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HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 2003-07 - Board PUblic Utility District Ordinance No. 2003 - 07 Establishing electric facilities fees WHEREAS, a study was conducted to determine the capital improvements required to provide for projected load growth over the 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 Phase Fee 3 Phase Fee 120/240 200A or less $1,260 $2,182 120/240 400 $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 1 $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 $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 further force 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: Directors Aguera, Hemig, Maass, Sutton and Van Gundy NOES:None ABSENT: None TRUCKEE DONNER PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT By C--_ Jame . Maass, President ATTEST: rn Peter L. Holzmeister, Clerk of the Board