Availability: This is an experimental rate available to a limited number of meters for pump irrigation and municipal pumping service, within the Cooperative's service area, according to the Cooperative's rules and regulations.
Load Management Program: In an effort to reduce power costs, the Cooperative offers reduced horsepower and energy charges to irrigation customers electing to participate in load management for which participants agree to allow total control of their irrigation load during peaking periods. The Cooperative agrees to exercise load control with as little inconvenience to the customer as possible, and only when necessary to achieve predetermined cost savings. Types of Service: Three phase, 60 cycles, at the Cooperative's standard secondary voltages. At the discretion of the Cooperative, single-phase service may be furnished at locations where three-phase service is not available provided the motor capacity is not in excess of ten horsepower.
Rate:
Consumers connecting or receiving service prior to the ERCOT peak months of June, July, August and September will be billed the annual customer charge and annual demand charge. Consumers will be allowed to pay the annual charges in monthly installments over the remaining months in the calendar year. Consumers disconnecting prior to the ERCOT peak months will not be required to pay the remaining amount of the annual charges. Consumers connecting or receiving service after the ERCOT peak months will be required to pay the prorated annual charges over the remaining months in the calendar year. Consumers connecting or receiving service during the peak months will be required to pay the annual charges over the remaining months of the year.
Determination of Billing Demand: The billing demand shall be the greater of the maximum kilowatt demand established by the customer for any period of 15 consecutive minutes during the billing period as indicated or recorded by a demand meter and adjusted for power factor as provided hereafter, but not less than 100% of the maximum kilowatt demand measured in the 12 months ending with the current billing period and as adjusted for power factor.
Power Cost Adjustment: The foregoing energy charges will be increased or decreased according to the terms of the Power Cost Adjustment tariff.
Power Factor Adjustment: The customer agrees to maintain unity power factor as nearly as practicable. Demand charges may be adjusted to correct for average power factors lower than 90% lagging and may be so adjusted for other customers if and when the Cooperative deems necessary. Such adjustments will be made by increasing the measured demand to an equivalent demand that would yield a 90% power factor.
Minimum Monthly Charge: The minimum monthly charge shall be the highest one of the following charges as determined for the customer:
Terms of Payment: In the event the current monthly bill is not paid with 16 days from date of bill, said bill will become delinquent and a fee will be applied. (see Interest Rates)
