIL
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