Hudson Light & Power Department

 

G E N E R A L
R A T E S

1/1/07

 

Commercial All Electric Rate 5 Industrial Rates 12, 14, 15,1 6 Rate 17

 

Schedule G - Rate No.5

Availability

Service under this rate is available to businesses for the purpose of space heating, air conditioning and water heating. Heating, air conditioning and water heating equipment must be permanently installed and electricity must be the sole source of energy for these purposes.

The Department reserves the right to provide, own and maintain suitable time switches or relays designed to control the operation of the hot water heater and will furnish energy for not less than 20 hours a day.

The customer shall provide a separate circuit for the water heater, of ample capacity and designed for 230 volt operation, to which no equipment other than the water heater shall be connected.

Energy provided under this rate is not available for any other purposes. Energy for all other purposes will be supplied through a separate meter.

When an account is eligible for more than one rate, the rate may be changed by the customer only once per year.

Rate

  • $ 7.70 for the first 10 kWh or less per month.
  •    8.23 cents per kWh for all over 10 kWh per month.

Minimum Charge

  • $ 7.70 gross per month per meter.
  •  15.40 gross if bills are rendered bi-monthly.

Power Adjustment

To the amount determined under the preceding provisions shall be added a Power Adjustment charge in accordance with the Department's Standard Power Adjustment Clause as from time to time effective in accordance with law.

Terms and Conditions

Standard Terms and Conditions are a part of this rate.

Effective: January 1, 2007
Filed by Yakov D. Levin, Manager

 

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Schedule D - Rate No. 12, 14, 15, 16

Availability

Service under this rate is furnished to Commercial and Industrial Customers whose average monthly energy usage is 5,000 KWHs or more and who take all their requirements under this rate. All electricity furnished will be through one service and one meter, unless for the convenience of the Department. When an account is eligible for more than one rate, the rate may be changed by the customer only once per year.

Rate:

Demand Charge

$ 90.98 per month for the first 10 KW or less of demand
$   9.10 per month per KW of demand over 10 KW

 

Energy Charge

4.82 cents per KWH for all KWH under 250 times Maximum Billing Demand per month.

 

Long Hour Use Rider

3.65 cents per KWH for all KWH over 250 times Maximum Billing Demand per month.

 

Power Adjustment Charge

To the amount determined under the preceding provisions shall be added a power adjustment charge in accordance with the Department's Standard Power Adjustment Clause as from time to time effective in accordance with law.

Demand

The billing demand shall be the highest 15 minute demand in kilowatts or 90 percent kilovolt-amperes, whichever is higher, established during the month, but not less than eighty (80) percent of the maximum demand established during the preceding eleven months. In case of fluctuating loads, the Department may base demand charge on the instantaneous peak load or for a period of less than 15 minutes.

 

Transforming and Protective Equipment

Customers having a connected load of over 750 KVA will be required to furnish their own transforming and protective equipment, which must comply with the specifications of the Department. A discount of 10 cents per KW of demand will be allowed if customer furnishes transforming and protective equipment. This applies to rates 14 and 16 only.

 

Metering

Service shall be metered, at the option of the Department, at either the transmission voltage (but in no case less than 2400 volts) or the utilization voltage. If the energy is metered at transmission voltage, a discount of 2.5 percent of the bill will be allowed.. This applies to rates 15 and 16 only.

 

Minimum Charge

The demand charge, but in no case less than the demand charge for 10 KW.

 

Discount

10% of current gross bill less Power Adjustment charge, Residential Conservation Service (RCS) charge, and sales tax provided bill is paid in full as rendered, including power adjustment charge, lost discounts, billing for the RCS Act, sales tax and any other unpaid balances on or before the discount date as shown on the bill.

 

Term of Contract

Customers served under this rate must provide the Department with two years prior written notice before: (1) purchasing, allowing to be purchased, or using electricity from any source other than the Department; or (2) installing or allowing to be installed for its use a non-emergency generator with a nameplate capacity greater than that in place on the Customer's location as of March 1, 1996.

 

Service Extension Discount

The Service Extension Discount is available as long as the customer maintained a demand of 500 kilowatts ("kW") or greater for the twelve-month period immediately preceding the execution of the Service Extension Discount Contract. If the customer's demand is reduced below 500 kW for any reason, he will receive no discount for the period in which demand is reduced below 500 kW. In order for the discount to be reinstated, the customer's demand must be equal to or exceed 500 kW for three consecutive months. The discount would then be reinstated at the beginning of the fourth month following the three month period in which demand equal to or greater than 500 kW is maintained. If the customer has more than one meter per site, all meters will qualify for service under the Contract provided that at least one meter meets the above usage criteria and all meters are currently served, and continue to be served under HL&PD's Schedule D rate.

The Department will grant a Service Extension Discount on the otherwise applicable base rate exclusive of the Power Cost Adjustment, the present Conservation Surcharge, and any other adjustment mechanism approved or adopted by the Hudson Municipal Light Board when the Customer has signed a Service Extension Agreement with the Department, in which the Customer has agreed that the Department shall be the sole provider of electricity and that the Customer will not purchase, allow to be purchased, or use electricity from a source other than the Department or install or allow to be installed a non-emergency generator for the Customer’s use, provided however, that no Service Extension Discount shall be applied when the Customer has an arrearage on its account at the time a bill is issued.

A Customer with generation at its location on March 1, 1996, shall be eligible for the Service Extension Discount if it has executed a Service Extension Agreement under which it agrees not to increase the nameplate capacity of the generation at its location.

The Service Extension Discount shall be five (5) percent, for usage on and after execution of Service Extension Discount Agreement.

 

Terms and Conditions

The Company's Terms and Conditions in effect from time to time, where not inconsistent with any specific provisions hereof, are a part of this rate.

Effective: January 1, 2007
Filed by Yakov D. Levin, Manager

 

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Schedule C - Rate No.17

Availability

Service under this rate is available for any purpose. When an account is eligible for more than one rate, the rate may be changed by the customer only once per year.

Rate

  • $ 9.63 for the first 10 kWh per month.
  •    9.44 cents per kWh for all over 10 kWh per month.

Minimum Charge

$ 9.63 per month per meter provided, however if the KVA transformer capacity needed to service a customer exceeds 25 KVA, the minimum charge will be increased by $1.74 for each KVA in excess of 25 KVA. The Minimum Charge shall in no case be less than $15.17 gross for any connection period exclusive of power adjustment charges.

Meter Reading and Billing

When bills are rendered bi-monthly, the charge for the initial block and the number of kilowatt-hours in each block shall be multiplied by two.

Power Adjustment

To the amount determined under the preceding provisions shall be added a power adjustment charge in accordance with the Department's Standard Power Adjustment Clause as from time to time effective in accordance with law.

Terms and Conditions

Standard Terms and Conditions are a part of this rate.

Effective: January 1, 2007
Filed by Yakov D. Levin, Manager

 

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