Title
Resolution - Approval to Amend Tariff and Business Rules - Unmetered Devices Rate Option - N Mack | D Thompson
Other Info
Submitted By: Robyn Miller on behalf of Markets
Department: Markets
Financial Impact and Cost/Benefit Considerations: Expenditure of Cooperative funds is not anticipated to be impacted; expenditures of staff time is not anticipated to be impacted.
Any additional revenue from unmetered devices accounts for the Cooperative's costs.
Discussion
Currently, Section 400.12 of the Tariff and Business Rules addresses costs for overhead and underground construction of facilities for Non-Metered Non-Residential Service. However, the Cooperative foresees a need for a rate option to address the influx of 5G cellular node installations throughout the service territory that will address these non-metered non-residential devices based on wattage and anticipated kWh usage to bill Members while avoiding installing a meter on each individual device.
The proposed Section 500.3.8 unmetered device rate will be limited by the following factors -
? Remove the member owned street lighting from Section 500.2.2.1 Non Residential Small Power Service
? A maximum of one-hundred and fifty (150) individual non-metered devices can be aggregated to a single account (lighting facilities and assets entirely owned by a Member currently billed under Section 500.2.2.1 or non-lighting devices)
? All approved devices must be located within the same municipality
? Members must provide notice of any new device(s) installed or changes to approved devices by the Member within 48 hours of installation
? Failure to report newly installed and/or upgraded devices will result in a penalty of six (6) months of usage per device
Proposed Section 500.3.8.2, Non-Lighting Device Service, includes a decreased delivery charge due to the device's energy consumption recovered at 100% load factor.
Additionally, the proposed Section 500.3.8.1 Unmetered Lighting Device Service for facilities...
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