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RESOLUTION NO. 8709
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
VERNON ADOPTING RATE SCHEDULES TOU-I REGARDING
ELECTRICAL RATES TO BE CHARGED FOR ELECTRICAL
ENERGY DISTRIBUTED AND SUPPLIED BY THE CITY WITHIN
ITS BOUNDARIES
7 WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Vernon adopted
8 Ordinance No. 1030 on May 16, 1995, providing that rates to be charged
9 for ~lectrical energy distributed and supplied by the City within its
10 boundaries shall be set by resolution; and
11 WHEREAS, from time to time the City Council has by Resolution
12 established and amended certain rate schedules for electrical users in
13 the City; and
14 WHEREAS, the City of Vernon finds it necessary to establish
15 a general service large interruptible rate; and
16 WHEREAS, by letter dated March 31, 2005, Bruce V.
17 Malkenhorst, City Administrator/City Clerk, recommended that a new
18 schedule be approved that is optional for all customers eligible for
19 service under Schedule TOU-V who commit to curtail at least 50% of such
20 customers maximum demand, which shall not be less than 5,000 kW per
21 period of interruption; and
22 WHEREAS, the proposed electric rates are to be effective on
23 April 1, 2005, on a case-by-case basis.
24 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
25 CITY OF VERNON AS FOLLOWS:
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SECTION 1:
The City Council of the City of Vernon hereby
27 finds and determines that the recitals contained hereinabove are true
28 and correct.
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SECTION 2:
The City Council of the City of Vernon hereby
2 adopts Rate Schedule TOU-I as the City's rates for the distribution of
3 electrical energy supplied by the City for certain classes of service
4 to be effective April 1, 2005, a copy of which is attached hereto as
5 Exhibit "A" and made a part hereof.
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SECTION 3:
All resolutions, or parts of resolutions not
7 consistent with or in conflict with this resolution are hereby
8 repealed.
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SECTION 4:
The City Clerk of the City of Vernon shall
10 certify to the passage of this resolution, and thereupon and
11 thereafter the same shall be in full force and effect.
12 APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 13th day of April, 2005.
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/' EONIS C. MA BURG, Mayor
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BRUCE V. MALKENHORST, City Clerk
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES
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I, BRUCE V. MALKENHORST, City Clerk of the City of Vernon, do
hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution, being Resolution No.
8709, was duly adopted by the City Council of the City of Vernon at a
special meeting of the City Council duly held on Wednesday, April 13,
2005, and thereafter was duly signed by the Mayor of the City of
Vernon.
BRUCE V. MALKENHORST,
(SEAL)
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EXHIBIT
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CITY OF VERNON
LIGHT AND POWER DEPARTMENT
Schedule No. TOU-I
GENERAL SERVICE-LARGE INTERRUPTIBLE
APPLICABILITY
This schedule is optional for all customers eligible for service under Schedule TOU-V
who commit to curtail at least 50 percent of such customers maximum demand, which
shall not be less than 7,500 kW per Period of Interruption.
In addition, the following conditions shall apply:
1. Service Voltage must be greater than 50 kV; and
2. The customer's Maximum Demand must be 12,500 kW or above; and
3. This schedule is in effect until suspended by the Light & Power Department when
in their judgment there is no additional need for Interruptible Demand.
TERRITORY
Within the city limits of the City of Vernon.
RATES
All charges and provisions of schedule TOU- V shall apply as follows:
In accordance with the terms and conditions of this schedule the customer's bill will
be credited $2.00 per kW month for all kW in excess of the customer's specified
Fiml Demand Level. The bill credit will be based on the difference between the
customer's on-peak Maximum Demand recorded during the monthly billing period
and the customer's specified Firm Demand Level.
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Charges for Excess Demand may apply under certain conditions, as provided in
special condition 8.
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SPECIAL CONDITIONS
1. Interruptible Demand: The Interruptible Demand shall be the measured
difference between the customer's demand, at the time of interruption, and the
customer's Firm Demand Level.
2. Firm Demand Level: The Firm Demand Level is the Maximum Demand the
Department is expected to supply during a Period of Interruption.
3. Excess Demand: The Excess Demand shall be the measured demand which
exceeds the Firm Demand Level during each Period of Interruption.
4. Interruptible Service Agreement: To receive interruptible service under this
schedule a customer shall sign an agreement for a specified term and Firm
Demand Level. Eligible customer shall comply with all the provisions of the
Agreement.
5. Notice of Interruption: The Department will give the customer a minimum 30
minutes notice of a Period of Interruption to enable the customer to disconnect
the necessary load to prevent Excess Demand. Communication procedures
shall be specified in the Interruptible Service Agreement.
6. Period of Interruption: A Period of Interruption shall be an interval which
commences thirty minutes after Notice of Interruption and which ends upon
notification from the Department. During which the customer will be required
to disconnect sufficient load to reduce the demand on the system to the Firm
Demand Leyel. A Period of Interruption can occur:
a. Upon the notification from the Independent System Operator (ISO)
requiring the Department to shed load.
b. Upon the unscheduled outage of the Malburg Generating Station or any
other generating unit internal to the Department system.
7. Frequencies and Duration of Interruption: The Periods of Interruption will not
exceed ten per month or twenty-four per year.
8. Excess Demand Charge: Upon the first occurrence of Excess demand during
a period of interruption, such excess demand shall be billed at $4.00 per kW.
Upon the second occurrence of Excess demand during a Period of
Interruption, such excess demand shall be billed at $6.00 per kW.
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Upon the third occurrence of Excess demand during a Period of Interruption,
within the same 12-month period, the customer will be disqualified from
further interruptible rate service.
9. Verification of Ability to Interrupt:
Interruptible Rate Service customers shall periodically be required to
demonstrate ability and willingness to disconnect all load except the specified
Firm Demand Level within a Notice of Interruption Period. Testing
procedures for such verification shall be specified in the Interruptible Service
Agreement terms.