Source: https://codebook.stcharlesil.gov/title-13-public-utilities/c1308
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13.08 – Electricity | City of St. Charles Municipal Code Book
13.08.010 – Electrical department – Established – Purpose
13.08.020 – Public Works Department – Electricity – Supervision
13.08.030 – Contract for purchase of electricity
13.08.040 – Applicability of terms and conditions
13.08.050 – Equipment - Furnished and maintained by customer
13.08.060 – Equipment - City property - Protection by customer - Relocation
13.08.062 – Existing transformer upgrade
13.08.065 – Equipment – Unauthorized attachment
13.08.070 – Metering equipment - City maintenance - Accessibility
13.08.075 – Sub-metering allowed for commercial accounts
13.08.080 – Landlord's consent required for installation of equipment
13.08.090 – Effect of customer’s equipment on power quality
13.08.100 – Access to premises
13.08.110 – Continuous service
13.08.120 – Resale prohibited
13.08.130 – Electrical service subject to city policies
13.08.135 – Application procedures and charges
13.08.140 – Deposit - Required - Refund - Exemption
13.08.150 – General terms and conditions
13.08.160 – Street lighting and miscellaneous services
13.08.170 – Monthly bills
13.08.180 – Bills for electric used - Rendering - Payment period
13.08.185 – Disconnect notice fee
13.08.190 – Right to cut-off for nonpayment - Reconnection
13.08.200 – Lien - Claim by city - Notice to owner
13.08.210 – Lien - Foreclosure
13.08.220 – Rates - Established
13.08.230 – Rate 1 - Residential - Rates, charges and service requirements
13.08.260 – Rate 5 - General service - Rates, charges, and service requirements
13.08.265 – Rate 6 – Governmental outdoor sports lighting – Rates, charges, and service requirements
13.08.290 – Rate 8 - Municipal owned street lighting and traffic signals
13.08.300 – Temporary customer connection (TCC)
13.08.305 – Temporary electric service - Deposit
13.08.310 – Penalty for violation – Enforcement authority
13.08.315 – Interconnection services for on-site generation facilities
13.08.320 – Renewable generation energy purchase policy
13.08.330 – Bidding or selling of system demand response
The City of St. Charles Electric Utility (SCMEU) shall be responsible for: generation and/or purchase, distribution and sale of electrical energy to its customers>
(1994-M-65: § 1; Prior code: § 14.101)
The Public Works Director or designee shall have supervision over the policies and procedures governing the installation, operation, maintenance, and repair of the City’s electrical distribution system. All installations on the SCMEU system shall be subject to SCMEU policies, standard practices, and procedures.
(2013-M-54: § 3; 2000-M-2: § 1; 1995-M-30: § 1; 1994-M-65: § 1; Prior code: § 14.102)
The rates, terms and conditions of the purchase of electrical energy as stated in this chapter shall be a part of the contract with every person or corporation who purchases electrical energy from the city, and every person or corporation by purchasing electrical energy from the city shall be considered to express his assent to the provisions of this chapter.
(1965-6: § 1; Prior code: § 14.103)
The terms and conditions of this chapter shall apply, to all customers using the city's electrical service under any of the rates established by Sections 13.08.200 through 13.08.330.
(2013-M-54: § 4 ; 1995-M-30: § 1; Prior code: § 14.102(part))
All wiring and other electrical equipment on the premises, or connecting the premises with the city's service, furnished by the customers, shall be suitable for the purposes hereof, and shall be installed and maintained by the customer at all times in conformity with the requirements of the National Board of Fire Underwriters as stated in the 2014 edition of the National Electrical Code.
(2017-M-14: § 1; 2013-M-54: § 5; 2003-M-99: § 1; Prior code: § 14.105(1).)
All meters, transformers, poles, structures, and other facilities placed on the customer's premises by the City for the purposes of rendering electric service to said premises, unless otherwise expressly provided, shall be and remain the property of the City, and the customer shall exercise reasonable care to protect such property from alterations, misuse, modification, foreign objects, vegetation, loss or damage. When there is a change in the customer's operation, or construction, which in the judgment of the City makes relocation of the facilities necessary, or if the customer requests relocation, the City will move such facilities at the customer's expense to an acceptable location on the customer's premises.
(2003-M-99: § 1; Prior code: § 14.105(2).)
The customer shall pay the exact cost of upgrades to equipment serving the customer facility. A “Transformer Cost Credit” (TCC) may be given for the future replacement of existing transformers based on the accumulated depreciation of the existing asset. Applicability of the TCC and the amount will be determined by the St. Charles Municipal Electric Utility (SCMEU).
(2004-M-99: § 1)
The City prohibits unauthorized attachment (including painting or marking) of any wires, signs, clotheslines, antennas, fences, etc. to its poles, pedestals, pad-mounted transformers or other structures. The City also prohibits the use of its poles for placards or other advertising matter and will remove any such unauthorized attachments without notice and may prosecute any such trespassing. The City may remove or cause to be removed without notice any unauthorized foreign matter from its poles, pedestals, pad-mounted transformers or other structures at the expense of the property owner.
The City will furnish and maintain all metering equipment necessary for measuring and billing the electricity supplied. The customer shall provide a suitable place for reading, testing, inspecting or exchanging such metering equipment.
(Prior code: § 14.105(3))
Sub-metering is allowed, as an option, on commercial buildings receiving service under one of the City’s standard commercial rates (rate 3 and rate 5). A multi-use building, containing commercial and residential units, may only sub-meter the commercial units. Sub-metering is not allowed without prior review, inspection and approval by City staff.
The master meter (meter directly connected to City system which feeds all sub-meters) will be City-owned and maintained. All sub-meters must be owned and maintained by the building owner. If any sub-meters are installed in a building, all usage in the building must be sub-metered (no usage in a sub-meter installation can be metered only by the master meter). The building owner shall be billed and is fully responsible for all charges for service provided to the building/property and metered by the master meter.
Sub-metering equipment, when installed, must be in new condition, utility grade equipment, of reputable manufacturer, designed for the purposes used, and must meet appropriate standards for utility metering accuracy as defined by the ANSI (American National Standards Institute), IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers), or other appropriate standards agency.
All sub-metering installations are subject to City inspection to assure compliance with electrical codes and standards. City reserves the right to approve or reject sub-metering equipment, before or after installation, based on adherence with codes, installation criteria, applicable standards and this ordinance. Use of any unapproved sub-meter equipment shall make the entire building subject to disconnection of service until approval of the metering installation.
(2010-M-53 : § 1)
In case the customer is not the owner of the premises or of intervening property between the premises and the city's lines, the customer shall obtain from the proper owner, or owners, the necessary consent to the installation and maintenance on the premises and on such intervening property of all wiring and other electrical equipment required for supplying electricity to the customer.
(Prior code: § 14.105(4))
Certain types of equipment, which may be purchased and used by the customer, may have operating characteristics that have a detrimental effect on other equipment of the customer or may interfere with the satisfactory use of service by other customers connected to the same distribution system. It is in the interest of all customers that the use of such equipment be avoided. Where any of the customer's utilization equipment manifests characteristics, which, in the City's judgment, may cause interference with service to other customers or result in operation at a low power factor, the customer shall, at the request of the City, provide suitable facilities to preclude such interference or improve such power factor, or both, as the case may be. Otherwise, the City shall have the right to provide, at the expense of the customer, the facilities necessary to preclude such condition or conditions. The City reserves the right to refuse service where such equipment is installed unless the customer provides suitable compensation or protective devices, or makes satisfactory financial arrangements with the City to provide the necessary capacity or protective measures
(2003-M-99: § 1; Prior code: § 14.105(5))
The properly authorized agents of the City shall at all reasonable hours have free access to the premises for the purpose of reading, examining, repairing or removing the city's meters and for installing, testing, inspecting, repairing, removing or changing any or all equipment belonging to the City. Should access be denied, or property owner unavailable or unable to provide access more than 6 times in a calendar year, City equipment shall be relocated outside of the inaccessible area at owner’s expense. In the case of meters, the customer shall maintain a minimum of 3 feet clear working space in front of each meter. Additional space will be required adjacent to moving machinery. In the case of pad-mounted equipment, clear and level work areas are required around pad-mounted equipment to provide an adequate safe working space to operate and maintain the equipment. An 8-foot minimum workspace is required in front of all equipment doors to provide room to operate with hot sticks and to replace the equipment. A three foot minimum space is required on non-operable sides.
(2003-M-99: § 1; 1995-M-30: § 1; Prior code: § 14.105(6))
The city shall not be responsible in damages for any failure to supply electricity, or for interruption, or reversal of the supply, if such failure, interruption, or reversal is without willful misconduct or gross negligence on its part.
(1995-M-30: § 1; Prior code: § 14.105(7))
No electrical energy shall be resold or distributed by the recipient thereof from the city electric distribution system to any premises other than that for which application has been made and meter installed.
(2010-M-53 : § 2; Prior code: § 14.105(8))
All electrical service hereunder and compensation therefore is subject to all general ordinances affecting the collection, administration and operating policies of the city.
(1995-M-30: § 1; Prior code: § 14.105(13))
An application requesting electric service shall be required of all Customers. An application shall provide all information required by SCMEU to process the request, including but not limited to the following:
Residential - Name, service address, billing address, home phone, driver's license number, and, if not an individual, the taxpayer's identification number;
General - Name of business, type of business organization, service address, billing address, phone number, owner and/or president, manager, taxpayer's identification number.
A Customer requesting installation of a Customer Connection to any Customer Electrical Distribution System, which was installed at the expense of SCMEU, is to pay both a Service Origination Connection Charge of One Thousand Six Hundred Thirty and no/100 ($1,630.00) Dollars and a Service Enrollment Connection Charge prior to installation of the requested residential Customer Connection.
(Ord. 1995-M-30 § 1; Ord. 1994-M-80 § 1.)
A Customer requesting installation of a Customer Electric Distribution System (CEDS) to serve either a Residential Service Customer Premises or a General Service Customer Premises is required to:
Make written application as provided by SCMEU;
Along with the completed application submit an Engineering Charge as set by SCMEU as payment for the estimated cost of preparing working drawings, specifications, and cost estimates to establish a Service Origination Charge(s); and for preparation of a proposed contract for completion of the requested construction at a specified time;
Accept the contract proposal and arrange for payment of the charges specified therein prior to installation of the requested Customer Electric Distribution System(s).
A Customer requesting installation of a Customer Connection to any Customer Electrical Distribution System, which was installed at the expense of a person other than SCMEU, is to pay a Service Enrollment Connection Charge prior to installation of the requested Customer Connection.
A Customer requesting any upgrade of a Customer Connection or of a Customer Electrical Distribution System, is to pay a Service Upgrade Charge prior to installation of the requested upgraded service.
The hourly rates to be charged customers for services rendered by function shall be per the current cost per productive hour as established by the City of St. Charles Finance Department.
(2020-M-9: § 1; 2003-M-99 : § 1; 1992-M-71 : § 1)
the customer has two or more returned checks (NSF) during the prior twelve-month period. The additional deposit charged shall be in the amount equal to the aggregate of the two highest monthly billings for the twelve-month period ending immediately prior to the request for the additional deposit; or if a twelve-month period is unavailable, then any portion thereof, which amount shall be reduced by the amount of the deposit on hand.
(Ord. 1993-M-11 § 1; Ord. 1990-M-62 § 1; Ord. 1987-M-89 § 1.)
The deposits set forth above shall be repaid to such applicant when the city has discontinued or refused the service for which such application was made and when all bills have been paid in full; provided, however, that if the applicant has not paid all bills owing the city for such service within thirty days after such service has been discontinued, then the city clerk shall deduct the amount of the bills so owing from the deposit and remit the balance, if any, to such applicant.
(Ord. 1990-M-62 § 1; Ord. 1987-M-89 § 1; Ord. 1987-M-30 § 1.)
All deposits made by applicants as provided in subsection A of this section who are not delinquent shall be refunded by the city after one year of continuous service during which the applicant has not paid late more than one time during the latest twelve-month period and has received no disconnection notice during that same twelve-month period. Such a deposit may be returned by crediting the customer's utility bill for the amount of deposit at the discretion of City Comptroller.
(Ord. 1987-M-89 § 1; Ord. 1987-M-30 § 1.)
Any applicant for new service who has been an electrical service customer of the city for two years immediately prior to the date of application, without incurring any arrearage, shall be considered exempt from the requirement for an initial deposit for new service.
All desposites made by applicant as provided in Subsection A of this section shall not be subject to interest credit.
(Ord. 2018-M-16 § 1)
(2018-M-16: § 1; 1995-M-30: § 1; 1994-M-27: § 1; 1972-M-49: § 1; Prior code: § 14.105(10))
General Service and Multi-Unit Residential Installations (e.g., Apartments, Condominiums)
CUSTOMER, as prescribed by the 2014 edition NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CODE, adopted by the National Fire Protection Association, the NATIONAL ELECTRICAL SAFETY CODE, 2017 edition C2-2017, RULES AND REGULATIONS of SCMEU, and directives of the Public Works Director or designee, shall furnish, install and maintain:
Foundation and pad for transformer(s)
Primary line conduit to the PRIMARY VOLTAGE POINT OF CONNECTION (PVPC)
Ground grid as required
Secondary line conduit and secondary conductors
Vehicle barriers as required
SCMEU, upon receipt of a specified SERVICE ORIGINATION CONNECTION CHARGE (SOCC), will furnish, install, and maintain:
Transformer(s), switchgear, circuit protection, ground connections for primary and secondary compartments
Primary cables and connections
Make secondary line connections at transformer and at the service entrance
(2017-M-14: § 2; 2013-M-54: § 6; 2003-M-99 : § 1; 1994-M-65: § 1; 1992-M-71 : § 1; 1991-M-24: § 1; 1990-M-36: § 1; 1989-M-57: § 1; 1988-M-19: § 1; 1976-M-25: § 1; 1976-M-18: § 1; 1975-M-1: § 1; 1973-M-1: § 3; 1972-M-42: § 1; Prior code: § 14.105(16))
Street lighting capital, maintenance, and retirement work, and miscellaneous services, all as requested of SCMEU, will be billed at SCMEU's incurred cost for materials, labor, equipment charges, and all related overhead charges.
(1994-M-65: § 1)
For the purpose of this chapter, the terms "month" or "monthly" means the period between any two consecutive regular meter readings taken as nearly as practicable at thirty-day intervals.
(1965-6: § 2; Prior code: § 14.105(11))
Bills for electric service shall be sent out monthly for all customers and shall be due and payable no less than eighteen days from the billing date. An additional charge of ten percent shall be made on all bills which have not been paid when due except that one late payment shall be allowed within each calendar year at no increase in cost.
(1992-M-44: § 1; 1965-6: § 2; Prior code: § 14.105(12))
(2011-M-30: § 1)
(2010-M-2: § 1; 1993-M-25: § 2; 1987-M-30 : § 1; 1981-M-21: § 1; 1972-M-49: § 1; 1965-6: § 2; Prior code: § 14.105(9))
Charges for electricity shall be a lien upon the premises. Whenever a bill for electric service remains unpaid ninety days after it has been rendered, the clerk may file with the county recorder of deeds of Kane County, a statement of lien claims. This statement shall contain the legal description of the premises served, the amount of the unpaid bill, and a notice that the city claims a lien for this amount as well as for all charges for electricity served subsequent to the period covered by the bill.
If the consumer of electricity whose bill is unpaid is not the owner of the premises, and the clerk has notice of this, then notice shall be mailed to the owner of the premises, if his address is known to the clerk, whenever such bill remains unpaid for a period of ninety days after it has been rendered.
The failure of the clerk to record such lien claim or to mail such notice, or the failure of the owner to receive such notice, shall not affect the right to foreclose the lien for unpaid electric bills as mentioned in the Section 13.08.210.
(2017-M-14: § 3; 1965-48: § 3; Prior code: § 14.105(14))
Property subject to a lien for unpaid electric charges shall be sold for nonpayment of the same, and the proceeds of such sale shall be applied to pay the charges, after deducting costs, as is the case in the foreclosure of statutory liens. Such foreclosure shall be by bill in equity in the name of the city.
The city attorney is authorized and directed to institute proceedings, in the name of the city, in any court having jurisdiction over such matters, against any property for which the electric bill has remained unpaid sixty days after it has been rendered.
(1965-48: § 4; Prior code: § 14.105(15))
The rates for the purchase of electrical energy are established as set out in Sections 13.08.230 through 13.08.292.
(2015-M-30; 2014-M-10: § 1; 2013-M-54: § 7; 2013-M-31: § 1; 1996-M-77 : § 1; 1995-M-23: § 1; Prior code: § 14.104(part))
A. Charges for this rate shall be as follows:
Monthly Customer Charge. The net monthly customer charge shall be seventeen dollars and seventy five cents ($17.75) per meter.
$0.1208 per kilowatt-hour for monthly usage up to 1,200 kilowatt-hours
$0.1366 per kilowatt-hour for monthly usage over 1,200 kilowatt- hours
$0.1208 per kilowatt-hour for all kilowatt-hours
For purposes hereof, the “summer months” are defined as the electric usage that is billed to the user starting in the month of June and the next four succeeding months.
3. Minimum Charge. The minimum net monthly charge shall be the net monthly customer charge.
4. Gross Charge. The gross charge shall be ten percent more than the sum of the net monthly customer charge and the net energy charge for the billing period.
The customer's wiring shall be so arranged that all service hereunder may be supplied through a single metering installation.
Service hereunder will be furnished only to a single occupancy, and where service to an apartment building is desired hereunder, each apartment shall be treated as a separate customer and served through a separate metering installation; provided, however, that in apartment buildings containing six or fewer apartments, hall lights and building operating equipment, including no motors larger than one horsepower and not more than six horsepower for all motors, may be connected to the metering installations for one of the apartments, or as a separate metering installation at the discretion of the building operator. The meters shall be grouped in a single location.
(2019-M-15: § 1; 2018-M-16: § 2; 2017-M-8: § 1; 2015-M-30: § 2; 2014-M-20: § 2; 2014-M-31: § 1; 2010-M-31: § 1; 2009-M-22: § 1; 2008-M-32: § 1; 2007-M-38: § 1; 2005-M-20: § 1; 2002-M-29: § 1; 2001-M-30: § 1; 2000-M-69 : § 1; 1996-M-77 : § 1; 1995-M-41 : § 1; 1995-M-23: § 1; 1991-M-19 : § 1; 1990-M-46 : § 1; 1989-M-56 : § 1; 1982-M-15 : § 1 (part); 1988-M-20 : § 1; 1986-M-82 : § 1; 1983-M-48 : § 1 (part); 1979-M-31: § 1 (part); 1977-M-40: § 1 (part); 1977-M-14: (part); 1975-M-38: (part); 1975-M-25: (part); 1974-M-23: § 1; 1965-48: § 1 (part); Prior code: § 14.104(A); 2016-M-13: § 1)
A. Availability. Electrical energy is available under the General Service rate to any customer using the city's electric service for all requirements other than residential service.
B. Charges for this rate shall be as follows:
Monthly Customer Charge. The net monthly customer charge shall be seventy dollars and seventy cents ($70.70) per meter.
Demand Charge. The net demand charge shall be as follows: $20.20 per kilowatt
Energy Charge. The energy charge shall be as follows: $0.0630 per kilowatt-hour for all kilowatt-hours
Minimum Charge. The minimum net monthly charge shall be the net monthly customer charge.
Gross Charge. The gross charge shall be ten percent more than the sum of the net customer charge, the net demand and the net energy charge for the billing period.
Measurement of Demand and Kilowatt-hours Supplied. Where two or more metering installations are provided on the customer's premises, the billing demand shall be determined by adding together the separate peak half hour demands at each metering installation.
Where two or more metering installations are provided on the customer's premises and are for the same customer, and if one or more installation qualifies for rate 5 and one or more installations qualifies for rate 7 then the metering installation readings shall be combined and billed at rate 7.
(2019-M-15: § 3; 2018-M-16: § 5; § 6; 2017-M-8: § 4; 2015-M-30: § 4; 2014-M-10: § 10; 2010-M-31: § 4; 2009-M-22: § 3; 2008-M-32: § 3; 2007-M-38: § 3; 2005-M-20: § 3; 2002-M-29: § 3; 2001-M-30: § 3; 2000-M-69 : § 3; 1996-M-77 : § 1; 1995-M-23: § 1; 1991-M-19 : § 1; 1990-M-46 : § 1; 1989-M-56 : § 1; 1988-M-20 : § 1; 1986-M-82 : § 1; 1983-M-48 : § 1 (part); 1982-M-15 : § 1 (part); 1979-M-31: § 1 (part); 1977-M-40: § 1 (part); 1977-M-14: (part); 1975-M-38: (part); 1975-M-25: (part); Prior code: § 14.104(E); 2016-M-13: § 4)
Availability. Electrical energy is available under the Governmental Outdoor Sports Lighting rate to any governmental agency using the City’s electric service for outdoor sports lighting service only. For purposes of this rate application, outdoor sports lighting is defined as lighting load of over 100 kW demand used to light baseball, football, or soccer fields only.
Monthly Customer Charge. The net monthly customer charge shall be ninety five dollars and ninety five cents ($95.95) per meter.
Demand Charge. This rate does not have a demand charge.
Energy Charge. The energy charge shall be as follows: $0.1839 per kilowatt-hour for all kilowatt-hours
Gross Charge. The gross charge shall be ten percent more than the sum of the net customer charge and the net energy charge for the billing period.
The customer's wiring shall be so arranged that all service hereunder may be supplied through a single metering installation adequate for a normal load equal to the maximum thirty (30) minute demand of the customer at a power factor of eighty-five percent (85%) lagging.
Lighting Demand Limitation. All outdoor sports lighting served under this rate will be equipped with lock-out controls that do not allow lighting use from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. in any given day. Controls must be locked and provide for electric utility verification. Any lighting use during the above noted hours or at times that the lock-out controls are not present or not functional will be billed under the current rate 5.
The terms and conditions stated in Sections 13.08.010 through 13.08.210 apply to this rate and service hereunder and shall be subject thereto.
This rate is in effect for all applicable usage after April 30, 2009 and any charges heretofore assessed which are inconsistent with this new rate shall be waived to the extent of the inconsistency.
(2019-M-15: § 4; 2018-M-16: § 7; 2017-M-8: § 5; 2015-M-30: § 5; 2014-M-10: § 5; 2012-M-25: § 1; 2010-M-31: § 3; 2009-M-50: § 1; 2016-M-13: § 5)
Availability. This rate is available only to city of St. Charles owned and maintained street lights and traffic signals.
$0.0799 per kilowatt-hour for all kilowatt-hours
(2019-M-15: § 6; 2018-M-16: § 9; 2017-M-8: § 7; 2015-M-30: § 7; 2014-M-31: § 5; 2013-M-31: § 7; 2012-M-15: § 6; 2011-M-20: § 6; 2010-M-31: § 6; 1997-M-20: § 1; 1995-M-23: § 1; 1994-M-25: § 1; 2016-M-13: § 7)
A Temporary Customer Connection, as defined in Section 13.08.015 (L) will be provided for a Customer upon application and payment of a Temporary Customer Connection Charge(TCCC) as established by SCMEU on a case by case, In Place Cost basis.
Temporary Customer Connections for casual uses shall be limited to a maximum of twenty-one (21) days each calendar year for any event, function, or property.
(1994-M-65: § 1; 1993-M-25: § 2; 1991-M-62: § 1; 1974-M-10; Prior code: § 14.104 (I))
Deposit shall be charged to any customer at any time such customer makes formal application at the finance office for temporary electric service. The amount shall be equal to the city's most recent cost for the meter or a minimum of $50.
(1993-M-25: § 2)
Any person, firm or corporation who violates, disobeys, or refuses to comply with, or who obstructs the enforcement of any of the provisions of this title, shall, upon conviction be fined not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than five hundred dollars for each offense and a separate offense shall be deemed committed on each day that a violation occurs or continues.
(2003-M-99 : § 1; 1991-M-24: § 1; 1988-M-19: § 2)
St. Charles Municipal Electric Utility (SCMEU) shall make available, upon request, interconnection services to any customer that meets the required guidelines. Interconnection services in this Section refers to on-site generating facilities connected to SCMEU distribution system in a manner that will allow excess electricity generated by the eligible on-site generating facility to be safely delivered onto SCMEU’s electric distribution system. Guidelines for interconnecting to the utility system are as follows:
Only generating facilities that have been approved by SCMEU shall be interconnected with SCMEU’s electric distribution system.
Interconnection services shall only be available to premises with aggregated total generation at a single customer premise of less than 1 MW.
All interconnections shall comply with IEEE Standard 1547 for Interconnecting Distributed Resources with Electric Power Systems (IEEE 1547) as amended from time to time.
SCMEU is under no obligation to purchase energy supplied to it under this section. This does not preclude the customer from meeting applicable standards that would allow the customer to supply power onto the utilities system and receive credit for such energy under the Renewable Generation Energy Purchase (RGEP) Policy (set forth in Section 13.08.320).
If the customer qualifies under these interconnection standards but does not qualify under the RGEP Policy then any energy delivered to the utility system shall be surrendered to the utility for no value/credit. SCMEU will install, at customer expense, a meter that will not provide any credit for energy delivered to the utility system and the customer will pay any additional costs associated with the meter change.
Customers will comply with all other applicable utility standards for interconnection.
Capacity of 10kW or less and interconnected to the utility system shall comply with IEEE 1547 Section 5.5, Periodic Interconnection Tests. All interconnection related protective functions, equipment and associated batteries shall be tested at intervals specified by the manufacturer system integrator, or the authority that has jurisdiction over the Distributed Resources interconnection, or all tests shall be performed every three (3) years, whichever is shorter. Periodic test reports shall be maintained and submitted to the SCMEU Engineering Department.
Systems of greater than 10kW shall perform all interconnection-related protective functions, equipment and associated battery testing on a yearly basis. All test reports shall be submitted to the SCMEU Engineering Department after completion of the yearly testing.
Reports required under Section 13.08.315 paragraphs G. and H., must be submitted within 30 days of the anniversary date of the energizing of the interconnect generation. If the required reports are not received within the 30 day period, the generation must be disconnected until such time as the reports are submitted and accepted.
(2009-M-69: § 1)
St. Charles Municipal Electric Utility (SCMEU) shall make available, upon request, renewable generation energy purchase (RGEP) service to any customer taking service from SCMEU and who meets the requirements set forth in this policy. For purposes of this Section “RGEP” service means service to an electric customer under which electric energy generated by that electric customer from an eligible on-site renewable energy generating facility, owned by that customer and, under some circumstances delivered to the local distribution facilities, may be used to offset electric energy provided by the SCMEU to the electric customer as provided for in this policy. Leases or Power Purchase Agreements (PPA’s) for generation that are not owned by the customer are specifically prohibited as such violate the State Statute that gives the City the unique right to serve the customers within our service territory. Such service shall be subject to the following provisions:
For purposes of this policy an eligible on-site generating facility shall be defined as a renewable generating facility such as a photovoltaic facility or small wind turbines. Other forms of renewable generation, such as sources fueled by landfill methane, fuel cells, or micro turbines fueled by renewable fuels shall be considered on a case-by-case basis. In all cases facilities interconnected must be deemed to be renewable by SCMEU to qualify for this policy.
The electric generating facility must also abide by SCMEU Interconnection Standards (13.08.315).
Subject to the limitations set forth herein, SCMEU shall make RGEP service available upon request to any SCMEU electric customer with a qualifying generating facility of 10kW capacity or less.
Any generating facility greater than 10kW but less than 1MW shall be considered on a case-by-case basis. The decision with respect to such facilities shall be made by SCMEU based upon its contractual obligations, system safety issues and other relevant information.
Customer-owned generation shall be designed for annual production to be no more than 100% of the annual energy needs of the premise.
Energy generated by the customer-owned generator will offset the energy required by the customer’s load during the billing period. For any energy generated by the customer in excess of the energy required by the customer’s loads for a given billing period a credit (as set forth in paragraph G. below) shall be carried forward to the customer’s next billing period. In no case shall credits for excess energy be carried forward for a period greater than three billing periods. In the event of termination of an account qualifying for RGEP under this policy, any outstanding credits are surrendered. Under no circumstances will there be payments, or credit transfers for excess energy. Credits shall be for energy only; there is no credit for capacity (demand).
Excess energy will be credited based on the wholesale cost SCMEU pays. For customers served under residential Rate 1, small general service Rate 3, and Governmental Outdoor Sports Lighting Rate 6, the credit will be determined by the average wholesale cost per kilowatt-hour paid by SCMEU to our energy supplier in the previous fiscal year. The credit for customers served under general service Rate 5 and Industrial Rate 7 will be the kilowatt-hour charge specified in the respective rates set forth in this Chapter for the month in which the credit is earned.
Any costs SCMEU incurs associated with the RGEP program, including but not limited to changes in metering, other physical facilities or billing-related costs, shall be borne by the participants in the RGEP program.
(2020-M-8: § 1; 2009-M-69: § 2)
General prohibition against bidding or selling system demand response. Except as provided in subsection B of this section, the customers of the SCMEU are hereby restricted and precluded from bidding or selling demand response into any organized electric or ancillary services markets operated or administered by PJM (or any successor independent system operator or regional transmission organization) or otherwise participating in such markets with any demand response resources whether directly or through a third-party aggregator.
Exception to general prohibition. Notwithstanding the general prohibition stated in subsection A, above, the SCMEU, acting with and through its power supplier, Illinois Municipal Electric Agency (IMEA), is hereby approved, authorized and permitted to operate as a Curtailment Service Provider with respect to demand response resources within the City’s municipal electric utility system, including any generation owned by the City, and to offer and sell such demand response resources into programs and markets of PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. or its duly authorized successor. Participation shall be subject to the terms and conditions of the IMEA’s Demand Response Program, a copy of which is attached as Appendix A, as such program is amended by the IMEA from time to time.
All costs incurred by the SCMEU for implementation and continued operation of the Demand Response Program will be the direct responsibility of the customer. Costs will be billed to the customer at the time the expense is incurred. These costs include the cost of metering equipment, monitoring equipment, communication devices, communication services, extra meter reading (if required), maintenance of equipment, equipment replacement, billing expense and any other additional costs directly or indirectly related to this program. Charges include cost for equipment, labor or both.
(2011-M-7: § 3)