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APPENDIX A - UTILITIES - ELECTRIC RATES (B)
Ordinance No. 0-05-86
An Ordinance amending Appendix A, Section UTILITIES (1) Electricity, Gainesville Code of Ordinances; By Increasing Electric Base Rates and Customer Charges; Providing for a Repealing Clause; Providing for a Severability Clause; and, Providing an Effective Date in Accordance with the Schedule Provided Herein.
recommendation
The City Commission adopt the proposed ordinance.
explanation
In the Proposed Budget for the Combined Utilities System, the General Manager made a recommendation to increase electric base rates. The customer charge will increase by 5% for all customer classes. In the residential class, the second tier (above 750 kWh per month) energy charge will increase from 5.6¢ to 6.0¢ per kWh. In the General Service Non-Demand class, the second tier (above 1500 kWh per month) energy charge will increase from 5.8¢ to 6.1¢ per kWh. The first tier for these two classes, Residential and General Service Non-Demand, will remain unchanged. The demand charge will increase for the General Service Demand and Large Power customers by $0.58 per kW and $.60 per kW, respectively. The energy charge for these two classes will remain unchanged. These changes will be effective October 1, 2005. Even with these changes, GRU's monthly rates remain below median in the state.