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Legal Notice - Current Rate Changes
Notice is hereby given that the municipal electric utility of the City
of Peru, Indiana, known as Peru Electric Light and Power, under and pursuant
to the Public Service Commission Act, as amended, and Commission Order in
Cause No. 36835-S3, has filed with the Public Service Commission of Indiana
for its approval the incremental increases and/or decreases in the Rate
Adjustment Factors by Rate Schedules:
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Residential decrease |
0.001662 per kWh |
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Power decrease |
0.000370 per kWh |
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Demand increase |
0.003163 per kWh |
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Municipal Street Lighting decrease |
0.001973 per kWh |
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Metered Traffic Lighting increase |
0.012748 per kWh |
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Rate Adjustments applicable to the Rate Schedules are as follows: |
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Rate Schedule RS |
0.020968 per kWh |
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Rate Schedule GSA-1 |
0.022262 per kWh |
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Rate Schedule PS |
0.022697 per kWh |
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Rate Schedule MSL-1 |
0.017935 per kWh |
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Rate Schedule TL |
0.044240 per kWh |
The accompanying changes in schedules of rate are based solely upon the
changes in the cost of purchased power and energy, purchased by this utility and
computed in accordance with the Public Service Commission of Indiana order in
Cause No. 36835-S3, Dated December 13, 1989.
Rates effective for consumption from January 1, 2012 to March 31, 2012
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Rate Schedule RS-1 (Residential Service)
Availability
Available for single phase residential services, including lighting, space
heating, refrigeration and cooking appliances, and water heating, in an
individual residence or apartment and for single phase farm service when
supplied through the farm residence meter.
Character of Service
Alternating current, sixty Hertz, single phase at a voltage of approximately
120/140 volts three-wire.
Minimum Charge
The minimum monthly charge shall be the applicable service charge.
Multiple Service
Where two or more separate single-family dwelling units are served through a
single meter, the applicable service charge and each KWH block in the Rate shall
be multiplied by the number of such multiple dwelling units for billing
purposes.
*Subject to the provision of Appendices A and B.
Non-Residential Usage
When the principal use of service supplied under this rate schedule is for
residential purposes, but a small amount of energy will be used for
non-residential purposes, such non-residential use will be permitted only when
the equipment for such use is within the capacity of a 120 volt, 30 ampere
branch circuit (or is less than 3,000 watts capacity) and the non-residential
use is less than the residential use. When the non-residential equipment and/or
use exceeds the above stated limits, the Customer will be required to separate
his wiring so that the non-residential use will be billed under the appropriate
non-residential rate schedule or the entire service will be billed under the
appropriate non-residential rate schedule.
Rate Schedule GSA-1 (General Service)
Availability
Available through one meter to any customer for light and/or power purposes
whose maximum load requirements do not exceed 50 kilowatts and where the
customer is located on the Utility’s distribution lines suitable for supplying
the service required.
Character of Service
Alternating current, sixty Hertz, at a standard single phase and/or polyphase
voltage supplied by Utility in the locality for which the service is requested.
Minimum Charge
The minimum monthly charge shall be the application service charge.
*Subject to the provisions of Appendices A and B.
Rate Schedule PS (Power Service)
Availability
Available through one meter to any customers having a maximum load requirement
of 50 kilowatts or more. Applicant must be located adjacent to the Utility’s
distribution line that is adequate for supplying the service requested.
Character of Service
Alternating current having a frequency of sixty Hertz, three phase and furnished
at a voltage which is standard with the Utility in the area served.
Rate*
| Demand
Charge (Monthly) |
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kilowatt of Billing Demand |
$6.00
per kilowatt |
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| Energy
Charge (In addition to the Demand Charge) |
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all energy used per month |
$0.047839
per KWH |
Minimum Charge
The minimum monthly charge shall be the demand charge.
Measurement of Billing Demand and Energy
Billing demand shall be measured by suitable instruments, and, in any month, the
billing demand shall be the average number of kilowatts in the 15-minute
interval during which the energy metered is greater than an any other 15-minute
interval in such month, but, in no event, shall such billing demand be less than
50 kilowatts.
Energy shall be measured by suitable integrating instruments.
Metering Adjustment
If service is metered at a voltage greater than 480 volts, the billing demand
and energy measurements shall be decreased by two (2%) to correct such
measurement to the equivalent of metering at the Utility’s secondary voltage.
*Subject to the provisions of Appendices A and B.
Equipment Adjustment
When customer furnishes and maintains the complete substation equipment,
including any and all transformers, and/or switches and/or the equipment
necessary to take his entire service at the primary voltage of the transmission
or distribution line from which service is to be received, a credit of $0.25 per
kilowatt of billing demand will be applied to each month’s bill.
Rate Schedule Selection
Customer may change from this rate schedule to another applicable rate schedule
at the end of any consecutive twelve-month period during which Customer’s
metered demand was never great than 50 kilowatts. In no case will the Utility
refund any monetary difference between this rate schedule under which service
was billed in such prior period and the other applicable rate schedule.
Off-Peak Usage
When customer elects to take electric service during the following designated
Off-Peak periods, the following provisions will apply:
Measurement of Kilowatt Demands
Kilowatt demands shall be measured by suitable recording instruments and in any
month the kilowatt demand for the on-peak periods shall be the highest
fifteen-minute kilowatt load measured during such on-peak hours and the kilowatt
demand for the off- peak hours shall be the highest fifteen-minute kilowatt load
measured during such off-peak hours. Such measured kilowatt demands shall be
adjusted in accordance with the Metering Adjustment provision of Rate PS.
Determination of Billing Demand
The Billing Demand for any month shall be the greater of (1) the highest
kilowatt load established during on-peak hours for the month, or (2) fifty
percent (50%) of the highest kilowatt load established during off-peak hours for
the month, but in no month shall the Billing Demand be less than 500 kilowatts.
Off-Peak Periods
Off-Peak Periods shall be all hours between 9:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. local time,
Monday through Friday, and all hours of the day on Saturdays, Sundays and legal
holidays. Legal holiday shall include New Year’s Day, Memorial Day, Independence
Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.
Special Terms and Conditions
The availability of off-peak service shall be limited to an aggregate load of
not more than 6,000 kilowatts on a first-come, first-serve basis.
Rider ED for Rate Schedule PS
(Power Service)
Availability
This rider is available as an economic development incentive to any existing or
new customer of the Peru Municipal Electric Utility that:
1. Meets the criteria for, and receives services under, Rate Schedule PS, unless
superseded by a requirement of this Rider.
2. Has a new or additional load of at least 300 kW and not more than 1,500 kW
above the initial base load each month the Rider is applied. For any existing
customer, the 300 kW would be in addition to the customer’s current load.
3. Enters into an agreement for economic development satisfactory to the City of
Peru Utilities or Peru Utilities. Unless otherwise specified in the economic
development agreement, this Rider shall apply for a term of no more than (3)
years.
Rider ED is not applicable if Peru Municipal Electric Utility must expend its
own funds for capital improvements or additional expenses that would be
necessary to provide service for the new load. If the customer provides its own
funding for capital improvements or additional expenses such that Peru Municipal
Electric Utility is not required to do so then Rider ED may be applicable if all
other conditions of Rider ED are met.
Rate
Under Rider ED, the determination of the monthly charge for purposes of Rate
Schedule PS is as follows:
1. Customers qualifying for Rider ED will be billed monthly for their actual
kilowatt hours used at the following rate (subject to the tracking factor
described below);
a. $0.056945 per kWh
b. This amount represents the average rate per kilowatt hour incurred by Peru
Municipal Electric Utility for its power purchased from IMPA from April 1, 2007
through March 31, 2008 plus generation expenses incurred at the Peru Plant.
c. An additional 5% has been added for the partial recovery of Peru’s fixed
costs.
2. The applicable rate billed to customers will increase or decrease as
appropriate on a quarterly basis to reflect the actual costs of purchased power
from the Indiana Municipal Power Agency (“IMPA”) as well as the actual cost
incurred or generation as incurred by Peru Municipal Electric Utility. Changes
in the rate will be made using the existing wholesale power cost tracking factor
mechanism currently employed by Peru Municipal Electric Utility.
Terms and Conditions
The customer must contact Peru Municipal Electric Utility to initiate the
application of the Rider for the three (3) year term of the Rider. The customer
may request an effective date of the Rider which is no later than twelve (12)
months after the date of acceptance to the Rider.
Rate Schedule SL-1 (Security Lighting Service)
Availability
Available only for continuous year-round service for security lighting to any
customer located adjacent to an electric distribution line of the Utility that
is adequate and suitable for supplying the service requested.
Character of Service
Security Lighting Service using lamps available under this rate schedule.
Rate
Hours of Lighting
All lamps shall burn approximately one-half hour after sunset until
approximately one-half hour before sunrise each day in the year, approximately
4,000 hour per annum.
Ownership of System
All facilities installed by Utility for service hereunder including fixtures,
controls, poles, transformers, secondary lines, lamps and other equipment shall
be owned and maintained by the Utility. All service and necessary maintenance
will be performed only during regularly scheduled working hours of the Utility.
Non-operative lamps will normally be restored to service within two working days
after notification by customer.
When customer requests that a lamp be mounted on customer’s building or pole,
customer shall waive any claim for damages caused by such installation and/or
removal of secondary and lamp support.
*Subject to the provisions of Appendix B.
Additional Facilities
This rate schedule is based on lighting fixtures which can be installed on an
existing distribution type wood pole or other supporting device and served from
existing secondary facilities, with not more than one span of secondary. If
additional facilities are required to furnish service, the Utility will install,
operate and maintain such facilities. The labor, materials and overhead cost of
installation of such additional facilities and maintenance expense thereof shall
be at the customer’s expense.
Rate Schedule TL (Traffic Signal Service)
Availability
For metered service to the traffic signal system belonging to the City of Peru,
the State of Indiana, or any other agency legally authorized to own, operate and
maintain a traffic signal system in conjunction with the regulation of traffic
at “controlled intersections” of public streets or highways.
Character of Service
Alternating current, sixty Hertz, single phase, at approximately 120 volts
two-wire or 120/240 volts three wire.
Rate
Special Terms and Conditions
This Rate Schedule is available to the State of Indiana for metered highway
lighting at intersections where the Indiana State Highway Department owns all of
the facilities.
*Subject to the provisions of Appendices A and B.
Rate Schedule MSL-1
Back to Top (Municipal
Street Lighting Service) Availability
Available for street lighting service within the Corporate Limits of
the City of Peru, Indiana. Character of Service
Alternating current, sixty Hertz, single phase, at approximately 120
volts two-wire or 120/240 volts three wire.
Rate
Determination of Energy Used per month
Utility will estimate the energy used per month for municipal street lighting
on the basis of the number of lamp sizes and the estimated monthly consumption
by lamp sizes filed by the Indiana Municipal Power Agency in Cause No. 36835-S2.
Subject of provisions of Appendices A and B
Appendix A (Rate Adjustments)
The Rate Adjustments shall be on the basis of a Purchase Power Cost Adjustment
Tracking factor occasioned solely by changes in the cost of purchased power and
energy, in accordance with the Order of the Indiana Utility Regulatory
Commission, approved on December 13, 1989 in Cause No. 36835-S3 as follows:
CURRENT RATE ADJUSTMENTS
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For
the months of:
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January, February and March - 2012 |
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Residential Service (RS)
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0.020968
per kilowatt hour
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General
Service (GSA-1)
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0.022262 per kilowatt hour
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Power
Service (PS)
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0.0022697per kilowatt hour
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Municipal Street Lighting Serv (MSL-1) |
0.017935 per kilowatt hour |
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Traffic
Signal Service (TL)
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0.044240 per kilowatt hour
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The rate adjustment is applied to all kilowatt hours consumed during each
billing period in the effective months.
Appendix B (Non-Recurring Charges)
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Description of Charges
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Charge
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Bad Check
Charge
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$20.00
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Meter
Test
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$15.00
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Reconnect/Disconnect-Regular Hours
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$25.00
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Reconnect/Disconnect-Overtime Hours
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$50.00
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Reconnect/Disconnect Pole Cut-Regular Hours
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$50.00
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Reconnect/Disconnect Pole Cut-Overtime Hours
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$100.00
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Meter
Tampering-1st & 2nd Offense
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Actual
cost of parts, labor equip. & overhead plus estimated service used.
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Meter
Tampering-3rd Offense
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Same as
above plus discontinuance of service.
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Meter
Reading Charge
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$3.75
City, $5.70 Outside
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Peak Management Credits
Availability:
Peak Management credits are available to any residential customer of the
municipally owned electric utility of the City of Peru, with an Indiana
Municipal Power Agency-owned Peak Management switch installed on a central air
conditioner and/or electric water heater. Rules and provisions for participation
in the Peak Management program are available at the utility office.
Credits:
The credits for participation in the Peak Management program will be as follows:
Electric Water Heaters: $1 per switch per month January thru December
General Air Conditioner: $2 per switch per month June thru September
These credits will be included on participating customer’s monthly bills. A
customer participating in the program may withdraw at any time upon notifying
the utility. Credits will stop with the first bill following customer withdrawal
from the Peak Management program, the termination of the utility’s participation
in the program or the program’s termination by IMPA.
All other terms and conditions of the Utility’s applicable residential service
rate schedule apply to this.
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