HomeMy WebLinkAbout6 Public hearing electric fee increase Agenda Item # 6
Memo
To: Board of Directors
From: Peter Holzmeister
Date: December 16, 2003
Subject: Public hearing on electric facilities fee increase
Why this item is before the board: The draft budget for 2004 recommends that
electric facilities fees be increased by 5%. We must conduct a public hearing
before increasing our facilities fees.
History: Staff prepared a raft budget for 2004. The board reviewed that budget
at two workshops. The budget suggests that electric facilities fees be increased
to provide funds for electric system infrastructure to serve growth and
development within the District.
New information: Attached is an ordinance which, if adopted, would increase
the electric facilities fee schedule by 5%. 1 will be prepared to make a brief
presentation at the beginning of the public hearing regarding the proposed new
fee schedule.
Recommendation: I recommend that the board adopt the ordinance increasing
electric facilities fee schedule.
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Ordinance No. 2003 - XX
Establishing electric facilities fees
WHEREAS, a study was conducted to determine the capital improvements required to provide for
projected load growth overthe 15-year planning period, increased system capacity,and expansion
or maintenance of the operating flexibility of the electric system. The study is the District's 2002
Electric System Master Plan Update; and
WHEREAS the purpose of the facilities fees is to finance public electric system facilities to mitigate
the impacts of additional demands on the existing electric system caused by new development
within the District's electric service area; and
WHEREAS costs of material and labor have increased since the last adjustment to the electric
facility ordinance; and
WHEREAS a public hearing was held on December 17, 2003 to receive public comment on the
proposal to increase the electric facilities fee schedule
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED that the Board of Directors of the Truckee Donner Public
Utility District does hereby enact the following:
Section 1. The Board of Directors hereby adopts the above recitals as its findings.
Section 2. Payment and Collection of Facilities Fees -
The customer shall pay and the District will collect the facilities fees upon the submission of
an application for new service or modification to an existing service. When the District
requires a development agreement, the customer shall pay and the District shall collect the
facilities fees upon execution of a development agreement between the District and the
customer.
Section 3. Amount of Facilities Fees -
A. Residential Facilities Fees
1. New Residential Areas: The amount of the electric facilities fees shall be
based according to panel size as follows:
a. 200Amp or less - $1,260.
b. 400Amp - $2,520.
2. Existing Residential Areas:Within existing residential areas,the developer or
owner who builds an improvement on a vacant parcel will pay the difference
in facility fees between the current facility fee and the fee that was paid for
that particular parcel at the time the residential area was originally
developed. In addition, if the developer or owner who builds an improvement
on a vacant parcel desires to install a electric service larger than a 200 amp
single phase panel, the developer or owner will pay the difference in facility
fees between the larger panel and a 200 amp panel.
3. Modification to Existing Residential Service: A customer desiring to modify
the size of an existing panel for a residential service will pay the difference in
facility fees, at the current fee schedule, between the larger panel and the
facility fee that was paid at the time the existing panel was installed.
B. Commercial Facilities Fees
1. New Commercial Development: For new commercial development, facility
fees will be due and payable upon execution of a development agreement
with the District. Facility fees will be charged according to the voltage, panel
size, and phasing requirements as requested and noted in the development
application submitted to the District by the developer.
The amount of commercial electric facilities fees shall be charged according to the
following schedule:
Voltage Panel Size 1 g Phase Fee 3 Phase Fee
1201240 200Aorless $1,260 $2,182
1201240 400 $2,520 $4,365
120/240 600 $3,780 $6,547
120/240 800 $5,040 $8,730
120/240 1000 $6,300 $10,912
120/240 1200 $7,560 $13,095
120/240 1400 $8,820 $15,276
120/240 1600 $10,080 $17,459
120/208 200A or less $1,092 $1,891
120/208 400 $2,184 $3,783
120/208 600 $3,276 $5,674
120/208 800 $4,368 $7,565
120/208 1000 $5,460 $9,457
120/208 1200 $6,552 $11,348
120/208 1400 $7,644 $13,239
120/208 1600 $8,736 $15,132
120/208 2000 $10,920 $18,914
277/480 200A or less $2,520 $4,365
277/480 400 $5,040 $8,730
277/480 600 $7,560 $13,095
277/480 800 $10,080 1 $17,459
277/480 1000 $12,600 $21,824
277/480 1200 $15,120 $26,189
277/480 1400 $17,640 $30,553
277/480 1600 $20,160 $34,918
277/480 2000 $25,200 $43,647
2. Modification to Existing Commercial Service:A customer desiring to modify
an existing commercial service due to any change of voltage, panel size,
and/or phasing, the customer will pay the difference in facility fees, at the
current fee schedule, between the proposed panel and the facility fee that
was paid at the time the existing panel was installed.
3. For panel sizes not listed in the previous sections, the facility fee will be
calculated by interpolating between or extrapolating from the listed values as
appropriate.
Section 4. Use of Facilities Fees - Facilities fee shall be solely used to pay for all costs
associated with the public facilities described or identified in the 2002 Electric Master Plan
Update constructed by the District.
Section 5. Effective with the effective date of this Ordinance, all prior resolutions and
ordinance pertaining to Electric Department facilities fees are rescinded and of no furtherforce
and effect.
Section 6. This ordinance shall be effective sixty (60) days after the date it was adopted by
the Board of Directors.
Section 7. The Clerk of the District shall immediately cause a copy of this ordinance to be
published in a newspaper of general circulation and posted in three places within the District.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of Directors at a meeting duly called and held within the
District on the seventeenth day of December 2003 by the following roll call vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
TRUCKEE DONNER PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT
By
James A. Maass, President
ATTEST:
Peter L. Holzmeister, Clerk of the Board