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ELECTRIC BASE RATES AND CUSTOMER SERVICE CHARGES (B)
Ordinance No. 0-07-66
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING APPENDIX A, SECTION UTILITIES (1) ELECTRICITY OF THE GAINESVILLE CODE OF ORDINANCES BY INCREASING ELECTRIC BASE RATES AND CUSTOMER SERVICE CHARGES; AMENDING STREET AND RENTAL LIGHTING RATES AND ADDING LIGHTING FIXTURES AND RATES; AMENDING SUBSECTION i. TO PROVIDE A DISTRIBUTED RESOURCES CREDIT RATE; PROVIDING A REPEALING CLAUSE; PROVIDING DIRECTIONS TO THE CODIFIER; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SCHEDULE PROVIDED HEREIN.
recommendation
The City Commission adopt the proposed ordinance.
explanation
Background:
In the Proposed Budget for the Combined Utilities System, the General Manager made a recommendation to increase electric base rates and customer services charges. Obsolete lighting fixture types and rates have been deleted.
Customers with distributed resources, such as photovoltaic systems, were credited for generation at a rate determined by their contract with the utility. A distributed resources credit rate has been established to clearly define this rate outside of contractual agreements.
The rate changes will be applied to bills rendered after 12:01 A.M., October 1, 2007.