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SCHEDULE R.S.

(Residential Electric Service)

AVAILABILITY OF SERVICE
Available for full domestic electric service through one meter to individual residential customers, including rural residential customers engaged principally in agricultural pursuits.

MONTHLY RATE

Customer Charge $7.10 per month
Energy Charge
First 900 KWH
$7.2840 per KWH (.072840)
All Over 900 KWH
$6.0400 per KWH (.060400)


MINIMUM CHARGE
This Schedule is subject to a minimum monthly charge equal to the Customer Charge.

PAYMENT
Bills are due upon presentation and payable at the main office, or authorized collection agencies, of the City within twenty (20) days of the bill preparation date. A charge of 1 ˝% per month will be applied to any account balances not received by the City by the next bill preparation date.

TERM
Annual

SPECIAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS
See Terms and Conditions of Service.

This Schedule is available to rural domestic customers engaged principally in agricultural pursuits where service is taken through one meter for residential purposes, as well as for the usual farm uses outside the home, but service under this Schedule shall not be extended to operations of a commercial nature or operations such as processing, preparing or distributing products not raised or produced on the farm, unless such operation is incidental to the usual residential and farm uses.

Normally, this Schedule is available for single-phase service only. However, at the City’s option, and subject to the City’s Terms and Conditions of Service relating to the extension of service, three-phase service may be provided to individual residences under this Schedule, when all service on such Schedule is taken through one meter and usage is for domestic or agricultural purposes. Where three-phase power service is required and/or where motors or heating equipment are used for commercial or industrial purposes, the applicable power Schedule will apply to such power service.

*Issued: March 8, 2005
*Effective: April 1, 2005
*Issued by the Council of the City of Bedford, Virginia




SCHEDULE S.W.S.

(Sanctuary Worship Service)

AVAILABILITY OF SERVICE
Available only to the synagogue or church building in which the sanctuary or principal place of worship is located and to all educational buildings which are physically attached by enclosed corridors or hallways to the building in which the sanctuary or principal place of worship is located.

MONTHLY RATE

Customer Charge $7.10 per month
Energy Charge
First 900 KWH
$7.2840 per KWH (.072840)
All Over 900 KWH
$6.0400 per KWH (.060400)


MINIMUM CHARGE
This Schedule is subject to a minimum monthly charge equal to the Customer Charge.

PAYMENT
Bills are due upon presentation and payable at the main office, or authorized collection agencies, of the City within twenty (20) days of the bill preparation date. A charge of 1 ˝% per month will be applied to any account balances not received by the City by the next bill preparation date.

TERM
Annual

SPECIAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS
Auxiliary buildings of church organizations, such as classrooms, day care centers, etc., are not eligible for this rate unless such buildings, including the electrical wiring, are an integral part of and physically attached to the building in which the sanctuary is located. See Terms and Conditions of Service.

*Issued: March 8, 2005
*Effective: April 1, 2005
*Issued by the Council of the City of Bedford, Virginia




SCHEDULE S.G.S.

(Small General Service)

AVAILABILITY OF SERVICE
Available for small general service customers with normal maximum electrical capacity requirements of less than 300 KW per month. When a customer being served under this Schedule establishes or exceeds a normal maximum requirement of 300 KW per month, the customer will be placed on the appropriate rate Schedule.

MONTHLY RATE

Customer Charge $10.90 per month
Demand Charge
All over 2.5 KW of Billing Demand
$4.57 per KW
Energy Charge
All Metered KWH
5.8000 per KWH (.058000)

DETERMINATION OF BILLING DEMAND
The billing demand in KW shall be taken each month as the highest registration of a 15-minute demand meter or indicator.

Monthly billing demands of these customers shall not be less than 60% of the previous 12-month peak. Monthly billing demands will be rounded to the nearest tenth.

EQUIPMENT SUPPLIED BY CUSTOMER
When the customer owns, operates, and maintains the complete substation equipment, including any and all transformers and/or switches and/or other apparatus necessary for the customer to take his entire service at the primary voltage of the transmission or distribution line from which said customer is to receive service, a credit of $0.30 per KW of monthly billing demand will be applied to each monthly bill.

MINIMUM CHARGE
This Schedule is subject to a minimum monthly charge equal to the customer charge, plus such additional charges as are derived from application of the demand charge, energy charge, and, if applicable, equipment credits.

PAYMENT
Bills are due upon presentation. Any amount due and not received at the main office, or authorized collection agencies, of the City within twenty (20) days of the bill preparation date shall be subject to a delayed payment charge of 1 ˝ %.

TERM
Annual

SPECIAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS
See Terms and Conditions of Service.

*Issued: March 8, 2005
*Effective: April 1, 2005
*Issued by the Council of the City of Bedford, Virginia





SCHEDULE L.G.S.

(Large General Service)

AVAIBILITY OF SERVICE
Available for large general service. Customers having a capacity of 100 KW or more.

MONTHLY RATE

EMPTY
Delivery Voltage
120 to 1000 Volts ($) Over 1000 Volts ($)
Customer Charge 43.10/ month 86.20/month
Demand Charge
All KW of Billing Demand
11.8200/KW 11.1000/KW
Reactive Demand Charge
All KVAR of Lagging Reactive Demand
0.38190/KVAR 0.38190/KVAR
Energy Charge
All Metered KWH
.031250 .031250


DETERMINATION OF BILLING DEMAND
The billing demand in KW shall be taken each month as the highest 15-minute peak in kilowatts as registered during the month by a demand meter or indicator. Monthly billing demand established hereunder shall not be less than 60% of the previous 12-month peak, nor less than 100 KW.

The reactive demand in KVAR shall be taken each month as the highest single 15-minute peak in KVAR as registered during the month by a KVAR meter or indicator. Billing demands shall be rounded to the nearest one KW and KVAR.

MINIMUM CHARGE
This Schedule is subject to a minimum monthly charge equal to the sum of the customer charge, demand charge, energy charge, and reactive demand charge of the monthly rate.

PAYMENT
Bills are due upon presentation. Any amount due and not received at the main office, or authorized collection agencies, of the City within twenty (20) days of the bill preparation date shall be subject to a delayed payment charge of 1 ˝ %.

TERM
Annual.

SPECIAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS
See Terms and Conditions of Service.

*Issued: March 8, 2005
*Effective: April 1, 2005
*Issued by the Council of the City of Bedford, Virginia





SCHEDULE L.C.P.

(Large Capacity Power)

AVAILABILITY OF SERVICE
Available for general service delivered and measured at voltage levels which have been designed as primary distribution, subtransmission, or transmission voltages for service in the general area, but not less than 2.4 KV. Customers shall have a capacity of 1000 KW or more.

MONTHLY RATE

EMPTY
Delivery Voltage
2.4 - 40 KV ($) Over 40 KV ($)
Customer Charge 261.19/ month 542.11/month
Demand Charge
Each KW of Monthly Billing Demand
10.75/KW 9.64/KW
Energy Charge
All Billing KWH
0.023400/KWH 0.022000/KWH
Reactive Demand Charge
For each KVAR of lagging reactive demand in excess of 50% of the KW monthly billing demand
0.840/KVAR 0.840/KVAR


MEASUREMENT AND DETERMINATION OF DEMAND AND ENERGY
The billing demand in KW shall be taken each month as the highest single 30-minute peak in KW as registered during the month by a demand meter or indicator, but the monthly billing demand so established shall in no event be less than 60% of the previous 12-month peak, nor less than 1,000 KW.

The reactive demand in KVAR shall be taken each month as the highest single 30-minute peak in KVAR as registered during the month by a KVAR meter or indicator.

Billing KWH shall be metered KWH, except, when the City elects to measure energy at the secondary side of transformers owned by the customer, billing KWH shall be metered KWH multiplied by 1.04, billing KW shall be metered KW multiplied by 1.04, billing KVAR shall be metered KVAR multiplied by 1.04.

MINIMUM CHARGE
This Schedule is subject to a minimum monthly charge equal to the sum of the customer charge, demand charge, energy charge, and reactive demand charge of the monthly rate.

PAYMENT
Bills are due upon presentation. Any amount due and not received at the main office, or authorized collection agencies, of the City within twenty (20) days of the bill preparation date shall be subject to a delayed payment charge of 1 ˝ %.

TERM OF CONTRACT
Annual.

SPECIAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS
See Terms and Conditions of Service.

*Issued: March 8, 2005
*Effective: April 1, 2005
*Issued by the Council of the City of Bedford, Virginia





SCHEDULE I-4

(Industrial Power-4)

AVAILABILITY OF SERVICE
Available for general service delivered and measured at voltage levels which have been designed as primary distribution, subtransmission, or transmission voltages for service in the general area, but not less than 2.4 KV. Customers shall have a capacity of 5,000 KW or more.

MONTHLY RATE

Customer Charge $250.00/month
Facilities Charge $5,350.00/month
Demand Charge
Each KW of Monthly Billing Demand
$4.00/KW
Energy Charge
All Billing KWH
$0.033500/KWH
Reactive Demand Charge
For each KVAR of lagging reactive demand in excess of 50% of the KW monthly billing demand
$0.840/KVAR


MEASUREMENT AND DETERMINATION OF DEMAND AND ENERGY
The billing demand in KW shall be taken each month as the highest single 30-minute peak in KW as registered during the month by a demand meter or indicator, but the monthly billing demand so established shall in no event be less than 60% of the previous 12-month peak, nor less than 1,000 KW.

The reactive demand in KVAR shall be taken each month as the highest single 30-minute peak in KVAR as registered during the month by a KVAR meter or indicator.

Billing KWH shall be metered KWH, except, when the City elects to measure energy at the secondary side of transformers owned by the customer, billing KWH shall be metered KWH multiplied by 1.04, billing KW shall be metered KW multiplied by 1.04, and billing KVAR shall be metered KVAR multiplied by 1.04.

MINIMUM CHARGE
This Schedule is subject to a minimum monthly charge equal to $5,600 USD.

FACILITIES CHARGE
As part of the MONTHLY RATE charges stated above, the Consumer shall pay monthly Facilities Charges based on the installed cost of facilities furnished by the City and its wholesale power suppliers to render service to the Consumer hereunder.

The City's Facility Charge shall be the dollar investment in facilities provided by the City (including net replacements) to furnish service hereunder to the Consumer times a monthly carrying cost factor. This factor is based upon costs estimated at the effective date shown below and may be revised by the City in accordance with the latest cost information available, upon notice to Consumer of how any such revision is calculated. The City's facilities shall include both specific and reasonably allocable investment amounts associated with providing service to the Consumer. In no event shall any Facility Charge exceed $5,600 USD/month during the term of this agreement.

PAYMENT
Bills due shall be paid within 20 days of the bill preparation date at the office of the Seller for service furnished or made available during the preceding month. If the Consumer shall fail to make any such payment on or before this date, the Seller shall add a one and one-half percent (1 ˝%) penalty to the bill.

TERM
Service hereunder shall be for a period of not less than one (1) year, and thereafter on year-to-year terms unless provided otherwise by written agreement between the City and the Consumer.

SPECIAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS
See Agreement for Electric Services between Wheelabrator Abrasives, Inc., and the City of Bedford, Virginia Electric Department, effective as of the date of the Agreement.

*Issued: March 8, 2005
*Effective: April 1, 2005
*Issued by the Council of the City of Bedford, Virginia





SCHEDULE O.L.

(Outdoor Lighting)

AVAILABILITY OF SERVICE
Available for outdoor lighting to individual customers and municipal street lighting systems.

MONTHLY RATE

Overhead Lighting Service
A. For each 175 w MV/100 w HPS $10.78 per month
For each 175 w MV/100 w HPS $10.78 per month
For each 250 w MV/150 w HPS $14.20 per month
For each 400 w MV/250 w HPS $17.75 per month
The City will provide lamp, photo-electric relay control equipment, luminaire and upsweep arm, and shall mount same on an existing pole. If a new pole which can be connected to existing secondary circuits by one span of not over 150 feet is installed by the City at he customer's request, the customer will pay an installation charge of $100.00.
B. When new facilities, in addition to those specified in Paragraph A are to be installed by the City, the customer will, in addition to the above monthly charge, pay in advance the installation cost of such additional facilities.

PAYMENT
For all Residential customers with outdoor lights, bills are due upon presentation and payable at the main office or authorized collection agencies, of the City within twenty (20) days of the bill preparation date. A charge of 1 ½% per month will be applied to any account balances not received by the City by the next bill preparation date. For all other customers with outdoor lights, bills are due upon presentation. Any amount due and not received at the main office, or authorized collection agencies of the City, within twenty (20) days of the bill preparation date shall be subject to a delayed payment charge of
1 ½ %.

HOURS OF LIGHTING
All lamps shall burn from one-half hour after sunset until one-half hour before sunrise, every night and all night, burning approximately 4,000 hours per annum.

OWNERSHIP OF FACILITIES
All facilities necessary for service, including fixtures, controls, poles, transformers, secondaries, lamps and other appurtenances, shall be owned and maintained by the City. All service and necessary maintenance will be performed only during the regular scheduled working hours of the City. The City shall be allowed 48 hours after notification by the customer to replace all burned-out lamps.

TERM OF CONTRACT
  • For residential or farm customers - one year.
  • For commercial or general service customers - three years.

SPECIAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS
See Terms and Conditions of Service.
The City shall have the option of rendering bills monthly or bi-monthly.
*Issued: March 8, 2005
*Effective: April 1, 2005
*Issued by the Council of the City of Bedford, Virginia


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