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Commercial and Industrial Electric Rates and Charges

ARTICLE X ELECTRIC RATES AND CHARGES
(Citywide Fee Schedule adopted June 2007; Rates effective January 1, 2008)

SCHEDULE C:  SMALL GENERAL SERVICE WITHOUT DEMAND
(Last Update 6/19/07, Resolution 27,486)
  Description   Amount Unit/Time
(A) Basic Service Rate
(1) Customer Service Charge
(a) Unmetered service $4.93 Service
(b) 1-phase $7.96 Meter
(c) 3-phase $9.95 Meter
(2) Special Demand Charge $9.85 kW
The Special Demand charge applies to devices and  equipment that produce highly intermittent demands  of short duration.  These special demand loads  include, but are not limited to resistance welding  equipment, x-ray machines and bombarding  transformers.
(3) Energy Charge
(a) All kWh/mo. $0.02940 kWh
(4) Energy Cost Adjustment Charge:  All kWh/mo. (Sec. 13 Article X) $0.09700 kWh
(5) Minimum Charge
The minimum charge shall be the sum of the Customer Service Charge plus the Special Demand Charge, if any. Month
(B) Electric Vehicle Mileage Credit
(1) Mileage Credit $0.01380 Mile
The mileage credit applies to miles driven in an electric or plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) that is recharged at the customer's business.
SCHEDULE D:  MEDIUM GENERAL SERVICE 20 kW to 250 kW
(Last Update 6/20/06, Resolution 27,258)
(Last Update 6/19/07, Resolution 27,486)
  Description   Amount Unit/Time
(A) Basic Service Rate
(1) Customer Service Charge
(a) 1-phase $10.00 Meter
(b) 3-phase $15.00 Meter
(2) Demand Charge
(a)  All kW of Billing Demand $9.25 kW
(3) Special Demand Charge $9.85 kW
The Special Demand charge applies to devices and  equipment that produce highly intermittent demands  of short duration.  These special demand loads  include, but are not limited to resistance welding  equipment, x-ray machines and bombarding  transformers.
  Description   Amount Unit/Time
(4) Energy Charge
(a) All kWh/mo. $0.008 kWh
(5) Energy Cost Adjustment Charge:  All kWh/mo. (Sec. 13 Article X) $0.0970 kWh
(6) Minimum Charge $92.50 Month
(B) Electric Vehicle Mileage Credit
(1) Mileage Credit $0.01380 Mile
The mileage credit applies to miles driven in an electric or plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) that is recharged at the customer's business.
SCHEDULE P:   LARGE GENERAL SERVICE 250 kW to 1,000 KVA
(Last Update 6/20/06, Resolution 27,258)
(Last Update 6/19/07, Resolution 27,486)
  Description   Amount Unit/Time
(A) Basic Service Rate
(1) Customer Service Charge $80.00 Meter
(2) Demand Charge
(a) Minimum $1,500.00 Month
(b) Primary service (2.4 kV and above) $9.35 kWh
(c) Secondary service (less than 2.4 kV) $10.00 kWh
(3) Energy Charge
(a) Primary service (2.4 kV and above) $0.00580 kWh
(b) Secondary service (less than 2.4 kV) $0.00600 kWh
Customers serviced at 2.4 kV and above, and customers with only one level of transformation below 34.5 kV (excepting 12kV/4kV transformations done as part of a voltage conversion effort) qualify for primary service.
(4) Energy Cost Adjustment Charge:  All kWh/mo. (Sec. 13 Article X)
(a) Primary service (2.4 kV and above) $0.09600 kWh
(b) Secondary service (less than 2.4 kV) $0.09700 kWh
(5) Minimum Charge $1,580.00 Month
The minimum charge shall be the sum of the  Customer Service Charge plus the Minimum Demand Charge.
  (B) Power Factor Adjustment
For industrial customers ("P" rate meters) with average billing demands of 250 kW or greater the following shall apply:
(1) A one and one-tenth percent (1.1%) REDUCTION in the  Demand Charge for each percent the average load  power  factor is ABOVE ninety percent (90%) lagging.   Limited to no more than ninety-eight percent (98%) power  factor lagging.
(2) A two percent (2%) INCREASE in the Demand Charge  for each percent the average load power factor is  between eighty percent (80%) lagging and ninety percent  (90%) lagging.
(3) The Burbank Water & Power Department (BWP) will  require as a condition of service, correction of average  load power factor by the customer to a minimum of eighty  percent (80%) lagging.
(4) If a customer's average load power factor falls below the  required minimum of eighty percent (80%) in any billing  month, a special penalty will be assessed as follows:  A  four and one-tenths percent (4.1%) increase in the   Demand Charge for each percent the average load  power factor is below eighty percent (80%) lagging.
(C) Optional Time-of-Use Rate (B.M.C. Sec. 30-204)
Industrial customers ("P" rate meters) have the option of being billed under a Time-of-Use Rate.  The actual rate will depend on the customer's load characteristics and will be determined by the General Manager and subject to the rules and regulations of the General Manager.
(D) Electric Vehicle Mileage Credit
(1) Mileage Credit $0.01380 Mile
The mileage credit applies to miles driven in an electric or plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) that is recharged at the customer's business.
SCHEDULE TOU-SECONDARY
EXTRA LARGE GENERAL SERVICE SECONDARY OVER 1,000 KVA
(Last Update 6/19/07, Resolution 27,486)
  Description   Amount Unit/Time
(A) Basic Service Rate
Customers serviced below 2.4 kV qualify for secondary service.
(1) Customer Service Charge $100.00 Meter
(2) Distribution Demand Charge
(a) Minimum $7,480.00 Month
(b) All kVA $9.35 kVA
(3) Reliability Services Demand Charge
(a) Minimum $5,576.00 Month
(b) All kVA $6.97 kVA
Energy Charge
(a) Summer On-Peak $0.13440 kWh
(b) Summer Mid-Peak $0.09095 kWh
(c) Summer Off-Peak $0.06720 kWh
(d) Winter Mid-Peak $0.09095 kWh
(e) Winter Off-Peak $0.06720 kWh
Definitions:
Summer: June 1 through Ocober 31.
Winter: November 1 through May 31.
On-Peak: Summer Weekdays, noon to 6 pm, except holidays.
Mid-Peak: Weekdays, 8 am to noon, 6 pm to 11 pm, except holidays.
Off-Peak: All remaining hours.
Holidays are New Year’s Day (January 1), Presidents’ Day (third Monday in February), Memorial Day (last Monday in May), Independence Day (July 4), Labor Day (first Monday in September), Veterans Day (November 11), Thanksgiving Day (fourth Thursday in November), and Christmas (December 25).
When any holiday listed above falls on Sunday, the following Monday will be recognized as an off-peak period.  No change will be made for holidays falling on Saturday.
(4) Energy Cost Adjustment Charge:  All kWh/mo. (Sec. 13 Article X)
An energy cost adjustment charge of $.0970 is embedded in the above rates.  Any change to the ECAC applicable to secondary customers in Schedule P above or below $.0970 per kWh shall be added or reflected as a surcharge or surcredit on all kWh (Sec. 13 Article X)
(5) Minimum Charge $13,156.00 Month
The minimum charge shall be the sum of the Customer Service Charge plus the Minimum Distribution and Reliability Services Demand Charges.
(B) Electric Vehicle Mileage Credit
(1) Mileage Credit $0.01380 Mile
The mileage credit applies to miles driven in an electric or plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) that is recharged at the customer's business.
SCHEDULE TOU-PRIMARY
EXTRA LARGE GENERALSERVICE PRIMARY OVER 1,000 KVA
(Last Update 6/19/07, Resolution 27,486)
  Description   Amount Unit/Time
(A) Basic Service Rate
Customers serviced at 2.4 kV and above, and customers with only one level of transformation below 34.5 kV (excepting 12kV/4kV transformations done as part of a voltage conversion effort) qualify for primary service.
(1) Customer Service Charge $100.00 Meter
(2) Distribution Demand Charge
(a) Minimum $6,936.00 Month
(b) All kVA $8.67 kVA
(3) Reliability Services Demand Charge
(a) Minimum $5,168.00 Month
(b) All kVA $6.46 kVA
(4) Energy Charge
(a) Summer On-Peak $0.12460 kWh
(b) Summer Mid-Peak $0.08430 kWh
(c) Summer Off-Peak $0.06230 kWh
(d) Winter Mid-Peak $0.08430 kWh
(e) Winter Off-Peak $0.06230 kWh
Definitions:
Summer: June 1 through Ocober 31.
Winter: November 1 through May 31.
On-Peak: Summer Weekdays, noon to 6 pm, except holidays.
Mid-Peak: Weekdays, 8 am to noon, 6 pm to 11 pm, except holidays.
Off-Peak: All remaining hours.
Holidays are New Year’s Day (January 1), Presidents’ Day (third Monday in February), Memorial Day (last Monday in May), Independence Day (July 4), Labor Day (first Monday in September), Veterans Day (November 11), Thanksgiving Day (fourth Thursday in November), and Christmas (December 25).
When any holiday listed above falls on Sunday, the following Monday will be recognized as an off-peak period.  No change will be made for holidays falling on Saturday.
Energy Cost Adjustment Charge:  All kWh/mo. (Sec. 13 Article X)
An energy cost adjustment charge of $.0960 is embedded in the above rates.  Any change to the ECAC applicable to secondary customers in Schedule P above or below $.0960 per kWh shall be added or reflected as a surcharge or surcredit on all kWh (Sec. 13 Article X)
(6) Minimum Charge $12,204.00 Month
The minimum charge shall be the sum of the Customer Service Charge plus the Minimum Distribution and Reliability Services Demand Charges.
  (B) Electric Vehicle Mileage Credit
(1) Mileage Credit $0.01380 mile
The mileage credit applies to miles driven in an electric or plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) that is recharged at the customer's business.
STREET LIGHTING, TRAFFIC SIGNAL, AND FREEWAY LIGHTING SERVICE
(Last Update 6/20/06, Resolution 27,258)
(Last Update 6/19/07, Resolution 27,486)
  Description   Amount Unit/Time
(A) Street Lighting
This schedule is applicable to service for streetlights owned and installed by the City or customers.  The Energy Cost Adjustment Charge shall be added to the charges under this schedule, based on estimated usage.
(1) Sodium Vapor Lighting
(a) 70 watt high pressure sodium $0.833 Lamp
(b) 100 watt high pressure sodium $1.146 Lamp
(c) 150 watt high pressure sodium $1.430 Lamp
(d) 200 watt high pressure sodium $2.065 Lamp
(e) 250 watt high pressure sodium $2.132 Lamp
(f) 360 watt high pressure sodium $2.630 Lamp
(g) 400 watt high pressure sodium $2.934 Lamp
(h) 1000 watt high pressure sodium $6.852 Lamp
(i) 55 watt low pressure sodium $0.918 Lamp
(j) 135 watt low pressure sodium $1.789 Lamp
(2) Metal Halide and Fluorescent Lighting
(a) 250 watt metal halide $1.874 Lamp
(b) 400 watt metal halide. $3.131 Lamp
(c) 85 watt fluorescent $1.035 Lamp
(3) Mercury Vapor Lighting (Closed to new installations)
(a) 175 watt mercury vapor $1.375 Lamp
(b) 400 watt mercury vapor $2.774 Lamp
(4) Incandescent Lighting (Closed to new installations)
(a) 213 watt (4000 lumen) series $3.451 Lamp
(b) 137 watt (2500 lumen) series $3.081 Lamp
(c) 100 watt incandescent $6.452 Lamp
  (B) Traffic Signal and Freeway Lighting
This schedule is applicable to traffic signals, mass transit lighting facilities, freeway lights, and freeway ramp lights.  These services may be metered or unmetered.
(1) Customer Service Charge $5.05 Service
(2) Energy Charge $0.05290 kWh
(3) Energy Cost Adjustment Charge:  All kWh/mo. (Sec. 13 Article X) $0.0970 kWh
TEMPORARY SERVICE
(Last Update 6/20/06, Resolution 27,258)
(Last Update 6/19/07, Resolution 27,486)
  Description   Amount Unit/Time
(A) Basic Service Rate
(1) Customer Service Charge
(a) 1st calendar month $32.89 Service
(b) Each successive month $8.23 Service
(2) Energy Charge $0.03378 kWh
(3) Energy Cost Adjustment Charge:  All kWh/mo. (Sec. 13 Article X) $0.0970 kWh
For overhead temporary service there shall be an installation charge of five hundred dollars ($500.00).
Where temporary power is provided by a padmount transformer, Aid-In-Construction charges will apply like permanent service, but after completion of the project, the transformer will be prorated and the remaining money will be refunded to the customer.
Should the temporary service location be relocated during the period of temporary service for the customer's convenience, a relocation charge of two hundred forty dollars ($240.00) shall be paid by the customer.
MISCELLANEOUS CHARGES
(Last Update 6/20/06, Resolution 27,258)
  Description   Amount Unit/Time
(A) Penalties
(1) Restoration of service after payment $30.00 Reconnect
(2) Collection activity $30.00 Call
(3) Disconnect after illegal connection $100.00 Violation
(4) Service call $50.00 Call
(5) Bad check charge $25.00 Check
  Description   Amount Unit/Time
(6) Repairs and replacements due to illegal connections At Cost Each Occurrence
(7) Energy diversion $500.00 Violation
(8) Late Fee (on past due balances) 1.5% Month
(B) Connections (Aid-In-Construction)
(1) Relocation of existing overhead or underground  lines 100% Actual Costs
(2) Feasibility Studies 100% Actual Costs
(3) Engineering 100% Actual Costs
(4) Installation of new on-site facilities necessary to serve customer 100% Actual Costs
(5) Special Remote Meter 100% Actual Costs
(6) "Actual Costs" shall mean all costs to the Burbank
Water and Power Department associated with the providing of the described service, as determined by the General Manager and shall include, but need not be limited to, contract labor, meters, transformers, switches, other equipment and materials.
(7) Installation of new off-site facilities necessary to serve multi-family dwellings or large high-rise  industrial developments from underground circuits  when improvements are needed in the distribution system in that area. $0.480 Gross Leasable Sq. Ft.
(8) Installation of new off-site facilities necessary to serve multi-family dwellings or large high-rise  industrial developments from underground circuits  exclusively for one particular customer. 100% Actual Costs
(9) Aid-in Construction (AIC) charges may be waived,  recovered over a period of time, or otherwise  modified provided that the Department receives a  benefit equal to or greater than that from the AIC  charges that would normally have applied.
(C) Deposits
(1) Each applicant for electric service may be required to guarantee payment of charges for  electricity by depositing or otherwise furnishing double the estimated coverage billing for such  services, provided that no deposit shall be less than Twenty Dollars ($20.00).
(2) Each applicant for a new service connection shall be required to make a deposit equal to the estimated cost of the installation prior to installation, unless waived by the Department under  special conditions.
(3) Each applicant for temporary service shall be required to deposit with the General Manager an  amount equal to the estimated bill for electric service to be rendered, including installation and  removal of service facilities and the costs of any equipment furnished by City.  Such amount  shall not be less than Fifty Dollars ($50.00).
  Description   Amount Unit/Time
(4) A deposit of Fifty Dollars ($50.00) shall be required for consumer requests to test the  consumer’s meter if such test has been performed on that service in the 12 months immediately  preceding.  If the meter is inaccurate, the deposit will be refunded and a billing adjustment  made.  If the meter is accurate, the deposit shall be forfeited.
(D) Special Services
(1) (1) A fee of one hundred twenty-five Dollars ($125.00) shall be charged for each community banner that is hung by the Department.
COGENERATION SERVICE
  Description      
(A) The rate paid by the Burbank Water & Power Department to any "Qualifying Facility" under FERC rules shall be secured on an individual contract basis.  Rules specifying terms, conditions, and interconnection requirements as a prerequisite for cogeneration service under this rate schedule, in compliance with FERC Order No. 69, pursuant to PURPA, Section 210, were adopted by the City Council on September 28, 1982.
INTERRUPTIBLE SERVICE
  Description      
(A) Interruptible service may be available, at the discretion of the General Manager, to industrial customers who demonstrate to the satisfaction of the General Manager, that the industrial facility can tolerate unscheduled interruptions without creating an adverse impact on the power system.  The interruptible rate shall be negotiable between the customer and the General Manager, and secured on an individual contract basis, and subject to the rules and regulations.
BILLING DEMAND
  Description      
(A) For all rates, billing demand shall be defined as the kilowatts of measured maximum demand, but not less than 70% of the highest demand established in billings for the preceding months of July, August, September, and October, beginning with meters read on and after July 1.
ENERGY COST ADJUSTMENT CHARGE (ECAC) 
(Last Update 10/30/01, Resolution 26,124 Amending Resolution 26,032)
(Last Update 6/19/07, Resolution 27,486)
  Description      
(A) Computation of the ECAC
The General Manager shall establish an ECAC each month based on estimated energy sales sufficient to recover the cost of energy with consideration of any over or under collections.  The cost of energy shall include:
Description      
  (1) The cost of all fuel used for the generation of electricity including expenses in the handling and transportation of fuel up to the point where the fuel enters the boiler or turbine;
(2) The cost at the point of receipt by the utility of electricity purchased for resale.  It shall include, also, net settlements for exchange of electricity or power such as economy energy, off peak energy for on peak energy, spinning reserves capacity, etc;
(3) The cost payable to others for transmission of the utility’s electricity over transmission facilities owned by others;
(4) The cost payable to others for power system operation and dispatching the utility’s electricity;
(5) The cost of water required for electrical generation;
(6) Taxes and other fees for transmission of the utility’s electricity;
(7) The costs payable to others for the operation and maintenance for the utility’s transmission facilities located outside Burbank;
(8) The costs of payments made to the City for the ECAC portion of gross sales of electrical energy under Section 33 of the Charter;
(9) Costs of funding for competitiveness.
(10) Customers served at primary voltages shall be charged an ECAC 1% lower than secondary customers to compensate for lower transformer losses.
Limitation:
The monthly ECAC shall not increase or decrease by more than ten (10) percent from the prior month’s ECAC.
STANDBY SERVICE (SCHEDULE S) 
(Last Update 6/20/06, Resolution 27,258)
(Last Update 6/19/07, Resolution 27,486)
  Description   Amount Unit/Time
(A) BACK-UP SERVICE
Electric capacity and energy supplied by BWP during an unscheduled outage of the customer’s source of on-site non-utility generation to replace power ordinarily generated by the on-site non-utility generation facilities.  Customers taking Back-Up Service shall notify BWP within 24 hours after the initiation of each outage of the customer’s source of on-site non-utility generation.
OR
  MAINTENANCE SERVICE
Electric capacity and energy supplied by BWP during a scheduled outage of the customer’s source of on-site non-utility generation to replace power ordinarily generated by the on-site non-utility generation facilities.  Maintenance Service will be provided for outages scheduled with BWP pursuant to a power purchase agreement between BWP and the customer, or scheduled with BWP at least 30 days in advance.  Maintenance Service will not be permitted during the months of June through October.  During other periods, BWP will not unreasonably withhold approval of Maintenance Service.
OR
Both Back-Up Service and Maintenance Service
(1) Demand Charge
(a) Billing Demand
Notwithstanding Article X, Section 12, the Billing Demand for Back-Up Service or Maintenance Service shall be equal to the nameplate capacity of the customer’s on-site non-utility generation facilities.
$15.93 kW Billing Demand
(2) Energy Cost Adjustment Charge (ECAC)  All kWh/mo. (Sec.13 Article X) $0.0970 kWh
(a) "During an Energy Cost Crisis, the ECAC for Back-Up Service or Maintenance Service shall be equal to the average variable cost of the most expensive 10 megawatts of resources actually operated by BWP. In the case of utility-operated resources, this is calculated as the variable fuel cost plus $0.01/kWh. In the case of purchased power, this is calculated as the purchase rate, plus any required wheeling cost, plus $0.01/kWh. During an Energy Cost Crisis, the ECAC for Back-Up Service or Maintenance Service shall be equal to the average variable cost of the most expensive 10 megawatts of resources actually operated by BWP.  In the case of utility-operated resources, this is calculated as the variable fuel cost plus $0.01/kWh.  In the case of purchased power, this is calculated as the purchase rate, plus any required wheeling cost, plus $0.01/kWh.
(b) Energy Cost Crisis
Any day when the variable cost of purchased power delivered at SP 15 or Palo Verde as reported by Dow Jones exceeds $0.10/kWh, or the cost of natural gas delivered in Southern California as reported by Gas Daily exceeds $10.00 per million BTU.  The General Manager or designee will notify all Backup and Maintenance Service customers by email on a day-ahead basis of any day when the day-ahead prices reach these levels, and on a same-day basis when the real-time market prices reach these levels. 
(3) Minimum Charge
(a) The Minimum Charge shall be the Demand Charge. $15.93 kW Billing Demand
  Description   Amount Unit/Time
(B) SUPPLEMENTAL SERVICE
Electric capacity and energy supplied by BWP on a regular basis to supplement the customer’s power requirement in addition to that ordinarily supplied by the on-site non-utility generation facilities.
(1) All customers taking Supplemental Service shall be billed at the appropriate rate schedule for their level of connection. Customers connected through transformers with less than 250 kilovolt-amperes (kVA) of capacity will be served under Schedule D.  Customers connected through transformers with more than 250 kVA of capacity will be served under Schedule P. Refer to Schedule D, P, or TOU Schedules as appropriate
(a) Billing Demand for Supplemental Service
Notwithstanding Article X, Section 12, the Billing Demand for Supplemental Service shall be equal to the actual demand by the customer in excess of the Billing Demand for Backup Service and Maintenance Service in any month, subject to a Demand Ratchet.

$15.93 kW Billing Demand
(b) Demand Ratchet for Supplemental Service
The billing demand for Supplemental Service in any month shall be not less than seventy percent (70%) of the difference between the highest total demand placed on BWP in the previous twelve months, less the billing demand for Backup and Maintenance Service.

(2) Energy Cost Adjustment Charge (ECAC)  All kWh/mo. (Sec.13 Article X) $0.0970 kWh
(a) Pro-ration of Energy Consumption Between Supplemental Service and Backup Service or Maintenance Service.
"For the purpose of calculating the applicable energy charges for a customer using both Supplemental Service and Backup and Maintenance Service in any day, the daily kWh consumption shall be divided between the two categories in proportion to the billing demand for each service for that month. " For the purpose of calculating the applicable energy charges for a customer using both Supplemental Service and Backup and Maintenance Service in any day, the daily kWh consumption shall be divided between the two categories in proportion to the billing demand for each service for that month. 
(C) Customers Exempted from Schedule S
(1) Customers with less than 20 kW of on-site generation.
(2) Customers with on-site generation that is used exclusively when service from the utility is not available, plus testing not to exceed 48 hours per year.
(3) Customers with renewable energy systems (such as solar and wind) of 250 kW or less, total.
PUBLIC BENEFITS CHARGE
(Authority:  California Public Utilities Code Sec. 385)
(Added 6/20/06, Resolution 27,258)
  The Public Benefits Charge is 2.85% of the retail charge to a customer for electric service.
STREET LIGHTING SURCHARGE
(Authority:  Burbank City Charter - Section 33)
(Added 6/20/06, Resolution 27,258)
(Last Update 6/19/07, Resolution 27,486)
  The Street Lighting Surcharge is 1.50% of the retail charge to a customer for electric service.

 

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