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Residential Electric Rates and Charges

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

RESIDENTIAL SERVICE (B.M.C. Sec. 30-206)
      Description   Amount Unit/Time
(A) Basic Service Rate
(1) Customer Service Charge
$4.31
Meter
(2) Energy Charge
(a) First 250 kWh/mo.
$ 0.01306
kWh
(b)  Next 500 kWh/mo.
$ 0.04164
kWh
(c) All additional kWh/mo.
$ 0.04749
kWh
(3) Energy Cost Adjustment Charge (ECAC) (Sec. 13 Article X)
(a) First 250 kWh/mo.
$ 0.08998
kWh
(b)  Next 500 kWh/mo.
$ 0.09548
kWh
(c) All additional kWh/mo.
$ 0.10891
kWh
Each of the ECAC rates above shall be increased or decreased by the percentage of any change in the ECAC rate applicable to secondary voltage customers above or below $.0970 per kWh.
(4) Minimum Charge
$4.31
Month
(B) Lifeline Service Rate
(1) Customer Service Charge
$0.00
Meter
(2) Energy Charge
(a) First 400 kWh/mo.
$ 0.01298
kWh
(b)  Next 350 kWh/mo.
$ 0.02718
kWh
(c) All additional kWh/mo.
$ 0.03027
kWh
(3) Energy Cost Adjustment Charge (ECAC) (Sec. 13 Article X)
(a) First 400 kWh/mo.
$ 0.03793
kWh
(b)  Next 350 kWh/mo.
$ 0.07934
kWh
(c) All additional kWh/mo.
$ 0.08836
kWh
Each of the ECAC rates above shall be increased or decreased by the percentage of any change in the ECAC rate applicable to secondary voltage customers above or below $.0970 per kWh.
(C) 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 residence.
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,
(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
(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
  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. 
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.
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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