Commercial and Industrial Electric Rates

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Commercial and Industrial Electric Rates and Charges

ARTICLE X ELECTRIC RATES AND CHARGES
(Citywide Fee Schedule adopted June 22, 2010; Rates effective January 1, 2011)

SECTION 2. SCHEDULE C: SMALL GENERAL SERVICE WITHOUT DEMAND
               
  Description         Amount Unit/Time
  (A) Basic Service Rate
    (1) Customer Service Charge    
        (a) Unmetered service $5.59 Service
        (b) 1-phase $9.03 Meter
        (c) 3-phase $11.28 Meter
   
    .    
    (3) Energy Charge    
        (a) All kWh/mo. $0.0334 kWh
    (4) Energy Cost Adjustment Charge: (Sec. 13 Article X) $0.1056 kWh
    (5) Minimum Charge   Month
      The minimum charge shall be the sum of the Customer Service Charge.  
  (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.    
SECTION 3. SCHEDULE D: MEDIUM GENERAL SERVICE 20 kW to 250 kW
  Description         Amount Unit/Time
  (A) Basic Service Rate
    (1) Customer Service Charge    
        (a) 1-phase $10.67 Meter
        (b) 3-phase $15.99 Meter
    (2) Demand Charge    
        (a) Minimum $87.96 Month
        (b) All kW of Billing Demand $9.86 kW
   

 

 

 

(3)

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 precedings months of July, August, September, and October, beginning with meters read on and after July 1.

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.

 

 

 

$11.18

 

 

 

kW

    (4) Energy Charge    
        (a) All kWh/mo. $0.0081 kWh
    (5) Energy Cost Adjustment Charge: (Sec. 13 Article X) $0.1056 kWh
    (6)   Minimum Charge      
        (a) 1-phase $98.63 Month
        (b) 3-phase $103.95 Month
      The minimum charge shall be the sum of the Customer Service Charge plus the Minimum Demand Charge.    
  (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.    
SECTION 5. SCHEDULE L-TOU SECONDARY
LARGE GENERAL SERVICE SECONDARY, 250 to 1,000 KVA
  Description         Amount Unit/Time
  (A) Basic Service Rate
    Customers serviced below 2.4 kV qualify for secondary service.    
    (1) Customer Service Charge $108.54 Meter
    (2) Distribution Demand Charge    
        (a) Minimum $1,628.09 Month
        (b) All kVA $10.15 kVA
    (3) Reliability Services Demand Charge    
        (a) Minimum $1,215.64 Month
        (b) All kVA $7.56 kVA
     (4) Energy charge    
        (a) Summer On-Peak $0.1459 kWh
        (b) Summer Mid-Peak $0.0987 kWh
        (c) Summer Off-Peak $0.0729 kWh
        (d) Winter Mid-Peak $0.0987 kWh
        (e) Winter Off-Peak $0.0729 kWh
       

Definitions:
Summer: June 1 through October 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.
 
Winter: November 1 through May 31.
Mid-Peak: Weekdays, 8 am to 11pm, 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 offpeak period. No change will be made for holidays falling on Saturday.		    
    (5) Energy rate shall be increased or decreased according to Sec. 13 Article X.    
         
    (6) Minimum Charge $2,952.27 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.    
SECTION 6. SCHEDULE L-TOU PRIMARY
LARGE GENERAL SERVICE PRIMARY, 250 to 1,000 KVA
  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 $108.54 Meter
    (2) Distribution Demand Charge    
        (a) Minimum $1,519.55 Month
        (b) All kVA $9.41 kVA
    (3) Reliability Services Demand Charge    
        (a) Minimum $1,085.39 Month
        (b) All kVA $7.01 kVA
    (4) Energy charge    
        (a) Summer On-Peak $0.1352 kWh
        (b) Summer Mid-Peak $0.0915 kWh
        (c) Summer Off-Peak $0.0676 kWh
        (d) Winter Mid-Peak $0.0915 kWh
        (e) Winter Off-Peak $0.0676 kWh
        Definitions:
Summer: June 1 through October 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.
 
Winter: November 1 through May 31.
Mid-Peak: Weekdays, 8 am to 11pm, 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 offpeak period. No change will be made for holidays falling on Saturday.		    
    (5) Energy rates shall be increased or decreased according to Sec. 13 Article X.    
         
    (6) Minimum Charge $2,713.49 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.    
SECTION 7. SCHEDULE XL-TOU SECONDARY
EXTRA LARGE GENERAL SERVICE SECONDARY OVER 1,000 KVA
  Description         Amount Unit/Time
  (A) Basic Service Rate
    Customers serviced below 2.4 kV qualify for secondary service.    
    (1) Customer Service Charge $108.54 Meter
    (2) Distribution Demand Charge    
        (a) Minimum $8,118.75 Month
        (b) All kVA $10.15 kVA
    (3) Reliability Services Demand Charge    
        (a) Minimum $6,052.16 Month
        (b) All kVA $7.56 kVA
    (4) Energy charge    
        (a) Summer On-Peak $0.1459 kWh
        (b) Summer Mid-Peak $0.0987 kWh
        (c) Summer Off-Peak $0.0729 kWh
        (d) Winter Mid-Peak $0.0987 kWh
        (e) Winter Off-Peak $0.0729 kWh
        Definitions:
Summer: June 1 through October 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.
 
Winter: November 1 through May 31.
Mid-Peak: Weekdays, 8 am to 11pm, 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 offpeak period. No change will be made for holidays falling on Saturday.		    
    (5) Energy rates shall be increased or decreased according to Sec. 13 Article X.    
         
    (6) Minimum Charge $14,279.45 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.    
SECTION 8. SCHEDULE XL-TOU PRIMARY
EXTRA LARGE GENERAL SERVICE PRIMARY OVER 1,000 KVA
  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 $108.54 Meter
    (2) Distribution Demand Charge    
        (a) Minimum $7,528.30 Month
        (b) All kVA $9.41 kVA
    (3) Reliability Services Demand Charge    
        (a) Minimum $5,609.32 Month
        (b) All kVA $7.01 kVA
    (4) Energy charge    
        (a) Summer On-Peak $0.1352 kWh
        (b) Summer Mid-Peak $0.0915 kWh
        (c) Summer Off-Peak $0.0676 kWh
        (d) Winter Mid-Peak $0.0915 kWh
        (e) Winter Off-Peak $0.0676 kWh
        Definitions:
Summer: June 1 through October 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.
 
Winter: November 1 through May 31.
Mid-Peak: Weekdays, 8 am to 11pm, 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 offpeak period. No change will be made for holidays falling on Saturday.		    
    (5) Energy rates shall be increased or decreased according to Sec. 13 Article X.    
         
    (6) Minimum Charge $13,246.16 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.    
SECTION 9. STREET LIGHTING, TRAFFIC SIGNAL, AND FREEWAY LIGHTING SERVICE
  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 $0.917 Lamp
        (b) 100 watt high pressure sodium $1.261 Lamp
        (c) 150 watt high pressure sodium $1.573 Lamp
        (d) 200 watt high pressure sodium $2.273 Lamp
        (e) 250 watt high pressure sodium $2.347 Lamp
        (f) 360 watt high pressure sodium $2.894 Lamp
        (g) 400 watt high pressure sodium $3.229 Lamp
        (h) 1000 watt high pressure sodium $7.540 Lamp
        (i) 55 watt low pressure sodium $1.010 Lamp
        (j) 135 watt low pressure sodium $1.969 Lamp
    (2) Metal Halide and Fluorescent Lighting    
        (a) 250 watt metal halide $2.062 Lamp
        (b) 400 watt metal halide. $3.445 Lamp
        (c) 85 watt fluorescent $1.139 Lamp
    (3) Mercury Vapor Lighting (Closed to new installations)    
        (a) 175 watt mercury vapor $1.513 Lamp
        (b) 400 watt mercury vapor $3.053 Lamp
    (4) Incandescent Lighting (Closed to new installations)    
        (a) 213 watt (4000 lumen) series $3.797 Lamp
        (b) 137 watt (2500 lumen) series $3.390 Lamp
        (c) 100 watt incandescent $7.100 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    
    (1) Customer Service Charge $5.73 Service
    (2) Energy Charge $0.6000 kWh
    (3) Energy Cost Adjustment Charge: (Sec. 13 Article X) $0.1056 kWh
SECTION 10. TEMPORARY SERVICE
  Description   Amount Unit/Time
  (A) Basic Service Rate    
    (1) Customer Service Charge    
        (a) 1st calendar month $36.55 Service
        (b) Each successive month $9.14 Service
    (2) Energy Charge $0.0375 kWh
    (3) Energy Cost Adjustment Charge: (Sec. 13 Article X) $0.1056 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.
SECTION 11. MISCELLANEOUS CHARGES    
  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) Return Item Charge $35.00 Each
    (6) Repairs and replacements due to illegal connections At Cost Each
    (7) Energy diversion $500.00 Violation
    (8) Late Fee (on past due balances) 1.5% Month
    (9)

Collection Agency Fee

 

 20% of Debt Total Due Each
  (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).
    (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.
SECTION 12. COGENERATION SERVICE    
  Description      
 

(A)

 

 

 

(B)

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.

Excess Solar Net-Metering Compensatio - When Available                            $.09870        kWh 

(1)All kWh delivered to BWP in excess of annual usage by the customer

SECTION 13. 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.
SECTION 14. BILLING DEMAND    
  Description      
  (A) (Deleted 6/22/10, Resolution 28, 138)
SECTION 15. ENERGY COST ADJUSTMENT CHARGE (ECAC)    
  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:
    (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)

The rates sated in this fee schedule are based on an overall ECAC rate of $.1056/kWh. Any increase or decrease in the ECAC rate above or below this level shall be applied as a uniform cents/kWh charge to each energy rate block in each rate schedule. For lighting service under Section 8, the change shall be applied as a percentage equal to the percentage change applicable to total revenue for Schedule C. (repeal existing language in section 10 of ECAC, plus all language in each of the tariffs).

    Limitation:    
    The monthly ECAC shall not increase or decrease by more than ten (10) percent from the prior month’s ECAC.
SECTION 16. STANDBY SERVICE (SCHEDULE S)    
  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    
    OR  
    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 $16.85 kW Billing
    (2) Energy Cost Adjustment Charge: (Sec. 13 Article X) $0.1056 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.  
      (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 dayahead 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. $16.85 kW Billing
  (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 L or XL.

 Refer to
Schedule D, L-Tou, or XL- TOU
Schedules as
appropriate		  
      (a)

Billing Demand for Supplemental Service 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.

 $16.85 kW Billing
      (b) Demand Ratchet for Supplemental Service    
   
      (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.  
  (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 1000 kW or less, total.  
SECTION 17. 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.
SECTION 18. 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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