Chapter 14.08 DEFINITIONS

The following words and phrases shall, when used in this title, have the meanings attributed to them in this chapter. [Ord. 90; Ord. 12-94; Ord. 15-03; Ord. 39-15 § 2; Ord. 59-15 § 1; Ord. 41-17 § 1; Ord. 13-19 § 1].

14.08.015 Avoided cost.

“Avoided cost” means the cost to the electric utility of electric energy which could be purchased from another source. [Ord. 13-19 § 1].

14.08.020 Billing month.

“Billing month” means the month which includes the last day of the period of electrical consumption for which the customer will be billed. [Ord. 12-94; Ord. 39-15 § 2; Ord. 59-15 § 1; Ord. 41-17 § 1; Ord. 13-19 § 1].

14.08.025 Chief electrical engineer.

“Chief electrical engineer” means the chief electrical engineer of the department. [Ord. 39-15 § 2; Ord. 41-17 § 1; Ord. 13-19 § 1].

14.08.030 Customer.

“Customer” means any person who uses, has used, or has contracted to use department electric energy. [Ord. 12-94; Ord. 39-15 § 2; Ord. 59-15 § 1; Ord. 41-17 § 1; Ord. 13-19 § 1].

14.08.040 Construction costs of distribution facilities.

“Construction costs of distribution facilities” means the combined costs of all facilities necessary to the distribution extension or reinforcement, including satisfactory right-of-way. [Ord. 12-94; Ord. 39-15 § 2; Ord. 59-15 § 1; Ord. 41-17 § 1; Ord. 13-19 § 1].

14.08.050 Construction payment.

“Construction payment” means the amount advanced by the applicant to pay all construction costs in excess of the standard construction allowance. [Ord. 12-94; Ord. 39-15 § 2; Ord. 59-15 § 1; Ord. 41-17 § 1; Ord. 13-19 § 1].

14.08.060 Demand.

“Demand” for any billing period means the average kilowatt delivery during the 30-minute period in which the consumption of energy is the greatest during the billing period. [Ord. 12-94; Ord. 39-15 § 2; Ord. 59-15 § 1; Ord. 41-17 § 1; Ord. 13-19 § 1].

14.08.070 Department.

“Department” means the energy services department of the city. [Ord. 12-94; Ord. 39-15 § 2; Ord. 59-15 § 1; Ord. 41-17 § 1; Ord. 13-19 § 1].

14.08.075 Director.

“Director” means the director of the department. [Ord. 39-15 § 2; Ord. 41-17 § 1; Ord. 13-19 § 1].

14.08.080 Distribution extension.

“Distribution extension” means distribution facilities including primary and secondary distribution lines, service laterals, and all appurtenant facilities excepting transformers and meters necessary to supply service to an additional customer. [Ord. 12-94; Ord. 39-15 § 2; Ord. 59-15 § 1; Ord. 41-17 § 1; Ord. 13-19 § 1].

14.08.090 Distribution reinforcement.

“Distribution reinforcement” means increase in size of existing facilities necessitated by applicant’s estimated electric requirements. [Ord. 12-94; Ord. 39-15 § 2; Ord. 59-15 § 1; Ord. 41-17 § 1; Ord. 13-19 § 1].

14.08.100 Extension completion date.

“Extension completion date” means the date on which the construction of the distribution extension or distribution reinforcement is completed as shown by the city’s records. [Ord. 12-94; Ord. 39-15 § 2; Ord. 59-15 § 1; Ord. 41-17 § 1; Ord. 13-19 § 1].

14.08.110 Indeterminate service.

“Indeterminate service” means service where the amount and permanency of service cannot be assured including industrial or commercial enterprises of speculative nature, real estate subdivisions, development of property for sale, enterprises where the applicant will not be the user of electric service or where there is little or no immediate demand for service. [Ord. 12-94; Ord. 39-15 § 2; Ord. 59-15 § 1; Ord. 41-17 § 1; Ord. 13-19 § 1].

14.08.115 Investment cost recovery incentive.

Repealed by Ord. 13-19. [Ord. 14-07; Ord. 14-12 § 1; Ord. 39-15 § 2; Ord. 59-15 § 1; Ord. 41-17 § 1].

14.08.120 Multiple dwellings.

For rate purposes, premises including two or more residential units are residences only if separate metering circuits for each unit are provided without costs to the department. All other premises including two or more residential units shall be considered multiple dwellings. Such premises are billed at a commercial rate. [Ord. 12-94; Ord. 39-15 § 2; Ord. 59-15 § 1; Ord. 41-17 § 1; Ord. 13-19 § 1].

14.08.130 Net metering.

“Net metering” is the application of metering that measures the net difference between delivered real energy (kWh) to a customer and received real energy (kWh) from a customer’s net metering system over a billing interval as defined in Chapter 80.60 RCW or hereafter amended. [Ord. 14-07; Ord. 39-15 § 2; Ord. 59-15 § 1; Ord. 41-17 § 1; Ord. 13-19 § 1].

14.08.140 On-peak period.

“On-peak period” means the interval of time from 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m., Monday through Saturday. All other hours are considered the “off-peak period.” [Ord. 12-94; Ord. 39-15 § 2; Ord. 59-15 § 1; Ord. 41-17 § 1; Ord. 13-19 § 1].

14.08.150 Permanent service.

“Permanent service” means service to residential, commercial or industrial customers where the use of service, including amount and permanency, can be reasonably assured. [Ord. 12-94; Ord. 39-15 § 2; Ord. 59-15 § 1; Ord. 41-17 § 1; Ord. 13-19 § 1].

14.08.160 Person.

“Person” means any natural person, firm, partnership, or corporation. [Ord. 12-94; Ord. 39-15 § 2; Ord. 59-15 § 1; Ord. 41-17 § 1; Ord. 13-19 § 1].

14.08.170 Point of delivery.

“Point of delivery” means the point where the department’s electric facilities are first connected to the electric facilities of a customer. The location of the point of delivery will be determined by the city in accordance with standard practice or as individual circumstances may dictate. [Ord. 12-94; Ord. 39-15 § 2; Ord. 59-15 § 1; Ord. 41-17 § 1; Ord. 13-19 § 1].

14.08.175 Power quality.

Acceptable “power quality” at the point of common coupling demarcation point is that which meets general, steady state, transient, and harmonics recommendations of ANSI C84.1, IEEE 1159, IEEE 1250, IEEE 519, IEEE 446, IEC 868, and other recognized standards as determined by the chief electrical engineer. Interconnection power quality shall additionally meet recommendations of IEEE P1453 and IEEE 929. [Ord. 14-07; Ord. 39-15 § 2; Ord. 59-15 § 1; Ord. 41-17 § 1; Ord. 13-19 § 1].

14.08.180 Refund of construction payment.

“Refund of construction payment” means the amount of construction payment returned to customers or assignees by the city. [Ord. 12-94; Ord. 39-15 § 2; Ord. 59-15 § 1; Ord. 41-17 § 1; Ord. 13-19 § 1].

14.08.190 Residence.

“Residence” means any residential unit with a separate meter, any mobile home in a mobile home park if it is supplied with electricity through a separate meter, and any house or building used on a farm; any building used as a place of worship, school, grange building, or building used by a fraternal organization, if the connected load is less than 25 kilowatts. [Ord. 12-94; Ord. 39-15 § 2; Ord. 59-15 § 1; Ord. 41-17 § 1; Ord. 13-19 § 1].

14.08.200 Service lateral.

“Service lateral” means the secondary overhead or underground electric circuit and associated facilities located between the department’s distribution line and the point of delivery to a customer. Service lateral provides service for customer’s exclusive use. [Ord. 12-94; Ord. 39-15 § 2; Ord. 59-15 § 1; Ord. 41-17 § 1; Ord. 13-19 § 1].

14.08.205 Special equipment.

“Special equipment” means equipment above and beyond what is normally included in each rate structure to provide electrical service on the distribution system. Special equipment is items not stocked as part of warehouse inventory and ordered for specific installations at a customer’s request with the intent of providing additional reliability, capacity, or enhanced service. [Ord. 59-15 § 1; Ord. 41-17 § 1; Ord. 13-19 § 1].

14.08.210 Standard construction allowance.

“Standard construction allowance” means that portion of necessary construction made by the department at its expense. Separate allowances will be established for residential customers and for nonresidential customers. [Ord. 12-94; Ord. 39-15 § 2; Ord. 59-15 § 1; Ord. 41-17 § 1; Ord. 13-19 § 1].

14.08.220 Temporary service.

“Temporary service” means service to customers where the expected period of usage is less than 12 months, including service to circuses, bazaars, fairs, concessions and construction sites. [Ord. 12-94; Ord. 39-15 § 2; Ord. 59-15 § 1; Ord. 41-17 § 1; Ord. 13-19 § 1].

14.08.230 Traffic management systems.

“Traffic management systems” shall be as defined and described in WAC Title 296, WAC 296-46B-010(16) through (23). [Ord. 41-17 § 1; Ord. 09-18 § 1; Ord. 13-19 § 1].