A. In the event territory not served with light and power by the city on July 1, 1964, is annexed to the city after that date, customers in such territory shall pay in addition to the rates established by this chapter a further charge which shall be an amount equal to ten (10) percent of the charges as determined by such rates.

B. When the amount of money collected from such further charge equals the difference between the initial cost of acquiring existing facilities, if any, serving such territory and the value of the existing physical plant used by the city in providing service to such territory, as determined by the public service department, the customers in such territory shall then be charged the rates fixed by the remaining sections of this chapter. (Prior code § 8-1)

13.44.020 Rates—Domestic electric service (Schedule L-1).

A. Applicable to individually metered, single-family accommodations used primarily for domestic and household purposes and for master-metered multiple-family dwellings currently receiving service under the L-1 rate schedule. Master-metered multiple-family dwellings may only receive service under rate L-1-A. Master-metered dwellings may however receive service on a time-of-use basis under the L-2, LD-2 or PC-1 rate schedules. Customers with individually metered dwellings may choose to receive service under either the A (Standard), B (Time-of-Use), C (“Green”) or D (Customer-Owned Generation) rate options. Hours for time of use schedules are defined in Section 13.44.520 of this chapter.

B. Customers selecting rate L-1-C (“Green”) pay a higher energy charge than the standard rate reflecting the higher cost for energy from renewable sources. The difference between billing under rate C and rate A will be used to develop energy from renewable resources.

C. Rates L-1-D (Customer-Owned-Generation-Standard), L-1-E (Customer-Owned-Generation-Time-of-Use), and L-1-F (Customer-Owned-Generation-“Green”) are available to customers who own and operate photovoltaic systems or wind-powered electric generation systems. These customers must sign an inter-connection agreement with Glendale Water and Power (GWP) and pay for all required metering and interconnection equipment which is in addition to that required for standard service. Participation in this rate is on a first-come-first-served basis until the time that the total rated generating capacity used by eligible customer-generators in all customer classes exceeds 2.5 percent of GWP’s aggregate customer peak demand.

D. Rate L-1-A—Standard Service.

Customer Charge
Per meter per day	$0.27

Energy Charge	High Season	Low Season
First 10 kWh per day	$0.0800	$0.0600
Next 10 kWh per day	0.1100	0.0850
Remaining kWh	0.1400	0.1150

Fuel Adjustment Charge:
Per kWh as authorized in Section 13.44.420 of this chapter.

Public Benefits Charge:
Applied as a charge as defined in Section 13.44.425 of this chapter.

Senior Citizen Lifeline Discount:
Per qualifying service per day as authorized in Section 13.44.426 of this chapter.

E. For calculation of the bill for master-metered services under the L-1 rate schedule, the customer charge will be multiplied by the number of single-family accommodations served at this account, and the first block price for energy for these accounts will be applied to a block which is sized by multiplying ten (10) kWh per day times the number of single-family accommodations served at this account, and the second block price for energy for these accounts will be applied to a block which is sized by multiplying ten (10) kWh per day times the number of single-family accommodations served at these accounts.

F. Rate L-I-B—Time-of-Use Service.

Customer Charge
Per meter per day	$1.08

Energy Charge	High Season	Low Season
Peak Period per kWh	$0.1100	$0.0850
Base Period per kWh	0.0800	0.0600

Fuel Adjustment Charge:
Per kWh as authorized in Section 13.44.420 of this chapter.

Public Benefits Charge:
Applied as a charge as defined in Section 13.44.425 of this chapter.

Senior Citizen Lifeline Discount:
Per qualifying service per day as authorized in Section 13.44.426 of this chapter.

G. Rate L-1-C—“Green” (Renewable Resource Energy) Service.

Customer Charge
Per meter per day	$0.18
Energy Charge
Per kWh	0.2566

Fuel Adjustment Charge:
Per kWh as authorized in Section 13.44.420 of this chapter.

Public Benefits Charge:
Applied as a charge as defined in Section 13.44.425 of this chapter.

Senior Citizen Lifeline Discount:
Per qualifying service per day as authorized in Section 13.44.426 of this chapter.

H. Rate L-1-D—Photovoltaic Generation Service. Charges for this rate will be identical with rate L-1-A (See subsection D).

I. Rate L-1-E (Customer-Owned-Generation-Time-of-Use). Charges for this rate will be identical with rate L-1-B (See subsection F).

J. Rate L-1-F (Customer-Owned-Generation-“Green”). Charges for this rate will be identical with rate L-1-C (See subsection G).

Excess Energy Credit:
For all Customer-Owned-Generation rates, GWP will determine for each billing period the energy generated and the energy used. In any billing period where the energy used exceeds the energy generated on the customer-generator’s premise, the customer-generator will be billed for the net energy used. In the event energy generated by the facility exceeds the energy used on the customer-generator’s premise during any billing period, the amount of the net excess energy will be credited against the customer-generator’s energy usage in the next billing period. At the end of each twelve (12) month period, where the electricity generated by the eligible customer-generator during the twelve (12) month period exceeds the electricity supplied by the electric service provider during that same period, the eligible customer-generator is a net electricity producer and the electric service provider shall retain any excess kilowatt-hours generated during the prior twelve (12) month period. The eligible customer-generator shall not be owed any compensation for those excess kilowatt-hours unless the electric service provider enters into a purchase agreement with the eligible customer-generator for those excess kilowatt-hours. GWP reserves the right to pay the customer-generator for such excess kilowatt-hours at the current fuel adjustment charge rate.

K. The bill shall be the sum of the customer charge, the energy charge, the fuel adjustment charge, and the public benefits charge, and will include the lifeline discount credit for qualifying customers. In no case will an electric bill be less than zero dollars ($0.00) per month for customers qualifying for the lifeline discount or twenty-seven cents ($0.27) per day for rate L-1-A, L-1-C, or L-1-D customers. In no case will an electric bill be less than sixty-eight cents ($0.68) per day for customers qualifying for the lifeline discount or one dollar and eight cents ($1.08) per day for rate L-1-B customers. (Ord. 5598 § 1, 2008: Ord. 5507 § 1, 2006; Ord. 5506 § 1, 2006: Ord. 5335 § 1, 2002: Ord. 5316 § 1, 2002: Ord. 5301 § 1, 2002: Ord. 5297 § 1, 2001: Ord. 5233 § 1, 1999: Ord. 5197 § 1, 1998; Ord. 5178 § 1, 1997: Ord. 5130 § 1, 1996: Ord. 4974 § 1, 1991: Ord. 4956 § 1, 1991: prior code § 8-2)

13.44.060 Rates—Domestic electric service (Schedule L-2).

A. Applicable to electric services for businesses and other enterprises using less than five thousand (5,000) kWh per month and less than twenty (20) kW demand. Customers may choose to receive service under provisions of either the A (Standard), B (Time-of-Use), or C (Customer-Owned Generation) rate options. Hours for time-of-use pricing periods are described in Section 13.44.520 of this chapter. Customers whose energy use exceeds the previously stated limit for three (3) months during one (1) year will be billed under rate schedule LD-2.

B. Rates L-2-C (Customer-Owned-Generation-Standard) and L-2-C (Customer-Owned-Generation-Time-of-Use) are available to customers who own and operate photovoltaic or wind-powered electric generation systems and who are otherwise eligible and remain eligible for rate L-2-A or L-2-B. These customers must sign an interconnection agreement with Glendale Water and Power (GWP) and pay for all required metering interconnection equipment which is in addition to that required for standard service. Participation in this rate is on a first-come-first-served basis until the time that the total rated generating capacity used by eligible customer-generators in all customer classes exceeds 2.5 percent of GWP’s aggregate customer peak demand.

C. Rate L-2-A—Small Business Standard Service.

Customer Charge
Per meter per day	$0.50

Energy Charge	High Season	Low Season
All kWh	$0.1050 per kWh	$0.0850 per kWh

Fuel Adjustment Charge:
Per kWh as authorized in Section 13.44.420 of this chapter.

Public Benefits Charge:
Applied as a charge as defined in Section 13.44.425 of this chapter.

D. Rate L-2-B—Small Business Time-of-Use Service.

Customer Charge
Per meter per day	$1.08

Energy Charge	High Season	Low Season
Peak Period per kWh	$0.1050	$0.0850
Base Period per kWh	0.0850	0.0550

Fuel Adjustment Charge:
Per kWh as authorized in Section 13.44.420 of this chapter.

Public Benefits Charge:
Applied as a charge as defined in Section 13.44.425 of this chapter.

E. Rate L-2-C (Customer-Owned-Generation-Standard). Charges for this rate will be identical with rate L-2-A (See subsection C).

F. Rate L-2-D (Customer-Owned-Generation-Time-of-Use). Charges for this rate will be identical with rate L-2-B (See subsection D).

Excess Energy Credit:
For all Customer-Owned-Generation rates, GWP will determine for each billing period the energy generated and the energy used. In any billing period where the energy used exceeds the energy generated on the customer-generator’s premise, the customer-generator will be billed for the net energy used. In the event energy generated by the facility exceeds the energy used on the customer-generator’s premise during any billing period, the amount of the net excess energy will be credited against the customer-generator’s en-erg usage in the next billing period. At the end of each twelve (12) month period, where the electricity generated by the eligible customer-generator during the twelve (12) month period exceeds the electricity supplied by the electric service provider during that same period, the eligible customer-generator is a net electricity producer and the electric service provider shall retain any excess kilowatt-hours generated during the prior twelve (12) month period. The eligible customer-generator shall not be owed any compensation for those excess kilowatt-hours unless the electric service provider enters into a purchase agreement with the eligible customer-generator for those excess kilowatt-hours. GWP reserves the right to pay the customer-generator for such excess kilowatt-hours at the current fuel adjustment charge rate.

G. The bill shall be the sum of the customer charge, the energy charges, the fuel adjustment charge, and the public benefits charge. In no case will an electric bill be less than fifty cents ($0.50) per day for rate L-2-A or one dollar and eight cents ($1.08) per day for rate L-2-B. (Ord. 5598 § 2, 2008: Ord. 5507 § 2, 2006; Ord. 5506 § 2, 2006: Ord. 5335 § 2, 2002: Ord. 5316 § 2, 2002: Ord. 5297 § 2, 2001: Ord. 5233 § 2, 1999: Ord. 5197 § 2, 1998: Ord. 5178 § 3, 1997: Ord. 5130 § 4, 1996: Ord. 4974 § 3, 1991: Ord. 4956 § 3, 1991: prior code § 8-6)

13.44.080 Rates—Small business demand service (Schedule LD-2).

A. Applicable to electric services for businesses and other enterprises using more than five thousand (5,000) kWh per month, or with twenty (20) kW or greater demand. Customers may choose to receive service under the provisions of either LD-2-A (Standard), LD-2-B (Time-of-Use), LD-2-C (Customer-Owned-Generation-Standard), and LD-3-D (Customer-Owned-Generation-Time-of-Use) rate options. Hours for time-of-use schedules are defined in Section 13.44.520 of this chapter.

B. Rates LD-2-C (Customer-Owned-Generation-Standard) and LD-2-D (Customer-Owned-Generation-Time-of-Use) are available to customers who own and operate photovoltaic or wind-powered electric generation systems and who are otherwise eligible and remain eligible for rate LD-2-A or LD-2-B. These customers must sign an interconnection agreement with Glendale Water and Power (GWP) and pay for all required metering interconnection equipment which is in addition to that required for standard service. Participation in this rate is on a first-come-first-served basis until the time that the total rated generating capacity used by eligible customer-generators in all customer classes exceeds 2.5 percent of GWP’s aggregate customer peak demand.

C. Rate LD-2-A—Standard Service.

Customer Charge
Per meter per day	$3.60

	High Season	Low Season
Demand Charge
Per kW per day (Maximum reading for last twelve (12) months)	$0.3200	$0.2200
Energy Charge
All kWh	$0.0700 per kWh	$0.0650 per kWh

Fuel Adjustment Charge:
Per kWh as authorized in Section 13.44.420 of this chapter.

Public Benefits Charge:
Applied as a charge as defined in Section 13.44.425 of this chapter.

D. Rate LD-2-B—Time-of-Use Service.

Customer Charge
Per meter per day	$4.00

	High Season	Low Season
Demand Charge
Per kW per day (Maximum reading for last twelve (12) months)	$0.4600	$0.3800
Energy Charge
Peak Period per kWh	$0.0600	$0.0400
Base Period per kWh	0.0400	0.0400

Fuel Adjustment Charge:
Per kWh as authorized in Section 13.44.420 of this chapter.

Public Benefits Charge:
Applied as a charge as authorized in Section 13.44.425 of this chapter.

E. Rate LD-2-C (Customer-Owned-Generation-Standard). Charges for this rate will be identical with Rate LD-2-A (See subsection C).

F. Rate LD-2-D (Customer-Owned-Generation-Time-of-Use). Charges for this rate will be identical with Rate LD-2-B (See subsection D).

Excess Energy Credit:
For all Customer-Owned-Generation rates, Glendale Water and Power will determine for each billing period the energy generated and the energy used. In any billing period where the energy used exceeds the energy generated on the customer-generator’s premise, the customer-generator will be billed for the net energy used. In the event energy generated by the facility exceeds the energy used on the customer-generator’s premise during any billing period, the amount of the net excess energy will be credited against the customer-generator’s energy usage in the next billing period. At the end of each twelve (12) month period, where the electricity generated by the eligible customer-generator during the twelve (12) month period exceeds the electricity supplied by the electric service provider during that same period, the eligible customer-generator is a net electricity producer and the electric service provider shall retain any excess kilowatt-hours generated during the prior twelve (12) month period. The eligible customer-generator shall not be owed any compensation for those excess kilowatt-hours unless the electric service provider enters into a purchase agreement with the eligible customer-generator for those excess kilowatt-hours. Glendale Water and Power reserves the right to pay the customer-generator for such excess kilowatt-hours at the current fuel adjustment charge rate.

G. The bill shall be the sum of the customer charge, the demand charge, the energy charge, the fuel adjustment charge, and the public benefits charge. In no case will a bill be less than three dollars and sixty cents ($3.60) per day for rate LD-2-A or four dollars ($4.00) per day for rate LD-2-B. (Ord. 5598 § 3, 2008: Ord. 5507 § 3, 2006: Ord. 5506 § 3, 2006: Ord. 5335 § 3, 2002: Ord. 5316 § 3, 2002: Ord. 5297 § 3, 2001: Ord. 5233 § 3, 1999: Ord. 5197 § 3, 1998: Ord. 5178 § 5, 1997: Ord. 5130 § 6, 1998: prior code § 8-8)

13.44.100 LD-2—Determination of maximum demand—Calculation of bill.

A. Glendale water and power shall determine maximum demand at its discretion by tests from time to time, or monthly by means of proper recording demand meters supplied, owned and maintained by Glendale water and power. Maximum demand shall mean the average demand in the fifteen (15) minute interval in which the average demand is greater than in any other fifteen (15) minute interval in the billing period. In cases where the energy demand is intermittent or subject to violent fluctuation, Glendale water and power may apply a shorter interval of time in the determination of the maximum demand. In cases where the energy demand is constant and not subject to fluctuation, Glendale water and power may at its discretion serve such a load without a meter and determine the maximum demand by test. The customer shall be responsible to notify Glendale water and power of any changes in load characteristics. Glendale water and power may, whenever it deems advisable, make tests to reestablish these load characteristics for use in billing.

B. The demand reading for the demand charge for the LD-2 rate schedule shall be the maximum demand in kilowatts over the preceding twelve (12) months. The billing shall be determined by the application of Section 13.44.080 of this chapter, including customer, demand, energy and fuel adjustment charges. (Ord. 5506 § 4, 2006: Ord. 5130 § 9, 1996: prior code § 8-10)

13.44.110 Rates for street and highway lighting service (L-3).

Schedule L-3—Annual Charges. The rates for street and highway lighting service within the city shall be as follows:

SCHEDULE L-3

A. Per Lamp Basis.

Annual Charge Per Light
Incandescent Lamp Rating	Part Night	All Night
2,500 Lumen	$103.20	$115.80
6,000 Lumen	119.04	146.04
100 watt	97.32	105.60
150 watt	102.00	114.48
Mercury Vapor Lamp Rating
175 watt	29.76	47.04
400 watt	49.32	86.40
High Pressure Sodium Lamp Rating
70 watt	17.04	23.88
100 watt	21.84	33.48
150 watt	27.00	43.80
250 watt	37.08	63.60
400 watt	50.76	91.08
1,000 watt	184.56	276.12
Metal Halide Lamp Rating
175 watt	45.60	64.80
250 watt	53.16	79.44

B. Maintenance Service Only (Cleaning and Relamping). The annual charge on a per lamp basis shown below shall be applied to street and highway lighting service within the city where such facilities are supplied energy from a metered service.

Mercury Vapor Lamp Rating
175 watt	$12.48
400 watt	12.12
High Pressure Sodium Lamp Rating
70 watt	10.20
100 watt	10.20
150 watt	10.20
250 watt	10.44
400 watt	10.56

C. Demand Basis. The annual charge shall be two hundred sixty-nine dollars and four cents ($269.04) per year for each kilowatt of demand for the all-night schedule.

D. The energy charge component of the foregoing rates as calculated by the public service department is subject to adjustment on a kilowatt-hour basis for variation of fuel costs, as described in Section 13.44.420. (Ord. 5131 § 1, 1996: Ord. 5130 § 10, 1996: Ord. 4974 § 5, 1991: Ord. 4956 § 5, 1991: prior code § 8-11)

13.44.120 L-3—Where applicable.

Schedule L-3 is applicable for service in the city or any lighting district situated therein, for street, highway and thoroughfare lighting systems, including tunnels, bridges, thoroughfares in public parks, and traffic safety lighting, including signs, where the standards, fixtures, transformers, interconnecting conduits and circuits and lighting units are supplied by the customer, assessment district or the city, without expense to the public service department and the department supplies the electric energy. For systems billed on the per lamp basis the public service department will furnish normal maintenance. For systems billed on the demand basis no maintenance will be provided by the public service department. (Prior code § 8-12)

13.44.130 L-3—When applicable.

A. The daily time schedules, to which the rates set forth in Schedule L-3 shall apply, are as follows:

1. Lights on the all-night schedule shall be lighted approximately thirty minutes after sundown and extinguished approximately thirty minutes before sunrise.

2. Lights on the part-night schedule shall be lighted approximately thirty minutes after sundown and extinguished at twelve midnight, standard time.

B. The rates set forth on the per lamp basis shall apply only to lights operated on the all-night or part-night schedules, with switching done by the department.

C. The rate set forth on the demand basis shall apply only to the all-night schedule, with switching done by the department. (Prior code § 8-13)

13.44.140 L-3—Additional times applicable.

A. Rates for lights under the per lamp basis of Schedule L-3 operated on time schedules differing from the all-night or part-night schedules described in Section 13.44.130, and excepting those operating continuously, shall be the all-night rates increased or decreased, as may be appropriate, per hour of daily deviation from the all-night schedule of operation by one-fifth of the difference between the part-night and all-night rates, computed to the nearest whole cent.

B. Rates for lights under the per lamp basis operated continuously shall be computed at one and one-half times the all-night rates.

C. For service to a street lighting system under the demand basis, any part of which is to be other than the all-night schedule, the department will furnish continuous service, and the customer shall furnish, maintain and operate all switching facilities required. As a prerequisite to service, the customer shall furnish the department with its annual operating schedule. For each hour per day deviation from the all-night schedule, the rate shall be increased or decreased twenty-six dollars and eighty-eight cents per year per kilowatt. (Ord. 5130 § 11, 1996: Ord. 4974 § 6, 1991: Ord. 4956 § 6, 1991: prior code § 8-14)

13.44.150 L-3—Calculation of bills.

A. Bills under Schedule L-3 shall be rendered monthly and for periods other than a month shall be prorated on a monthly basis.

B. The monthly bill for lights operated on a calendar month basis shall be computed at one-twelfth of the applicable annual rates. (Prior code § 8-15)

13.44.160 L-3—Normal maintenance.

Normal maintenance shall include periodic inspection, renewal of lamps, cleaning of glassware, replacement of damaged glassware and lamps, maintenance of control according to established schedules, cleaning and painting of posts, minor repairs to wiring and electrical appurtenances on or within the posts; provided, however, that normal maintenance shall not include any replacement of posts or post parts or of damaged glassware or lamps when such damage is coincident with or is a result of partial or total demolition of posts or when caused by riots, fires, explosions, earthquakes, disasters of major magnitude or acts of God, nor shall normal maintenance include that due to equipment developing defects in test or in service due to faults in design, manufacture or installation, until such defects have been satisfactorily corrected. (Prior code § 8-16)

13.44.170 Rates for utilitarian street lighting service (L-4).

Schedule L-4—Annual Charge per Light. The rates for utilitarian street lighting service shall be as follows:

SCHEDULE L-4

Annual Charge Per Light

	Mounted on Separate Pole	Mounted on Distribution Line Pole
2,500 Lumen with refractors or enclosing globes	$ 228.00	$ 145.80
6,000 Lumen with refractors or enclosing globes	258.24	179.04
Mercury Vapor Lamp Rating
175 watt	159.24	80.04
400 watt	198.60	119.40
High Pressure Sodium Lamp Rating
70 watt	136.08	56.88
100 watt	146.68	66.48
150 watt	156.00	76.80
250 watt	175.80	96.60
400 watt	203.28	124.08
1,000 watt	388.32	309.12

(Ord. 5131 § 2, 1996: Ord. 5130 § 12, 1996: Ord. 4974 § 7, 1991: Ord. 4956 § 7, 1991: prior code § 8-17)

13.44.180 Same—Lighting service to which Schedule L-4 is applicable.

Schedule L-4 is applicable for general utilitarian street and thoroughfare lighting service and traffic safety lighting service furnished to the city where the public service department at its expense furnishes and installs poles, circuits, lamps and lamp fixtures on bracket, mast arm, center suspensions or pole top construction and the department supplies the electric energy and maintains the entire system. (Prior code § 8-18)

13.44.190 L-4—Separate pole ornamental type or wood—Substitution of underground at customer’s cost.

A. The rate under Schedule L-4 on separate pole for light applies to an ornamental streetlight pole or standard full-treated wood pole.

B. Service to such lights may be underground if the conduit system is paid for or provided by others without expense to the department. (Prior code § 8-19)

13.44.200 L-4—When applicable.

Lights to which Schedule L-4 is applicable shall be lighted thirty minutes after sunset and extinguished thirty minutes before sunrise. (Prior code § 8-20)

13.44.210 L-4—Calculation of bill.

A. Bills under Schedule L-4 shall be rendered monthly and for periods other than a month shall be prorated on a monthly basis.

B. The monthly bill for lights operated on a calendar month basis shall be computed at one-twelfth of the applicable annual rates. (Prior code § 8-21)

13.44.220 Rates for outside area lighting service (L-5).

A. Schedule L-5—Annual Charge per Light. The rates for outside area lighting service shall be as follows:

SCHEDULE L-5

Annual Charge Per Lamp Basis: Per Light

Mercury vapor lamp rating
400 W	$172.67
High pressure sodium rating
250 W	143.88

B. The energy charge component of the foregoing rates based on kWh consumption as calculated by the public service department is subject to adjustment on a kilowatt-hour basis for variation of fuel costs, as described in Section 13.44.420. Additional charges due to this adjustment will be added to bills rendered. (Ord. 4974 § 8, 1991: Ord. 4956 § 8, 1991: prior code § 8-21.1)

13.44.230 L-5—Where applicable.

Schedule L-5 is applicable for specific outside area lighting service upon application to and approval of the director of public service where existing public service department facilities are appropriately adaptable for such service as determined by the public service department. The city shall not be required to provide such service if, in the judgment of the director of public service, it may be considered objectionable to others and the city reserves the right to discontinue service should any lighting equipment, once installed, be considered substantially objectionable by the director of public service after investigation of complaints. Costs for material and installation will be estimated by, and prepayment of such estimated costs shall be made to, the city prior to installation of required facilities. Ownership of equipment shall remain in the city and in accepting such service the customer shall first agree in writing to indemnify city for addition of this light service or the failure of such equipment. (Prior code § 8-21.2)

13.44.240 L-5—When applicable.

Lights to which Schedule L-5 is applicable shall be lighted approximately thirty (30) minutes after sunset and extinguished approximately thirty (30) minutes before sunrise. (Prior code § 8-21.3)

13.44.250 L-5—Maintenance.

Necessary repairs or lamp requirements will normally be scheduled during regular weekday work hours within a reasonable time after notification to the department by the customer of a lighting outage. If the customer requests maintenance service outside of these hours, the department will bill the customer for labor expenses incurred. Monthly bills will not be adjusted for outages. (Prior code § 8-21.4)

13.44.260 L-5—Calculation of bills.

A. Bills under Schedule L-5 shall be rendered monthly and for periods other than a month shall be prorated on a monthly basis.

B. The bill for lights operated on a calendar month basis shall be computed at one-twelfth of the applicable annual rates. (Prior code § 8-21.5)

13.44.340 Rates—Business service (Schedule PC-1).

A. Applicable to electric services for businesses and other enterprises served through one (1) meter and measured at the delivered voltage. Customers with demands less than five hundred (500) kW per month may choose to receive service under either the standard rate (PC-1-A), the time-of-use rate (PC-1-B), the PC-1-C (Customer-Owned-Generation-Standard) rate, or the PC-1-D (Customer-Owned-Generation-Time-of-Use) rate. Customers whose demand exceeds five hundred (500) kW for three (3) months during a one (1) year period will be billed under rate schedule (PC-1-B) or PC-1-D if they have customer-owned generation. Service under rates PC-1-A, PC-1-B, PC-1-C, and PC-1-D will be metered for reactive power (kVAR). Hours for time-of-use schedules are described in Section 13.44.520 of this chapter. Service voltages available under this rate schedule are 120/208, 240, 480, 2400/4160, 7200/12470 or 34,500 as may be specified by Glendale Water and Power (GWP). All necessary transformers to obtain such voltages will be supplied, owned and maintained by GWP. Service will be supplied at one (1) voltage only, and any additional transformers, if necessary, shall be supplied by the customer.

B. Rates PC-1-C (Customer-Owned-Generation-Standard) and PC-1-D (Customer-Owned-Generation-Time-of-Use) are for customers who own and operate photovoltaic or wind-powered electric generation systems and who are otherwise eligible and remain eligible for rate PC-1-A or PC-1-B. Customers using the PC-1-C and PC-1-D rates must sign an interconnection agree-met with GWP and pay for all required metering interconnection equipment which is in addition to that required for standard service. Participation in these rates are on a first-come-first-served basis until the time that the total rated generating capacity used by eligible customer-generators in all customer classes exceeds 2.5 percent of GWP’s aggregate customer peak demand.

C. Rate PC-1-A—Standard Service.

Customer Charge
Per meter per day	$30.00

	High Season	Low Season
Demand Charge
Per kW per day (Maximum reading for last twelve (12) months)	$0.3200	$0.2200
Energy Charge
All kWh	$0.0600 per kWh	$0.0500 per kWh

Reactive Power
Per kVAR per day as metered on each service $0.0030

Fuel Adjustment Charge:
Per kWh as authorized in Section 13.44.420 of this chapter.

Public Benefits Charge:
Applied as a charge as authorized in Section 13.44.425 of this chapter.

D. Rate PC-1-B—Time-of-Use Service.

Customer Charge
Per meter per day	$30.00

	High Season	Low Season
Demand Charge
Per kW per day (Maximum reading for last twelve (12) months)	$0.4600	$0.3800
Energy Charge
Peak Period per kWh	0.0600	0.0400
Base Period per kWh	0.0400	0.0400

Fuel Adjustment Charge:
Per kWh as authorized in Section 13.44.420 of this chapter.

Public Benefits Charge:
Applied as a charge as authorized in Section 13.44.425 of this chapter.

Reactive Power Charge
Per kVAR per day as metered on each service $0.003

E. Rate PC-1-C (Customer-Owned-Generation-Standard). Charges for this rate will be identical with rate PC-1-A (See subsection C).

F. Rate PC-1-D (Customer-Owned-Generation-Time-of-Use). Charges for this rate will be identical with rate PC-1-B (See subsection D).

Excess Energy Credit:
For all Customer-Owned-Generation rates, Glendale Water and Power will determine for each billing period the energy generated and the energy used. In any billing period where the energy used exceeds the energy generated on the customer-generator’s premise, the customer-generator will be billed for the net energy used. In the event energy generated by the facility exceeds the energy used on the customer-generator’s premise during any billing period, the amount of the net excess energy will be credited against the customer-generator’s energy usage in the next billing period. At the end of each twelve (12) month period, where the electricity generated by the eligible customer-generator during the twelve (12) month period exceeds the electricity supplied by the electric service provider during that same period, the eligible customer-generator is a net electricity producer and the electric service provider shall retain any excess kilowatt-hours generated during the prior twelve (12) month period. The eligible customer-generator shall not be owed any compensation for those excess kilowatt-hours unless the electric service provider enters into a purchase agreement with the eligible customer-generator for those excess kilowatt-hours. Glendale Water and Power reserves the right to pay the customer-generator for such excess kilowatt-hours at the current fuel adjustment charge rate.

G. Calculation of Bill. The bill shall be the sum of the customer charge, the demand charge, the facilities charge, the energy charge, the fuel adjustment charge, the reactive power charge, and the public benefits charge. In no case will a bill be less than sixty-three dollars ($63.00) per day for rate PC-1-A or two hundred twenty dollars ($220.00) per day for rate PC-1-B. (Ord. 5598 § 4, 2008: Ord. 5507 § 4, 2006: Ord. 5506 § 5, 2006: Ord. 5335 § 4, 2002: Ord. 5316 § 8, 2002: Ord. 5297 § 4, 2001: Ord. 5301 § 2, 2002: Ord. 5233 § 5, 1999: Ord. 5197 § 5, 1998: Ord. 5178 § 10, 1997: Ord. 5130 § 15, 1996: Ord. 4974 § 13, 1991: Ord. 4956 § 13, 1991: prior code § 8-29)

13.44.350 PC-1—Determination of maximum demand—Calculation of bill.

A. Glendale water and power shall determine maximum demand at its discretion by tests from time to time, or monthly by means of proper recording demand meters supplied, owned and maintained by Glendale water and power. Maximum demand shall mean the average demand in the fifteen (15) minute interval in which the average demand is greater than in any other fifteen (15) minute interval in the billing period. In cases where the energy demand is intermittent or subject to violent fluctuation, Glendale water and power may apply a shorter interval of time in the determination of the maximum demand. In cases where the energy demand is constant and not subject to fluctuation, Glendale water and power may at its discretion serve such a load without a meter and determine the maximum demand by test. The customer shall be responsible to notify Glendale water and power of any changes in load characteristics. Glendale water and power may, whenever it deems advisable, make tests to reestablish these load characteristics for use in billing.

B. The demand reading for the demand charge for the PC-1 rate schedule shall be the maximum demand in kilowatts over the preceding twelve (12) months, but in no case less than one hundred fifty (150) kilowatts. The billing shall be determined by the application of Section 13.44.340 of this chapter, including customer, demand, energy, reactive power and fuel adjustment charges. (Ord. 5506 § 6, 2006: Ord. 5178 § 11, 1997: Ord. 4974 § 14, 1991: Ord. 4956 § 14, 1991: prior code § 8-30)

13.44.360 Rates—Experimental aggregated energy service (XAE).

A. This is an experimental rate schedule available to a limited number of customers at the discretion of the director of the public service department. Applicants must have at least two (2) electric services and agree to participate in the aggregated service experiment for a period of two (2) years or the duration of the experiment, whichever is less. Applicants will supply telephone access to each meter billed under this rate.

B. Schedule XAE. Billing under this rate schedule shall use billing factors for the PC-1-B rate including the fuel adjustment and reactive power (where metered) and the application of the public benefits charge.

C. There shall be a separate service charge for each included service. The facilities charge shall be determined by adding the maximum noncoincident demands over twelve (12) months from each included service and multiplying by the facilities charge billing factor. The demand charge shall be the maximum aggregate demand (coincident) for each pricing period, as measured for fifteen (15) minute intervals during each monthly period, times the demand charge billing factor for that pricing period. The energy charge shall be the aggregate kilowatt-hours for each pricing period times the energy charge billing factor for that pricing period. All demand and energy readings will be adjusted for service losses to be equivalent to PC-1 service voltage. (Ord. 5178 § 12, 1997: prior code § 8-31)

13.44.380 Rates—Standby service to private electric plants (CS).

A. Applicable for standby service to private electric plants situated within the city. Hours for time-of-use pricing periods are defined in Section 13.44.520 of this chapter.

B. Rates.

Customer Charge:
Per meter per day	$30.00
Facilities Charge:
Per kW per day of service capacity	$0.32

Demand Charge:	High Season	Low Season
Peak Period per kW per day	$0.11	N/A
Mid-Peak Period per kW per day	$0.06	$0.00
Base Period per kW per day	$0.00	$0.00
Energy Charge:	High Season	Low Season
Peak Period per kWh	$0.0455	N/A
Mid-Peak Period per kWh	$0.0325	$0.0350
Base Period per kWh	$0.0252	$0.0211

Reactive Power:
Per kVAR per day $0.003

Fuel Adjustment Charge:
Per kWh as authorized in Section 13.44.420 of this chapter.

Public Benefits Charge:
Applied as a charge as authorized in Section 13.44.425 of this chapter.

C. The bill shall be the sum of the customer charge, the facilities charge, the demand charge, the energy charge, the reactive power charge, the fuel adjustment charge, and the public benefits charge except as modified by the following special conditions.

1. Any electric service provided by the public service department to a facility where the electric energy requirements are partially supplied from a privately owned power plant shall be considered auxiliary service and the provisions of schedule CS shall apply. Other services may be supplied under other applicable rate schedules so long as these services are electrically isolated from those receiving energy from the privately owned power plant.

2. Any customer receiving service under schedule CS shall sign a written agreement which shall specify the maximum number of kilowatts which the public service department is expected to provide in the event that the privately-owned power plant fails and a term of not less than twelve (12) consecutive months for this rate and service capacity to apply.

3. Should the metered demand for services billed under schedule CS exceed the amount specified in the written agreement, this metered demand shall supersede the service capacity specified by agreement for a term not less than twelve (12) months.

4. The public service department retains the right to install meters and obtain access to these meters at any part of a customer’s facilities including the interconnection with the privately-owned power plant in order to completely assess the total load for that service. All costs of purchasing, installing and reading these meters including telephone lines will be the responsibility of the customer.

5. In the event the public service department provides standby service for a demand less than the maximum demand of the customer’s entire capacity connected to the department’s service switch, then the customer shall, at the customer’s own expense furnish and install a suitable circuit breaker enclosed in a steel box equipped with lock and key, all to be approved by and under the sole control of the department, and the adjustment and operation of such circuit breakers to be in no way interfered with by the customer. The circuit breaker shall be set to disconnect the customer’s load from the department’s service whenever a demand is created there on in excess of the demand specified in the agreement.

6. The demand charge shall be computed using the actual maximum demand created each month, but not less than seventy (70) percent of the service capacity specified in the agreement with a minimum value of twenty-five (25) kilowatts.

7. The maximum demand for billing purposes shall signify the highest average demand for any ff-teen (15) minute interval during each billing period.

D. Surplus energy from a private power plant may be sold or exchanged in accordance with rates, terms and conditions contained in contracts approved by the council. (Ord. 5335 § 5, 2002: Ord. 5316 § 9, 2002: Ord. 5297 § 5, 2001: Ord. 5233 § 6, 1999: Ord. 5178 § 14, 1997: Ord. 5130 § 20, 1996: Ord. 4974 § 15, 1991: Ord. 4956 § 15, 1991: prior code § 8-36)

13.44.411 Rates—Experimental contract demand service (Schedule XCD).

A. Applicable to service provided through one (1) meter and measured at the delivered voltage with demand of one thousand (1,000) kW or more. Voltages available under schedule XCD will be 120/208, 240, 480, 2400/4160, 7200/12470 or 34,500 volts as may be specified by the public service department. All necessary transformers to obtain such voltages will be supplied, owned and maintained by the department. Service will be supplied at one (1) voltage only, and any additional transformers, if necessary, shall be supplied by the customer. This is an experimental rate schedule and the director of the public service department shall have the authority to limit the number of customers on these rates and to determine the types of loads that are suitable.

B. Rates.

Customer Charge: Per meter per day $30.00

Facilities Charge: Per kW per day of service capacity (See Section 13.44.412)

Demand Charge: (See Section 13.44.412)

Energy Charge:	High Season	Low Season
Peak Period per kWh	$0.0455	N/A
Mid-Peak Period per kWh	$0.0325	$0.0350
Base Period per kWh	$0.0252	$0.0211

Reactive Power:
Per kVAR per day as metered for each service $0.003

Fuel Adjustment Charge:
Per kWh as authorized in Section 13.44.420 of this chapter.

Public Benefits Charge:
Applied as a charge as authorized in Section 13.44.425 of this chapter.

C. The total bill shall be the sum of the demand charge, the facilities charge, the customer charge, the fuel adjustment charge, and the public benefits charge. The minimum bill shall not be less than eight hundred thirty-three dollars ($833.00) per day. (Ord. 5335 § 6, 2002: Ord. 5316 § 10, 2002: Ord. 5297 § 6, 2001: Ord. 5233 § 7, 1999: Ord. 5197 § 6, 1998: Ord. 5178 § 16, 1997: Ord. 5130 § 22, 1996)

13.44.412 XCD—Special conditions.

The facilities charge and the demand charge under Section 13.44.411 shall be set by contract. (Ord. 5130 § 23, 1996)

13.44.416 Rates—Retail wheeling service (Schedule RW).

A. Applicable to service where all or a portion of the electrical energy is purchased from a source other than the public service department and served through one (1) meter and measured at the delivered voltage. The voltages available under this rate are 120/208, 240, 4800, 2400/4160, 7200/12470 or 34,500 volts as may be specified by the public service department. All necessary transformers to obtain such voltages will be supplied, owned and maintained by the department. Service will be supplied at one (1) voltage only, and any additional transformers, if necessary, shall be supplied by the customer. Customers of this rate must establish a contract with the public service department, which will establish the services supplied by the department and the charges for these services.

B. Rates.

Customer Charge:
Per meter per day	$30.00

Facilities Charge:
Per kW per day of service capacity	$0.32

Demand Charge:	High Season	Low Season
Peak Period per kW per day	$0.11	N/A
Mid-Peak Period per kW per day	$0.06	$0.00
Base Period per kW per day	$0.00	$0.00
Peak Period per kWh	$0.0455	N/A
Mid-Peak Period per kWh	$0.0325	$0.0350
Base Period per kWh	$0.0252	$0.0211
Reactive Power:
Per kVAR per day		$0.003

Fuel Adjustment Charge:
Per kWh as authorized in Section 13.44.420 of this chapter.

Public Benefits Charge:
Applied as a charge as defined in Section 13.44.425 of this chapter.

C. The bill shall be the sum of the customer charge, the facilities charge, the demand charge, the energy charge, the reactive power charge, the fuel adjustment charge, and the public benefits charge. (Ord. 5335 § 7, 2002: Ord. 5316 § 11, 2002: Ord. 5301 § 3, 2002: Ord. 5297 § 7, 2001: Ord. 5233 § 8, 1999: Ord. 5178 § 18, 1997: Ord. 5130 § 27, 1996)

13.44.417 RW—Calculation of bill.

The total monthly bill shall be the sum of the demand charge, the facilities charge, the customer charge and the energy charge if applicable. (Ord. 5130 § 28, 1996)

13.44.418 RW—Where applicable.

The rates set forth in Schedule RW are applicable for combined light and power purposes served through one meter and measured at the delivered voltage, when all or a portion of the customer’s electrical energy is supplied from a source other than the public service department. A contract must be entered into with the public service department indicating the specific services to be supplied by the department. (Ord. 5130 § 29, 1996)

13.44.419 RW—Transformers for standard voltages.

Voltages available under Schedule RW will be 120/208, 240, 480, 2400/4160, 7200/12470 or 34,500 volts as may be specified by the public service department. All necessary transformers to obtain such voltages will be supplied, owned and maintained by the department. Service will be supplied at one (1) voltage only, and any additional transformers, if necessary, shall be supplied by the customer. (Ord. 5130 § 30, 1996)

13.44.420 Fuel adjustment (FA) charges.

A. Each rate schedule in this chapter shall be subject to a FA to recover the costs of fuel and purchased power, which shall apply to each kilowatt-hour of sales.

B. The FA shall be calculated twice yearly and shall become effective the first day of January and July of each year.

The FA shall be determined by the following relationship and be expressed to the nearest $0.0001 per kilowatt-hour.

FA = ((i)+(ii)+(iii))/(iv)

Where:

(i) Is the estimated total of the variable cost components of fuel, including any associated transportation service, used for the production of electric energy for retail sales for twelve (12) months commencing with the effective date of the FA.

(ii) Is the estimated total of the variable cost components of purchased power, including energy and any associated capacity and transmission service, purchased from all sources for retail sales for twelve (12) months commencing with the effective date of the FA.

(iii) Is the balance in the FA account as described in subsection C of this section exclusive of the amount designated by the director of public service for rate stabilization.

(iv) Is the estimated retail energy sales in kilo-watt-hours for the twelve (12) months commencing with the effective date of the FA.

C. An FA account shall be maintained. Entries to this account at the end of each month shall include:

1. An amount equal to the variable components of the cost of fuel, including any associated transportation service, used for the production of energy for retail sales, as recorded during the month, exclusive of previously entered prepayments;

2. An amount equal to the variable components of the cost of purchased power, including energy and any associated capacity and transmission service, purchased for retail sales, as recorded during the month, exclusive of previously entered prepayments;

3. An amount equal to prepayment of any variable components of fuel and purchased power expense as described in subsections (C)(1) and (C)(2) of this section for retail sales that would flow through the FA account;

4. Less: refunds (including interest) received by the department from any of its fuel and purchased power suppliers on variable components of fuel and purchased power expense as described in subsections (C)(1) and (C)(2) of this section for retail sales;

5. Less: an amount equal to the revenue billed for retail sales during the month under the FA. (Ord. 5451 § 1, 2005: Ord. 5316 § 12, 2002: Ord. 5197 § 7, 1998: Ord. 5178 § 19, 1997: Ord. 5156 § 31, 1997: Ord. 5130 § 31, 1996: prior code § 8-40)

13.44.423 Rate application.

A. The department is not responsible for assigning customers to the most beneficial rate schedule where optional rates are provided or when usage levels and patterns change. The department will, when requested by a customer, provide an analysis for customers to use in selecting optimal rate schedules. The department will, without prior notification, change rate assignments due to metered usage as specified for each rate schedule. When a service is assigned to a different rate schedule, the new rate will be effective at the date of the next billing for all services for the entire billing period. When a rate change requires installation of a new meter, the rate will become effective at the date of meter installation.

B. To receive service under an optional rate schedule, customers must make a request to public service in writing so stating.

C. Whenever a customer selects an optional rate schedule for a given service, that service may return to the standard rate schedule at any time the customer notifies public service in writing of this decision. Once a service has been returned to the standard rate from an optional rate, that service may not again receive the optional rate until one (1) year has passed. (Ord. 5197 § 8, 1998: Ord. 5178 § 20, 1997)

13.44.424 Credit for licensed electric vehicles.

The department shall provide a thirty-three cent ($0.33) credit per day for each electric vehicle licensed to a customer (business or individual) in the city of Glendale. To receive this credit, customers must present a valid California registration and have an electric service account with the department. This credit will expire at the month of the registration renewal and must be renewed by presenting a valid registration each year to the public service department. (Ord. 5233 § 9, 1999: Ord. 5178 § 21, 1997)

13.44.425 Public benefits charge.

A. Each electric rate bill prepared by Glendale Water and Power (GWP) shall include a public benefits charge. The public benefit charge imposed by this section shall be at the rate of three and six-tenths (3.6) percent of the charges made for such electricity, and for any supplemental services or other associated activities directly related to and/or necessary for the provision of electricity to the service user.

B. As used in this section, the term “charges” shall apply to all services, components and items that are:

1. Necessary for or common to the receipt, use or enjoyment of electric service; or

2. Currently are or historically have been included in a single or bundled rate for electric service by a local distribution company to a class of retail customers. As used in this section, the term “charges” shall include the value of any other services, credits, property of every kind or nature, or other consideration provided by the service user in exchange for the electricity or services related to the provision of such electricity. The term “charges” shall include, but is not limited to, the following charges:

1. Energy charges;

2. Distribution or transmission charges;

3. Metering charges;

4. Stand-by, reserves, firming, ramping, voltage support, regulation, emergency, or other similar minimum charges for services;

5. Customer charges, late charges, service establishment or reestablishment charges, demand charges, fuel or other cost adjustments, power exchange charges, independent system operator (ISO) charges, stranded investment or competitive transition charges (CTC), nuclear decommissioning charges, trust transfer amounts (bond financing charges), franchise fees, franchise surcharges, annual and monthly charges, and other charges, fees or surcharges which are necessary for or common to the receipt, use or enjoyment of electric service.

C. Revenues from the public benefits charge will be retained in a separate account. The funds in this account must be used for the following purposes:

1. Cost-effective demand-side management services to promote energy efficiency and energy conservation;

2. New investments in renewable energy resources and technology consistent with existing statutes and regulations;

3. Research, development, and demonstration programs for the public interest to advance science or technology, which is not adequately provided, by competitive and regulated market;

4. Services provided to low-income electricity customers, including, but not limited to, targeted energy efficiency and rate discounts. (Ord. 5598 § 5, 2008: Ord. 5506 § 7, 2006: Ord. 5297 § 8, 2001: Ord. 5233 § 10, 1999: Ord. 5197 § 9, 1998: Ord. 5179 § 1, 1997)

13.44.426 Senior citizen lifeline discount.

Any customer who qualifies for and is receiving exemption from the utility user’s tax shall receive a discount of forty cents ($0.40) per day to their electric charges. (Ord. 5506 § 8, 2006: Ord. 5233 § 11, 1999: Ord. 5197 § 10, 1998: Ord. 5178 § 23, 1997)

13.44.429 Electric rates—Definitions and terms.

The following definitions shall apply to electric rate schedules and regulations in this chapter:

“Connected load” means the sum of the rated capacities of all of the customer’s equipment that can be connected to the department’s system at any one time.

“Customer” means any person, public or private association or corporation, partnership, unincorporated association, or governmental agency supplied or entitled to be supplied by the department.

“Demand” means the rate at which electric energy is delivered to a customer to serve momentary power needs, expressed in kilowatts (kW) and measured instantaneously or averaged over a given time period.

“Electric charges” means the total value in dollars of billing factors times metered consumption during usage periods for a given electric service. This includes service, facilities, demand, energy, fuel adjustment reactive power and any other billing components specified for each electric rate schedule. It excludes the utility user’s tax and the state surcharge and the public benefits charge.

“New service” means new electric or water service accounts opened by a customer or when there is a change of customer for an existing water or electric service account.

“Service capacity” means the amount of electric load in kilowatts (kW) as established by contract for a given electric service for which public service department will provide either standby or auxiliary service. (Ord. 5197 § 11, 1998: Ord. 5178 § 22, 1997)

13.44.430 Collection.

A. The rates established by this chapter shall be charged and collected by the public service department for electric energy sold, supplied, distributed or transported by the city, except as may be established by contract.

B. The department will require each prospective customer to apply for the service desired, and also to provide the department with the necessary information to establish credit. The customer will be charged a new account fee of fifteen dollars ($15.00) when applying for service. An additional thirty-five dollars ($35.00) shall be charged if the customer requires same day turn on.

C. All service applications which require installation of a new meter will be charged a fifteen-dollar ($15.00) fee for the first meter and a five-dollar ($5.00) fee for each subsequent meter to be installed at a single premises, when all meters are installed at one time. (Ord. 5187 § 1, 1997: Ord. 5150 § 1, 1997: Ord. 4957 § 1, 1991: prior code § 8-41)

13.44.440 Authority to prescribe regulations.

The city manager shall prescribe from time to time as the city manager shall deem necessary or desirable rules and regulations relating to conditions of service, the application, administration and interpretation of rates, and to the sale of electric energy by the city, and of products, commodities and service incidental thereto, and the charges to be made therefor. Such rules and regulations shall be of general application not inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter and before becoming effective shall be approved by the council by resolution. Rules and regulations now in effect, except where they may be inconsistent herewith, are continued in force until changed. (Prior code § 8-42)

13.44.450 Meters—Monthly readings.

In order to determine the amounts to be charged each customer of electricity under the terms of this chapter, meters shall be installed to measure the electricity furnished. A separate meter shall be placed upon each separate connection and the readings thereof shall not be combined for billing purposes except where the public service department, for operating necessity, installs upon the customer’s premises two (2) or more meters in the same location for metering energy under the same rate schedule or except as otherwise provided. Such meter shall be read by the public service department of the city at intervals of approximately one (1) month, or as near thereto as the convenient operation of the public service department will permit and the interval between two (2) successive meter readings shall be deemed and regarded as a month for the purposes of this chapter, and all charges shall be computed accordingly; provided, that when service is commenced or discontinued between regular meter reading times the customer charge will not be prorated, and the minimum bill rendered for such partial period will not be less than the customer charge as indicated under the appropriate rate schedule. (Prior code § 8-43)

13.44.460 Meters—Bimonthly readings.

The city manager may direct bimonthly reading of meters for all or any portions of the distribution system whenever the city manager determines that such practice will result in more economical collection of bills for electricity. When the city manager has directed such bimonthly reading of meters, the public service department shall read such meters at intervals of approximately two (2) months or as near thereto as the convenient operation of the department will permit and the interval between two (2) successive meter readings shall be deemed and regarded as two (2) months for the purposes of this chapter. Bills shall be computed by applying the rates prescribed in this chapter to one-half (1/2) the electricity consumed during the two (2) month period and multiplying the results by two (2). When service is commenced or discontinued between regular meter readings the customer charge will not be prorated and the minimum bill rendered for such partial period will be not less than the customer charge as indicated under the appropriate rate schedule. (Prior code § 8-44)

13.44.470 Meters—Readings for closing bills.

In general, meters will be specially read between regular meter reading times when necessary for the purposes of computing opening and closing bill. In the case of single-family domestic customers, the final meter readings may be estimated by comparing the number of days service was rendered since the latest meter reading with the experienced use of energy by the particular customer. This estimated final meter reading may serve as the initial reading for computing the bill of the succeeding single-family domestic customer. (Prior code § 8-45)

13.44.480 Meters—Maintenance—Exceptions.

All services and meters installed by the department shall remain at all times the property of the department and shall be maintained, repaired and renewed by the department when rendered unserviceable through reasonable use; provided, that where replacements, repairs or adjustments are rendered necessary by the act, negligence or carelessness of the customer, or any member of the customer's family or person in the customer's employ, any expense caused to the department thereby shall be charged and collected from the customer. The electric meter may not be altered or tampered with or removed by anyone other than Glendale water and power department personnel. No meter seal may be broken by anyone other than Glendale water and power department personnel. Glendale water and power department may give its prior consent to seal breaking by the customer when deemed necessary by the Glendale water and power department. Unauthorized alteration, tampering or removal by any party, including a licensed electrician, will result in the customer being charged unauthorized alteration fees and any other applicable charges described in subsection H. [of Section 13.44.500]. For billing purposes, if an electric meter becomes inaccessible for inspection, reading, or testing, the department shall make reasonable estimates of energy usage, until such time as access to the meter is restored.

(Ord. No. 5664, § 5, 7-28-2009; Ord. 5316 § 13, 2002; prior code § 8-46)

13.44.490 Deposit.

A. Each applicant for electric service shall deposit with the department a sum in the estimated amount of two (2) months’ charges for accounts billed monthly, or three (3) months’ charges in the case of accounts billed bimonthly. If the account has a master meter, each applicant for electric service shall deposit with the department a sum in the estimated amount of three (3) months’ charges in the case of accounts billed monthly, and four (4) months’ charges in the case of accounts billed bimonthly. The deposit is calculated by taking into account all services billed by the department including, but not limited to: water, electricity, rubbish, sewer, hazardous waste, industrial waste, utility tax and state surcharge, as determined by the department. Such deposit shall be in the form of cash, check, money order, time certificate from a commercial bank or savings and loan, or cashier’s check. No deposit for a residential account shall be less than one hundred dollars ($100.00) and no deposit for a commercial or industrial account shall be less than two hundred dollars ($200.00). The calculated deposit shall be added to the applicant’s first bill and will be due in accordance with Section 13.44.500 of this code.

B. Any such applicant for electric service who shall have been a customer of electric service furnished by the department and who shall, during the most recent twelve (12) months within the eighteen (18) months prior to the date of application, have paid before the issuance of any disconnection notice or late charge all bills for services levied to such applicant by the department and who shall have provided all necessary information for credit identification of such applicant, have no unpaid delinquent closing bills or delinquent accounts with the department, and have a satisfactory rating from a credit reporting agency as chosen by the department, shall not be required to make or maintain any such deposit. Any deposit previously made by such applicant shall, after such twelve (12) months’ consecutive payment of bills, be applied to such customer’s account after any other unpaid delinquent accounts for such customer are satisfied.

C. Upon the discontinuation of any service, any balance of such deposit then remaining in the hands of the department, after all bills for services to such customer have been paid, shall be returned.

D. On the failure of any customer to comply with the terms of this chapter regarding the payment of bills, the department may require the customer to reestablish credit in the manner specified in subsection A of this section for original service. (Ord. 5316 § 14, 2002: Ord. 5216 § 3, 1999: Ord. 5150 § 1, 1997: Ord. 5130 § 32, 1996: prior code § 8-47)

13.44.500 Payment—Enforcement.

A. All charges for electricity sold, furnished, supplied or delivered by the department shall be due and payable upon presentation of the bill, and if not paid within nineteen (19) days thereafter shall be deemed delinquent. The department may issue a disconnection notice for any delinquent bill and all services for a customer receiving such notice by mail or other delivery may be disconnected without further notice. If payment is not received within thirty-eight (38) days from the original mailing of the customer's bill, the larger of fifteen dollars ($15.00) or one and one-half (1.5) percent of the unpaid account balance will be charged and collected in addition to other amounts due from the customer. There will be a charge rendered for any dishonored or returned payment received on an account. The amount charged shall be established by resolution and shall include the actual costs for all payments which are not honored by the appropriate financial institution for any reason.

B. Electric service will not be disconnected if, within forty-eight (48) hours following the delivery of a disconnection notice, a customer submits a written protest of the disputed bill containing all facts and evidence necessary to review the protest or if the bill is satisfied. The general manager of Glendale water and power department shall have final and conclusive determination of these protests and shall provide this determination to the customer in writing. Should the protest be denied, electric service shall be disconnected within either forty-eight (48) hours from the date of personal service of the determination or within five (5) days from the date of mailing of the determination.

C. If the customer is receiving service from the department at more than one (1) premises, service at any or all of the customer's premises receiving service shall be subject to disconnection and discontinuance without further notice when a notice of disconnection has been mailed or delivered to such customer and bills for service at any one (1) or more premises are not paid within the time specified above.

D. Delinquent master-metered accounts will be charged a processing fee for unpaid accounts that result in the posting of tenant notices for disconnection of service more than once in a two-year period. The amount of the fee charged shall be established by resolution and shall include the actual cost of processing a delinquent master-metered account. The schedule for such fee shall remain on file and be available with the city clerk of the city.

E. Delinquent master-metered accounts that result in the posting of tenant notices for disconnection of service shall be assessed a civil penalty as follows:

1. A civil penalty of two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00) for the second occurrence in a two-year period.

2. A civil penalty of five hundred dollars ($500.00) for each additional occurrence in a two-year period. Within fifteen (15) calendar days after the date of posting of a tenant notice for disconnection of service, the customer whose account is delinquent may appeal assessment of the civil penalty to the Glendale water and power commission pursuant to Section 2.72.140E. of the Glendale Municipal Code, 1995.

F. When service has been disconnected for nonpayment of bills or as a result of theft of service described in subsection H. below, it shall not be reconnected to the same customer except upon payment of all prior billing for service at this account and all other accounts for this customer and any other amounts due to the department as a result of the meter tampering, unauthorized use or theft described in subsection H. below. When the department sends a representative to disconnect the service for nonpayment of charges or other noncompliance with the provisions of this chapter or rules and regulations adopted pursuant thereto, the account shall be charged twenty-five dollars ($25.00). If a customer turns on or causes a disconnected service to be turned on, the department may again turn off the service, using any means to ensure that service may not be reconnected by the customer or an agent of the customer, and may charge and collect twenty-five dollars ($25.00) in addition to any other applicable fees and costs associated with meter tampering, unauthorized use or theft of service described in subsection H. below.

G. Each time a department representative returns to a customer's premises to reconnect a service, an additional fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) shall be charged and collected from the customer before service is restored. Where same-day service restoration is requested, the service restoration fee shall be an additional twenty-five dollars ($25.00) for a total of fifty dollars ($50.00).

H. The following provisions shall apply where it has been determined by the general manager of Glendale water and power that unauthorized use or theft of electricity has occurred by a customer:

1. Service may be disconnected and a fee of two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00) per meter shall be charged and collected in addition to any other amounts due from the customer including, but not limited to, costs associated with the repair and/or replacement of any damaged meters, meter locking devices and/or other related equipment, loss of revenue related to such theft, attorney's fees, city personnel time, resources and investigative costs, in addition to any penalties provided for in any other section of this code or imposed due to violation of state or local law, if a customer has:

a. Caused or allowed interference of registration or recording of usage or the bypassing of the meter either partially or completely; or

b. Restored service by any means after service has been terminated for nonpayment or obtained electricity without making the proper application or receiving proper authorization from the Glendale water and power department; or

c. Damaged, removed, or tampered in any manner with any part of a meter, meter seal, or meter locking device; or

d. Obtained service by use of a metering device which is not authorized by the Glendale water and power department; or

e. Fraudulently obtained, or attempted to obtain, service by the use of a false name and/or identification, or by placing the account in the name of someone else after service has been disconnected for nonpayment of service fees and/or due to theft of service and circumstances associated therewith as described in this section.

2. Any customer who has been determined by the general manager of the Glendale water and power department to have engaged in any of the acts described in subsection H.1. and has had notice of disconnection mailed or delivered shall have service disconnected if proper connection, to the satisfaction of the department, is not established within forty-eight (48) hours of the delivery of the notice. Service shall be restored or established only upon proper connection, to the satisfaction of the department, and the payment of all outstanding fees and costs by the customer. Where the customer has had prior notice of disconnection mailed or delivered by the department and has restored connection without authorization, or where the conduct of the customer has resulted in a hazardous condition, service may be disconnected immediately and shall not be restored until proper connection, to the satisfaction of the department, has been established and all outstanding fees and costs have been paid by the customer.

3. Any customer who has been determined by the general manager of the Glendale water and power department to have engaged in any of the acts described in subsection H.1. may appeal the assessment of civil penalties and costs as described thereto to the Glendale water and power commission pursuant to Section 2.72.140E. within fifteen (15) calendar days after the date of the notice of the assessed charges. The decision rendered by the Glendale water and power commission on appeal shall be final.

I. In the event that a premises is vacant or there is no responsible party on file with the city, the owner or landlord shall be liable to the city for the payment of any charges incurred. This includes all charges incurred between the time a tenant vacates the premises and the premises is reoccupied by a new tenant.

J. The department may apply interest to all delinquent accounts.

(Ord. No. 5664, § 6, 7-28-2009; Ord. 5316 § 15, 2002; Ord. 5230 § 1, 1999; Ord. 5216 § 1, 1999; Ord. 5200 § 1, 1998; Ord. 5187 § 2, 1997; Ord. 5150 § 2, 1997; Ord. 5130 § 33, 1996; Ord. 4957 § 2, 1991; prior code §8-48)

13.44.510 Authority of director of public service.

The director of public service of the public service department shall have authority to make all determinations required of the public service department by this chapter. (Prior code § 8-49)

13.44.520 Pricing periods and seasons.

Time-of-use electric rate schedules provide pricing for service components which varies by time of day and season of the year. The pricing periods for these rates are defined as follows:

Time-of-day pricing periods:

High season:
Peak period: eight a.m. (8:00 A.M.) through 8:59 p.m. each weekday (Monday through Friday);
Base period: All other hours (including all weekend hours).

Low season:
Peak period: eight a.m. (8:00 A.M.) through 8:59 p.m. each weekday (Monday through Friday);
Base period: All other hours (including all weekend hours).

Seasons:
High season: the months of July through October;
Low season: the months of November through June.

For monthly billing, seasonal rates shall be applied as follows:
1. Bills rendered for meter readings during the months of July through October will use high season billing factors.
2. Bills rendered for scheduled meter readings during the months of November through June will use low season billing factors.

For bimonthly billing, seasonal rates shall be applied as follows:
1. Bills rendered for scheduled meter readings during the months of August through November will use high season billing factors.
2. Bills rendered for scheduled meter readings during the months of December through July will use low season billing factors. (Ord. 5506 § 9, 2006: Ord. 5301 § 4, 2002: Ord. 5297 § 9, 2001: Ord. 5178 § 24, 1997)

13.44.530 Rates—Green Partners Charge.

A. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this chapter, electric service customers that subscribe to the Glendale Water and Power Green Partners program shall pay a Green Partners Charge (GPC) in lieu of a fuel adjustment charge as set forth in Section 13.44.420. In return, subscribers will have the satisfaction of receiving green power at a reasonable price while assisting Glendale Water and Power in developing renewable energy capacity in support of its Renewable Portfolio Standards goal.

B. The GPC may vary depending on when a customer enrolls in the Glendale Water and Power Green Partners program. Glendale Water and Power shall offer an initial Lot-1 for enrollment up to fifty-six million (56,000,000) kWh a year. Ten (10) percent of the annual power assigned to Lot-1, or five million six hundred thousand (5,600,000) kWh, shall be reserved for residential service and commercial service non-demand customers each year. The Lot-1 GPC will apply to the standard residential and commercial rates in lieu of the normal fuel adjustment charge, on one hundred (100) percent of the customer’s monthly energy consumption, not to exceed an annual quantity specified by Glendale Water and Power based upon the customer’s historic and projected energy usage, as Glendale Water and Power Green Partners program energy.

C. Enrollment Period. Subscriptions to Glendale Water and Power Green Partners shall continue for the full term of each lot unless terminated sooner in accordance with the terms of the program. The Lot-1 enrollment period will remain open until December 31, 2008 unless sooner closed by Glendale Water and Power. The Lot-1 GPC shall apply to those customers who subscribe in writing to the Glendale Water and Power Green Partners program during the Lot-1 enrollment period. The Lot-1 GPC will apply from date of enrollment through December 31, 2013. If a lot is undersubscribed and a customer exceeds the customer’s maximum annual quantity established by Glendale Water and Power, Glendale Water and Power, at its sole discretion, may make the excess available to the customer to meet the customer’s higher energy requirements.

D. Enrollment Process and Eligibility. Customers must subscribe in writing to Glendale Water and Power and be accepted by Glendale Water and Power for enrollment in the Green Partners program during the enrollment period. Should Glendale Water and Power continue the program beyond December 31, 2013, subscribers in good standing shall be given priority enrollment in subsequent offerings. Participation in Glendale Water and Power Green Partners is contingent upon the subscriber remaining a GWP customer for the duration of the applicable Glendale Water and Power Green Partners lot subscription period. If subscriber’s electric service is involuntarily terminated by Glendale Water and Power, other than as a result of a temporary power outage or a termination of less than three (3) days due to nonpayment of bills, or if subscriber discontinues electric service and relocates outside of the Glendale Water and Power service area, participation in Glendale Water and Power Green Partners shall terminate immediately and automatically. If subscriber relocates to another premises within Glendale Water and Power’s service area, subscriber’s participation in the program shall continue unless subscriber cancels its participation within fifteen (15) days of such relocation. If subscriber chooses another electric provider after any deregulation of the Glendale Water and Power electric retail market, Glendale Water and Power may, in its sole discretion, terminate subscriber’s participation in the Green Partners program. Subscribers who are terminated from Glendale Water and Power Green Partners or who cancel their participation shall be ineligible for further subscriptions to the program. Subscriptions are not transferable from customer to customer.

E. Limitations of Renewable Source Energy. Subscriptions to the Green Energy Partners program will support Glendale Water and Power’s acquisition of energy from renewable solar, wind, and geothermal sources. As a condition to participation in the Green Energy Partners program, subscribers to the program must acknowledge that green energy cannot be directed to any one (1) particular destination on the WECC electric grid, including subscriber’s premises and that the city shall not be liable for shortfalls of Green Partners energy during the term of this program. The availability of energy from the renewable sources in question may vary from time to time and is dependent upon weather conditions, force majeure events, and third-party actions for which the city is not responsible. In addition, subscribers to the program shall acknowledge, as a condition of participation, that all of the contracted sources of Glendale Water and Power Green Partners energy may not be fully online or up to full production capacity at the start of the term of this program, which may result in an initial under-delivery of Glendale Water and Power Green Partners energy to subscribers.

F. GPC Rates. Except as set otherwise set forth in this section with regard to the GPC, Green Energy subscribers’ usage shall be priced in accordance with all applicable rate tariffs and charges otherwise governing the subscriber’s electric service, including all energy rates, demand rates, and other charges and adjustments that may apply. GPC rates shall be as follows:

Residential Service and General Service Non-Demand:
Lot-1 Green Partner Charge: $ 0.1039 per kWh

With respect to residential customers and general service non-demand customers, the GPC will be applied to the subscriber’s entire monthly consumption from date of enrollment until December 31, 2013. To participate in the Green Partners program, a residential service customer or commercial service non-demand customer must enroll and remain in the program as required by this section.

Large Commercial Service:
Lot-1 Green Partner Charge: $ 0.1039 per kWh

All eligible customers other than residential service or commercial service non-demand customers shall, as a condition of participation, enter into a separate written agreement with Glendale Water and Power that designates one hundred (100) percent of the customer’s monthly energy consumption, not to exceed an annual quantity specified by Glendale Water and Power based upon historic and projected energy usage, as Glendale Water and Power Green Partners usage. The resulting monthly portion of the participant’s consumption will be subject to the applicable GPC from date of enrollment through December 31, 2013. (Ord. 5620 § 1, 2008)