§ 13.04.071. Special load management and conservation service.

A.

Subject to the conditions set forth in this section, PWP may enter into temporary special rate agreements and/or rate schedules with qualifying customers in order to: encourage experimentation in load management and conservation programs within customer premises and allow evaluation of load management's effect on the power system; evaluate how best to accommodate the load impacts of new technologies on the power system; experiment with electricity rates and the timing of customer payments for time-of-use meters and other interconnection facilities in order to incentivize customers to shift their electric usage from on-peak to off-peak hours when system costs are lower; and/or reduce the power system's aggregate on-peak electricity demand.

B.

PWP shall publish the temporary rate schedules listing the effective date, customer qualification requirements, and all relevant terms.

C.

Customer shall make application to PWP to take service under any rates schedule offered under this section. All applications meeting the published requirements shall be accepted in the order of receipt by PWP, subject to the limitations in subsection (E) of this section.

D.

Said temporary special rate agreements and/or rate schedules may be cancelled by PWP, at any time, on notice to the customer, but in no event shall be in effect for a period exceeding thirty-six (36) months.

E.

The energy sales under this section shall be limited to three percent (3%) of the total system energy sales in megawatt-hours, as reported in PWP's most recent annual report. Each customer group shall be allocated a percentage of the energy sales based on the customer group's contribution to the total system energy sales.

F.

Each participating customer shall be limited to ten percent (10%) of the energy sales within its customer group.

(Ord. 6901 § 10, 2002; Ord. 5253 § 1, 1976)

(Ord. 7213 § 1, 2011)