AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF PAULLINA, IOWA, BY AMENDING PROVISIONS PERTAINING TO FRANCHISES – MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC UTILITY RATES.
Be it Enacted by the City Council of the City of Paullina, Iowa:
SECTION 1. TITLE VII, CHAPTER 1, ARTICLE 1, SECTION 1.05 “RATES” is hereby amended
as follows:
1.05 RATES. The rates for the electric service shall be as shown in the following table. The rates shall be applied to service starting on the first billing period after passage and publication as provided by law.
(Code of Iowa Section 384.84)
Residential Rates
Customer Charge/Month $15.00
All KWH/Month
June – August $0.1050
September – May $0.0890
NON RESIDENTIAL/COMMERCIAL RATES
Customer Charge/Month $28.00
Energy Charge
June – August
First 5,000 KWH/month $0.1070
Over 5,000 KWH/month $0.0930
September – May
First 5,000 KWH/month $0.0920
Over 5,000 KWH/month $0.0780
MUNICIPAL AND STREET LIGHTING RATES
Customer Charge/Month $28.00
Energy Charge
June – August
First 5,000 KWH/month $0.1070
Over 5,000 KWH/month $0.0930
September – May
First 5,000 KWH/month $0.0920
Over 5,000 KWH/month $0.0780
POWER COST ADJUSTMENT
If the power costs per month are higher than the recommended base of $0.042/KWH, a power cost adjustment will be applied on the bills for that month. The power cost adjustment is calculated by subtracting the recommended base of $0.042/KWH from the actual power cost/KWH in the month in which the power costs were higher than the recommended base.
The recommended base will be subtracted from the actual power costs for the month and the difference will be the adder for that month. The adder will be multiplied by the KWH’s used for that month on each bill. The dollar amount calculated by multiplying the adder by the kilowatts used will be added to each bill for that month.
SECTION 2. SEVERABILITY CLAUSE. If any section, provision or part of this ordinance shall be judged invalid or unconstitutional, such adjudication shall not affect the validity of the ordinance as a whole or any section, provision or part thereof not adjudged invalid or unconstitutional.
SECTION 3. WHEN EFFECTIVE. This ordinance shall be in effect from and after its final passage, approval and publication as provided by law.
Passed and adopted by the Council of the City of Paullina, on this 20th day of March, 2023.
Brenda Ebel Kruse, Mayor
ATTEST:
Scott Wise, City Clerk/Administrator
I certify that the foregoing was published as Ordinance No. 28 on the 30th day of March, 2023.
Scott Wise, City Administrator/Clerk
Published in O’Brien County’s Bell-Times-Courier March 30, 2023