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1 ORDINANCE NO AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF WILLIAMSTOWN, KENTUCKY, AMENDING CITY OF WILLIAMSTOWN ORDINANCE NO AND CITY OF WILLIAMSTOWN CODE OF ORDINACES SECTION 50, WHILE ESTABLISHING NET METERING GUIDELINES AS THEY PERTAIN TO ANY CITY OF WILLIAMSTOWN CUSTOMER-GENERATOR WHO OWNS AND OPERATES A GENERATING FACILITY LOCATED ON THE CUSTOMER'S PREMISES THAT GENERATES ELECTRICITY USING SOLAR, WIND, BIOMASS OR BIOGAS, OR HYDRO ENERGY IN PARALLEL WITH THE CITY OF WILLIAMSTOWN'S ELECTRIC DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF WILLIAMSTOWN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION I The City of Williamstown, hereby amends its Ordinance to establish Net Metering Guidelines as they pertain to any City of Williamstown Customer-Generator who owns and operates a generating facility located on the Customer's premises that generates electricity using solar, wind, biomass, biogas, or hydro energy in parallel with the City of Williamstown's electric distribution system with the words and numbers being added indicated by a single solid line beneath them, and the words and numbers being deleted indicated by a single, broken or shaded line through item as required by K.R.S. 83A.060(3). SECTION II The City of Williamstown hereby establishes the following schedule of charges or tariffs for electrical energy sold by it on or after July 25, 2008 billing date and thereafter for the various classes of consumers heretofore established as follows: RESIDENTIAL RESIDENTIAL RATE A-1 Customer Charge All hwh RESIDENTIAL RATE A-2 Residential with two (2) or more meters serving one residence Customer Charge Meter Charge All kwh $10.00/month All out buildings & barns with its separate meter is considered RATE A-1. GENERAL SERVICE GENERAL SERVICES RATE W/O DEMAND B 1

2 Customer Charge All kwh GENERAL SERVICES RATE WITH DEMAND METER C Customer Charge All kwh The demand for each billing period shall be taken as the average number of kilowatts derived from demand meter(s) installed by the City of Williamstown, for the fifteen (15) minute interval in which the consumption of electrical energy is greater than in any other fifteen (15) minute interval in the billing period. The billing demand shall be: (a) (b) The actual demand for the billing period arrived from the City s demand meter; or 90% of the kilovolt-amps (K.V.A.). OTHER Rate for Billable, Un-metered Street and Security (all rates are based upon installation on existing pole when 120 volts are available). 175 Watt Mercury Vapor Area Light $8.00/month 400 Watt Mercury Vapor Area Light $16.20/month 100 Watt High Pressure Sodium Area Light $7.30/month 250 Watt High Pressure Sodium Area Light $14.80/month 400 Watt High Pressure Sodium Area Light $17.30/month 150 Watt High Pressure Sodium Floodlight $13.50/month 250 Watt High Pressure Sodium Floodlight $15.80/month 400 Watt High Pressure Sodium Floodlight $18.30/month * The above pricing for lights will be utilized for billing purposes until such time all stock is depleted and the above will be replaced to a uniform lighting system that is listed below: 100 Watt Metal Halide "Security" Light $8.00/month 250/400 Watt Metal Halide "Floodlight" $16.50 and $20.50/month If new poles are required or requested by property owner for personal use for secondary electric or for lighting, the property owner shall pay $175 purchase price for each pole at the time paperwork is completed for the pole installation. Temporary Transformer Pads: Installation $

3 SPECIAL CONTRACTS Usage $35.00 per month flat rate for a maximum of six (6) months. After six (6) months, will require an additional installation fee with the same charges. All other electric energy tariffs or rate schedules previously adopted by the City Council of the City of Williamstown by whatever means adopted are hereby superseded by the tariff (rate schedule) set out above. The foregoing schedule of charges for sale of electrical energy by the City of Williamstown shall be designated as City of Williamstown Electrical Energy Tariff. This Ordinance shall not affect, amend, or supersede any portions of prior ordinances, municipal orders, executive orders, or resolutions of council regulating the rendition of service, conditions of service, meter reading, preparation of billings, billing, payments of bills, charges for late payment, liens to secure payment of electrical energy charges, termination of service upon failure to timely pay billings as rendered, deposits required for initial and for restored service, and notice and hearing relating to any of the above. SECTION III This Purchase Power Adjustment (PPA) will be shown on the utility bill and will be solely related to recovery of actual power costs. The PPA will be determined on a monthly basis by comparing actual purchased power costs to the annual power supply forecast cost from the City's wholesale power supplier and budget for variations in the wholesale power market. The formula for determining the PPA is as follows: PPA (current period) = Actual purchased power cost Annual power supply forecast cost from the City's wholesale power supplier budget variations in the wholesale power market. The annual power supply forecast cost used to calculate the PPA will be periodically updated as necessary to reflect changes in the forecast from the City's wholesale power supplier. Also, the budget for variations in the wholesale power market will be periodically updated as necessary to reflect actual or anticipated variations in wholesale power markets to minimize monthly PPA costs to City retail customers to the extent practical. SECTION IV The Net Metering Guidelines are applicable to all the City of Williamstown s ( City ) electric retail customers with the exception of any City-owned facilities, business operations, or infrastructure receiving electric service from the City s electric department. 3

4 AVAILABILITY OF SERVICE Available to any customer-generator who owns and operates a generating facility located on the Customer s premises that generates electricity using solar, wind, biomass or biogas, or hydro energy in parallel with the City s electric distribution system to provide all or part of the Customer s electrical requirements, and who executes the City s written Application for Interconnection and Net Metering, which is available upon request. The generation facility shall be limited to a maximum rated capacity of 30 kilowatts. DEFINITIONS Billing period shall be the time period between the dates on which the City issues the customer s bills. Billing Period Credit shall be the electricity generated by the customer that flows into the electric system and which exceeds the electricity supplied to the customer from the electric system during any billing period. A billing period credit is a kwh-denominated electricity credit only, not a monetary credit. NET METERING AND BILLING Net metering service shall be measured using a single meter or, as determined by the City, additional meters and shall be measured in accordance with standard metering practices by metering equipment capable of registering power flow in both directions for each time period defined by the applicable rate schedule. This net metering equipment shall be provided without any cost to the Customer. This provision does not relieve the Customer s responsibility to pay metering costs embedded in the City s Commission-approved base rates. Additional meters, requested by the Customer, will be provided at the Customer s expense. If electricity generated by the Customer and fed back to the City s system exceeds the electricity supplied to the Customer from the system during a billing period, the Customer shall receive a billing-period credit for the net delivery on the Customer s bill for the succeeding billing periods. Any such unused excess billing-period credits will be carried forward and drawn on by the Customer as needed. Unused excess billing-period credits existing at the time the Customer s service is terminated end with the Customer s account and are not transferrable between customers or locations. NET METERING SERVICE INTERCONNECTION GUIDELINES General The Customer shall operate the generating facility in parallel with the City's system under the following conditions and any other conditions required by the City where unusual circumstances arise not covered herein: 1. The Customer to own, operate, and maintain all generating facilities on their premises. Such facilities shall include, but not be limited to, necessary control equipment to synchronize frequency, voltage, etc., between the Customer's and the City's system as well as adequate protective equipment between the two systems. The Customer's voltage at the point of interconnection will be the same as the City's system voltage. 2. The Customer will be responsible for operating all generating facilities owned by the Customer, except as specified hereinafter. The Customer will maintain its system in 4

5 synchronization with the City's system. 3. The Customer will be responsible for any damage done to the City's equipment due to failure of the Customer's control, safety, or other equipment. 4. The Customer agrees to inform the City of any changes it wishes to make to its generating or associated facilities that differ from those initially installed and described to the City in writing and obtain prior approval from the City. 5. The City will have the right to inspect and approve the Customer's facilities described herein, and to conduct any tests necessary to determine that such facilities are installed and operating properly; however, the City will have no obligation to inspect, witness tests, or in any manner be responsible for the Customer's facilities or operation thereof. 6. The Customer assumes all responsibility for the electric service on the Customer's premises at and from the point of delivery of electricity from the City and for the wires and equipment used in connection therewith, and will protect and save the City harmless from all claims for injury or damage to persons or property occurring on the Customer's premises or at and from the point of delivery of electricity from the City, occasioned by such electricity or said wires and equipment, except where said injury or damage will be shown to have been occasioned solely by the negligence or willful misconduct of the City. Level 1 A Level 1 installation is defined as an inverter-based generator certified as meeting the requirements of Underwriters Laboratories Standard 1741, including any subsequent revisions thereof, and meeting the following conditions: 1. The aggregated net metering generation on a radial distribution circuit will not exceed 15% of the line section s most recent one hour peak load. A line section is the smallest part of the primary distribution system the generating facility could remain connected to after operation of any sectionalizing devices. 2. The aggregated net metering generation on a shared singled-phase secondary will not exceed 20 kva or the nameplate rating of the service transformer. 3. A single-phase net metering generator interconnected on the center tap neutral of a 240 volt service shall not create an imbalance between the two sides of the 240 volt service of more than 20% of the nameplate rating of the service transformer. 4. A net metering generator interconnected to the City s three-phase, four-wire primary distribution lines, shall appear as an effectively grounded source to the City s primary distribution line. 5. There are no identified violations of the applicable provisions of IEEE 1547, Standard for Interconnecting Distributed Resources with Electric Power Systems, including any subsequent revisions thereof. 6. The City will not be required to construct any facilities on its own system to accommodate the net metering generator. The Customer desiring a Level 1 interconnection shall submit a LEVEL 1 - Application for Interconnection and Net Metering, which is available upon request. The City shall notify the Customer within 90 business days as to whether the request is approved or, if denied, the reason(s) for denial. If additional information is required, the City will notify the Customer, and the time between notification and submission of the information shall not be counted towards the 90 business days. Approval is contingent upon an initial inspection and witness test at the discretion 5

6 of the City. Also, any Customer submitting a LEVEL 1 Application for Interconnection and Net Metering may be required, at the sole discretion of the City, to reimburse the City s direct costs and expenses for outside consulting and engineering expertise. Level 2 A Level 2 installation is defined as generator that is not inverter-based; that uses equipment not certified as meeting the requirements of Underwriters Laboratories Standard 1741, including any subsequent revisions thereof, or that does not meet one or more of the conditions required of a Level 1 net metering generator. A Level 2 Application will be approved if the generating facility meets the City s technical interconnection requirements. The Customer desiring a Level 2 interconnection shall submit a LEVEL 2 - Application for Interconnection and Net Metering, which is available upon request. The City shall notify the Customer within 90 business days as to whether the request is approved or, if denied, the reason(s) for denial. If additional information is required, the City will notify the Customer, and the time between notification and submission of the information shall not be counted towards the 90 business days. Approval is contingent upon an initial inspection and witness test at the discretion of the City. The Customer submitting a Level 2 - Application for Interconnection and Net Metering will provide a non-refundable inspection and processing fee of $100, reimburse the City s direct cost and expenses for outside consulting and engineering expertise, and, if deemed necessary at the sole discretion of the City, reimburse the City s direct costs and expenses for an initial impact and interconnection study. Additional studies requested by the Customer shall be at the Customer s cost and expense. CONDITIONS OF INTERCONNECTION The Customer may operate his net metering generator in parallel with the City s system when complying with the following conditions: 1. The Customer shall install, operate, and maintain, at the Customer s sole cost and expense, any control, protective, or other equipment on the Customer s system required by the City s technical interconnection requirements based on IEEE 1547, including subsequent revisions thereof, latest version of the NEC in effect at the time of the Customer s Application for Interconnection and Net Metering, accredited testing laboratories, and the manufacturer s suggested practices for safe, efficient and reliable operation of the net metering generating facility in parallel with the City s system. The Customer bears full responsibility for the installation, maintenance and safe operation of the net metering generating facility. Upon reasonable request from the City, the Customer shall demonstrate compliance. 2. The Customer shall represent and warrant compliance of the net metering generator with: a) Any applicable safety and power standards established by IEEE and accredited testing laboratories; b) Latest version the NEC in effect at the time of the Customer s Application for Interconnection and Net Metering; 6

7 c) All the City s other ordinances as may be revised by time-to-time; d) A power contract, if applicable, that may be executed between the City and the Customer; e) All other local, state, and federal codes and laws, as may be in effect from time-to-time. 3. Any changes or additions to the City s system required to accommodate the net metering generator shall be the Customer s financial responsibility and the City shall be reimbursed for such changes or additions prior to construction. 4. The Customer shall operate the net metering generator in such a manner as not to cause undue fluctuations in voltage, intermittent load characteristics or otherwise interfere with the operation of the City's electric system. The Customer shall so operate the generating facility in such a manner that no adverse impacts will be produced thereby to the service quality rendered by the City to any of its other customers or to any electric system interconnected with the City s electric system. 5. The Customer shall be responsible for protecting, at the Customer s sole cost and expense, the net metering generating facility from any condition or disturbance on the City s electric system, including, but not limited to, voltage sags or swells, system faults, outages, loss of a single phase of supply, equipment failures, and lightning or switching surges, except that the City shall be responsible for repair of damage caused to the net metering generator resulting solely from the negligence or willful misconduct on the part of the City. 6. Following the initial testing and inspection of the generating facility and upon reasonable advance notice to the Customer, the City shall have access at reasonable times to the generating facility to perform reasonable on-site inspections to verify that the installation, maintenance and operation of the net metering generator comply with the requirements of this rate schedule. 7. Where required by the City, the Customer shall furnish and install on the Customer's side of the point of interconnection a safety disconnect switch which shall be capable of fully disconnecting the Customer's net metering generator from the City's electric service under the full rated conditions of the Customer s net metering generator. The external disconnect switch ( EDS ) shall be located adjacent to the City's meters or the location of the EDS shall be noted by placing a sticker on the meter, and shall be of the visible break type in a metal enclosure which can be secured by a padlock. If the EDS is not located directly adjacent to the meter, the Customer shall be responsible for ensuring the location of the EDS is properly and legibly identified for so long as the net metering generator is operational. The disconnect switch shall be accessible to the City personnel at all times. The City may waive the requirement for an external disconnect switch for a net metering generator at its sole discretion, and on a case by case basis. 8. The City shall have the right and authority at the City's sole discretion to isolate the generating facility or require the Customer to discontinue operation of the net metering 7

8 generator if the City believes that: a) Continued interconnection and parallel operation of the net metering generator with the City s electric system creates or contributes (or may create or contribute) to a system emergency on either the City's or Customer's electric system; b) The net metering generator is not in compliance with the requirements of this rate schedule, and the non-compliance adversely affects the safety, reliability or power quality of the City s electric system; or c) The net metering generator interferes with the operation of the City's electric system. In non-emergency situations, the City shall give the Customer notice of noncompliance including a description of the specific noncompliance condition and allow the Customer a reasonable time to cure the noncompliance prior to isolating the Generating Facilities. In emergency situations, where the City is unable to immediately isolate or cause the Customer to isolate only the net metering generator, the City may isolate the Customer s entire facility. 9. The Customer agrees that, without the prior written permission from the City, no changes shall be made to the generating facility as initially approved. Increases in net metering generator capacity will require a new Application for Interconnection and Net Metering which will be evaluated on the same basis as any other new application. Repair and replacement of existing generating facility components with like components that meet UL 1741 certification requirements, including subsequent revisions thereof, for Level 1 facilities and not resulting in increases in net metering generator capacity is allowed without approval. 10. The Customer shall protect, indemnify and hold harmless the City and its elected officials, officers, employees, attorneys, agents, outside consultants and engineers, contractors, or any other representatives against and from all loss, claims, actions or suits, including costs and attorneys fees, for or on account of any injury or death of persons or damage to property caused by the Customer or the Customer s employees, agents, representatives and contractors in tampering with, repairing, maintaining or operating the Customer s net metering generator or any related equipment or any facilities owned by the City. 11. The Customer shall maintain general liability insurance coverage (through a standard homeowner s, commercial or other policy) for generating facilities. The Customer shall upon request provide the City with proof of such insurance at the time that application is made for net metering. 12. By entering into an Interconnection Agreement, or by inspection, if any, or by nonrejection, or by approval, or in any other way, the City does not give any warranty, express or implied, as to the adequacy, safety, compliance with applicable codes or requirements, or as to any other characteristics, of the generating facility equipment, controls, and protective relays and equipment. 13. The Customer s generating facility is transferable to other persons or service locations only after notification to the City has been made and verification that the installation is in 8

9 compliance with all the City s requirements. Upon written notification that an approved generating facility is being transferred to another person, customer, or location, the City will verify that the installation is in compliance with this ordinance and provide written notification to the customer(s) within 30 business days. If the installation is no longer in compliance with this ordinance, the City will notify the Customer in writing and list what must be done to place the facility in compliance. 14. The Customer shall retain any and all Renewable Energy Credits (RECs) generated by the Customer s generating facilities. TERMS AND CONDITIONS Except as provided herein, service will be furnished under the City's ordinances, power contracts (if applicable), or any other terms and conditions applicable hereto. SECTION IV V This Ordinance and Section of the Williamstown Code of Ordinances are hereby amended as follows: A. In computing any period of time prescribed or allowed by Order of Court or by any applicable ordinance the day of the act, event or default after which the designated period of time begins to run is not to be included. The last day of the period so computed is to be included unless it is Saturday, a Sunday, a legal holiday, or a day on which the public office in which a document is required to be filed is actually and legally closed in which event the period runs until the end of the next day which is not one of the days just mentioned If the day thereby computed on which or by which the act is required to be done falls on a Saturday, Sunday, legal holiday or a day on which the public office in which the act is required to be completed is actually and legally closed, the act may be done on the next day which is none of the days just mentioned, and shall be paid by the close of business to the City of Williamstown in which its business office is legally opened. B. If any proceeding is directed by law to take place or any act is directed to be done on a particular day of the month and that day is Sunday, the proceeding shall take place, or the act shall be done, on the next day that is not a legal holiday by the close of business that the City offices are legally opened. MEDICAL HARDSHIP EXEMPTION SECTION V VI That the City of Williamstown, by and through the Mayor, may grant a medical hardship exemption for termination of electric service when requested by the electrical consumer. Said request shall be based upon a written medical opinion that a member of the residential household has a physical or mental condition which requires electric service and shall describe the condition(s) which necessitate(s) the continuation of electrical power and a time period for which the physical or mental condition shall reasonably continue. 9

10 If granted, the residential customer shall enter into a Payment Plan Agreement as agreed to by the City of Williamstown, by and through the Mayor of the City of Williamstown and through the City Clerk s office consistent with its Payment Plan Agreement in use by the City of Williamstown and shall be reviewed on a specifically established time period by the parties. Should the residential customer default on the Payment Plan Agreement, electric power services shall be terminated consistent with the City of Williamstown Code of Ordinances. SECTION VI VII The provisions of this Ordinance are severable; and the invalidity of any provision of this ordinance shall not affect the validity of any other provision thereof; and such other provisions shall remain in full force and effect as long as they remain valid in the absence of those provisions determined to be invalid. SECTION VII VIII All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with the provisions of this Ordinance are hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict. SECTION VIII IX This Ordinance shall be effective as soon as possible according to law. SECTION IX X This Ordinance shall be published in summary pursuant to K.R.S. 83(A).060(9). Rick Skinner, Mayor City of Williamstown, Kentucky ATTEST: Vivian Link, City Clerk/Treasurer City of Williamstown, Kentucky 10

11 st Reading 02/05/15 2 nd Reading 02/20/18 Publication 03/08/18 11