The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1947-09-04
MISSISSIPPI POWER & LIGHT
COMPANY
RATE SCHEDULE MP-3
MUNICIPAL PUMPING


AT all points on existing facilities
OF adequate capacity and suitable
voltage. This rate for public water
supply and sewage disposal pump
ing service is offered to all munich
palities in which Company does a
general retail business, as Com
pany's contribution to the securing
OF adequate fire protection service
for its own property and that of its
customers, on whom Company de-
ponds for its revenue.
APPLICATION
To power service for the operation
OF municipality owned water supply
and sewage pumping plants, where
all such plants are completely cleo
trified and are operated by SER
vice of Company. except that other
power sources may be maintained
for standby or insurance purposes
only. All service is supplied through
n kilowatt-hour meter at one point
of delivery.
Applicable to flood control and
drainage pumping only when such
installations are operated by a NUM-
cipality taking service for its water
distribution system under this
schedule.
Not applicable to temporary,
breakdown, standby, supplementary,
resale or shared services.
CHARACTER OF SERVICE
C.>-I- A. Rn
and at any one standard voltage
required by customer, as described
in Company's Standards for Elec-
trical Installations, except when
service to fire pumps is at distrubu-
ton voltage, in which cases Com
pany will make one Transformation
to another motor voltage.
NET MONTHLY RATE
1.80c per XVIII for the, first 800 XVIII
1850 per XVIII for the next 100
XVIII per XIV of Demand but
not less than 5000 XVIII
1.10c per XVIII for the next 10000
XVIII
SAC per XVIII for all additional
XVIII
Minimum: SIPS per XIV of De-
mand, except that Customer
may request that service to flood
control or other emergency
equiment may be discontinued
in months during which no SER
vice is required, in which event
the minimum XIV specified in
thu rrao~on~% fo,r CNvro1 cL-n
be waived.
Adjustments
First : Minus or plus one-half of
one per cent of the amount comput-
ed at above stated rate for each
whole point decrease below 70 or in
creas above 10, respectively, in the
average of the three most recently
published current monthly values
for the Cali commodities" Index
taken from wholesale Prices" com
piled by the United States Depart
ment of Labor adjusted to a 1926
base if any other date be employed).
Second : Plus the applicable pro-
~portionate part of any directly al
locable tax, impost or assessment
imposed or levied by any govern
mental authority, which is assessed
or levied against the Company or
directly affects the Company's cost
of operations and which the Com
pany is legally obligated to pay on
the basis of meters, customers, or
rates of or revenue from cleo
trio power and energy or service
sold, or on the volume of the energy
generated, transported, purchased
for sale, or sold, or on any other
basis where direct ALLEGATION is pos
sible.
DEMAND
The average XIV supplied during
the fifteen minute period of custo-
mer's greatest use during the month
but not less than the minimum XIV
specified in the Agreement for
Service
Demands of fire or flood protec-
ton pumps during times of fire,