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Large Power - Rate 561

A. Application.

Applicable to all customers taking the types of service described in this rate schedule whose highest peak demand in the billing period and preceding eleven (11) months is:

  1. For service equal to or greater than 50 kW, but not more than 600 kW;
  2. For all service supplied at one point of delivery and taken through a single meter for all commercial and industrial uses.
  3. Applicable for temporary and construction power but not for shared service.

B. Type of Service.

At available primary or secondary distribution voltages. Where service of the type desired by Customer is not already available at the point of delivery, additional charges under the Cooperative's line extension policy and special contract arrangements may be required prior to service being furnished.

C. Monthly Rate

Each billing period the Customer shall be obligated to pay the following charges:

  1. Customer Charge: $75.00 per meter

    This charge is for the availability of electric service; and

  2. Demand Charge: $3.80 per kW

    This charge for the rate at which energy is used is applied to the maximum kilowatt demand for any period of fifteen consecutive minutes during the billing period as adjusted for power factor; and

  3. Energy Charge

    This charge for the delivery of electric energy is applied to energy usage during the billing period as follows:

    First 200 kWh per billing kW @ $0.088559 per kWh
    Next 200 kWh per billing kW @ $0.070634 per kWh
    Over 400 kWh per billing kW @ $0.049721 per kWh

D. Monthly Minimum Charge.

Each billing period the Customer shall be obligated to pay the following charges as a minimum, whether or not any energy is actually used:

  1. The minimum monthly charge as specified in the contract for service, or
  2. The basic Customer charge plus the demand charge, or
  3. A charge of $1.00 per KVA of installed transformer capacity when transformers are installed for the sole use of the Customer, or
  4. A charge of $1.66 per horsepower on the sum of the motor(s), or other inductive-type electric devices(s), connected, plus
  5. Power Cost Recovery Factor Charges.

E. Minimum Annual Charge for Seasonal Service.

Customers requiring service only during seasons not exceeding nine (9) months per year must guarantee by contract a minimum monthly annual payment of twelve (12) times the minimum monthly charge, determined in accordance with the foregoing section.

F. Customer Owned and Maintained Facilities Discount

If Consumer owns, operates and maintains all the facilities for receiving the service at the supplied voltage, the monthly rate shall be reduced as follows:

  1. Demand Charge shall be reduced by 3% and
  2. Energy Charge shall be reduced by 3%.

G. Billing Adjustments.

This rate is subject to all billing adjustments.

H. Agreement.

If a line extension is required in order to provide service to a consumer, an agreement for electric service with a fixed term may be required by the Cooperative. This rate schedule may be changed by order or consent of regulatory authorities having jurisdiction, or if none, by the Cooperative's board of directors; service hereunder is subject to the Cooperative's tariff for electric service.